WHO NEEDS A THEME

Obviously not me

[prodigalhound]

brba characters will be like “this is all JESSE’S fault!!!!!” then the camera pans to Jesse and he’s sopping wet cat kitten image tears in his eyes the poorest soaking wet creature on earth and then they all kick his ass

[pitbolshevik]

hank: so i think this dead guy, gale, was heisenberg

walt, shaking with barely contained rage: um no offense hank but i think actually this guy was an idiot who copied a much smarter handsome possibly bald genius who is still alive and also maybe sitting at this table right now. just a thought :)

[bisexualcharliekelly]

Breaking Bad is about the horrors of baldness and how it warps the psyche

[jesse-pinko]

Okay Walter White was actually pretty funny as a character bc he was so toxic that seasoned drug lords were like I cannot work w this man I have to put my mental health first

[pinkm4ns]

[teathattast]

[legowlwas]

gimli son of gloin lover first, human never

[heartshapedcas]

Life really is about sitting on the porch

[heartshapedcas]

Mutuals join me on the porch I have music and tea

[tamagotchi]

[burst-of-iridescent]

so one of the key themes of squid game is how capitalism forces people to compete with and screw over others in order to get ahead, even though they could all move up if they just worked with instead of against one another. and i’ve seen people say “but they couldn’t even if they wanted to! the VIPs and game hosts wouldn’t have let them!”

and…that’s just it. because that’s how capitalism works! it stacks the odds against you so you’re forced to pit yourself against those you should ally with, and then it brainwashes you into thinking this is how the world should work so you don’t question it. because of course the privileged upper classes don’t want the people they screwed over to mobilize and become a threat! 

and it’s so telling that while every participant enters just to get enough money to pay off their debts, eventually their need to win it all drives them to betray and actively murder each other. even though winning as a team would still have let them walk away with enough money to both settle their debts and still live a comfortable life, at this point they’ve internalized the “me first” rhetoric to the extent that this is just not an option they can consider anymore. and it’s only at the very end, bleeding and injured, that gi-hun and sang-woo realize it at all. 

the only way to succeed in a capitalistic system is to put yourself first, because that’s how it’s been designed to work. so even if you do manage to get to the top, odds are you become like the Front Man - a class traitor, someone who upholds the very system that oppresses those like him. because capitalism tells you that there is only space for you, not us. 

[marlinspirkhall]

I sure hope nothing bad happens to the nice found-family group trapped in the capitalist death arena!

[hopingitgetstoyou]

Squid Game (2021)

[blue-eyed-giant]

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

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

TIRED: sang-woo's immoral actions in squid game were a result of a ruthless economic system and life-or-death situation in which selfishness is the best path to success

WIRED: business majors are just like that

[sawasawako-archived]

link to thread

[smittenskitten]

Squid Game (2021) - Letterboxd Reviews

[teathattast]