#HOLY YAPP I SHUT UP NOW
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Oooh this might be a controversial take (for the bireena community maybe) but I feel like I need to get it off my chest
I donāt ship sekhan, I feel like that is completely obvious, but-
I didnāt want bireena in khaos reigns either (even before it came out and sekhan became canon)
At most, I wanted them to meet, try to kill each other maybe, have no choice but to team up, and then leave off on a cliffhanger on what the future could hold. LIKE that was it. No romance yet, maybe not even an official friendship, just obscurity to set up their future.
I feel like weāre still at a point where Bi-Han needs to make a lot of personal growth first. The last thing I want him doing is putting his nasty unredeemed hands anywhere near my precious SAREEEENNNAAAA!! If they were to interact at any point in future games or kombat packs, I want the focus to be on redeeming the two (mostly bi-han) cause at the end of the day, I am a Bi-Han fan first, bireena fan second. I will even take it if they just end up as friends if that means he can finally redeem himself and not go down the constant path of evil and being someoneās side-kick.
From my time on twitter Iāve noticed the constant need of some bireena fans to attack sekhan and complain that we didnāt get bireena, which is fair theyāre allowed to do that, but I think thatās genuinely the wrong way to look at this whole situation. I mean, if you wanna think in context to how Bi-han acts/ presents himself in this timeline, I actually think he and sektor make perfect sense. He doesnāt like people disagreeing with him and sektor is basically the embodiment of an enabler/ loyalist. OF COURSE, heād be down for that (which is not to say I like sektorās writing either, I wanted her to betray Bi-Han and push her own image onto the Lin Kuei). But I think the point of putting him with her (though I donāt want to give NRS any writing credit yet) is to show how messed up his mind is and how he goes for the wrong methods to get what he wants (like liu kang said).
I know we shouldnāt exactly take the Johnny cage announcer voice as canon but I feel like everyone is missing the āfutureā part in ābi-Hanās future bestieā. They still havenāt even officially met if you donāt count him kicking nitaraās ass at the Ying fortress. If they had gotten together in khaos reigns it wouldāve been just as bad and poorly written as sekhan. If you wanna attack sekhan and call it forced because her entire story revolves around a man then you need to also keep in mind that if Sareena had been written as a romantic interest to Bi-Han in khaos reigns it would be the exact same thing. Sareena still has her own soul to redeem and her own past to confront. The last thing she needs is to be with a man that has all the mental maturity of a group of middle schoolers who frequent Hot Topic.
(This portion is my own headcanoning and how I want them to meet, Iāll mark where it ends)
As stated before, I think the main priority should be Bi-Han and Sareena focusing on their redemption arcs if they are to interact with each other in the future. Bi-Han needs to see the error in his ways of thinking and let go of his pride. Sareena needs to see sheās more than just an underling to Quan Chi and break free from his control. If anything, I think the best way to approach this is to maybe bring up MK Mythologies again and have them meet through that. Maybe Bi-Han gets betrayed and gets stuck in the netherrealm and has no choice but to spare a life (Sareenaās) and relies on her to help him get out. That way it would teach him the value of mercy that he didnāt understand in Khaos Reigns. And from there I think in terms of Sareenaās story she sees someone with a tainted soul and feels some empathy about that. Helping him to redeem himself- to her- would be like a way of helping her understand that no soul is too far gone and she herself can be redeemed and help others.
As far as how he would act after being āredeemedā I canāt exactly tell you how I think he would act, especially since heās not really the apologetic type. But maybe an interesting route he can take is Kuai Liangās old role in the previous timelines. Heās seen how fa pride can take you and how destructive it is. That way heās the perfect perspective to redo/ remodel the Lin Kuei. Kuai Liang seems too focused with the Shirai Ryu this time around so if anyone should be redeeming the Lin Kuei it should be the guy who has taken the most mental and physical damage from being a part of it. And from that little plot line, the Shirai Ryu and the Lin Kuei can make peace with each other.
Again, THIS DOESNāT HAVE TO BE ROMANTIC FOR BIREENA. Iām more than happy if theyāre just friends in the end. I just want some sort of redemption and closure for them for ONCE! Theyāve been subject to so much heartbreak and evil in previous timelines, they deserve better than this one dimensional writing.
(End headcanon here)
I know this may all come off as hypocritical coming from me, the most frequent poster in the bireena tag š, but keep in mind the type of content I post. I VERY CLEARLY do not take myself or my art very seriously and most of my art is comedy based. So before you sharpen your pitchforks and sum me up as just another bireena artist, just know I draw what entertains me the most and Iām usually not serious about it.
Do I still want bireena? Or course I do. I just donāt want it NOW. Iām willing to wait- I donāt want forced/ rushed writing on a ship Iāve devoted myself to for the past year.
#hot take#mortal kombat 1#khaos reigns#bireena#bi han#sub zero#sareena#sektor#THIS IS KINDA A ROUGH DRAFT#I have more thoughts on the manner but Iām not a super eloquent writer#plus I need to outline it since again- I struggle with writing#THIS IS EXACTLY WHY IM AN ARTIST AND NOT A WRITER LOOOL#I feel like if I could properly write I would have an actual bireena comic planned out by now#but I lack the proper skills and consistent writing for it#but hey thatās what practice is for#so I guess take this post as me practicing putting my thoughts into words instead of making dumb doodles#HOLY YAPP I SHUT UP NOW
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