Mortal Kombat, Round 2

So, for kicks, I decided to write those Mortal Kombat fan-fic stories I talked about in an earlier post, and I started constructing my Sub-Zero one as carefully as I would a piece of serious literature.

I promise you, I'm trying to write this like I'm Shakespeare. I say this because I perused some internet fan-fic to see what kinds of trends were going on.

Jesus effin Christ!

The writers of some of this drivel shouldn't be allowed to own a computer, much less operate one and post stuff to the internet. Who the hell taught these people how to write?

There were so many problems with their fan-fic that I really don't know where to begin bitching about it. The biggest problem is that 99% of them were so anxious to see their favorite Mortal Kombat character in a story that they didn't take the time to actually develop a story. Good lord, I hate Stephenie Meyer's work, but at least she actually took the time to hammer out how necrophilia was going to play a pivotal role in her novels. Mileena's naughty slumber party may sound like fun if you're a teenage boy, but did you forget about her Tarkatan mouth full of razor sharp teeth, and how she's a biter? Trust me, boys, you don't want that chick anywhere near your zipper.

And I'm not even going to address the spelling and grammar issues that arose...

Reading their overly emotive-but-not-well-thought-out crap, I kept replaying that scene in my mind from The Dark Knight, the part where the Joker says, "This town deserves a better class of criminal." I could say the same thing about fan-fic: The internet deserves a better class of fan fiction. And I'm going to give it to them.

Mortal Kombat

So Larry and I bought the latest Mortal Kombat game, and it rocks. And now I'm on an MK kick. This happens every time a new game comes out. Well, this time, my interest coincides with the upcoming National Novel Writing Month that asks participants to write a novel up to 50,000 words in a month or less. The point isn't to make a polished piece of Shakespearean-esque literature, but just to have fun and try to finish a novel.

I kind of thought that since my work as of late is so academic and stuffy, it might be nice to write something silly and fun for a change. I entertained the idea of writing a Mortal Kombat fan-fic series that uses everything I've learned thus far about creative writing. There's a YouTube web series called Mortal Kombat: Legacy that traces the main characters' origins in ten minute episodes. It's an interesting show, but my biggest criticism is that ten minutes isn't really enough time to develop these characters adequately. So for the Novel of the Month project, I thought it might be fun to better develop those characters in fiction.

So I started drafting a story about Sub-Zero, who is my favorite character in the Mortal Kombat universe. Spare me your declarations of love for Scorpion; believe me, I've heard it from plenty of people already! Yes, he's cool, but I love Sub-Zero more. Either way, I'll try to write a Scorpion origins story as well for this project. And then I'll try to muster the courage to post said stories to my blog!