Do you think Bi-Han and Sektor have pet names in private or do they always call each other by their first names?
I would like to say yes, that they do use pet names on a daily basis, but I really don't think so (even in private). Contrary to what most fans say, based solely on Bi-Han's supposed "inappropriate behavior", Bi-Han is not a young man. Both he and Sektor already have wrinkles that in asians from well-off families (as they both are) only appear after 30. I really doubt they are under 30 and I believe they are both in their mid to late 30s. And the way most of their dialogues were developed, while it shows their close relationship, shows that their intimate relationship often mixes with their professional one.
Sektor formally informs Bi-Han of a wish from her father. Bi-Han, in turn, responds emotionally and not at all with the (reasonable) rationality expected from a leader:
Sektor: My father wishes to return to service.
Sub-Zero: His first task can be reining in your mother.
Bi-Han definitely has a beef with Madam Bo. Expected, since in Madam Bo's eyes, Bi-Han is the one who leads Sektor down the wrong path. And after all, well, she's his mother-in-law.
Sektor being rude to Bi-Han here despite him asking a simple question regarding her work:
Noob Saibot: How long before the prototype is ready?
Sektor: It will be done when it is done.
For her to respond in such a rude manner to a question related to her work indicates that she also has her moments of seeing him only as Bi-Han, her man, and not as her Grandmaster.
And as we all know, Bi-Han is the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei and Sektor is officially his Master Amorer and second in command. And although some people want to see Sektor's ambition and the things she says about leading as someone with evil intentions and who is ready to betray Bi-Han at any moment. By making these assumptions, they ignore the fact that Sektor loves Bi-Han above all else and that she and Bi-Han already lead the clan together. When she talks about leading being better than following in conversations with Li Mei and how she practically confirms that she is more dangerous than Bi-Han…
She is trying to convince Li Mei like Bi-Han once did.
It is already quite clear from their endings (Sub-Zero, Sektor and Noob Saibot), intros and story mode, that Bi-Han and Sektor lead the clan together. She is not a Bi-Han's follower, she is his right hand. They are together in everything. Bi-Han makes almost no decisions without consulting her first. Li Mei on the other hand, is just a follower in the royal court. Li Mei has no influence over Mileena whatsoever. Sektor is simply questioning Li Mei's lack of ambition.
There are those who think that Sektor despises Bi-Han because of this one dialogue too:
They ignore that as a woman willing to do anything to protect the clan and the man she loves, she has to be more dangerous than him to do so. She has to be able to hold her own against his enemies. She is speaking like a lioness here.
If Sektor wanted to lead the Lin Kuei alone and betray Bi-Han, she wouldn't have even rescued him from the Temple of the Elements. She was literally leading alone and angry at Bi-Han, but she chose to bring him back anyway.
She truly loves him and is loyal to him. And the professional hierarchy of the two has been carried into their private lives without any problems for so long that they don't even care about disguising it properly at work from other subordinates, allies, enemies…
And knowing that Sektor is most likely submissive…
I highly doubt that she calls Bi-Han by nicknames and that Bi-Han would even be cool with being called by such. Although Sektor is affectionate with Bi-Han, she respects him and his position (both in the clan and in their relationship) too much to give him nicknames. And Bi-Han respects her decision not to hear her own name, which for some reason, she despises (since everything indicates that Sektor is not her real name, but even Bi-Han only calls her Sektor), I dare say that the closest they get to pet names in private is when they are making love. Like, "my beloved husband", "my beloved master", "babe do it like this", etc. Or when they are trying to disagree with each other without starting an argument, starting the rhetoric with " But darling...", "dear, think not...", etc.
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