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They brought a fully pregnant woman into the games. They knew that there was a possibility that she could give birth during those games (and wouldn't that be entertaining, wouldn't that raise the stakes) but I think that was moreso in ho's choice. He wanted a baby there.

When he made choices in his own game, he had a wife and a kid he wanted to save. He didn't do what he did just for himself. He wanted gi-hun, the oh so idealistic gi-hun, to have a baby to protect too. In his head that made their situations similar and he really wanted gi-hun to do exactly what he did to reaffirm that his choices were the correct ones, to reaffirm that he had no real choices in the first place.

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I think most of y'all accusing Squid Game of being cynical are actually the cynical ones. Acts of rebellion aren't rewarded with happy endings. You don't only die for something if it's a guaranteed success, you don't only try if your kindness and/or defiance is measurable.

If you need Squid Game to have a happy ending to believe it's worth fighting capitalism, then there isn't a revolutionary bone in your body. The Hunger Games has a more palatable ending because while its themes are greater, it was written for middle schoolers. You have to be able to handle allegory of corrupt systems above the level of 12-14 year olds to process Squid Game. That's not a failing of the show.

Choi Woo-seok has agency and a future after the cops slapped him with a prison sentence instead of taking the Squid Game seriously. His tragedy, and the ways the system made it worse, are something he can rise above because of relationships and personal development he likely wouldn't have without Gi-hun. In-ho is still who In-ho is and I think fanon delusions about that are why a lot of you are feeling betrayed but he reaches outside of the system in a way that, while still cruel, gives two girls some kind of future that will keep them out of the games. Jun-ho is trusted with Jun-hee's baby and that money because In-ho knows that he is a good person, LEGITIMATELY A GOOD PERSON. Jun-ho walks away from policing and aligns himself with former criminals because community >>> the system, in big and small ways.

Gi-hun dies a human being. Him dying to save a child is not about "pro life," and y'all have got to stop just digging for the worst possible takes on something whenever you're disappointed or upset. Jun-hee trusted him. Geum-ja trusted him. Hyun-ju died protecting those two. He was seeing the dreams of his community through. When he realized he couldn't win, he kept his word, protected the next generation as best he could, and died with his humanity in tact. His humanity was affirmed in his games by Sae-byeok & Sang-woo & while he fucked up with Dae-ho (which was the point of that, I don't know how y'all are missing that), Gi-hun was NEVER going to sacrifice his humanity, despite the many parasocial fantasies the fandom created there in many ways.

His death happens in part because Myeong-gi cannot decide who he wants to be. The games didn't come down to a bunch of men in suits fantasizing about their turn at being rich, led by a formerly wealthy hack, because Hwang Dong Hyuk hates women. Myeong-gi was a crypto grifter who got swindled by a richer, probably older weirdo. He NEVER takes accountability for that, despite the people in the games BECAUSE HE MISLED THEM. He did love Jun-hee and sometimes he wanted to keep his word & come through for her or his child, but he's endlessly pulled towards the vision of Wealthy Man in Suit as the end all, be all of success.

I could do more in depth breakdowns for any of this, and for every alliance that made it into season 3 and what their deaths represent. It's undeniably in service to what Squid Game has ALWAYS been and these deaths hurt so much because the show and the characterization is good actually. You feel betrayed because the characters were changed or killed or sometimes both by the system Squid Game critiques. That feeling doesn't mean any of those deaths were unjustified narratively.

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Israeli soldier on the massacring of hungry Palestinians waiting for aid:

"The activity...is referred to as Operation Salted Fish – the name of the Israeli version of the children’s game ‘Red light, green light.’”

The IDF has turned Gaza into Squid Game.

"Red Light, Green Light"—on the Killing Fields of Gaza

(Operation Salted Fish: A Game Turned Massacre)

In the killing fields of Gaza, the line between survival and slaughter has vanished.

According to chilling testimonies reported by Haaretz, Israeli soldiers stationed near humanitarian aid zones describe daily scenes of carnage. “Where I was stationed, between one and five people were killed every day,” one soldier admitted. Not because of armed resistance. Not because of danger. But because people were walking toward food.

There are no tear gas warnings, no crowd-control efforts—just live ammunition:

“Heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars… Our form of communication is gunfire.”

Early every morning, as hundreds of desperate civilians queue for a bag of flour or canned goods, soldiers open fire.

“We shoot from a few hundred meters away. Sometimes we charge them from close range,” the soldier said.

“But there’s no danger. No enemy. No weapons.”

This routine horror has its own grotesque nickname among soldiers:

Operation Salted Fish

The Israeli army’s term for this slaughter borrows from a children’s game—“Red light, green light”—where moving at the wrong moment means you're "out".

But in Gaza, it means you're dead.

A Game for the Soldiers. A Death Sentence for the Hungry.

These civilians aren’t rioters or fighters. They’re people trying to collect humanitarian aid—aid that is coordinated, announced, and allowed by the very same army that guns them down. They move forward when the center opens, believing it’s safe. But the moment they step out, they are treated as targets.

No footage is allowed. No press. No accountability.

IDF officials told Haaretz that any attempt to document what happens around food distribution sites is strictly forbidden. The truth must remain buried.

Because this truth is unbearable:

The Israeli army has created “death corridors” around aid trucks—designed to kill, maim, and terrify. A war not just on Gaza’s fighters, but on its hunger, on its hope, on its very existence.

This is not defense. This is policy.

It’s not a rogue soldier. It’s a routine. A game with a name.

And every round ends with blood in the sand.

They call it Salted Fish.

We call it a war crime.

📌 Repost to break the silence.

Sources

🔗 Haaretz – "It's a Killing Field": IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid

Link 1 - Link 2

The report is translated in Wikipedia under the section Rafah aid distribution killings, including the name of the operation and the order to open fire.

Source

Source theguardian

This post was created to highlight what is happening in Gaza due to the international silence and Israel's attempt to hide its crimes so that it can do more.. So let's try to get the picture across and stand with the oppressed in Gaza.

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Can I say something apparently very controversial?

I liked the 3rd season of Squid Game.

Did it end in the way I wanted? No.

Did the season in general go the way I hoped? No.

Was it still enjoyable, brought me to tears, and was in general fucking badass, reminding us just how miserable that place is? Yes.

The whole time I was on edge thinking that it couldn’t get any worse for them and it did. Lives were ruined for entertainment. And that was the whole point. I liked the delivery and how they handled everything.

The whole point of the show is that you never get what you want. Everything is against you. Sometimes there’s just no happy ending.

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THE AMAZING DIGITAL CARNIVAL - ARTISTS NEEDED!!

👉Audition here!!

@audiart @endomentendo @chez-cinnamon mentioned!!!

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reblog if you’re a sick fuck

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"seaside tavern"

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THE AMAZING DIGITAL CARNIVAL - ARTISTS NEEDED!!

👉Audition here!!

@audiart @endomentendo @chez-cinnamon mentioned!!!

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Albert Guillaume (French, 1873–1942)

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If I hear “I’m a people pleaser” one more time. Whole time they’re a people agitator. A people disappointer. A people exhauster.

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Dee Dee Mee Mee Lee Lee🩷💜💚

So cute ^^

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So Gympie wants a boyfriend? If only there was an empty-headed heir around her age...

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