#and gi-hun stopping the game even though he said he was gonna kill him like guys i am so sad over this rn i cant HRJSJSJSJ

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my sisters are rewatching squid game and i’m not sure what happened in my brain but sang-woo’s death really set me off i can’t stop crying LMAOOO

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i thank u once again for the food , your arguments make a lot of sense ! 🙏🙏 now im going crazier about this man and whatever the fuck he might got going on in his head, i swear he's such an interesting and/but, mysterious character , im not sure if i like that or not 😂 definitely frustrating tho bcz there's so many ways to interpret his actions and we cannot be 100% sure of anything until season 3 comes out aauuuugghhhh

and that part where u mention him shaking off gi-hun's hold , yeah, i was obliviously taking it as him just acting, as to seem like a "normal frustrated player who's scared they're gonna lose", but yeah idk lol ur explanation clicks way more with me now, bcz i dont think they would write in-ho in such a superficial way, specially bcz even tho he knew he wasn't going to get shot , he had the pressure of keeping up the ruse, as you said , so his reactions still makes a lot of sense !! ..thank u again for this insight its definitely pleasing my in-ho brainrot worms going around in my head lol

i have a question (u can ignore tho no pressure), bcz I've been thinking a lot of what might happen in S3, and specifically about what might happen to in-ho and if he's gonna end up alive or not, what do you think ? bcz i cant make up my mind on this , there's something in me that says that this show is definitely going into dat direction , i dont know exactly how to articulate the reasons why tho, i mostly feel like it's gonna be like his "punishment" ??? or like.. idk i just feel like they're gonna kill him off bcz of everything he's done , like "there's no other remedy".. maybe karma ? i dont know lol i suck at explaining myself (and specially in english 🫠) im so sorry but i hope it's at least half understandable what im trying to say lol and im not the best at interpretation and media analysis so that's why there's this other part of me that's not so convinced of this thought (and also prolly bcz i rlly dont want him to die lol).. so ! im curious bout ur thoughts !! ..once again 🤭

(As someone who is embarrassingly monolingual you are doing a GREAT job expressing yourself in English, my friend!)

Boy oh boy do I know the craziness that comes from being fascinated by a morally messed up blorbo lol. You’re in good company. I honestly love that In-ho’s actions are so ambiguous not just because it makes for great conversation between seasons, but because humans (and well-written characters) are complex and contradictory. Is he making these choices because he’s trying to maintain the ruse? Because he’s legitimately having flashbacks? Because he enjoys fucking with Gi-hun by pretending to be another (current) victim? It may be all three! I think we’ve gotten semi clear-cut moments throughout the season to support each motivation—In-ho protects the ruse by coming up with a decent excuse for why he knows Gi-hun’s name, he seems to display genuine emotion when they win, and he absolutely fucks with him at other times like his “Whoever picked umbrella must have bit the dust!” line—so they’re all viable and people, generally speaking, are capable of maintaining multiple motivations/emotions at once.

Oof, I’ve been thinking about Season Three too though. For me, it really comes down to what message the show wants to end on. So far we’ve seen both the hopelessness with which the games continue to perpetuate, as well as Gi-hun’s drive to enact change. On the one hand, I think it would be a more “realistic” ending for Gi-hun to fail in his goal of stopping the Games (as they're really a metaphor for a very complex social issue and societal change does not occur through a single individual, nor does it happen this quickly). Yet on the other hand I want the hopeful ending that shows how Gi-hun has made a difference, even if that’s just a small piece—the beginnings of a new momentum—of a much larger, society-wide problem. Sorry for the rambling, but all of the above dictates for me what would happen to In-ho. If Gi-hun fails then the Squid Games will perpetuate, likely with him still at the helm. However, if Gi-hun succeeds (in his own, small way) I think it would serve the narrative best for In-ho to be set free as well. Not necessarily redeemed in the eyes of Gi-hun (especially after murdering his best friend), but nevertheless allowed to start anew like he was initially promised by the same system. For me, the fact that he was a former player makes a pretty big difference. As said, it doesn’t excuse his actions, but it does provide a window into another way that victims of the games are manipulated and encouraged to take on the warped thinking that perpetuates them: maybe this is “better;” maybe this is a “mercy.” I believe In-ho deserves to get out of that spiral as much as the current players do (and yes, part of that is due to his humanization this season), but killing him wouldn’t achieve that. It would just send the message that being the “wrong” kind of victim is a death sentence. Part of dismantling the Games is undoing the propaganda In-ho has been fed and, potentially, allowing him to go back to his brother, like he should have done all those years ago.

I'm excited regardless though :D