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My Thoughts on Yuno's Story:

Milgram is a take on society. It's not about whether or not she's actually a murderer or deserves to be punished for her crimes, it's about the fact that society sees her that way. She's a sex worker who (intentionally or not, though i believe it was intentional) fell down a flight of stairs and lost the child she was pregnant with. She didn't feel guilty about it until coming to Milgram, a metaphor for being exposed to the society that is judging her. It doesn't matter what she was voted, it was the fact that she was judged in the first place that made her feel guilty for it. Because it became a question of "was this wrong?" when it wasn't before. And my impression is that she doesn't feel guilty for the abortion / miscarriage (whichever it was), but feels bad over the fact that she doesn't feel guilty over it. She feels like she should, because society makes it seem like she should. That's why she's here.

I don't think they're trying to villainize her for having an abortion or anything like that, I think they're just drawing attention to the fact that it is considered a morally wrong act by society. Milgram itself is what's villainizing her, not the creators.

Idk if this makes sense or communicates what I'm thinking properly but. I just don't understand why people are getting so mad about it. Specifically people who are mad that she didn't do anything wrong when thats the point. Like, they wanted her to be worse to justify her being there when there is no justification, which is the point.

Ifff any of that makes sense. Yeah.

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reblogging now only coz i feel like this is really important for people to keep in mind when interacting with media in general... characters are works of fiction and so they don't always have to represent the authors etc., bc you can write a racist character without being racist, or a sexist character without being sexist, or a xenophobic character without being xenophobic yourself! sometimes, the author may hold those same views. but sometimes, they won't.

same goes for making everything too meta. like, one could potentially rant about Mikoto, and how hypothetically harmful he is in the way of DID representation (media rep is few and far between enough) bc he, at least on the surface, falls under the common archetypes. however, the characterisation is still multifaceted. it's just a messed up way to cope. how could Mikoto take the blame for Orekoto/John's actions? it's also not impossible to spiral that far, system or otherwise, so why class it as bad rep? and why would we talk about how it could perpetuate the bad stereotype, when the intention is that none of these characters are irrevocably redeemable? isn't it good that there's actual nuance in how he behaves? can't we just appreciate MILGRAM for what it's meant to be, instead of only what it could potentially be when taken wholly out of context?

to me it just feels like common sense but it's equally kinda surprising to see just how many people don't get that, so here i am, reblogging about it...

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there is no more "never ask a milgram fan what happened on (date)" it's just "never ask a milgram fan what happened"

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(slightly off-topic vocaloid rant is cyan so you can skip that if you wish)

it's MILGRAM time everyone!!!! how fun!!! i'm so not mentally ready for the MV to come out for Life in just under two hours.......

listening to the song on its own has destroyed me. the first line on its own destroyed me. she's literally crying in the song... rock bottom at its finest! i just want her to be okay (we know it's impossible but one can dream) and i know this show has other plans for her insteaddd and i wish everyone (who's still alive) in MILGRAM could just get therapy at the end????? please???????

the only other thing i wanna say is. why do some fans always feel the need to project western ideas onto Japanese society?? i feel like this issue plagues so many spaces where english speaking communities meet japanese media (e.g. Vocaloid/UTAU songs getting cancelled over a decent translation that got warped coz of the western lens... i remember what y'all did to ざぁこ just bc Hiiragi Magnetite wanted to make a flashy sounding song about a high-school aged girl teasing her crush. does every song have to be a groundbreaking masterpiece? i don't think so. and y'all criticised the flipping bed squeaking SFX, as if other songs like Mesmerizer and Static don't use it too </3 like if you want to cancel a Kaai Yuki producer, go after shikiura sougo ig??? his songs are waaay more explicit topic-wise [even then it's still within an acceptable range 90% of the time] and if you have such an issue with ざぁこ i bet you'll have a field day(!) but i digress.) and it kinda just gets on my nerves sometimes...

like, can't we just accept that abortion is taboo in Japan, and so it's not unreasonable for Yuno to be treated as a prisoner? i mean, this one comment i saw about how they were "disappointed in MILGRAM" kinda pmo. media literacy and cultural awareness is so on the decline lately. Yuno is literally goin thru it with survivor's guilt coz she watched someone die. and yeah, we ourselves might have not personally taken the same approach towards abortions (i'm pro-choice, for one) but that doesn't mean it's not okay to feel guilty about it!! if anything, Yuno's ability to criticise herself in such a flawed way is what makes her character feel more believable and human!! she's only 18 years old, after all. why do we get to judge how she judges herself? and why should we be so meta with it, such that we judge MILGRAM as a whole? if we were to assume that the prisoners reflected the views of DECO*27 or anyone else on the team, should we say that they advocate for Amane's cult's teachings?? of course not!!

anyway. this series makes me ill. i wish Mahiru was still with us. and i better get to making fanart that's worth posting...