#mikoto is in my head

[nootsushi]

[wiklm]

worlds worst polycule

[oceanwithouthermoon]

that anon confession about how the psychics shouldve stayed as just toritsuka and saiki isnt something ive ever thought about before but it is making me now think about how... i probably wouldn't like saiki k as much if aiura didnt exist

i really believe that the three psychics were a necessary balance. toritsuka is arguably more important as a foil to saiki, but the vibe of the second season wouldve been totally different without aiura.

the protagonist who sees himself as selfish, and who does his best for others for the most part but really IS selfish at times because of his lack of hope in humanity, and then the perverted psychic who legitimately only uses his powers for selfish reasons until he meets the protagonist. thats already a good balance, but saiki doesnt benefit much from that. and then comes the psychic who is selfless to a fault and does TOO MUCH for the sake of others. NOW saiki is benefiting from this trio dynamic.

[thechibilitwick]

bored

[iris-drawing-stuff]

Yeah! Danganronpa Amane! Looking at the DR wiki all the Lil Ultimate titles all seem to correspond to a class subject (Lil Ultimate Homeroom, Social Studies etc.), so I made her the Lil Ultimate Faith studies.

I'm picturing her as the blackened of a case. I think she'll really kill (heh) at that role. Especially since my favorite Amane moments are when snaps (like when she attacked Es with scissors).

I also made a pointing sprite for Mikoto.

I used the cult's symbol from Magic and the balloon in Purge March for her school symbol. Here's the symbols (you can use it if you want)

[good-beans]

Coping with round 7 by picturing normal au Milgram characters as Alien Stage fans. Not all of them are super into it, but have heard about it from the ones that are big fans. It's very fun to picture scenes of them discussing and getting emotional about a youtube based gradual release music video story project, 10/10 would recommend

Haruka*: Big fan of Sua, even though she makes him so sad. He's obsessed with Sweet Dream, and listens to that and My Clematis all the time.

Yuno: A tie between Ivan and Luka as her favorite character. Probably the one to get the most into the worldbuilding, knowing the minor characters and aliens' names.

Fuuta**: Is genuinely a big Till fan, but pretends he's an even bigger Till fan out of fear people will discover his huge crush on Hyuna. He went crazy over both versions of All-In.

Muu*: Likes Luka but is too afraid to sound like a fan of the antagonist, so she mostly focuses on her love of Mizi. Both because of the characters and the song itself, she really enjoys Ruler of My Heart.

Shidou: A fan of Mizi for obvious reasons, but really enjoys the melancholy of Black Sorrow and Cure

Mahiru*: Mizi all the way. She's going through it in a series about doomed romance, but she still loves it. Enjoys Mizi x Till, Hyuna x Luka, and any rarepair that passes her by.

Kazui: Yeah... Ivan... I don't think he'd be huge into the series, but if he did get deeper, I think he'd be really intrigued by Luka. Likes Black Sorrow, wasn't as into Cure as he expected.

Amane**: Has mixed feelings about the religion/love thing going on, but really likes Mizi and her songs. Really enjoys the cover songs and hearing characters sing things differently.

Mikoto: Genuinely likes the cast evenly, but if he had to pick he'd pick Till because he really enjoys the faster songs like Unknown and Blink Gone.

Kotoko: Recognizes that she's a lot like Hyuna, but Till's wildness makes him her favorite. She saw Till's death coming so she's more thrilled with Blink Gone than upset with the story

Es: Really loves Hyuna. They love the familial story with her brother and also think she's a cool character. Ivan is a close second specifically because they love his voice.

*has gotten choked up/teared up at an mv release

**has gotten choked up/teared up at an mv release and viciously denies it

[ruptinea]

sketch request of horror mido if that's okay :0?

its cornstarch

[04dissection]

So I'm not sure if anyone else had this assumption, though I think the MV frames it this way and this it what I had believed for a while- the assumption that Mikoto had been cornered in some way by John at the end of Double(This is, of course, assuming the 'green' colored one is Mikoto and the 'pink' colored one is John). Like here, this is what we see:

Yeah. He is very much againist that train car door. But that's not at the end of the train- that's the door that leads outside. And if we see here with John- who tries VERY HARD TO HIDE THIS FACT:

I cut out his chest sorry about that. Don't want to get censored.

But he's also againist a train car door. For quick reference, as even if it isn't neccesarily Here the train cars seem mostly identical outside of the blood-

-Yeah.

Anyways, let's check that running scene again!

The train is flipped- they're running towards one another, not one or both away from the other.

...Okay. But why. Maybe you already knew that Mikoto wasn't 'cornered' or anything.

Well, if they had turned to face each other, in about the middle of the train car where the doors are... So if they're meeting in the FUCKING MIDDLE-

[good-beanswrites]

Fuuta and Mikoto would both become down bad so easily for their partners if the two were ever in relationships

It's TRUE 👏 Put these touch-starved, connection-starved, attention-starved, love-starved guys near Anyone that can provide that and they are going crazy. (I don’t think this was an official request but I really wanted to write headcanons for it anyway lmao)

When Fuuta has a crush/partner he’d (unknowingly) follow them around like a little puppy – he usually prefers online connections and avoids people in public, so he’s not used to enjoying in-person company so much. Though he’ll always speak up with his intense opinions, he starts initiating tons of conversations with that person, even about calm or meaningless topics. He just wants to be around them, he just wants to talk. He’s also not used to a lot of physical touch in any form, so he goes wild trying to get a chance to connect (intricate rituals and all that), but then the minute he comes in any sort of contact, he’s flustered enough to short circuit. He becomes a hundred times more competitive with them around, willing to push himself to his limits just for the chance of maybe impressing them. It doesn’t matter that he’d never flat-out admit his feelings – finding someone that makes him feel that way makes him Completely obsessed. 

When Mikoto has a crush/partner, the puppydog metaphor still works lmao. Mikoto’s always been friendly and touchy, and he becomes even moreso when there’s someone he likes. He’s usually good at dividing his attention and making sure everyone is happy, but it starts becoming clear to everyone that his attention is definitely favoring one person. The other big sign is that he leaps into Service Mode. Do they need help with that? Maybe they want someone else to take some of the load? Maybe he should surprise them with a little extra favors done around? What if they were big favors, too? Mikoto tells them all the time how much he cares about them, never shying away from a sappy love confession. The real clue that he’s in deep is he starts opening up about other things – not necessarily the big things he has on lockdown, but small moments of need/sadness/shame he’ll start to blurt out to them. (Whether they want to or not lol,) they become the person who knows him better than anyone else.

[speeshularts]

Well well, look who's inside again...

Went out to look for a reason to hide again...

[oh-no-its-bird]

"Oh god, she's here." "Who?" Kakashi tried to think of the kind of person who he might be upset to run into. "Your rival?" "Worse," Fugaku grumbled. "My fiance."

Chasing Shadows chapter 5 is now in progress!

[0809sysblings]

mikoto's system before killing that guy

[oceanwithouthermoon]

whole saiki gang hanging out one day and then aiura gets a call from toritsuka and her and saiki go in another room and come out like five minutes later like "brb guys we have to pretend to be toritsukas parents and get him out of jail" and everyones like ????

[thinkin-bout-milgram]

Episode 37: Pitlfalls

Disclaimer: I don’t take credit for the translations. These are from the official Milgram account and put on the comic for a more friendly viewing experience.

-mercury

[iris-drawing-stuff]

Does anyone else find Jackalope's T2 end report commentary on Mikoto empty/lacking? Like, suspiciously so?

For every other prisoner it feels like he has had something interesting to say about the audience's voting motivations and the potential consequences of their vote, but for 009 it's like he's dodging the question. (or maybe it's just that Mikoto's my favorite, so I pay more attention to what is said about him.)

Like, he could have made a comment about how all John sort of manipulating the question of voting from being Inno/Guilty to which alter should stay: Mikoto(who's did nothing wrong promise) or John(who did all the bad things really please believe him). Does he not want to acknowledge John as an individual separate from Mikoto who's words had an impact on Es and the audience's choices/perception?

But instead he just says shit about "ooooo think of the victims and some shit about his lack of memory" which is like, one of the less hard hitting or interesting things about you can say

[good-beans]

Pros of Milgram releasing song snippets at the beginning of each trial: it gives us info about the characters to start theorizing on throughout the trial instead of waiting a year to have ideas about the later prisoners, it gives us something to look forward to between songs, it lets us (slightly) prepare for the emotions we're getting ourselves into with each, and more!

Cons: It has been months of me vibrating with the thought "Double is going to kick ass" and it will continue for months!!!!