I think people (and I first of all) wanted to see Bi-Han's redemption arc because it's interesting from an artistic standpoint. There is a conflict in it, something that you can't have an interesting plot without. In my personal opinion, what happens to Bi-Han in the DLC is boring and uninteresting, but I'm glad for those who were satisfied because they got positive emotions, not negative ones, which I had enough of.
Bi-Han in the DLC became exactly the villain, not the gray morality character he was before. There would be a conflict in Bi-Han's story if, for example, Bi-Han was reaching for the light and Sektor was pulling him back to darkness. Or, conversely, Sektor would have tried to reason with Bi-Han and direct him to the light, and he would have actively resisted her. This is not in the story, Sektor and Bi-Han agree with each other on his fate as Noob Saibot. We are strong, we are dangerous, Lin Kuei will rule, we will be unstoppable... Uh. Is it interesting? Personally, no. A character with a gray morality is someone who can do both good deeds and evil deeds, and such a character is always guided solely by inner beliefs. Later, such characters may begin to regret that they didn't listen to someone, or, on the contrary, rejoice that they remained deaf to the words of others. Bi-Han in the DLC has absolutely no doubts and reflection, only stubbornness. He's like a high-speed train without a driver. Yes, I know, maybe I want too much from a fighting game.
The fact that Bi-Han eventually defeated Titan Havik is a credit to Liu Kang, because it was he who healed Bi-Han's mind. Until that moment of healing Bi-Han's mind, Noob Saibot was Titan Havik's slave. Sektor said, „We fight to save our lives.“ A common enemy unites the forces of those who are at war with each other. Personally, I'd be more interested in seeing Bi-Han fight not under compulsion because that's the situation, but out of the call of his heart because something in his mind turned over. Only someone who feels guilty can atone for his guilt. Bi-Han does not feel any guilt, so it cannot be said that he atoned for any guilt by defeating the Titan Havik.
The fact that Bi-Han was allegedly imprisoned and forgotten in the Temple of Elements is Sektor's personal perceptions exclusively. Liu Kang is more reasonable than she is in this matter. Bi-Han being in the Temple of Elements in what I assume is a coma-like state is for his own good. Sektor's desire to get Bi-Han out of there is driven by her ego. Her concern for Bi-Han is not healthy. The impatience that Noob Saibot talked about in the intro dialogues is what drives Sektor and Bi-Han. Their personal impatience doesn't mean that Liu Kang forgot about Bi-Han or wasn't going to treat him.
Mileena is the daughter of the Empress, she rules the Outworld by right of inheritance of the throne. Bi-Han is not the son of the Emperor of the Earthrealm to rule it. So his thirst for freedom is a good thing, but his thirst to rule the entire Earthrealm (or only part of it) is a matter of forcibly seizing power, not power by right of inheritance. If Bi-Han had stopped at gaining freedom from Liu Kang's shackles, then there would have been no questions for Bi-Han. He had the right to freedom. But freedom alone didn't suit him, Bi-Han wants to rule the Earthrealm/part of the Earthrealm, not just the Lin Kuei clan as their Grandmaster. He not only wants to be free, he wants the fullness of power that he was never born into. I'm not saying there shouldn't be "villainous villains" in the story. I'm just very upset and, yes, I'm very angry that they made Bi-Han such a villain, who wasn't such a villain even in the first part of MK1, let alone the old canon. Yes, I would like respect from the writers of the new MK for the old canon.
In Noob Saibot's ending, we see what he truly cares about: his power in battle, not his soul. Personally, this is a very boring choice for me. Bi-Han calls power perfection. Power has become a priority thing for him, but not the purification of his soul. It's not just uninteresting to watch, it's painful and sad, because Bi-Han is my favorite character in MK since the distant Sega days. Yes, I'd like to see an upward spiral of his path, not a downward one. I'd be glad if he didn't at least fall further into his gloomy state.
I always thought that when Bi-Han says in his ending in the first part of Mortal Kombat 1 "We", he means Lin Kuei, not „Me and Sektor“. "We" is the Lin Kuei clan. „We were now masters of our destiny and could take our place among Earthrealm's greatest nations.“ Here he is referring to the Clan, not Sektor.
Liu Kang is the voice of reason trying to sober up Sektor. Liu Kang sees that Bi-Han's soul is sick, infected, and he wishes for him to be healed. He doesn't manipulate Sektor's loving emotions, but offers her reasonable things to do because she's acting unreasonably. Because, yes, indeed, if one loves another person, she wishes him to be healed, not to remain in sickness. Sektor doesn't wish for Bi-Han to be healed in the end and suspects Liu Kang of abandoning Bi-Han. Where is the logic in this?
The intro dialogues didn't convince me personally in any way, and I still see Sektor more as Bi-Han's tool to achieve Lin Kuei's goals. Of course he needs her, because she is effective and ready to accept his vision of Lin Kuei which he shares with her, but Bi-Han has Lin Kuei in the first place, the clan is his main priority, not Sektor. She talks a lot about him in the intro dialogues, and he talks about Lin Kuei. I have no doubts about her attitude towards him, but there is no benefit from her love. They're like a very very very lite version of Joker and Harley now. Yes, that's not what I wished for my favorite character. Each of us has the right to be happy and accept a new story, as well as reject it and be unhappy, as happened in my case. I would be glad to see the warm side of Bi-Han, to see how love changes his soul. The DLC doesn't have that, sadly.
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