#muder is okay

[waterbottlqueen]

ritsu kageyama is significantly sillier than ppl make him seem in fan content

[prxdk]

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)

The Sandman (2022), 1x03 Dream a Little Dream of Me

[eldrichfuck666]

This song is super cool help I can't stop listening to it although it triggers my OCD and fucking insane fear of death but at the same time kinda makes me feel more calm about that very fact stated in the song. I'M SO HAPPY I DISCOVERED THIS SONG ON THE HELLISH APP SUCH AS TIKTOK AHHH IT'S A SHAME I HAVEN'T HEARD IT BEFOFE

[lavenderprose]

Hey

HEY

Why does Zelda have Link's HAIR TIE IN A CHEST IN HER OFFICE I'M???

[bubblebear5000]

stop i was just listening to true crime and i'm on an episode about the murder of gulielma sands in 1799 (around chirstmas time, she was found ~2 weeks later in 1800 in a well). they mentioned aaron burr and alexander hamilton because, yk, they were lawyers and they took the case. but anyway, they said smth about it being the first murder trial so i turned to google obvi and it said the first murder trial in the US was in 1800, the "Manhattan Well Murder". ANYWAY i got excited because lin-manuel mentioned it almost word-for-word how it was said in the podcast and i made the connection and i'm proud of myself, proceed with your day

[labyrynth]

i might be inclined to to give more credit to that “jgy tried to kill everyone at the burial mounds and he’s so evil” post if if the conclusion wasn’t so dumb, but more importantly, if op wasn’t the clown that also made that “jin guangyao is so manipulative he manipulated readers into liking him” take

[strmpt]

(dubiously) canon isnt enough i need to be the one to physically kill him

[chiara-hotel]

As Your Sibling

Characters: Ayaka + Ayato, Diluc, Childe, Wanderer/Scaramouche, Albedo + Klee, Qiqi & Diona

- You and Ayaka always go to festivals, (more like you force her since she doesn't get out much) - Ayato gives you weird stuff to try with Thoma - When the vision hunt decree hit, Ayaka and Ayato sent you away to Liyue or Fontaine - Thoma was really sad when you left-but knew it was best for your safey - Ayaka & Ayato had important roles so they had to stay within the region - Your vision would most likely be Electro or Anemo - While you were away, you sent letters through beidou & she passed them along to Thoma - After its all over you guys were back together again <3 - You spend more time with Ayaka, but Ayato still spends a lot of time with you aswell

- He would ignore you most of the time - You would most likely be another puppet of Ei's that was abandoned - Though you followed him anyway - While he was in the Fatui he'd check up on you, he said its because he needed something of yours but really he wanted to make sure you were okay - But he'd never admit that himself - Eventually after he became a god and such-you helped the traveler defeat him to make him normal again - After the whole thing is over & he regains his memory he apologizes to you - And then he stays with you and still has the help of Nahida - After that all happens hes a bit nicer towards you - And you guys go out often - For example if you wanted to see Nilou's dance than he'd go there with you - Your vision is probably Cryo, Anemo or Hydro Vision

- Kaeya would constantly tease you & Diluc - Diluc would save you from most of the teasing though - If you like alcohol, Diluc would give your drinks for free. If not then he'll give you grape juice-still for free - Venti would bother you about getting free wine, since you get free wine already-why can't the two of you share? - you probably have a dendro or geo vision

- Albedo would ask you to take care of klee a lot & make sure she stays out of trouble - If you helped Klee go fishblasting, Jean would send you to the room with Klee ( I forget what its called) - Albedo would teach you alchemy along with Sucrose - Sucrose would also try to help you learn when Albedos gone, you both would study together and talk - You most likely have a hydro vision or Geo vision

- He would buy ANYTHING you wanted, even if it was  7.8 billion - Best sibling in the whole world (except for the part where hes a muderer and probably has commited a lot of crimes) - He tries to keep fatui work away from you but you sometimes get caught in it - Would teach you self defensive skills to protect yourself - Though most of the Fatui know you are his sibling and to automatically stay away form you - Its more protection against the abyss order - Childe tells you stories about his life in the Fatui often-but not the colder ones - You probably have a Hydro vision or Electro Vision

- Would treat you whenever you get sick - You visit her and baizhu often, hes used to seeing your face around the shop - You try to help her remember everything but fail most times - You keep a journal on you in case Qiqi forgot hers (she does sometimes) - In that journal is mainly stuff about you though - Probably have a Hydro or Pyro vision

- She tells you about her plan to ruin the wine industry - You watch her suffer every time her drinks are amazing-which you also love to have them sometimes - If you do drink, she doesn't like it and would rather you do it without her knowledge - You have a Geo or Hydro vision

[emsroselover]

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 | 𝐉𝐉 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘴_ 𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘥

"good evening y/n/n! get up we have dinner plans" JJ says jumping on top of me, I let out a slight groan. this is the happiest i've seen him in awhile

"what's wrong y/n" jj asks, getting off of you and sitting beside you.

"Probably the fact you just jumped on top of me but what do you have planned today?" I ask him, turning to face him.

"You'll find out later, now get ready" he says, kissing your forehead. I nod my head and push him out of the room.

"c'mon y/n why can't i stay" jj whines

"that would be a bit perverted j" i say looking up at him

"nothing i haven't seen before" jj says smirking and walking out of your room. i scoff and shake my head grabbing something to wear

"Can you tell me where we're going now?" I ask as I walk down the stairs.

"You have to wait to see pretty lady" he says, walking over and wrapping his arms around my waist.

"What car are we taking?" I asked, grabbing his hand and walking towards my front door.

"The twinkie broke down so my bike" he says smiling.

"cool cool, promise me you won't try to kill me this time?" i joke

"that was one time y/n, i'm not gonna kill you" he says getting on the bike. I sat behind him wrapping my arms around his waist and pressing my cheek against his back.

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We make it to a hill looking thing when jj stops his bike "okay, so we're close but you need to put on a blindfold" jj says handing me a blindfold. I hesitate to take it but end up wrapping it around my eyes.

"Are you sure you're not planning to murder me?" i ask gripping onto his arm

"one, why would i muder you, two, your hurting my arm" he says. i loosen my grip on his arm walking with him. we walk for a bit longer when jj stops us.

"okay, take the blindfold off" jj says standing behind me. I pull the blindfold up onto my forehead and smile at the sight in front of me. jj steps in front of me and starts rambling

"i know it's not that special but the twinkie I thought would be a good place I guess, but we can also sit in the field and-" I cut him off by kissing him, he kissed me back after a few seconds of realizing what happened.

"it's beautiful j, thank you" i say walking towards the twinkie seeing it has fairy lights on it and blankets covering the hard floor

"So you like it?" jj asks, putting his hands in his pockets.

"yes jj, it's perfect thank you" i say hugging him. he lets out a sigh of relief and hugs me back.

"okay let's eat before it all goes bad" jj says leading me into the van.

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After a while me & JJ decided to pack everything up and ride back to my house.

"thank you for today j" i say walking up to my front door

"yeah, uh your mom home?" jj asks scratching the back of his neck

"She's working, you can stay over if you want" I say knowing what he's hinting at. He looks at me with a grateful smile and walks me inside. We walk upstairs to my bedroom and I throw him a pair of sweatpants that I stole from him.

"It gets cold in here" I say grabbing a pair of shorts and a hoodie for myself, he nods his head and I walk into the bathroom to get changed. I do whatever I do at night and walk into my bedroom seeing jj already picking a tv show. I lightly laugh to myself and get into bed next to him. He puts his head on my chest and turns on the show we watch together

"i love you" he says randomly looking like he regret it right afterwards

"i love you too j" i say kissing the top of his head and playing with his hair. he smiles against my chest and continues watching the tv.

[1moremilgram-enjoyer]

is everyone in milgram just dead

Okay I'm making this post because while I'm not sure how much I believe this, it's a possibility that's been eating at my head for a while, so I gotta share it somewhere even if it's not the most solid theory in the world.

So anyways, hello members of the jury! Today I want to discuss the weirdly recurring theme of the prisoners in Milgram possibly being dead, and Milgram being some sort of afterlife thing. Given the fact it clearly has some supernatural elements, it certainly isn't impossible. So let's get into it!

CW Death, murder and suicide, abortion, child abuse, drowning, cults and indoctrination, waterboarding, gang violence

Yuno and the Allegations

The biggest hint that at least some of the prisoners might be dead is the in Yuno's second VD, Absolute Zero.

Yuno: Oh! Also, that reminds me, there was one thing I'm curious about. Es: What? Go ahead and say it. Y: Am I…really alive? E: That's…what do you…. Y: Hm…if you don't know, then it's fine. E: Yuno…. Y: Hey, it's time, right? E: Y-yes. Prisoner number 2, Yuno. Sing your sins.

Weird thing to say, really. So, presumably, she has some reason to believe she might be dead. Which is especially worrying because Yuno is one of the most intelligent and perceptive prisoners in Milgram, and might even have higher awareness of some of the more supernatural/meta elements of the series, as seen by images from both her cover songs appearing in Umbilical and Tear Drop.

All this is to say, if Yuno has reason to believe she might be dead, we have reason to believe so as well.

There are two points of Yuno's story were I feel she could have died. One is during her abortion, given a question from Trial 2.

(T2) Q20: Did you hate the person you killed?

Y: It was too much of a pain to for me to think about anything.

So her abortion was painful, which likely means it wasn't done in a hospital, as professional abortions typically don't cause too much pain in the moment (source), even if they can cause cramping or discomfort in the recovery period. If it wasn't done professionally, and it hurt a lot, it's very possible she may have died while performing it.

However, because of a few things we'll talk about later, I'm not sure this is very likely. The answer I find more likely is that, unfortunately, she may have committed suicide by jumping off the staircase we see her standing on in her Undercover silhouette shot.

For one, because what the hell would this shot even be otherwise. I've seen people suggest infanticide as opposed to abortion, but that wouldn’t cause physical pain (you could argue that answer is about emotional pain, but I'm not sure how much that works), it doesn't match her kill-shot in Undercover, and she herself has claimed her "muder" was abortion (and I don't see reason for her to lie about that). It also doesn't seem likely she would get pregnant more than once, seeing this question:

(T2) Q10: If you could turn back time, would you commit the same murder once again?

Y: I'd make sure that I won't have to commit it. That's it.

So, then, what the hell is up with that Undercover shot? Usually they say something important about the prisoner or their crime, but it really doesn't seem to have anything to do with anything.

This is where I bring up that Yuno falls off a staircase at the end of Umbilical.

Like, obviously this is more meant to be metaphorical, as in Yuno "slipped up" and now has to avoid falling by grabbing the balloon, which ends up destroying the staircase which had previously been related to the mixing of DNA (long story). But... she still is falling from a staircase. That is what is happening in the video. This is a silly argument, but it does exist.

Now, there's a few other things which could imply this, but that will have to wait for a moment. So while there is very little evidence for now, I'd say this is the most likely reason for why Yuno believes she may be dead. Especially given she might have depression (check out this cool post by weather-cluddy), her comitting suicide is sort of the best guess we can make I feel.

Nevertheless, no matter the reason why, Yuno believes she may be dead, which opens the door to other characters, if not all of them, to be dead as well. Let's take a look at the other prisoner most likely to actually be dead in my opinion, and see if we can establish a pattern.

Haruka's Worrying Situation

I believe, even if no one else is dead, it is highly likely Haruka attempted suicide. I am not going to go too in-depth in here, because moibakadesu already made a really good post about it, which is where I got the theory from in the first place. In fact, the idea Haruka may have at least attempted suicide has existed ever since Trial 1, check out this cool post by Venus from thinkin-bout-milgram. Here's a summary of what the main points of the theory are:

-The repeated motif of water and drowning could indicate the way Haruka killed himself, especially since he lived in Naogaka, Niigata, known as the "city of water."

-Haruka repeatedly attacks and even strangles a younger version of himself in Weakness, in one occasion alongside the lyric "I've become a victim, I've become a victim."

-The young girl in Weakness might actually be a representation of the "ideal Haruka", as he's stated his mother wanted a daughter instead of a son (I don't actually agree with this part, I do think the girl is a literal girl Haruka killed, due to several lines from his VDs, such as him saying Amane "brings back bad memories." However, it's still a possibility)

-The nonchalance with which Haruka speaks of comitting suicide in his second MV, Metamorphosis of the Weak, could imply he's already done it once.

-The line "if with one click, and I can reset everything" in AKAA can be more directly translated to "if with the push of one button I could be reborn", which paired with butterflies being symbols of death and rebirth and being connected to Haruka because of the name of his second VD, could imply Haruka died and was reborn.

-Haruka standing on a chair in AKAA as his shadow lines up with the shadow of the bars in the window to create the ilusion he has a noose around his neck.

-At the end of AKAA, Haruka is surrounded in what looks to be formaldehyde, which is used to preserve the corpses of dead animals, while the aforementioned "I could be reborn" lyric plays.

As you can see, there's a lot here, which is why I think it is highly likely Haruka comitted suicide.

There is an issue with bringing this theory in, which is that part of the theory is that Haruka's silhouette in the Undercover shot doesn't have white noise, which separates him from the others and could imply he's a victim like Hinako and Mahiru's boyfriend, who similarly have no white noise. The problem for our purposes is that this theory assumes a lot of the other prisoners, such as Yuno, may have committed suicide as well, creating an inconsistency with this point. I don't have a good answer for this, beyond a really odd, Hamlet-esque "Haruka is a victim of his own madness" kind of thing which doesn't work very well, so unless any of you have another explanation, it's best for this theory to just sorta ignore the white noise thing.

So, now we have two prisoners who very likely died before Milgram. This vaguely establishes a possible pattern: what if all the prisoners were taken right as they died?

Muu’s Mysterious Memory Mishaps

Es: You said you wanted to go back home, right? And, "suppose" we did let you… Even if you were to leave this place, you'll then have a brush with the police, won't you? Muu: *Surprised* E: I mean, you've killed someone anyway, so are the police not making a move in regards to that? M: Well, I don't know. As of now, I don't have a clear memory of what happened after I did it. And then before I knew it, I was here. E: Is… that so? M: You guys should've known that, being the ones who brought me here after all.

This line from Muu’s first VD has always intrigued me. Muu doesn’t have a very good reason to be lying here when seen in full context, so she’s likely telling the truth. But, why? Why doesn’t Muu remember anything clearly after her crime, and why was she taken so quickly after committing it?

First idea is that perhaps all the prisoners are simply taken right after the murder they’re in Milgram for; even in the case of multiple murders, you can say Milgram just decided to take them for the last one exclusively.

However, Shidou serves as a counter example, because of the ending of Throw Down.

It’s a pretty simple logical progression. Shidou has no reason to kill after the flower person dies, so their death is after his last murder most likely, and yet he does remember it happening. Thus, Shidou has a memory of something which happened an undetermined amount of time after his final murder.

That means the "fuzzy memories" thing isn't universal. This can also be vaguely inferred by the attitudes certain prisoners have regarding their "murder(s)", like Kazui for example.

Now, you could argue Muu simply doesn't remember well because of the Trauma, and she just happened to get taken shortly after her murder. However, there is a chance now that there is a reason she was taken shortly after her murder.

You know what this post is about. You know what I'm about to imply. So I'll make the observation now:

In It's Not my Fault, one of Muu's shoes is off after she kills Rei. And we have seen this imagery of "one shoe off" to represent suicide before.

It's common in Japan to take both shoes off before comitting suicide, but if you want to read into only one of the shoes being off, you could argue it represents they're "half-suicides", as Milgram also considers them murders. In that sense, you (or Muu) could argue were Muu to commit suicide after killing Rei, then she would also become "Rei's victim", the same way Hinako and Mahiru's boyfriend are Kazui and Mahiru's victims.

This idea that Muu might still be a victim in the situation could also be implied by the lyrics here:

[It's Not my Fault] It’s not my fault after all, after all. Everyone wants me to be innocent. What a relief. Can’t be helped. I’m always meant to be pitied!

(Btw I'm using the fan translation in the wiki because the English subs in that video are... odd)

Yes that sentiment is repeated a lot during the song, but Muu does shout "I'm always meant to be pitied" ("I'm always the drama queen") at the top of her lungs here.

Now, the shoe thing isn't quite like that in After Pain, but we never actually see Muu's shoes in the real world, only in the blank inner world with the broken hourglass, and there are other inconsistencies with reality there, namely Rei's body's position.

You can see her right shoe is on there, but again, this scene isn't real.

The concerning thing is that apart from that, After Pain does not help Muu beat the suicide allegations.

In particular, look at the scene of the photo I put there. You can see there's a bunch of people judging Muu for her murder, as it's usually not considered a socially acceptable thing to do. But, hold on, didn't Muu say she didn't remember anything after her murder? Correct! That means she doesn't remember this "judgement" happening, but she imagined it would. Perhaps that's what the one line means:

[After Pain] Counterattack being a suicide note

Counterattacking Rei, killing her, is social suicide. For obvious reasons.

...

But it's still called a suicide note, which is not a good look. And yes, I do think the Japanese lyric explicitly references death, though take that with a lot of salt since that's just Google Translate and DeepL talking.

In fact, that entire set of lyrics is pretty odd.

[After Pain] Let’s meet up inside the pain, a place just for me Postmortem makeup to hide my heart, how to solve it is a secret The stabbing of the little devil’s voice, counterattack being a suicide note “I love YOU”

"Meeting up inside the pain" probably refers to hurting Rei, so now they're hurting together. The "stabbing of a little devil's voice" is probably referring to dangerous impulses, so murderous thoughts. "Counterattack being a suicide note", already explained. "I love YOU", because Muu is a girlkisser.

But the "postmortem makeup" is odd. You could argue the "death" which happened before the "makeup" was applied was the "death" of Muu's reputation, her old persona. Rei "killed" "that Muu", and now Muu is hiding her real feelings with "postmortem makeup."

But then, why would the method to solve it be a secret? Who is she keeping it secret from? Rei, and all of Muu's old 'friends', all know what lies beyond that makeup, they all saw what Muu was like before Rei stepped in.

That means there's another interpretation. If her real feelings are a secret, there's only one person they would be a secret from. Es (and us by extension). In a way, After Pain is hiding part of her heart, the less sympathetic parts shown in full in It's Not My Fault. Muu being a bully was already implied in After Pain, mind you, but it was still relatively "hidden", at least compared to It's Not my Fault.

And if that is the way we're meant to read that line, we run into the allegations again. If the makeup is for Milgram, and it's "postmortem" makeup, then Muu is already dead.

And that's without mentioning how much After Pain seems to imply suicidal tendencies in general.

[After Pain] If I was gone, If I had just disappeared I overheard, I found out How much I’m not needed There’s no special meaning, I got the short end of the stick I overheard, I found out How much I’m not needed

I don’t want tomorrow to come, I want to forget yesterday I was miserable, someone please help me

Maybe I’m done Just one more time before saying goodbye I’m just kidding, please forget I said that

The only lyric that doesn't seem to imply it is:

I want to feel “alive”, is it ok if I breathe?

But feeling alive and being alive isn't quite the same, right? You can be alive without feeling alive, and if someone doesn't feel alive, it's possible they're not a very good state of mind.

So, what could this all imply? If we're going with the idea of murder-suicide, it's possible Muu was very worried about how people would hate her after the murder, as implied by After Pain, decided she didn't want to deal with that, and unfortunately made the decision to kill herself.

One small thing which could serve as a counterpoint is her Trial 1 Voice Reveal distorted line.

Fufufu... It's your fault... for doing horrible things to me.

She seems pretty sure of herself here, and it's very likely this is after her murder. But it's perfectly possible she said this initially, then thought about the social consequences, and that's when she started to feel bad. It's also worth noting the only time in It's Not my Fault where Muu seems to hesitate is right after her murder.

[It's Not my Fault] Wait, wait, just as a hypothetical. What should I do if I’m actually a bad girl? Don’t ever hate me, and don’t look for what lies “after and from” the pain.

This is immediately after the murder, when she comes out of a caccoon, presumably her arriving at Milgram. So, she was initally confident, that's when she says "I’m always meant to be pitied!" in It's Not my Fault and presumably her Voice Reveal line, then hesitated and started to feel awful as we see in After Pain.

... Well, there's also the way more uncharitable reading where Muu killed herself so people also pitied her instead of just hating her for killing Rei, but that's a bit too dark and in bad faith for my tastes. It is there, though.

So, yeah, Muu may be dead too. And she brings with her an interesting implication; the prisoners may not have clear memories of the events leading up to their death. So, even if some of them committed suicide, it's possible they simply don't remember ever taking the decision to do so, explaining their behavior in the prison.

And it also could explain away... one apparent contradiction. One which exists outside of this theory, but that this theory could explain.

Amane and the Voice Reveal Trailers

As most of you know, the Voice Reveal trailers for all these characters contain certain distorted phrases which in general seem closely linked to their murder. And as pointed out by blueepink07 in this post, it seems the First Trial Voice Reveals are things the prisoners said after their murder, while the Second Trial ones are showing a point before their murder. Check out Kazui's, for example.

(T1) "I'm so dumb... Why did I have to dream?"

(T2) "Hinako, I love you more than anything."

There's also Muu's, since I've already brought it up before.

(T1) "Fufufu... It's your fault... for doing horrible things to me."

(T2) "Hey..why don't you listen to me...? I'm telling you... Hey...HEY, I'M TALKING TO YOU"

The second being right before she killed Rei.

That works well enough for all the prisoners... except Amane.

(T1) "Ahh! I'm so sorry...! I'm sorry...! I'm sorry for breaking the rules!"

(T2) "Father is a very praiseworthy person. Once [my/his] virtue increases, he'll come back home, right? It's a little lonely, but I'm fine!"

In theory, Amane would have been punished before her murder, as we see happen after she heals the cat in the taser scene. Meanwhile, if she's lonely without her father, it could perhaps be because her mother is dead after Things Happened (yes I'm going with Mother!Victim theory on this one).

But that's not the case. Following the pattern, the line about her father coming home at some point is before her murder, and apparently, she was punished for breaking some kind of rule after her murder. The implication here, horrid as it is, could be that her father returned home after she killed her mother and punished her for doing so.

Thankfully, this is impossible. After all:

(T1) Q18: Do you regret your "murder"?

A: No. It was a natural obligation.

(T2) Q3: State the name of your victim.

A: There is no victim. Only the punished.

(Taking some liberties on the translation of Trial 2 since the questions are still coming out as I write this)

So Amane genuinely believes she was following her cult's principles to a T when she killed her mom. As much as that likely isn't the case (long story), if she had gotten punished for killing her mom, then she wouldn't think like this. If she had been punished for it, she wouldn't think her murder was a "natural obligation", but rather a mistake on her part.

What this implies is that Amane doesn't remember being punished by her father.

...

Amane... doesn't remember...

Fuck.

Yeah, remember when I said it was possible the prisoners don't have clear memories of the events leading up to their death? Going by the "T1 after - T2 before" logic the Voice Reveals seem to follow, we can infer Amane was likely punished for killing her mother, but we also know she can't remember it happening, otherwise she would regret it. And based on what we learnt from Muu, we do have a way to explain how that could happen. If Amane died while receiving the punishment the T1 Voice Reveal alludes to, she wouldn't have a clear memory of it.

And the thing is, it does seem likely Amane received this punishment. Think about it. Interrogation questions are one thing, since the creators don't fully control them, but why mention her father would possibly return home in the Voice Reveal trailer? Unless he did. Hell, you could argue we might know the exact moment he returned. Amane does look at the entrance of her apartment at the end of Purge March, though that could simply be for dramatic effect rather than being a literal thing which happened.

But there's more. Because if her father returned home, we might actually have an answer for another one of the mysteries surrounding Amane's situation. The Undercover prisoner card.

The image on her card seems to show a bathroom. It is widely assumed the images on these cards are the location the murders happened in, but to my knowledge, this isn't 100% confirmed. However, this creates a small issue with Amane. Just looking at the murder shot in Purge March is enough to confirm that.

I made a more detailed theory on her murder on this post, diagrams included (scroll to the bottom if you're only interested on the murder), but for now, there are two things to note here. One, there's a trail of water which seems to come out of the door with the light on, as the puddles are bigger the closer they get to it, implying that room is the bathroom. And two, the room the murder actually happened in seems to have a window/door behind a curtain, which isn't what Amane's bathroom looks like.

Adittionally, there isn't any blood outside of the murder room, implying the victim's body wasn't dragged there.

All this seems to imply Amane's victim didn't die in the bathroom, which is sorta a problem considering the previously mentioned commonly accepted theory. But this idea that Amane may have died while being punished, perhaps while being drowned as we know that's one of the accepted methods of punishment in her cult, brings up a different possibility.

What if the images in the prisoner cards aren't showing murder location? What if they show the last place the prisoner was seen in, the place they died?

Kotoko, Mikoto, and the Prisoner Cards

So, first, is there any indication either of these might be dead? For Mikoto, not really. Sure, there's the whole Death card at the end of MeMe thing, but that doesn't have to be taken so literally.

Kotoko has a very little potential hint in the fact she's shown alongside a wolf at the start of HARROW, but by the end the wolf is by itself. If the wolf represents a potential partner (long story), then maybe Kotoko died?

Though you can easily argue the wolf is slightly different and thus is meant to just represent Kotoko.

However, the reason I'm bringing them into this is because their prisoner cards are completely nonsensical under "murder location" theory for the images shown. Let's start with Kotoko.

It shows an alleyway, which at first seems like it makes sense. We do see her attacking a man in an alleyway. However, after that happens, one of the pieces of background text says this:

◆ A wanted thief was assaulted by an unknown assailant Early yesterday morning, a nearby shop employee reported hearing screaming and seeing a man lying on the ground. According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the man had lost consciousness after being beaten on his face, stomach, and other areas, and was taken to the hospital. The police are currently trying to identify the suspect. [...] According to previous investigations, the male victim was wanted throughout Tokyo for theft and assault charges and was identified as the suspect, Mikio Oshii.

(Translation by Maristelina)

Mikio Oshii is the name of the man Kotoko assaulted in the alleyway. It seems odd to me that we would learn he was taken to the hospital if he later died in it somehow, especially because Kotoko didn't want to kill him. We can clearly see this because of a crucial difference between her attack on him and her attack on the serial killer who likely is her victim.

She covers her face while attacking Oshii, because she doesn't want to be recognized. She is committing assault, after all. However, that only matters if she's planning to keep him alive. Conversely, she doesn't cover her face while attacking the serial killer, because she knows he won't be a witness. She went into that warehouse planning to kill.

Of course, she could have accidentally done too much damage, but the issue there is that she would probably express some remorse in that case. She doesn't, and the fact she only ever talks about one victim-

[TASK (T1 VD)] I did kill someone. [...] I don't have a single regret.

-it really seems like Oshii was able to survive her attack.

That creates an issue with her prisoner card. It shows an alleyway, but her only victim died in a warehouse. As confusing as that sequence is, he did die in the warehouse.

You know when we do see an alleyway again, though?

But she's not wearing her face covering. And if this was the alley with the one sign about a car accident that shows up over and over in HARROW, I'd imagine we'd see the sign, even if it was obscured in some way. So once again, a silhouette shot which seems to have nothing to do with her murder or her general situation.

So, is it possible she died in this alleyway? That's the only other reason I can imagine why it'd show up in her prisoner card, so. As for what exactly happened, I imagine she may have been murdered at the whim of her victim's father?

Shocking revelation: The heinous criminal behind the crime is the privileged son of a high-ranking official!

(Article referring to Kotoko's victim)

So, she got found out and immediately assassinated? It's a bit out there, but it would explain both her prisoner card and her attitude in the prison.

And then there's Mikoto.

As you can see, his card shows a street. The issue with Mikoto is one of format. The cards only ever show one location, but we know Mikoto has at least two victims.

[Text: To the right, the Subway Murder, which clearly has a ceiling. The murderer has blood on his right cheek, his left cheek is hidden. There's also the bathhtub scene, where the right cheek is hidden, but the left cheek has blood already trailing off, which doesn't quite fit what we see in the other murder if you think about the bath chronologically.

To the left, a murder out in the street, with an open sky. The murderer has blood on their left cheek, but not on their right. This is seen in both the crime and the shower scene]

So yeah, at least two. You could argue the bathtub murder is actually a third one, which... huh. Two things that absolutely exist and a Secret Third Thing, the existance of which is disputed? Trikoto vibes.

Point is, Mikoto has two different murder locations at least. The street, yes, but also the subway. This creates a problem with the "images in the prisoner cards are murder locations" idea, because it only shows one. You could try to gymnastics your way out of this by saying maybe Hostkoto committed the street murder while Orekoto killed the other victim(s), and because only Hostkoto is considered a prisoner by Milgram, only his murder is shown? But I feel that raises more questions than it answers.

Instead, if we assume the images to be death locations, the ambiguity disappears, because Mikoto as a system can only have one death location. The issue is you have to explain how Mikoto died in the middle of the street, which is a bit difficult.

The best guess I can give is related to the subway victim. It's been pointed out before that guy looks a lot like a stereotypical Japanese delinquent, which could imply he was part of a gang. If that's the case, it's possible the killer angered the wrong people by killing him, similar to Kotoko, and thus was later murdered himself. We know that street isn't very safe, on account of one of the alters getting away with murder there. It's a pretty large stretch, and has like zero evidence, but it's physically possible at least.

Let's take a quick look at the other prisoners and see if their images can also be explained by the "death image" theory.

We know Muu would share a death location with her victim if she really committed suicide as the theory states, so nothing weird there. Haruka's a bit more awkward, because it shows the forest he very likely killed the girl in, but I'm not entirely sure if the forests near Nagaoka has bodies of water deep enough to drown oneself. There is the Shinano river, which has... trees, around it.

This was taken from Google Street View in Nagaoka. Again, not sure how deep it is, but assuming it's deep enough to drown, it could work if you ignore the trees don't look too much like the ones irl. Maybe Haruka threw himself off the bridge?

Alternatively, Nagaoka borders the sea, and it seems like there's forest almost all the way up to it. So maybe that could work? Unsure.

Worst comes to worst, we can maybe change it to saying Haruka didn't drown himself, but killed himself in some other way in the forest. Point is, I think Haruka's isn't too big of an issue.

Fuuta, Mahiru and Kazui don't have a lot of evidence towards what the hell would have happened, but the best assumption I can make is they all committed suicide because of guilt. Fuuta in his room, Mahiru in the suicide forest (likely also where her boyfriend committed suicide), and Kazui by jumping off a building like Hinako. As for their evidence...

>Fuuta burns at the end of Backdraft, which is the same thing that happens to Killcheroy, so you could argue that's meant to show he's dying. It's not great, it absolutely is just meant to be metaphorical most likely, but it is there.

Additionally, he's also an outlier for the "muder location image" theory, since what one would consider his "murder location" is very ambiguous. Is it his room, where he sent online hate from? Is it Killcheroy's room, where she assumedly died? Wouldn't it be the front of Killcheroy's house, where Fuuta took the picture to dox her? Again, death location is less ambiguous.

Fuuta's attitude during Trial 1 could be seen as a bit weird if he was suicidal, but I'm not sure we can comfortably say that with the limited information we have.

>Mahiru in I Love You goes to sleep after seeing her boyfriend dead, which could be read as her committing suicide. You know, if you're insane like me.

Especially given this question from Trial 1:

(T1) Q20: What do you think about smoking?

M: I've never smoked before, but I might copy him if who I love smokes.

That, alongside a lot of the bg text from TIHTBILWY, implies Mahiru likes the idea of copying her lover. Not the greatest quality to have when your lover commits suicide.

>Kazui has this:

Where the smoke of his cigarette turns into a noose. Of course, that's meant to represent self-destruction in general, but it could also be taken more literally. He... doesn't have much else.

Thus, everyone else vaguely fits the idea of "death image"... except him.

Our favorite headache inducing doctor strikes again! His card shows a hospital room, which is a very strange death location, but perfectly fits his murders. You could argue he runs into the same issue as Mikoto, but it's actually possible Shidou just killed all his victims in the same room, so.

Yeah, Shidou's probably the biggest counterargument for this theory. Because while it's possible he died in a hospital, there is zero evidence for it, beyond the image itself. Hell, neither Throw Down or Triage ever seems to imply he died in the first place, which is an issue. This theory's already heavily dependant on the extremely flawed "you can't disprove it" argument, but at least most of the other ones have some kind of logical progression which gets you to how they died.

So, to complete the theory, we have to make the pretty big jump that Shidou died inside a hospital room, without knowing how that happened.

... Wait, inside the room?

Wait wait wait, show me Fuuta's and Amane's again.

Hmmm... 0308... hmmmm... 0308... I totally didn't just do this to put the two together... hm...

Yeah, same thing. They both show the inside of a room. Which, along with Shidou's, shows that these images can show the inside of buildings, right?

But, then... why is Yuno's outside?

That very clearly isn't the inside of a building. But this generates a problem for the "murder location image" theory, because Yuno's "murder" was abortion. Even if it wasn't done professionally, she would have still done it inside, presumably. This creates an inconsistency with Fuuta, Amane and Shidou. If their murder locations are shown from inside, why is Yuno different?

However, this inconsistency disappears if we assume the images to be death locations. I previously established if Yuno died, she likely committed suicide by jumping off a staircase, which does vaguely fit this image. It's similar to Kazui's in that way.

Now, I don't want to get too ahead of myself here. Murder location is still absolutely the more straightforward answer, but it does come with its issues. As stated, Fuuta's image would face some ambiguity, Mikoto's would face extreme ambiguity, Amane's seems to contradict the evidence we're shown in Purge March, Yuno's is wildly inconsistent with the other images, and Kotoko's is straight up nonsensical.

Meanwhile, death locations physically work with all the cases, even if Shidou's case is extremely weird, but it requires huge assumptions and stretches. It relies heavily on how impossible it is to disprove, which is not a good sign. Russell's Teapot, and all that.

Summary of the Theory

>Everyone in Milgram is dead, and their prisoner cards in Undercover show the place where they died.

>Prisoner's memories of the events leading up to their deaths are extremely fuzzy, explaining why only Yuno seems to even suspect it.

+Haruka: Committed suicide by drowning himself, possibly in the Shinano river or the sea. [Most likely to be dead]

+Yuno: Committed suicide by jumping off the staircase we see her standing in on her Undercover silhouette shot. [Most likely to be dead]

+Fuuta: Committed suicide in his room out of guilt. [Very little evidence]

+Muu: Murder-suicide, she committed suicide after killing Rei. [A bit more evidence than others]

+Shidou: Died in a hospital room [???]

+Mahiru: "Copied" her boyfriend by killing herself in the suicide forest. [Very little evidence]

+Kazui: Jumped off a building, like Hinako. [Very little evidence]

+Amane: Drowned by her father as "punishment" for her murder. [Unfortunately, sorta likely]

+Mikoto: Murdered by one of the members of Subway Victim's gang. [Sort of filling in the blanks here]

+Kotoko: Murdered at the order of her victim's father. [Very little evidence]

Conclusion

Do I believe this theory? Honestly, I don't know. It makes a few too many assumptions for me to fully believe it, but I do think it's a decent possibility, so I wanted to share it with you all. In any case, that's all I have to say for now. If you have any thoughts about any of this, feel free to share! Also I didn't even touch on Es but you can try to fit them in somehow if you feel like it.

Anyways, if you made it this far, you deserve a hug, this post was depressing. Take care!

[gunthermunch]

[Transcript under the cut]

Bluma: uncle Caleb you should take Garry with you WG: heey awesome idea Blooms Caleb: oh of course! Do you think he’ll be okay with that? Morgyn: Darling our house is NOT gestures children proof?? Caleb: come on it could be fun! He’s all quiet around me just look at him! WG: yeah dude please Morgyn: I don’t wanna hear a word from your little sleep deprived mouth. I can’t believe you weren’t able to take care of a baby- WG: demon baby Morgyn: not even for two days. WG: and that’s a yes right Morgyn: obviously n- Morgyn: …unbelievable Bluma: yay! Morgyn: hm. you have zero idea what you got us into Caleb: he's just a little bat baby, how hard can it be? Morgyn: you're an idiot. WG: bye you two! best of lucks! Bluma: byeee!! bye Garry i'll miss you!! WG: … Bluma: what WG: …shouldn’t you be asleep already? Bluma: mmmh. No? WG: right. come on, no skipping school. Your dad would muder me. Bluma: i triple promise you he wont kill you! WG: go to bed Bluma.

[miles-wrightworth]

AA culprit AU (TW for mentions of blood and violent murder)

okay so buckle up

Phoenix: when Dahlia tried to poison him, he became interested in chemicals and toxins. he switched his major to chemistry and he now sells concoctions and poisons to anyone who is willing to pay.

he is a little bit insane. he has built up an immunity to poisons after accidentally drinking them and narrowly surviving every time (and cuz he works with toxins so much). at this point, he just tastes his poisons like soup like 'hmmm needs more acetone'

his hands shake and hes gone just a little crazy from the damage the poisons have done to him

he pretty much always has some sort of chemical stain or burn somewhere on him or his clothing.

Miles: Miles is what began this idea because i think he would be ten times hotter if he was a muderer. anyways-

dl6 still happens and everything is the same up to when Miles is about 15 years old and he finds out about mvk killing Gregory. he is pissed asf and apalled at the injustice of the whole situation and how corrupted mvks methods are. he feels the urge to kill him grow stronger every day.

he eventually does snap and plunge his pocket knife into mvk multiple times and gets away with it. Franziska is pissed because he murdered her dad but eventually comes to terms with the fact that Miles' crime has made the world an overall better place.

with no legal guardian, Miles and Fran are put in an orphanage and vibe there until Miles is 18. Fran learns how to make knives and Miles learns how to use them. Fran lives with Miles until she is 18 and moves out.

Miles is like 'hey. im good with knives, i despise injustice, and i have begun to like the sight of blood. i should put that to good use' and he becomes somewhat of a serial killer/vigilante

he picks targets carefully. corrupt people in the legal system, corrupt politicians, any shitty person he can find. he murders them brutally and due to the dl6 incident, he cant hold a gun without trembling, so his go-to method of killing is knives. he loves knives and he has a huge collection of fancy blades and throwing knives. he always leaves his victims crucified on the nearest wall with knives through their wrists pinning them there and bathes the room in their blood. thats how the cops know he did it.

the news dubs him the 'Crimson King' and Phoenix sees that in a newspaper and wants to see this guy for himself because he definitely recognizes that blurred pic the police took in the paper.

basically hes noble but extremely brutal and god thats kinda hot

Fran: Franziska is a bladesmith/black market arms dealer. Miles frequently visits her shop and he gets discounts on her wares. havent thought about her story a lot.

Maya: Maya is a nurse at a nearby urgent care clinic. Phoenix frequently comes in begging her to help him but not tell anyone because he accidentally drank a lethal poison but nobody can know because its illegal to possess. also havent thought too much about her story.

[deanscherrypie420]

+* Little Witch *+

A/N: This is just a little drabble I thought of <3 Hope you like it!

Characters: Sam Winchester, Reader Y/N, Dean Winchester

Pairing: Sam Winchester X Witch!Reader

Warnings: MATURE AUDIENCE. Witch craft, violence, threats, wrestling, taunting, supernatural hunting, minor violence, misunderstandings, implied smut, . (Let me know if I missed anything!)

Summary: In the middle of practicing spells the Winchester boys interrupt, causing you to mess up the spell and cause damage. Both of the brothers were irritated but the younger one was fuming. After a bit of a scuffle, you both find out how much you really like each other.

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She was in the middle of a chant, reading it from her spell book carefully. The room was decorated intricately, dead flowers hanging upside down on the walls, multiple desks that were covered in books and old papers. There were two tall bookshelves that were filled to the brim with old literature. There were dozens of tapestries on the walls, the dark paint beneath chipping at the corners.

Once she was close to finishing her spell, the door behind her burst open, making her crash forward. She used the table in front of her to catch her fall, sending all the items on it flying to the floor. She gasped as a hand threw her to the ground.

She groaned as her head hit the wall. The shorter man got up and went to grab her, but she was quicker. "Hos et arma in terram depelle!" She ordered, and the men fell to the floor. Their weapons scattered to her feet as they hit the opposite wall. She quickly got up, stumbling to her feet.

The brothers were bickering to each other and she couldn't exactly make out what they were saying, her head still fuzzy. She mumbled something under her breath and the older man shouted at her, "The hell are you whisperin' about?" She rubbed her temples, and with a flick of her wrist both of the men were flat against the ground, groaning in pain.

"Who are you two?" She questioned, walking cautiously around the men. She squatted down next to the taller one, running her hand down his scalp. He swallowed hard, "Sam. My names Sam, he's my brother, Dean."

The woman nodded, a small smile appearing. "I'm Y/N. Why are you here, Sam?" She asked, and Sam looked into her eyes, pausing for a moment. "Dean, it's not her." He announced and Dean managed to turn his head towards his brother. "The hell you mean it's not her? She's clearly a witch!" Dean hollered back, and Sam shook his head.

Sam exhaled and glanced back up at her, "How many people have you mudered?" He deadpanned and her face contorted in a confused manor. "Excuse me?" One of her brows were raised and her lips were parted, her eyes scrunched up a bit. "I... I've never killed anyone. Why do you ask?"

After a few moments of conversation, she hesitantly let Sam out of her spell. Dean whined on the floor, asking for her to let him go as well. She looked up at Sam and he nodded, "He's fine. He won't do anything." She nodded as well and released him. He bounced up quickly and went to grab his gun.

"No!" She shouted as she threw him to the wall. "Okay, okay, chill out lady. I was just trying to get my belongings back." He croaked out. She frowned at him, but Sam rested his hand on her shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze. "I promise, he won't hurt you." The giant spoke gently, and reluctantly, she released Dean once more.

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After a lot of explaining, threatening, yelling and spell casting, they finally found the real witch who was murdering people. Y/N had helped on the case, using her power to reverse and prevent the witch's spells.

After the hunt, Sam had offered for her to come to the bunker with them. She agreed and he was now giving her a mini tour.

"And this is my bedroom. I do all the uh.. Normal hunter things in here." He said with a lopsided smile. She looked up at him, her Y/E/C eyes sparkling in the bunker light. "Like reading?" She questioned and he let out a laugh, "Yeah, like reading."

She stepped into his room and studied it. After a moment she motioned towards the bed with her hand and glanced up at him, "Will I be staying in here with you?" Sam cleared his throat and thought for a moment, his smile growing. "If you want to, sure." She nodded and then walked out of the room without another word.

She returned moments later. She had retrieved her bag out of the Impala. When she returned, Sam was cleaning up his room, adjusting things to make them look nicer and more organized. Unbothered by him, she set her bag down by the bed and grabbed her blanket out of it, tossing it onto the bed. She then grabbed the few books she was able to bring and set them down on the floor.

"Where can I put these?" She asked Sam, and he gave a gentle smile. "I figured I should've shown you the library. Come on," He said as he waved for her to follow. She complied, carrying her books with her.

When they entered the library her jaw dropped, and her books almost did, too. Sam laughed and put his arm around her, walking her over to one of the lesser filled shelves. "This will work." He said as she grabbed her books and set them down.

She smiled and then quickly went exploring. She walked through shelves and plucked out the books she wanted to read. She was a good reader, a quick one too. She loved it, it was one of her favorite hobbies - besides y'know, witchcraft.

After walking around for a few minutes, she was carrying a decent sized stack of books in her arms. She looked up and saw a book that interested her, The Oracle Book of Spells and Magic, so she reached up to try and grab it. She stumbled and had to clutch her books so they wouldn't drop. She huffed and tried again, standing up on her toes to try and reach it better. She gasped when she felt a strong body behind her, his arm reaching up to grab the book.

She turned and faced him, her cheeks flushed. He handed her the book, leaning in close. She was caged into the bookshelf and it made her stomach flip. She cleared her throat and held eye contact with him, "You are really attractive and I-I think you look very pleasant right now." She said quickly, clearly a bit flustered.

He laughed and used his index finger to tilt her chin up, and he swears he felt her face warm. "Yeah? You think so?" He cooed and she moved her face away. "I was complimenting you.. You should have said thank you.." He chuckled and leaned in closer, his breath hot against her ear, "Thank you, Y/N. That's really sweet."

She bit her lip and looked down, trying to steady her trembling legs. "D-do I look pretty..?" She asked hesitantly and he tilted her chin back up, "Yes." is all he said. She gently pushed him back and kneeled down, setting her books down on the ground. Sam quickly grabbed her jaw and forced her to look up. His touch was firm but gentle at the same time, making her melt. "I think you're very beautiful."

She got up, using his thighs as leverage. His hand slid down her jaw and to her throat as he stood, a tent forming beneath his jeans. Once she was back on her feet, he leaned down and planted numerous kisses up and down her jawbone.

She whimpered, "Sammy-" But Sam quickly crashed his lips against hers, interrupting. Her hands grasped on to his shoulders, clawing eagerly at his shirt. He smiled into the kiss, his hands traveling down her body. One arm hooked around her waist and the other beneath her ass, scooping her up in one quick motion.

She broke the kiss in a giggling fit, and he laughed against the flesh of her neck, kissing and nipping at it. She tilted her head back and moaned quietly, her legs squeezing around his torso. "God, you're so perfect." He murmured through kisses. She moaned at the praise, a grin blooming across Sam's face.

"The things I'm gonna do to you.." He breathed as he sucked on her pulse, making her squirm. She cupped his face, pulling him away from her bruised neck. Leaning down, she kissed him. Their tongues intertwined immediately and he groaned into her mouth.

It was just the beginning, but she already knew it was going to be a long night.

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A/N : I hope you enjoyed! Let me know if you want a Dean version of this story. It was super fun to write, and I hope you like it!

Feel free to send recommendations!

Reblog, like, and comment <3

xoxo

[thenugking]

Okay no I've got it. I've said all along Durge and Orin's places could so easily be swapped, that the only difference was that Durge got the chance to start over fresh away from their muder cult, and that I want to be able to spare Orin, damn it. But now I've figured out how to make it work.

Durge and Orin fight in single combat at the altar of Bhaal. (Orin gets a second phase of her fight where she's herself, because she deserves a more satisfying boss fight and also to not just have Bhaal wipe her mind when you try to talk to her about her abusive backstory, jesus fucking christ that was nasty.)

Durge disarms Orin, gets her too injured to fight back, is the clear winner of this fight... and throws their weapon away, because they're not going to kill for Bhaal again. They're not going to continue the cycle of violence they and orin have been stuck in since birth.

Bhaal, of course, kills them for rejecting their birthright. And kills Orin for good measure; she failed, she's not worthy of him, this whole generation is a fuck up and he's better off starting over again elsewhere with a new generation of murder babies who'll actually be competent at this.

And as in the game, Withers comes in, resurrects Durge, tells them Bhaal could only kill the part of them that he knew, but they've changed and grown so much since the nautiloid, and Withers brought back everything that Bhaal didn't know.

Durge asks him--begs him probably, but damnit if Larian's resolving their plot with a huge deus ex machina then so can I--to bring Orin back too.

Except Orin didn't have those last few months free of Bhaal's influence. Everything she's ever done is tied up in trying to please Bhaal. When Withers brings her back, at Durge's request somewhere outside the temple, she's waking up covered in blood, nerfed back down to level one, and with no memory of anything except her name.

And the chance to start over fresh away from the murder cult. Orin can make her own decisions from there. Maybe she'll become the person she was before, maybe she'll be worse than ever, and a new party of adventurers will have to take her down to stop a new killing spree in a few years time. But maybe she'll change, and grow, the way Durge did. Maybe she'll become someone better. Whatever she does, she deserves to have a chance.

[bookofmac]

okay okay okay, thinking thoughts

So I find the concept of Names really interesting in Camlann, reading into the extracanonical stuff put on the tumblr is giving me food for theory crafting. The Catacylsm seems to be some kind of return of magic to the world (possibly heralded by the return of The King of the Britons in their hour of need?) and thus people with significant Names have access to something because of it. they fall into the stories of their namesakes; Perry, Gwaine, and Kay are Knights, Morgan is Morgana Le Fay, and we now have a Gwen in Shújūn.

Based on Kay's dicussion with Perry if more people can fill in the roles of their stories to more 'to plan' the stories will go, Of course this is not good news if you know the general end point of Arthurian legend (Betrayal, muderer, war, most everyone dead, the 'Glory' of camelot gone). It's inherently kind of a doomsday cult if you stay in those stories, you know where parts of this are going (i'll get back to this)

it also seems like there may be some, for lack of a better term, kin drama going on. There are 900 members of the court and Kay mentions that Peredur is a really uncommon name outside of Wales, meaning there are certain knights who are more common, i assume Lancelot's, Kay's, maybe a few Talisin's, a bunch of Gareth's, and like 50 Elaines like in the legends lol

We also dont have the context for how Names work full yet and neither do our characters. I think theres a lot of answers to be had with Shújūn/Gwen with how it works, how you know other than the buzzing in you're head and desire go through the motions and Follow the Story

Now, where does Dai fit in all this?

Dai doesn't have a Name, and I think theres going to be a point where he changes his name in a major way, but not to a Name, but a Bardic name. In welsh poetic and story telling tradtions Welsh poets, THE OG Bards, will take on pseudonyms tell their stories. This practice stems from the medievil era, but goes forth to today, and many modern Welsh and welsh heritage poets have connections to this tradition (Dylan Thomas' middle name was his great uncles bardic name, Sarah Williams published her work under the name Sadie), I believe it's also a requirement to have one if you intend to perform in the major Eisteddfod, (I am Australian so my experiance of Eisteddfods here is very different so if i'm wrong on that let me know)

Why would he do this? I think Dai is going to, at least try, to write him and his friends a way out.

Much ink is spilt over how Arthurian legend doesnt have an 'orginal text', and as such there are lots of stories that are inherently contradictory; Bedwyr is the best knight, but so are Gwaine, Lancelot, and Galahad. Mordred is some random king until his Arthur's son. Arthur has a sister, no he has two, actually he has three and one of them is an Elaine. This could be used to explain any doubles (are you my Gwaine), as well as why we see a few different spelling varients which are, the very welsh Peredur as opposed to Percival or Parzifal, the anglisised and more boarish Kay as opposed to Cei or Caius (this last one might just to keep Dai and Kay distinct tho). These variations are no more or less 'canon' than any other telling of the story, and so often the writer of a given telling of Arthurian legend is going to have their own bias. But things dont HAVE to end the way they always do, and sometime you need to have someone outside the story you're caught in to tell you a new one.

You are not locked into that ever looming cloud of Thomas Mallory and Le Morte d'Arthur.

Other evidence I have for this is that Dai sings at the begining of each episode, and sings in welsh at that. He also is, to a point our narrator, existing both in and out of the current narative. Also his name is an a lyric of Sosban Fach (a song i would be surprised if it wasn't in the show at some point) 'Dai bach y sowldiwr' which is also not from the text the song was based on. Tangential yes, but i think it's worth thinking about.

I think there is also something to be said about choice in what your name is and how it feeds into the overall theme of identiy, and how that plays into other themes at play in the story, like Transness, Imperialism, and Predestination

TL:DR; While he doesnt have a Name, Dai's gonna give himself an epic bard name and save them all by writing a killer hook to get them out of the story

[morose-melodies]

Ok so I read a couple of your Capitano fan fictions and decided to make a request! (They we’re all super good btw 👍)

Anyways, Y/N is a princess and Capitano is her knight. He Guard’s her without a care in the world what happens to him, because he’s fallen for her deeply. But what happens if Y/N we’re to be engaged to a prince of another country. A prince who doesn’t treat Y/N how he should. Capitano knows Y/N shouldn’t be treated this way. Even if Capitano can’t be someone you love, he will always protect you. Even if it means spilling a Royals blood. Your innocence is too pure to be tainted by the evil in this world, So he will do whatever it takes to keep your innocence.

I hope this request is ok! You can edit the request to whatever your comfortable with :) Thanks for reading this!

content warning: implied muder and yandere tendencies.

your laughter was contagious.

that's what capitano thought, at least. your new fiance found your laughter to be annoying. how ungrateful, capitano thought, listening as your laughter faded and was replaced with a gasp and immediate apologies.

"I'm sorry," your hands wiped off your dress, as there was cake batter on it and the floor. "it was an accident, " you smiled at your fiance, a prince from another country, who was anything but smiling.

"(y/n)," his eyes darkened, as he scowled at you, before trying to move you away from the large mess on the floor.

but you tripped over the bowl on the floor, and on your way down, capitano came into the kitchen. before he could react, you had fallen, yet laughed it off.

you lifted your head to look at him, explaining what had happened while capitano helped you get up, his hand gently holding yours, once again wiping off your dress.

"(y/n)" the prince growled, his voice low as if he was trying to get only your attention. he and capitano never got along, and while capitano didn't show it, your fiance surely did.

capitano was still holding your hand, your fiance noticed and wanted nothing more than for capitano to let go.

so when you didn't respond to him, he reached out, grabbed your hand, and tugged you away from capitano.

a gasp left your lips as you slipped across the batter once again, this time holding onto your fiance as you fell, pulling him down with you.

you laughed as you wiped off the top of his suit but he wasn't laughing, he was angry and knew he'd lose it at any moment.

then lost it. he began to curse at you, grabbing your arm tightly, dragging you across the kitchen floor, your laughter faded into gasps and small pleads for him to stop.

this didn't last long, due to capitano, who pried your fiance's hand away from you and helped you up, wiping off your face and making sure there were no scratches on your beautiful skin.

everything was okay until he reached your arm, where there were two large red arms across your arm, but you insisted it was okay whilst poking at them.

"it'll be okay! they don't even hurt," you smiled at capitano, your face flushed. capitano shook his head, glancing over to your fiance, who was cleaning his suit off before saying, "why don't you go play with the neighbor's cat? until I've cleaned the kitchen."

you smiled then frowned, asking, "you're going to clean the kitchen?" capitano nodded, his hands dropping to the side, "of course. now, (y/n), go on. I'll call you once the kitchen is clean."

you thanked him as you left the kitchen, your dress and shoes leaving a trail behind you. capitano cringed, looking at the trail before forgetting about it the moment your fiance spoke.

"why must she be so-"

capitano fist connected with the prince's cheek before he could finish his sentence.

as the prince's body fell to the ground, capitano hesitated momentarily, acknowledging that there were guards all around the castle and that this was risky, but for you, he'd take the risk.

the prince twitched on the floor as capitano pressed the heel of his boot against the prince's head, stopping him from moving.

his eyes roamed around the kitchen, in need of a weapon, until his eyes landed on a... butter knife. it had to work, capitano thought as he reached for it, knowing he was on a time limit.

he kneeled towards the prince who struggled underneath his foot, glancing at the butter knife in hand before pressing it against the prince's chest, directly over the heart and took a deep breath.

for (y/n), he reminded himself.

...

the kitchen was clean, the hallway was clean, the door leading outside was clean everything was clean and spotless.

the prince was no longer an issue, therefore (y/n) was safe from the filth that tried to taint her and would always be.

capitano opened the backdoor and walked out into the large garden, he strolled down the trail until he found you, sleeping with the cat wrapped in your arm.

he reached towards you and watched as the cat wiggled out of your hold and ran away. he lifted you into his arms and carried you back inside.

he picked up all of your belongings before taking you home. you were still asleep even when capitano laid you down in your bed.

he looked down at your peaceful face, your beautiful face, and reached out, his finger grazing your cheek, hesitantly.

he then straightened his back and left you for the night.

the next morning, the prince - your fiance, was announced to be dead, that he was murdered, you were in tears upon hearing the news, telling capitano through your hiccups and cries that if the two of you stayed longer that wouldn't have happened.

that capitano could have protected him.

oh, the irony.

capitano comforted you to the best of his abilities, patting you on the back, on the head, on your arm. but you continued to cry. "your highness, I am almost certain that he was not the one for you. a true prince would treat his princess so terribly."

you paused, sniffling as you asked, "how would a true prince treat me?" you watched as capitano kneeled before you, taking your hand into his, gently, before saying:

"with the utmost respect, my princess."