#what a way to end a game yeah?

[sparklespeckles]

Puppet String Finishers

Because when I'm desperate, I occasionally do cool shit.

[liauditore]

Equally Invalid

[lyxchen]

Okay so I've heard this said a bunch of times and I'm gonna admit I thought like that too for a while but no, Gi-hun did not win the games because he was lucky. A lot of people think that's how he won because he never killed anybody but that's really not the point. Gi-hun won the games because a) he's smart and is able to look at things from a different angle, b) because he is a good and kind person who also believes in others and c) because of the goodness and care get got back from other people.

In the first game he survived because Ali saved him and that wasn't luck, that was Ali being a good person and helping somebody not get killed. Ali could've not caught him, let him die, he didn't even know Gi-hun at all at that point and he put himself in more danger too by having to hold on to a person while standing completely still but he still saved Gi-hun because Ali is a good person.

In the Dalgona game he quite literally Was Not Lucky. He decided to go with the umbrella which is the worst shape to pick and he probably would have died if he hadn't looked at the game in a different way and decided to change his strategy. Gi-hun is smart. He is also optimistic and so he tried something new and found a different way to beat that game.

In the third game he survived because he was smart and kind enough to listen to Il-nam. The other people in their group dismissed him as just an old man speaking but Gi-hun didn't and that way they had a good strategy to beat the other team. The same goes for him listening to Sang-woo's idea of running three steps and then stopping, which ultimately was what saved them. His group also chose him as their leader (who, as Il-nam said, needs to not seem weak or loose hope because then the whole team is doomed). His team trusted in him and his optimism and they were right to do so.

In the marbles game he won because he was once again kind and decided to team up with Il-nam and also because in the end Il-nam decided to "sacrifice himself" for Gi-hun because he showed him kindness before. Yes Il-nam didn't actually die but he also knew that Gi-hun had cheated and still let him continue on to the next game, probably because Gi-hun had been good and kind and caring towards him before, even though he really didn't have to be. Gi-hun also didn't know this but by teaming up with Il-nam he inadvertently ensured that Il-nam had a lot more fun in the games than he would have had, had everybody just ignored to "old, fragile man". Gi-hun was good to Il-nam throughout all the games and it ended up saving him in the marbles game.

In the fifth game it's only some small moments as Gi-hun isn't really involved in the game because he's the last number but still it wasn't just luck. First of all he was kind enough to give the number 1 to the player that asked him for it. Yes, that number was bad but he didn't know that and had he been selfish enough to say no to that other player he wouldn't have survived. Being the last to play in any game can end up being bad for you, still he decided to give up the number he picked because the other player asked him to. Secondly he also survived that game because Sae-byeok was kind enough to remind him of which glass tile to step on after he had forgotten which one it was. It's only small but she didn't have to tell him and still she did. Sae-byeok btw is also good to him because before that he was good to her and protected her (even though he was angry at her at first) and that way he was able to gain her trust.

Lastly he won the Squid Game because Gi-hun was kind to Sang-woo and because Sang-woo deep down was still a good person. There were probably many reasons as to why Sang-woo decided to kill himself in the end but part of it, I'm sure, was also because Gi-hun was a good friend to him. I mean Gi-hun was even willing to give up all the money and go back home with nothing gained if it meant that Sang-woo didn't have to die and would be able to come home with him. Gi-hun deserved that win and that money and in the end Sang-woo knew that. He also knew that Gi-hun would make sure to take care of Sang-woo's mother and that he wouldn't just take all the money for himself because Sang-woo knew that Gi-hun is a good person. (Gi-hun technically also won the Squid Game because he was good at it which is also him being smart)

So in conclusion and I hope y'all haven't stopped reading yet: Gi-hun didn't win the games because he was lucky. He didn't just sit around doing nothing and won anyways. He won because he was smart but even more importantly he won because of the kindness and goodness that exists in humans and that is especially present in him. He won because he had empathy, because people trusted him, because he got back from them what he gave to them first. He never killed anyone and we can clearly see that he Could Never kill anyone in those games but that's not his weakness. Just because he didn't let himself get corrupted and turned into what the games wanted him to turn into doesn't mean he won because of luck. Him not playing by those subtle, hidden rules that are made to force him to be bad, to not care about others and to give up his kindness actually means he was better than the games. He won because he didn't let them turn him into a monster. They tried really hard and they failed and that's how he won!! But also on top of that he also won because he isn't the only good person in this show. He also won because other people helped him, were kind to him and gave a shit about him. Each and every person that helped Gi-hun didn't have to do that. They all could have not helped him, Ali could have not caught him, Sae-byeok could have not told him which one was the correct glass tile, hell, she could have Lied to him about it and the only difference it would have made for the other players would have been them being one more dead person closer to winning all that money. But that's really not how humans are and act which is why all these people helped Gi-hun, helped each other in small or big ways and in the end his own kindness and the kindness that exists in other people is what lead to Gi-hun winning. That's not luck. That humans being good

[dykedvonte]

"Are you gonna feed Curly his meds? He really suffers without them..."

The irony of Anya's statement and that Curly arguably suffers more with the medication but it gives them, and arguably Anya, the peace of mind that he'll quiet down, easing their emotional suffering.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Thank you for posting about your fallen London oc, it made me dust off my old account which I haven't played since- *checks journal* omg since 2021 😭 do you play any of their other games, like sunless skies?

Thrilled to hear you got back into the Flondon-verse! I played a bit of Sunless Skies last summer - these were my favourite officers B*)

[luck-of-the-drawings]

"I think this is the most inhuman; and human, that I've ever felt.." MUCH CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR. IN FIVE YEARS. A DECADE. imagine how much can happen in a century. just ONE (1). How will you grow? what phases do you find? even in 5 years, you will find patterns.

[scruncheduppaper]

can’t remember if i saved it or not but that one mouthwashing post i saw that said that “curly rehab aus are ableist” is insane and you guys should really think before you post

[mercymaker]

i think i'm just gonna rawdog veilguard when it comes out and have it as my first dragon age game oops

scale 0-10 how bad idea?

[traaanskimkitsuragi]

ill be honest ive seen a lot of people criticize the romances in veilguard but i havent seen anywhere near as much criticism for the sex scenes which is baffling bc theyre just?? so bad???? i like some of them in a vacuum as individual scenes but the fact that they all take place at the same time because bioware Had to have a mandatory sex scene for every romance at the exact same point is so ass (not to mention that the timing is literally RIGHT after the unavoidable death of either harding or davrin like okay??? literally could not think of worse timing). like some of them just dont fit at all, bellaras is literally a confession scene that results in immediate sex (feels ooc for her but they dont even show anything that could lead to sex before the fade to black, so whats even the point?? again it just feels like they had a quota they were trying to stick to rather than making choices that fit the characters), and davrins just straight up does not work because by that point the climax of the relationship has already passed (and if youre going to put a sex scene during the climax of the story, then yes, it SHOULD serve as a climax for the relationship, pun not intended).

[shima-draws]

Finished season 2…

[sciderman]

Which do you prefer, Spideypool or Poolverine?

glances at my decade-long running spider-man and deadpool blog

...hm. good question. i'll have to think about th

[slayerdurge]

the brainrot is telling me to do an evil karlach origin play through

[ifwebefriends]

Ponderings about Missile (Ghost Trick)

MAJOR GHOST TRICK SPOILERS BELOW CUT PLEASE DO NOT PROCEED WITHOUT PLAYING THE GAME!

Do you think Old!Missile ever resented Sissel for not helping him the first time around? Did he ever think that if Sissel just cooperated then he wouldn’t have to wait 10 years (70 dog years!) to get a chance to save Lynne and Kamila again? Do you think Missile ever blamed himself for not doing better at convincing Sissel to help him?

Do you think Missile ever felt disconnected from the version of him that was still young and alive and living happily with Lynne and Kamila? Do you think he ever felt jealous that Reset!Missile would reap all the benefits of the sacrifices he made and he got literally nothing except knowing that Lynne and Kamila were saved? Do you think he was able to accept that he would never be able to really say goodbye to them?

Do you think Missile sat in that one spot on the junkyard all those years or did he burn time running around and gathering more info? Did he ever go back to the apartment to just watch Lynne and Kamila live? When did he realize his powers were weakening? Did his powers eventually make it difficult for him to travel so he realized he needed to go back to the junkyard so he’d be in the right place when the time came? When did he decide to set up shop in the junkyard and wait alone for Sissel’s arrival and Lynne’s first death? How long was he in that junkyard all alone? Weeks? Months? Years? Did he even know the exact date that his second chance would come? Do you think he lost track of how much time had passed? Did he spend days waiting thinking ‘today could be the day’? Do you think he rehearsed or planned every word of what he was going to say to Sissel? When did he realize that lying to Sissel about the time limit was a good idea?

When do you think Missile realized he would be erased when Sissel helped fix everything? Did he ever realize that that was how things would turn out? When do you think Missile accepted that he would never see Lynne and Kamila again? Did he ever accept it? Did he go into the ether of nothingness with dignity and peace? Or was there great grief and anguish still in his heart?

Do you think Reset!Missile got any of Old!Missile’s memories? Do you think when Missile saw Sissel again for the first time in the reset timeline, it was like meeting an old friend for the first time? Do you think Sissel ever told Missile what the Old! version of him did for him?

Do you think he saw Lynne get gunned down in the junkyard and it killed him inside that he had grown too weak to even try to help her? That he had probably been too weak to even get closer to her? How do you think he felt seeing Lynne’s corpse, the first time he saw her up close in (probably) years, just to have her saved but in the process ripped away from him, her corpse being the last time he could see her clearly?

Did Missile’s great sacrifice stick in your head for months after playing the game like it did for me?

Does it ever just kill you a bit inside?

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

ford: would you be interested in a dd&md campaign where nothing bad happens whatsoever

stan: what’s the fun in that?

ford: the escape from our chronic depression

stan: …can i raid a dragon’s hoard or somethin

ford: you can. you can even mock the dragon so hard it dies

stan: holy shit yeah i’m in

[dotssu3]

also while i dont draw much de fanart anymore, i still sometimes go through fayde. i was thinking about playing dress up with jean again after ready this line what is his plainclothes outfit

[kalashtars]

oh god they made chaos in hades ii so fucking hot oh my god oh my g