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Yeah, I completely agree about Jacqui's ending. Many loving parent(s) would absolutely hate the idea of their child sacrificing themselves for them. Whilst it's written as a noble and selfless sacrifice from Jacqui's POV, if Jax were to ever find out this event (Perhaps as another form of torturing the poor man), it might just be the breaking point of his remaining sanity.
Im a single dad of two one my biological son and the second i adopted after her mom my ex died. After my ex died lost the will to go on. Needless to say my kids is what kept me going. A child ending themself wouldnt help Jax at all. truth be told i look forward to being a grandpa and one day seeing my wife in the next life and telling her about our kids.
@@GetTheConsolego preach your crap elsewhere. I might be months late to this comment, but even so, you're still a dick for telling someone who's been through hell that Jesus is the only thing that can help. How selfish and inconsiderate do you have to be to say something so stupid?
Yeah there was another way she couldve kept existing, she could’ve made it to where vera and Jax met and fell in love BEFORE HE DIED, and then make it to where he doesn’t die.
I love how people don't know or always say "Jax got metal arms and no reason was given in part 3 he just has them now" when in his MK3 bio states he got them specifically for Shao Kahns invasion. In the original timeline he never gets dismembered it's a choice he made to help himself be more prepared.
@@UfodexENMD a big taps to the old MK movies for doing Jax right, everyone gives them shit but he was lore accurate, he wasn’t a punk, he won fights, he didn’t need powers and learned he didn’t even need to enhance his arms, all he needed was his old catch phrase “Awwwww yeah” when shooting someone up, and his bionic abilities and he would’ve been 10/10
Realistically, having your arms torn off is way more painful that having them froze off. Cold eventually kills all nerves and basically you don't feel a thing. However, having someone pull your arms off is straight deadly in a very painful way. Muscles overlap and connect to different bones. Even arm muscles have connections to the neck, the chest and the back. So chances that the arms will come off perfectly at the joint is impossible. The way Goro tore jax's arms off would mean that it would tear part of his chest, back and neck (and yes, with bones too), killing him instantly after a ton of pain.
Jax is my second most favorite character in the series. Right next to Sub-Zero, Jax is one of the characters in MK I truly vibed. I just want this man to have a happy ending for once.
So we just not gonna talk about Geras being an infinite slave?? He even is self aware of his fate in his intros and everytime he brings it up you can here the pain in his voice
Well he is satisfied with serving Kronika that’s his whole thing he was meant to just be the fodder henchmen but got more recognition for his character than its actual purpose, Geras is a character with so much potential he could’ve been the best new character added next to Kotal if NRS didn’t suck ass at writing, it’s not that nobody talks about Geras it’s that so much has already been said about him since day 1
@@DrippleDragon if they really followed how geras is meant to be written, there would literally be no plot. The problem is the way did time as a concept does not work for mk11 at all
Geras could still be around in the New Time Line And without Kronika then they can expand his Story Imagine how dangerous a Rogue Geras (with all his knowledge of all the past time lines) can be God Liu Kang tries to change the time line for the better? Geras can counter it by changing it 100×Worse
This. Warner Brothers is fucking racist. When Netherrealm was Midway, Jax was the best character in MK2. He was still good in MK3. Now all of a sudden he gets his own fatality performed on him constantly, to the point we never get to see him do his own fatality until the 2nd cartoon (after complaints)... then constant humiliation. Then Geras is a SLAVE!?!? Tanya is constantly a traitor and then gets whitewashed, Jacqui kills herself apparently, and Kai we never even see again... Funny how only the white people survive Sindel's rampage in MK9.
While Sub-Zero has the Most Tragedy in the Franchise that some Shared,Jax might have the most Torture of the Bunch that I Describe Him is a Soldier that Went to Trauma and Hell.
Jaqui's Face when she learned that She didn't need to erase herself to make his father have a better life if she could have dreamed a little bit bigger->😯
@@aleanddragonITAits weird, i dont get why she thought she had to die Unless no one told her, she basically became a timelord, so im pretty sure shes immortal and can exist in any timeline, and of course shape the timeline really well so crap doesnt happen, the ending feels contrived unfortunately
I talked to John Parrish many years ago about Jax arms. He mention it used to take hours to paint his arm. Now his daughter can do it within 20 minutes. The power of technology has made it easier.
Yeah, the "trauma exposure" writing strategy. I saw this a lot in college when people didn't know how to create a character that related to people. It seems like the writers needed one more person to join the bad guys and decided retconning Jax's story would be the ticket. It's the same lazy writing that produced secretly evil Sindel so I'm not surprised in the slightest.
Scorpion in every timeline is killed alongside his family and clan, and then ressurected as a tool of the neather realm besides the 2021 movie.and in the original timeline he doesn't get his clan back and stays on the bad side.
What does Jax, Kung Lao and Scorpion have in common? They all get tortured the most in the MK series. Jax getting his hands ripped off, Kung Lao always dies and Scorpion always fails to avenge his family.
Scorpion gets his revenge against Quan Chi in both timelines. In the original he hunts QC down like an animal and constantly tortures him. In the NRS era he gets to kill him outright. Scorp even gets revenge for his own death in both timelines by killing Bi Han. Despite that I'd still say Scorpion gets screwed over a lot. QC had hired him for the same mission as Sub Zero, setting him up for failure. Get's further manipulated by QC. Get's screwed by the Elder Gods. Has his clan qiped out twice (after trying to rebuild it). Then killed again by bug lady.
Just wanna say I really enjoy Jax's personality redo in MK11. In MK9 and X it was like he felt no emotions other than anger, contempt, and distrust. Sonya got similar treatment and it's definitely for the better. They just seem so much more human now.
I didn't realize someone had to lose their family and become anxiety ridden to feel more human. Seems like a good way to write yourself in a circle when the only concept of character development you can come up with is exposing someone to trauma.
I feel so sorry about Jax in all three Netherrealm games, cause the man can literally catch no break. I personally love Jax as a character and he's one of my favorites! Video ideas for you Underdawg: 1) The most manipulative character Netherrealm has ever made (mostly about Rain and his effect on Mileena in MKX) 2) The most loyal friend or the best friendship Netherrealm has ever made (mostly about Jade and Kitana) 3) The most misunderstood character NR has ever made (mostly about Cetrion) 4) The most powerful follower of Shao Kahn (about Skarlet and her extraordinary and unique abilities)
I guess some people from Mortal Kombat are fans of Family Guy, in almost every universe Joe Swanson loses his legs just so it lines up with the way he'd known.
I always was asking if Jax lost his arms prior to MK Deadly Alliance, but guess he didn't until the NRS era, Same goes with Kenshi, I kinda wish Kenshi and Ermac had a rivalry where, Upon opening the soul well and burst of souls come pouring out, Ermac is among the charge of the blast and just blinds Kenshi. IDK it was just my fan theory for them.
OMG Netherrealm doesn't have any shame nor respect for disarming their characters!! Jacqui has his end because she wanted to make Jax's life easier?? That takes balls and you're right, Jax would be still a badass but Netherrealm doesn't give a damn!! I feel sorry for nearly everybody aside from Kung Lao!! I just despise the Netherrealm games so much!!
12:22 heck i'd honestly say goro's was more gory than sub zero's. Sub zero's just had the advantage of live action which human brains associate more to the real thing happening. Easier to sympathize with and ponder the pain he is in.
Don't get me wrong, I love how they remade mk as "mk9". However I think they ruined alot of characters plots and abilities just in that one scene with sindel. I know she's very powerful but taking on like 7 characters at once and not getting a scratch is a bit questionable. I think netherrealm could have done the story for mk9 alot better considering that sindel isn't that powerful. They just wanted to make it all about lui Kang and even he dies easily at the hands of raiden... smh
@@vgautamkrishna5197 no.. nightwolf sacrificed himself to stop sindel.. thats not overpowering her. That's just killing himself. Also kitana is over 10,000 years old, she's certainly not mortal. She's edeniean. They are far more powerful than almost every realm. Besides your Also forgetting that kitana is sindels daughter. I would think that both nightwolf and kitana would have certainly been able to take down sindel or at least give her a challenge.
jax is the strongest guy in mk 2. i was beating every single fighter with jax who ever may play with. the ground shake was the key for my medals in the competition,un blockable full screen and very fast to perform
I am happy I am not the only one who hates how they changed Jax and his entire character in MK11, in MKX he is like a battle hardened soldier who feels remorseful for his actions while he was a revenant even though nothing was his fault and he eventually gets back into action to do some quality character development and gets some revenge on Quan Chi for making him go through this while punching the living shit out of the strongest MK characters in their revenant forms while shooting one liners out of his mouth like a bazooka. After all that we see MK11 Jax that cries his little eyes out and goes on to betray everyone he loves including himself because he is suddenly very upset and traumatized for no reason when in MKX he wasn't even remotely close to anywhere there and pretty much got back at Quan Chi.
Yeah, in MK9 I always had to do Sheeva’s fatality where she rips of their arms and slaps them in the face with it on Jax and Freddy Krueger. Poor guy 😢.
You do gotta respect Jax's arcade ending in MK11. Liu Kang meticulously crafted his timeline to try and ensure the longest period of peace he could and still failed, but Jax is able to straight up end racism...
In MK12 I hope they have guest characters like Pennywise, Michael Myers, Negan ect. They’d all fit in well and have awesome fatalities and interactions, wish they’d bring back x-rays as well
As someone who only got to witness season 1 of mk legacy, as far as ik Jax didn't lose his arms completely to kano's grenade, they were just critically damaged. It might've been said that he lost his arms completely in season 2 but idk
Scene idea for a Jax ending, Jax climbs to the top, but is ambushed by Sindel. Catching him off guard, she blasts off his cybernetic arms. However, pushing through, Jax lunges forward, and slashes her throat with the jagged metal. Unable to use her screech and bleeding out, Jax finishes her off with a crushing stomp to the head.
I hate how midway made this bad ass military dude with metal arms and one liners that we all love and NRS said let's just make him a sympathetic dad that wants to protect his daughter. What character will NRS ruin next?
Not sure why you chose the title you did, especially given the arm pun train you were doing pretty good on. But Scorpion definitely suffered more. Alot more. Scorpion lost his entire clan, and immediate family. He became a slave, got Ls he didn't really deserve, and worst yet, in some versions; he himself caused the lose of the chance to have his entire clan restored. Talk about face-palming all the way back to the Nether Realm. You yourself said the writers chose to make Jax a nervous, miserable, backstabbing wreck, it was artificial and I agree. In addition, as tragic as Jacqui's fate is, that was for us. Jax will NEVER know it happened so it essentially never happened as far as Jax is concerned. He would never feel the pain of his child sacrificing herself for him because it never happened because she never existed. See how ridiculous it is getting and was obviously meant to be a gut punch for us alone? The closest thing he might, MIGHT feel is something missing in his life, but even that feels like the writers manipulating our heartstrings because how can you miss something you never experienced? Do you miss that hippopotamus you knew for 70 years? What about that trip to the Nth Dimension where you also started your own family and died happy and fulfilled after meeting your grandchildren a generation later before being brought back into our world with the experience intact? No? Exactly. Time traveling ripple effect mumbo jumbo only covers so much. All that said, back to my main point regarding the title; surprised you didn't go with "The Most Disarmed Character in Mortal Kombat History". 😏 I do believe Scorpion suffered more. Hell, I'd say Jerrod suffered even more than Scorpion given all that happened to him! For starters; Jerrod and all of his fellow fallen warriors are forever trapped within Ermac (a torturous fate I cannot even begin to fathom) his kingdom usurped, his traitorous, slut wife; and his own undead slave daughter!
You mean “The Most Traumatized” not “tortured” because MKX and MK11 Jax was severely traumatized from remembering wrong doing under Quan Chi’s influence while MK9 Jax was tortured for the beginning of the story and that was it. I’m not counting the arm ripping from Ermac as torture because he wasn’t in captivity when that happened
Ok, so PTSD doesn't work like you said... I'm a veteran who lives with anxiety and depression and when I say that shit came outta nowhere... I was home for years living good, and one day, the pain of a toothache caused a full-fledged panic attack. Panic attacks that continued every time I felt any sort of pain... I went from fight thru the pain to pain completely debilitating me and not knowing why or how I got this new kryptonite... so it is very likely that Jax, as a no-nonsense whupass champion, could have his anxiety and depression come outta nowhere and blindside him like it does most veterans... even if it's not how he would usually get down... that's why it's a big deal irl in the first place... more veterans eat their guns than expected, and usually its the strong ones that nobody thought would do that Just a Lil insight
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The most tortured character has to be Scorpion. Killed by Sub Zero, tortured by Quan Chi, living inhell for etenermity and getting his entire family and clan get killed...you can't beat that.
I would think it would be an interesting idea if you ranked all the mk ninjas from either strongest to weakest lorewise because that isn’t really seen that muhc
He kinda HAS to lose his arms though.... I mean the guy is already the coolest dude, fictional or not, on the planet. If he had real arms he'd have no flaws lol
If Legacy got more than two seasons, I believe it would have become a great MK series. It was starting to look that way by the end of season two and it's unfortunate.
Ssomething i dont understind is that in mk11 jacquie tells young jax that him and her mother met when jax was in rehab from being a revenant. But wouldnt that mean that jacquie couldnt have been alive when jax was a revenant? Which she was in mkx? Is this a huge plothole or am i just very dumb
