#hwang junho

[lunaticscrabbles]

[yektaworld]

I will die on this hill. He wasn't a born evil villain. He was a broken beyond-repair villain. Who didnt even ended u in the fucking games beacuse of himself or his own debts. He ended up there to have enough money to save his family. His wife and unborn child.

He was never a horrible person. He was just a helpless man who joined the games to save his wife and child 😭

[notyetgolden]

The face of someone who is NOT ready to be a father

[bebx]

Imagine how painfully awkward it would have been if the elevator (that took In-ho up) malfunctioned when In-ho was already at the top of the pillar, with Jun-ho yelling at him from the viewing gallery, and instead of taking him back down, it didn't, so In-ho had to just stand here like 🧍🏻

Jun-ho (still yelling): You're stuck, aren't you?

In-ho (with his back facing Jun-ho, because he'd never turn around to face Jun-ho again, now considering yeeting himself off the platform to spare himself the embarrassment): ....

Jun-ho:

In-ho:

Jun-ho (continuing to yell): Hang in there, hyung, I'll help you down

[somedaywillpassmeby]

me when i check the junho/kim tag on ao3 and there’s a new fic

[yougottencute]

I was glad he did it because his brother still believes In-Ho took that bribe back then. And even if he did, it would have been okay to save his wife. Actually, his family sounded like assholes in season 2, I wouldn't be interested in hanging out with those traitors either.

[journen]

Silly fan art I did based on this meme my roommate sent me 🤣 it's below the cut. Jun-ho 6 months later with baby 222 be like 🤣

[niterose]

they were partners au

the latest bizarre thing: In-ho and Jung-do are detective partners, Pyong-ho can't be trusted, Gi-hun keeps stumbling onto crime scenes, and Jun-ho has surprise scrapbooking skills.

[brxght-world]

soooo wtf was that ending

[userluhna]

࿔⋆ SPARE KEY

hwangjunho x f!reader series

words: 1.7k

warning: none!

a/n: FINALLY!! requests are open for this series if you e got any QUESTIONS or for any feedback—i read everything.

maybe it just felt right.

maybe it was too early. but it still felt right anyway. maybe it was in the way his fingers always found that familiar spot on the small of your back when you laid your head on his shoulder. or the way he tucked your hair behind your ear—even when you weren’t paying attention, even when you weren’t looking.

maybe it was that one evening when taeyang had a rough day, upset about something he wouldn’t name, and you helped him through it. quiet, kind, patient. and later, when the noise died down, junho found you. he came up behind you, arms slipping gently around your waist. he leaned in, voice soft and close against your neck, and whispered, “you’re too good to them.” or maybe it was the way he remembered your favorite drink from when you were seventeen. how you’d always find it waiting in his hand when he knocked on your door. maybe it was the way he called you “love” with that rough, sleepy voice in the early mornings—especially after one of the many nights he stayed over.

you didn’t know where exactly it started, this feeling. maybe it was the kisses he pressed to your knuckles when you got anxious. or that one time he pulled you into his lap, told you to stop fidgeting, and tucked you closer against his chest. you’d let yourself lean into him, fully, and after that, you never hesitated again. he always brought something for your cat. a new toy. a treat. sometimes just a crumpled ribbon he knew she’d play with.

and it was in the little things, too. like the way his pinky always found yours under the table at his mom’s place. how he’d link them together and keep them there. she always asked about your job. “are you sleeping enough?”

“are the customers nice to you?” you told her about the middle-aged man who came in almost every day. how he called you “kid” last time and you ended up crying in the backroom. she just smiled, like she always did.

soft. gentle. warm. she kissed your cheek before you left and packed up leftovers in containers like she always did. “get home safe,” she told you—and then glanced at junho with a teasing smile.

“get my sweet girl home safe.” and he always nodded. always said, “i will.” his hand would find your thigh when he drove, thumb brushing slow, calming circles over your skin. sometimes, just so he could keep touching you, he’d switch gears with his other hand. you teased him every time.

“you really can’t get enough, huh?” your head would fall back against the seat, eyes on him. he’d smirk, just a little.

“never of you.” you’d laugh—quiet, through your nose. like it lived in the space between you. it was the way he parked so easily in front of your building, like he belonged there. the way he always walked you to the door. how he memorized the digicode without asking. how he held out his hand for you to take as you climbed the stairs.

and when he stepped inside, it felt like he just—knew. his shoes went in the same spot. his coat on the same hook. he let himself drop onto the couch, arms already out, already reaching. “come here,” he’d say, voice low and soft, smile lazy and worn from the day.

you’d settle against him without a word, your back to his chest, his lips brushing your neck, his arm wrapping around your waist like instinct. you stayed like that for a while. until your phone rang. you shifted to grab it. but it wasn’t your phone you picked up. it was your spare key. his key. he sat up, slow. the soft glow from the hallway lighting his face. and maybe you looked at him for a bit too long, fingers tight around the key. maybe that’s why he stood, eyes steady, walking toward you.

“what’s on your mind?” you held out your hand. “give me yours. and close your eyes.”

he laughed, just a little, eyebrows raised. “what?” you gave him that half-smile. the one that curled a little crooked. the one you always had when you were hiding something sweet. “just trust me. come on.” and he did. because he trusted you. because after months of dating, after years of knowing you—he always had. you placed the small key in his palm. you could see the smile forming already.

“you can open them now.” he did. his brows furrowed, but his lips were already curling at the corners. “you’re giving me a key?” you nodded. a little shy. he looked at you, eyes soft. “from your apartment?” you nodded again, slower this time.

his smile broke wider. “oh, angel,” he breathed, voice caught somewhere between disbelief and wonder. one hand closed over the key, the other reached up, fingers brushing your jaw. “are you serious?”

“of course,” you whispered. and let your cheek rest in his palm. he hugged you so tightly that night you could still feel it in your chest, even now. and it was new year’s when he used it. he came to pick you up for a gathering. friends, some from the café you ran, others you’d both known for years.

you weren’t ready yet. you’d locked the door because junho’s mom always sent messages like, “did you check the stove?” or “make sure everything’s locked, sweetheart.” you were still half-dressed in the bathroom when you heard the soft click of the door. his shoes off. his voice, light. “baby?” you peeked out of the bathroom and smiled. he waved, holding up the key with a quiet jingle. he’d gotten a little keychain for it. a simple one. you noticed. said nothing.

you ended up at one of junho’s best friends’ places that night. everyone gathered. laughter spilling out into the street later. taeyang and kira dancing half-drunk, seojin and minho chatting about the food. some friends talking work. things you didn’t quite catch. and then midnight. he kissed you. slow. careful. his hand on your jaw, yours curled around his wrist. his lips moved against yours like they had all the time in the world. his forehead rested against yours after. “god, i’m so glad you came back to me.”

“i’m so glad i found you again.” he kissed you again after that.

took a picture of the two of you. sent it to his mom, even though she was probably asleep. caption read: “happy new year eomma. love you.” she replied two minutes later. “happy new year. tell my girl i wish her everything good.”

after that night, he didn’t use the key that often—but when he did, it mattered. sometimes, he’d let himself in to make you dinner if you were stuck late at the café. or if you’d had a long shift and passed out the second you got home, he’d show up quietly the next morning and start cleaning.

and eventually, one quiet evening, he gave you a key back. “we’re always at your place anyway,” he said, but he still wanted you to have it. still wanted you to know—you were part of it.

masterlist of this series

[jun-ho-aj]

It makes me really sad to know that Jun-hee wanted to give her baby a home filled with love and care — the kind she never had with her own parents — but cruel fate took that chance away from her.

[dovediva]

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

please don't let the squid game fandom die again

[notyetgolden]

We kinda downplay how much trust Junho had in Captain Park. There were several moments where he did wanted to search more or was suspicious but he let it go because Park said it. That was the person who saved him after being shot by his brother, and also the only person who believed and helped him all these years to search the island while everyone else was dismissing him and calling him crazy. He really thought that man was his friend. The way he dismissed Wooseok's suspicions, it wasn't disbelief on that story, he just desperately didn't want someone close to him betraying him again. Infact he did seem to listen to Wooseok (after that 1st time in his room), he didn't tell anyone about what Wooseok was up to because I think he kind of wanted him to continue later just so he didn't have to, he started considering the possibility of Captain being a traitor from the moment Wooseok mentioned it. He was just scared to find another betrayal by himself.

[bebx]

I love golden retriever!Gi-hun with all my heart, but what if he instead of a dog, Gi-hun actually transforms into a horse? A beautiful, black horse with a very long and slightly wavy mane.

Jun-ho just stares in awe at him, slowly raising his hand to touch his soft mane, because woah. Gi-hun just let's him do it, too focused staring directly at In-ho.

And In-ho...

In-ho presses his lips together hard because that sarcastic comment is at the tip of his tongue. It's too good to be true. But he knows it'll piss Gi-hun off so bad if he says it, so he tries his best to stay quiet.

Apparently, Gi-hun can read his mind because he just keeps staring at In-ho with his new deep black eyes, practically daring him to say it. His tail wags from one side to the other rather quickly, like he's already pissed off.

In-ho has to remind himself that Gi-hun's has been kind enough to let him and Jun-ho stay at his motel for free, despite everything that has happened. He shouldn't screw this up too.

And yet...

In-ho trying his very best and doing everything in his power not to Say. It. because he doesn’t want to get kicked in the balls by a full grown ass horse:

*I stole this handsome Byung-hun meme from @yellowwwcrayon by the way

[lyxchen]

Jun-ho is so interesting to me because we know close to nothing about him. Very little about his personal life and even less about his inner emotions. I assume he isn't dating anyone and also not looking for that but even there we can't know for sure because we are never told. Like that's usually the one thing we find out about characters, they even tell us that Sang-woo is single and that Woo-seok is married. We don't know much about any of Jun-ho's relationships really. His friends, his father, his childhood, how he was with In-ho's wife, his pre games relationship with In-ho. Jun-ho is so closed off to everyone around him, even his own mother. We know close to Nothing emotional about this man, except that he loves his big brother enough to search for him and chase him and protect him from others finding our about him being the frontman. But other than that? What is there? All of his relationships are very formal or casual. Yes he makes jokes with his former boss, he laughs with Captain Park and is pretty nice to Woo-seok, but none of that is a sign of a deeper emotional connection. I don't think he ever has a truely vulnerable moment with anyone other than In-ho. Like he's one of the three characters that appear in and are a bigger part of all three seasons. Yet we know so little about what he feels. I'm sure this is intentional, I can see why Jun-ho would be closed off the way he is but it's still so interesting to me. I would love to know more about him and about his emotions and his own personal struggles

[cornandahater]

I think a part of why Inho's character's decisions and motives felt so conflicting was the difference in which persona the director and LBH wanted Inho to portray. Because I really do think that HDH wanted a classic one-dimensional anti-hero/antagonist but with a sad backstory [let's not even get into the wasted potential of it but whatever] and LBH wanting to play a multi-layered humanized villain that was a direct parallel to our protagonist. And the clashes between these goals was what led to the butchery of his character entirely.

You mean to tell me the guy who hallucinated his brother after shooting him off a cliff and saving him anyway gives the order to kill him in cold blood showing no signs of remorse? People gave the reason as "3 years changed him!!! He's seen more people die!!!" And how is that exactly related to anything? The ending showed Inho still loved his brother and entrusted him to put that money to good use and take care of the baby, so I can't accept the fact that canon Hwang Inho actually wanted to let Junho die for the entertainment of some rich bastards.

The guy who lost everything with his pregnant wife is the same one who is incredibly onboard with exploiting a literal baby [again, let's not even talk about the fact that Inho's wife storyline was never talked about or mentioned ever again]. The bullshit reason now? "He was trying to save the baby!!!". Did we watch the same show? Even the finalists were willing to go home with their share had Inho not made the baby a player in the games, he then consoles the VIPs that the final games would definitely takes place and less than an hour later he's begging Gihun to kill them all. WHERE is the arc progression???

This is not to blame either HDH or LBH to be very honest, as someone who loved Inho's character, seeing it so mischaracterized by the literal creators felt so disappointing [And yeah, I better not hear ANY criticism on fanfics mischaracterizing squid game, especially not after this shitshow.]

The thing that made this difference super clear to me were the post-finale interviews, LBH constantly mentioning how Inho would go on to have a different set of ideals and realise Gihun actually did prove him wrong, but the ending that HDH gave us kind of just proved the opposite. He abandoned Junhee's kid with Junho [who still has no real answers] and further goes on to dehumanize Gihun even in death, reducing him to player in the games, a horse, not a human. Him giving Ga-yeong the money was not an act of kindness, because Gihun himself didn't spend it because he understood it was blood money.

Having Inho go through all this supposedly to give him a character arc, while we return back to square one where he's still an active enabler/participant of the Games and still cannot see people as anything other than trash to place bets on, just what was the point?