this is so stupid but i always have fun imagining the milgram characters watching their own/others mvs and seeing their reactions, especially for MeMe

That’s not stupid at all, thank you so much for the ask!! It’s sooo interesting to think about! I planned on just posting this drabble, but the more I thought about it, the more I started jotting down headcanons for everyone 👀 Of course there’s the initial disbelief and shock that Milgram can really do what it claims, but once they accept that, they’d have a lot of interesting reactions…

Es gets to watch the video first, then the prisoners are free to watch their own in the privacy of the courtroom/extraction room/wherever. Other prisoners can watch them only with explicit permission from the video’s singer. No one is allowed to watch Undercover except for Es. At first they spend hours looking at those final frames of themself flinching from the camera, hoping to jog any sort of memories, but eventually they give up on it. While actually watching it, they don’t mind the murder silhouettes. While sleeping, however, it has triggered more than one nightmare.

Haruka: He thinks Weakness is very pretty – he’s amazed seeing himself on the screen and hearing his voice, knowing he’s not that good of a singer. Even before his innocent verdict, it gives him a huge surge of confidence. Once he gets to know the others better, he gives them mv permissions, then stares intently at their faces to see their reactions as they watch it. AKAA scares him a bit, seeing his own intense emotions on screen, and he only gives Muu permission to see it. When he’s alone, Haruka pauses the shots of his mother, just to stare for a while.

Yuno: Laughs at the symbolism her mind used in Umbilical. She’s never shied away from sexual words/thoughts, so it's funny the video was as tame as it was. She thinks the song is fun, and isn’t afraid to show the others and sing snippets of it around the prison. Some days it’s too emotional for her to get into it, but most of the time she tries to display a confident attitude about it. After Tear Drop, she’s satisfied with her anger and more overtly sexual images. If anything, she feels too exposed by the shots of herself looking more vulnerable/sad. 

Fuuta: He experiences a solid mix of embarrassment at the gaming theme in Bring it On and feeling a surge of pride that he looks badass in the knight’s armor. He’s worried the warden won’t take him seriously with the video game obsession, but he absolutely loves the song and thinks it portrays his toughness and ideals well. He’s less thrilled with Backdraft, everything about it unsettles and embarasses him. He’s thrown by the shot of crossing out his own silhouette – he’d had self-harming thoughts, but wasn’t quite ready to confront them so blatantly yet. Like Haruka, he can be caught pausing the arcade shot just for a moment before turning the whole thing off and storming away.

Muu: She has mixed emotions towards After Pain. She hates seeing herself look so weak and pathetic, but it gives her a lot of hope that her story will be understood. She misses her friends, and seeing them again is bittersweet. She closes her eyes at the moment of the stabbing – she’s only gotten the courage to watch it through her fingers once. She watches INMF once, then refuses to look at it again from shame/horror. Despite Haruka’s begging, she doesn’t let him watch it, either. 

Shidou: He asks Es what they saw in Throw Down. Upon finding out his family wasn’t in it, he chooses not to watch it. He believes he already knows all about his emotions and crime, so there’s no need to go through that pain again. He’s tempted to watch it when he’s confused about Es’ verdict, but still holds off. He does watch Triage when informed his family is in it. He spends hours in front of the screen by himself. Only after seeing that one does he watch Throw Down, though he’s still left confused about Es’ decisions.

Mahiru: Absolutely loves TIHTBILWY. She thinks it perfectly describes her situation, and that the song is very cute. She lets others watch it, and unlike Yuno, feels like singing it 24/7. It reminds her of her bf, and she thinks that’s very romantic. Similar to Shidou, she spends a lot of time watching I Love You just to look at her boyfriend. She shows it to everyone, just to show him off and talk about him, even if she does skip over the beginning and end each time.

Kazui: He is very similar to Shidou; he refuses to watch his videos until T2, assuming it would be too painful to watch something he already knows and wishes to avoid. Unlike Shidou, seeing Hinako is far too painful, and he regrets watching it and seeing her so happy on their wedding day. Though maybe he’s still waiting, and hasn’t seen any of the videos yet…

Amane: Magic makes her worry more than anything. She fears she’s poisoned by unnecessary vainness since so much of her video involves cute things, colors, outfits, animals, and is set up like a tv show. She’s also worried that Es and the others will really see her as a child because of how cute the whole thing is. She prevents herself from watching it too many times, but buried under all her fears, it gives her a surge of pride seeing herself so talented and pretty and the star of the show. Purge March only reaffirms her confidence in her crime – the video brings up some awful memories, but it shows her as a leader, a warrior, a hero! It brings her comfort and confidence more than anything.

Mikoto/John: The videos are distressing to both of them, and they spend all their time studying the others’ screentime. Mikoto watches in horror as John does things that line up with his spotty memories, and John panics seeing that his actions distress Mikoto more than they’ve reassured/saved him. John does end up watching his own scenes a few times – it feels incredibly good to appear in a way that Mikoto may finally notice him. He feels seen. Now, logically I think that MeMe would be the final tipping point in which Mikoto finally accepts the situation and his DID, but if I must stick to his canon denial, then I’d say he goes on a whole rant about movie magic andt the crazy things you can do with editing nowadays. He doesn’t have a good explanation on how Milgram found his home and knew so much about him, but he explains everything away as cgi or camera effects. Double manages to sway him a bit more, as he hears John speak so plainly to him. Just as the audience had some debate on who was apologizing at the end of Double, Mikoto and John wonder who is apologizing to whom. Though they both come to the conclusion it’s their own apology, they decide that if it was the others’, they’d accept it and forgive them.

Kotoko: She’s very pleased with Harrow, and is unashamed to show it to the others. Though she’d been able to watch a few of the previous prisoners’ videos, it still shakes her a bit when she realizes that Milgram really does have the tech to look deep inside her. She watches it just a few times – not obsessing over it, but not afraid either. Deep Cover, however, is a once-and-done sort of deal. She claims she’s not letting the others watch it because “they couldn’t handle such harsh but true criticisms about themselves,” but she doesn’t end up watching it anymore herself, either.

Thank you @cycle-hit for the idea :b <33

Original under the cut

猫被り (ねこかぶり): 猫 (Cat) + 被り (Verb for covering the face or head.)

Feigned innocence. Concealing one's true nature. Pretending to not know.

Referring to how one would put on a cat's mask. This is said because cats always look innocent, regardless of what they may have done.

i pass these around like freshly baked cookies to help everyone heal from the purge march mv

(part 1 part 2 part 3)

Oh no, the views!

RIP Shidou. Look out, Kazui!

There's nothing we can do about this. Just keep looping the videos. They'll all make it to 1M eventually.

Testimony

tw/blood, TV noize

Idea that Es can see ghosts following the prisoners. It is not clear whether this from the beginning was idea of MILGRAM or whether it was simply a mistake when they made Es what they are now, but Jackalope is silent and doesn't comment this situation. Anyway the ghosts are very happy to chat. Which is what Es took advantage of.

Ghosts:

02 - Yuno’s viktim accept the form that can speak(was it the soul that only was just getting ready to posess the body and become a baby or already possesed body, idk)

05 - Shidou's wife scaring away shido's victims ghosts so there only his family ghosts here

08 - don't really know who was Amane's victim so I draw Riyone 'cause she's probably Amane's mother and Amane said that her mother should have kept her faith to the very end, soo

09 - Mikoto's victim is a collective image

cat is just chilling nearby

Dadzui Love discussion! Ft: Mikoto n Yuno

Happy Halloween!!

Loosely based on the last minigram <3

my piece for @uchiha-zine​

leftover sales are open! get your copy here  <3  legacyzine.bigcartel.com/products

Third batch of doodles for @dailyfuuta ! (day 15 to 21)

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!

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!!!!

It makes sense I swear guys! ......It's 3 am I don't know what I'm doing- have this shitpost

Welcome to the wet cat tournament!

Where all of your faves can fight to the death and see who is truly the soggiest of felines

For those who don't know, a wet cat is a fiction character that's grumpy and sad, or just otherwise pathetic and just generally has the vibes of a cat that's been drenched.

Have fun and good luck !!

The character roster:

friendships (+bromance) in saiki k universe

Crossover au where the sonic characters exist in the saiki k world, Sonic as an optimistic saiki k who wants to be normal , Tails as Kaidou, Amy as Aiura but with tarot instead or Teruhashi, Knuckles as Aren, Shadow as Saiko, Rouge as Chisato (haha- get it?), and Big as Nendou!

Feel free to add more possibilities, my brain died after trying to figure out shadow and rouge here, but it's funny to imagine Sonic trying hard to convince everyone he's not actually a super powerful speedy being instead of just being open abt it like he is in canon