Kang Sae Byeok - Blog Posts

obsessed with the fact that ji-yeong is 5’3” and sae-byeok is 5’9”

ji-yeong canonically has to hop up on tiptoes to kiss her gf

when she steals sae-byeok’s shirts and hoodies (which she does all the time) they’re really big on her and she always has sweater paws as a result. in the mornings she throws on one of sae-byeok’s oversized tees and wanders around in it while making breakfast etc before getting dressed

ji-yeong still insists on being the big spoon half the time and sae-byeok won’t admit she loves it because she’s too cool to be the little spoon

when they’re on a crowded bus or metro etc, sae-byeok rests her chin on ji-yeong’s head and puts her arms round her from behind while ji-yeong holds onto something to keep them steady

on very rare occasions sae-byeok will let ji-yeong have a piggyback ride. as a treat

thought too much about sae-byeok and listened to a sad song and made myself cry

I know I keep talking about different fics so here's a list of my ongoing squid game WIPs!

Very fluffy no games/no debt/everyone is alive AU one-shot Jibyeok fic with a lot of pairings featured

Canon-based Ji-yeong one-shot focusing on her POV before and after joining Gi-hun's team, particularly outside the games after the players initially vote to leave, up to and including the events of S1E6

Non-canon serial fic set during a future iteration of the games, featuring a core group of two canon characters (you'll have to wait and see who they are) and two OCs who I am very excited to introduce!! I’m considering simultaneously running a character blog owned by one of the OCs, documenting the events of the story from her own POV

The first has the most progress, and one of the first two will be the first one published as the third is going to take a while and I intend to write most if not all of it before starting to publish. The current plan for that is to release a chapter every week, and have it out before S3 drops!

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.

I listen to the soundtrack sometimes, especially when I’m working on a fic if I want to get into a particular mood or headspace, but I cannot listen to ‘Dawn’ because it only plays in that one scene and it’s just so sad. I start crying every time

‘I stan U’ by IU is a jibyeok anthem just saying

Even the habit of smiling slightly twisted

Or each word you often choose

Makes everyone look at you

Don't hide yourself, don't be silly

Sometimes you feel insecure but

Even that shyness, I just like it

this is 100% a ji-yeong @ sae-byeok song

do you also sob uncontrollably to this video or are you normal

if gi-hun dies in S3 then so does cheol’s only chance of ever finding out what happened to his big sister. his opportunity to be able to fully grieve and process the fact that she’s dead and not coming back. the knowledge that she didn’t abandon him, and fought for him until her dying breath

starting a jibyeok blog in 2025 because i’m still obsessed with this ship, who’s still posting in this tag hmu

Hi guys! I am officially part of squid game fans. Anyway I have finished it now and the feelings were right for making moodboard. So enjoy and have fun. Also I really the capitilism alegory of it so I am am anticipating your theories and thoughts. From me: Ali the best man, I want to hug him, Saebyeok is a crush and I watched last 3 episodes with wtf expression on my face

Oh I can just imagine the confrontation if/when they find Gihun and Gihun trying to push them away because he’s so convinced that outside of the games he’s absolutely worthless + he doesn’t want any of them to get hurt because then it’ll add to the already mountain of guilt he carries. And Sangwoo trying to get Gihun to realize that he’s worth everything to him but Inho’s gotten so into his head that he can’t believe it. Overall very angsty

For the AU where Ilnam takes Gihun off the game to keep him as a pet... I don't really have the words for this right now but please just imagine Sangwoo's POV for a second when he hears "player 456 eliminated" and how fucked up he'd be for the rest of the games and then getting out and going to check on Gihun's mom only to find her dead and he'd never even know what happened to Gihun (unless..?) aaaaaaa

(Unless he somehow also comes across the Salesman later on and actually has a semi convo with him where Salesman lets something slip that makes it sound like he knows Gihun and is talking about him in present tense. Nothing super obvious but something Sangwoo notices and puts together idk.. And then Sangwoo investigates?? Tries to infiltrate the games in his own way? (So imagine in a more VIP/insider sort of way) Maybe Saebyeok learns about this and also wants to help? Maybe they bump into Junho along the way and the whole merc Kim and co plot still happens but Saebyeok is on the water with Junho while Sangwoo is on the island confronting the Frontman and looking for Gihun)

(Nothing super dark/darker than canon is happening with Inho/Gihun in this AU so like I imagine he's not exactly kept there against his will.. Maybe at first, but then it's more that at some point he learned about his mother's death, and Sangwoo and Saebyeok got what they needed, and even with them being alive he's still traumatized from the games and Ilnam's betrayal and basically having to gamble with people's lives. They offered him enough money to pay off his debts and start over but he feels like he has nothing left to live for out there, like he wouldn't be able to talk to Gayeong and like Sangwoo wouldn't want anything to do with him especially after what they went through, so he just sort of... stays, and tries to convince Inho to stop the games, and when that doesn't work tries to at least keep changing them to give people the most chances of survival. Like the keeping the money change, or like a new change where people who vote to leave get to just leave and only those who choose to stay keep playing. No more 'special game' at nighttime.

And he's miserable but he really feels like he wouldn't know what to do with himself out in the real world, and he doesn't want to bring down his friends with him, so maybe it's better if he stays "dead". And meanwhile Inho is just trying to win him over and convince him that they belong together, that he can make him happy if he stays with him forever.)

-- sparks

I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS!!! 💖💖

gihun is so traumatized and insecure about his place in people's lives that he just remains in the island. gayeong is being taken to america, sangwoo will help gihun's mom he's sure, saebyeok has her life... in his head, he is of no use to anyone.

except inho. inho tells gihun that he is needed at the island. at inho's side. and also ilnam's but the old man isn't important here. inho can make him happy and fulfilled, can turn him from a man with no purpose into someone who betters the world by removing the trash from the streets. gihun is horrified by this of course, he won't be a willing participant in the murder of innocents.

so he tells inho that he needs to make changes to the games and gihun will stay. like you said, anon, the money being divided and the ones who want to leave being allowed out and the vote after each game.

unbeknowst to gihun, sangwoo and saebyeok and junho are trying to find the island.....

Accurate. Very accurate. This is so funny

seong gihun in squid game textposts

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(bonus: saebyeok)