video annotations: Gi-hun and In-ho III

0:31 - I find it so interesting that Lee Jung-jae likes the Front Man's room in real life, because I think in the show Gi-hun is impressed by it too even though his appreciation is less outward. In-ho and Gi-hun are actually similar so it's a wonderful track for LJJ to admire it irl.

0:54-1:03 - I was really wondering what it's like under the mask so I'm thankful Lee Byung-hun talked about it. We can see the eyes of the Front Man mask are gridded and it's not like one-way glass. In-ho must be super depressed (since he used to be good, but genuinely became evil) so the darkness probably helps him operate. Not only is his mind dark, his literal vision is too. "It had its ups and downs." is so revealing of the Front Man's life, but honestly everybody's right?

1:20 - There's a little smirk in the Front Man's face like he knows mentioning Jung-bae will trigger Gi-hun. 

1:44 - And he's okay with taking the risk that Gi-hun could kill him. In-ho's mindset is the most complex; he wants to die, he wants to break Gi-hun's humanity, he wants Gi-hun to win, he wants Gi-hun to feel like him.

1:54 - me too LJJ

2:14 - facts. I think it is sincere too. That story he told Gi-hun about his wife and unborn child was real. He values innocent life, so he's comfortable killing all these people in the games and the guards because he's accepted that they're trash.

2:37 - he wants Gi-hun to be like him. They already are similar but it's In-ho who needs to change-- revert back to his old self. But how can he after what Oh Il-nam and the VIPs put him through?

2:52 - so interesting that LBH says "Probably not" instead of a definite answer. Even to the actor this character's mindset is hard to fully pin down. I think In-ho lost most of his faith in humanity (maybe 99%) but Gi-hun's actions throughout his games, and especially during the last one, revived hope in the human race. Gi-hun stops the Squid Game between him and Sang-woo because he realizes he does not want to kill his friend. The Front Man says "What is going on?" like he'd never seen another player do that before and it might be true that he hadn't. We see how easily trust and love and camaraderie can be broken in life and in the game, it may have been chance that never put In-ho around good people like Gi-hun, Hyun-ju, Ali, and Geum-ja. I also think there's a possibility that in the games right after his victory, he ignored any signs of humanity he saw because it was too painful to accept the truth that not everyone is trash.

3:23 - In-ho is obsesseddd with Gi-hun okay there is no denying it. Mask off, drinking and watching his man because his actions are the only thing that matter in the world right now. 

3:55 - great decision to go with the messy hair. The chaos and action of the games, not getting to take showers or have cosmetics, the stress of life-or-death decisions... you should not look put together.

4:14 - we love a compassionate king <3 I don't think I'd feel bad cuz it's acting but it is quite brutal lol. I think the repetition of the stabbing motion sparks connections in my mind: Coriolanus killing a tribute when Dr. Gaul puts him in the Hunger Games to get Sejanus out, Mark bashing Conquest's head to bits with his own head and that frame when he's so covered in blood he just looks like eyes... what is it about this that feels so undoing? Is it something animalistic, something that instinctually feels far from human? Is it the opposite?

5:20 - there's outward loathing and self-loathing in that expression. I think a large part of him feels humiliation that Gi-hun didn't make the choice he did, and there's another significant part of him that hates Gi-hun because of it. Despite the negative associations, the feeling he gets watching Gi-hun is one that has been missing from his life and so it deeply affects him. It's attraction (because I think the world is gay), fascination, curiosity, chemistry, something that he never feels as the Front Man.

5:55 - I see myself in Gi-hun cuz I naturally trust people too. I've gotten scammed 2 times because of it and I'm sure there's plenty of interactions I've had where people laugh at me behind my back. 

7:44 - so well said. And everything in between 5:55 and 7:44 was well said too, my annotations are me just nodding like yes I thought the same... this is a great insight into the characters... wow I love that I can watch this to further my understanding.

8:13 - absolutelyyy which is why I love it. I be thinking about humans and psychology is a science that deals with how the thoughts of humans arise. So cool

​8:34 - yes it did thank you baes