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Why Mortal Kombat's Sindel Is A Queer Icon
As I played through the bloody and beautiful story mode of Mortal Kombat 1, my attention primarily focused on one character: Sindel. While witnessing her regal poise, potent confidence, and luxuriously deadly hair, I could only think, “Damn. Sindel is MOTHER!”
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This revelation sent me down a rabbit hole. Was I the only gamer that felt Sindel resonated with gender non-conforming people like myself? According to Reddit and GameFAQs, I wasn’t alone:
“Bi guy here. I main the fuck out of Sindel.”
“Gay guy here as successfully as diehard Sindel fanatic.”
“Speaking as an LGBT person, most LGBT people admire her.”
Granted, Sindel isn’t the only queer icon in Mortal Kombat (Mileena and Kun Jin are two often-cited examples). But she is a notable one. Why is that? It’s hard to pin down. The definition of &
Mortal Kombat universe gets its first ever gay character
The cinematic director at developer NetherRealm has (somewhat ambiguously) appeared to confirm rumours that Mortal Kombat X has introduced the first ever gay character to the series.
The character in question is new fighter Kung Jin, a Shaolin Monk, the origins of which are explored in one of the game&#;s cinematics.
I see people are picking up on the subtle exposition contained in Kung Jin&#;s flashback,” Dominic Cianciolo said on Twitter, presumably to online chatter concerning Jin&#;s sexuality. Joyful we have observant fans.”
The exposition itself, which can be seen in a video on Kotaku, suggestions some background on Jin&#;s origins. Series regular Raiden tells Jin: They protect about only what is in your heart, not whom your heart desires.”
Earlier in the clip Jin expresses concern that they won&#;t accept” him, monitoring Raiden&#;s observation that Self-loathing has always been an unfortunate part of your make-up.”
Mortal Kombat X was released on PS4, Xbox One and PC earlier this week.
Cianciolo also retweeted the foll
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One of the vast new stories to hit the society of gaming this week is the truth that one of the newest characters to join the Mortal Kombat franchise is gay. While this is wonderful, in some ways I can&#;t support but feel that the way it is being treated by the compress makes it sound like a bold new move. I cannot fault the series for bringing in a homosexual character but I don’t think that this is something that deserves all the great press it is getting.
I wrote my review for Mortal Kombat X earlier this week relating my positive impressions of the game. One of the aspects I praised was the story which helped tie together the old cast and the new members of the roster to great influence. One character which caught my eye was Kung Jin, the aforementioned lgbtq+ Mortal Kombat traits, who played a big part in the story. Indeed his origin was unique to the series and m
It seems the Mortal Kombat game series has introduced the franchise’s first gay character named Kung Jin &#; who also happens to be the younger cousin of Kung Lao. Having played the game, I appreciate the series taking a baby-step to be queer inclusive, but I desire they had done more with regards to Kung Jin’s sexuality.
I’m not much of a Mortal Kombat fan. I prefer playing the Tekken game series, and Jin Kazama and Lin Xiaoyu are my OTP. I played the newest installment in the MK series titled Mortal Kombat X because a friend lent me his copy.
Being someone who likes characters that carry bows during battle, I selected Kung Jin and started playing his campaign. Is he a nice character to play with? I don’t know. For me his attacks felt a bit puny, and his fighting style wasn’t all that impressive, but still I was determined to conclude the game.
Ending my fight with Ferra & Torr (with Ferra being one of the most brutal yet funny-sounding warriors in the game) I was served a flashback that took place five years ago. In it Kung Jin had to defend Master Raiden. After the tw