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Ever since I’ve seen that post of how the Games work as a cult so now, I have this persistent bee in my bonnet of what if Squid Game was more Cosmic/Folk horror rather than psychological horror?
Folk Horror is about the terror of the local, the ancient, and the land - it’s cultural, and tied to the idea of breaking tradition or the consequences of exploiting nature; whereas Cosmic Horror is about the terror of the infinite and the incomprehensible. Basically, Folk horror is ‘You should have known better’ and Cosmic horror is ‘You can never understand’.
There’s this brilliant film analysis on TikTok called LPLONGMIRE who discusses how horror films are reflective of the fears and politics of the time, and it got me thinking if Squidgame was C.H, it would fall under the Feminist Cosmic Horror + POC (person of colour) subgenre horror.
LPLONGMIRE defined Feminist Cosmic Horror as your body is terrifyingly significant to the horror and it’s not going to stop until it gets what it wants. But the horror still makes you feel as if you don’t matter, because all you are to it is a piece of meat; a product, something to be coveted, consumed and cast aside once your usefulness runs out (Think the Substance or Rosemary’s Baby).
POC horror, on the other hand, discusses the idea of living inside of a system that was never designed for you – you are an outsider in your own country, your own community, your own home – a system that was only ever built to control you. It is the fear of losing agency and freedom, while everyone else around you insist that everything is okay, when it’s most definitely not (Think Lovecraft Country or Get Out).
Both perfectly encapsulates Squidgame!
You see, to the VIPs and In-ho, Gi-hun and the other victims of the games (the players, the pink guards, the human furniture) are just products to them. Furthermore, there are also strong SA undertones in the series, such as the Zombie in the organ trafficking room and Jun-ho with the Panther VIP. Gi-hun also rightfully calls out how the Games target those who are vulnerable and desperate. Also, Squidgame commentates on a corrupt system such as Gi-hun and the Strike; but there are also people who are ostracised by that same system, such as Ali and Sae-byeok, who are immigrants (both of whom were exploited by others), and Hyun-ju, a transwoman.
Now, in terms of making Squidgame Cosmic/Folklore horror, we really don’t need to change much, like I mentioned earlier, the Games already function as cult and the motive of the games doesn’t have to change.
This is where Folklore horror comes in! The games could be like a harvest festival, with the games serving as a ritual, and the players are human sacrifices to ancient gods for good fortune and powers.
I don’t want to make the VIPS or II-nam ancient gods because I definitely do not want to remove Squid Game’s original horror of the Rich Eating the Poor (especially in the wake of the Epst3in Fil3s); however, they could be hosts for the gods. The fact that the VIPs wear animal masks reminds me of the ancient Egyptian mythology, where the gods and goddesses were depicted with animal heads. {But what would they be the gods of ???}
I had the idea that In-ho – being a high priest – is blessed with a rare metamorphism, where he has layers of other people’s skin/bodies, each layer a new face stacked inside him like a living Russian doll. This idea was inspired by JUNJI ITO’s Layers of Fear and the fact that In-ho has so many identities, and some even play with the idea that he has DID.
Any more ideas – I will love to hear what you think!
God, those ideas are top tier! And Junji-ito reference! I love his work!
There is a webtoon I read called "Scroll if you dare" that had several short comic stories and one of them just stayed with me.
I think it's called Evergreen Nursing home-the premise is that troubled young people go to this nursing home and take care of the elderly to learn responsibility and how to be kind, empathetic, productive member of society.
In reality, what was going on was the elderly people were there, looking to switch their brains with a younger person-so, when the parents/guardians came to pick up their kids, it would be the elderly person in the young person's body, while the young person was in the body of the elderly person and would be killed.
What if the games had something like that? Instead of killing certain players that lost during red light, green light, other VIP's who already chose them, and who were already in their 70s or older, swapping bodies so that they could be young again.
Another idea I had was, a really old story of mine that I outline when I was 13, in which a woman makes a doll out of her stepdaughter and the more the doll looks like her stepdaughter, the more the stepdaughter gets sick until she dies--and that's when the mom notices that the doll looks EXACTLY like her daughter.
So, kind of same premise?
Instead of killing the people in some games immediately, they take him somewhere and through supernatural means, make dolls of them and the more the dolls look like the players, the more their life forced is sucked away until they die and the VIP's and others take the dolls home to feed off the life force.
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Wrote this on lunch for Vegas AU because this scene wouldn't leave me alone, but how I imagine canon inhun's reunion going. :')
"Expecting someone else?"
The silence that followed was deafening, but nothing was quite so loud as the sound of Gi-hun's heart breaking all over again.
He should have left, walked out of there and never looked back, but he never did know when to stop chasing after him, did he?
He should have gotten on that plane.
Just as he should have walked right out the door.
Gi-hun never learned, apparently.
Through the sting of unshed tears, Gi-hun stared at In-ho from where he stood on the opposite side of the bed, his hands clenched into fists, trembling at his sides.
Compared to recent days, where the In-ho he spent time with had been quicker to laugh and smile, it gave him whiplash to be met once again with the cold, distant formality of his own. Dark eyes remained fixated on him, his lips parted.
"Welcome ba—"
"Don't," Gi-hun bit out, his lower lip wobbling as he sucked in a sharp breath. In-ho averted his gaze, swallowing thickly under the intensity of Gi-hun's scrutiny. "Just don't."
"I don't know what you want me to say."
"How about you show a bit of remorse for once in your life?" Gi-hun suggested, his voice growing louder by the second. "How about, 'Hey, Gi-hun, I'm sorry for not only hurting you over and over again, but also for letting you down one last fucking time'?" He covered his mouth when his voice cracked. "That would be a good place to start, don't you think?!"
"I'm sorry," In-ho whispered. He took a deep breath in, then slowly let it out, forcing himself to meet Gi-hun's eyes again. "I'm so sorry."
Even then, Gi-hun barked out a hysterical laugh, shaking his head at him.
"Now ask yourself, why is that? Why is it so easy for you to say it now, of all times, hm?" Gi-hun cocked his head to the side, the tears flowing freely down his cheeks. "Is it because you got a taste of what could have been? Is that it?" An anguished rage burned like fire in his eyes while he rounded the bed to get to him, patting his hand against his chest. "Why was I not enough, In-ho, or should I say Young-il?" He scoffed, throwing his hands up in frustration. "Because I never even got a proper introduction to who you are."
In-ho held his head high, taking everything Gi-hun dished out at him. All the hurt, the anger, the hatred.
"I'm sorry," he repeated, slow and even, because what else could he say?
Gi-hun gritted his teeth, his brows pinched together.
"You know what I despised the most about that place? Our 'happily ever after', and it all depended on me saving you." Gi-hun jabbed his finger into In-ho's chest. "Right place, right time, my ass, because it all has to revolve around you, doesn't it?! You suffer, and the whole world burns for it. Well, what about me, In-ho? What did I do to deserve this tragedy?! I saved you, a complete stranger, in another universe, but in this world where you know me inside and out, better than anyone else, you couldn't even be bothered to, you didn't even—"
Gasping for air, Gi-hun's legs buckled, and he collapsed onto the floor before In-ho could react, doubled over while he clutched at his chest in pain.
"Why didn't you save me?" he wept. "Why didn't you care?" Exhausted, he trailed off, the shattered remains of the man he used to be spread out on the floor.
In time, In-ho lowered himself down onto knees before him, his eyes red and puffy.
3. Tell us about a headcanon you invented for a fic
the ever elusive “inho suffers from internalized homophobia” hc that i feel like has become a staple in a lot of fics lately . i just can’t see him any other way
16. Describe your current WIP with just emojis
👨❤️👨🩸🔪📲⭐️
27. Share a random sentence from a WIP. The less context, the better. Be confusing.
multiple sentences bc i can’t help myself 🤭 but he makes me sick
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Now I’m wondering if, after the recording is archived, the salesman will have to go back to Gi-hun to tell him there’s another offer.
They’re going to play every day now. And Gi-hun is going to get more than just a few slaps on the cheek—to put it mildly. But according to the salesman, it’s so he doesn’t end up with too many bruises from the daily slaps.
Desperate, he accepts.
And now his new job is to play little kids’ games. If he succeeds, he gets the money! If not, he gets punished. You have no idea how satisfying it was to see Gi-hun miss on the Gongi, look up with those little eyes at the vendor, and get slapped
Or how it was the first time the slap didn’t land on his cheek—which was already pretty bruised—but on his butt. Or when, for that session, Gi-hun used the shock collar
It was insane, and he got furious and was about to quit several times, but he was paid so well he couldn’t afford to give up that luxury
Sorry I didn’t post anything today but lol work was just a NIGHTMARE and I literally worked through my breaks and lunch because there was just so much to do 😭
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