Shang Tsung Is Feminine 

Facts.

This video is stupid, he is evil and satanic. What else is he supposed to be as a evil boss.

Well, I mean anyone prefers to work smarter not harder. Do you really know many housewives or mothers that could really be described as not hard workers or truly submissive? I'm skeptical.

You know what? You only live once.

Make it happen, NRS.

@@CynicalWarlock in some reality of the multiverse of Kombat, this IS happening.

Your sole is mine!

😂

You're welcome.

Would do the same, honestly.

I would do way worse

I’d like to imagine it was the first thing he did when he was creating the new timeline, just to get it out of the way lol.

@@ItsLelingTime First things first, atomic wedgie for Shang.

I like to think he was always gay, Liu Kang wanted to be a bro and let him be comfortable about it

Well he is. :D

Damn, that's a good one..

Shoulda included that, good point.

I can confirm. Shamans in my country when they are androgynous, they believe to process both feminine and masculine power. Therefore, they can communicate with both male and female souls or spirits.

Best description of that dysfunctional relationship.

I don't know what you just wrote, but I like it.

MK 11 Shang is peak Shang fight me!

@@kylawave92I don’t think anyone’s going to fight you on that.

M1K version is cool, but he has an excessive smirk that annoys me, for some reason.

@@CynicalWarlockI think thats the point😂

Thats just vile

FemTsung.

Right? Makes him all the more dangerous and complex.

Damn, you took it a step even further.

That sounds too good to be true.

Shang's Eobard Thawne *'IT WAS ME, BARRY!'* moment. I needed it referenced in an intro dialogue yesterday.

​@@CynicalWarlockIt actually is. I have the comics.😅

@@Nick-up5wv Protect them at all costs.

@@Nebulous_Neuhaus "It was me, Liu! I nutted you using sorcery so you wouldn't have anything left for Kitana!!"

Quite the paradox, this Shang.

Leave it to Shang Tsung to make rigged loopholes in the system of things

Yaas, sorcerer queen.

Facts.

Now I *need* to see Shang doing those artsy, over-the-top JoJo poses, every time he speaks.

Pretty similar, yeah.

Cue "Why aa iu gay?" meme.

I've never ever felt that

Precisely. That's one of the key differences between them, and there are advantages and disadvantages to both.

Yes, how dare he not be aware of my existence? For real though, appreciate it. I am definitely obscenographic and all that.

I agree with you, if I were Ed Boon I would at least give the title of Cynical Warlock to one of the elder gods just as a tribute

@@CynicalWarlock I'd have expected talent and thoughtfulness such as yours would at the veeeeery least be acknowledged in the form of some easter egg or twitter reference. As much as it can be considered enjoyable hyperenthusiastic straightforward implicit propaganda, such as that made by other youtubers, it is content like yours which truly honors the thinking processes and creative background of multimedia projects, and thus deserves such degree of promotion and praise.

Hell yeah, the snake motifs are abundant with this one. Good point to make in a future video - there's a lot of symbolism behind that, like the snake's association with wisdom in many mythologies, and even in Christianity, despite the negative connotations, the snake is still the one who opens the humans up to knowledge. That definitely fits with Shang's insatiable thirst for knowledge and power.

Damn, should've made that reference.

Your zest is mine.

The seeds were always there.

Good point about the occult. And yeah, it's the combo of dark masculine + some feminine that makes him so dangerous.

Well they definitely don't follow them now.

His onlyfans account would be legendary.

Shang Tsung was an extra layer of makeup for Sindel.

Mile-long smirk.

I love that idea. If you integrate it into the story, it's genius.

In the top tier, for sure.

Smart man.

@@CynicalWarlock great video as always, keep doing a great job friend, maybe one day Ed Boon acknowledge you

well feminine doesn’t mean gay so duh. men can be feminine, women can be masculine, and even if he was gay your using it like it’s an insult, when it’s notZ

@@taraa_.z .... do you know what a joke is? Also, you're the one who understood that I was insulting him by saying that The fact that you felt that I was insulting him by saying that he was gay shows more the type of person you are than the type of person I am

@@SeiVinRen understanding bandhanded homophobia isnt “showing what type of person i am”… be fr

Good point. Also applies to comics, with characters like Mystique, from the X-Men comics. And even socially, women more adept 'shapeshifters', on average, molding themselves to the conversation and other viewpoints, whereas men tend to be more rigid and stand their ground, conversationally. And again, disclaimer, none of this means that if you're a shapeshifter or an impressionist, you're gay.

I love that show to death. Yeah, wanted to get this idea off my chest for a while. You can obviously interpret him as regular toxic masculinity, but thinking of him and Liu Kang together instantly made me see him as a feminine, spiteful Liu.

...... Naaaaaah.

The weird thing is why did he choose Kronika he could’ve been any other person but nah he chose to walk in heels

@@MillieDuu actually. He couldn’t be bothered and swapped the heels for hiking boots

"Your zest is MINE" [Shang to a gay person]

And here I thought it would trigger people..

Yet.

I don't quite agree with how he defines femininity and masculinity but I do like how he described Shang Tsung's character as a soul-sucking sorcerer.

If you say so

Love the alliteration.

That's a good way of viewing it. It's not that he's gay, or effeminate, but he possesses certain yin/feminine qualities that make him all the more dangerous, really.

@@CynicalWarlock but you can say he does have effeminate ways about home. I would argue that. Look how he tries to woo Sonya blade in the first movie. Shang without a doubt is the type of dude to use his girlfriend’s shampoo and conditioner for himself. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Quan is an illusionist but however it is Shang who I find more deceitful in his looks as he becomes younger by sucking souls. Without a doubt Quan is the devil that many of these characters are fooled into making a deal with but he more so I feel does it with his lies and words. I feel Shang is the fallen angel. A once great champion of earth realm now picking and choosing his victims sometimes from the shadows and sometimes out in the open. Quan most of the time stays hidden.

Probably..

I gotchu, bro.

That's another great example of masculine mixing some feminine in.

Very interesting topic. Jordan Peterson sees chaos as feminine, and I tend to agree. Men's role is to bring order and structure to the world - they build, they discover patterns, science, they bring order. Chaos, entropy, indulgence, the untamed, all these things are feminine. You brought up that he does whatever he wants whenever he wants - that's very feminine. Men are characterized by structure and discipline. I guess his openness to pain might be masculine. But yeah, lots to consider.

@@CynicalWarlock he doesn't feel pain, in his biology instead of pain he feels pleasure. Like pleasure receptors. Chaosrealmers don't reproduce like others too. So their biology is completely different to apply such concepts as masculine vs feminine. But if his soul were to be on a human's body he would be very feminine.

He is anti logic and more feelings kind of person , that is a very feminine trait too

But we can we say what he does is based on what he feels? What if he feels something orderly but yet he could go against his feelings . He apologized to shujinko for not harming him enough. Premise of chaos goes beyond do whatever you feel . It's causing confusion. Og havik is calm when in chaos and is clearly offended over order , order seems uncomfortable to him. So I guess based on that we can say he acts upon his feelings over logic. Due to his biology he doesn't face any consequences for it. He is very disagreeable, like that's a very masculine trait. Women with that trait are considered too masculine and unattractive. At the end of day he has some strong masculine traits but he has mostly strong feminine traits.

@@rymreaper Very well spotted. Yes, disagreeableness is very masculine. I tell you what though (and you hinted at this), Havik unwillingly created a paradox for himself: choosing to always cause/serve chaos is a principle you have to respect without fail or exception and is thus an expression of order. And yes, that's masculine. The feminine mindset wouldn't think about this so deeply.. or at all, really.

That's awesome. Glad to get the creative juices goin. Inspiration is the gift that keeps on givin.

@@CynicalWarlock 🙏

You're welcome.

Actually, MK is probably the only game where Snowflame would have a chance to appear in.

@@CynicalWarlock That's what I was thinking lmao. Especially with Peacemaker now, it'd be perfect.

Welcome to the madhouse.

Arctic.

That'll be its own video, don't worry.

@@CynicalWarlock yes it's always worth the wait when it comes to the best things😋😋

Brave man.

Definitely. All that competition for the title of greatest sorcerer.. passions get inflamed, you see.

SHANG CHI❤💖💞💕💟❣🥰😍☺😚😊🥵🤗 (Shang Tsung x Quan Chi)

Nagrimoooooooor! So good to see you..r text. How've you been? How's work? Wacha been playing? Yeah, got half a foot through the door, through MK. Gonna sing that song for a bit, while gradually re-transitioning to slightly more diverse content. MK followed a single, cohesive story, up until MK9 (2011), when they rebooted everything, and introduced time travel, and then multiverses (all the telltale signs of a franchise that reached a certain age and is ready to start punching itself in the nuts, you know how it goes), and then rebooted everything *again*, but not really, but everything's different, yet the same, and creatively bankrupt. It's gotten to the point where people expect every new game to be a noncommittal reboot, killing any ounce of investment you could have in these games. The D4 review awaits you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BZgI8nFQJ-U.html

@@CynicalWarlock Heyyy! :) I've been okay..ish. One would think that after passing their 30s a man would have a grasp of the world. But the more I look around the more I think we live in a psychiatric clinic simulation. Work has been abysmally repetitive and boring - slowly chipping away at whatever sanity I have left :D But these are talks for another time and place. Overall - I am good and needlessly complaining from time to time. Lately I have been doubling in Dark Souls - got tired of people talking about Elden Ring and decided to give the whole genre a spin. Beaten DS1 - now i am midway DS2. So... wait isn't the most recent MK addition another official reboot of everything? I was thinking this might be a good time to jump in.

@@thedungeonmastermind Ahh yees, he biggest misconception we fed ourselves as kids - that something magically changes once you become an adult. Turns out everyone's still just a scared-shitless kid, we just get better at hiding it. Work gripes are signals; they're normal, but don't ignore them completely. I should know, I spent too many years at a(n admittedly ok-ish) job, only to wake up one day and realize I haven't done anything else all those years, nor worked my way to a better job. The MK question stumps me, because I now realize that there *is* no good entry point, for new fans; the old games have great lore but are too old and the story is mostly in text crawls, while the newer games look very good and cinematic, but butcher the lore, story and characters like they're getting paid for it. Which.. I guess they are, technically. So MK1 (dumbest name in the world) is as good an entry point as any. Story mode is probably both entertaining and retarded. So are the vaunted soulslikes all that, or overrated?

Thanks, man. This one comment gave me my dose of wholesomeness for the whole week.

Yes, the manipulation is a big one.

Hook a brother up.

@CynicalWarlock 😂 I got u, fam! 💵4️⃣💉💊🧫 meet me by that one IHOP off the highway. On a side note, since they're doing superhero characters now, is it fine for Snowflame, the cocaine powered supervillain to come back?? He's just as relevant to MK as Peacemaker, and I would argue could be a lot more fun.

@@MetaSynForYourSoul I'm there.💵 MK is actually the only franchise where you would probably be allowed to introduce Snowflame.

@CynicalWarlock 😂🤣 Gotta have a short term damage buff mechanic (like DrunkenMaster Bo) where he sniffs and not only gains armor on moves but a damage buff and incoming damage nerf. While the duration of The snort move goes down every use, thus mimicking the diminishing returns of actual drug use.

@@MetaSynForYourSoul That last part is genius. Another downside would be him having random shaky-jittery animations that leave him vulnerable for a second, if he doesn't snort for a long time, cause he's a true crackhead.

Accurate. Consistent with the 1995 movie version of Shang. Got almost like an androgynous, smug stare.

Exactly. This one gets it.

I'm sure he loves you too.

Mission accomplished, then.

Was fun while it lasted.. Thanks a bunch, appreciate it. I think NRS mean well, but they underestimate how much fans appreciate deep, complex lore.

@@CynicalWarlock Agreed. Even though I’m not the biggest fan of Tekken’s lore, more there for its fighting mechanics, I appreciate that they’re willing to build up the lore and at least some of the characters even if some of it is very goofy. But I respect it. Now when it comes to MK I can’t help but feel the lore is watered down due to this new timeline. Not saying everything in the new timeline is bad per se but I’m not exactly looking forward to what this new timeline brings either. So your videos are a great way to cope with the sad reality of Liu Kang’s timeline. Which him being seen as the actually creator now bothers me to no end but that’s a different conversation for a different day. But thanks for the great entertainment as always.

He broke the smirk chart.

Oh, thank you very much. "Chad Thundercock" is probably Raiden's stage name.

Life sucks, sometimes. Kinda like Shang.

@@CynicalWarlock burn

A true ballerina.

@@CynicalWarlock he's got very graceful mannerisms

Thanks.

Proof!

Meek, Locke, very gangsta.

Buuurrn!

Accurate.

Borderline.

Goddang savage.

Now you will main him with renewed passion.

That prude little wench.

Discoball sounds like his Friendship. *Is* it his Friendship? It should be his Friendship.

@@CynicalWarlock I dunno just something dumb I thought of just now😅

I swear I was thinking of Orichimaru, couple days ago. Even the way he's voiced is so feminine. Also probably the only character who sounds almost the same in both the sub and dub versions.

Thanksssss. Top Cat was da shit, back in the day.

No need to thank me.

@@CynicalWarlock (I feel like you're just saying it, like yeah, no need to thank me which you probably are but it also feels like you're asking me to thank you) I guess I could take it either ways. Ok

@@syki-tp1tn Ok, fiiiine, thank me.

@@CynicalWarlock Thank you

@@syki-tp1tn You're welcome.

Welcome. We have cookies.

Absolutely not. Though I expect people to misconstrue the video that way.

@@CynicalWarlock I am joking. Obviously playing off on the idea that most people would assume a dude being feminine would mean they are trans. But obviously that seems a bit dumb. Dudes can be feminine without being trans. That's just a thing that can happen.

Yeah well the ladies call me Mr. Long.

Didn't say he wasn't.

He's a legendary character. Glad to see you can like him *and* have a laugh at him.

Proof!

MK4 main menu track.

Touched on that, in the Li Mei video, a little bit.

My mistake.