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Lil fic idea for any Aliwoo shippers in need of inspiration (or if you’ve read a fic like this PLEASE send it to be)

But has anyone written about the two of them trying to get each other of their binds when they were thrown out of the car? Idk just how would it go between the two of them

(i am writing a small one shot for this idea but idk if i’ll post it plus i’ll only work on it for as long as I’ve got this aliwoo bug-its strong rn but idk how long it’ll last)

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I ONLY SAVED 370 OF MH 5092 FAVORITES NOOO

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Creature commandos good 😊

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Squid Game Headcanon: Ali's Wife

So we don't hear anything about Ali in season two. It makes sense since it is really hard to find Indian actors in South Korea that speak fluent Korean. But I do think that Gi-hun made sure to find and take care of Ali's family.

It took Gi-hun a year to find them. Not for lack of trying, but he wanted to be sure. He knew Ali Abdul had a family, or a reason to return. And Ali had saved his life.

Pakistan has a lot of Ali Abduls. While Gi-hun could fund them all, it was a sense of honor that he had to find the right one.

Investigators found the match: a single mother who had left South Korea around the same time that he and Ali had played in the games. Her husband was a laborer that had left his job abruptly. There was a workplace incident, a report, a police warrant.

Bingo.

All the money in the world can't compensate a life. But it can pay forward the kindness that once saved him.

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Somehow, she knows. Not about the games themselves. But she knows her husband is dead.

She hasn't told anyone. Widows aren't treated well in her home. All she's said is that her husband is working hard in South Korea and will send money. She ignores the gossip and focuses on their child. And she ignores the growing sadness that's wrapping around her heart.

Like a miracle, the money shows up just as she was running out of what her husband had given her before she left for home with their son and her own meager savings. A check arrives along with a representative of a wealthy benefactor who says that he has been instructed to give the equivalent of 1 billion won to the family of Ali Abdul, and to send regular amounts annually. Later, that representative will inform her that the benefactor has set up a trust fund for the child at a reliable bank. Enough for college, and to give the toddler a bright future. The investments could grow from billions to trillions over eighteen years. And if she ever needs anything else, she only has to ask.

Pakistani rupees are stronger than South Korean won in terms of value. But it's more than enough for her and her child to live comfortably, to travel and start a new life if they wish. She's able to pay off bills, and make decisions about the future that she keeps to herself. But first she has a request.

"I want to meet the benefactor," she said.

It takes another year to arrange the meeting. Even wealth cannot make bureaucracy move faster with passports and flight schedules. But eventually, she's back in South Korea, her child safely arriving with her, and staying in a comfortable hotel on the benefactor's dime.

He arrives early to the hotel restaurant, where he's reserved a corner. Her son knows to stay in the room and he can watch TV. The flight excited him so much. It's like a vacation for him.

The benefactor is not some mysterious handsome prince from a fairy tale. He wears black from head to toe, and keeps his hair short. His name is Seong Gi-hun. She introduces herself, having dressed in her best clothes. She keeps her hair covered.

They talk about trivial things over water and a vegetarian meal, like her son's interest in painting and basketball. Gi-hun shares a picture of his daughter, so many years older. And then she has her questions about where to send her son to school, if maybe they should try their luck with South Korea again or even in Japan. She hasn't lost her fluency in Korean, especially back here in a familiar setting.

"Thank you," she says. "Why are you being so kind to me? And to my son. You're a stranger to us."

He takes a moment before sipping more water. And she dares to make the statement that in the back of her mind had lingered for months.

"Tell me what happened to my husband," she said.

The man looks away. It's not the way that Muslim men avoid looking at women; he has ghosts in his eyes. She can't know that others have asked him this question, a boy missing his sister and a mother worrying for her son. And he kept silent.

This time, he doesn't.

"You won't believe me," he replies.

"I promise I will," she says.

He seems to wish the water were wine, but doesn't order any. No, he wants to tell her this story sober. She respects that.

"Ali Abdul saved my life," he starts. "We were invited to a mysterious island and told we could win money..."

Sometimes he speaks so low, she can't understand. But she grasps a great horror: someone had convinced her Ali to enter a dangerous game, and he returned for another round despite wanting to leave after the first. He died during a game of marbles. GI-hun didn't see it. But he knew.

She could not comprehend. But she promised to believe it.

"Was he given a funeral?" she manages.

Gi-hun shakes his head.

"Everyone was placed in a coffin and taken away. I don't know where the coffins were taken."

Not even a body to bury. She had to be satisfied with a memory of a coffin. All photos were back at home, their wedding photos. It's how she wants to remember him. But she also wants to remember the curly-haired man who came home tired and sweaty while still taking time to hug his son and toss him in the air. The one who tossed and turned at night, muttering curses at his boss in Urdu.

"Thank you for telling me."

"I wouldn't be alive if not for your husband," Gi-hun says. "I owe him everything. He should be the one here, talking to you. If anyone deserved to win..."

He looks away again. She can see tears running down one eye, which he doesn't bother to wipe. Her own face feels hot. She knows that her tears are falling.

If they were other people, they'd be hugging each other while crying. A mutual comfort in suffering, grieving a person they knew who gave more than he had. But she is a widow from Pakistan, and he is a divorced father from South Korea. So they cry silently, separately. And they sip water while using napkins to discreetly wipe their faces before any waitstaff can become uncomfortable.

"And what are you doing now?" she asks. "Are you going around, gifting money to everyone who saved you?"

Some fire returns to those reddened eyes. Gi-hun dabs his face with a napkin.

"I'm going to take the Games down," he says, his voice full of metal. "They can't happen to anyone else."

It's not becoming for her, what she says next. But the sadness around her heart has chipped away, and it brings other emotions. Anger at the pitying looks her son gets from her parents and in-laws because they do not know but they suspect. Rage at the forces who took away her husband. Knowing she'll return to her country and make plans for a fresh start in another, to raise her son with the best possible education. That she will be the perfect Pakistani wife and mother.

"Avenge him for me."

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Sonic 4 leak

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I SAID I'VE PLAYED THESE GAMES BEFORE

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Good time to reblog and add that this aged HORRIBLY yeah bro is not getting a solo ep

Idk why they named her Sublimation that’s like naming a character Lucky Charm-horrendous

GUYS GUYS THE SEASON 6 EPISODE LIST DROPPED AN?? SUBLIMATION?? SUBLIMATION???????

AS IN?? DO YOU MEAN???

MY BABY IS RETURNING TO ME HE’S COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!

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"not all men" you're right. number 199, ali abdul would never do this to me.

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My biggest weakness is a handsome man with big beautiful brown eyes if he looks at me slightly sad I’m giving him ALL my marbles

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Daily affirmation:

Ali is alive

Ali is alive

Ali is alive

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this is how i cope

1st has alt text, 2nd has the og

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MY SHAYLAAAAA 💔💔💔

i miss him 😞

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It was hard being a alihun shipper then and it's impossible now

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So fun fact I drew this AWHILE ago and now i uhmmm hate the way I drew him idk if his features are the way I want them exactly for a humanized Kai BUT i think this turned out nice regardless so u guys are still getting him <3

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Hii guys!!! It’s been a fat minute oops!!! Finals kinda ruined me so I wasn’t drawing as much, but I finished, and I’ve been on break so I’ve been able to draw a bunch of stuff!! I do have a good amount of stuff lined up for this week, but rn I’m just starting off with some sketches/quick screenshot redraws of Kai (specifically his early design)

Yeah thats it <3 I’ll have something nicer and cleaned up for tomorrow!!!

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“squid game season 2” this, “look at all the new characters” that-MY KING IS NOT PRESENT SO WHATS THE POINT????

I’LL NEVER FORGET YOU ALI!!!!