#don't get me wrong i love bald baby lao but it's just baffling to me why they'd go in this direction with his design

[shaolin-spin-doctor]

bruh I'm looking at Kung Lao's initial mk11 concepts again and am so sad. All of them either have long hair or his mkx braid - you could say they might've cut it to avoid the hassle of animating it, but they could've just re-used the same physics as other characters with similar characteristics (case in point: Jade). Hell, I'd argue Jacqui's hair would've been a lot harder to set up, and yet they gave her two distinct hairstyles, one longer and looser than the other. If they could get it right in mkx........ why couldn't they do it again in mk11, especially since they had a way more advanced engine? It's just tragic

#the head guard is NO EXCUSE he literally has that tiny ass ponytail sticking out from behind #and even if you didnt want to make his hair thaaaat long why is his secondary hairstyle. well. bald?????? #he clearly does have hair and judging by the ponytail it's almost shoulder length #would it have killed them to let him have his klassic mk2 style??? #don't get me wrong i love bald baby lao but it's just baffling to me why they'd go in this direction with his design #you could say it's a Shaolin thing but really??? Liu Kang has long hair as well and he's a lot closer to Shaolin ideology than Lao is #you could also say it's a homage to The Great Kung Lao but hhhhh idk i get he's his reincarnation #but he deserves to set himself apart from him yknow. he's a completely different character #anyway i know i repeat myself too many times on this blog but i will nEVER stop being salty about this #eVEN THE BOTR DESIGNERS AGREED THE BRAID IS PEAK. IT LOOKS SO GOOD ON HIM SOBS #Kung Lao #chat in the hat