i know the nature of milgram is that everyones “sins” are actually wildly inequal in terms of like actual severity or even intentionality and the whole point is that giving the audience the power to enact judgment through es is like a parallel to the real life milgram experiments and that as we judge the prisoners sins we ourselves are being judged on our willingness to participate in this charade of authoritarian justice BUT imagine being yuno and being made to hang with like actual murderers and ur thing is you were a teenage sex worker trying not to have a kid LIKE
milgram is about moral dilemmas….. every character has done something wrong in their lives none of them are perfect even ur favorite characters… the project was written to make every character’s situation a little morally grey… u dont need to erase a characters flaws to deem them forgivable/just like them in general
I think my most meta milgram theory is that all the prisoners relate to social issues in Japan (this was brought up by my friend but they don’t have tumblr so I’m gonna post it here)
Haruka- ableism, specifically against learning disabilities. Haruka’s story is all about how he was born “wrong” and how his mother didn’t want him
Yuno- the abortion debate
Fuuta- online harassment and cancel culture
Muu- bullying, and how in social structures someone always has to push someone else down to be on top (the whole hourglass metaphor)
Shidou- curroption in the organ donation system, and how brain death is viewed in Japan
Mahiru- societal expectations of women, and the pressure to marry
Kazui- okay so since his crime is vague rn, either A. Cheating or if gay kazui theory is correct B. Lgbtq issues, could also be japan and it’s issues with intimacy and how his wife felt unloved but he didn’t realize
Amane- Japan and its history with cults
Mikoto- ableism against the mentally ill, and the “just endure it” view of mental illness in Japan which makes alot of people reluctant to reach for mental health help. It’s probably why Mikoto seems to not realize he had DID or OSDD
Kotoko- curroption in the legal system, and how crime against women and children are often ignored by the police
Hey could you guys do me a solid and go to this website, click on this guy’s portrait and then click “innocent”. Thanks.
His rating’s been going down for the past few days. Not only should he just be forgiven because. Come the fuck on. But he’s also literally our last line of defense against Kotoko beating the shit out of everyone 😭
