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- I... Like... You!
- — Thanos flirting with Mi-na
ForkBee is the het ship between Choi Su-bong "Thanos" and Kang Mi-na from the Squid Game fandom.
Canon[]
Thanos and Mi-na are both participants of the 2024 Squid Game, Thanos being Player 230 and Mi-na Player 196. Mi-na becomes the interest of Thanos, who pursues and flirts with her during their brief interactions. At first, she rejects him but eventually is amused by his advances.
Mi-na and Thanos complain
When Mi-na raises her jacket in the air and complains about her outfit, Thanos joins in to complain about his limited-edition shoes, which Mi-na turns to look at. Right after his comment, Mi-na adds that her jacket is the wrong size and that she hates the color, asking for the guard’s instead. It seems this is when Thanos starts getting interested in Mi-na.
Thanos stares at Mi-na
After he confronts Myung-gi, he angrily storms off but walks right past Mi-na (who was standing near and watching the scene) and his expression changes as he stares at her, supposedly checking her out but Mi-na brushes it off.
Thanos and Mi-na look at each other
While Thanos gathers up fans to take a picture with, he invites Mi-na to join, but she shows disinterest and twirls her hair before walking away, which Thanos makes an almost disappointed expression at. While going to the first game, Mi-na can be seen looking at Thanos from afar. He stares back then excitedly pushes Nam-gyu so he can get to where she is.
- Thanos – “Hey, señorita. Don't you know who I am?”
- Mina – “Do I have to?”
- Thanos – “No, you don't. We can get to know each other now. Where do you live, how old are you?”
Thanos flirts with Mi-na
He catches up and as they enter the grounds, he greets her, calling her señorita. Making playful flirtatious movements, he asks her if she knows who he is, which amuses her. She responds rhetorically asking if she should know. Thanos says it’s fine, and claims they should get to know each other, asking where she lives and how old she is. Mi-na looks him up and down and asks if he’s trying to flirt.
- “In the sea of faces you caught my eye / My beauty my flower blooming among weeds / Red, orange, yellow, green, I'm a legend Thanos / Look at us in this blue-green / Now give me the green light”
- — Thanos' rap for Mi-na
Thanos tells Mi-na he likes her
Thanos begins rapping for her, lyrics including how he feels power between them and Mi-na being his “beauty flower” “among the weeds”. Mi-na seems amused throughout this. He brags and introduces himself in the rap as Thanos. Once he’s done, he makes a heart with his fingers and says in English, “I.. like.. you!” and wiggles his eyebrow.
Thanos and Mi-na mock Gi-hun’s warnings
Mi-na is seen amused, but she responds by scoffing then pointing into the distance at the doll Young-hee, asking what it is. In this sequence, Mi-na and Thanos are among the players to mock Gi-hun’s warnings. They stand next to each other and laugh at Gi-hun in mockery, claiming him crazy and drunk.
- “He knows you're a flower. There's a bee on you.”
- — Thanos tells Mi-na there's a bee on her neck
In the first game they stick together. Thanos takes note of the dangers, and Mi-na remarks wondering if Gi-hun is high. Thanos responds that Gi-hun isn’t, which prompts her to asks Thanos if he's been high before - he asks her if she's interested. A bee lands on Mi-na’s neck, which makes her uncomfortable, querying what it is. Thanos, on edge, notices and tells her the bee must know she's a flower and that it's landed on her. Mi-na freaks out and starts moving, which makes Thanos’ expression change. Mi-na, lightheartedly, turns to Thanos and curses about how she moved, but her movement was detected, so a bullet flies through her forehead, resulting in her death as the first elimination. Her blood splatters on Thanos and he is visibly shocked. As Gi-hun continues to warn players to remain motionless, Thanos, still shocked, looks down at Mi-na’s corpse, which he gasps and widens his eyes at but because of this he gets the idea to kill the other players later on in Red Light, Green Light.
Thanos staring at the ground where Mi-na’s corpse fell
After the pandemonium following Mi-na’s death, a shot shows him still looking down at the ground where Mi-na’s corpse fell in trepidation. After this, Thanos opens his cross necklace to take a colorful pill.
Fanon[]
Despite their small interactions, ForkBee is a popular and well-known ship in the Squid Game fandom.
Fans were saddened by Mi-na’s death and enjoyed her scenes with Thanos and the chemistry they shared, finding them cute together. Fans hoped for a chaotic duo and a romance with Thanos continually flirting with her. Fans felt Mi-na would’ve eventually liked him back if she hadn’t died. The fact Thanos kept trying to win Mi-na over while it seemed like she was acting uninterested fueled the shipping. Their moments and dynamic were endearing to viewers. Thanos and Mi-na are also popular and viral characters, which led to the ship gaining more popularity and people pairing them together more, and Thanos's scenes with Mi-na became widely known, even to people who hadn't watched Squid Game. Shippers felt that they would have a great romance if Mi-na hadn’t died, so some see the ship as tragic since Thanos caused her death with his comment. Fans also like the ship due to the visuals they have together, and the fact they both shared complaints toward the guards with a similar attitude.
ForkBee's ship names include ThanoMina, ThaMina, 196230, 230196, Thanos and bee girl, 196 x 230, BeeFork, or King Fork and Queen Bee, although an official ship name appears to be ForkBee. There are countless ForkBee and edits (both romantic or platonic) on social media and compilations of their moments are popular on video-sharing platforms like YouTube, with fans expressing their love for the ship in comments.
Fans have made a popular joke about the fork and bee, references to Thanos and Mi-na’s deaths, so the ship is represented by the 🐝 and 🍴emojis, with people joking saying “What the fork, just let them bee” and other variations of the pun under videos about the two. Some even jokingly ship the bee and fork together. Another popular joke involves fans using a line in the song Stephanie by Nafeesisboujee, “I think we’re meant to be, but I fucked up, definitely” but writing it as “I think we’re meant to bee, but I forked up, definitely”. Said song is also used in edits of ForkBee, referencing how Thanos flirted and pursued Mina and messed up by telling her about the bee on her, causing her death, reflecting the possible guilt or shock he felt. The song is also used for other ships in Squid Game, such as 555.
The ship rivals other pairings, most notably Thangyu (as well as other ships like ShyPills and Thanmi.) Some people ship Thanos, Nam-gyu, and Mi-na together as a poly or platonic pairing. ForkBee as a platonic ship is also popular, as some people ship Thangyu and Semina instead. Some dislike ForkBee since Thanos inadvertently caused Mi-na's death, but it is argued that he was unaware of the deadly consequences in the game and was shocked when she started moving. Some viewers call Thanos a playboy and point out Mi-na wasn’t the only person he flirted with as a counterargument against the ship, claiming he didn’t care about her. However, it seemed that Thanos truly liked Mi-na, and some people theorize one of the reasons he took the pill during Red Light, Green Light was to forget about Mi-na’s death.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Mi-na/Thanos tag on AO3
- TIKTOK
- Thanos x Mina tag on TikTok
- Thanos x Mina posts on TikTok
- Forkbee tag on TikTok
- Beefork tag on TikTok
- 196x230 tag on TikTok
- 230x196 tag on TikTok
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| • Squid Game Ships ▴ Squid Game Characters ▪ | ||
| SHIPS | het | 555 • 07069 • DaeJu • Eulseok • ForkBee • GiSeon • HyuHun • HyunSales • Hyunseok • HyunSik • NyeoSu • Semigyu • Seminsu • Thanmi |
| slash | 457 • 324250 • Alihun • Aliwoo • Daeggyi • DaeHun • FrontOfficer • Frontsales • Juncruiter • JunHun • MathHun • SalesHun • Sangihun • ShyPills • Thanggi • Thangyu | |
| femslash | Hyunmi • HyunNyeo • Jibyeok • Semina | |
| poly | FrontSalesHun • Gihun's Harem • Red Flag Magnet | |
| family | Hwang Bros | |
| friendship | Gi-hun's Team • JeongWoo • SaeHun • SaeWoo • Thanos Team | |
| cargo | Front Man x Whiskey • Gi-hun x Umbrella • The Salesman x Gun • Young-mi x Door | |
| CHARACTERS | female | Cho Hyun-ju • Se-mi |
| male | Hwang In-ho • The Salesman • Seong Gi-hun • Thanos | |