Someone Smarter Than Me Who Knows More Abt Psychology Needs To Write Abt Gi-hun And The Learned Helplessness

someone smarter than me who knows more abt psychology needs to write abt gi-hun and the learned helplessness that the games instilled in him. i find the last episode of s1 so interesting bc i KNOW that pre-games gi-hun would've gone down to the street and helped out that homeless guy himself. bc pre-games gi-hun, despite his many flaws, was proactive and impulsive and deeply caring towards others. but post-games gi-hun just stays put and waits for someone else to do help the guy. bc the games taught him that even when he tries to help people, he won't succeed. and that trying to help people never works. i don't think it's something he would consciously believe but it got ingrained in him on a subconscious level.

i think by s2 he's started to find his will and strength to help others again, as evidenced by him trying so hard to end the games and by him helping that one eliminated player in red light green light. but i'm worried that him standing up and starting a rebellion only to watch his best friend die is gonna put him right back in that mindset of believing that he can't (and shouldn't) do anything or help anyone.

i also think it's so interesting how even though he has such a distaste for the games, he still mostly follows the rules. even the rebellion itself could be seen as part of the game. but i'm mostly thinking about how he could have saved that homeless man, or how he could have refused to play russian roulette with the recruiter, but he didn't. he thinks he proved il-nam wrong, but in a way he just proved him right by standing so high above that man on the verge of death, literally betting on whether he'd live or not while doing nothing to help him. he was a vip in that moment and he didn't even realise it

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2 months ago
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Stately as a swan, lanky as a spider, the Lieutenant sweeps through the darkness. Coat billowing around him, trailing after him. In the swaths of shadows he’s a moonlit moth, pale and fluttering and paper-delicate. In one long-fingered, white-gloved hand he holds a long black cigarette, which at the end glows a deep, heart’s-blood-red. The ribbon of smoke, tinged neon from the screens of the room, tangles around him. The ribbon whirls and disperses in the wake of his purposeful, crooked march.

He prowls over the control room floor like the floor owes him money. Grinding glossy tiles beneath ghostly pale heels.

Gi-hun’s coat and pants are a perfect pearly white, with just the barest touch of soft cloud-gray to temper the purity. The faintest of silvery tarnish, so light you’d never know it’s not truly stark.

But In-ho knows. 

-_-_-

Chapter 9 is up! I'll do an aesthetic board later... I gotta work tomorrow and I should really sleep lol

2 months ago
Sangwoo: You’re So Fucking Stupid, Shut Up.

Sangwoo: You’re so fucking stupid, shut up.

Gihun: Oh yeah? Kiss me then.

Sangwoo: …What?

Gihun: If you’re so smart, shut me up yourself. Kiss me.

1 year ago
I Just Finished This Today So Here You Go A Lineart Update. ❤

I just finished this today so here you go a lineart update. ❤

Also, Crowley lives. Sketch

3 months ago
Someone Commented On TikTok About How Different Gi-hun Was Between Season One And Two, Because He Usually
Someone Commented On TikTok About How Different Gi-hun Was Between Season One And Two, Because He Usually
Someone Commented On TikTok About How Different Gi-hun Was Between Season One And Two, Because He Usually

Someone commented on TikTok about how different Gi-hun was between season one and two, because he usually was the group's conversation starter, but now he's so down and quiet ☹️


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4 months ago

[On a date]

Gi-hun: I love murder mysteries

In-ho, trying to impress him: I've been a suspect in a lot of murder cases

3 months ago

(found family au) what would gi-hun and in-ho if one of their kids got in a big argument/fight with each other? maybe a slight disagreement happened it quickly escalated, some insults were thrown but the lowblows made it worse like a gasoline to a fire. thanos and sae-byeok come to mind for this tbh. it wasn't a big of a deal at first but it happened fast cuz these two have strong personalities so it suddenly became a big thing. sae-byeok called su-bong a good for nothing piece of shit junkie and su-bong yelled that sae-byeok should have died at the border by a bullet (oof. the angst... )

oh this is foul 😭

okay so i think inho would be the first to react, in this situation. up to this point, he'd been letting gihun take the reigns, watching as he tries to descalate - saebyeok never backs down and subong is volatile so the two of them butt heads often.

but then, they both say those things and inho has had enough. he lets out a sharp "hey!" and both kids turn to him. he continues, "that's enough." and they both look ashamed but still glaring at each other.

gihun had been frozen, just watching his children say those hurtful things to each other and unable to understand why, but finally manages to talk. "we don't talk like to each other. we don't. we're a family." he then tells them to apologize to each other, which they do begrudgingly. and that's when gihun sees that he isn't actually getting through to them.

he says that they are being immature and childish, that they will never repeat those words to each other unless they want to be grounded for a year. that their past and their mistakes is never something that should be used to hurt each other. never.

inho ends it all by saying, "go to your rooms and don't come out until you are ready to apologize to each other sincerely."

4 months ago

Yes, In-ho is extremely affectionate with Gihun and is watching him all the time and being physically close to him in every chance he has but Gi-hun is not so different, Gi-hun was as committed to Young-il as Young-il was. Gi-hun literally dreamed of Young-il within hours of meeting him and the worst part of that nightmare was Young-il's disappointed face.

1 year ago

I've wanted to draw Muriel with Eric for a long time, they look cute together...

I've Wanted To Draw Muriel With Eric For A Long Time, They Look Cute Together...

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