Here's a thought.
Oh Il-nam says that the fake house he and Gi-hun end up in front of during Marbles is where he used to live with his family. Once we discover his true identity, we can pretty reasonably conclude that Il-nam designed this game room to be a reconstruction of his past, in a way. This of course is part of the overarching theme of nostalgia in the show.
With this in mind -
The Games in S1 (his final year of influence) reflect Oh Il-nam's version of the Games. Oh Il-nam's version of childhood nostalgia.
The Games in S2, then, reflect IN-HO'S nostalgia.
And from there, we can mine a TREASURE TROVE of headcanons, my friendaroonis
Me when sg zombie au
anyway,. back to your usual queue'd posts.
Stately as a swan, lanky as a spider, the Lieutenant sweeps through the darkness. Coat billowing around him, trailing after him. In the swaths of shadows he’s a moonlit moth, pale and fluttering and paper-delicate. In one long-fingered, white-gloved hand he holds a long black cigarette, which at the end glows a deep, heart’s-blood-red. The ribbon of smoke, tinged neon from the screens of the room, tangles around him. The ribbon whirls and disperses in the wake of his purposeful, crooked march.
He prowls over the control room floor like the floor owes him money. Grinding glossy tiles beneath ghostly pale heels.
Gi-hun’s coat and pants are a perfect pearly white, with just the barest touch of soft cloud-gray to temper the purity. The faintest of silvery tarnish, so light you’d never know it’s not truly stark.
But In-ho knows.
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Chapter 9 is up! I'll do an aesthetic board later... I gotta work tomorrow and I should really sleep lol
HALO
He really did want to pretend for a moment that everything was normal between them. I feel like he also just really misses having ppl who care. During the Mingle game, when he goes off to “find another group”, we can clearly see how happy everyone in his group was when he survived. Jung bae literally hugs him when he finally sees him and everyone is smiling and it’s just SO sweet. Inho might have money and power and stuff but in the end, being the frontman is really fucking lonely. Everyone obeys because they have to. They’re around because they need to be. Because he holds power. The games gave him a moment to be normal again. And he cherished it for as long as he could.
like ok heres the thing. inho infiltrated the games to earn gihuns trust and then break him and get him on his side right. ok. but he didnt have to do everything he did.
like, he didnt have to defend him so threateningly against player 100 (arguably... possessively... like bro he aint going NOWHERE calm your ass DOWN!!!) or like, he didnt have to call him 'gihun', he couldve, SHOULD HAVE, called him 'hyung', but he calls him fucking??? gi-hun-shi?????? INSANE BEHAVIOUR.
he didn't HAVE to smile at him then, so bright-eyed. he didn't have to share his tragic backstory. he didn't even have to fucking help him with the revolution, he didn't have to shoot his guards he could've pretended to be a terrible shot. he could've betrayed him anytime and yet chose to maintain his mystery until he got away from gi-hun and FAKED HIS DEATH. like what possibly could he gain from this?? gi-hun must find out who he is sooner or later, who cares if it's sooner??
HE CARES. HE. CARES. whether you view them romantically or not, in-ho CARES. there's a piece of him that plays into this entire inner conflict that makes him CARE. FOR GI-HUN. HE CARES FOR GI-HUN even to SOME degree. and that is INSANE to me.
ᡣ𐭩 TODAY'S SHIP OF THE DAY IS...!
they are married, trust
I'm willing to wait for it
+ bonus inhun!
gihun text posts!
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