"The mother of kitana,Queen Sindel was forced into marriage with Shao Kahn when he conquered her realm of Edenia . In an attempt to thwart the emperors design on Earthrealm,she sacrificed herself.Her suicide created a magical ward preventing him from setting foot there.But now the barrier has been dissolved,Sindel has been resurrected,her mind enslaved by Shao Kahn,Earthrealms former ally has become a deadly threat." 1992-2011
@@adrianaviles8860 exactly my friend,after John Tobias left,things started to change for the worse
@@Jaxionisnum2 it's because of retcons like this that we're stuck with this shit in the first place.
Sindel:she couldn't be a bigger disappointment
Me: I could say the same to you
@stripe801 while i agree we need more types of villains like sindel it shouldn't have been her since we already had years of knowing who she is
In this Time line: *sindel belong to the Street*
And not just any streets. She belongs to be in Brooklyn. They can have her
Sindel in the beginning of the story: WE MUST PROTECT HER AT ALL COSTS
Sindel when we start her chapter: SHE BELONGS TO THE STREETS🤬👊🏽
Kitana- "Mother... you're alive..."
Sindel- "Too bad... you... will die!"
Ngl, if there was one skin/voice from that movie to be added, I'd hoped it be Sindel with a callback to this line. Lmao
Making Sindel evil makes no sense. It contradicts all her previous character endings showing her as a loving mother and a just queen.
if Aftermatch ending lead to MK12 using Great Kunglao as main char, they likely gonna use that recot and make it real then too.
Remember that this is a different timeline than original MK3, Deception and Armageddon.
@@Citanoo Yeah starting with MK9 in which is stated that she killed herself in order to put a protective ward on earthrealm so Shao Khan could not invade it as he did to Edenia.
And now Aftermath comes around and tells us Sindel always loved Shao Khan and was as evil as him, to the point of killing Jerrod. If that's the case, why on earth did she commit suicide in order to prevent Shao's further conquests in the first place?
The probolem is not that they retconned her. Is that they did it terrible.
@@Xfushion2 exactly. Raiders time message only went to MK1 and shouldn't have affected Sindels history like that. NR reasoning to make her evil was dumb as hell
Xfusion she said Quan Chi murdered her and made it look like a suicide. But the recon goes south because Sindel’s ward was to protect Earthrealm.
Kitanas face while she was on her knees and couldn’t do anything to help made me heartbroken
Hey remember when Sindel was a kind and caring mother ? Well Neatherrealm sure doesn't.
I really hate the way they changed sindel's story. 😭😭. She is a lovely lady, a loving mother and wife. Betraying your daughter and husband for power is a lame decision. I want to stay in the thought where shao kahn bewitched sindel. 😭😭
Man i really feel sad for the og fan's from the 1990s,no wonder it gets so much hate.
Jaylen Mark the only reason why it gets so much hate, is because people can’t accept change.
@@goodman4915
Or that poorly handled continuity is objectively bad, boi...
Not to mention reducing a empowering female character being to a cliche power hungry screwover is not only disregarding the great character arc she had before, it's not suited in the current time where female empowerment is a thing.
Good Man she WAS a cliché: Glenda the good witch pie-baking mother who was always hypnotized/ killed. This is just the thing, they’ve made her more interesting than your fantasy grandmother.
0:48-0:52 Sindel’s facial change and the way she says, Enter gets me every time
Absolutely my favorite scene! I’d love to see a prequel of her ruling Edenia
(Knock at the door) Enter!!! Sounded like Nicki Minaj 🤣😅my favorite part... well... one of them..I actually loved this Sindel version...as well as the original
Kitana isn’t dead people her revenant got killed (evil future kitana) so her past self (the good alive one) isn’t dead and she’s fine. If her past self would of been the one to die than she would be fully dead like Kano but thankfully that didn’t happen 💙
thats pretty weird because if the pasts die, wouldnt it not matter considering on how the Revenants are dead?
It's still super sad because revenant kitana was the kitana we met on Mk9
Kung Lao from past fell in the water and died = His revenant is ok.
Kitana from past is hurted and unable to fight back = Her revenant is ok.
Liu legs were broken = His revenant had his legs broken too.
Ed Boon got full "Todd Howard mode": It just works.
2:09 that scene gets me because it looks like sindel regrets it
I thought I was the only one, I wished she changed her mind and joined Kitana, then she would still be alive.
interesting analysis. I always thought of it as instead of being happy she is with her daughter, she has to put on a facade in order to trick her daughter into thinking she is good.
I think she had some second thoughts at that moment, probably because Kitana was so kind and loving to her, and, by all means, she is her mother, but her power thirst got the upper hand over her maternal feelings, whatever they were. When she said that Kitana should be put in chains to feel the anguish of defeat, I think that that was her buying time in order to not let Kitana be executed by Shao Kahn, although it is obvious that Sindel would never let her daughter get any empowered position again.
Matheus G. S. You’re overthinking a video game character’s rationale a a human. She literally says to Shao Kahn 2 minutes later ‘TAKE BACK OUR THRONE’ what part of this are you not listening to.
I’m sorry but at 1:19 the respect sindel shows for her daughter is really moving even if it’s deceptive.Why tf did they make her evil it kills the emotion of the current lore...they could’ve been a kick ass mother daughter team..
You conveniently left out the part where She was BRAINWASHED BY EVIL SORCERERS WHEN SHE WAS REVIVED.
Bruh is it me or does Jade seems to get screwed over in all her appearances, she got beaten up by Shiva, then got beaten (and probably killed) by Sindel on the boat, and her Revenant gets smacked around and murdered
*Jade is the Krillin of the MK universe*
She wasn’t killed on the boat cause that would mean her revenant should’ve been dead by the time Sindel, Shao Khan, and Shang Tsung got to Kronika
Better to be the Krillin then either the Yamcha or Raditz of Mortal Kombat. Kung Lao and Kabal pretty much fit those two respective roles to a T.
well she did beat up Kotah Kahn to stop him (even though that result as him got captured by Shao Kahn)
Her revenant self is killed, not the past Kitana.
ANONYMOUS no it’s the other way if the current kitana gets injured the revenant one gets also injured since she’s her past self but if the revenant one gets killed the past kitana won’t
Kitana Kahn will sit on Outworld's throne again in Liu Kang's new timeline. :)
@@DUflo100 Did you not listen to what Nightwolf says when he fights Revenant Sindel? He says she can't kill him because if she does, she'll kill his revenant too. 🙄💔💔
Sindel definitely doing a face time with shang tshung.
It could've been such a better timeline if Sindel had realized what she was doing is wrong and betrayed Shao Kahn instead of Kitana.
7:45 You can see on Kitana's face her pain and disappointment. :(
Why were the sounds of Sindel and Jade's weapons clashing so satisfying to me?
You should've put 'kills Kitanas Revenant', Past Kitana is presumably still alive
Past kitana must still be alive or else relevant kitana would have all ready been dead by the time sindel, shao kahn and shang tsung got to the hour glass
@@wthsamdi1221 it's the other way around. If past versions of characters die, future versions die with them.
If past versions get hurt, future versions share that pain.
If a future version dies, Past version won't because they take their place.
@@wthsamdi1221 why is that? Her revenant is already dead why would the past Kitana die as well.
Sindel: my daughter couldn’t be a bigger disappointment
Me: like mother like daughter then, huh?
I like how at 7:01 Shao Kahn just nudged the Tarkatan without even looking. 😂
11:07 just by the look of Sindel’s face am I the only one who thinks that she regrets going against her own daughter??
"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Queen Sindel experienced both ends of the spectrum.
I'm just realizing Sindel has now technically defeated Jade 3 times … =/
@@henkaistudio 1. Rips out jade's heart
2. Slams her on boat
3. Stabs jade's revenant
@@diamondyoshi7380 yeah she killed her the first time there and the second time she impaled her that she killed her the second time.
Completely wasted her character
"The mother of kitana,Queen Sindel was forced into marriage with Shao Kahn when he conquered her realm of Edenia . In an attempt to thwart the emperors design on Earthrealm,she sacrificed herself.Her suicide created a magic ward preventing him from setting foot there.But now the barrier has been dissolved,Sindel has been resurrected,her mind enslaved by Shao Kahn,Earthrealms former ally has become a deadly threat." 1992-2011
Jaylen Mark EXACTLY, I legit didn’t even give a fuck about Sindel and when I heard her backstory I still didn’t really care but as soon as netherrealm said they were changing it I immediately was like “okay, that’s dumb. She just lost all character depth”
@@lionlol3302 may as well make Bo Rai Cho the new hero of Earthrealm. Or have D'vorah kill everyone
I rather watch a drunken man that save somehow the earth than a backstabber Spider alien that kill mileena with a Kiss en imprison us en so she can impregnat everyone so she can rule the world... Yeah... That why i chose option 1
Queen Sindel, you have earned your rightful place among the other characters in the pantheon of horrible mothers and mother figures. Please, make yourself at home, and help yourself to a complimentary "World's Best Mom" mug, courtesy of the Bad Mothers Association!
Sindel reminds me a lot like Gothel
She knows when and how to twist her personality
@@terrance3218nah lmao because they didn't get no power they died too
Look at it this way they made sindel evil and most likely gonna make mileena an anti hero like scorpion. From there i can definitely see kitana and mileena duke it out with they mom. 2 vs. 1 style.
@@cyriztz she’s back now somehow
I think it has to do with them changing the timeline at the end of aftermath bringing everyone back to life
But D'vorah said she killed King Jerod for Shao Khan
She said, and I quote, "This one killed *many* for Shao Kahn". She never admited to killing Jerod specificaly
The Sindel retcon was the turning point of the whole Aftermath story, considering Shang Tsung knew all along that she was evil before Quan Chi's brainwashing.
Rewatching the story, there were foreshadowing moments, like when Shang Tsung said "Sindel is the key", and Kronika mentioned something like "Shang Tsung wouldn't go through the trouble to restore her if it didn't secure victory".
@@woke1497 its fitting for her because most mothers cant stand their daughters anyway.
Still, the retcon removed any nuance left in Sindel. She is now just a generic evil older woman and seeing as how the writers get a boner out of ruining their characters, they’re sadly most likely going to keep her like this in future games.
@@woke1497lmao nah she been good they changed sindel was good to mileena and kitana now she's a puppet
Have you noticed at 12:42 Kung Lao gets his neck snapped AGAIN? The first time was in MK9.
Tbh i do prefer when shao kahn in game shows just how strong he is
He wasn’t that strong if you look Sindel jumped into his fights especially When Johnny cage was fighting him
@@lagforce7473 And Johnny Cage also beat Scorpion and Sub Zero one after another with no injuries in MK 10. The fights mean nothing anymore, anyone can win.
TheCommentGuy because she had Shang tsungs power absorbed into her how else do you think she was powerful it literally shows her get the power She’s definitely not strong enough to take on all of them let alone a elder god this is a Shitty retcon
Why...just...why?? I mean, MK11 is already heart wrenching enough for me...the aftermath is worse...just...why..........😭😭
mk 11 aftermath is the definition of "we won, but at what cost?"
Wow This is the first time I have ever seen Shao Kahn ever show even the slightest form of affection or an actual form of love to another living being!!! I always assumed she was just some trophy to him and had hundreds of wives after her and meant nothing, but he actually cares for her?!? Who knew the big bad has a little soft spot in him.
After mk9 shao khan became went from king tryant to just an evil dad in a family with an evil wife and evil daughter and the one daughter who is abuse
Mr. Blue Is Too Smooth dad!? Oh wait. Right mileena. And that one daughter no one likes in the family.
Kitana and Lui Kang always had it rough so I’m not surprised they were treated like this🤷🏽♂️
2:05 I hate Sindel for making Kitana suffer like that... Look how happy she is... And Sindel's face? I think she kind of realised how much Kitana missed her. But she only cares about her throne. I miss the original Sindel that truly loved her daughter. Now put aside the other tragic characters and look at Kitana. No need for me to say all the times she has been wronged.
MK11's story was bad enough, but The Aftermath simply left even worse aftertaste.
Meh, better than the last two Mortal Kombats. Hard not to appreciate that.
Couldn't agree more man....just f the whole timeline into one pack of dogshit
Sindel: Kitana is the weaker Kahn.
Me: incorrect. That would be Kotal.
So Sheeva just exits like that? THAT's her death scene? Man what a let down. They've already massively improved Sheeva's character only to be gutted like that without so much a whimper.
I hope the writers find a balance for Sindel in future games. I know many fans are angry that in MK11 Sindel is evil, but on the other hand, I really like her relationship with Shao Kahn in this game (which added some humanity to his character) and I would not want the authors to "forget" about this couple.
I hate Sindel being evil. 😭😡 She needs to be good in the next new era timeline that Liu Kang has made.
Imagine Liu Kang deleted sindel and all the other bad guys from the existence in the new era? And maybe the story will focus more to the Life of the "Great Kung Lao" rather than the old arc?
@@SDR3088 "The mother of kitana,Queen Sindel was forced into marriage with Shao Kahn when he conquered her realm of Edenia . In an attempt to thwart the emperors design on Earthrealm,she sacrificed herself.Her suicide created a magic ward preventing him from setting foot there.But now the barrier has been dissolved,Sindel has been resurrected,her mind enslaved by Shao Kahn,Earthrealms former ally has become a deadly threat." 1992-2011
Honestly It broke my heart at first i thought she was nice but no she broke my little heart but i still love her and her sassy personality
To be honest, I prefer this version. But I guess I’m coming from a neutral stand but I wouldn’t dare say it in front of a die hard MK fan. I think the sassyness gives her a flair and edge but who am I
Sindel: Raiden's violence against our Lord will not go unavenged, Fujin. Prepare to pay for your brother's sins.
@@dmalaychukhahaha like sindel was powerful with Shang tsung she was weak kitana was stronger never needed a man or a king
Even tho Liu Kang is my favorite, I do like Shao Khan sonning everyone, especially Johnny Cage. Also that Kodak moment between Liu Kang and Kitana was perfect
Do you think she has any love for her
There was a bit when they where hugging and it looked like she does feel something
And now, I will never look at this Sindel again. I’m sticking with 2011, causes that’s the Sindel I grew up with MK9 forever!
Stop most mothers hate their daughters or jealous so why does this bother you so much.
@MrOrlandodh12 no, not all moms are like this. A lot of moms would be willing to die for their daughters if anything.
@@MrOrlandodh12 I guess you had a bad childhood or bad relationship with your mother, eh? i pity you. If not then you're one ungrateful bastard.
@Dark Emperor Agreed. This video is NOT how an average mom acts. Not even remotely close.
Many ppl say sindel didn't care for kitana but I think she did 2:07 the heartbroken look in her face to be betraying her daughter says it all
Yeah i agree. Sindel definitely cares about Kitana even though she is twisted, but her punishments are just harsh as hell
@@naeshaunedwards7731nah lmao she killed jerold Kitana real father
Shao was just a replacement lmao and Kitana never forgave sindel or Shao khao really
Okay I'm gonna be completely honest... but please note that I do know the original story for Sindel
I love how Evil they made Sindel
@dork Muffin, I love how evil they made her too. She has a edge that I love about women. And it makes a good story.I know the original story too but wasn’t she always evil or bewitched as they say.
Shao Khan: Wife you're here
Mileena: Shao, you can just say Ki
Shao: Wife
Mileena:
If you look closely when kitana hugs Sindel. Sindel looks like she feels bad and almost has second thoughts of betraying her daughter
12:31 Kitana is very good dodger and Fighter
I prefer Sindel this way. It suits her better.
Sindel: I'm not going to kill you. As Raiden said to Lord Shinnok...
There are fates worse than death.
I like what they did with sindel. Don't @ me
I agree I like her too but I wouldn’t dare tell the MK fans they are mad enough. Funny enough though, my older cousins who played MK thought she was always evil I had to convince them she was bewitched lol
I was introduced to her in mk 3 I think. And I believe I was only 12 or something I don't even know. I remember deadly alliance being the first one I owned though. Anyway I'm 26 now and always assumed she was evil though I knew the history. I don't see her as good lmao. And I saw the cutscenes of her being good but there's far more footage of her being bad lmao. Cause it's what's good. And it's obviously what the developers want to keep pushing, but all anyone talks about is their personal preference.
Lol.
I dig that Shang Tsung killed Kung Lao the same way Shang Killed Liu Kang in the opening of Deadly Alliance.
Sindel I love her and cocky attitude .
Killing her daughter (even though she's still a reveant ) By stabbing her in the back after you just told her that you murdered her father in cold blood and betrayed her trust, this woman has no soul
This is like the 5th time in the last 3 MK games that Sindel has killed Kitana
11:05 Shao Kahn and Sindel doesn't agree on LiuTana. So Shao Kahn stepped on Liu Kang's hand and smash both legs, and Sindel is putting her foot on Kitana's head while incapacitate. So sad to see them in very awful situation like this. 😢
Yeah this timeline the villains won. Cassie and Johnny would have become slaves after being captured, Sindel presumably killed Sheeva, Kotal got killed (offscreen which is upsetting), Kung Lao was thrown into the sea, Jade probably would have become a slave, or executed later after her battle with Sindel and Kitana would be chained and punished because of Sindel’s order
Guys it is safe to say that Liu Kangs ending is the canon one. Everyone is safe relax. Apart from Shangh of course...
@Adam Young How do you think fans of Shao Kahn felt with MK11? For the first time he's tossed aside like a C grade villain and beaten by one of the weaker MK characters. This was cool in that way, we see an alternate timeline where Shao kahn returns and smashes Kitana and Liu Kang, and does Shao Kahn things. It doesn't even matter because Liu Kang resets the timeline again so they're fine.
I personally don't get the Kitana-Liu Kang relationship. They just eye each other once at the MK tournament and now they are soulmates destined to be together for thousands of years.
Jade and kitana really said "we ride together we die together"💔
12:30
Jade: Not again
The one time I want to see D'Vorah and she is no where to be found
Scorpion from the past ripped her spider legs off which might have killed her
One things for sure, we all wanted to leave kitana beat us if we chose sindel
In the original mk11 story I wanted to let scorpion win against raiden bc scorpion was telling the truth and I felt like punching raiden in the face so when I got to in aftermath as Fijian that made me feel better
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am I missing something about all this? don't you guys think theyre heading into MK12 with a plan to kind of revive or revisit this stuff? Sindel included.
It seems like they're heading into deception/Armageddon territory with all of the references (havik-onaga-daegon-argus-mileena-ermac) etc … and we saw how Sindel was in Deception. Isn't there a possibility her story could change and then continue onward? With her as "good" again.
Tbh, I always thought the moment Kitana hugged her in this scene was making her doubt her actions but now that I look at that face I get the feeling of : Why is this peasant hugging me?
Shao Kahn is the Vince McMahon of Mortal Kombat
Sindel: I will enjoy feeding Lord Shinnok your soul.
She is having second thoughts in that face she made when she hugged her.
Thank god revenant Kitana is dead because I need Kitana to just look like a normal human in the character select screen in MK12.
I’m so angry that sindel... is like that omg
I must say Sindel is utterly gorgeous that hug was awesome
I love the part where katana cuts shao Kahn’s face and he takes and then he just punches her and hits her
@@dmalaychuklnao the only reason they upgraded Shao khao Kitan already killed him sindel was never meant to lead
Yeah but I have a question...Why and how the hell is Sindel so powerful to beat the entire roster of characters all over again and an elder god?!
She damn defeated Jade in a bo staff fight, like bruh, that's her speciality....and she seems even stronger than Shao Kahn
She was just a queen, here, she seems like a Banshee War Machine....
@@nabilahmed579That's it? I need more of a shitty reason as to why they did this
@@PrinceFloof aftermath basically could have done the plot without her considering shao could have just done it on his own, if writers gave him an acc brain.
Sindel was there for plot convenience and to drag the story longer than it should’ve been.
I'm just going to assume that Shao Kahn/shang tsung did something to her prior to her death that would make her evil if they ever used the soul chamber.
Ok NS.....I have a quick question
If Sindel was evil the entire time....WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF HER BEING BRAINWASHED BY SHAO KAHN?!!!
They need to make shao kahn like used to in mk 9 and dc vs mortal kombat
Sindel is a sweet talker
is just me, or her story outfit is more darker than the one we have from the tutorial ? 🤔
Sindel vs Jade did not have to go that hard but I'm glad it did
Shao-del are the very definition of a Power Couple.
in the past timeline sindel killed herself because she couldn’t take the abuse that shao kahn did to her and in this timeline they’re a power couple? i hate what they did with sindel, she was a loving mother and queen to edenia and it turns out that she killed her own husband to be with shao kahn? god i hate nrs
@@mlo009 Good point. I was wondering why Shao Khan didn't reassert his authority when Shang Tsung was leading the pair by the nose.
Kitana isn’t dead
At this point, Sindel just a big fail. Claim to be all poweful and still ended up fucking the whole world up for a man..🙄
6:41 I am glad NRS finally give out this shocking revelation to Kitana.
If sindel was that OP all on her own imagine When she shang Tsung's power?! SINDEL IS THAT BITCH
12:29 Why jade can’t defeat sindel?
2:07
If only she realized in that moment that she has been wrong and did a secret backstab against shao khan and shang tsung , it wouldve been way better than her being an old purple banshee that belings on the streets
Mortal Kombat 11: Heroes Time
Mortal Kombat Aftermath: Villains Time
Aside from fujin and nightwolf
Good twist
Finally don't have to suffer the bullshit of ordinary people beating super gods
Well except the endingsOnly the good ending
I'm A Lombax Also kind of Sheeva whose whole motivation is born from her loyalty to Sindel; at least the idolized version of her that is a good queen.