One talented Mortal Kombat cosplayer has successfully recreated Mileena’s look from Mortal Kombat X, including her terrifying side mouths and razor-sharp fangs. NetherRealm’s long-running fighting game franchise has inspired cosplayers for almost thirty years, with fans dressing up as Mortal Kombat mainstays like Raiden, Skarlet, and D’Vorah. Even MK co-creator Ed Boon has taken notice of some of these on social media, sharing them just as he does with hints about upcoming NetherRealm projects.

Making her first appearance in 1993’s Mortal Kombat II, Mileena is the supernaturally-created daughter of the evil Shao Khan, born in Shang Tsung's Flesh Pits as a clone of the heroic princess Kitana. Being a hybrid of the divine Edenians and the monstrous Tarkata of Outworld, Mileena possessed superhuman speed, strength, and agility, along with an insatiable bloodlust that was only amplified by her intense desire to kill her blood-sister Kitana in the titular Mortal Kombat tournament. After Shao Khan’s defeat at the end of 2011’s Mortal Kombat 9, Mileena took her father’s place as the ruler of Outworld - only to be brutally killed by the treacherous D’Vorah in one of Mortal Kombat X’s most shocking moments. This hasn’t stopped Mileena from returning as a DLC character in Mortal Kombat 11, nor has it prevented fans from dressing up as her.

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This is the case for Reddit user and internet cosplayer aesthel, who posted an image of her rendition of Mileena’s look from Mortal Kombat X to r/MortalKombat yesterday. Fans in the comment section have praised her for perfectly capturing Mileena’s iconic Tarkatan mouth and fangs, with some even favorably comparing aesthel’s take to the one shown in this summer’s live-action Mortal Kombat film. In turn, aesthel has expressed a desire to cosplay as other Mortal Kombat characters, especially Sareena from Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.

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While plenty of fans are still enjoying Mortal Kombat 11, others are looking to the future of the Mortal Kombat franchise with speculation that NetherRealm is already working on Mortal Kombat 12. With leaks and NetherRealm job listings possibly confirming that MK 12 is on the way, some players are asking the developers to make the next installment’s roster as big as the one seen in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and wondering how the earth-shattering conclusion to Mortal Kombat 11’s Aftermath DLC will affect the plot of the upcoming sequel.

Mileena may be dead in the official Mortal Kombat canon, but aesthel has done a great job in recreating her beautiful-yet-terrifying appearance with her Mortal Kombat X-inspired Mileena cosplay. The hybrid warrior’s signature extended mouth is a noteworthy highlight, with the makeup used presenting a truly convincing illusions of sharp fangs growing out of the sides of aesthel's face. All in all, it’s another great example of the characters and designs of the Mortal Kombat franchise being faithfully translated into the real world.

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Source: aesthel/Reddit