queve Wrote:
I think its lame because it feels like a very weak, silly and desperate attempt to improve Scorpions storyline. This character has potential, they could had done so much without giving him the supposed “hero" role, which was done badly and doesn’t fit him at all. But that’s just my opinion, I respect yours.
I agree with you that at least it changed his past storyline and gave him a new twist though, I wish it would have been done in a different way though.
I don't think Scorpion has been given the hero role though. I mean, he's the Champion of the Elder Gods, but does that make him a hero? It sounds like a very impressive position, and it also does make him sound like he is allied with the side of righteousness, but we know that the Elder Gods aren't anywhere close to being "heroes".
They didn't allow Raiden to fight against Shao Kahn in MK3, and made him forsake his Godhood to do so. Later they refused to intervene in the Deadly Alliance issue, meaning Raiden had to leave their ranks to pursue his own goals. Personally, I think they sound like a group of self-serving scumbags, rather than heroes or protectors.
I think their primary concern is the governing of all Gods (but what occurs between the Gods of various realms is up to them, not the Elders, thus why Shao Kahn can barge into various realms and take them over as he pleases), their own self-preservation (why they rewarded Raiden when he saved them from Shinnok), and the prevention of the return of the One Being. In fact, the One Being issue is the only one that they are ever truly proactive about, and even then they didn't get it right.
I think Scorpion has become a shell over the years of pursuing convoluted ideals of revenge. His humanity has been sapped away from him in his hunt for those who wronged him, starting when he killed Sub-Zero, then when he attacked the younger Sub-Zero, and then when he attempted to kill Quan Chi. Who says that being a Hellspawn doesn't come with a price? It should; a hefty price at that, and that price should be the destruction of your soul. The Elder Gods saw that he was a shell,
but an incredibly powerful shell, and made him their Champion. He would follow their orders without question, and stop the creation of the One Being, just the way they wanted. Who knows, maybe Monster was the same.
As for Motaro, well, to be honest I never really liked him, and he wasn't given a heavy enough dose of story to make him likeable for me, no matter what plot angles he introduced. I would not be adverse to another Centaurian character appearing, however, to take that rivalry between the monster races a little further. I have always liked Goro better than any of the others though, with the exception of Moloch, who I thought was superb.
