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𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝

𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 "𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞"

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𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞

𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬

𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞

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𝐀 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭?

𝐌𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠

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obligatory tennas

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thoughts and opinion abt s3 since i've somewhat came to my senses.

What I liked: sheer gravity of the atmosphere, the tone, the strong emotional impact it had. it wasn't a "cool, shocking kind of hopelessness" but "a devastating kind that will stay with you for the rest of your life"

What I didn't like: lack of new themes, ideas, new things being said (that weren't already explored in s1) (oh well, besides the weird prominence of the baby theme that overtakes nearly all character motivations). what the fuck that even was with jun-ho. gi-hun's death and things surrounding it. i guess, the most importantly, how pointless it all feels in the end. not in a "phantasmagorical, lacks causal connections" way but in a "failure to say something the audience doesn't already know, do something it doesn't expect, overall lack of character impact on the plot" way

S3 is in a way ragebait. It feels like it was conceptualized with this idea in mind. especially looking at the creator's relationship with netflix. it is the thematic rethread of the s1 only even more hopeless this time around. all the new ideas introduced in s2 basically play out as a way to make things more depressing

it's capitalist realism yet again. all the more

So in the end, what was s3 even about?

it likes it's morals. it likes it's "human nature" theme. gi-hun is obsessed with morals. he becomes a martyr figure. (it's not squid game it's матрёнин двор with s3) i understand that the meaning intended is: "although he died, he did in the end prove that humans are not horses by refusing to do what the system expects from him by choosing to let the baby live" he proves that: "humans are good, humans are free, humans will make good choices to protect one another" and yet... everyone expected this, didn't they? not only the real audience, but the fictional one. because of the exact choice to suddenly make him a martyr. he's never taken a "selfish, bad" option, since he killed dae-ho. the only person who ever expected gi-hun to take the "selfish, bad" option was in-ho in the knife scene (and still even he didn't perceive it as something that would be morally wrong, would prove that gi-hun had been a hypocrite. no. he fucking tried to save him. he already though that gi-hun was in the right)

in the end, we have him versus a bunch of people trying to kill babies for personal gain. the only person who was somewhat sympathetic to his cause turning 180 on him. he had to give up his life for the baby because no one else was willing to. so... doesn't it in the end prove that of all humans only one wasn't a horse? well, actually no. many players made selfess choices all around. some even too died to save the baby. and for this reason i doubt this is even the only game that could've ended like this. the vips. the frontman. the audience. was anyone really surprised? did anyone really start to doubt their own beliefs? the only thing i can say, in-ho (probably) changed his mind about gi-hun, got that he wasn't trying to play the hero. i guess

trying to think abt it with elitist ideology in mind, all could be easily explained: "humans are horses. there are good horses. there are bad horses. bad horses tend to triumph over good. but that's just survival of the fittest, babe. good horses would've lasted more if they weren't so naive, weak or selfless. i pity these horses at most. how cruel the world can be. well, isn't it interesting to observe human behavior?"

Gi-hun could've never won ideologically on morals alone. he could've never won alone, in this regard. and like... there wasn't even an alternative for him. it wasn't even a good moral dilemma either: "would you die to protect the baby, you've so tirelessly protected all this time or take the money you don't even need? oh, and also you don't even value your own life anymore, and full on considered suicide until the baby appeared" it's pro-suicide propaganda. what the fuck. no wonder people felt so depressed after watching.

... and so... it's all the more devastating

All in all, at least that's my reading. that's why the season didn't really satisfy me. i'm still in the process of making sense of it all. it's fine as it is. it's fine if you engage with it on it's own terms. by any means, it's not a bad television (well, it certainly has it's flaws writing wise, but it still can be enjoyed) it's certainly interesting to think about, in part because of how divisive the reception had been so far

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🎬confrontation📹

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Y'all seriously misunderstand player 333

He's not greedy. He's homophobic

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chloe, amy, hugo, foster, ruth and cindy

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💀🤍

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hatred

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🌞

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t and non-t

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catholic hell

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.4

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.3

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what you can do with a barbed wire 2

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what you can do with a barbed wire