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Thinking about how Gi-hun’s old and new teams would interact with each other.
For sure, Jung-bae, Dae-ho, and Ali would be besties and get along so well.
I think Sae-byeok would be like the protective older sister to Jun-hee, since she has a little brother and Jun-hee is pregnant.
Il-nam would be the evil dad we all hate of In-ho and tell him continuing the games is much more important than his son’s love for Gi-hun.
Sang-woo would be the first to know In-ho and Il-nam are the ones behind the games and In-ho would likely kill him, to keep him stay quiet and out of jealousy that Gi-hun likes him more.
where would we be, without all the distance?
it fucks me up that gi-hun’s first interaction with sae-byeok was to pick up her drink that he knocked over even though he was running for his life
and their last interaction was him realising she was hurt and immediately disregarding his own safety to seek help for her
followed by him cradling her lifeless body and sobbing with grief while repeating her name, continuing to cry for her even while restrained on the floor
he placed her down so gently too. before he grabbed the knife. he could have dropped her and lunged straight at sang-woo, but he was gentle with her
because he really was like a father to her from the very start, even though he was angry with her at first for what she’d done. he forgave her, like he would a scared kid who lashed out in anger
he grieved for her as much as he grieved for the friend he’d known since he was a child.
SUMMER’S FOR LOVERS
Ji-yeong x Kang Sae-byeok
Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong go on a date to the coast, hang out at an arcade, and come across some familiar faces, all in different kinds of love; romantic, platonic, the families we’re given, and the families we create for ourselves.
Words: 16312
Tags: Alternate Universe (No Games, No Debt, Everybody Lives/Nobody Dies), Fluff, Romance, Flirting, Found Family, Established Relationship, References to Canon
Featuring a lot of background pairings and cameos from other characters!
🧡🤍💖 AO3 LINK 💖🤍🧡
dividers by @anitalenia 💗
I love writing sae-byeok because even in a fluffy context she’s still (mostly) cool and collected from external POVs and then her own POV is an opportunity to explore her more vulnerable side, the insecurities she still feels, and how experiences from her past have affected her
I love writing stories where she gets to be happy 💗
sadly I can’t find it but there was a post talking about height differences that called sae-byeok a ‘giraffe of a lesbian’ and it always makes me laugh to think about so I had to throw a reference to it into the fic 🦒
has anyone ever talked about the fact that the first time we see sae-byeok she’s carrying an iced coffee?
this girl is literally barely surviving, committing crimes on the daily, probably only one step ahead of deok-su and his gang since she ditched them and they want payback, and she still found time and money to buy herself a little treat
and I LOVE that for her. so much. I hope she got a little cookie or something with it too
and a little more of them !! Redraw Nam Gyu bc many people on tiktok didn't like the first one
“Love Is Watching Someone Die”
Jibyeok x Death Cab For Cutie, ‘What Sarah Said’
An angsty Jibyeok songfic!
AO3 LINK
TAGS: Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Songfic, Major Character Injury, Afterlife, S01E06 ‘Gganbu’, S01E08 ‘Front Man’
I would love comments and/or kudos if you feel like leaving them on AO3, here is fine too, it all makes my heart happy 💗
I just saw sae-byeok’s name get ellipsis’d by a long url and it got shortened to saeby
WHICH IS SO FUCKINF CUTE I’M GONNA DIE
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
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
thought too much about sae-byeok and listened to a sad song and made myself cry
Pets they’d have imo😌
saebyeok hcs? i miss her 😭
Thanks for the ask! I miss her too I hope you enjoy these <3
—Sae-Byeok Headcanons:
-lesbian
-likes sweets over savory food
-always wanted to learn how to play guitar but never got the ability or time to
-doodles on anything she writes on
-actually is stressed a lot but is good at hiding it
-distrusts men a lot, was surprised by herself that she felt fine trusting gihun.
-has a knife collection, though its mostly from necessity and paranoia
-would join the revolt and be good with guns if she was in season 2
-cuts her own hair, and would cut Cheols if the shelter didn’t
-has slight vision problems but hasn’t gone to the doctor about it
-always has been a kind of lone wolf, but did have one really close friend back in North Korea
-her brother is the only one that can make her smile, unless she had a close friend or partner
-has a hard time sleeping
-likes to read but finds it hard to find a book that actually interests her and fits her taste
-lovesssss chill movie nights with Cheol
SAE-BYEOK /PLAYER 067/ IN EVERY EPISODE: S01E01 “RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT”
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!
Haven’t been drawing all that much, so here’s wips I’ve been slowly working on :)
The winner takes it all
gf!saebyeok hcs <3
Thanks for the ask! I hope you enjoy these!
—Gf! Sae-Byeok Headcanons
-not clingy but would not mind if you were
-very quiet and reserved, but alone she’s more carefree with you
-she loves you a lot and shows you that through simply being there for you and loving you in meaningful, subtle ways
-loves soft kisses
-likes to tease you playfully sometimes
-loves to see you be yourself and open up to her
-finds it easy to talk to you the most
-very protective
-doesn’t ever want to think about letting you go
-you are one of the only ones who makes her smile so hard
-she loves the moments where you just exist with each other. for example, you two can just be laying in bed in lazy mornings and her heart will swell with how much love and peace she feels in the moment
-you go out on simple, easy going dates. she doesn’t mind where you go as long as you both are happy and comfortable
