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* NotSoDifferent: Many of Raiden's former allies now see the thunder god as a tyrant no better than Shinnok or Shao Kahn, who's using the same brutal methods of merging the realms.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Many of Raiden's former allies now see the thunder god as a tyrant no better than Shinnok or Shao Kahn, who's using the same brutal methods of merging the realms.
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** D'Vorah is protective of her children as well.
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** Like Li Mei, Nitara is very protective of her people, which Raiden also exploits to make her serve him.
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** A number of the characters' arcade endings come into effect or are alluded to: [[spoiler:Quan Chi is resurrected and brainwashed by the Elder Gods to kill Raiden]]; Sonya has that nightmare in which Jax gets shot after she rescues Cassie; Raiden decides to conquer all the realms in order to "protect" Earthrealm, enlisting Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu, while Kotal Kahn invokes Mortal Kombat to prevent Raiden from conquering Outworld; and Kano tracks down his son and forces him to undergo a hellish training regimen. Bo' Rai Cho offers to train the Outworld warriors after hearing of Raiden's attempted invasion of Outworld.
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** A number of the characters' arcade endings come into effect or are alluded to: [[spoiler:Quan Chi is resurrected and brainwashed by the Elder Gods to kill Raiden]]; Raiden; Sonya has that nightmare in which Jax gets shot by Kano after she rescues chooses to save Cassie; Raiden decides to conquer all the realms in order to "protect" Earthrealm, enlisting Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu, while Kotal Kahn invokes Mortal Kombat to prevent Raiden from conquering Outworld; and Kano tracks down his son and forces him to undergo a hellish training regimen. regimen; Bo' Rai Cho offers to train the Outworld warriors after hearing of Raiden's attempted invasion of Outworld.Outworld; Triborg turns against his programmers as soon as they activate him; Kenshi and Takeda infiltrate the Red Dragon base and find Taven thanks to Caro's aid; Shang Tsung uses Ermac's souls to revive himself]]
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* LadyOfWar: On both sides.
** D'Vorah, Tanya, Skarlet, Nitara, Mileena, Tasia, Kia, and Jataaka count as this on Raiden's side.
** Jacqui, Cassie, Sonya, Kitana, Jade, Ruby, Sindel, Frost, Sareena, Ashrah, Kira, Li Mei, and Delia are this on Kotal Kahn's side.
** D'Vorah, Tanya, Skarlet, Nitara, Mileena, Tasia, Kia, and Jataaka count as this on Raiden's side.
** Jacqui, Cassie, Sonya, Kitana, Jade, Ruby, Sindel, Frost, Sareena, Ashrah, Kira, Li Mei, and Delia are this on Kotal Kahn's side.
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** Kano also shows no remorse for torturing Cassie and Kevin, masterminding Kabal's disfigurement at Kintaro's hands and raping his widow, or any of his crimes in general.
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** Once again, good job, Raiden. You promised Skarlet that she would kill Ruby, but [[ILied reneged]] on that deal by sending Baraka after her instead. Now you risk Daegon switching sides as a result.
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* MachiavelliWasWrong: Raiden was baffled when Scorpion decided to defect to Fujin's side in chapter 24.
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*** LikeADaughterToMe: Kabal has this sentiment about Kira.
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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Raiden claims that he wants to "protect" Earthrealm from external threats. However, his real motive seems to be genocide against all those realms that he considers as a threat to Earthrealm, especially Outworld.
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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Raiden claims that he wants to "protect" Earthrealm from external threats. However, his real motive seems to be genocide against all those realms that he considers as a threat to Earthrealm, especially Outworld.Outworld.
** Hotaru also counts as this.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Pretty much the gist of Jax's chapter, where he and the other ex-revenants are horrified of what they did intend to atone for it.
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* LadyInRed: Kira, Skarlet, and Ruby qualify as this.
* LadyOfWar: On both sides.
** D'Vorah, Tanya, Skarlet, Nitara, Mileena, Tasia, Kia, and Jataaka count as this on Raiden's side.
** Jacqui, Cassie, Sonya, Kitana, Jade, Ruby, Sindel, Frost, Sareena, Ashrah, Li Mei, and Delia are this on Kotal Kahn and Fujin's side.
* LaResistance: After Outworld is invaded by Raiden, Kotal Kahn is now the BigGood of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, with Fujin as TheLancer and Liu Kang as TheSmartGuy.
* LackOfEmpathy: Raiden takes [[KnightOfCerebus bone-chilling]] [[AxCrazy and]] ''[[{{Sadist}} sadistic]]'' [[ItAmusedMe glee]] when torturing Cassie and mass-zapping the Lin Kuei or Team S-F, and shows no remorse even when crossing the MoralEventHorizon by ordering the destruction of Li Mei's village.
** Kano also shows no remorse for torturing Cassie and Kevin, masterminding Kabal's disfigurement at Kintaro's hands and raping his widow, or any of his crimes in general.
** Tasia, in her EvilFeelsGood speech, declares her pride in being a psychopath to Kira, claiming that she simply doesn't care about who suffers or dies because of her actions.
** Hotaru doesn't show any remorse while destroying Li Mei's village on Raiden's orders.
* LastOfTheirKind: Subverted for Reptile in chapter 41.
** Kotal Kahn qualifies as this.
** Li Mei, after Raiden orders Hotaru to burn down her village.
* LaughingMad: See the MoodSwinger trope below regarding Raiden's insanity.
* LawfulEvil: Hotaru.
* LawmanGoneBad: Again, Hotaru.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: This is what happens when Raiden orders the destruction of Li Mei's village.
** Previously, Raiden tried to do this to the Edenians Resistance, but the revenants arrived in time to stop him.
* LegionOfDoom[=/=]VillainTeamUp[=/=]LesCollaborateurs: This is what Raiden's faction comprises of - traitors, zealots, criminals, murderers, constructs and [[KnightTemplar Knight Templars]].
* LightIsNotGood: Raiden, to a T.
** Nitara and Daegon also count as this, although while Raiden is the BigBad, they are simply AntiVillains.
* LikeASonToMe: Like Raiden (prior to his corruption), Bo' Rai Cho has this sentiment about Liu Kang and Kung Lao and even wanted to hug them, but could not do so because of their current situation as revenants. He also has this sentiment about Kai and Kung Jin.
** Hanzo has this sentiment about Takeda. It leads to his HeelFaceTurn.
** Caro had this sentiment about Daegon before the demigod's FaceHeelTurn.
** Kabal has this sentiment about his stepson Kevin.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: While Kano is a criminal psychopath, Kevin is simply a troubled young man traumatized by the loss of his mother as a child and recovering from depression and suicidal thoughts.
* LittleMissBadass[=/=]PintSizedPowerhouse: Ferra.
* LovableSexManiac[=/=]SexIsViolence[=/=]InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Mileena, Tasia, Skarlet, and Tanya use their looks to get what they want.
* MagicalGuardian: Orin is this to Taven, while Caro is this to Daegon.
* {{Mangst}}: Dairou, after his family was murdered.
* MamaBear: Sonya qualifies as this, as nobody would want to mess with her or her family. She comes close to wanting to kill Kano for his torture of her daughter, but Kira opts to fight Kano in order to buy mother and daughter some time to flee.
** Sindel will scream the brains out of anyone who dares to lay a finger on Kitana.
** Delia is very protective of Taven and Daegon and threatens to kill Raiden rather than let him harm her family. Witnessing Daegon being manipulated by Raiden naturally increases her determination to murder the Thunder God - [[ShutUpHannibal she even calls him out for the savagery he's done so far.]]
** Although Li Mei isn't a mother, there's no denying how protective she is of her people and that she views them as her only true family. Unsurprisingly, she wants Hotaru's head on a stick after he burns her village to the ground under Raiden's orders and is filled with anger, guilt, and grief at the loss of her loved ones.
* [[MadGod Mad Thunder God]]: Raiden, following his corruption.
* MadeOfIron: Gotta give Cassandra Cage credit for enduring several days of torture from Kano and the occasional lightning blast from Raiden.
** Kevin also qualifies for surviving the 'training sessions' from his dad and Raiden nearly killing him.
* TheManBehindTheMan[=/=]GreaterScopeVillain: In Quan Chi's ending in ''MKX'', it's alluded that Raiden is now under the One Being's influence, who is pulling the strings from behind the scenes while Raiden seeks to merge the realms.
** Though Shinnok doesn't appear in the story, he does make a lasting impact by twisting his ArchEnemy Raiden into something just as evil as himself.
* ManipulativeBastard: This is what makes Raiden such a vile person in his former allies' eyes. After he CameBackWrong, he becomes a disingenuous, manipulative liar by [[KickTheDog throwing his allies under the bus]], [[TheUnfettered using dirty and brutal tactics to silence opponents]], [[CantTakeCriticism claiming to "protect" Earthrealm as a shield against criticism]], and [[{{Hypocrite}} flip-flopping on his own principles]]. The bad thing is, he isn't even that ''good'' at it. He just refuses to ''stop''. He also shows [[LackOfEmpathy no emotions even when]] [[MoralEventHorizon he crossed the line]], as he's now a deranged {{Sociopath}}. All of this on top of becoming a MASSIVE JerkassGod, and it's no wonder why his ex-allies now see him as a heartless and cruel {{Sadist}}. After Scorpion realized that Raiden toyed around with his emotions, can some of his henchmen (especially Daegon and Nitara) see that [[BigBad the thunder god]] is using them as pawns?
* MaskOfSanity: Raiden will [[FauxAffablyEvil put off a charming and suave persona even when zapping his enemies]], but beneath that mask lies a [[AxCrazy cold-blooded,]] [[TheUnfettered deranged megalomaniac and insane]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who is not only a MadGod, but is willing to [[OmnicidalManiac incite Armageddon]] [[ForTheEvulz just for his]] [[ItsAllAboutMe own selfish gains]] [[KnightTemplar to "protect" Earthrealm]] at all costs, even if it meant eliminating and torturing anybody who crosses him, and is slowly breaking down.
* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Ruby's father is said to have been guilty of this.
* MoodSwinger: Kung Jin sees Raiden as this.
-->'''Kung Jin''': But from Raiden, you don't know what to expect. One minute he's calm and collected, the next, he's cackling like a lunatic and screaming not to be compared to Shao Kahn and/or Shinnok.
** Even D'Vorah begins to see Raiden as this, as she was strong-armed by the thunder god into serving him.
* MoralityPet:
** Johnny Cage to Sonya Blade.
** Kung Jin to Kung Lao.
** Takeda to Scorpion.
** Viviana to Dairou.
* MoralSociopathy: Raiden claims that [[KnightTemplar he's "protecting" Earthrealm]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist at all costs]], but shows no empathy even when he crosses the MoralEventHorizon.
* MoreThanMindControl: Raiden uses [[ManipulativeBastard mind games]] and BreakThemByTalking speeches to Scorpion, Nitara and Daegon so he could use them as his henchmen.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Raiden's now using dictatorial tactics in order to silence his enemies after he goes rogue.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Hotaru follows this dogma, considering that he's the leader of the Seidan guard.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Pretty much the gist of Jax's chapter, where he and the other ex-revenants are horrified of what they did intend to atone for it.
** Also when Scorpion realizes that [[ManipulativeBastard Raiden]] was using him as a tool, and when he sees the thunder god torture Cassie too many times.
* MyGreatestFailure:
** For Kitana, her being forced to watch as Quan Chi kills Jade.
** For Sonya, not being able to stop Raiden from kidnapping Cassie and being a mother to her daughter in general.
** For Scorpion, being unable to stop Raiden and Kano from torturing Cassie and Kevin, being used as a tool by Quan Chi and Raiden and regretting breaking his truce with Sub-Zero.
** For Delia, not being able to stop her son Daegon from supporting Raiden. She tries to warn him that the thunder god is just using him as a pawn, but he ignores it. When she and Taven try this again later, Raiden manipulates Daegon into staying on his side.
** Caro blames himself for what Daegon has become due to having awoken him early by mistake.
** The now ex-revenants all regret what they did as revenants.
** For Nitara, if she makes a mistake, her people will see her as a failure who ruined them because of a single error in judgement.
** For Smoke, not being able to stop the Lin Kuei from turning Sub-Zero into a robot.
** Daegon regrets murdering his own parents.
** For Liu Kang, failing his duties to protect Earthrealm as its champion.
** For Li Mei, not being able to stop Hotaru from raiding her village.
** For Kenshi, not being there for his son.
** For Dairou, not being there to save his family, particularly his daughter, from being murdered.
* MythologyGag: Takes place after the events of ''Mortal Kombat X'', with Raiden's corruption and how he's [[SanitySlippage slowly losing his grip on sanity]] after invading Outworld.
** A number of the characters' arcade endings come into effect or are alluded to: [[spoiler:Quan Chi is resurrected and brainwashed by the Elder Gods to kill Raiden]]; Sonya has that nightmare in which Jax gets shot after she rescues Cassie; Raiden decides to conquer all the realms in order to "protect" Earthrealm, enlisting Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu, while Kotal Kahn invokes Mortal Kombat to prevent Raiden from conquering Outworld; and Kano tracks down his son and forces him to undergo a hellish training regimen. Bo' Rai Cho offers to train the Outworld warriors after hearing of Raiden's attempted invasion of Outworld.
** In Mortal Kombat 9, Liu Kang usurps Raiden's role as protector of Earthrealm and becomes a DrunkWithPower tyrant. In this fanfic, it is Raiden who absorbs Shinnok's powers into himself, becoming [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity an insane]] [[DrunkWithPower power-hungry megalomaniac]] bent on [[OmnicidalManiac inciting Armageddon]] [[ForTheEvulz for his]] [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish gains]].
* NeverMyFault: Raiden blames his problems on the Elder Gods.
* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job (Almost) Breaking It, Sonya]]: Good job, Sonya. Activating a RoboticPsychopath goes as well as expected.
** Sonya gets this again from Jax and Jacqui in chapter 51 as she was carrying Triborg's data chip all the time, and Shang Tsung manages to snatch it.
* [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Nice Job Fixing It, Raiden]]: Nice going, Raiden. Invading Outworld, kidnapping and torturing Cassandra Cage and how you plan to incite Armageddon has forced a big coalition of RagtagBunchOfMisfits to emerge and take you down.
** And then the thunder god [[spoiler:threatens Hanzo that he'll do the same thing to Takeda as he did to Cassie, causing the former revenant to pull off a HeelFaceTurn.]]
*** Of course, the aforementioned HeelFaceTurn wouldn't be possible had it not been for Kano snitching on Hanzo. [[DidntThinkThisThrough So yeah, nice job, Kano and Raiden.]]
** Nice going, Hotaru. Burning down Li Mei's village will more than likely have her gunning for your head, and also the head of Raiden.
** Good job, Kano. Torturing Cassie to the point she's half-dead means now that Sonya wants to kill you.
* NightmareFace: Raiden.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Again, Raiden.
* NominalHero: Kotal Kahn, who himself is the BigGood of this fanfic.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Dairou.
* NotSoDifferent: Many of Raiden's former allies now see the thunder god as a tyrant no better than Shinnok or Shao Kahn, who's using the same brutal methods of merging the realms.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Raiden claims that he wants to "protect" Earthrealm from external threats. However, his real motive seems to be genocide against all those realms that he considers as a threat to Earthrealm, especially Outworld.
* LadyInRed: Kira, Skarlet, and Ruby qualify as this.
* LadyOfWar: On both sides.
** D'Vorah, Tanya, Skarlet, Nitara, Mileena, Tasia, Kia, and Jataaka count as this on Raiden's side.
** Jacqui, Cassie, Sonya, Kitana, Jade, Ruby, Sindel, Frost, Sareena, Ashrah, Li Mei, and Delia are this on Kotal Kahn and Fujin's side.
* LaResistance: After Outworld is invaded by Raiden, Kotal Kahn is now the BigGood of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, with Fujin as TheLancer and Liu Kang as TheSmartGuy.
* LackOfEmpathy: Raiden takes [[KnightOfCerebus bone-chilling]] [[AxCrazy and]] ''[[{{Sadist}} sadistic]]'' [[ItAmusedMe glee]] when torturing Cassie and mass-zapping the Lin Kuei or Team S-F, and shows no remorse even when crossing the MoralEventHorizon by ordering the destruction of Li Mei's village.
** Kano also shows no remorse for torturing Cassie and Kevin, masterminding Kabal's disfigurement at Kintaro's hands and raping his widow, or any of his crimes in general.
** Tasia, in her EvilFeelsGood speech, declares her pride in being a psychopath to Kira, claiming that she simply doesn't care about who suffers or dies because of her actions.
** Hotaru doesn't show any remorse while destroying Li Mei's village on Raiden's orders.
* LastOfTheirKind: Subverted for Reptile in chapter 41.
** Kotal Kahn qualifies as this.
** Li Mei, after Raiden orders Hotaru to burn down her village.
* LaughingMad: See the MoodSwinger trope below regarding Raiden's insanity.
* LawfulEvil: Hotaru.
* LawmanGoneBad: Again, Hotaru.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: This is what happens when Raiden orders the destruction of Li Mei's village.
** Previously, Raiden tried to do this to the Edenians Resistance, but the revenants arrived in time to stop him.
* LegionOfDoom[=/=]VillainTeamUp[=/=]LesCollaborateurs: This is what Raiden's faction comprises of - traitors, zealots, criminals, murderers, constructs and [[KnightTemplar Knight Templars]].
* LightIsNotGood: Raiden, to a T.
** Nitara and Daegon also count as this, although while Raiden is the BigBad, they are simply AntiVillains.
* LikeASonToMe: Like Raiden (prior to his corruption), Bo' Rai Cho has this sentiment about Liu Kang and Kung Lao and even wanted to hug them, but could not do so because of their current situation as revenants. He also has this sentiment about Kai and Kung Jin.
** Hanzo has this sentiment about Takeda. It leads to his HeelFaceTurn.
** Caro had this sentiment about Daegon before the demigod's FaceHeelTurn.
** Kabal has this sentiment about his stepson Kevin.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: While Kano is a criminal psychopath, Kevin is simply a troubled young man traumatized by the loss of his mother as a child and recovering from depression and suicidal thoughts.
* LittleMissBadass[=/=]PintSizedPowerhouse: Ferra.
* LovableSexManiac[=/=]SexIsViolence[=/=]InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Mileena, Tasia, Skarlet, and Tanya use their looks to get what they want.
* MagicalGuardian: Orin is this to Taven, while Caro is this to Daegon.
* {{Mangst}}: Dairou, after his family was murdered.
* MamaBear: Sonya qualifies as this, as nobody would want to mess with her or her family. She comes close to wanting to kill Kano for his torture of her daughter, but Kira opts to fight Kano in order to buy mother and daughter some time to flee.
** Sindel will scream the brains out of anyone who dares to lay a finger on Kitana.
** Delia is very protective of Taven and Daegon and threatens to kill Raiden rather than let him harm her family. Witnessing Daegon being manipulated by Raiden naturally increases her determination to murder the Thunder God - [[ShutUpHannibal she even calls him out for the savagery he's done so far.]]
** Although Li Mei isn't a mother, there's no denying how protective she is of her people and that she views them as her only true family. Unsurprisingly, she wants Hotaru's head on a stick after he burns her village to the ground under Raiden's orders and is filled with anger, guilt, and grief at the loss of her loved ones.
* [[MadGod Mad Thunder God]]: Raiden, following his corruption.
* MadeOfIron: Gotta give Cassandra Cage credit for enduring several days of torture from Kano and the occasional lightning blast from Raiden.
** Kevin also qualifies for surviving the 'training sessions' from his dad and Raiden nearly killing him.
* TheManBehindTheMan[=/=]GreaterScopeVillain: In Quan Chi's ending in ''MKX'', it's alluded that Raiden is now under the One Being's influence, who is pulling the strings from behind the scenes while Raiden seeks to merge the realms.
** Though Shinnok doesn't appear in the story, he does make a lasting impact by twisting his ArchEnemy Raiden into something just as evil as himself.
* ManipulativeBastard: This is what makes Raiden such a vile person in his former allies' eyes. After he CameBackWrong, he becomes a disingenuous, manipulative liar by [[KickTheDog throwing his allies under the bus]], [[TheUnfettered using dirty and brutal tactics to silence opponents]], [[CantTakeCriticism claiming to "protect" Earthrealm as a shield against criticism]], and [[{{Hypocrite}} flip-flopping on his own principles]]. The bad thing is, he isn't even that ''good'' at it. He just refuses to ''stop''. He also shows [[LackOfEmpathy no emotions even when]] [[MoralEventHorizon he crossed the line]], as he's now a deranged {{Sociopath}}. All of this on top of becoming a MASSIVE JerkassGod, and it's no wonder why his ex-allies now see him as a heartless and cruel {{Sadist}}. After Scorpion realized that Raiden toyed around with his emotions, can some of his henchmen (especially Daegon and Nitara) see that [[BigBad the thunder god]] is using them as pawns?
* MaskOfSanity: Raiden will [[FauxAffablyEvil put off a charming and suave persona even when zapping his enemies]], but beneath that mask lies a [[AxCrazy cold-blooded,]] [[TheUnfettered deranged megalomaniac and insane]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who is not only a MadGod, but is willing to [[OmnicidalManiac incite Armageddon]] [[ForTheEvulz just for his]] [[ItsAllAboutMe own selfish gains]] [[KnightTemplar to "protect" Earthrealm]] at all costs, even if it meant eliminating and torturing anybody who crosses him, and is slowly breaking down.
* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Ruby's father is said to have been guilty of this.
* MoodSwinger: Kung Jin sees Raiden as this.
-->'''Kung Jin''': But from Raiden, you don't know what to expect. One minute he's calm and collected, the next, he's cackling like a lunatic and screaming not to be compared to Shao Kahn and/or Shinnok.
** Even D'Vorah begins to see Raiden as this, as she was strong-armed by the thunder god into serving him.
* MoralityPet:
** Johnny Cage to Sonya Blade.
** Kung Jin to Kung Lao.
** Takeda to Scorpion.
** Viviana to Dairou.
* MoralSociopathy: Raiden claims that [[KnightTemplar he's "protecting" Earthrealm]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist at all costs]], but shows no empathy even when he crosses the MoralEventHorizon.
* MoreThanMindControl: Raiden uses [[ManipulativeBastard mind games]] and BreakThemByTalking speeches to Scorpion, Nitara and Daegon so he could use them as his henchmen.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Raiden's now using dictatorial tactics in order to silence his enemies after he goes rogue.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Hotaru follows this dogma, considering that he's the leader of the Seidan guard.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Pretty much the gist of Jax's chapter, where he and the other ex-revenants are horrified of what they did intend to atone for it.
** Also when Scorpion realizes that [[ManipulativeBastard Raiden]] was using him as a tool, and when he sees the thunder god torture Cassie too many times.
* MyGreatestFailure:
** For Kitana, her being forced to watch as Quan Chi kills Jade.
** For Sonya, not being able to stop Raiden from kidnapping Cassie and being a mother to her daughter in general.
** For Scorpion, being unable to stop Raiden and Kano from torturing Cassie and Kevin, being used as a tool by Quan Chi and Raiden and regretting breaking his truce with Sub-Zero.
** For Delia, not being able to stop her son Daegon from supporting Raiden. She tries to warn him that the thunder god is just using him as a pawn, but he ignores it. When she and Taven try this again later, Raiden manipulates Daegon into staying on his side.
** Caro blames himself for what Daegon has become due to having awoken him early by mistake.
** The now ex-revenants all regret what they did as revenants.
** For Nitara, if she makes a mistake, her people will see her as a failure who ruined them because of a single error in judgement.
** For Smoke, not being able to stop the Lin Kuei from turning Sub-Zero into a robot.
** Daegon regrets murdering his own parents.
** For Liu Kang, failing his duties to protect Earthrealm as its champion.
** For Li Mei, not being able to stop Hotaru from raiding her village.
** For Kenshi, not being there for his son.
** For Dairou, not being there to save his family, particularly his daughter, from being murdered.
* MythologyGag: Takes place after the events of ''Mortal Kombat X'', with Raiden's corruption and how he's [[SanitySlippage slowly losing his grip on sanity]] after invading Outworld.
** A number of the characters' arcade endings come into effect or are alluded to: [[spoiler:Quan Chi is resurrected and brainwashed by the Elder Gods to kill Raiden]]; Sonya has that nightmare in which Jax gets shot after she rescues Cassie; Raiden decides to conquer all the realms in order to "protect" Earthrealm, enlisting Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu, while Kotal Kahn invokes Mortal Kombat to prevent Raiden from conquering Outworld; and Kano tracks down his son and forces him to undergo a hellish training regimen. Bo' Rai Cho offers to train the Outworld warriors after hearing of Raiden's attempted invasion of Outworld.
** In Mortal Kombat 9, Liu Kang usurps Raiden's role as protector of Earthrealm and becomes a DrunkWithPower tyrant. In this fanfic, it is Raiden who absorbs Shinnok's powers into himself, becoming [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity an insane]] [[DrunkWithPower power-hungry megalomaniac]] bent on [[OmnicidalManiac inciting Armageddon]] [[ForTheEvulz for his]] [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish gains]].
* NeverMyFault: Raiden blames his problems on the Elder Gods.
* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job (Almost) Breaking It, Sonya]]: Good job, Sonya. Activating a RoboticPsychopath goes as well as expected.
** Sonya gets this again from Jax and Jacqui in chapter 51 as she was carrying Triborg's data chip all the time, and Shang Tsung manages to snatch it.
* [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Nice Job Fixing It, Raiden]]: Nice going, Raiden. Invading Outworld, kidnapping and torturing Cassandra Cage and how you plan to incite Armageddon has forced a big coalition of RagtagBunchOfMisfits to emerge and take you down.
** And then the thunder god [[spoiler:threatens Hanzo that he'll do the same thing to Takeda as he did to Cassie, causing the former revenant to pull off a HeelFaceTurn.]]
*** Of course, the aforementioned HeelFaceTurn wouldn't be possible had it not been for Kano snitching on Hanzo. [[DidntThinkThisThrough So yeah, nice job, Kano and Raiden.]]
** Nice going, Hotaru. Burning down Li Mei's village will more than likely have her gunning for your head, and also the head of Raiden.
** Good job, Kano. Torturing Cassie to the point she's half-dead means now that Sonya wants to kill you.
* NightmareFace: Raiden.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Again, Raiden.
* NominalHero: Kotal Kahn, who himself is the BigGood of this fanfic.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Dairou.
* NotSoDifferent: Many of Raiden's former allies now see the thunder god as a tyrant no better than Shinnok or Shao Kahn, who's using the same brutal methods of merging the realms.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Raiden claims that he wants to "protect" Earthrealm from external threats. However, his real motive seems to be genocide against all those realms that he considers as a threat to Earthrealm, especially Outworld.
