#stan.txt

[garlandgerard]

"To be honest, throughout the shoot, I had a lot of long conversations with the director to really understand what the Front Man was thinking. "What's going through the Front Man's mind as he watches Gi-hun in the games?"" "I'm not sure how much of this was shown in the series. But before the final game, when the Front Man suggests to the VIPs that the child take part as Player 222, I felt, to some extent, there was a part of him that genuinely cared and wanted to save the baby. And he probably felt inferior while watching Gi-hun." "In the end, In-ho became a terrible person, but watching Gi-hun, who resisted to the very end and stayed true to his convictions, he was cheering Gi-hun on. But I also feel that the emotion dominating the Front Man all along was something like, "In the end, you managed to do what I couldn't.""

- Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game in Conversation)

[systemsaturn]

hey everyone we've rebranded :)

[americandadfunnymoments]

Good morning USA!

[charasquare]

Machimiya Eikichi did nothing wrong.

[garlandgerard]

look at this fucking idiot already grinning before anyone understands the fucking punchline

[garlandgerard]

also, the reason why gi-hun fans don't talk about his shitty actions is because... he gets held responsible BY THE NARRATIVE. he is held responsible BY THE SHOW ITSELF!! we don't need to condemn him for stealing from his mom and cancelling her health insurance, because guess what! he faced the consequences of his actions IN THE SHOW!!

if he hadn't done that, he wouldn't have needed to go back into the games because his mother's health rapidly declined! if he hadn't done that, he wouldn't have come home to his DEAD MOTHER, rendering all that suffering within the games POINTLESS. don't you think that's already enough punishment? come on

[garlandgerard]

am i seeing things, or is he emotional here? his eyes are glassy

[garlandgerard]

i also want to point out that his change in worldview and his immense growth isn't just shown throughout backdraft, the appare march and the Q&A answers from T2 but also - if not especially - his T3 VD

he used to surround himself with people who would deem others unforgivable over a single, simple mistake. he used to be one of those people! and yet he says to es, "don't blame yourself just because you made a mistake. all humans make them! that just means you are a normal human like all of us"

he went from being someone who would dox people over the stupidest, pettiest things to being someone who would encourage someone else to learn from a decidedly not simple mistake

i just think that's really powerful