Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil In America: Notes In Praise Of Black Performance

Champion of Earthrealm RAIDEN | Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

I’m going to be so fucking depressed if it’s not Bi-Han in MK1.

Painting by Odd Nerdrum

Saw this meme running around on twitter, I just had to do one for the Lin Kuei

subtle ways to include foreshadowing

one character knowing something offhandedly that they shouldn't, isn't addressed until later

the crow rhyme

colours!! esp if like, blue is evil in your world and the mc's best friend is always noted to wear blue...betrayal?

write with the ending in mind

use patterns from tragic past events to warn of the future

keep the characters distracted! run it in the background until the grand reveal

WEATHER.

do some research into Chekhov's gun

mention something that the mc dismisses over and over

KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU PUT. don't leave things hanging.

unreliable characters giving information that turn out to be true

flowers and names with meanings

anything with meanings actually

metaphors. if one character describes another as "a real demon" and the other turns out to be the bad guy, you're kind of like...ohhh yeahhh

anyways add anything else in the tags

IT'S TIME FOR MORTAL KOMBAT 12 BABY!!!!!

Blue Iris by jimbo522012 https://flic.kr/p/2o7sv78

Yasunari Ikenaga: '朱い櫛 樹子' red comb and jiko (2013)

What the hey hey was that second tease lol

Just a clock and boom