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HYUNSUNG — SKZ-TALKER GO! S05E07

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ah yes legendary

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Bi-Han was a good brother.

I think about this scene a lot.

People like to use Bi-Han's behavior here as an excuse to paint him as a bad brother and instantly assume that he always treated Tomas that way because of one mean thing he says to him in the entirety of the story mode, intros included.

It's almost like siblings never argue and say horrible things to each other that they later feel bad for. Personally, I believe this is the first time Bi-Han ever snapped at Tomas like that, for a multitude of reasons.

Smoke doesn't hesitate to talk back to Bi-Han, he doesn't seem intimidated by him at all. If Bi-Han were to really constantly put Tomas down and say hurtful things to him, he would be more hesitant to provoke him and avoid confrontation as much as possible. But he doesn't.

Of course, every individual is different but take it from someone who has grown up in an abusive household. If someone regularly insults you and belittles you, you're going to start walking on eggshells around them and that's not what Tomas does around Bi-Han at all.

Smoke's expression here displays hurt, anger and confusion. That's the face of someone who just got a reaction he did not expect. His body language would be different if he was used to hearing things like that from Bi-Han. He wouldn't look so surprised if he heard that whole "Lin Kuei blood" speech before. He also doesn't lower his eyes, doesn't flinch... nothing that implies Bi-Han ever talked to him like this on other occasions.

Kuai Liang's silence in this scene speaks volumes too. He doesn't try and defend Smoke, doesn't tell Bi-Han his words are uncalled for and he doesn't interrupt him either. I believe Kuai Liang was just as surprised as Tomas was by Bi-Han's sudden harsh reaction. Furthermore, there is literally no reason for him to step in.

Brothers argue, they get angry at each other. Anger is a normal human emotion and snapping at someone when you're angry doesn't make you a horrible person.

Let's talk about this scene next.

I feel stupid for even mentioning this take here because it's the silliest, most ridiculous and wildest thing I've ever seen but a surprising amount of people with flat-earther mentalities cling onto it, so even though it's obviously bs, let's debunk it once and for all.

Honestly, the first time I saw a post claiming Bi-Han kicked that rock on purpose to kill Smoke I had to re-read it twice because I couldn't believe someone would actually believe that and expect to be taken seriously.

If Bi-Han ever wanted to get rid of Smoke, he could have done so a million times already. He could have banished Tomas as soon as he became grandmaster.

He also could have aimed better.

Here's what actually happened:

Both brothers rush to the edge to check if Smoke is okay. Both are worried about him. If Bi-Han never cared about Tomas he wouldn't even have bothered coming over to see if he's still alive. He would have done the only reasonable thing in this situation, which is keeping an eye on Nitara who just attacked them.

Yes, the rock comes loose as soon as Bi-Han steps closer to the edge but that's entirely accidental and Bi-Han's surprised expression proves it.

You can see the exact moment his eyes say "Oh sh*t" because he briefly looks at the rock and instantly back at Tomas. He looks concerned, not pleased with himself like he just commited a clever murder attempt. He even reaches out as if to stop the damn rock.

He wanted to save Tomas.

It's disgusting how some people try to twist this moment into anything other than that.

Are we also going to ignore the subtle way Bi-Han puts himself in front of Kuai Liang, bracing himself while Kuai Liang flinches backwards during Nitara's attack?

What about the fight against Ermac? Bi-Han almost died, fought an insanely powerful being and his first instinct is asking his brothers if they're unharmed.

I've seen someone argue that he "only asks them if they're fine because he needs them for the mission" to which I say, they were fine. They literally looked fine, no blood on them, no scratches. Tomas didn't even go anywhere near Ermac and Bi-Han still checks on both of them.

We all know what happens next.

Yes, Bi-Han scars Kuai Liang as a way to punish him for his disobedience. Would a good brother do that? No, but a good grandmaster would. Is it fucked up? Absolutely. But again, Kuai Liang seems shocked, hurt and angry by what his brother did, just like Tomas before. Neither of them ever taught Bi-Han capable of something like that, indicating that while flawed, he was a good brother prior to his descent into madness.

When the fight starts, Tomas doesn't even try to step in. He only gets involved after Kuai Liang is injured. He wasn't expecting Bi-Han to go that far. It was a surprise to both of them because Bi-Han never once hurt them before.

As a side note, punishing his warriors for disobedience was certainly not something Bi-Han came up with himself, but rather something he was taught was acceptable by either his father or other Lin Kuei elders, but this post is meant to only focus on canon facts and what we see on screen so I won't elaborate on that here.

In a twisted way of a peace offer Bi-Han still offers a hand to Kuai Liang after scarring him and actually expects it to be accepted. He wants his brothers to join him, he wants to share the glorious future he has planned out for the Lin Kuei with both Tomas and Kuai Liang. Yes, he may be in the wrong but he wants them both on his side.

He wants it to be them against the world. He never intended for it to be him against them.

So far, that's it for the story mode.

Sadly, we never got to see what the relationship between the brothers looked like before Bi-Han gave in to corruption but the intros give us a pretty good idea of that still.

Mileena: "My bond with Kitana can't be broken."

Scorpion: "I'd once thought the same of mine with Bi-Han."

They used to be close. If Kuai Liang really thought his bond with Bi-Han was unbreakable, there must have been good in Bi-Han before his frustrations led him to make all these bad decisions. Had he been some kind of abusive monster as the fandom constantly claims, they would have never been close to begin with. The brotherly love between them might be gone now but that doesn't mean it was never there.

Smoke: "Are we to be enemies for life?" Sub-Zero: "Unless you submit, Tomas."

Tomas doesn't want them to be enemies. Yes, he says Bi-Han has always been cold with him in another intro, but cold does in no way equal cruel or abusive. Bi-Han had valid concerns about Smoke's loyalty to the Lin Kuei when Tomas lost his family because of the clan. If anything, Bi-Han not trusting Tomas only shows he was protective of the Lin Kuei and worried that Smoke would end up wanting vengeance one day.

If Bi-Han ever hurt Tomas before, Tomas wouldn't be going out of his way to reunite the brothers, even asking for Liu Kang's help to do so. He says he can't forgive Bi-Han for letting their father die and yet he wants him back in his life. If Bi-Han had always been a bad brother why would Smoke want him back? Shouldn't he be relieved it's just Kuai Liang and him now? Instead, he's heartbroken that Bi-Han and him are now enemies.

Sub-Zero: "Resist me, and there will be consequences." Smoke: "And to think I once idolized you."

Tomas used to look up to Bi-Han. Who would look up to a genuinely horrible person? Absolutely no one. And for Bi-Han's part of the dialogue, he keeps warning his brothers, telling them to submit, to stand down, to not resist or try to fight him. It means he, too, doesn't want to fight them or hurt them.

Scorpion: "A shadow's fallen on your soul." Sub-Zero: "No, brother. I've seen the light."

What more do you need than this bit here as proof that Bi-Han didn't always use to be like this? Shadows only exist where light is present too. There must have been light in Bi-Han before said shadow corrupted him.

Both Kuai Liang and Tomas only resent Bi-Han for two things. Letting their father die and breaking his oath to protect Earthrealm. Nothing else is ever brought up.

At this point I think it's safe to say it's canon that Bi-Han was never abusive or a bad brother towards either Kuai Liang or Tomas.

That's it.

No headcanons, no what if's. No bullshit, just facts.

The only time Bi-Han hurts Kuai Liang is after he reached his breaking point and snapped and they're both equally ready to fight and hurt each other by then. Kuai Liang is even the one who draws first blood. Does that make him abusive too? Not at all.

Those who call Bi-Han abusive or try to write him that way in their silly fanfics have never been around an abusive person before and undoubtedly don't even know the actual defintion of the word. These people don't understand his character and don't care enough to try and understand him. They only use him as a plot device to victimize Kuai Liang and Tomas because this fandom has a strange obsession with babying those two characters and it's downright disgusting.

To those writers and artists who depict Bi-Han as abusive, I hope both sides of your pillow are always warm, you step on a lego each morning, stub your toe every night and your favorite snack is always sold out.

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Head empty, only BiHanzo thoughts.

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I thought of a plot for BiHanzo fic but I know I'll never write it. So I decided just to describe it in the tumblr post. Maybe it will inspire someone to something

It's MK9-11 Universe

Hanzo and Bi-Han met each other much earlier than their first MK tournament. Lin Kuei was a Chinese clan whereas Shirai Ryu was a Japanese clan but both clans had their bases all over the Earthrealm, some of them located even in other realms. Two of the Japanese bases located near to each other. Both of the clans were aware of it and were cautious of the other clan's actions but mostly ignored each other. That's where Hanzo, Bi Han and his little brother lived. Bi Han even learned Japanese to be capable of speaking with locals.

Hanzo and Bi Han ran into each other on the field where both of them used to train. Before the day of their meeting they both had already used it but never seen each other. Of course, they recognized the rival clan so they tried to beat each other up and win the right to train on the field all by himself. But their strength level was equal and no matter how hard they tried, the fights ended up in a draw. They had to admit it was the best sparing battle they'd ever had. So to keep a great opponent they got a deal to share the field and to train with each other.

Later they couldn't help but turned into buddies. And then they fell in love.

Their relationship was... challenging. They were opposites. Hanzo was passionate, spontaneous, impatient. And Bi Han was calm, reserved and even closed. Bi Han found it difficult to trust Hanzo with his feelings and Hanzo found it impossible to wait for a moment when Bi Han was ready. But a bunch of trainings together taught them to understand each other better and to compromise. Hanzo was learning to control his emotions and Bi Han was learning to be more risky and to lean on his intuition, not only logic. Of course they had arguments but they always managed to find a way out of any problem. That's how they made their relationship work.

Obviously they had to hide. Nobody knew about their secret meetings. Sometimes one of them had a personal mission and he could take another with him if there was no risk of being seen together. Or they could organize a hike together telling their masters they wanted to spend several days alone with nature. Nobody seemed to care about their small trips so both of them started to loose their cautiousness. That's how Kuai Liang, Bi Han's younger brother, found out about them.

Kuai Liang got curious about his elder brother's walks. Bi Han said he liked to train alone but Kuai wasn't satisfied with the answer as Bi Han refused to take Kuai Liang along with him even once. So Kuai Liang decided to spy on the brother. He wasn't noticed on the way and he was so proud he could hide from his brother's attentive eye. Although he was discovered later and nearly killed by the brother as Bi Han heard the noise and automatically threw an ice kunai towards it. Kuai Liang managed to dodge but he had to show himself not to be attacked further. Hanzo and he introduced themselves to each other but Bi Han almost immediately grabbed Kuai Liang and left the field. Kuai Liang expected the brother to be mad but Bi Han didn't say a thing. Then Kuai Liang asked if Hanzo belonged to Shirai Ryu. Bi Han answered honestly. That was the first and the last time they talked about it.

After this incident Bi Han came to their special place less often. He became more cautious, even paranoid and Hanzo had really hard time distracting him or calming him down.

One day Bi Han asked Hanzo not to get his little brother involved if something happened between them. Hanzo was really surprised to hear that as he saw no reason for them to fight or anything. He asked for examples. Bi Han reminded they still belonged to rival clans and as now they were among the best assassins there, they could confront each other anytime. Hanzo clarified that Bi Han would kill him if he was given order to. Bi Han confirmed it. That pissed Hanzo off and he decided to finish their relationship not to be stabbed in the back in the future. He got cooled of several days later and he came to the field but Bi Han wasn't there. Hanzo didn't show up there anymore.

Hanzo turned his love into rage. He couldn't forget Bi Han but not in a romantic kind of way - he was angry. When Lin Kuei attacked their base because, as they said, some of the 'Shirai Ryu dogs' were spying on them, Hanzo and the clan had to leave the place. It didn't seem Bi Han had to do anything with the conflict.

The rage let Hanzo move further though. He fell in love with a girl, married her and they had a son together. But his happy life couldn't last long as he was killed by Bi Han during the mission at the MK tournament.

You know what happened next. Hanzo was resurrected as a ghost by Quan Chi, convinced that Bi Han had killed his clan and family. And even though he'd promised Raiden to spare Bi Han's life, Hanzo got blinded by anger and killed him. Later he managed to come free of Quan Chi's spell and learnt to control his rage. He also restored Shirai Ryu and became its Grandmaster. Thanks to Kuai Liang, Hanzo learnt the truth behind his clan's death and they managed to establish peace between their clans.

Apart from the cooperation Hanzo and Kuai Liang started a romantic relationship too. Hanzo resisted it for a long time. First, he found it very hard to get close to anybody after losing his wife and son. His wounds still felt fresh but Kuai Liang was trying his best to help him heal it. Second, although Kuai Liang was very different from his brother, he reminded of him a lot. The same name, the same clan, the similar looks, the same abilities. Hanzo was aware now that Bi Han wasn't responsible for his family's murder. But Hanzo was still mad at him. For killing him, for coming back as a wraith, for crimes he did in the form of Noob Saibot. Kuai Liang was angry at his brother too and that helped Hanzo a lot not to see Bi Han in his successor.

One evening Hanzo and Kuai Liang spent their time together and during one of the tender moments they used to have Kuai Liang recalled their first ever meeting. He said that he couldn't understand why Bi Han had been so fond of Hanzo and now having a sweet kiss with him Kuai Liang finally got it. Hanzo was flattered and surprised at the same time and he expressed his doubts on Bi Han's feelings towards him, considering Bi Han's future actions. Kuai Liang couldn't explain the brother's motives but he was 100%-confident that Bi Han used to love Hanzo. Kuai Liang managed to see only one Bi Han's look at Hanzo and it was enough for him to say that Hanzo was one of the most important people for Bi Han. They didn't come to agreement on that but agreed to drop the topic and leave the past in the past.

That night Hanzo had a dream about young Bi Han and Kuai Liang. They were about 12 and 7 years old. Both of them were trained ruthlessly by Lin Kuei masters. It was obviously too hard for both of them but they had to do their best, they were forced to. The brothers were kidnapped from their family and used to create powerful cryomancers. But none of them could awaken their powers. It was especially hard for small Kuai Liang and Bi Han tried to draw the attention to himself either working hard or pulling some tricks over other students or masters. Bi Han knew they had to start using their innate abilities otherwise Lin Kuei would get rid of them. So he tried his best to achieve the results and protect his little brother from exhausting trainings. Eventually, Bi Han awakened his cryo powers and became the center of the masters' attention. Lin Kuei went easy on Kuai Liang from that moment and focused on making a great assassin out of Bi Han.

Hanzo found the dream very weird. He described it to Kuai Liang and Kuai was as surprised as Hanzo. Kuai Liang couldn't say how true the dream was as he didn't remember anything about Bi Han's trainings. But he confirmed several facts, like: they were kidnapped because of their innate powers, the trainings felt very hard for a kid and Bi Han awakened his abilities pretty early, around 12-13 years old. Kuai Liang managed to do that several years later and Bi Han asked to train the brother himself. But Kuai Liang knew nothing about his brother forcing himself to train so he could ease it up for Kuai Liang. Even if that was true, he doubted Bi Han would ever confess it.

Suddenly Hanzo remembered one controversial thing about the brothers and he asked if cryomancers felt cold. Kuai Liang answered that they usually didn't as they could control the temperature of their body and lower it as much as their skills allowed. But, as he'd read in the scrolls he'd found in the temple of their ancestors, there was a chance a cryomancer felt cold if they couldn't subdue their power. Hanzo wondered if that could happen to Bi Han. Kuai Liang confirmed that it was very likely. Cryomancers perfected their power control by their thirties whereas Bi Han was a skillful cryomancer by his eighteen years and that could affect him badly. But Kuai Liang didn't know if anything used to bother Bi Han. Hanzo told him that Bi Han felt cold permanently even though he never admitted that. Kuai Liang found it unfair that he happened to avoid such destiny and Bi Han didn't. Hanzo soothed him by saying that as Kuai Liang was the Lin Kuei's Grandmaster now, he wouldn't let any kid experience the same his brother did.

The next night Hanzo had another dream starring Bi Han. He was older this time. Hanzo and he had already been dating then. As Hanzo figured out, Bi Han was going to their meeting place. Suddenly Bi Han noticed someone was following him and not showing any suspense he changed the course. He appeared to get to another field, which wasn't far from the original destination but closer to the Lin Kuei's base according to Hanzo's memories. Bi Han turned around and found out his follower was Sektor. Bi Han warned he could have attacked Sektor thinking he was followed by an enemy. Smiling deviously, Sektor responded he just wanted to train with Bi Han at the latter's special place. Bi Han deadpanned that they could train together on the Lin Kuei territory cause he didn't want to share his private place with anyone. Sektor got the hint and left. Bi Han didn't go to Hanzo though, he spent the rest of the day on another field and then came back home.

Hanzo told about this dream to Kuai Liang too. Kuai Liang couldn't confirm or deny something like that had happened but there was a chance. Kuai Liang told Hanzo that there was a period when Sektor tried to find some dirt on Bi Han. The Grandmaster announced he was going to choose his successor and even though Sektor was the Grandmaster's son, he preferred Bi Han more. Sektor tried to undermine Bi Han's credibility but he never found anything he could use. Apparently, Sektor expected to find something interesting in the place Bi Han used to go all the time but he didn't succeed. Luckily, Bi Han didn't get caught. They could punish him severely for the bond with the Shirai Ryu member, maybe even kill for betrayal. Hanzo wasn't aware of such troubles in the rival clan but he wasn't surprised as he found out.

Hanzo was wondering why he would have dreams about Bi Han all of a sudden. Kuai Liang suggested Bi Han himself was showing it to him somehow. Hanzo didn't see how it could be possible but kept such option in mind.

Bi Han appeared in his dream again. Bi Han was sitting in front of the table with different kinds of weapons. Sektor entered the room and congratulated him on an important mission. Sektor mentioned the MK tournament so Hanzo guessed that it was happening right before the tournament where he was killed by Bi Han. Sektor also said that Bi Han's future as a Grandmaster depended on it - if Bi Han succeeded, he would become an official successor. Bi Han didn't respond as Sektor kept talking. Suddenly he wondered if anyone from Shirai Ryu would participate in the tournament and reminded Bi Han if Bi Han ran into any 'Shirai Ryu dog', he would have to kill them. Bi Han asked casually if it was necessary and Sektor confirmed. If Bi Han didn't do that, he would be suspected in disloyalty. Which might turn into a very tragic situation considering that Kuai Liang stayed at the Lin Kuei base during Bi Han's mission. Bi Han recommended Sektor not to discredit himself with low and absurd threats. Sektor grinned that he had just warned Bi Han and left the room.

Hanzo woke up in the middle of the night. He remembered Kuai Liang's theory about Bi Han telling him all of that immediately as Hanzo felt someone's presence in the room. He looked around, looked out of the window and even called out Bi Han but found and heard nothing.

He didn't tell Kuai Liang about this dream. Kuai Liang looked worried when Hanzo shared the idea Bi Han might have hurt himself to protect the brother. He would be much more stressed if Hanzo revealed the chance Kuai Liang was connected with Hanzo's death too. Hanzo didn't believe in reliability of his dreams but Kuai Liang seemed to trust them.

The last dream in the row was long and hectic. It started in the dark but big and frightening room with three people inside - Bi Han, Sektor and an old man Hanzo didn't know but supposed it was the Lin Kuei Grandmaster. They were talking about turning all Lin Kuei members into cyborgs. Bi Han and Sektor were staring at each other, Bi Han looked tensed and Sektor was smiling with his eyes. Hanzo managed to understand by the context that Sektor had given the cyborg idea to his father. Bi-Han was trying to convince the idea was a failure but every time he started to bring up the argument he was shut by Sektor. Sektor turned all arguments to Bi-Han's possible disloyalty and mistrust to the clan and the Grandmaster. The Grandmaster was agreeing with Sektor and not listening to Bi Han. He even expressed his doubts on making Bi Han next Grandmaster. Considering Sektor's smirk that was exactly what Sektor was trying to achieve. Obviously, Bi Han was losing his position and could do nothing about it.

Next Hanzo saw Bi Han in his room together with Kuai Liang. Worried Kuai Liang was telling Bi Han that he didn't want to become a cyborg and Bi Han had to do something about it as among all the Lin Kuei members Bi Han had the highest chance of success. And also the opportunity because all regular assassins were not allowed to disobey the Grandmaster. Bi Han said he was working on it and trying his best. Kuai Liang suddenly suggested running away from the clan. Bi Han declined it immediately and reminded his brother what Lin Kuei did with traitors. The brothers started a fight. Kuai Liang didn't like Bi Han was treating him like a child and refused to see Kuai Liang was capable of protecting himself. Also he said Bi Han was afraid of Lin Kuei more than he should. That's where the conversation ended. Bi Han promised he would figure out what to do after the mission.

Hanzo recognized the mission and could tell for sure: Bi Han wouldn't come back. That was the tournament where Hanzo killed Bi Han. First Hanzo saw Bi Han in the company of Cyrax and Sektor. Sektor said everyone in Shirai Ryu was dead. Bi Han was taken aback with the news and asked who was responsible for that. Sektor answered that he didn't care as long as they didn't bother Lin Kuei. Cyrax looked at Sektor questionably but Bi Han was already leaving. Before he came out of the door, Sektor added that Scorpion was heard to participate in the tournament. Bi Han turned around for a moment, he had a concerned look on his face, and then finally left.

The next scene was too familiar for Hanzo. He saw himself as a ghost in front of Bi Han, he had already defeated Bi Han and Quan Chi was showing him the scenes of his family dying. Bi Han was watching it too. When he saw someone who looked like him, Bi Han tried to tell Hanzo it wasn't him but Hanzo didn't listen. And at that moment Hanzo noticed Bi Han wanted to use the rest of his powers to save himself (or at least to try). But then he whispered 'What have I done to you?' and put his hands down. Bi Han gave up and let Hanzo kill him.

Suddenly Hanzo woke up and saw a face upon him. Kuai Liang was right: it was Bi Han's work. Noob Saibot was on top of Hanzo. Noob looked surprised, he didn't expect Hanzo to wake up so early. Hanzo reacted immediately, threw Noob off himself and pinned the wraith to the wall. Hanzo warned he knew how to fight wraiths so Noob couldn't escape from him. He asked what Noob was doing here and why he had been showing him all those things. In a weak voice Noob replied he wanted Hanzo to see the truth. Hanzo noted he couldn't trust those visions and he didn't. Noob agreed and said it was Hanzo's choice to believe it or not. Then he asked Hanzo to let him go because Noob didn't want to hurt him. Hanzo got confused and asked for an explanation. Noob said: 'I do not control the darkness, the darkness controls me'. It reminded Hanzo of the discussion with Kuai Liang. Could that be related to Bi Han's former control of cryo powers? Before Hanzo could come to an answer, Noob said one more thing and it shocked Hanzo so much he eased the grab on him. Noob managed to escape. The words he said were 'I'm sorry'.

Hanzo couldn't get any sleep that night as all of that got him thinking. Was it true? If it was, Hanzo couldn't be mad at Bi Han anymore. He remembered warm moments they used to have and realized he still loved Bi Han but hadn't seen that because of the pain and anger. Hanzo had to question himself if he really loved Kuai Liang or he just tried to have something special with him as he couldn't have it with his brother? If he had feelings for both of them, what would he do? Now he knew Bi Han's ghost was still around and didn't disappear in the soulnado. Did Hanzo have to try to bring Bi Han back to life? Did he have to finally make it right with him? Did Bi Han himself want it? Could Bi Han overcome the darkness that controlled him?

Hanzo didn't tell Kuai Liang about the meeting with his brother. He was going to though, once he'd make a decision what to do. But that never happened. In a few days Hanzo was killed by D'Vorah.

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Bi-Hanzo fake intros

Bi-Han: Why face me now, Hanzo? Hanzo: I merely wish to train, there is no better partner than you. Bi-Han, amused: Is that so? Hmph, very well, face me.

Bi-Han: When fire and ice collide… Hanzo: What sparks shall we make, Bi-Han? Bi-Han: Face me and find out, Hanzo.

Bi-Han: Hoping for a flirty quip? Hanzo, amused: It would be nice… Bi-Han: You warm my soul…

Hanzo: Shall we train, Bi-Han? Bi-Han: Hoping to pin me to the ground? Hanzo, amused: Not without a fight, at least.

Hanzo: Let us make amends. Bi-Han: And bonds that stand the test of time. Hanzo: For now and ever more.

Hanzo: What happened to Saibot? Bi-Han: Still a part of me and still fond of you. Hanzo, amused: As I am of you.

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I want to pin this video and worship the author

I dislike this ship so much, I'm sorry

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Every time a new hate MK post is published, a new timeline is born. It's based on whatever caused the hate post

Hate responsibly

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A few sketches on MK1. I draw during breaks from work, give me strength.

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Whole Russian fandom looking at this picture of Bi Han:

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The comments on this TikTok have me in TEARS

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The part 2 of the previous post on Bi-Han being not so bad as everyone thinks

When Bi-Han and Kuai Liang got captured, Shang Tsung said very interesting thing: 'I am sure you're asking yourself... Can I afford to trust a man I have never met? But the true question you must ask is... Can I afford not to?' THIS IS THREATENING AS FUCK. Shang Tsung may have meant, like, if Bi-Han could afford to lose the only chance to gain power he desired. But that seems more exaggerated for me than the theory with a threat. It easily can be a threat to kill Bi-Han and his brother. If they didn't want to cooperate, why would the villains let such strong enemies live? OK, just in theory, Bi-Han could sacrifice himself. But could he let his little brother die? I don't think so.

Next with Shang Tsung... When Bi-Han agreed to hear Shang Tsung's offer, he actually did a favor for the Earthrealm?? Shang Tsung told the brothers they had an access to the Dragon army, he explained how it would be controlled, where exactly it was located. And Kuai Liang could share this information with Liu Kang. Would they know that if Bi-Han didn't agree to listen? And when he asked more questions to get more information, Kuai Liang tried to stop him. Why? Maybe it was something about honor for him, like, it's better to die as an honest man than to lie for survival. Or he just didn't think of that. I can't judge their values but I don't see anything bad in adapting to the conditions. If it was something Bi-Han had to do to survive and to save his brother, I can't blame him.

Have you noticed that none of the brothers could escape (or even tried) but then Kuai Liang suddenly managed to do that? Like... why didn't you do that earlier? When Bi-Han started to listen to the sorcerer? He was so angry and frustrated at that point but didn't try to stop the deal. Well, maybe he wasn't capable of running away. So Bi-Han provoked him. What would start a fire best? Anger. Bi-Han could make Kuai Liang angry on purpose cause he knew better than anyone else that anger made Kuai Lieng stronger and more powerful. Maybe so strong that Kuai didn't want to use such power. Just remember the scene when he melt the Dragon army (I love this scene more than myself). With the help of his rage he managed to escape. Bi-Han chased his brother because he didn't want anyone from the Deadly Alliance to get him. And maybe he even lost the battle on purpose. Again, just theory.

But all of that doesn't matter cause I cannot find the explanation for the scar. Accident? :D And Bi-Han could escape with Kuai Liang and Tomas when he found them. Maybe he wasn't sure they were not watched but that's a poor explanation. Also, why would he escape from Kuai Liang and Tomas later if he didn't want to remain the course he was offered by Shang Tsung? (One more question: how the fuck did he escape from them???)

Maybe all of my theories are true... And Bi-Han started to wonder about Shang Tsung's proposition just to get more information, let Kuai Liang go but decided to stay himself as he didn't feel valued at the position he had in the Earthrealm. Or Bi-Han is Liu Kang's spy and is shown as the Outworld's enemy to deceive Shang Tsung and to find the sorcerer via Bi-Han. But that's too much even for me haha

So thank you for coming to my ted talk. Feel free to text me if you want to speculate on this topic. Or some other controversial topic

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So hear me out

I don't like that Bi-Han is perceived as an evil character (although I know he is probably designed to be evil). That's why I have a hobby of making up excuses for his bad actions and decisions

Please do not take this post 100% seriously, I understand clearly that I'm probably wrong (or the creators haven't thought over the character so deeply for it to be true for that matter). I just love Bi-Han and think he deserves better than to be a villain in every timeline

This is part 1

Bi-Han's ideas on the clan development are actually not that bad in the beginning. I mean, when they discuss it before the meeting with Liu Kang and before the invasion on the castle. His ambitions are really strong and all he wants, in my opinion, is to participate in making decisions, not to serve and obey. He says they could help to rule, not to rule on their own. Also he doesn't argue with their father's principles, he said that the principles should guide them, not that Lin Kuei should ignore them. I don't see anything bad in his desire to have more power and more respect for the clan. Even I felt bad when either Kuai Liang or Tomas said that they served not ruled. Lin Kuei had been working for Liu Kang for hundreds of years and although they had a loud name of 'Earthrealm protectors', they had to do not a very respectful job. We know that it used to be a very peaceful timeline before Shang Tsung intervened. And as Bi-Han, who was the clan's Grandmaster, supposedly the busiest person in the whole clan, participated in every Earthrealm's champions' trainings, we can assume that it was the most interesting event in their task list. Which, imho, is pretty small for the Grandmaster of a great and respectable clan. They even were not taken to the tournament itself! And I suppose they were never chosen to be its champions either. In the castle, after defeating Ermac, I believe, Bi-Han mentioned that he'd missed a real kombat. So while Liu Kang had a lot of issues to solve on his own, Lin Kuei were supposed to protect the Earthrealm from dangers which didn't exist, thanks to Liu Kang. It's actually a very common situation: when you don't see the person's potential and you don't help them to fulfill it, the chance to lose the person's interest or loyalty is extremely high. Tbh, it seems very weird for me that Liu Kang didn't think of anything to keep Bi-Han loyal. I mean, he put Shang Tsung and Quan Chi into such circumstances so they couldn't gain or even desire power without somebody's help. And Bi-Han? He wanted more power even before Shang Tsungs's intervention affected him. Liu Kang pretended he didn't notice? Or he just didn't care? Or why else he decided to keep someone like Bi-Han in charge of a powerful clan? There is a theory that he gave Hanzo's power away to Kuai Liang because he thought Kuai could handle it better and avoid destructions caused by Hanzo's anger. And if that's so, why would he do nothing about Bi-Han? He wanted to give him another chance like he did with Shao? Okay, he couldn't watch Shao all the time as they were in different realms. But Bi-Han literally worked for him!! And he didn't notice anything wrong and demanding attention? Either we don't know something yet or Liu Kang really doesn't care enough for Bi-Han. And if that's so, it shouldn't be surprising that Bi-Han would leave his side one day.

Bi-Han's attitude towards Tomas is rude and unacceptable, Tomas doesn't deserve it from the perspective we see. The most obvious reason - Tomas doesn't share Lin Kuei blood and makes him unworthy for Bi-Han. What if it's more complicated that just that? There are some hints in the game that Bi-Han has daddy issues. Johnny Cage presumes that during one of the intros (it was something like 'Your daddy issues are even stronger than mine'). And his whole bossy, 'Obey-Your-Grandmaster'-like attitude also may indicate that. Kuai Liang and Tomas respect their father a lot and Bi-Han obviously doesn't. I mean, I feel some respect there, which I cannot explain rn, but anyway there is not enough of it. I don't think this attitude came out of nowhere. Bi-Han is the eldest so he was most likely to become the Lin Kuei Grandmaster after their father. So the father could treat him differently from the younger brothers. Even if he sought peace, it didn't mean he was an excellent dad figure. Maybe he pushed Bi-Han too hard whereas Kuai Liang and Tomas got much more freedom and less trainings. Bi-Han could envy them. Of course, he didn't hate Kuai Liang as he was his little brother no matter what. But Tomas came out of nowhere and got love from Bi-Han's parents, his father especially, which Bi-Han didn't receive himself. It was his love! Why would some stranger come into his family and steal love that should have been Bi-Han's? Why was this 'nobody' treated better than their son and brother? An offended kid usually cannot understand other kid's struggles so as long as Tomas took something, which as Bi-Han believed belonged to him, he wouldn't consider that Tomas was an orphan. Nobody could understand Bi-Han's struggles, why would he try to understand others'? Maybe the father even mentioned something about Tomas not being the original Lin Kuei - for example, answering Bi-Han's question why couldn't Tomas become the Grandmaster, the father would say that. And little Bi-Han learnt that as a reason to hate Tomas and not to accept him as a part of the family. None of that is an actual excuse for Bi-Han, he should've visited therapist or something. But I doubt assassins, especially in MK, know what psychological help is, so there's not an option. Especially for Bi-Han, he is super cold and closed. And this also may have been formed thanks to the father's upbringing.

As I've already started on the father... Let's go to Bi-Han's confession that he let their father die. It's hard to speculate on the topic as we don't know what kind of accident had happened. But we'll try without it. I think the detail that he let him die, not killed him, does matter. I still suppose that the father used to abuse Bi-Han. Imagine the person, who has been bullying you for your whole life, happens to be on the verge of death and you're the only one who can save them. Of course there are people who would save the person no matter what. But a lot of them would think if the person deserved to die and they couldn't help but rely on the their own experience. The father's death would finally give Bi-Han the freedom, he would get rid of the chains of his father's control, he would become the master on his own and not only he could manage his life for the first time, he could manage other people too. People who used to lack power are most likely to worship power in the future. A bonus to this thought: the father could get killed because of his clan politics. Not to let this happen to himself Bi-Han got so obsessed with changing the rules. There's an upcoming question - why didn't he tell Kuai Liang and Tomas? Maybe there was something else he didn't want to share with them. Maybe for their own protection. Which, shall I remind, is just a theory.

To be continued in the next post...

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Round 2: POST!

Sub-zero [Bi-han MK1] tattoo appreciation [I think this is the 3rd one!]

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