#hwang bros

[ikjun]

some poetic tragedy in junho seeing inho as this heroic figure in his life, not only modelling his life after inho's but also inho literally having saved his life when he gave him his kidney, only for inho to run an illegal organ trafficking ring during his tenure as the front man of the games. inho, who found a way to save his brother from kidney failure, undeniable being seen as even more accomplished and awe-inspiring by junho for that. junho, forever in a debt to inho he'd never refuse and inho would never ask him to pay. inho, who could offer a direct solution to what must have been a severe condition junho was dealing with, but who couldn't do the same for his wife and unborn child. inho, ruthless and playing games to cause gihun to suffer and fail over and over again, while still peeling back a layer to his past that made him become this ruthless while he played and won the games himself. inho, who thinks gihun can't save anything. inho, who couldn't save anyone he needed to save besides junho, who he shot and almost doomed to die under his hands too. inho, who has all the money and power, but only managed to play god once when he didn't have any of it, only had himself to offer.

[maryonaccross]

Jun hee’s character and her presence in the games is obviously meant to remind the front man of his late wife and challage his loyalty to the games but on top of that her name is eerily similar to his younger brother's name (Jun ho), the only person he seems to still care about and whose live he values more than anything else

[seamayweed]

+ Bonus:

HWANG JUN HO & HWANG IN HO + being murder bros SQUID GAME — 1.03 // 2.06 & 1.05

[nickmikeoneshot]

In-Ho, why...

[ourwhisperingtorment]

Hwang In Ho & Hwang Jun Ho

Squid Game Season 2

[highflyerwings]

As fascinated and obsessed as Inho is with Gihun, I firmly believe that everything he is doing is for the sole purpose of protecting his brother. Every “bad” or “evil” decision he’s made is for Junho.

I think Inho is much more complex than just “the evil piece of shit who runs the games.” I think he has his reasons, or he’s reasoned himself into excusing away what he’s doing (or contributing to). But there was too much conflict on his face when he saw Junho. There was too much angst there once we saw under the mask. There’s something else going on.

[kansou]

Locked away in a cell on the island, Jun-ho has only his own mind and his brother for company.

Relationship: Hwang In-ho & Hwang Jun-ho

Title: Waking Dreams

Length: 3k words

>Read on ao3 here<

[sofokl13]

if i had a nickel for every time player 001 bonded with player 456 just to turn out a traitor from the inside, i’d have two nickels. which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[mobiusmybeloved]

everyone watching the season finale:

[hyunpic]

hyunjin | skz-code ep. 62: neighborhood watch + bonus your average hyunjin fail:

[ourwhisperingtorment]

In Ho can say the same in season 1 😭

Inho: “Who is this idiot police officer trying to infiltrate this VERY BIG AND DANGEROUS organization ALL ALONE BY HIMSELF?” *sees Junho’s ID* “fuck. It’s my idiot.”

Au where before going into the games, Gi Hung gets a contact lense that is connected to an iPad Jun Hoo has so while Gi Hun is wearing it, Jun Hoo can see What’s going on in the games (the guards dont take out the lense)

And during the first vote when 001 vote to stay Jun Hoo is just like "Ugh! What an idiot"

And then 001 turns around reaviling himself to be In Ho and Jun Hoo is just "Wait. That’s my idiot!"

[ikjun]

Do you have any In ho and Jun ho headcanons?

thank you for this ask! putting these under a read more cause there's a whole bunch!

i can't remember if it was mentioned explicitly or only implied but inho raised junho more than anyone else. with their sixteen year age difference and the way junho has not only modelled his own life after his brother's but there being so much dedication and devotion to have inho there, because he has always been there, inho has been brother, parental figure, best friend and the closest person to junho through all of his life. with inho's very dutiful nature, it also makes sense to me that he looked after junho (and junho's mother) after the death of their father.

in vein with inho raising junho, i also consider him to have been extremely present in junho's life from being a child to the adult junho is now considering his one week absence was so unthinkable and out of the blue to junho that he upended the world (seoul) to figure out where inho went without telling him. that plot premise says so much about their relationship and how inho is the most important person in junho's life, even more important than his own mother. that devotion speaks tenfold of who they are without them having to speak about it (though junho does plenty).

one of the things that they share is a mutual love for baseball that inho instilled in junho to have something just the two of them do together. inho is a really good batter and junho is a really good pitcher. they used to do play catch a lot through junho's childhood and still met at batting cages in the city to spend time together (junho likes to act like his brother's batting is on par with the national league. he would be wrong but he doesn't care inho is his favourite baseball player.)

if you watch the show you notice that inho is left-handed. considering junho has wanted to be like his brother his entire life i love to imagine a stint of him trying to become fully left-handed too and ending up ambidextrous because of it. hence it coming in handy not only as a police officer but also when playing baseball with inho!

inho took junho to several operas to try and share a love for the arts with him. he took him to see un ballo in maschera (ha ha ha), queen of spades, carmen, turandot, eugene onegin, die zauberflöte, and rigoletto. inho likes verdi and russian composers. junho didn't like any of it but went along because he likes doing things that inho enjoys and to see his brother enjoy himself. junho as a person doesn't listen to much music at all, but classical music is something he immediately connects to inho.

junho got along really well with inho's wife. he liked having someone around who knew all of inho's idiosyncrasies in a way he did and for inho to finally have someone that took care of him (besides junho though inho refuses every direct attempt of junho's) and that inho could be at home with.

when inho's wife died, inho was, of course, chief mourner. junho never left his side during the entire funeral processions and mourning period, only did so when he had to run errands to make things easier on inho. inho didn't like junho taking care of things instead of him but he also was in no state to refuse him and internally a part of him was relieved to have his brother around.

it was a bit after that when inho moved into the dormitory, which remained an issue between him and junho ever since. junho wanted inho to move in with him, wanted to look after him and give back what inho has done for him his entire life, but inho never wants to see junho in a position of care-taking between them. when it is the two of them, inho wants to be the sole provider and protector, never wanting to burden junho like that.

inho is generally a gentle person. he was more so before the games, especially around junho and then later also his wife, but even the show displays junho was inho's moral achilles heel. the front-man could be ruthless and violent and cold, he could lie and deceive and be volatile to someone like gihun only to get what he wants, but even now inho has a deep well of tenderness and softness for junho alone.

during his childhood and teens, junho did judo and taekwando and was so good at the former that he could have become a national athlete if it weren't for his chronic kidney disease. he picked up both after starting university and kept at it as an adult, but to his dismay inho could never be a training partner for him considering their different weight. inho likes to go and watch junho train though, proud of his brother retaining a lot of his past capability when he picked the sports up again.

junho feels a sense of guilt for the kidney transplant inho gave him but just how he doesn't allow junho to take care of him in the material sense he took care of junho growing up, he will not allow junho to feel guilty for it. if it were up to inho, he'd give junho everything, even his own death, if it would keep him alive. he only stops at the latter because he knows it will break junho's heart and he never wants to be the cause of that (although he already was.)

and on a lighter note of the previous hc, inho would and could and has spoilt junho rotten to the best of his abilities no matter his salary and would for years refuse to talk about his income with junho to not make him worry about what he's doing. that backfires spectacularly once he wins the game and hides his insane wealth from junho for years.

[rystiel]

can’t blame in-ho tbh i’d also stare at gi-hun all day

[seamayweed]

HWANG IN HO & HWANG JUN HO + their mirroring scars SQUID GAME — 1.08 // 2.01

[nickmikeoneshot]

BROTHERS

[ourwhisperingtorment]

The Hwang brothers’ favorite games:

Playing cop/detective 👮🚔

Shooting pew pew 🔫🔫

Matching game 🤩🤩

Hide and seek 🫣🫣

Wrestling 😵‍💫😵‍💫

Among us ඞඞ