Jedi Knight Seong Gihun

Artists! Sign up here. If you sign up and realize you can't or don't want to participate, that's fine. Simply do not submit an art draft for claiming and you will be dropped from the event! Sign-ups run through August 29th. Art drafts must be submitted before September 4th.

You will provide a minimum of one piece of art for the event.

Art must include at least one canon character or element from Squid Game. It does not need to include a character, art of the settings, costumes, symbolism, etc, is acceptable as well! Symbolic/abstract art should be recognizably related to the show, though.

Art can be SFW or NSFW

Art can include pretty much any dark or triggering themes you like, with the exception of explicit sex or violence involving minors.

You may submit multiple related pieces of art, these will be treated as one submission for claiming purposes (meaning each individual piece will not be put up for claims separately)

Authors! There is no separate signup for authors. You will provide all your details during the claims process.

You will create a written work(s) to accompany the art you claim

Minimum word count is 2500.

Any flavor of creative writing is acceptable, including narrative/fic, scene snippets, poetry, dialogue, food blog entry... go nuts!

Written work can be SFW or NSFW

Written work can include pretty much any dark or triggering themes you like, with the exception of explicit sex or violence involving minors.

(that said, since this is a fan community event with some level of collaboration built in, please talk to your artist about ratings and themes and be mindful of their preferences)

Anyone: you can sign up for email updates about this and future Squidbang events. (I promise I'm not sharing or selling anyone's e-mail addresses). You will have the option to unsubscribe at any time.

Everyone: Everyone is welcome here as long as you are respectful to the event itself and follow the rules. You are free to like and dislike certain ships, ship dynamics, etc. TBH you can hate me personally if you want, you can still participate as long as you follow the rules.

There is also a "blacklist" option where participants can name artists or authors they do not want to be paired with, if that is something that concerns you. If you provide this info, I will keep it confidential (obviously you'll just have to trust me on that since we're not signing NDAs or anything). I cannot PROMISE 100% that if you have a long list of hard No Thank Yous that you will be paired with someone, just because there aren't infinite participants, but I'll do my best!

Rules to participate:

Must be 18 or over, or have reached the age of majority in your country.

Please no generative AI use.

Absolutely no bullying or harassment associated with the works submitted to the bang or anything adjacent to the bang. Fandom beef keeps a wide berth at all times.

so, let’s recognize that this is the same hwang in-ho that didn’t care if gi-hun died the first round of games, the same in-ho that shot his brother with no problem, the same in-ho that did nothing when the VIPs deemed a newborn baby a player, the same in-ho did nothing when his guards were mutilating and selling organs of deceased players to the Korean black market, the same in-ho who is a voyeur to these horrific events and even encourages them, and the SAME in-ho that watched gi-hun threaten and then moments after kill himself.

no, hwang in-ho did not want to save seong gi-hun, no one ever wanted to save gi-hun and that is what’s tragic.

And that's what I love about the bastard. He's fucked up in so many ways, he's a well seasoned homemade meal. To strip him of his evil is to take all the seasonings from that meal and call it a day.

Aaaat least that's how I see it! Yup! Opinions and personal bias! Yummy!

Also,

Artists, do you ever work on a piece of art and think about the possible worlds or moods or interpretations it could inspire? Writers, do you ever see a piece of art and find yourself imagining stories, dialogue, or even poetry, to go along with it?

If so, you may be interested in a Squid Game (freeform) Reverse Mini Bang!

Artists will submit an art draft along with an optional brief statement explaining “This is what’s happening here.” The drafts will then be posted anonymously for authors to claim.

After claiming, artists and authors will be paired, and the author will create a written work inspired by the art. The extent of collaboration is whatever you both are most comfortable with!

Because artists often have distinctive and recognizable styles, participants who are active in the fandom may be able to guess who created each piece, even though the drafts will be posted anonymously. Artists thinking about trying something new with your style? This may be a great time! However there's no need to try to "disguise" who you are!

The writing requirements for this reverse mini-bang are flexible! Submissions should be at least 2500 words and may include:

A complete "story" fic (with a beginning, middle, and end)

A scene or snippet

Dialogue or internal monologues

A collection of poetry, prose, or both

Another form of creative writing inspired by the artwork

Schedule:

Artists sign-up: Jul 18 through Aug 29

Art posted for claims: Sep 5

Claiming: Sep 5-12

Posting: starting Nov 28

so, let’s recognize that this is the same hwang in-ho that didn’t care if gi-hun died the first round of games, the same in-ho that shot his brother with no problem, the same in-ho that did nothing when the VIPs deemed a newborn baby a player, the same in-ho did nothing when his guards were mutilating and selling organs of deceased players to the Korean black market, the same in-ho who is a voyeur to these horrific events and even encourages them, and the SAME in-ho that watched gi-hun threaten and then moments after kill himself.

no, hwang in-ho did not want to save seong gi-hun, no one ever wanted to save gi-hun and that is what’s tragic.