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Evey Hammond was always afraid, but fear can make you do desperate things, even try to oppose a force much stronger and resolute than yourself. V was always in control, but the tables could be turned. And how they turned indeed.
In which Evey goes with the flow until she doesn't, but whether V and his "education" deserve credit for that is up for debate. Not a movie retelling.
In response to comments asking for an update: the continuation will be available in July or August, because summer ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌
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22 Jul 2026
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The morning of November 4th, 2024, Hwang In-ho, the Front Man, wakes up in a Seoul apartment he doesn't recognize, and a husband that he very much does. And then his daughter, his dead wife's child, climbs into the bed with them, alive and nine years old now and the most perfect thing In-ho has ever seen.
Despite the shock, the doubt, the confusion, In-ho finds himself very quickly falling in love with this soft life, this kinder reality where neither he nor Seong Gi-hun ever touched the Games, this world where their daughters walk to school together and Jun-ho stops by for coffee and his stepmother calls casually to ask what Gi-hun wants for his birthday.
But this Gi-hun knows his husband, and he knows something is wrong. And In-ho knows he can't stay. Not when the gears of time are still churning in another, colder reality.
Meanwhile, Hwang In-ho, private investigator, husband to goofy, good-hearted Seong Gi-hun, father to Hwang Ji-ah and stepfather to Ga-yeong, wakes up in a world of horror and blood, a world where he himself is the villain... a world where his husband hates him.
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05 Mar 2026
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Mutant trade is a legal activity. Hannibal has never been inclined to buy one for himself, but then Jack asks him to attend a Verger auction to acquire a special asset for the FBI. What he gets is Will, one of Mason's 'Special Projects'. Whether Will can be useful to the FBI remains to be seen, but now Hannibal legally owns a mutant slave, and things promise to get very...messy.
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18 Dec 2025
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“Then why do you want to help me so badly? If no one was there for you.”
Gi-hun smiles, warm and open, like he doesn’t notice the suspicion and frustration that undoubtedly stain In-ho’s voice. “That’s exactly why I want to help you, because no one was there for me.”
So Gi-hun does still believe in other people. That’s disappointing. Perhaps In-ho does have a purpose in this relationship, after all. Maybe his role is to show Gi-hun that other people are not worth looking out for. He can’t deny that he finds the idea attractive. To pull Gi-hun back to earth and crush his faith in people the way In-ho’s was.
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OR: In February 2016, Seong Gi-hun pulls a drowning man out of the Han river.
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- Part 1 of after me, the flood
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09 Oct 2025
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Pretend Like It's the Last Time by beastlybrooke
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
06 Oct 2025
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The first sign something has gone wrong is his eyes. He just blinked both of them. And he can’t see a thing out of his left, even in the usual darkened and blurred way.
The second is the man laying next to him.
(Silco, on the brink of death, finds himself in another world, with another life, not so different from what he'd once dreamed of.)
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04 Oct 2025
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Will is slowly losing his mind in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. He makes a deal with the devil to get out.
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- Part 1 of Ladders
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20 Aug 2025
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and, i would argue, the smartest person in this room by felixknorth
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV)
05 Aug 2025
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A Season 2 AU in which Will Graham did not, at any point, accuse Hannibal of being the Chesapeake Ripper.
Will Graham is the smartest person most people will ever have the misfortune to meet. Hannibal Lecter has been no exception; he's brilliant, but his failing is that he assumes he's the mastermind in every situation. He still thinks Will didn't pick up on every weird joke, every coincidence, every threat disguised as a charming quip, every flashing neon sign that screams "Hannibal Lecter is the Chesapeake Ripper!"
Now, Will has to decide what he wants from Hannibal. For the first time in his life, it seems like there's a possibility that somebody might be close enough to his level for a real connection. Hannibal is an apex predator in a garish suit, blind to Will's superior camouflage, and the Ripper's obsession with Agent Graham is so obvious it's drawing attention from... undesirable sources. If Will can manipulate everything to his desired outcome, Hannibal could become the equal Will has always wanted.
If he wants to protect their fragile peace, it'll take a lot more than just Hannibal Lecter.
That's fine. After all, Will has never been able to stop himself at just one stray.
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02 Aug 2025
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Just What We Need by StratsWrote, whiskeyandspite for HannibalsTie
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV)
08 Jan 2020
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“I brought you a gift,” he finally said, “I killed that man for you.”
“No, Hannibal, you killed him for you. The only thing you did for me was make me the most likely suspect for your crimes. You’re good at that.”
Post-fall, Will and Hannibal have a fight, and Will's not sure they can come back from it.
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- Part 5 of Prompt Stories
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31 Jul 2025
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Despite the risks, Inho becomes too involved in helping Gihun move on with his life after the games, and Gihun becomes determined to save the man he vowed to destroy.
Their lives are intertwined, and no matter how hard they try, they can't seem to let each other go.
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- Part 1 of Saving Hwang Inho
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26 Jul 2025
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In-ho has one chance to convince Gi-hun to join him as his right-hand-man, or else the VIPs want him dead. He agrees.
Because In-ho is right. The rebellion didn't work. It was never going to work. The players are simply too far removed from the people really in charge. Even killing the Front Man would only result in a replacement Front Man. But as the Front Man's protégé, Gi-hun can make a difference. He can do what he can for the players from above, rather than below. He can investigate the gold-masked men. He can scheme.
There's light in the darkness. In-ho helps Gi-hun get Ga-yeong back. He teaches him how to fight, how to survive in this deadly world. Slowly, slowly, they begin to trust each other. (The kissing happens long before the trust.)
Gi-hun uses his new power, undreamt of in his old life, to do what he never did before: think only of others. And the luxury helps, the high-end alcohol helps, but of course he's still tortured by guilt. But at least they're tortured together, and take sanctuary in each other. Gi-hun gets to fight in favor of the players; In-ho gets to not be alone. They both got what they wanted.
Begins immediately following the events of S2.
Title changed
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21 Jul 2025
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"Have a seat. This could take a while."
This time, Gi-hun takes the Front Man's advice. He takes the knife. He takes the other finalists' lives.
But not before a good, long talk.
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I.e., we get the identity reveal / confrontation / conversation we all deserved, rather than that 3 minute nothing BS we were given. And then Gi-hun is allowed to have a little violence and murder of people who (mostly) deserve it. As a treat. In-ho watches and is a little too into it.
And then Jun-ho arrives.
The baby will live. Gi-hun will live - changed, but revitalized. The spark back in his eye. His heart beating again.
And In-ho? Well, he has some explaining to do to both of the people that hunted him down to this island.
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21 Jul 2025
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After Gi-hun's failed coup, the Frontman spares his life—but not out of mercy.
The Frontman has a plan: to keep Gi-hun on the island and mold him into his partner, a second Frontman, to help maintain the Games. But Gi-hun refuses to be manipulated so easily. If he has to stay in this hellhole, he will take down the Games from within.Fortunately, for Gi-hun, he isn't alone. Against all odds, the Frontman had kept Young-il alive. And if Gi-hun play allong his friend security is guaranteed and they are authorized to visit each other. Together, they find strength in each other as Gi-hun has to face the horror of his new role.
But tensions rise as the Frontman and Young-il both begin to act strangely arround him.
Abandonned Work (Sorry guys...)
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21 Jul 2025
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The sound of his voice feels like the only tangible thing Gi-hun can hold onto. Nothing else feels quite real.
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Ten conversations Gi-hun has with the Frontman.
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20 Jul 2025
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"I’m aware of that.” In-ho paused to adjust his watch before asking, “How can I prove myself then? I’d like for you to trust me.”
“I do trust you. But what I want is for you to trust yourself." Il-nam stopped, his expression growing considerate. "Has it perhaps been too long since you participated in the games, that now you forget how it felt to be a contestant? Is that what's hindering your recognition of why they're necessary?”
Unsure of how to respond, In-ho returned the ramble with a small nod. “Maybe.”
For the first time that day, he witnessed a smile spread across Il-nam’s face, “Then why not play in them once more?”
or, In-ho competes in the 33rd annual Squid Game to prove his loyalty to Il-nam. In them he meets Seong Gi-hun, who complicates things. Greatly.
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17 Jul 2025
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"You take risks without thinking," In-ho mused as he watched Gi-hun's fingers tighten around his last chip. "That's why you always lose."
"And yet, here I am. Still playing."
The faintest smirk curled around In-ho’s lips. "Because you don't know how to stop." He leaned in, voice quiet but dangerous. "Tell me, Gi-hun—what happens when there's nothing left to bet but yourself?"
Gi-hun is drowning in debt, In-ho is swimming in wealth as the owner of an exclusive high-stakes casino. Two worlds that should never collide—until one desperate gamble pulls Gi-hun into a life he has yet to understand.
But when the devil asks you to play, can you really afford to say no?
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14 Jul 2025
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*FIX IT FIC*
*Under reconstruction - light edits per chapter*
In-ho makes a different choice before Gi-hun can. He breaks protocol. Starts the evacuation early.
After the Game, Gi-hun and In-ho are two men carrying the same kind of broken—grief-torn, guilt-heavy, and haunted by the choices that kept them breathing. What begins as excruciatingly fragile proximity deepens into something unshakable: a child who needs them both, feelings neither of them dare to name, and the terrifying, hard-won hope that they might still be worthy of joy. Orbiting the wreckage of who they used to be, they begin again—not cleanly, but together.
But peace doesn’t come easy. Not when the past hunts them with a badge and a grudge. Not when the line between guilt and forgiveness won’t stay still. As secrets unravel and old wounds split open, Gi-hun and In-ho must fight harder than ever—not for survival this time, but for a future they finally believe they deserve.
Prequel 1: The Brotherhood Scar
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- Part 2 of Brotherhood, Masks, and Surviving
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13 Jul 2025
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“No, when you—when you smile like that,” Gi-hun says, shuddering. “It makes me miss him.”
“Who?” In-ho asks. He can’t help it, Gi-hun always piques his curiosity. “Jung-bae sshi? Sang-woo sshi?” He uses their real names for once. After hearing some of Gi-hun’s stories on the rare occasions he felt like sharing, In-ho can't help but use their names in place of their numbers. It makes In-ho feel like he knows them, too.
He's often thought about shooting Jung-bae with shaking hands, watching the hopelessness in his eyes as he turned to face Gi-hun. But what felt like pricks of guilt then, feels like sharp pains in his chest these days. He rolls around at night, and thinks, and feels. It’s a mystery why.
In-ho looks at Gi-hun sitting in front of him, the visceral reaction to Jung-bae’s name still strong as ever.
Is it really a mystery anymore? The influence of Seong Gi-hun and the thousand souls he carries with him is quite strong.
or: gi-hun and in-ho make it out alive, but gi-hun wants nothing to do with the latter. unfortunately, in-ho has other plans.
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11 Jul 2025
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He wasn’t sure why Gi-hun’s time in the limousine stuck with him. He remembered watching him fight against the gas, asking the same question over and over. It hadn’t been the first time he’d been asked who he was– who they were. But maybe it was the first time it had been asked with such desperation. Gi-hun had been angry, but the bite of his words weren’t sharp. His words were a consistent dull gnaw at the back of In-ho’s mind.
Or, Hwang In-ho doesn't practice the self-discipline he likes to pretend he has.
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10 Jul 2025
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Fly Me to the Moon and Drop Me to the Ground by WeirdAddictions
Fandoms: Squid Game (TV 2021)
30 Aug 2025
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Gi-hun, trapped and betrayed, faces the horrifying truth about Young-il, the man he thought was a friend.
“Why me? Because you let me,” Young-il said, his voice steady and cutting. “You trusted me. You opened the door. You gave me the power to hurt you. And I used it.”
Between deadly games, impossible choices, and philosophical battles about power and survival, Gi-hun is forced to confront not only the system that created the games—but what he is willing to become in order to stop it.
Because the line between justice and vengeance is razor-thin. And once you cross it—there’s no going back.
(The author says: "Alexa, play Toxic!")
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08 Jul 2025
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"He thought about Gi-hun, who was probably dead by now. After all, the world ate goodness. Consumed it like an animal eats raw meat, feeds on it and tears it up and destroys it. Who would know that better than In-ho? His wife, Gi-hun, these people were the type that the world swallowed whole.
And empty, rotten people like Hwang In-ho? Well, he'd probably live forever."
Hwang In-ho encounters Seong Gi-hun more than once, and each time, Gi-hun wedges himself deeper inside his mind. In-ho has been devoid of personhood for years, since his wife's death, but hope is a powerful thing. So, too, is love.
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02 Jul 2025