I think my favorite part of this was the proposed dynamic between Erron and Stryker. Two otherwise normal dudes getting by with their wits and their guns, placed on the opposite sides of a dimensional war owed largely to circumstances that have far surpassed their own control.
The 2 blue-collar workers of Mortal Kombat, not getting paid enough for this shit. By the way, I didn't get to expand on them teaming up, which is a shame; need to do it in another video. It'd be cool for them to just exchange tips based off observations from their previous fight and bonding that way, through sharing tips and secrets of their craft, as well as complaining about the overly magical universe they're in.
I was gonna say something along the lines of MK is great cause fanfictions are always better written than the source material, but this is more than just fanfiction. Keep writing, the world needs your creativity. This was phenomenal, the fact it took me so long to figure out who the girl was, but i could still figure it out. The fact he went through an arc, no one felt out of character, and a good ending. Every character you had him interact with had amazing chemistry, even the guy Ive never heard of before. Phenomenal, Lovely. Please cook more, at your pace, about whoever, whatever you want. I don't care how long i have to wait. 10/10. New sub.
You really enjoyed every aspect, didn't you.. I'm glad the Cassie thing hit the intended way; it's hard to lump all the stories in one video without the plot twist becoming obvious, and you only really have the nonlinear chronology to help with that. Thank you for the comment. Truly glad you liked it.
I like the idea that Erron Black was, himself, one of Earth Realm's defenders during a previous Mortal Kombat Tournament, a charming Cowboy who wanted to "Live Forever", and go down as the best gunslinger ever. He was defeated in Mortal Kombat, and being afraid of dying in irrelevancy, he accepts Shang Tsung's offer to betray Earthrealm in order to "Live Forever", maybe he kills one of the Earthrealmers, and in doing so is rewarded with becoming immortal, as long as he does the devil's bidding from time to time. I like the idea that he doesn't do, well, anything with the money. Perhaps when he was a Cowboy, he would do deeds for towns and families free of charge. Nowadays he does mercenary work for boatloads more money than he's really worth. The money is merely a reminder of how far he'd fallen from wanting to live forever hundreds of years ago. Makes one wonder how he would react if Shang Tsung died. Or what his relationship with Raiden and Fujin would be.
I love the Dark Tower atmosphere you've created for this version of Erron Black. He travels workds beyond understanding, has done things that books were written about and has shot at things that you are better off not knowing they even exist.
He’s a loner badass encountering all forms of life throughout his travels around the world. He’s fought demons, ninjas, robots, witches, vampires, wizards, reborn dead corpses, specters and other forms of life and species. He’s also a bounty hunter, a mercenary working for whoever pays him the most. There is a lot they could do with his kharacter.
Far out, you put in a shift with this one. This guy didn't even get to talk in Snowblind, you've outdone yourself and I gotta salute you. You even sucked me into the old gruff man/young girl team up - and I usually hate those. When can we expect Jarek's?
Jarek, the guy I deleted for being pointless? Funny. Don't worry, I hate the gruff man/child team up too, mostly cause it's overused and a bit of a self-insert trope for game devs who have recently become fathers. But it happened to work well enough here to include, especially since it's a short chapter, instead of a whole game.
@@KarisH0 I would just make him the series' designated butt monkey punching bag eager to impress his idol Kano and consistently embarrassing himself. His biggest claim to fame is getting thrown off a cliff - he's never gonna be MK's coolest character but if he's entertaining as its biggest loser, it might just endear people to him.
@@lordtrigon1733 No I could totaly do it but it would just be creating a new character, from scratch. I could call him 'gunkabunga', and you'd never know it was Jarek, cause there's nothing to keep. To be fair, I did redesign Kollector more as like a spontaneous dare kinda thing, but at least there I could port the overall theme of collecting artefacts. And the hood.
I remember trying a write a MK fic a long time ago. Geras was the narrator and talked about what "the most beautiful timeline" he experienced was. And who was he talking to? A young Erron Black. One who had, out of childish curiosity, fallen out of the world and landed in the time chamber. (Which would then be followed by him acting as a neutral force to Geras, for the ultimate thrill. Getting to explore the world and its different versions, to patrol it and get rid of anyone that dared to defile the work of the gods. So like... Neutral Erron.)
That's a cool alternate origin for Black. Instead of a corrupt sorcerer, it's an agent of time itself that keeps Erron's time from coming. Makes sense.
@CynicalWarlock Thanks! Yeah the goal of this AU was revamping characters to try out new things woth them. Johnny fallong into the pit, surviving and befriending a tired Reptile. Stryker and Kabal having to deal daily with the shenanigans of the young thugs Kobra & Kira who have a love/hate relation with them. With Stryker and dying and causing Kobra to go mad with grief, Kira to straighten up, and Kabal to reprise his role. (Ala Kabal's black dragon but on the good side.) Tasia getting a mixture of Kira's backstory of being a female weapon dealer in the middle east, all the while making her the "princess of the black dragon" with a strong personality that enjoy her work. And more!
At this point MK just needs to have separate canons. It'd be confusing but if they're gonna copy Marvel and DC they might as well practice the stuff that made them successful. IDK what NRS is prioritizing (other than money I think) but videos like these remind why I became so obsessed with this series. Unique ideas with interesting executions that sadly don't get the development they deserve anymore because the creatives are not creative :(
The separate canons thing is a good idea that DC stumbled on way too late, after it stopped mattering - they kept tryna copy Marvel's shared universe and lump everything together, only to later see the value in having a separate incarnations like The Batman, Joker, and have them all exist each in their own canon. Shouldn't be surprised, both DC and MK are owned by WB, so the lack of foresight starts to make sense.
Bro made a whole ahh spinoff that has a better storyline than the last 3 games, for one of the most useless characters, and it even lasts longer than Erron's total screen time. Therefore, I am FULLY into it. How do you even imagine these shi? Couldn't even enjoy the ending because it felt like an entire movie but will be wasted as an ignored YT video. Hats off brother.
Noo, please enjoy the ending, I worked my ass off for it.😅 For real though, thanks - I really didn't know if this kind of video would hit home or not. And in a way, UA-cam is the new movie platform (or at least storytelling platform), cause everyone's had it with Hollywood. I mean.. have you seen the swill they serve nowadays?
We've talked about it before, but with Kira and Kobra being the likely people with the new Ghostface release, I do wonder how you'd do Kira (and Kobra) and how that story grows.
I'd do them on the counter. Well I assume you've seen the 'how to improve every etc. etc.' video, that's kind of the direction I'd go with each of them, but yeah, a full rewrite would go a long way towards highlighting why I think those respective paths would be cool.
Actually him being a black dragon member also could work; Picture this: He’s a kid in Texas, just him and his pops plinking cans and hunting. Then his dad gets taken out unfairly by cops. No one to back him up, so he turns outlaw. Eventually, he rolls with the Black Dragon. Kano sees his potential, sends him with Kira and Kobra on a hit. Kira and cobra get killed but erron clears the house, target down, bloodied but alive. Kano’s like, ‘THis kiEd’s goh it,’ and he becomes Kano's right hand alongside Kabal. Dude becomes the Black Dragon’s go-to bounty hunter, there could be a bar shootout like in Desperado movie. Then things turn, Kabal flips to the good side, and it’s just Erron and Kano running things. But Kano trades him off to Shang Tsung or Kollector for some power play. From here, Erron’s either stuck as a ghostly enforcer or breaks free with help from Kenshi and Special Forces. Erron switching sides to hunt Kano can be a fun chapter. Maybe he bondes with Cassy him and Kabal as bros? Dialogues would slap. there’s another way this could go. Imagine Kano sending Erron to kidnap young Cassie (like 14) to put pressure on Sonya. Erron does the job, Kano gets what he wanted and is like ‘Kill tHe kiEd,’ but Erron refuses. That’s where their beef starts. Erron realizes how dirty the Black Dragon is, and that sparks the conflict. From here, it could follow the same route: Special Forces help him break out, and he joins the good guys with kabal.
if erron would want to resurrect someone, you could have it this way: He was commissioned to bring someones head, he didnt kill the guy, but still got paid, him being petty and at the same time nonchalant with his infinite time he works towards the goal of resurrecting that target and this time finishing the job himself. it would paint him as both goofy and unserious in his logistics, but also steadfast in his work ethic. also, he could keep the locket around with him just as a way to die if he ever gets bored of immortality. also, casie subplot? ABSOLUTE CINEMA You need to start adding "wornerbros, HIRE ME, IM AVAILABLE!" at the end of your videos.
Damn, immortal troll Erron, that's funny. Enacting century-long pranks - that's what I want to see. Yeah that's the point of that locket scene - Erron half-resents his existence, but is too apathetic to do anything about it; him keeping the locket with him is like the depressed person keeping one foot off the ledge of the building. Warner Bros would be like "how would this make us more money, exactly?"
I do have to say that I love your ideas for this character. It fits so well with the vibes of him that it feels like it could have been part of the game. I also like the idea that he knew he was gonna be payed 2 times more for whatever his enemies offer him but he asked for triple the money. Knowing he was scamming the Khan. The only issue I have with the video is the use of anime pictures. The contrast between mortal kombat and anime is spinning my head.
Fair point. Was tempted to use more AI art, but it's not as expressive and a bit cold, for some scenes. Also, it fucks up the anatomy a lot. And yeah, that's what I like about the Kahn situation - Erron knew what he was doing, lol.
@@CynicalWarlock I can definitely understand that. AI art just doesn't cut it with conveying certain emotions. It was a great detail you added that he knew what he was doing but did it anyways.
Damn this is great.. Went ahead and watched this video after you mentioned it in your comments. I like how you give lesser focused characters stories of their own, something that could be adapted into its own movie with how every setup has its own payoff.
@@idunnoman9402 Oh hello again. Yeah that was the idea - to make sprawling, multi-game-spanning character arcs, that could double as spinoff films/games. Glad you enjoyed it.
32:07 imagine Black’s immortality somehow led to one of his lived ones to become sick or ill somehow and his debt to Shang tsung is because Shang is keeping them alive with souls
I have a soft spot for stories with a grumpy guy in duo with a gentler personality. Fits really well here, it was a pleasure to listen to your story, nice work man. Erron may have yee'd his last haw but his legacy lives on.
At 15:56, so basically, you're using chaos realm as the MK equivalent to Marvel's negative zone. That's actually a smart idea. For those who don't know, the negative zone in Marvel comics is essentially a dimension in which sometimes people from other universes can meet up since there's only one version of it in the multiverse.
Good comparison. Also thought of making it dangerous to most living beings, similarly to how the Negative Zone is fatal to regular beings; over time, people get warped and twisted into most depictions of Chaosrealmers that you see.
Finally had time to finish this masterpiece and its awesome i imagine errons sarcastic line about that persons (being vague in case spoilers) judge of character probably haunted them when they had a falling out with jin
Damn that's a nice pickup. A+. I'll be honest, I just wrote that in for its own sake, at first, and then it hit me that it doubles as foreshadowing for the Jin thing. Bravo.
This makes me want so much more out of Mortal Kombat, also makes me grieve for something that never existed in the first place. Awesome video man, credit to you and everyone who worked on it
Didn't expected the quiz to be real, I thought Warlock gonna do a little trolling. I hope one day we'll get the answer to main mystery of Erron Black - where he puts his explosives that he throws during the combat?
Not often do I comment to compliment on UA-cam videos (usually quite the opposite up to stright up nitpicky annoyance for it's own sake), but this is rather wonderfully done and I loved it. Also, there are some thoughts to be had about Erron and Bi-Han, both being cold assassins. Would be interesting to see Erron's opinions on his rivals (assassins from clans such as the Lin Quei).
@@gaborholotajr.4427 That's quite the praise then, coming from you. Appreciate it. And good point, would be nice to have a scene where these 2 assassins compare philosophies.
You did a phenomenal job with this. I’m not exaggerating when I say that this is inspiring to me. I’d tip my 10 gallon hat off to you, but I don’t have one, so I’ll tip my motorcycle helmet instead.
This man just gave us a whole mini novel for the love of the game. I hope you can channel this into your own works and stop wasting it on MK. And that intro could easily fit into an MF Doom song
THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE BEST. 10/10. A major purchase regret I have is at comic-con in 2016, I wasn't in a position to spend the money, but some booth had a beautiful portrait of Erron Black in pencil and the coolest worn wooden frame for like $250 and my god, what I would give to have that.
Well didn't think I'd get so choked up at the end there with the reveal and the heroic sacrifice. Well done! Such a shame NRS squandered Erron Black like they did cause Gunslingers are COOL AF! And I'm a sucker for Gunslingers lol. Yet they did hardly anything with him. This re-write you guys came up with made this WAY better than it ever needed to be.
Oh my God the Acoustic Sasuke theme is so badass, it suits honestly suits Erron Black so well. Just screams Wicked, Gunslinging, Sharpshooting, Murdering, Outlandish, Texan, Cowboy, Mercenary.
That's what I thought too. It's funny how everything fell in place - I just happened to be listening to Sasuke's theme a lot, around the time when some of these Erron Black ideas got sparked, and also randomly rediscovered that Chris Cornell song from watching Man of Steel scenes. Everything instantly fell into place.
Yo. You made me feel something, that was a great video. Why you gotta pull my heart strings like that man I’m not trying to feel like this THIS IS MORTAL KOMBAT. peak cinema.
Brother, this video was awesome. Great freaking job, you made the outlaws proud on this one. When it comes to Erron’s Revolvers I always thought it would be cool if they were like the ranger sequoia from New Vegas, these altered 45-70 gov revolvers. A riffle bullet that he can also for his lever action as well. Sure he has six shots but if he hit, you know it’s going to hurt even the folks in outworld.
Hold up. You made this whole storyline?!?! Dude. Damn. This is SOLID. Can you make a storyline to Ben from Night Of The Living Dead? Amazing protagonist with little to basically ZERO background. I’m extremely impressed. Excellent work my man!!!
Finally had time to finish this masterpiece. An awesome ending for a wasted character. Also i can imagine errons sarvastic “youre a shit judge of character” mightve haunted cassie after she falls out with jin
Mortal kombat should low-key have something in their arcade ending where it shows their backstory after beating the final boss but they have a rival match with their canon rival or enemy and then it should show the events after the game, so erron black having that backstory with Cassie then the rival match should be with a black dragon member or Kai and then have him die to save Cassie, and maybe Cassie had killed kun Jin or locked him up and now is targeting the sorcerer wanting revenge which leads to the next game.
What you're getting at is Arcade ladders/endings are outdated and we should have unique ladders/stories for each character. Not everyone has to have Shao Kahn as the final opponent of their ladder.
As soon as I saw Erron in the mkx comic I knew he’d be my fav kharacter if he was in an MK game and then he came in mkx. So much potential for him, he’s over 150 years old, apparently had magical bullets from shang Tsung, he’s an old relic from the past, from earth realm but in out world. He’s dated Nitara and skarlet, shot his dad, hated his mom, killed Kobra and Hsu Hao. He’s a gun for hire, a mercenary, I feel they can do more with his character.
The mental image of Erron Black standing in the middle of the two crippled idiots that Johnny and Kano are, one gun out, at Johnny, then to Kano, then Johnny and back and forth while Erron just stands there like "This fucking sucks" is so funny I wish I could draw that shit into a comic.
Right? I was gonna draw it, to drive the point home, but ran out of time. Just Erron with an annoyed, deadpan expression on his face, kinda like my pfp.
This is a phenomenal concept for Erron, a character who really should have been so much more interesting than he is. He's got the potential to fill in that "morally gray" area that's left open when Scorpion eventually goes full hero, and I love the concept of his guns being specially forged to kill supernatural entities-- sorta like the Saint of Killers from Preacher. Also, the silver anti-vampire bullets detail should lead to some kind of thing with Nitara (another character who could really use this kind of treatment), if only as a nod to Bram Stoker. Since after all, in the original novel, it was a fellow rootin' tootin' cowboy Quincey Morris who kills Dracula in the end.
Good point about Quincey Morris, that could be a good nod to it. And I was thinking, while writing the silver bullet bit, that I should include a section with Nitara, but the thing was long enough as is. Erron's definitely the kinda guy you can write hundreds of stories for.
@@CynicalWarlock I see other kind of potential in Stryker, Cassie on the other hand, if you like that cheap excuse of a character more than a bug woman or greed-incarnate, I just can't. And every characters story in Mortal Kombat (especially the never timelines) kinda suck, that isn't a D"vorah or Kollector problem. I think you just don't care for monstrous characters, which is a shame, for you.
@@wesleyvalk9129 Greed incarnate, lol, what's that even supposed to mean? I can call Cassie 'sass incarnate' and it sounds just as compelling. Plenty other characters are greedy as fuck, like Kano and Shao Kahn, while also having way more going for them than being a copy-paste of an existing race with no personality, flavor, interesting gameplay, role in the story - he's not a character, he's a name. As for monster characters, I main Reptile in every game that has him, so don't gimme that. You did make me realize something, though - there aren't that many monster characters that are cool, in MK; guys like Baraka, D'Vorah, Havik, Drahmin, Moloch are all just the gross, spit-in-your-face variety, which is nice an all (if you have a spit fetish), but seems like there's an underserviced niche there, so food for thought for me. Glad you like my Kai. Jarek could've worked too, sure, but Kai is strictly better, because he's not a full-on clone of another character. Jarek has no reason to exist, other than having a different name than Kano. You change his name from Jarek to Kano2 and he suddenly loses all value, as a character. Which means he has no value, and he is no character. Just like Kollector.
@@CynicalWarlock My mind works a lot different, I see a bad character/story, I automatically will re-write the entire characters backstory the way I like them, the only exceptions for me in the entire mortal kombat franchise are Cassie Cringe and Blaze, all other characters have a marvelous role in my MK universe, all they have to do is give me a design to be honest and I can work miracles in my head with them, at least for myself.
While kollector was leaving he saw a silhuette standing in front of his portal in his domain, it was Raiden standing firm. Raiden didn't speak a word but the Kollector know what he wants Kollector: Lord Raiden... don't worry i was catching a thief, but i let go.. (A little konfident) Hm no words, believe me i didn't do anything to your realm, feel it your self (he ment Raidens cosmic awareness) all clean~ Raiden: (firmly) my usual reminder Kollector, i know everything Of *You* Kollector: (through the shadow of his cloak his eyes vividly widened, then look down to Raidens hand and he saw a lightning spark then go back to Raidens eyes and short pause) *I Know* (his voice crack alittle) And they both walk through the portal and the portal klosed like nothing happen
I feel like we need small stories like this for each character in mortal Kombat instead of the nonsense that is the chapter system like I never cared for erron till this video this would be great for people to bond with a character or future main
Which is exactly what I've been saying and championing. It's already impressive how much of a connection people can make to their favorite characters, just based on gameplay, and them being glorified action figures. Imagine if they had compelling, relatable stories and character traits to go along with that.
Well warlock let’s see and this cowpolk can stay above snakes. I plum reckon your timeline will be ace high by the time you’re done with this video. Hopefully old eeron don’t end up in the bone orchard.
@@Kidapollo92 Yeah I expected more people to guess, the sequence of events makes it sorta obvious, saved only by the fact that the storytelling is non-linear. It's tough to condense all of it in one video.
Aah, my top favourite character beside Stryker. Erron meeting Stryker would be totally awesome as they share a bit similar fighting style but with different morality. Beside being a punching bag in story mode in previous two games I really do hope Erron gets his badass moment like you said. I got excited everytime he appeared but then he got his ass kicked and everyone forgot about him which is totally lame..
As A Mega-Fan Of Westerns, I Instantly Gravitated Towards Erron Black. Troy Baker's Voice Acting Is Excellent! I Would Love To See A Deeper Storytelling For Erron Black. Your Depiction Of Erron Black Is Excellent, NRS Should Use Your Depiction. Excellent Video!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏 👏 🙌 And just like that, it can all begin... - nods and smiles to cynical warlock with great approval, a few pats on the shoulder before he takes his picket sign with the words.. " Justice for Stryker " - You finally found the pinnacle of your power warlock, along with the right folks to not just give justice to characters deserving of it.. it's a bright new era of storytellers, be proud pioneer.. it's your universe to shape as you see fit. 😃
Actually idea! Imagine the kollector wants errons hat and guns but cassie wont give them up causing kollector to refuse to help earthrealm unless cassie gives those trinkets or something more valuable perhaps causing a powerful artifact to enter his grasp because cassie doesnt want to give up mementos of the man who saved her life
Sets up a nice conflict of interests for Cassie, yeah: selfishly hold on to the mementos, or selflessly give them up to protect her realm. Erron's dead, *and* was a murderer, **and** wouldn't really care, and yet, it hurts so bad to give up the last remnants of the man who saved her life. I like the way you think.
Admit it, you remembered me when you slapped the Havik bit in didn't you? jokes aside, sick rewrite and it just made me imagine how you could hide his face in a cinematic environment during his fight with Kai for example and his interactions with young cassie in a way where you show his face but not entirely, you didn't quite give a reasoning for his mask, I'd like to think he started using it because of his failed assassination but if it was something else, what would be your take on it?
Hey ur dat ninja who liked the Erron-is-Havik idea. Yeah I did remember you. Well the mask thing only works in a novel, sadly, so this whole story probably wouldn't translate into a film that well. That said, I have been thinking how to make it work on film, with methods like you mentioned, just shadows, angles, although it's weird to have that whole section be that way, you might run out of tricks.. be fun to try though. One such trick could be to use first person - you see what Erron sees; would help with immersion too and.. *gods damn it, that works great in a video game*. Good point about the mask, I was thinking of the failed assassination explanation too - that experience taught him to keep his face hidden from employers that would want to kill him, should the job go awry or just not completely their way. Would let Erron chill without the mask in peace, when he's off work. He also wouldn't have wanted a grown up Cassie to recognize him, while he's out and about killing people, potentially acting against the Special Forces, or someone like Johnny Cage.
@@CynicalWarlockWith the beginning, I'd imagine Stryker eventually rise through the ranks of general, commander or whatever the highest rank is, lieutenant? As he is more readily available than Sonya and Jax, and because of his lack of powers unlike the duo he strives harder at solving intra-realm problems which he would be rewarded for. Tanya and filling ppl up with delusions of grandeur. It's funny how many characters she can bang with, Mileena, Jade and now Erron.. Maybe I got lost in the lore(the actual mk lore), why is Tanya even working for Quan again ? 👏(I clapped fr), Erron shooting Tanya like that 🤌. Shit man, i wasn't expecting Erron to actually agree with Quan's preposition. I love that, it doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, for the glorious purpose or not, if it pays, ,he is in. Nice addition about how Kotal can't get a hold of noob's blood, do you imagine anything of sorts with Skarlet. (1/5)
@@syki-tp1tn Tanya's working for Shinnok (and thus Quan, implicitly), because Shinnok needed a backdoor into Edenia, and he strongarmed Tanya to provide that. It was either that or her backdoor. I imagine Skarlet would be disgusted by Noob's blood - powerful, but poisonous.
Yep, didn't get to elaborate on Stryker and Erron's reunion, when they work together, but that should be full of unwitting bro moments, the 2 of them sharing war stories, combat tips, tricks of the trade, doing some target practice or having a shooting game, in the middle of a battle; there's a lot of potential.
Fuck man i didnt expect another god damn cowboy to break my heart (the others were Arthur Morgan and John Maston) also why did the Kollector take his mask? Was it to expose Errons face to Cassie so that she would finally get to see his face for the last time? Did the Kollector know about that? If so then how would he know? Was it due to the Chao Realms weird energy as alluded? Why did he take it? was it just one final good deed to pay him back for all these years for his deeds? Or was he just fucking around? Find on next time on Cynical Warlock's Fan Fiction...
Hehe, was wondering if people would ask about that. It's definitely one of those "up to your interpretation" things. Come to think of it, another big possibility is that Kollector's scavenger hunts have less to do with the objects themselves, and more to do with the impact taking those objects away from their owners would have.
My man really made a full on character arc with an interesting and cool story for an otherwise minor character in MK.
Imagine what I could do for a fan favorite.
@@CynicalWarlock write more, you have to now
@@bababouille9707 Tryin my best.
@@CynicalWarlock Warlock please do one for Reptile bro! :)
@@Iqzzy-KO sigh..
I think my favorite part of this was the proposed dynamic between Erron and Stryker. Two otherwise normal dudes getting by with their wits and their guns, placed on the opposite sides of a dimensional war owed largely to circumstances that have far surpassed their own control.
The 2 blue-collar workers of Mortal Kombat, not getting paid enough for this shit. By the way, I didn't get to expand on them teaming up, which is a shame; need to do it in another video. It'd be cool for them to just exchange tips based off observations from their previous fight and bonding that way, through sharing tips and secrets of their craft, as well as complaining about the overly magical universe they're in.
The Outlaw and the Cop. The perfect duo.
@@ShockwaveFPSStudios The Outlaw and the Man of Law.
The Texan 100+ year old turned not in mk11 and also turned into a black dragon member for absolutely no damn reason
I believe the officially cited reason is "because".
@CynicalWarlock No citation required lol
They paid him the most
I was gonna say something along the lines of MK is great cause fanfictions are always better written than the source material, but this is more than just fanfiction.
Keep writing, the world needs your creativity. This was phenomenal, the fact it took me so long to figure out who the girl was, but i could still figure it out. The fact he went through an arc, no one felt out of character, and a good ending. Every character you had him interact with had amazing chemistry, even the guy Ive never heard of before. Phenomenal, Lovely.
Please cook more, at your pace, about whoever, whatever you want. I don't care how long i have to wait.
10/10.
New sub.
You really enjoyed every aspect, didn't you..
I'm glad the Cassie thing hit the intended way; it's hard to lump all the stories in one video without the plot twist becoming obvious, and you only really have the nonlinear chronology to help with that.
Thank you for the comment. Truly glad you liked it.
I like the idea that Erron Black was, himself, one of Earth Realm's defenders during a previous Mortal Kombat Tournament, a charming Cowboy who wanted to "Live Forever", and go down as the best gunslinger ever. He was defeated in Mortal Kombat, and being afraid of dying in irrelevancy, he accepts Shang Tsung's offer to betray Earthrealm in order to "Live Forever", maybe he kills one of the Earthrealmers, and in doing so is rewarded with becoming immortal, as long as he does the devil's bidding from time to time. I like the idea that he doesn't do, well, anything with the money. Perhaps when he was a Cowboy, he would do deeds for towns and families free of charge. Nowadays he does mercenary work for boatloads more money than he's really worth. The money is merely a reminder of how far he'd fallen from wanting to live forever hundreds of years ago.
Makes one wonder how he would react if Shang Tsung died. Or what his relationship with Raiden and Fujin would be.
I like you..
@CynicalWarlock is that a compliment or a threat
@@sportspro2.049 Yes.
@@CynicalWarlock oh no
Breaking news, UA-camr with a budget of 2 and a half beer cans and 1 line of angel dust outwrites entirety of Hollywood.
Half a line.*
Imagine what I could do with a full one.
Imagine what cynical can do with a original mk story.
@@dannyleo5787 One shudders at the thought.
Man you're a great storywriter, if this was a movie in theaters I would've pay to see it again
Mission accomplished.
I love the Dark Tower atmosphere you've created for this version of Erron Black. He travels workds beyond understanding, has done things that books were written about and has shot at things that you are better off not knowing they even exist.
He’s a loner badass encountering all forms of life throughout his travels around the world. He’s fought demons, ninjas, robots, witches, vampires, wizards, reborn dead corpses, specters and other forms of life and species. He’s also a bounty hunter, a mercenary working for whoever pays him the most. There is a lot they could do with his kharacter.
ZAAAAAAMN 44 MINUTES OF ROOTIN' TOOTIN' COWBOY MAN
"That's a long one" is definitely what she said.
@@CynicalWarlockChris cornells estate is gonna copyright strike the hell outta you
@@lordgannor4814 They did, video's not monetized.
I'm way too Happy that you removed his Black Dragon arc, he does NOT need Cyborg Australia Mate
@@Cameo557 Yeah no hard affiliation suits him, especially not with the Black Dragon.
Far out, you put in a shift with this one. This guy didn't even get to talk in Snowblind, you've outdone yourself and I gotta salute you. You even sucked me into the old gruff man/young girl team up - and I usually hate those.
When can we expect Jarek's?
Jarek, the guy I deleted for being pointless? Funny.
Don't worry, I hate the gruff man/child team up too, mostly cause it's overused and a bit of a self-insert trope for game devs who have recently become fathers. But it happened to work well enough here to include, especially since it's a short chapter, instead of a whole game.
@@CynicalWarlock just make jarek a Kombat kid?
@@KarisH0 I would just make him the series' designated butt monkey punching bag eager to impress his idol Kano and consistently embarrassing himself.
His biggest claim to fame is getting thrown off a cliff - he's never gonna be MK's coolest character but if he's entertaining as its biggest loser, it might just endear people to him.
@@CynicalWarlock Not up to the challenge?
I love the idea of video game developers being like "Logan is literally me!" XD
@@lordtrigon1733 No I could totaly do it but it would just be creating a new character, from scratch. I could call him 'gunkabunga', and you'd never know it was Jarek, cause there's nothing to keep.
To be fair, I did redesign Kollector more as like a spontaneous dare kinda thing, but at least there I could port the overall theme of collecting artefacts.
And the hood.
Remember that this video was experimental.
A rooting-tooting experiment.
Please do more in the future.
Yall actually read video descriptions?
Gentlemen we have reached levels of cooking never thought possible before
Absolutely charred.
Nice not only do we get Erron. But also some Stryker love, always thought was such wasted potential there.
There definitely is. Stryker's like the Punisher of the MK mythos.
I remember trying a write a MK fic a long time ago. Geras was the narrator and talked about what "the most beautiful timeline" he experienced was.
And who was he talking to? A young Erron Black.
One who had, out of childish curiosity, fallen out of the world and landed in the time chamber. (Which would then be followed by him acting as a neutral force to Geras, for the ultimate thrill. Getting to explore the world and its different versions, to patrol it and get rid of anyone that dared to defile the work of the gods. So like... Neutral Erron.)
That's a cool alternate origin for Black. Instead of a corrupt sorcerer, it's an agent of time itself that keeps Erron's time from coming. Makes sense.
@CynicalWarlock Thanks!
Yeah the goal of this AU was revamping characters to try out new things woth them.
Johnny fallong into the pit, surviving and befriending a tired Reptile.
Stryker and Kabal having to deal daily with the shenanigans of the young thugs Kobra & Kira who have a love/hate relation with them. With Stryker and dying and causing Kobra to go mad with grief, Kira to straighten up, and Kabal to reprise his role. (Ala Kabal's black dragon but on the good side.)
Tasia getting a mixture of Kira's backstory of being a female weapon dealer in the middle east, all the while making her the "princess of the black dragon" with a strong personality that enjoy her work.
And more!
@@realfromtherealreality4148 You'd feel right at home in my Discord.
@@CynicalWarlock Sure. Can I join?
@@realfromtherealreality4148 discord.com/invite/AKTfCvbz2D
The coolness factor could also apply to Sektor. A guy with so much aura, but gets absolutely wasted.
Definitely. Sektor's a tougher nut to crack, though, cause he's designed, from the ground up, to be one-dimensionally evil.
@CynicalWarlock True, so keep him that way, but just enhance the aura.
@@gamingking22291 I guess, yeah.
@@CynicalWarlock or... introduce a comprimise.. perhaps a virus
It's MK Mythologies Erron Black, but like with good game play and even better lore.
That's actually a good title for this series of videos. MK Mythologies: insert character here.
That's... Actually fitting
no only Erron, with this one episode you made several characters better... Cassie for sure... I love yout stuff man, keep it up ;)
Many birds, one cruise missile.
I did not expect feels at the end of this story.
That was truly brilliant, thanks for making my ride back home entertaining.
That's a long-ass ride. Happy to help.
Kotal Kahn in a wheelchair... never thought I'd see the meme.
Never miss the opportunity to reference it.
At this point MK just needs to have separate canons. It'd be confusing but if they're gonna copy Marvel and DC they might as well practice the stuff that made them successful.
IDK what NRS is prioritizing (other than money I think) but videos like these remind why I became so obsessed with this series. Unique ideas with interesting executions that sadly don't get the development they deserve anymore because the creatives are not creative :(
The separate canons thing is a good idea that DC stumbled on way too late, after it stopped mattering - they kept tryna copy Marvel's shared universe and lump everything together, only to later see the value in having a separate incarnations like The Batman, Joker, and have them all exist each in their own canon.
Shouldn't be surprised, both DC and MK are owned by WB, so the lack of foresight starts to make sense.
Bro made a whole ahh spinoff that has a better storyline than the last 3 games, for one of the most useless characters, and it even lasts longer than Erron's total screen time. Therefore, I am FULLY into it. How do you even imagine these shi? Couldn't even enjoy the ending because it felt like an entire movie but will be wasted as an ignored YT video. Hats off brother.
hats off, guns out. a shot in the air and a glass of whiskey raised to a great story and an incredible teller!
Noo, please enjoy the ending, I worked my ass off for it.😅
For real though, thanks - I really didn't know if this kind of video would hit home or not.
And in a way, UA-cam is the new movie platform (or at least storytelling platform), cause everyone's had it with Hollywood. I mean.. have you seen the swill they serve nowadays?
@@pug-n Cheers, partner.🍻
Great video man, really enjoyable. You definitely have talent. That was far better than anything NRS has come up with since the 3d era.
Appreciate it. Now all I need to do is buy MK.
What a masterpiece. Not gonna lie, I teared up a couple times. Great job, Warlock.
Best reaction I could've hoped for. Thanks.
ABSOLUTE CINEMA 🙌
Yeey, glad you resonated with it.🙌
This...
This is incredible🤯!!
Far exceeded any expectations I had & then some👏👏👏.
Oscars, here I come.
We've talked about it before, but with Kira and Kobra being the likely people with the new Ghostface release, I do wonder how you'd do Kira (and Kobra) and how that story grows.
I'd do them on the counter.
Well I assume you've seen the 'how to improve every etc. etc.' video, that's kind of the direction I'd go with each of them, but yeah, a full rewrite would go a long way towards highlighting why I think those respective paths would be cool.
46 minutes of the shooty bang man from Outworld.
We eatin good.
Compliments of chef Warlock.
Actually him being a black dragon member also could work;
Picture this: He’s a kid in Texas, just him and his pops plinking cans and hunting. Then his dad gets taken out unfairly by cops. No one to back him up, so he turns outlaw. Eventually, he rolls with the Black Dragon.
Kano sees his potential, sends him with Kira and Kobra on a hit. Kira and cobra get killed but erron clears the house, target down, bloodied but alive. Kano’s like, ‘THis kiEd’s goh it,’ and he becomes Kano's right hand alongside Kabal. Dude becomes the Black Dragon’s go-to bounty hunter, there could be a bar shootout like in Desperado movie.
Then things turn, Kabal flips to the good side, and it’s just Erron and Kano running things. But Kano trades him off to Shang Tsung or Kollector for some power play. From here, Erron’s either stuck as a ghostly enforcer or breaks free with help from Kenshi and Special Forces.
Erron switching sides to hunt Kano can be a fun chapter. Maybe he bondes with Cassy him and Kabal as bros? Dialogues would slap.
there’s another way this could go. Imagine Kano sending Erron to kidnap young Cassie (like 14) to put pressure on Sonya. Erron does the job, Kano gets what he wanted and is like ‘Kill tHe kiEd,’ but Erron refuses. That’s where their beef starts. Erron realizes how dirty the Black Dragon is, and that sparks the conflict. From here, it could follow the same route: Special Forces help him break out, and he joins the good guys with kabal.
Also the striker can be complete the opposite of what he is in other games, he can be the "Jon Bernthal"-Striker
@@Ryan_Cartridge Just in case you didn't see it:
ua-cam.com/video/IBFt3QoO8kQ/v-deo.html
I got paranoid when I saw your thumbnail.
Anyways, where is my Kabal video?
Sigh.. baack to work..
@CynicalWarlock all you other sharp shooters are just imitating so wont the real erron black please stand up 🗣🔥🔥
@@iamb0nk3rs That could actually be a thing in the Chaosrealm section - 6 Erron Blacks, having a Mexican standoff.
if erron would want to resurrect someone, you could have it this way:
He was commissioned to bring someones head, he didnt kill the guy, but still got paid, him being petty and at the same time nonchalant with his infinite time he works towards the goal of resurrecting that target and this time finishing the job himself.
it would paint him as both goofy and unserious in his logistics, but also steadfast in his work ethic.
also, he could keep the locket around with him just as a way to die if he ever gets bored of immortality.
also, casie subplot? ABSOLUTE CINEMA
You need to start adding "wornerbros, HIRE ME, IM AVAILABLE!" at the end of your videos.
Damn, immortal troll Erron, that's funny. Enacting century-long pranks - that's what I want to see.
Yeah that's the point of that locket scene - Erron half-resents his existence, but is too apathetic to do anything about it; him keeping the locket with him is like the depressed person keeping one foot off the ledge of the building.
Warner Bros would be like "how would this make us more money, exactly?"
My guy cooked the most exquisite 5 course dinner with dessert. Love this video, we need more of them🙏
Compliments of chef Warlock.
I do have to say that I love your ideas for this character. It fits so well with the vibes of him that it feels like it could have been part of the game.
I also like the idea that he knew he was gonna be payed 2 times more for whatever his enemies offer him but he asked for triple the money. Knowing he was scamming the Khan.
The only issue I have with the video is the use of anime pictures. The contrast between mortal kombat and anime is spinning my head.
Fair point. Was tempted to use more AI art, but it's not as expressive and a bit cold, for some scenes. Also, it fucks up the anatomy a lot.
And yeah, that's what I like about the Kahn situation - Erron knew what he was doing, lol.
@@CynicalWarlock I can definitely understand that. AI art just doesn't cut it with conveying certain emotions.
It was a great detail you added that he knew what he was doing but did it anyways.
Man you need recognition
Damn this is great.. Went ahead and watched this video after you mentioned it in your comments. I like how you give lesser focused characters stories of their own, something that could be adapted into its own movie with how every setup has its own payoff.
@@idunnoman9402 Oh hello again. Yeah that was the idea - to make sprawling, multi-game-spanning character arcs, that could double as spinoff films/games. Glad you enjoyed it.
32:07 imagine Black’s immortality somehow led to one of his lived ones to become sick or ill somehow and his debt to Shang tsung is because Shang is keeping them alive with souls
That works just as well. Corroborates with the Red Dragon plotline, and Erron trying to resurrect or heal a loved one.
Warlock: just like in high school
Me: I understood that reference
Was not expecting a 45 minute video on the guy!
Me neither.
I have a soft spot for stories with a grumpy guy in duo with a gentler personality.
Fits really well here, it was a pleasure to listen to your story, nice work man.
Erron may have yee'd his last haw but his legacy lives on.
Yeah I figured that, even though that dynamic's almost overdone at this point, it still fits the characters and circumstances.
At 15:56, so basically, you're using chaos realm as the MK equivalent to Marvel's negative zone. That's actually a smart idea. For those who don't know, the negative zone in Marvel comics is essentially a dimension in which sometimes people from other universes can meet up since there's only one version of it in the multiverse.
Good comparison. Also thought of making it dangerous to most living beings, similarly to how the Negative Zone is fatal to regular beings; over time, people get warped and twisted into most depictions of Chaosrealmers that you see.
Finally had time to finish this masterpiece and its awesome i imagine errons sarcastic line about that persons (being vague in case spoilers) judge of character probably haunted them when they had a falling out with jin
Damn that's a nice pickup. A+.
I'll be honest, I just wrote that in for its own sake, at first, and then it hit me that it doubles as foreshadowing for the Jin thing.
Bravo.
Damn, we need that animated Erron Black miniseries. Those reimagined Kai and Kollector would be some interesting antagonists.
Glad you think so. Who knows, maybe one day I'll co-opt some artists and voice actors to bring this to life.
This makes me want so much more out of Mortal Kombat, also makes me grieve for something that never existed in the first place.
Awesome video man, credit to you and everyone who worked on it
Thanks, glad you resonated with it.
Didn't expected the quiz to be real, I thought Warlock gonna do a little trolling. I hope one day we'll get the answer to main mystery of Erron Black - where he puts his explosives that he throws during the combat?
I trolled by not trolling.
Not often do I comment to compliment on UA-cam videos (usually quite the opposite up to stright up nitpicky annoyance for it's own sake), but this is rather wonderfully done and I loved it.
Also, there are some thoughts to be had about Erron and Bi-Han, both being cold assassins. Would be interesting to see Erron's opinions on his rivals (assassins from clans such as the Lin Quei).
@@gaborholotajr.4427 That's quite the praise then, coming from you. Appreciate it.
And good point, would be nice to have a scene where these 2 assassins compare philosophies.
I'm so glad I stumbled into your channel via that Shang Tsung video. Exceptional quality content through and through. Keep up the good work my man.
Glad you enjoy it.
You did a phenomenal job with this. I’m not exaggerating when I say that this is inspiring to me. I’d tip my 10 gallon hat off to you, but I don’t have one, so I’ll tip my motorcycle helmet instead.
Helmet beats hat, any day.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
This man just gave us a whole mini novel for the love of the game. I hope you can channel this into your own works and stop wasting it on MK. And that intro could easily fit into an MF Doom song
I'll definitely channel it into both.
Appreciate the generosity, thank you.
THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE BEST. 10/10.
A major purchase regret I have is at comic-con in 2016, I wasn't in a position to spend the money, but some booth had a beautiful portrait of Erron Black in pencil and the coolest worn wooden frame for like $250 and my god, what I would give to have that.
$250 is a bit steep, so I understand your reluctance, but that does sound pretty sweet.
@@CynicalWarlock Much like this video, I felt like it was the only thing that gave the character the proper attention and treatment.
Wow, loved the video! Great work and lore drop for the gunslinger! Keep it up!
Thanks, glad people are actually enjoying this thing.
Erron Black should be exactly like this. This would make him one of the most interesting Kharacters in the MK universe.
That's the idea - make his character match his cool factor.
finallya new video about, a goon
A gooning goon.
Erron Gooner
Well didn't think I'd get so choked up at the end there with the reveal and the heroic sacrifice. Well done! Such a shame NRS squandered Erron Black like they did cause Gunslingers are COOL AF! And I'm a sucker for Gunslingers lol. Yet they did hardly anything with him. This re-write you guys came up with made this WAY better than it ever needed to be.
Thanks, it was quite fun to think up. The ending hit home for way more people than I was expecting.
Oh my God the Acoustic Sasuke theme is so badass, it suits honestly suits Erron Black so well. Just screams Wicked, Gunslinging, Sharpshooting, Murdering, Outlandish, Texan, Cowboy, Mercenary.
That's what I thought too. It's funny how everything fell in place - I just happened to be listening to Sasuke's theme a lot, around the time when some of these Erron Black ideas got sparked, and also randomly rediscovered that Chris Cornell song from watching Man of Steel scenes. Everything instantly fell into place.
Yo. You made me feel something, that was a great video. Why you gotta pull my heart strings like that man I’m not trying to feel like this THIS IS MORTAL KOMBAT. peak cinema.
Wanted to make something that sticks with people. If I gotta play heart strings like a violin, so be it.
Brother, this video was awesome. Great freaking job, you made the outlaws proud on this one.
When it comes to Erron’s Revolvers I always thought it would be cool if they were like the ranger sequoia from New Vegas, these altered 45-70 gov revolvers. A riffle bullet that he can also for his lever action as well. Sure he has six shots but if he hit, you know it’s going to hurt even the folks in outworld.
Yeah the damage should be ridiculous, compared to something like a Glock.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Hold up. You made this whole storyline?!?! Dude. Damn. This is SOLID. Can you make a storyline to Ben from Night Of The Living Dead? Amazing protagonist with little to basically ZERO background. I’m extremely impressed. Excellent work my man!!!
Thank you, it's from the voices in my head.
I know nothing about Night of the Living Dead, so it would probably be a shit story.
I really want to see your video on how Reptile's relationship with Ermac and the other two Ninjas. That woudl be a true banger!!!!
Ninja soap opera inbound.
Finally had time to finish this masterpiece. An awesome ending for a wasted character. Also i can imagine errons sarvastic “youre a shit judge of character” mightve haunted cassie after she falls out with jin
Mortal kombat should low-key have something in their arcade ending where it shows their backstory after beating the final boss but they have a rival match with their canon rival or enemy and then it should show the events after the game, so erron black having that backstory with Cassie then the rival match should be with a black dragon member or Kai and then have him die to save Cassie, and maybe Cassie had killed kun Jin or locked him up and now is targeting the sorcerer wanting revenge which leads to the next game.
What you're getting at is Arcade ladders/endings are outdated and we should have unique ladders/stories for each character. Not everyone has to have Shao Kahn as the final opponent of their ladder.
Warner Bros, hire this man and let him cook!
Their kitchen would never be the same.
As soon as I saw Erron in the mkx comic I knew he’d be my fav kharacter if he was in an MK game and then he came in mkx. So much potential for him, he’s over 150 years old, apparently had magical bullets from shang Tsung, he’s an old relic from the past, from earth realm but in out world. He’s dated Nitara and skarlet, shot his dad, hated his mom, killed Kobra and Hsu Hao. He’s a gun for hire, a mercenary, I feel they can do more with his character.
They said all that about him in the MKX comic?
@ alot of that is from the game but the MKX comic was where he was 1st introduced.
The mental image of Erron Black standing in the middle of the two crippled idiots that Johnny and Kano are, one gun out, at Johnny, then to Kano, then Johnny and back and forth while Erron just stands there like "This fucking sucks" is so funny I wish I could draw that shit into a comic.
Right? I was gonna draw it, to drive the point home, but ran out of time.
Just Erron with an annoyed, deadpan expression on his face, kinda like my pfp.
10:29 I'm glad this never die.
Ya ain't gettin Kotal that easily.
This is a phenomenal concept for Erron, a character who really should have been so much more interesting than he is. He's got the potential to fill in that "morally gray" area that's left open when Scorpion eventually goes full hero, and I love the concept of his guns being specially forged to kill supernatural entities-- sorta like the Saint of Killers from Preacher.
Also, the silver anti-vampire bullets detail should lead to some kind of thing with Nitara (another character who could really use this kind of treatment), if only as a nod to Bram Stoker. Since after all, in the original novel, it was a fellow rootin' tootin' cowboy Quincey Morris who kills Dracula in the end.
Good point about Quincey Morris, that could be a good nod to it. And I was thinking, while writing the silver bullet bit, that I should include a section with Nitara, but the thing was long enough as is. Erron's definitely the kinda guy you can write hundreds of stories for.
Damn, loved every minute of this. Now im wondering if theres a deeper reason behind Collector taking his mask. Could a ressurecrion be in the cards?
I love that people are asking about that. It's definitely an "up to your interpretation" moment.
Imagine seeing potential in Stryker and Cassie, but not in Kollector and D’Vorah...
I imagine it well.
@@CynicalWarlock I see other kind of potential in Stryker, Cassie on the other hand, if you like that cheap excuse of a character more than a bug woman or greed-incarnate, I just can't.
And every characters story in Mortal Kombat (especially the never timelines) kinda suck, that isn't a D"vorah or Kollector problem. I think you just don't care for monstrous characters, which is a shame, for you.
@@CynicalWarlock I do like your version of Kai though, while I would give Jarek such a role, I still thought of it as creative.
@@wesleyvalk9129 Greed incarnate, lol, what's that even supposed to mean? I can call Cassie 'sass incarnate' and it sounds just as compelling. Plenty other characters are greedy as fuck, like Kano and Shao Kahn, while also having way more going for them than being a copy-paste of an existing race with no personality, flavor, interesting gameplay, role in the story - he's not a character, he's a name.
As for monster characters, I main Reptile in every game that has him, so don't gimme that.
You did make me realize something, though - there aren't that many monster characters that are cool, in MK; guys like Baraka, D'Vorah, Havik, Drahmin, Moloch are all just the gross, spit-in-your-face variety, which is nice an all (if you have a spit fetish), but seems like there's an underserviced niche there, so food for thought for me.
Glad you like my Kai. Jarek could've worked too, sure, but Kai is strictly better, because he's not a full-on clone of another character. Jarek has no reason to exist, other than having a different name than Kano. You change his name from Jarek to Kano2 and he suddenly loses all value, as a character.
Which means he has no value, and he is no character.
Just like Kollector.
@@CynicalWarlock My mind works a lot different, I see a bad character/story, I automatically will re-write the entire characters backstory the way I like them, the only exceptions for me in the entire mortal kombat franchise are Cassie Cringe and Blaze, all other characters have a marvelous role in my MK universe, all they have to do is give me a design to be honest and I can work miracles in my head with them, at least for myself.
While kollector was leaving he saw a silhuette standing in front of his portal in his domain, it was Raiden standing firm.
Raiden didn't speak a word but the Kollector know what he wants
Kollector: Lord Raiden... don't worry i was catching a thief, but i let go..
(A little konfident) Hm no words, believe me i didn't do anything to your realm, feel it your self (he ment Raidens cosmic awareness) all clean~
Raiden: (firmly) my usual reminder Kollector, i know everything
Of *You*
Kollector: (through the shadow of his cloak his eyes vividly widened, then look down to Raidens hand and he saw a lightning spark then go back to Raidens eyes and short pause) *I Know* (his voice crack alittle)
And they both walk through the portal and the portal klosed like nothing happen
Kollector.. speaks??
@CynicalWarlock only Raiden knows >:)
@@ihevmilkdhou Better.
Also makes you think why Raiden interacts with this guy.
Damn you warlock I teared up
Common side effect.
I feel like we need small stories like this for each character in mortal Kombat instead of the nonsense that is the chapter system like I never cared for erron till this video this would be great for people to bond with a character or future main
Which is exactly what I've been saying and championing.
It's already impressive how much of a connection people can make to their favorite characters, just based on gameplay, and them being glorified action figures. Imagine if they had compelling, relatable stories and character traits to go along with that.
That was excellent! Its a shame you're not on the MK writing team.
I'm probably lucky I'm not on the writing team.
I haven't watched whole video yet but I hope you kept Erron Black's love for danger
In many ways.
Well warlock let’s see and this cowpolk can stay above snakes. I plum reckon your timeline will be ace high by the time you’re done with this video. Hopefully old eeron don’t end up in the bone orchard.
Uhm, yeah.. About that bone orchard..
@ u know I had guessed the girl was Cass early on I was like who would be a young girl using guns.
@@Kidapollo92 Yeah I expected more people to guess, the sequence of events makes it sorta obvious, saved only by the fact that the storytelling is non-linear. It's tough to condense all of it in one video.
Aah, my top favourite character beside Stryker. Erron meeting Stryker would be totally awesome as they share a bit similar fighting style but with different morality. Beside being a punching bag in story mode in previous two games I really do hope Erron gets his badass moment like you said. I got excited everytime he appeared but then he got his ass kicked and everyone forgot about him which is totally lame..
Outlaw vs Man of Law.
Stryker really your favorite character? Respect.
🤜🤛 Justice for Stryker T shirts is really starting to sound good 😂
You cooked so hard here, a little part of me died at the end
Nailed it!
@@CynicalWarlock congratulations /sobbing
@@asophia_mills Heey, it's alright.🤗
@@CynicalWarlock Hi sorry I just gotta say you're one of my most favourite channels on here, thank you 🙏
As A Mega-Fan Of Westerns, I Instantly Gravitated Towards Erron Black. Troy Baker's Voice Acting Is Excellent! I Would Love To See A Deeper Storytelling For Erron Black. Your Depiction Of Erron Black Is Excellent, NRS Should Use Your Depiction. Excellent Video!
Thanks a bunch, glad you liked it.
This was so perfect and captivating to watch.
Thanks, Lew.
@@CynicalWarlock anytime 😁
Love your content keep up the great work
Yusss
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏 👏 🙌
And just like that, it can all begin...
- nods and smiles to cynical warlock with great approval, a few pats on the shoulder before he takes his picket sign with the words.. " Justice for Stryker " -
You finally found the pinnacle of your power warlock, along with the right folks to not just give justice to characters deserving of it.. it's a bright new era of storytellers, be proud pioneer.. it's your universe to shape as you see fit. 😃
I'm thankful. That my 'power' found its way to the right people.🤝
Cheers.🍻
🍻
Cynical Warlock's number one husband.
Numbers 1 to 5, really.
Actually idea! Imagine the kollector wants errons hat and guns but cassie wont give them up causing kollector to refuse to help earthrealm unless cassie gives those trinkets or something more valuable perhaps causing a powerful artifact to enter his grasp because cassie doesnt want to give up mementos of the man who saved her life
Sets up a nice conflict of interests for Cassie, yeah: selfishly hold on to the mementos, or selflessly give them up to protect her realm. Erron's dead, *and* was a murderer, **and** wouldn't really care, and yet, it hurts so bad to give up the last remnants of the man who saved her life. I like the way you think.
Beautiful 🎉🎉❤
[bow emoji]
Yup, your Mk stories never miss🔥🔥🔥
Especially one about Erron. He'd never miss.
@@CynicalWarlock 😂😂☠️
Ok that was a truly great story.
Thank you. I did want to make an actual story, for a change, instead of just random blabbering.
See, why can’t NRS make cool story lines like this
Not enough purple hat.
46min video about Erron and Im still here w8ing for Jades solo video😮💨
Well I gave Jade a whole video with Tanya, for now.
INSANELY good fan fiction holy shit
Thank you thank you
We need more please 👁️🙏
Baack to woork..
Stories like yours are what MK could be if they took it seriously beyond just being a fighting game.
Yep, that's more or less what I'm tryna do - showcase the true potential of MK.
This is too good to be real
Which is why it's just a UA-cam video.
Oh now this would definitely be one hell of a story arc also gunslunger cassie would be really could
Yeah, she could gain some of Erron's traits and abilities in a subsequent game, and maybe wear his hat, in one of her skins.
Admit it, you remembered me when you slapped the Havik bit in didn't you? jokes aside, sick rewrite and it just made me imagine how you could hide his face in a cinematic environment during his fight with Kai for example and his interactions with young cassie in a way where you show his face but not entirely, you didn't quite give a reasoning for his mask, I'd like to think he started using it because of his failed assassination but if it was something else, what would be your take on it?
Hey ur dat ninja who liked the Erron-is-Havik idea. Yeah I did remember you.
Well the mask thing only works in a novel, sadly, so this whole story probably wouldn't translate into a film that well. That said, I have been thinking how to make it work on film, with methods like you mentioned, just shadows, angles, although it's weird to have that whole section be that way, you might run out of tricks.. be fun to try though. One such trick could be to use first person - you see what Erron sees; would help with immersion too and.. *gods damn it, that works great in a video game*.
Good point about the mask, I was thinking of the failed assassination explanation too - that experience taught him to keep his face hidden from employers that would want to kill him, should the job go awry or just not completely their way. Would let Erron chill without the mask in peace, when he's off work. He also wouldn't have wanted a grown up Cassie to recognize him, while he's out and about killing people, potentially acting against the Special Forces, or someone like Johnny Cage.
I'll be back when this drug wears off, I'll be back with my lucky suc-- sock
Oook Arnie.
@@CynicalWarlockWith the beginning, I'd imagine Stryker eventually rise through the ranks of general, commander or whatever the highest rank is, lieutenant?
As he is more readily available than Sonya and Jax, and because of his lack of powers unlike the duo he strives harder at solving intra-realm problems which he would be rewarded for.
Tanya and filling ppl up with delusions of grandeur.
It's funny how many characters she can bang with, Mileena, Jade and now Erron..
Maybe I got lost in the lore(the actual mk lore), why is Tanya even working for Quan again ?
👏(I clapped fr), Erron shooting Tanya like that 🤌.
Shit man, i wasn't expecting Erron to actually agree with Quan's preposition. I love that, it doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, for the glorious purpose or not, if it pays, ,he is in.
Nice addition about how Kotal can't get a hold of noob's blood, do you imagine anything of sorts with Skarlet. (1/5)
@@syki-tp1tn Tanya's working for Shinnok (and thus Quan, implicitly), because Shinnok needed a backdoor into Edenia, and he strongarmed Tanya to provide that. It was either that or her backdoor.
I imagine Skarlet would be disgusted by Noob's blood - powerful, but poisonous.
Well done sir 👌😊
Thank you.
This is actually really damn good so you know NRS will never do it.
Accurate.
erron is so fucking cool, i dont even got anything else to say other then hell yeah, waiter waiter, more sick cowboy brawling gunslingers please
Right away, sir.
Damn you really are a good narrator , it was a fucking banger and also you were able to make me hate Kung jin as a bonus 😅😅
Yep, breeding hatred is what I do.
I think Erron should have more interactions with Stryker. Like Sonya with Kano have them be both parallels.
Yep, didn't get to elaborate on Stryker and Erron's reunion, when they work together, but that should be full of unwitting bro moments, the 2 of them sharing war stories, combat tips, tricks of the trade, doing some target practice or having a shooting game, in the middle of a battle; there's a lot of potential.
The cowboy is real
Well more real than before, anyway.
Fuck man i didnt expect another god damn cowboy to break my heart (the others were Arthur Morgan and John Maston) also why did the Kollector take his mask? Was it to expose Errons face to Cassie so that she would finally get to see his face for the last time? Did the Kollector know about that? If so then how would he know? Was it due to the Chao Realms weird energy as alluded? Why did he take it? was it just one final good deed to pay him back for all these years for his deeds? Or was he just fucking around?
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Hehe, was wondering if people would ask about that. It's definitely one of those "up to your interpretation" things. Come to think of it, another big possibility is that Kollector's scavenger hunts have less to do with the objects themselves, and more to do with the impact taking those objects away from their owners would have.