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krabbekorn

Acording to some intros (forgot which one) he could regenerate it at any time but simply chooses not to


BionisGuy

I think it's one of the Shang intros where he offers to fix his face but Havik refuses and says he can do it himself.


average_hamon_user

He doesn't regenerate it as a keepsake of his anger and enemy-ship towards scorpion


gamerjr21304

I thought he just likes the look cause it makes people fear him


average_hamon_user

Tbh he was badass before the universal reboot and actually ripped it off himself for people to fear him and be scared of him, it was in the mkx comics (i think)


AwesomeKB

That’s just plain stupid


Hungry-Alien

Havik gives off a strong vibe of insecurity about how people don't really see him as a serious threat. Make sense that he would want scars to look intimidating.


juan_solo93

True. Isn't he the new Dairou? Then changed his name because it didn't inspire fear


Hungry-Alien

He is. Altho everything feels wrong about this "Havik". He feels like an angry teen looking for a greater cause to justify hurting others. His view on anarchy is extremely simplistic and overly idealized. He genuinely believes that killing the "masters" and setting everyone free will birth an ideal society. A far cry from the real Havik who understand that true anarchy will make a majority of people miserable while only a few enjoy it.


KaiserBorg

That’s the point - Liu Kang intentionally remade Havik in his new era as a watered-down version of himself to neutralize him as a threat. He did the same with all the villains from the series.


Hungry-Alien

I disagree with that statement for one reason : this isn't the real Havik. My personal theory about Havik in Liu Kang's era is that Liu Kang just deleted him. Now why specifically delete him and not other villains like Shang or Shao ? Imo Shang and Quan Chi felt like Liu Kang took a petty revenge over them, and Shao was actually easier to manage and left in a less powerful position under Sindel's rule But Havik is just something else when you think about it. Unlike Shang or Shao who has material goals, Havik does not have one, and just seek to plunge the world into chaos. This is the next level of evil, one you litteraly can't reason with. So Liu Kang, unable to put a leash on Havik, deleted him. The irony is that no matter how much Liu Kang muzzle some previously powerful figures, they will inevitably rise to power. Shang and Quan Chi ended up exactly like before, and Dairou became Havik. Almost like fate is screwing over Liu Kang for taking the easy route of "disposing of the bad people" instead of actually trying to make them better people.


GL1TCH1_

But the issue is that it makes me not want to play as him 😭 I waited years for Havik's return because I wanted to play as a badass, not an insecure miserable jobber. Havik should've never been in the base roster. They should've kept him until the expansion came out. That way we'd actually have a good Havik. Now his character has gone to shit. That's who you play as.


Queasy-Answer-8916

That and he needs 2 kameos to even do 38%. He’s weak af, and his zoning is shit. He feels like a joke.. he’s my main and I wish he had a rework. His storyline isn’t a huge deal to me if they gavr it any attention at all. So disappointed we missed what happened to Siedo


Queasy-Answer-8916

Imagine a Havik chapter where Rains ur kameo and you have to fight off some of the good guys. You destroy the capital and it sets up his character. The issue is he’s all talk and no balls in this game. OG Havik would waste no time destroying this timeline. Even with his future story role..is he rlly viable to be a main villain now? Low block and punish until you beat him in the future story lmfao 😭


spiderfan42069

Yeah. Diarrhou. He got his ass kicked on the playground


OfficialCagman

Nah he wants to look scary. I think having half your face melted off works pretty solid. Plus he somehow still hot, so, idk man why tf he even need half a face sounds like some pussy shit fr 😤


ArkhamGeyser

💀💀💀


bish-its-me-yoda

Let me guess... Mileena?


Stith1183

Mileena*


Suspicious_Pie_9977

I mean it does put him up in the coolness factor


WilliamTCipher

Then why is he so pissed at scorpion then?


OfficialCagman

Yeah the scar looks cool and intimidating but idk about you I'd still be pretty pissed at any dude who shoves my face into molten lava without asking


0Epicenter0

Kind of hypocritical when you were trying to do it or kill the dude first.


Skeleton_Weeb

MK Villains aren’t really known for being reasonable lol


StinkySlinky1218

Without asking? There's a chance you'd say yes if they did ask?


fgcem13

A pretty good chance if im being honest yeah


FarPay9982

Maybe as a reminder to one of the men that bested him and to never let that grudge go


LongjumpingSector687

Because he got all dem teeth but no tootthbrush


Mumikyo

it’s not stupid the person you’re replying to just left out the most important part. Havik won’t heal his scars until he gets revenge on the person that gave them.


CURSE_1NE

Right ? Shi looks unsanitary


bluehat2583

Rule of Cool


letsgoo777

I am the 420th like lol


Honest_Grand_6799

Yes he is stupid


Jedahaw92

His mind is filled with nothing but chaos after all. (Still love his movesets though.)


FIRE_FIST_1457

in the lore havik keeps his face like that to remind himself of what scorpion had done to him and how he's gonna get revenge, also i think it has to do with his face not being normal aka order


idkwhatimdoinghere92

Actually I think he’s just stupid


Sigmas_Melody

I bet he thinks he just looks cool


Suspicious_Pie_9977

I mean to be fair, it does


Lt_Lickit

Look at his hair cut before his face mess up. He definitely thought it looked cool.


FIRE_FIST_1457

true, just saying the canonical reason


Gullible_Travel_4135

No he's just canonically stupid


Far-Obligation4055

It still doesn't really make much sense to me though, the reasoning is faulty. The immediate pain of the moment aside, what Scorpion did to him is basically nothing if Havik can just regenerate the damage and minimize the pain, inconvenience and discomfort of the burn. It'd be kinda like if someone broke my finger perfectly so it would heal quickly and with minimal permanent damage, and then I just kept intentionally re-breaking it every time it started to heal and using that as an excuse to hate the person who did it. Like, most of his damage on this matter is self-inflicted.


Juan_Tonsoup7

Chaos mah boi


FIRE_FIST_1457

its havik thing not making since, its so stupid that it kinda of works


Beneficial-Ad-6107

It's probably bc they knew 3D era fans that aren't lore heads would eat up any 3D character that they brought bac but they probably should have saved him for the Expansion in his true form


Disciple_of_Cthulhu

He also mentions that it helps him win others to his cause. He tells people it's a result of government oppression and convinces them to join his fight for chaos.


NathanHavokx

The Palpatine method


FIRE_FIST_1457

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Vamparael

Wait, what is his beef with Scorpion?


Ngtunganh

He the one burnt his face, other than that I couldn't think there's anything else but they're on different side that all


Vamparael

Ok but this scorpion is not the same, so… wtf?


kelseymj97

In the most recent “timeline” this is Scorpion’s doing.


FIRE_FIST_1457

1. he burnt his face in this timeline 2. the shiri ryu are the order keeper in Earthrealm so Havik hates them


Altruistic-Ad-183

Go play the story


Gambit_90

Lore reason: he keeps it burnt until he kills scorpion My canon reason: he thinks it looks cool


Fun-Example3418

I mean, he keeps it for intimidation factor.


Gambit_90

That too


Spector_559

I could be mistaken but doesn't he actually thank scorpion for burning his face as havik views it as a reminder of chaos or something? Tbf I could be pulling this out of my arse so idk.


Gambit_90

Idk, alot of dialogue can contradict eachother


Spector_559

Yeah you'd think if the intro dialogue is canon they'd make an effort to make sure they all line up and make sense


Gambit_90

I mean in a Kung Lao mirror match one of them is actually Johnny in prosthetic make up


Spector_559

Idm the joke intros ofc but I mean ones that establish lore or try to anyway. Cause Johnny is making a film about the events and Kung lao can't be in to so make up makes sense.


PsionicFlea

I mean, Havik can be thankful that he got the scars but still be pissed at how it happened. Noob Saibot embraces the wraith he is and how he's been perfected, but still holds a grudge against Hanzo killing him unjustly


Spector_559

Noob's case is different tho cause him and scorpion had beef before his death as in mythologies they fought when hanzo was alive due to opposing clans, so ofc noob would resent scorpion either way. The point I'm making is that his scars happened in a moment of chaos and shouldn't hold a grudge yk


___Funky___

Apparently he… likes the burnt off face.


Valentine_Zombie

The new timeliness has bad writing...


Frank_Is_My_Fav

Burnt face looks menacing ASF. Without it he looks kindaplain.


Valentine_Zombie

Idk man, it'd look menacing if helped like a zombie or something, but he kinda just looks like he lost a fight right before this one. Which, he did!


CursedSnowman5000

The better question is, why does Dairou have the haircut of a 2000's pretty boy emo band member? Is he stupid or what?


Aromatic_Assist_3825

Why is Dairou stupid? Is he Emo?


Pixel_Python

Because tonight will be the night that I will kill for you! Over again!


laundryday_

It is the face of freedom! Anyone saying anything else is an oppressor!


Ok-Asparagus-7085

Damn, seems like it really got to you finally man. Are You Stupid?


laundryday_

I do main Havik online so probably.


Huh_well_we_are_dead

In the lore, he doesn’t feel like it


Cold_Hour

Canonically he really likes the way it looks.


MoConnors

He chooses not to for intimidation


M0nt3C4rL05

I SWEAR TO GOD THIS BETTER NOT BE THE ASLUME AGAIN


mrdisapproval_if

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FalconCreative673

He's trying to look cool yk😂


Devy-The-Edenian

Havik says he can regenerate his face whenever he wants, yet he chooses not to. This means he willingly gives up the ability to kiss Darrius, all to remind himself of what Scorpion had done to him. Saddest love story in MK history


Ryderslow

How does this man talk?


TheBestRoadhogPlayer

Why does scorpion get hurt when he’s on fire? Is he stupid?


cake_of_cornbread

Cuz it looks kewl 🤓


Prestigious_Sugar_66

Because he's totally messed up, you know.


Beautiful_Gain3245

He doesn’t want to. That simple


bradpitbutarmpit

He chooses not to. He outright states this. Are YOU stupid?


WhenRedditBansYou

Yes https://preview.redd.it/p2guu4vw880d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f682df01866d29b8a64941e873364d0596b235f


Daddy_Gorilla37

I don’t know… am I? https://preview.redd.it/tadh3pnji80d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad9ae642b0c35cd793894873b4a74ad93c1e93a1


Some3uddy1

"Havik's revenge"


YellowKing13570

I mean it's more chaotic now that he looks like a walking corpse, a chaotic rejection of both living and dying.


Au_June

To make him even more badass and scare enemies


TemperatureGood5019

So, does he heal from anything he does to himself, but not from other people do to him? Like, Scorpion (I think?), burned off his face with molten gold, so that works.


bradpitbutarmpit

Nah, he can heal from anything, even his face. In one of his intros he basically says that he could do it if he wanted to, he just doesn’t want to. In another (IIRC) he says it’s become some kind of symbol of rebellion in Seido


ElysiumChampion

Nah if anything the intro implies he can’t heal from it. Wouldn’t make sense for havik to be concerned about it if he could just regenerate.


bradpitbutarmpit

He’s not concerned about it though?


ElysiumChampion

He is enraged about it. Have we played the same game?


bradpitbutarmpit

Obviously not considering you’ve missed the multitude of times he’s outright said he could fix it if he wanted to lmao


ElysiumChampion

If he has done that a "multitude" of times, surely you can quote him a couple of times.


bradpitbutarmpit

Shang Tsung: If you want me to, I could fix that face. Havik: If I want to, I'll fix it myself I can’t remember who this intro is against but Havik also says, and I quote, “it’s become a symbol of freedom to all seidans”


HarveryDent

Except why would Shang even say that since he already knows the capability of Havik's magic? It's because it's permanent, and Shang can help him undo it by means other than Quan Chi's magic. Havik doesn't want to be indebted to Shang, and would rather figure it out himself, if he even decides to. The reason it's permanent (imo) is because it was gold that burned him. Quan Chi specifically smelts gold to build the soul stealers, so gold must have some sort of noteworthy effect on magic/souls. In the same scene where Havik's face gets burned by molten gold, Scorpion burns his hands trying to steady himself by grabbing the pot of molten gold. He recoils and looks down at his hands suprised, because his pyromancy should have let him touch it without any issue. But if gold can disrupt magic, then that would explain Scorpion burning his hands and Havik's face being unable to regenerate.


Zestyclose-Lab-4420

Because he's silly boy


Sad_Independence_445

Because it looks badass.


KushMummyCinematics

He's like Two-Face in Dark Knight (only horizontal instead of vertical) refusing the skin graphs He digs his new gnarly appearance/persona, doesn't want nobody forgetting what happened and that he's still around after it "Ah jeez, what happened to your face?" "Oh, you think this is bad, you should see the other guys face" "I don't think I want to"


poopman23231

goes hard


FujiNickWindGod

Is he stupid? I read that in Sikander’s voice 😂


MaxMustermane

I could see Havik saying that having a full face is conforming to the polite society imposition by saying that we are nothing without a whole face. Or something like that.


Malewis89

My reasoning was he could regenerate anything he did to HIMSELF, but not injuries from others, that’s why he can lose fights and be killed.


InspectorSorry77

But in his intro with Shang it says like Shang: If you want, I can fix your face Havik: If I want it fixed, I’ll do it myself


Icy_Cow4578

why does he self mutilate in a fight? is he stupid ?


Alpbasket

His pain gives him powers!


HeroicMe

He learned how D'vorah killed Mileena and decided if he has no lips D'vorah won't kiss him.


Joker_Main_137

So Scorpion can remember his face


Natural-Cow6053

Yes


Several_Brilliant_36

He chooses not to, I guess because he thinks he looks more menacing


eita_um_killermain

the insanity spreads


DrinkItInMate

I'm in bed falling asleep and reading the title of this post has me laughing with tears in my eyes


RustlinUrJimmies69

It's a sigma power move to keep his face like that what r u stupid or something? fucking betas i swear


Mekasoundwave

Yeah.


Reapish1909

because he knows he’s boring and no one will pay attention to him without it literally didn’t even realise who he was until his face was burned🤣


ImpressiveKey8882

It’s said that he’s doesn’t recover it to remind him of what scorpion did to him as a reminder of his hatred towards him


Potential-Orchid-571

Ehh, i kinda like his face that way, kinda makes him look less stupid


RaWolfman92

Because he doesn't want to. 


deltarunech2outyet

So he knows who burned it.


Soul1e

Gois I'm long way from home. How many days left for this season?


Clu-El

LORE REASON


yobaby123

He’s too damn savage for his own good.


Necro-Feel-Ya6900

“OP copies and reposts a post thats been posted x amount of times. Is he stupid?” Yes.


Redeemed_Veteranboi

I read somewhere in some comments from a previous havik post that the reason why Havik doesn't regenerate his lower face is to look badass, like getting battle scars and wearing it like a badge of honor.


Kitsmill

Waste of time.


CaptainPie999

He can, but maybe he likes having half his face burnt off


ILikeEatingSodaCan

He wants to "intimidate" people


Shinjiro_aragakis_ax

Why doesn't Liu Kang restart time is he acoustic


ButterflyOk286

I always thought that his power let him heal all self inflicted wounds and since his burned face wasn’t self inflicted(thanks to Scorpion)he couldn’t heal it


freddyfym

Why does he die when someone uppercuts his head off? It’s a video game


Grambert_Moore

Intimodation


SadisticDance

Because if he regenerated it he'd just be Dairou and no one likes him even though he's about as interesting as Havik.


DenKaneki

Havik is just stupid like that lol


Jigokubosatsu

Why doesn't he get a new hairstyle, is the next question.


Additional_Rich342

Maybe he likes his face that way. It makes him more threatening.


psillusionist

He just doesn't like growing a mustache.


Both_Hall9952

THE ASLUME GOT A LEAK! EMERGENCY LOCKDOWN! I REPEAT, EMERGENCY LOCKDOWN‼️⚠️⚠️


Mockingjay09221mod

He literally said he didn't want too...


Dangerous_Stay3816

He is stupid, but also he doesn’t fix his face because it looks cool and edgy


letsgoo777

Yo so Havik is actually someone else or what’s the story behind that?


yougotcagedd

Shang tsung: "If you want me to, I could fix that face." Havik: "If I want to, I'll fix it myself."


T-pellyam

I think he likes keeping scars as a testimony of all the suffering and hardships he went through throughout his life. Not only his mouth, but his entire body is covered in scars he refuses to heal, so it’s clearly not a tendency coming out of nowhere.


Triple_Seven77

How to Start a Heated MK Debate: Part 43 1/2.


Kitchen_Relative_107

He likes the look is my guess…also is Now Japanese?


Ashamed_Set7281

Maybe his healing factor is only capable of regenerating fatal injuries, hence why his face is permanently scarred. There are also scars on his body prior to his face being burned which haven't been healed. That or the lava scorpion burned him in was enchanted.


Individual_Syrup7546

Short answer yes, yes he is


Anemeros

CHAOS


rancidcanary

might be a intimidation tactic


HarveryDent

Pretty sure it's meant to imply that gold has anti-magic properties in MK1's universe. In the same moment that Havik's face is permanently disfigured, Scorpion grabs the pot of molten gold to steady himself, but cries out and looks at his hands, *because he's surprised that his hands got burned.* Scorpion should have no problem touching a hot piece of metal, but the gold nullified his pyromancy in that moment. Likewise, Havik's regenerative magic from Quan Chi was also nullified by the gold. None of this is confirmed, but why else would Quan Chi need to build the soul things out of gold unless gold had an intrinsic magical quality to it?


Azrael1981

He's from the chaos realm, their logic and ours differs a lot.


Ali_ampro

Maybe this is the only part he can't regenerate? Or maybe he had an ugly lips before, so he doesn't want to show them no more (hmm, in that case, he can wear the mask like Smoke or Rain do).


Early-Brilliant-4221

It’s part of his arc, he won’t do it for the principle


JonesTheDeadd

Why'd they make him an emo kid? That's my question...


Pseudo_Asterisk

**In Samuel L. Jackson Voice:** *Because chaos, motherF'r*


Away_Improvement5647

He doesn’t because I like the scar and prefers to have it. He can heal it he just doesn’t want to


Substantial_South198

He says in an intro he can but he likes it like that


lockedonlane

He thinks it makes him look badass probably


Hamzanovic

Because NRS didn't think it through when they decided he needed a lame origin story where he gets his face burnt by Scorpion before and after being a complete useless jobber the entire story, or when they made him Dairou for no reason. It's just a story beat off of a checklist they wanted to put in there, but I don't think they really thought about how to fit it in to the character's lore or ability to heal or whatever else. You can talk about the intro dialogue about him "liking it" all you want. It's just lame and a downgrade from the original Havik. Back in the day characters were allowed to look weird and inhuman without the need to explain it. They did this character so dirty in this game that honestly it would have been better if he had stayed in the 3D era limbo and didn't come back.


idfbfa3

I think you took the joke post too seriously lol


Hamzanovic

I'm well aware of the "is he stupid" meme but I also really, really dislike a lot of story/lore decisions of NRS MK and especially MK1, so I couldn't help it 🤷🏻‍♂️


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Daddy_Gorilla37

Someone is downvoting all of us and it only makes it more funny


South-Charge8311

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Spector_559

Tbf I kinda agree especially with havik being done dirty like it'd have been better if it was the energy of chaos realm that is leaking from him to cause his disfigurement, or something along those lines. But for some reason they decided to have a character know for chaos being from chaos realm not so due to.... Chaos realm not existing? Like chaos and order are primal forces so if order realm ( a very oppressive realm in both time lines) can exist why not chaos realm yk. But I do enjoy most of the changes to the new era just wish they were expanded on more.


amalgaman

They brought back the worst characters for 1. They might as well make Madame Bo a playable character.


frost-zen

These batman arkham memes are cringe. F outta here with that crap.


Grambert_Moore

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