Something some people don't understand is that Squid Game is an ALLEGORY
Yes, many characters are very dictated (/doomed) by the narrative, beholden to their convictions, BECAUSE IT’S AN ALLEGORY.
Yeah, some things don't seem 100% realistic (although it's a fantastically well thought out world and story), BECAUSE IT’S AN ALLEGORY.
This story, these characters, THIS ENTIRE WORLD was meticulously staged TO SEND US A MESSAGE.
It's about capitalism. It's about classism. It's about the evil of hoarded wealth. It's about the dehumanization and infantilization of disadvantaged groups by privileged ones. It's about choice and autonomy, and how neither of those mean much - and yet, mean EVERYTHING - when all you have are bad choices. When all you've BEEN GIVEN are bad choices.
It's about the violence of poverty. About what people become when they have no other choice. About what people become when they don't have even the basics of life provided for them, the selfish beasts we must become to survive when those situations are imposed - and about how, then, we're blamed for it.
It's about the way we're pitted against one another while those in power sit back and watch. It's about the violence of consumption - specifically media consumption.
Of course In-ho is a little evil; HE EXISTS TO SHOW US WHAT HAPPENS TO NORMAL PEOPLE WHEN YOU FORCE THEM INTO THOSE CHOICES.
Of course Gi-hun trusts too easily, accepts Young-il as a friend despite that damning number on his chest; HE EXISTS TO SHOW US THERE’S ANOTHER WAY.
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finally got my record player workinggg !!!
NEW SILLY GONG YOO IG STORIES OH HOW I LOVE THIS MAN AHHHH ❤️❤️❤️
HIS HANDSSSSS
cho sang-woo + textposts ft. sangihun
Kinda wanna do more characters in this style it’s so silly and fun
Edit: And i did :)
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i love her dearly
Thinking about how Gihun absolutely wanted Sangwoo to end the game with him and come out of it alive together, but how Sangwoo was already suicidal and dealing with depression and so when he realized he had put up all this fight against his very own hyung, the man he cherished during his childhood, the reality that the world is truly fucked up had finally settled in and that drove him to complete his own suicide.
“Im sorry hyung” was not because he fought Gihun or tried to kill him, Sangwoo knew Gihun would have forgiven him, but he also knew that if he took Gihun’s hand he would have had to live with that fact for the rest of his life and he’d be even more alone than he was before. And he was sorry that he had to make Gihun bear witness to the loss of his childhood friend, because he knows how much Gihun loves him.
Gihun was probably one of the only people that reached out to him while he was going through his depression and on the run. What would you do if you were forced to kill the only person who supported you during your darkest moments? Youd feel so much guilt and shame it would eat you alive. And thats why Sangwoo stabbed himself. It fucking hurts me man ugh
cho sang-woo took a look at the narrative, asked 'is anyone gonna haunt that?' and then did not wait for an answer
+ bonus (him actually haunting gi-hun the narrative)
sang-woo my beloved
*about to be executed* "Sang-woo's last act of love was killing himself so Gi-hun wouldn't have to do it-"
SQUID GAME "O X"