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— Euripides, Medea

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love changes you

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hello hello, i hope you don’t mind my question, but i was wondering, how do you find all the lines from different poems and poetry that you relate back to squid game?

bc i think you pick some of the most beautiful lines for your posts and they leave me in awe every time

— hwang-456 🌷

hullo!! i never mind questions and you always bring such lovely flowers with you :)

this probably sounds really inefficient but i adore the website poetry foundation and basically spend ages browsing through different poems. if i like one, i read whatever else the poet has written and sometimes buy their collections if there's more i can't find online (paper copies are often very expensive). there are other good poetry sites but they tend to have paywalls or lag, so i've found poetry foundation pretty dependable.

likewise, books, plays, and even other kdramas sometimes make me emotional so they also end up quoted over gi-hun's face!

i'm a repeat offender when it comes to referencing certain poets and writers because i love their work, but i enjoy reading in general so even if a lot of the stuff i check out on a whim doesn't really stick with me, it doesn't feel like a waste of time.

to be honest it's a lot of trial and error but it's worth it to find the works that feel like a punch in the gut (my favourite)

and aaah thank you so much!!! i love you and all your sg takes-- they either make me want to sob violently or giggle <3

for you: 🌻🌻🌻

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i fucking love the "i will save my people" x " i will save you" trope.

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Mirza Ghalib, 'No, I wasn’t meant to love and be loved'

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im an absolute fan of when characters have their own twisted perceptions of love. like holy shit that guy thinks inflicting pain is affection! woah this silly man believes love is a form of ownership! give me more.

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Jacqueline Harpman, 'I Who Have Never Known Men'

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Anaïs Nin, in a letter to Henry Miller, from A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller: 1932-1953

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"I love you but you're doing wrong in a way I cannot condone" and "I hate you but you're being wronged in a way I cannot stomach" are top tier and I need more of them.

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why in ho was tragic characther?

Cause he bisexual

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you remind me of that fallen tree that no one was around to hear

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Ocean Vuong

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"to be loved is to be changed" but as in a horrific unasked for transformation. 🤍. btw.

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