Introducg Mortal Kombat's First Gay Character - IGN

Contents:

• INTRODUCG MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• DID MORTAL KOMBAT WASTE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER?
• KUNG J IS MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• MORTAL KOMBAT SERI INTRODUC FIRST GAY CHARACTER, KUNG J
• KUNG J IS MORTAL KOMBAT’S FIRST GAY KOMBATANT
• HERE’S MORTAL KOMBAT’S FIRST NONILLY GAY CHARACTER
• BLK AND YOU MIGHT MISS MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• HOMOPHOB UPSET ABOUT MORTAL KOMBAT X’S GAY FIGHTER ARE HILAR
• MORTAL KOMBAT GETS ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER

INTRODUCG MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Kung J is a gay character om Mortal Kombat. Kung J began to exprs his fear of the Shaol rejectg him bee of his homosexualy, but was terpted by Rain statg that "(The Shaol) re only about what is your heart, not what your heart sir.

It is later nfirmed by the game's director that he is gay[1]. ↑ Kung J is Gay. "Mortal Kombat’s first gay male character may be new playable Mortal Kombat X character Kung J, acrdg to an terpretatn of flashback scen explorg the character’s past.

We've prevly explored -pth why we need more gay characters gam and noted that “subtlety wrg should always be praised and ’s more reprentative of real LGBT people.

DID MORTAL KOMBAT WASTE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER?

However, observant gamers have disvered that Mortal Kombat X featur the first openly gay character the anchise’s history. In Chapter 4, one of the cutscen strongly impli that the character Kung J is gay. — Domic Cianclo (@domcianclo) April 14, 2015 [Source: GayStarNews].

However, after meetg the Thunr God, he let go of his rentment and traed unr the Whe Lot Society, who J origally thought would not accept him bee of his homosexualy. A disurse between Kung J and Rain, as well as one of J's ments durg an teractn wh Tanya the game's ar, and a half-nfirmatn on the speculatn of fans by one of the game's wrers has led a strong implitn J beg the first homosexual character the Mortal Kombat seri.

[1] Later, via Twter, creator Domic Cianclo nfirmed that J is ed homosexual.

KUNG J IS MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

An teractn wh Liu Kang shows that Kang do not approve of eher Kung J's homosexualy or his thief past. For the first time, players of the massively popular Mortal Kombat seri have the optn to play as a gay character the anchise's latt stallment, "Mortal Kombat X. Gay Star News was observant enough to notice that Kung J is a homosexual, thanks to one of Mortal Kombat X‘s cutscen.

What do you thk of Mortal Kombat‘s first gay character? ” A tweet om Mortal Kombat X‘s cematic director, Domic Cianclo, suggts that Kung J is the fightg anchise’s first (nonilly) gay character. “I see people are pickg up on the subtle exposn ntaed Kung J’s flashback, ” he said a tweet picked up by Gay Star News.

MORTAL KOMBAT SERI INTRODUC FIRST GAY CHARACTER, KUNG J

Can we talk about Kung-J beg the first gay character! Observant fans have jt outed a closeted gay character Mortal Kombat X, said to be the first the seri. His orientatn is somethg slipped subtly to the game, and appears to be first spotted by Gay Star News who was payg close attentn durg one of his flashback cutscen.

While I suppose that uld be terpreted as Kung J fallg for say, the razor-toothed cloned villa Mileena, which no orr of monks would approve of, Mortal Kombat X’s cematic director Domic Cianclo nfirmed that the scene was ed alludg to Kung J beg gay. It’s a small thg, but given that Kung J would be the first gay character MK history, ’s not signifint.

KUNG J IS MORTAL KOMBAT’S FIRST GAY KOMBATANT

Gay fightg game characters are few and far between, and only a few LGBTQ characters even seem to exist the landspe at all.

The pot is, legimately, nfirmed gay characters are a rary fightg gam. In recent years, more and more gay characters have ma their way to gam, most notably the sts of Bware’s Dragon Age and Mass Effect seri, many of whom are gay, where the player character has the optn to be gay (or bi) as well.

There’s also The Last of Us: Gone Home, which revealed Ellie as gay as she shar a tenr moment wh her (unfortunately soon-to-be-killed) iend. Only recent years have more fully-flhed out gay characters started to appear gam.

HERE’S MORTAL KOMBAT’S FIRST NONILLY GAY CHARACTER

I rpect Mortal Kombat, possibly the goofit, bloodit, most over-the-top anchise gamg, at least attemptg to be a b more mdful of their gay and female fans wh subtle chang or addns to the seri.

BLK AND YOU MIGHT MISS MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Is Kung Jn a Homosexual? Cuz I really dont thk him to be Gay. RE: Is Kung Jn a Homosexual?

One of the wrers nfirmed that he is gay like 6 years ago. Like bee he's gay, he has to flch when Kotal Kahn mak a verbal jab at him? And if he was "Gay" might be an optn of him dog a double take on what Kotal said rollg his eye or makg a embarrised movement of some kd om what Kotal says y.

HOMOPHOB UPSET ABOUT MORTAL KOMBAT X’S GAY FIGHTER ARE HILAR

I also dont thk would have been played off so lightly by NRS not givg any story behd or even gog whout any ltle b of regnizatn story wise seeg how would be the 1st known Gay Character whether your unfortable or not is still a qutnable subject.

The game also troduc the first openly gay fighter the Mortal Kombat universe, Kung J. That this was an explic reference to J beg homosexual was later nfirmed by NetherRealm studs. Kung J is arguably the first openly gay playable character a fightg game ever (Street Fighter’s Poison is nsistently portrayed as a transwoman and Venom of Guilty Gear is implied to love wh his male mentor.

See, homophobe land gay people are only allowed to be real characters if nobody ever lls them gay and they never ever do anythg to ll attentn to themselv as gay.

MORTAL KOMBAT GETS ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Once someone acknowledg the gayns YOU CAN’T UNSEE IT! They are no longer a regular person; they are a gay person and you always have to take that to nsiratn. Dorian by the way, refers to the openly gay character om Dragon Age: Inquisn, the game that has set the bar on genr and sexual orientatn diversy the dtry.