In the depths of the Squid Game subreddit, a post lit a small but mighty fire that quickly turned into a roast-fueled bonfire. A user confessed—genuinely or ironically—that if her future husband wasn’t like Gi-hun, she didn’t want him. What followed was Reddit’s version of a group intervention, equal parts brutal and hilarious.
Her words—“If my future husband isn’t like Gi-hun I don’t want him”—may have sounded romantic to her, but the subreddit community immediately began peeling back the layers of Gi-hun’s actual behavior. People wasted no time reminding her of the character’s long list of failures: a man who stole money from his mother, abandoned his daughter emotionally and physically, missed her birthday, and showed little regard for his family's well-being until it was far too late.
One reply pointed out how Gi-hun only started to act right after he was practically forced to take care of a child—after literally killing someone who had a full-on trauma response. Another noted that he didn’t even bother calling his daughter to explain what happened to him. A pattern of emotional avoidance, poor decision-making, and passive chaos trailed behind him through the entire show.
But OP wasn’t swayed. She doubled down with an increasingly infamous response: “I could change him ❤️ I’ll take him to gambling rehab and he’ll come out a good boy.” This prompted one of the best clapbacks of the thread: “I think you two are a match in heaven since both of you are willing to carelessly gamble your lives away.” Others chimed in with dry retorts, like, “You want him to be an irresponsible gambling addict?” and, “Dead while you inherit the leftover money? Yeah…I can get on board with that.”
Despite the roasts, there were thoughtful contributions too. Some users acknowledged Gi-hun’s good heart but emphasized how trauma and his own failures had turned him into a shell of a person. One described how post-game Gi-hun was so self-destructive and despondent that he wasn’t capable of having a healthy relationship. Another pointed out that with all the money he won, he still chose to abandon his daughter again by refusing to board the plane to see her. Instead of helping her or trying to rebuild his life, he plunged back into the darkness, chasing revenge or redemption or something vaguely noble—but ultimately selfish.
Others didn’t even try to psychoanalyze. They just cut straight to the point: “Just say you’re thirsty for the actor lol.” In other words, it’s not about Gi-hun the man, it’s about Gi-hun the face. And maybe, just maybe, OP was less in love with the tragic character arc and more in love with the jawline.
There’s something both amusing and sad about the whole exchange. The idea that someone could see past all the red flags—triple underlined in blood and debt—and still say, “I could change him ❤️,” speaks to a deep human impulse. The hope that love is enough. That someone just needs the right partner to be better. But as Reddit made crystal clear, sometimes... they really are just trash.
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