Off work now and I saw some other posts I wanted to speak to...
razz2d2 Wrote:
I was under the impression that raiden was dark, not evil. But in this game he can end up that way.
BUT i would say that sending past raiden future messages in order to prevent armageddon is probably against the elder god's wishes.
It would be interesting if the elder gods reveal to him that regardless of the changes, armageddon will be inevitable.
That, Raiden getting these messages, and elder gods being pissed could develop into Evilness?
Now THIS sounds feasible based on where we're at. Having the Elder Gods react to Raiden in some way
(one ironic way would be if they reacted to him like they probably did with Shinnok) would be ideal, and I think, cool.
Raiden
could be, even though his motives were positive in the Dark Raiden period, he could be violating some sort of "deity law" or " god credo" or something to that affect. Y'know, there's probably a set of rules he's binded by that as Dark Raiden, he's violated. THAT would make a ton of sense.
So, I'm hoping that if they delve into it, they give us something like that. That would make sense and, I think that if not right now, it'll soon be time for someone more powerful than Raiden to step in....or even punish him for the things he's been doing. I mean, there's gotta be some kinda rule against:
1.) Resurrecting a dead champs body and using it as your own personal enforcer.
2.) Killing a human, even if he is ignorant and almost causes the destruction of your planet.
3.) Making deals with all the devils at once.
4.) Using necromancy, a dark art to do...
anything as a good God personality.
THOSE four things alone should get him "in trouble"...with somebody. lol
blackcyborg Wrote:
That's the way I see it. I am not going to go back and forth about it, but I just figured I would at least throw my analysis out there. I see Raiden as Neutral. He'd be good in the eyes of Earthrealm inhabitants that aren't a threat to Earth, and want to remain alive and well. He'd be evil to those who are wishing to do good, but are unintentionally fucking things up.
But ultimately he is completely neutral. He isn't off trying to concur other realms or killing innocents, he's merely protecting his realm from those who threaten it. Much like you protect your own house or family etc. from those who threaten it, whether it be with good intentions or bad intentions, you are protecting what is "yours" so to speak. It doesn't make you evil. It's not like you're the one going to other houses to fuck shit up. You're just minding your own business but keeping your stuff safe.
Y'know, I gave a similar example as this a while ago but I got pegged with the whole"oh, you're just a big Raiden fan" thing. It's nice to see that the tie between Raiden and Earth, and someone and their kids/stuff/home could be made by someone else.
Jaded-Raven Wrote:
The fact that Raiden tends to necromancy on Liu Kang's dead body to zombify him and that he doesn't seem to care that Zombie Liu Kang is killing innocent people does make Raiden sound like he's on the verge of evilhood. His intentions might be good, but as said, the means to do so aren't justified. He's literally using perverted and twisted dark magic on his closest human ally - it shows he's lost his emotional attachment to humankind and had a significant loss of morals.
If Dark Raiden is not evil, he damn well is only but a step away from becoming so.
I can actually accept that. He's on the tight rope.
That's the angle I'm on though. The moment he starts targeting folks other than the evil guys himself, he will have crossed the line. Using necromancy doesn't even make sense for a God, but the fact that he's using dark magic should violate
something about him being a good guy, in my mind. It's a complete contradiction to his character.
To be honest, I don't understand why he'd need it in the first place. He's a God, shouldn't he simply have the rite to bring people back to life already? Wtf is he doing?...
Unless.... he's trying to hide what he's doing from someone who could stop him.
]{0MBAT Wrote:
I just don't hold Raiden accountable for his actions. We don't have all the details of his transformation, but if it really is something very powerful such as the One Being corrupting him, the argument could be made that he's just as much a puppet as Zombie Liu is.
That's probably the part that I don't buy, but that is within my spectrum of speculation as well. i actually feel that using the OB like that is such a cop-out that I usually don't even bother going there.
It just craps all over more creative ways to write the thing out iMo.
