It's a video game.

Is it necessary for MK to have gay characters?

Short answer:

No


Long answer:

Fuck no.

It'd be awesome if one of the offspring were gay, or Erron Black.

Also, a few months ago I had the same conversation here - and people blasted me saying that MK isn't about relationships or sex. Um, HELLO, the entire storyline of MKX is about families and offspring. Looks like sexual orientation DOES matter in terms of story and character development. Go figure!

Anyone saying that MK doesn't need gay characters sounds just as stupid as someone saying MK doesn't need black characters.

How would a character's sexuality be brought up? In story mode? Yeah, that's great. "Let's stop fighting to talk about how gay you are". In their bio? 'Jax is a C.O in the Special Forces and dresses up in drag on a Saturday night.' There's no need to bring up sexuality in any game, let alone a fucking fighting game. What does it matter if a character is gay or not, especially in MK. Stupid thread topic. This'll be locked by tonight.

Did you miss the part where Sonya and Johnny screwed and had a child? That's pretty f*cking sexual.

Implications that suggest two characters of the same sex have a sexual relationship is a deplorable concept. It's bad enough the real world has to be burdened by them.

It's awesome? Please do tell.

Awesome retort.

Ease up tough guy! I have a weak constitution.

MikeyRu Don't go and reply to that weak troll bait.


When it comes to gay characters (which I don't think we need, subtle hints about one's sexuality are as far as I'd like. Like Zangief.) you guys just want a pretty boy like Rain or Smoke. Or you want someone "handsome looking" like Johnny Cage or Reiko.

No fucking thank you. Give me a male monster whose only barely hinted to have an interest in other men over pretty and handsome human who is blatantly stated as gay.

You shouldnt care about everyones sexuality in a fighting game.

Also your point is kinda dumb since its obvious that Reiko is gay for Shao Kahn.

leave me alone with that gay shit.

I'm not gonna bother reading the thread, since I know exactly what most of the replies will say, and which types of people will reply:

1) Dumb conservative homophobes obviously objecting to homosexuality out of stupid, mostly religious reasons.

2) Dumb liberals who supposedly are for gay rights but want a gay character's sexuality to be heavily downplayed, just so people don't get too distracted. In short, these liberals sound like they're trying to make gay characters tolerable for the mainstream crowd. Hell, these morons probably think it's more practical to just cater to homophobes.

3) Whoever is suggesting a gay character (or any minorities) accused of being a "social justice warrior" or just "wanting diversity just for diversity's sake", no doubt by priviliged dimwits who don't realize how serious discrimination against homosexuals is, who'll say thing like "it's just a game, not the civil rights movement", since we all know progressivism just plain ruins entertainment *sarcasm*.

People of the third category always seem to think the countless white straight characters of both genders in fiction are designed to be so by complete accident.

Finally, the amount of hostile replies threads like this one always get is just amusing. So many idiots who just can't accept that we're not living in some utopia where discrimination is truly a thing of the past, and who lash out at anyone reminding them of that. Heh.

We say no to ninjas, no one bats an eye.

We say no to gay characters and people loses their minds. And everyone comes out using big words and calling those people bigots, ignorant, close minded or whatever.

And then there's this "genius"

Oh yeah, because we know ninjas are such an oppressed section of society *sarcasm*.

There's no intelligent reason to object to gay characters, hence why you're called out on your homophobia.

I'm surprised they're not all gay at this point. I was flipping through channels and saw a commercial of 13 year old boys kissing, on the family channel no less. Even the walking dead is using gayness as some significant plot point. I have nothing against gays, that's your business but why does every show or game need a gay side story like its mandated?

this thread gave me cancer

And why does nearly every story need straight romance as the primary plot point?

Because 97% of the world is Hetero.

Most of the world is also stupid.

Just because they're the masses, doesn't mean they're right. Weren't the masses once in favor of slavery?

I see no issue with a character implied to be gay, like many of the characters in MK are shown to be straight. It's different, why not?

Sad to see all this hostility and intolerance in there tho.

I never hear anybody asking for gay characters in SF, Tekken or KI. Just MK for some reason.

But MK doesn't need gay characters. And honestly I wouldn't want them just to have them. Why does MK need politics? It's a fucking fighting game apart protecting realms and ripping people apart.

Because apparently MK needs to get with the times and put this stuff in their game.