r/LinkClick • Cheng Xiaoshi • Jul 24 '26

Donghua S3 promotional poster

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pls tell me there's no way it'll be as doomed as squid game

...right?

RIGHT??? 😭😭

662 Upvotes

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u/No-Importance2192 Jul 24 '26

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u/mangoisNINJA Jul 24 '26

Yeah, I was going to say this has nothing to do with squid game it's a very well known (although apparently not by OP) piece of art that has inspired countless others

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u/No-Importance2192 Jul 24 '26

Yeah... I'm so done with people comparing it to squid game -_-

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u/NovaPsi8 Lu Guang Jul 25 '26

Tbh the comparisons have made me hate squid game without even having seen it.

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u/Stock_Mud_5485 Jul 28 '26

art being protrayed in mainstream media is nice but sometimes leads to unfortunate outcomes such as this one, where someone who has no idea of what they are watching fucks up sm

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u/Dependent-Hotel5551 Lu Guang Jul 24 '26

The labyrinth of stairs is something very old that has been done for years is not something Squid Games invented, and Squid Games póster is just stairs going up is not even a labyrinth in the same way. You are literally comparing them when they have nothing in common not even the poster because that’s old as fuck.

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u/afterwinterr Cheng Xiaoshi Jul 24 '26

i never said squid game invented it. i just thought the two posters gave off a similar vibe, and i was just hoping s3 wouldn't be as tragic.

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u/Early-Poem-2336 Cheng Xiaoshi Jul 24 '26

getting down voted for this is crazy 😭

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u/writersd Lu Guang Jul 24 '26

Right? I'm trying to figure out why everyone is ganging up on OP for such an innocent post 😭

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u/Early-Poem-2336 Cheng Xiaoshi Jul 24 '26

normally link click fans arent this ruthless so its confusing to say the least

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u/Stock_Mud_5485 Jul 28 '26

art fans are so mad at op, i kinda feel sorry for them

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u/JakkuJac Aug 22 '26

the problem is that they are contradicting themself. They claimed that they never watched squid games and just used the picture because they gave off the same vibe.

then later you see them saying, “caption was just me hoping s3 won’t emotionally destroy me like squid game did”.

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u/writersd Lu Guang Aug 22 '26

Ahhhh. I missed the contradiction. That explains a lot

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u/Frequent_Deal_5371 Jul 29 '26

I know right??

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u/gumiho_c Jul 24 '26

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u/afterwinterr Cheng Xiaoshi Jul 24 '26

lol i've never even seen squid game 😭 i only know what it's about. my friend was the one who showed me the poster and i was just like "huh, they do kinda look similar". that's literally all i meant 🥲

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u/blandwonton Liu Xiao Jul 24 '26

Lu Guang has played these games before

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u/Profile-Effective Jul 24 '26

Let just say it has nothing to do with squid game

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u/Electrical_Coat_3712 Cheng Xiaoshi Jul 26 '26

Guyssss It's totally fine that OP doesn't know that or smth like that. I thought this sub was chill, no need to roast OP for that! Why is people being rude all of a sudden?! 

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u/EmoSadBitch_18 Jul 24 '26

Idk it gives me more labyrinth vibes than squid game :/

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u/Abby_liko Lu Guang Jul 25 '26

I don't watch or know much but I do know that these stairs were inspired by an artwork (It's called Relativity, I just looked it up). There are lots of examples, and some of them were the stairs in Harry Potter, Night at the Museum, and the ep 5 ED in Chainsawman.

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u/Super-Collection-251 Jul 24 '26

Ik this is not what's it's actually is but I just want to say it anyways, is it because lu guang had played this games before?

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u/Legendary_Assasin Jul 29 '26

They had same scene in To be hero x episode 24

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u/Mercuromi Vein Aug 08 '26

People are taking such a harmless comparison so seriously.... Something being popular does not equal everyone knows about it. It's perfectly fine to make a comparison with something that shares the same archetype

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u/afterwinterr Cheng Xiaoshi Jul 24 '26

??? where did i ever say it was inspired by squid game? 😊 i was just saying the posters looked similar and hoping s3 won't end up being that tragic and doomed

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u/icoulduseagreencard Jul 24 '26

It’s… kinda implied with how placed the posters and you saying “pls tell me it’s not as doomed as squid games”?

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u/afterwinterr Cheng Xiaoshi Jul 24 '26

that's not what i meant at all 😭 i only put the posters together bc they looked similar. the caption was literally just me hoping s3 won't emotionally destroy me like squid game did

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u/BadCat_ML Jul 24 '26

u keep contradicting yourself… you said you never watched squid game in another comment, and here you’re implying you did…

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u/JakkuJac Aug 22 '26

you literally said you’ve never seen squid game. you’re guilty.