au where sang-woo takes gi-hun’s hand, and they go home without the money.
during the ride home, nobody speaks. gi-hun still isn’t ready to put everything beside and needs time to think.
they go their separate ways for a few weeks, to process what had just happened to them.
finally, gi-hun visits sang-woo’s apartment, with the hope they can sort things out, finally heal, and work their lives out as they were meant to.
he calls through the tiny apartment, but is given no answer.
he looks through the rest of the house. no return when he calls out sang-woo’s name.
the only answer he’s given is a body, hanging from the bedroom ceiling.
sang-woo’s body.
even in another universe, he wasn’t enough to stop sang-woo from taking his own life.
sorry guys!!!!
“WHERE’S MY JUUL? WHERE THE FUCK IS IT? WERE YOU SITTING ON IT? HUH? WHERE THE FUCK IS MY JUUL?”
santos' drunkenly revealing to (equally drunk) whitaker those parts of her past. and for a moment, she just studies him. expecting him to get a little sad, maybe. unintentionally pitying. tell her he's sorry that happened. but he's just sitting there, staring at the wall. and when he opens his mouth, it's this pure, raw anger that she wasn't even sure he was capable of. it's low and shaky and she can't find herself a voice to interrupt him because what the fuck was even happening right now? the morning after, he's making breakfast and two prairie oysters before santos even wakes. they don't mention it again.
what the fuck did they inject into Karma (2025)'s theme to make it that good?
bisexual dennis whitaker. bisexual dennis whitaker who got bullied by his older brothers for acting like a fag. bisexual dennis whitaker who fidgets with the cross on his neck whenever he sees a pretty guy. bisexual dennis whitaker who's honestly relieved that santos would rather talk about anything else than guys. bisexual dennis whitaker who winces when he hears the name nancy. bisexual dennis whitaker who doesn't think to experiment because he's still attracted to women. is this making sense? are you seeing my vision?
I miss these guys
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.