My Fav Comfort Fic Updated 🥰

this is now a fic I’m planning as something to work on!

I’m not going to do pre-game because we know enough about that (she was recruited straight out of prison) but I am gonna explore all of her time between the ‘leave’ vote and her return to the games all the way up to her final scene in E6

basically this is gonna be the entirety of ji-yeong’s time in the games (or most of it) from her POV

I just had a thought; how did ji-yeong survive the night time brawl/“special game”? she wasn’t in gi-hun’s team at that point so she must have either hid or fought solo, right?

personally I think she wouldn’t have gone out of her way to kill people but if she was threatened she would absolutely have killed a man

I’m thinking shard of glass rather than bludgeoning someone with a metal bar. girlie’s already proficient with sharp objects

alternate take because suffering is fun: curled up under a bed in the foetal position with her hands over her ears waiting for it to be over

might you also draw s2 gihun hugging s1 characters? Sorry I'm weird, I just love to see more from you

dont apologize! i had a lot of fun with this prompt :3 im always down to draw gi-hun getting hugged

oh I really do need to finish this weekend because I have three chapters due three weeks from now

10k-ish words of jibyeok cuteness coming soon!!

just hit 7k words on the jibyeok fic 😮‍💨

KANG SAEBYEOK APPRECIATION POST BC IVE NEVER TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE HER AND I NEED TO

HERES SOME THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HER

Face card? LETHAL. Prettiest girl I’ve ever seen. Does she have a license for that weapon????

When Minyeo said “step on me” to her, i was like GIRL ME TOO

Sleep gas doesnt even fucking phase her. Shes so real and badass for that.

Her moments with her brother are so sweet and tender, she loves her brother so much and i just 🥺

Shes so smart! And resourceful!

I feel like she gives the best hugs if youre one of her favorite people

Her sneaking the knife in too was also so badass, like damn girl you had the right idea i love you

Her having a friend if nothing else in Jiyeong and also a great bond with Gihun warms my heart and makes me cry to think about all the time

Saebyeok’s story ALWAYS makes me cry

Her hair is so gorgeous at all fucking times

The stunning allure she exhibits when she stares is so hggfjduvyvhf if she looked at me like that id falter

I have a hc that gi-hun lights a candle for each of them every year, since they died on the same day 🕯️🕯️

everyday I remember that sangwoo is not buried properly and was probably burned like the rest of the dead players,

everyday I remember that saebyeok is not buried properly and was probably burned like the rest of the dead players,

And everyday I remember that gihun can’t go to their graves and grieve them because they don’t have proper burials, no flowers no candles.

gihun, youre so strong, ily 😪😪

ji-yeong would have cleared the glass bridge game because she’s so tiny she wouldn’t even break the non-tempered glass

wait actually now I have thoughts about this lmao

AU where they don’t team up in marbles, sae-byeok teams with sang-woo and refuses to change the game when she’s winning and he fucking dies gootbye

ji-yeong partners with some rando and wins because she’s actually really good at throwing marbles at a wall when she doesn’t drop them on purpose. let’s say it’s the pastor bc she’d absolutely enjoy beating him and he’s an asshole

she goes first on the glass bridge bc she’s a baddie and wants to protect sae-byeok and ends up leading everyone across, the non-tempered glass bends a little under her weight so she knows which is which

(mi-nyeo still pushes deok-su off for laughs tho)

the game staff are super pissed because they now have to figure out how to do squid game with 15 players, and also have to prepare as many fancy steak dinners

no one has a knife fight after dinner bc ji-yeong leads everyone in sharing their life stories over steak and wine and everyone has a good time

she and sae-byeok push their beds together afterwards (sae isn’t quite ready to share a single one and ji-yeong definitely wriggles a lot in her sleep)

everyone gets home safe somehow Idk and they all meet up once a year for a steak dinner

the realisation that dae-ho is going to find out that jung-bae died and then blame himself and it will break that sweet man into pieces :(

you break up

thanos, namgyu, daeho, hyunju, semi, saebyeok, the recruiter

description: what squid game characters would do after a breakup with you

18+ minors dni

warnings: mildly nsfw, mentions of sex, the recruiter needs a warning of his own (stalking/implied murder), angst

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thanos:

♡ immediately starts sleeping around

♡ any social media you still follow him on is bombarded with posts about the various other people he’s seeing now

♡ he doesn’t actually care about any of them, though. he’s just doing all this in an attempt to make you jealous

ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୧ .˚ₓ

namgyu:

♡ completely ignores you after the split. if you wanted to remain friends, tough luck

♡ it doesn’t even seem like he gives a fuck about the breakup

♡ when he’s under the influence, though, his true feelings come out. he leaves you countless voicemails that he won’t remember sending by the morning

ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୧ .˚ₓ

daeho:

♡ this man is distraught. he’ll be crying on the daily

♡ no matter how much he misses you, he won’t call; he wants to respect your space

♡ he returns your belongings, but secretly keeps one of your shirts. he just can’t let you go completely

ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୧ .˚ₓ

hyunju:

♡ she asks to remain friends

♡ as much as it kills her, she’d much rather have you in her life platonically than not at all

♡ she’ll continue to be as sweet as she’s always been, silently hoping one day you’ll take another chance on her

ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୧ .˚ₓ

semi:

♡ she’s the kind of ex you just can’t seem to quit

♡ despite being broken up, she makes it clear that the door is always open for you

♡ you take her up on her offer; breakup sex is a frequent occurrence

ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୧ .˚ₓ

saebyeok:

♡ immediately blocks you on everything

♡ she’ll even go so far as to cut off any mutual friends you two have

♡ she doesn’t want to hear anything about you; it hurts too much

ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୧ .˚ₓ

the recruiter:

♡ break up? oh, that’s funny. you can leave the recruiter, but he’s not leaving you

♡ stalking people is part of his job so ofc he’ll be keeping tabs on you

♡ when you try to move on, anyone you go on a date with mysteriously disappears soon after

Not on anon XD but still wanted to send an ask. How do you think it would play out if Saebyeok and Jiyeong were the ones who were the final players? Would they vote to end the game or would Jiyeong want Saebyeok to win?

hi!! thank you for the ask, this an interesting one!

I genuinely see them leaving together; I think Ji-yeong might go in with the intention of giving up her life, but I think Sae-byeok would plead with her not to.

in the fourth game, Ji-yeong was willing to die for Sae-byeok.

after another game, another brush with death, and two more nights together, with fewer people to come between them and more opportunities to talk? I think the heart-to-heart they had in the marble game would have happened organically even if they didn’t play that game together, in another way at another time. a lonely night watch together. a moment of vulnerability somewhere.

what I mean is, I cannot see Ji-yeong willingly leaving Sae-byeok having become closer than they already were. Sae-byeok is everything Ji-yeong needs — family, love, shelter, someone who cares and will fight for her. someone who can love her.

and Sae-byeok would fight for her. she begged Ji-yeong not to die for her, and she wouldn’t allow her to here. Ji-yeong could step out of the squid and lose the game, but I think Sae-byeok would stand in her way and tell her that she’ll leave with her. that she’ll fight for her. that they’ll make it work. Ji-yeong doesn’t have nothing any more. they have each other.

finally: when Ji-yeong played the marble game with Sae-byeok, she repeatedly talked about what they would do together once they left. she was so enamoured with the idea of spending life on the outside with Sae-byeok that she literally forgot that one of them had to die. that is not the thought process of someone who has already decided to give up their life.

when the gun was pointed at Ji-yeong, she was holding back tears. she was scared. she didn’t want to die, she chose to because she valued Sae-byeok’s life above her own. because the alternative was continuing a life that she saw no meaning in, knowing that Sae-byeok’s life was ended for her. it wasn’t worth it.

given the choice between death, a life without Sae-byeok — financially assured, but at what cost? — or to leave together, with a home to go to? Ji-yeong isn’t a pessimist. the moment Sae-byeok shared her dreams with her — Jeju island, a home, a family — they became Ji-yeong’s dreams as well. she wanted them for Sae-byeok, and she wanted to be there with her.

they’re leaving together, Sae-byeok immediately takes Ji-yeong into her apartment — or wherever she’s staying. she’ll make it work, for her — and they start over.