#Dreamus

[goofyahhdream]

dreamus: crowley aren't you a cigarette for an accident?

crowley: ????

dreamus: so why in that case i want to set you on-...

dreamus: wait hold on sounds too angelical

/after 30 years or so/

dreamus: hey Crowley))

crowley: ?

dreamus: aren't you a lighter for an accident?))0

criowley: oh...

dreamus: SO WHY IN THAT CASE IM ON FIRE FROM YOUR HOTNESS YESSSS [proud dreamus noises]

[yeesiine]

ثم انقضت تلك السنون و أهلها فكأنها و كأنهم أحلام

These bygone days fled so fast like a sweet dream too good to last

[maerakea]

"Wednesday's child is full of woe"

[milgram-tournament]

MILGRAM Best Song Tournament, Round 1, Match 6 ALL KNOWING AND ALL AGONY vs. TEAR DROP

Propaganda for both options under the cut!

Propaganda for AKAA:

"AKAA is wonderful song with such bitter irony, bc that doesn't look like song someone who was voted inno… And we know more about Haruka! we see his mother! AND "MAKE MY DREAMU COME TRUE"??? NO I AM NOT CRYING YOU ARE CRYING (also I should say this is first song i heard and I love AKAA so, so much <3 let's do it <3)"

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1. It establishes so much of Haruka's character and backstory that was omitted from Weakness!! It helps shape Haruka's character so much and really helped with voting.

2.THE VOCALS OH MY GOD. This song really lets the voice of Haruka's VA shine!! It has some really nice growls but also has that soft part in the bridge!!

Overall it's just really good I love Haruka Sakurai

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Propaganda for AKAA:

Definitely one of the most hype songs from T2

The vocals are Banging

Absolutely love the taxidermy symbolism

Haruka is a sad little puppy

Everyone stand for the Mommy Issues Athem 🫡

Propaganda for TEAR DROP:

"yuno kashiki enthusiast here anyways tear drop propaganda WE BALL

let's start off with the lyrics! holy fuck, i'm so glad yuno finally got to say what she's wanted to say!!

and she fully shows the fact that she does compensated dating through the lyrics ("the wanted wanting the wanted")

and even if it sounds like she's scolding the audience for the song, she's also scolding her clients! they only perceive her as a certain type of character and deciding that's all she is. She's upset that we decided based on how "naïve" she looked instead of her actual crime (to be honest, I could write a whole analysis into why her murder is perfect for her character anywa) and she doesn't care what will happen to her, she needs her opinions heard

also kinda rap section?? banger fr

THE VISUALS!! GOOD LORD THE VISUALS!!! THEY ARE SO BANGER!!! they're really pretty and gosh i literally don't know what to say, the scene where vampire is in the background and it transitions to yuno sitting on her bed... the pink tinted glasses (YES FUCK I LOVE THAT MAN!!!!) THE COAT!! THOSE INBETWREN SCENES i'm obbing

AND THE INSTRUMENTAL!! PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU ALL LISTEN TO THE INSTRUMRNTAL OF HER SONG THERES SO MANY SMALL DETAILS!! SIRENS, TEAR DROPS RAHHH THE CLAPS/CLICKING TJE TECHNO PIANO GUITAR??? THE INSTRIMENTS I CANT NAME I THINK THEY ALL HAVE SOME READON OF BEING IN THE SONG AND I WILL FIND OUT IN AN ANAKYSIS POST I JUDT LOVE IT AUEUEU

literally tear drop is the banger ever i listen to this shit religiously thank you for listening to my tear drop propaganda"

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-Yuno’s voice. Enough said. -The imagery in the MV is brilliantly used, and doesn’t shy away from the horrors of Yuno’s line of work. -Vampire cameo!!! -Almost Lo-Fi vibes to the instrumental?? I can’t really explain it but it’s a vibe and I’m 100% here for it,

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"For teardrop: The pink aesthetic in the MV as a whole makes it super nice to look at :D"

[sonobeunitsarecool]

Milgram LINE stickers - Haruka

Figured I'd translate the stickers. Some of them are absolutely hilarious and others are just kinda sad. They can be bought from here: arma bianca LINE stickers Starting off with Haruka, T1 and T2!

* This says 遥かな夢を. The full line from the song is: "大きく羽ばたく遥かな夢を ぼく、かなえるからね" (In the English subtitles, that was translated to "I promise to make my dreaMU come true", but more literally it's "I'll grant that faraway dream that spreads its wings wide") 大きく羽���たく遥かな夢を uses the characters in Haruka and Muu's given names: 櫻井　遥 - Sakurai Haruka (his given name is its own topic, really) 楠　夢羽 - Kusunoki Muu It's a pun, pretty much. Oddly enough, he uses all the kanji in that part properly, even when he doesn't use the kanji for "boku"/"I". Implies that Muu has been teaching him some characters, particularly their names.

[coffee-without-anesthetics]

so. we know how milgram tries to alter our perception of characters through the MVs to make us vote Guilty? lyrics are, of course, a part of that until recently I haven't tried checking out if the MVs provide any other language, and would you look at that, with Trial 2 progressing on they've hired more translators, one of them doing it into French!

and you know me, i'm a translator myself who speaks french too, so I took it upon myself to check how much do the official english lyrics overlap with those french ones. as i found out, very little!

therefore i present to you, All Knowing And All Agony, from japanese to french back to english! translated by yours truly

in order to shorten this post, only lyrics different enough from the english ones are included.

if you want to use this translation anywhere, i wish to be credited!

Don’t leave me alone, don’t leave me -> Don't leave me, I want to stay with you

You never called me by my name Instead you kept calling me “hopeless" -> [unchanged] (though now written in present tense) -> Calling me a "disappointment", it became your habit

You were always comparing me to someone else You were always generous, except towards me -> You were comparing me to someone else -> You were always kind, except towards me

I will definitely make you love me again -> I'll do anything to regain your love (for me)

I wasn’t wrong, I wasn’t wrong Please don’t say that I am a loser Hug me again as you once did -> I'm not an error, I'm not an error -> Please don't laugh while treating me like a loser [1] -> Take me into your arms (hug me) like you did before

I just wanted to be your good boy Why am I crying again? -> I didn't want to disappoint [2] -> Who's responsable for these tears?

If with one click, and I can reset everything Can I be your favorite this time? -> If, by clicking on a button, I could be reborn -> Could I become your child prodigy this time?

Don’t wipe me out, don’t wipe me out I just want to be your good boy I will keep on killing to be a good boy -> I don't want to die, I don't want to die -> Even in this unjust life, my dreams will survive -> Even if I have to steal it, I'll obtain it [3]

I can’t stop, I can’t stop -> It's all I have, it's all I can do

Mommy, look, I’ve done great “There there, my good boy!” I promise to make my dreaMU come true -> Mom, look, you see I'm so strong! [4] -> "Come hug me, my good boy!" -> Even if it's far (from becoming real), I promise to you I'll realize my dream [5]

Don’t leave me alone, don’t leave me Why was I born to be me? Why does it hurt so much? -> Don't leave me, I want to stay with you -> Why have I become what I am now? Why does it hurt so much?

I wasn’t wrong, I wasn’t wrong -> I was right, I was right [6]

If with one click, and I can reset everything I want to be your favorite next -> If, by clicking on a button, I could be reborn -> Could I become your child prodigy next time?

and here come all the notes

the word I'm translating as "loser" (un raté) here, were I the most direct possible, would be more along the lines of "the failed one" or "the failure"

should be noted that the verb "to disappoint" and "to deceive" are the same in french

i am uncertain as to what the "it" here references. it can't be "love" because in french, that's a masculine noun and the "it" is feminine. it's just a side observation, but the word jewelry (bijouterie) and affection are feminine though

sounds weird in english, but the essence is "im super strong, i'm so cool! look at how great i am!"

they maintained the dreaMU joke if you're wondering, though the word they changed isn't "dream" but "my" (mon -> MUn)

this is more of a derailment, but "to be right" in french is, literally, "to have reason"

[dearmahiru-archive]

okay, obligitaory "dearmahiru is delirious about mahiru" but—do you think kazui will mention mahiru in cat?

while the female prisoners reference their original song ( hooked up till the morning to this sweet “umbilical cable” / and don’t look for what lies “after and from” the pain / my lethal weapon: “this is how to be in love with you”), the male prisoners reference a different character ( I promise to make my dreaMU come true / to extract that fang, now)

it's hinted by jackalope that kazui purposely didn't protect mahiru from the attacks despite promising her that he would, and i feel like spotlighting that would be really good in cat. i'm excited!

[tokyogruel]

so this part in all knowing agony says

boku, kanae ruka ra ne

but if you listen really closely, haruka pronounces it differently. he rolls over the "ru" very quickly (which sounds like a purr) and pronounces "ne" as "nai" so let me just

this is right after the line "ill make your dreaMU come true" / 大きく羽ばたく遥かな夢を

[1moremilgram-enjoyer]

Haruka T1 Cover - Two Breaths Walking

Time to continue my quest of trying to figure out what the connections between the prisoners and their cover songs are! This time, we have a character I'm not super familiar with, but at least a somewhat easy to understand song. Haruka's Trial 1 cover, Two Breaths Walking!

CW Metaphorical stabbing and literal murder, animal cruelty

The easiest connection to draw between the singer of this song and Haruka is the theme of childishness and maturity.

“This is Page 1 of the process of my evolution.”

(Translation)

(The 'process of evolution' would be the process of growing up, maturing and learning. Thus, they're at the start of said process)

“Hey, mama, I found someone I like.” “Congratulations”

“Papa, Mama, Niina…” “Well done.” “I’m going out now.”

(Speaking to one's parents and seeking their validation for their actions is usually a trait associated with children. Note, 'niina' is a way to read '27', so they're speaking to DECO*27... I guess)

The singer finds someone they like, but in their inexperience, they end up accidentally hurting their lover.

The words I just learned become a knife that pierces through you Tearing your life to pieces

The only person I can think of that Haruka hurt accidentally would be his mother, who he distressed by killing all those animals and the girl in search of her attention, as well as stealing her pearl necklace.

[Weakness] You praised me by saying “You’re crazy.” Thank you, I’ll do my best How many more times do I have to do this so I can be human?

[Metamorphosis of the Weak] Haruka:  I felt uneasy about it this whole time… Someone as worthless as me having killed someone to gain attention, and a person who surely had more worth and more of a future than me, at that…

(Note: To clarify, Haruka's mother hurt him a lot more than he hurt her, and Haruka hurt his victims more than his mother, but the only one Haruka hurt accidentally was his mother)

Therefore, weird as it sounds to say it, Haruka would be singing this to his mother, probably.

The ending... is a bit weird if that's the case, admittedly. See, in Two Breaths Walking, after accidentally hurting their lover, the protagonist decides to help them by "kissing" them so they can breathe on their breath.

You’ll live by sucking in my breath from now on Your words have already rusted in the saliva Hey, suck in my breath again now I try to say “I love you,” but Instead I’m living my whole life as a sort of oxygen tank Suck in the words I've spit out and breathe no more

What's happening here, in my opinion, is that the protagonist wants to be so important to their lover, that they cannot be abandoned. Their lover will need them to survive, since they've become their 'oxygen tank'. That's what Two Breaths Walking means, two people who breathe together and are thus inseparable. No matter what the lover tries to say, their words 'rust in the saliva', they can't be heard, because the protagonist has made it impossible for them to separate. Even though, as you'll notice if you think about it, you can't breathe another person's breath; it's carbon dioxide, not oxygen, so the lover would end up suffocated.

It's important to notice, though, the protagonist isn't doing this intentionally. They genuinely think they're helping, that their love is healing the other person, and so they must keep doing what they're doing.

Applied to Haruka, while the kissing imagery gets a bit awkward with the mother thing, we do have the theme of not wanting to be abandoned:

[AKAA] Don’t leave me alone, don’t leave me [...] I will definitely make you love me again [...] Can I be your favorite this time? I will definitely make you love me again

As well as Haruka doing something he thinks will make his mother happy, not realizing that's not quite the case. In this case, that would be killing animals + the girl.

[AKAA] Mommy, look, I’ve done great “There there, my good boy!” I promise to make my dreaMU come true I wasn’t wrong, I wasn’t wrong Please don’t say that I am a loser

Get it? I think it works well enough. Admittedly I am not a big Haruka understander, so if someone has more insight on his possible connections (or any other prisoner's, for that matter), feel free to share!

That's all I have to say for this one. Take care!

[goofyahhdream]

Dreamus talking to his husband

[missrandomdreamer]

*KICKS DOWN YOUR DOOR* YALL @dreamuchuu HAS MADE A FECKIN MASTERPIECE OF THE TWO BABES!! LOOK AT THEM!

Dreamu has done it again and they have done such a beautiful damn job with these two babies. They have been working so-so hard on this picture for me, and I fucking appreciate it so much. They are so damn sweet and so incredible! Dreamu puts so much love into their art it really fuckin shows. They really care about getting the OC just right and making everything perfect its just skdfjaslkjf thank you hun! <3

I am so in love with this picture, its exactly how I pictured Hope and Heis first kiss to be. The lighting, the mood, the warmth everything about this picture is just fucking amazing. It just makes me so happy and brings so much comfort to me <3

Thank you so so much again to @dreamuchuu! I am always blown away and in awe of your work hun! <3

If ya'll havent checked out their work go do it!! They are friggin amazing!!

[bpfineartzine]

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[trophygony]

Translated the french translation of AKAA into english, because it 1- is more accurate to the original lyrics 2-contains some pretty interesting additions

note: the french lyrics are sometimes grammatically wrong or sound off: ex: "pourquoi je suis" (correct in spoken, not in written) instead of "pourquoi suis-je"

Don't leave me alone, I want to stay with you

Why was I born like this? Why does it hurt so much?

Calling me a "disappointment" became your habit

You never call me by my name

You always compared me to someone else

You were always kind, except to me

I'll do everything to gain back your love

I'm not a mistake, I'm not a mistake

Don't joke about calling me a failure*1

Hold me in your arms like you did before

Don't leave me, I want to stay with you

Why was I born like this? Why does it hurt so much?

I didn't want to disappoint,

Who's responsible for these tears?

If i could be reborn at the push of a button

This time, would I become your prodigy?

I'll do everything to gain back your love

I don't want to die, I don't want to die

Even in this unfair life, my dreams will survive

Even if i have to steal (it/her), I'll get (it/her)*2

It's all I have. It's all I can do.

Am I still INNOCENT?

Mama, look,

I'm so strong!

"Come to my arms, my good boy"

Even if it's far away, i promise you i'll make my dreaMU come true*3



I'm not a mistake, I'm not a mistake

Don't joke about calling me a failure

Hold me in your arms like you did before

Don't leave me, I want to stay with you

Why did i become what i am?*4

Why does it hurt so much?

I was right. I was right.

If i could be reborn at the push of a button

Next time, would I become your prodigy?

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1-* Could also be translated as "Don't laugh while calling me a failure?"

2-* This part is really confusing. The first part explicitly mentions "her" (It could refer to a person, but it could also refer to "this unfair life" since in french it's a feminine word). The second part is a singular pronoun. It's implied that the two pronouns refer to the same thing, which makes the second one "her" as well.

(imo it could also be mistranslated and the second part refers to dreams, which should be written as "même s'il faut que je LA vole, je LES obtiendrai" instead of "je L'obtiendrai")

3-* Explicitly mentions a "you" he makes the promise to. And yup, the Mu part is written as "MUn rêve", pretty much the same in english.

4-* It doesn't say "who" (qui), but "what" (ce que)

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[csmeanerr]

one of the many 2k symmetry tool nebnom's owner has this stated in their TH profile... "Note to self: Once paid off we'll be looking to rehome. Exception on dreamue favs; usually we don't allow these" I cant seem to add a link but the nebnom DA masterlist under "demigods" has multiple of these monstrosities with sheaths

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