#the characterisation is just so incredible i want to eat this show like a giant cake.

[borealing]

sorry to keep talking about squid game but gihun getting through the first game because of sangwoo and ali, the second game by his own merit (because he is a sweaty sweaty man), the third game by forcing his team to listen to each other, the fourth game because ilnam didnt want to let him die, the fifth game because he lucked into someone else taking a metaphorical bullet for him (and saebyeok reminded him which side to step) and the sixth game because he was fighting, but he only won because sangwoo made him win .... the show does an incredible job of showing us that this isnt the usual way that someone wins, that deoksu or however u spell his name got far successfully by bullying his way through, and then in season two showing that when they work together, barely anyone dies, and those who think like deoksu (thanos) still succeed. its just so interesting to me cause like 1. id be obsessed with the guy who got through my murder games by being so wet and pathetic that everyone he meets wants him to succeed anyway and 2. other winners would have gone through the same thing to a lesser extent, even inho knows what hes feeling but believes its worth it for the greater good, and 3. everyone is equal in these games, but he has preferential treatment from the literal host who just happens to be in the games, would someone like inho think that he succeeded by exploiting every path available to him, including manipulating other people, or think that he was "unfair" in the way he won?