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I saw someone write this ending.

I don't remember where I saw it, and the original post and this one might not be exactly the same. I think it was written very briefly on a drama review site, not on twitter or tumblr or reddit.

At the end, Gi-hun says goodbye without saying a word, and just before he falls alone, a voice stops him.

"Player 222 has been eliminated."

Gi-hun approaches the baby in shock. The baby is not breathing, and its face looks as if it is in a deep sleep. The baby has never cried or whined loudly since birth. That cruel environment was not suitable for a baby. Gi-hun falls to his knees and sobs, and the piggy bank fills up with money. He is once again the winner of the squid game.

Not gonna lie, this would have been the depressing ending that could have realistically, tragically and meaningfully delivered this message; ‘most people are brutal, greedy, and the world is a violent place. But despite that, Gi-hun lived and survived, because of his principles and beliefs. He’s wounded and traumatized, just like us, but he lived and he kept on surviving, so should we’.

Which would have been better than having a character, who was already suicidal, die trying and failing to change the world where nothing changed in the end and the good person still died, alone and in pain, in the place that took everything from him.