#hyunsik

7th of March

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Tough one! In typical hopeful squid fashion, I have a hard time picking favorites and this might get long, lol.

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While watching S2, I was most drawn to Inhun, though I was also pretty fond of Hyunju/Yongsik right off the bat.

I've written up my thoughts on Inhun before, in this post.

After the end of S2, I'm really only into unrequited Inhun unless it's an AU where In-ho never killed Jung-bae.

For Hyunsik, I just like how Yong-sik is so matter-of-factly supportive of Hyun-ju right from the start. The instant his mom points her out and starts getting weird, he shuts her down gently but firmly in a way that doesn't call any further attention to Hyun-ju that she might find uncomfortable. He pulls his mom over to pair up with her during the Pentathalon, and then treats her like any other player. After the Pentathalon, when he realises the invasive nature of his mom's questions, he moves to shut her down again but then backs off as soon as Hyun-ju says she's okay answering. He's a little awkward but well-meaning when she mentions wanting to move to Thailand and feel beautiful, and he gets super excited because he has heard there are lots of beautiful trans women in Thailand, so clearly this is an excellent plan and he is 100% on the get-Hyunju-to-Thailand train!!

He's just so consistently sweet and supportive and kind without being overbearing or creepy, and he's willing to stand up for trans people as regular people even to his own mom - without getting weird about it and trying to fight Hyun-ju's battles for her, because he respects her voice about her own life. He's also a sweetheart in general (if you don't count S3, which I absolutely Do Not), who might be a bit of a mess in his personal life given his debt, who gets tripped up over his desire to solve his problems On His Own and lied to/avoided his mom for like 3 years instead of owning up to his debt, but only because of how deeply he wants to be a son who his mom can be proud of. He is a man who loves and respects his mom so much, and just genuinely respects women in general as capable, competent human beings. Such an underrated character, imo, but still one of my new faves from S2.

And I just think Hyun-ju deserves someone like that for a partner <3

Daeho/Junhee, on the other hand, has been growing on me a lot more, lately. Jun-hee deserved to survive and raise her baby with a decent, reliable guy, and Dae-ho deserved to survive and get a chance to prove he could be a much better dad than his had been. Plus, I find it super cute to imagine Dae-ho teaching Jun-hee how to play gonggi, since she never got to learn as a kid.

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The SG ship I probably find most compelling, though, and the one I'm most often drawn to fanfic for: Sangihun.

Why: Where do I start?

You've got opposites attract - the smart/driven child prodigy with the bright future turned cold & anxious adult wreck drowning in debt on the run from the cops, vs. the disorganized & impulsive walking disaster with a kind heart who no one has ever expected much out of yet who gives away everything so freely including his love and admiration and care.

You've got years of repressed gay yearning up against happy-go-lucky bisexual obliviousness.

both gihun and minyeo are like "😀 ..." i mean it's not that he's bad looking. he just seems. wimpy? dorky? they didn't know that was hyunju's type. but anyways you do you boo, we support you fully!

THEY ARE SOOOO CUTE!!! HE HAD SUCH A CRUSH ON HER, I'M DYING ON THAT HILL!! 🙏🙏

now, listen, i think yongsik is really cute, in a nerdy type of way. and i think gihun would agree - let's not forget that this man had a crush on uber nerd cho sangwoo for most of his teenage years.

minyeo would be so mean lmao she likes the tough guys, so yongsik being kinda dorky would make her mock him but hyunju would NOT allow anyone to talk shit abt her man 😤

gihun would support them right away bc he knows geumja and he wants his best friend to be her daughter-in-law so bad....