I personally like XiahouDun84's idea of Onaga's enslavement due to him exploiting the evil in their souls. For the 5 characters, it'd probably be these:

Kung Lao: Anger, thirst for revenge against Shang Tsung for Liu Kang's death
Kitana: Her dark past as one of Shao Kahn's personal assassins
Sonya: (Not sure on this one...)
Jax: His anger
Johnny Cage: His ego

But yeah, I'd like to see how it affects them all. If they do something like that , I'd like to see how it affected Sonya.

Sonya Blade, she is one of my favorite female kombatants. She was the FIRST MK character to choose from the first MK game I played- MK4 in the arcades. I was only seven at the time.

I always liked her costumes. Her MK4/G one looked brilliant. I liked her fatalities as well. The Leg Split fatality in MK4/G is my favorite. I thought her MKDA Kiss of Death fatality was fine, though I like her MK3 fatalities a bit more.

In MKA, there will probably be a final war between the Red/Black Dragon, Tekunin (sp?) and the Special Forces. Sonya should finish Kano off once and for all (I never liked him much) by giving him the Kiss of Death. Kabal, could be killed by Sonya as well. Mavado, I am not too sure. This may be her last game, though. She would retire and marry Cage.

Yeah, I have always thought about that “price”, I guess its possible, but who knows? As for Motor Kombat, well, at least Kitana, Johnny, Baraka and Mileena are there, though there were better options to substitute the others.







Thanks man!

Oh yes, I made that little mistake about Onaga, he used them not killed. Will fix that. As for her and Johnny, you are very correct that they need to do something important with him (am guessing they will with the whole Goro stuff), but actually, if you take the Mk4 official comic into account, you will see that there was a hint of her liking him too. When he starts to flirt with her she says sarcastically: “Dream on Cage” or something like that, then she looks at him properly and says: “...maybe”. Sounded to me like flirt. Oh and yes, she was mid (that’s why I putted a #7-8 in my post) in MkU and MKT, second best female next to Sindel.



I too like this possibility, but I honestly don’t think it will work well if all the fallen heroes have the same “inner” problems. Its just not special nor interesting when all of them are placed in the same bubble trying to fight their dark tainted part, but it could work well if only a few of them (just 2 I think) had that darkness.

I think Johnny Cage and Jax are probably the best candidates for that option. Being this (possibly) their last game, it could help to improve their story and the ones around them.

Johnny Cage being half evil would be AMAZINg for his character, he seriously needs that twist, and Jax, who has lately been behind Sonyas shadow all the time, could really stand up for his own with this problem and help Sonyas story as well.

Kitana doesn’t need that for example (just my opinion though), because she has a lot to deal with at the moment, we need her good in order to succeed defeating all her enemies, plus, she has already been evil before. Kung Lao can expand alone and Sonya, like Kitana, has to deal with a lot, having her being half evil wont help.

Plus Li Mei is also in that situation. Works with her perfectly though because she doesnt deal with many personal enemies.

What Im saying is, having all of them like that isnt really a good idea, but only some, that could work.

I guess theres anger in her, plenty, always loosing her friends, frustration, etc.

Possibly resentfulness too, she was forced into the tournament like the others, but who knows, maybe she didn’t really want to fight, she was captured by Shang Tsung on the island, and she fought for her team and the world under threats and conditions .

Yeah, I see what you're saying. As for Johnny Cage/Goro, I don't see it happening. I would rather see Kung Lao fight and defeat Goro.

About that line in the MK4 comic, she said "Dream on Cage. Massive Strike Out, maybe. So there was no implication of her liking him but really the opposite.

I always felt the death and enslavement by Onaga ordeal should have effects on all the characters and their stories. Some may beneift from the whole being evil thing....which as Sub-Zero_7th said...should tie into Onaga exploiting whatever darkness or evil is in their souls.

I agree with queve that about Kitana and Kung Lao to an extent that it would be best if they're freed and good to wrap up their loose ends. However, the ordeal can still have an effect on them.
For Kitana, Onaga's enslavement can be a grim reminder of her days as Shao Kahn's assassin and be something that haunts her as she faces Kahn himself. For Kung Lao, the ordeal can shatter his confidence and serve to him further proof that he's no leader and should not be Champion of Mortal Kombat. This could haunt him as he faces Goro to regain his honor.

I'm not sure if Johnny Cage's evil should be as much a factor as his defeat/death should be. I mean, Mr. Egomaniac was beaten, killed, and enslaved. Crushing blow, no? My feeling is that the ordeal would make Cage take things more seriously and he'd try to prove himself to Sonya or something.
But who knows...maybe having the evil taint still be a factor could lead to something. I don't know what...but it is a possibility.

Now as for Sonya...I agree, I think Onaga may have exploited her anger and resentment for the loss she suffered in her life. Her brother...her partner...then her entire team in MK1. But I'm not really sure how being evil could play much of a part for her now. Had this not been the grand finale game, we could have maybe seen Sonya still under Onaga's control and being used against the Special Forces and then after that would freak her out....but not I don't think we'll have time.
But if not her enslavement, perhaps her defeat and death could have an effect on her confidence in some way as she heads into battle against everyone.

Jax is the one I think can benefit the most from Onaga's evil taint and could serve as a very good benefit for Sonya's story. I think I explained it best in a post a made a few months back:

As we saw in Jax's Unchained ending, there is a horrible anger in Jax that has been unleashed. If he goes down this road, it could be interesting.
And it could go back to Sonya's fear of loss and anger she couldn't save her friends. If Jax goes down the dark side and Sonya can't save him....could be trouble.

Me too. He said all that needed to be said really.

Sonya is my favourite of all the MK females. She's been a favourite ever since MK1!

She must survive the coming game and she seriously needs to be givena decent finale to her story. She has unexplored potential and the number of persosn she is involved with is insane. It's time loose ends got tied upo and that she finally gets Kano!

I agree on the idea of the Onaga ordeal being explored, but it may be too late for that now given that this is the final game of this era of MK.

She's the best female in MK. Period. Sonya Blade must live.

I hope Kano kills her.

Keyboards? *Slaps you till his hands break*

Hmm, you could be right. I thought the "maybe" ment something else, but then again my english is not perfect.



Lol, well said. I hope they do justice to her too, with so many characters involved in her story, it would be a shame to see her go with everything unfinished.



Very good stuff. I agree with your views.




*queve revives Drifting_Ravage so Sonya can slap him to death, again, and again*

LOL. I actually like Kano, I think he is a great character and will honestly be sad to see him go, I have liked him since day 1, a fave of mine, but sadly, you get what you ask for, and Kano has been asking for trouble since before the tournament.

No one envies the position he has on Sonyas hate list, he has to pay, and die for all he has done.

LOL, if anyone misses with sonya they would have to answer to queve, Keith, and tgrant.

I'll "mess with Sonya", then. I've never seen the appeal in her. Ever. I've always thought her design was rather "blah", I've never cared about her story, and she seems to have no real personality to speak of. Everything that's "unique" about her is filled in better by other characters.

Military? Jax is the better character, there.

Female? Plenty of female characters are more interesting than her, chief among them Tanya, Jade, and Li Mei.

That leaves her with... what, exactly? She's been around since MK1 and has never had any character development (to my knowledge) beyond "the military chick". She's essentially a one-note character, made to look obsolete when her contemporaries are getting nicely developed stories and new characters are created with interesting story possibilities.

The liking for her seems to be similar to Chun-Li's. She was the first female and thus, nostalgia blinds people. First = Best, right?

So please, somebody explain to me the appeal because after nearly 15 years, I'm still failing to find anything interesting. I mean, obviously opinions differ and if people like her, cool. But I think as a character, as somebody that's been fully developed with an interesting personality and story, she's no Tanya, she's no Kung Lao, she's no (pre-Deception) Goro, hell she's not even as good in that department as Cyrax.

I can maybe see her character getting SOME development with the New Black Dragon but given what we've gotten out of her in the past, I'll be surprised if it's anything beyond "Aww jeez, well time to go back to square one again." At the moment, though, she's little more than Jax's glorified sidekick.

thoughts? here are my thoughts.... she's HOT

Hot Special Forces chick, what more could you ask?

she'll die at the hands of KIRA O_O

Red heads>Blonds

hmmmm..... hot redhead or hot blond.
I'm still gonna have to go with sonya. I've seen the acual sonya, the one that the sprites were made from.... and she in intensely HOT!

Yup.

I agree with Pretentious.

Being Mortal Kombat's first female character isn't a good enough reason for Sonya to stick around. It's just like saying Jax should stay for no reason other than the fact he was Mortal Kombat's first black character.

Sonya needs to retire.

Well, I guess most people see potential and power in Sonya in the same way (for the same reasons that I just cant imagine maybe?) you see bigger development in Tanya and Jade, which imo, are very far from everything you stated in your post...very very very far (though I like Tanya). They lack all you stated (Li Mei is great though, but that was like saying Kira was actually original or had any strong depth for example).

And on a personal opinion, I think she is the better military character of them all, and in no way she is Jaxs “glorified sidekick”, if anything, he is the one (sadly) that’s been behind her shadow all the time. Only in MKDA/MKU it seemed he got something new and separate to do from her.

Thats just my opinion though, and I respect yours.



Sonya rocks.

Kira could try and getshe'd owned big time. I like Kira but Sonya would own her.

Well, I'm not saying one has to be a good character in order to like them. There are obviously other factors (I like Kira's design a lot, for instance).

Jade and Tanya I think, as characters, are fine. Jade had a nice moral dilemna going on before (serving the emperor or helping her best friend) and in the end, showed that she's a great hero. She's strong and loyal, protective of her allies. Somebody you'd most definitely want watching your back. Tanya is sort of the complete opposite. Very snake-like and deceptive, loyal to nobody but herself, using people for her own greed and ambition. As a villain, she's fantastic.

I really see no interesting qualities and Sonya and it's a bit frustrating given that she's been around so long and yet, not really had much character development. I said glorified sidekick, too, since it seems like they've placed more importance on Jax than her ever since his debut. He's the one who had to go rescue her, he was the one that got the big overhaul and was seemingly hailed as a hero, he's the one who avenged her death (in a non-canon ending), he's the one who got to kill Hsu Hao, etc. Now I like Jax plenty, but you figure the spotlight would be taken off him and be put on his more "famous" partner once in awhile, right?

I'll agree that yes, she has potential, much like I think any character in the series has. I'm a big proponent, after all, of the idea that there's no such thing as a bad character. That any character, if written properly, can go from lame and unimportant to compelling.

Oh and she's what, nearly 40, right? She needs to stop dressing like she's 20.

Lol, say that to Kitana.
I actually don't think age should come into MK at all. It puts to many constrictions on characters.
I love Kira. I really love her story, the disguise, selling arms story shows a real trait that was missing from the old Black Dragon. She's the only new member I like. Kabal I dislike and Kobra I hate. As for Sonya I see huge potential in her, but because of more liked characters like Kitana and Kung Lao needed plots they sort of bypassed Sonya. That's something I want changed. Sonya needs some attention. She played one of the main roles in MK4 when Jax stood back and that worked so much better.

The thing that bothers me is that since Scorpion and Sub-Zero are the most popular, they'll focus more on their story then any other kombatant.

I guess it’s a matter of opinion in the end then. Because as much as I like (both) Jade and Tanya, I feel they are both stale and just as “traditional” as most of the Mk characters (including Sonya).
You say those qualities are great for Jade and showed her as a hero, well, Sonya has the very same qualities you mentioned: Sonya is also very strong and loyal, and very protective of her allies, what more prove then her quest to save her friends/team members in the games (Mk1-MkDA)? Her constant involvement for the safety of earth and determination, etc? If you take some time to analyze Sonya, you will find interesting qualities in her. Just because she hasn’t evolved much doesn’t mean she is a big fat 0, take a look at other characters who just like her, need a twist but are still in the game because they are unique in their own way and have played important crucial roles through the story: Scorpion, Kahn, Goro, Kitana, Cage, kang, etc etc etc.
She forms part of one of the most powerful organizations in the entire game, and the fact that the Special Forces/OIA storyline has been involved in the series since day one (boring or not its there) gives a lot of credit to the importance of its characters, and Sonya represents that more then anyone else. Makes her one of the main characters.
(read a cool thread Xiah wrote in the classic forum, you will see what I mean: XIAH STARS OF MK THREAD!)
I mean, Sonya is not there just to be there, theres a reason why she has been around more then most classics, and if you can find interesting qualities in Jade and Tanya, I can assure you they can just as easily be found in Sonya. Just give her a chance.
Jade is simply another character who stays in the shadows of another one who leads the story. Jade hasn’t evolved, at all, her dilemma is just another of plenty in the game. In order for Jade to prevail as a more unique character she needs to get away from the “lets kill-save-serve-Kitana” plot. Tanya is simply another Kano, nothing new with the traitor business there. Im not saying they don’t have great qualities, I happen to like them very much, but the superior importance you seem to find in them is simply not there to me.
As for Jax, I still disagree, though I see your points. No matter what way we see it though, Jax has always been seen by the majority as the “helper” of Sonya, not the other way around, ever since the start. The one who fallows her. I still remember the Mk3/Mk4 days when everyone referred to him as “Sonyas partner”, “Sonyas friend”, not the other way around. She has more of a leader aura then he has ever had, and the fact that its a woman who leads this organization (above all man) makes it look interesting and sort of cool.
He did have a chance to shine in Mk2 when rescuing her, but she wasn’t playable in that game so not much can be said, he didn’t obscure her role, just helped her, and same thing in MKD/U with that ending (when Sonya is still enslaved by Onaga and he gets very angry), cant really say she is a sidekick because she wasn’t playing any role but being a slave, no depth was given to the captured characters.
In mk4 it’s the total opposite, it was Sonya who officially traveled with the main heroes (Liu, Johnny Cage, Sub-Zero and Kai) to fight Shinnok and worked side by side with one of her swore enemies (Jarek), while Jax only arrived some time later to join the battle after he discovered of Sonyas departure. Jax fallowed her. He was on his own lost who knows where and his plot was obscured by Sonyas, who is clearly portrayed as the leader. His ending doesn’t mean much, Im sure Sonya would had killed Jarek too if he had finished Jax first.
Now as for MKDA, none obscured the other in their spotlight, for each had their own goals. Jax was summoned by Rayden and was there to get revenge on Hsu Hao and his story focused on that more then anything, while Sonya, who had been visited by Rayden and transported by him as well, was centered on rescuing her missing partners and allies making sure they all returned home safely, as well as helping defeat the deadly alliance on the way.
See? Both had their lights in different paths, none obscured the other, though its worth to note that in Sonyas ending, she is clearly placed as the leader of the whole OIA team, I believe she is the heart and soul of that, and the being female makes it look even better in a way.
You are 110% correct though that her character hasn’t been given any major development, being that the main reason why I hope they do everything they can with her in this game. But just like her there are others who are/where lying frozen in the same spot, Scorpion for example, Kano, Cage, Rayden (until MKD), Kitana, Goro, Shao Kahn, Jade, Tanya, Jax, etc etc etc, the list is huge.
Good views though, I like reading your posts.
As for her age, pffff, that means nothing, she is still the only female who can dress decent/elegant and look sexy at the same time without showing all her skin. She dresses fine.