━☆ first kiss with seventeen: jeonghan
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pairing: jeonghan x reader
warnings: kissing, fluff
wordcount: 618
it all started with making a stupid bet with your boyfriend, jeonghan and you should have known that he would be up to no good because his reputation when it came to winning was notorious. you didn't actually think that he would end up winning. when you bet against him that he would get out of the escape room last, you just said it because you really didn't think he could. you had told him to go to the toughest escape room, thinking he'd get stuck, but here he was, coming out of the escape room third with a proud smile on his face. and the words you promised echoed back in your head - "if you win i'll kiss you", you had told.
"babyy, looks like someone owes me huh", he tells as he walks up to you, looking at you, the smirk still on his face. "how'd you manage that", you ask. "i have my ways", he says giving you a wink.
later that evening at home, jeonghan doesn't shy away from reminding you that you still owe him a kiss. the thing was you didn't know if you should just give him a plain kiss on the cheek or on the lips...because you both have never shared a kiss on the lips before.
"a penny for your thoughts?", jeonghan asks, snapping out of your head as he stands next to you, leaning against the doorframe. you smile softly. "where's my kiss baby? i'm gonna double this if i don't get it by today", he complains playfully, making you roll your eyes.
"alright, alright, your kiss is coming", you tell, chuckling as you stand up and walk towards him so that you're now standing in front of him. you're still looking at him, still torn between where to kiss him, feeling nervous all of a sudden. you really did want to kiss him - a real kiss. you've been so lost in your head that you don't realize that you've been staring at his lips for the last 30 seconds until he cutely pokes your cheek, making you meet his eyes.
"the kiss is going to double in the next minute", he teases, making you punch his arm playfully. you try to calm your nerves as you put your arms on his shoulders and lean in to kiss his cheek. but at the last moment, jeonghan's head turns and you end up kissing his lips instead. it's a quick peck before you realize what's happened and you pull away with a small gasp, covering a hand over your mouth in the process.
"your phone was ringing", jeonghan completes his sentence and it takes a few seconds for the kiss to sink into his mind before he's fighting the urge to smile. he wraps a hand around your waist and pulls you closer. you're so nervous. even though you've been close to jeonghan before, something the proximity between you both as you share a kiss is nerve-wracking. you gulp and look between his lips and his eyes.
"can i have another kiss?", he asks you sweetly, looking at you with adoration. "y-yeah", you mutter out and slowly lean in to kiss him again. he cups your cheek when your lips meet his, and he slowly moves his lips against yours, making your head spin. when he pulls away, you're almost breathless and you're sure that your cheeks have heated up.
"okay?", he asks softly and you nod your head, affirming a yes and he smiles. you move forward to peck his lips again and he grins, engulfing you in a hug as he tells you that he should make bets with you more often if kisses are his reward.
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Kotoko and her connection to Dante’s Inferno’s Satan
Disclaimer: This is just about symbolism and I know how it sounds but I promise I’m not trying to imply anything or demonize her! I love Kotoko! Ive just been repeatedly noticing details about the parallel for several months now and I just really want to bring it up! This is just an analysis of the details MILGRAM has provided for it. I’m incredibly sorry if I make a mistake!
Kotoko has a lot of parallels to Dante’s Inferno Satan, especially in relation to Es.
To make sure we’re all on the same page, Dante’s Inferno is a Christian poem that outlines the 9 circles of hell. MILGRAM directly references Dante’s Inferno by quoting it in all the t2 door arts.
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter.” A quote derived from a sign at the gate of hell in the poem.
Each ring of Hell contains sinners with different levels of sins, and each ring’s sin was meant to be worse the further inside you go. Ive seen a couple theories that each prisoner correlates with a specific ring of hell. (Ex: Haruka is ring 1, Limbo; Yuno is ring 2, lust; etc)
But Dante’s Inferno only outlines 9 rings, what about our 10th prisoner, Kotoko?
While it could be that she’s again the “outsider” to the other prisoners, the last section of the 9th ring of Hell is significant because it is the center of Hell, containing Satan. So it could be reasonably argued that Kotoko correlates with it.
MILGRAM already has a TON of religious references. One that I’ve seen pointed out is how it seems the cover art of each novel is a reference to a famous Christian art piece.
The Es in each novel seems to be where Jesus relatively is. Remember that Jesus is both the son of God AND God. God gives sinners their judgements which sounds very similar to Es and how they're giving the prisoners (the human sinners) their verdicts.
Plus, the quote Milgram quotes is on the doors the prisoners are entering, and in Dante’s inferno, it’s on the gate of hell so you can compare or theorize that MILGRAM is a parallel to (or straight up is) purgatory. And Es, being the one who decides the verdict, parallels God.
Also, her t2 VD is named “YONAH,” which is the masculine version of the name Jonah. Not only does this relate to her themes of masculinity again, Jonah is a name that originates from Hebrew origins which means “dove.”
It is also a reference to the book of Jonah. A main theme of this book is “Jonah wants God to operate on his timeline [...] He wanted God to dole out punishment on his clock instead of according to God's plan. Yet God showed Jonah that in his infinite wisdom, he can't and will not be rushed.” Which is pretty much exactly what happens in YONAH, and also once again compares Es to God.
Dante’s Inferno’s Satan was an angel, a splendid being, apparently the most perfect of God's creatures… an “Angel of light.” We/Es deemed Kotoko innocent in t1. She had the highest innocent percentage in t1 too because a lot of people thought her murder was justified. You know, the most perfect of God’s creatures. The most perfect out of the prisoners.
“We really can work together.”
But then Satan tried to usurp God.
“If you don’t have the strength on your own, let me take care of it. Es! I can do it in MILGRAM!”
Kotoko wants to be the prison guard because Es isn’t capable in her eyes.
Satan was ultimately sent to Hell and punished as "the ultimate sinner" for his betrayal of trying to usurp God.
We are now punishing Kotoko for her attempts to judge the prisoners herself and “usurp” Es. It works even better now that she has the highest guilty percentage in all of MILGRAM so far as the “ultimate sinner.”
As a lot know, Fuuta also has tons of religious references too. (Ex. His VD is titled Baptism by Fire) By him also passing judgements onto people, you could say that he was trying to play God.
What is that saying about us, the audience, then? And our parallel/foil to Fuuta/Kotoko?
Dante’s Inferno as a whole is very much based around the idea of “evil will be punished,” which not only encapsulates Kotoko’s ideals but MILGRAM’s as well. It makes sense that MILGRAM says that Kotoko is a perfect parallel to the facility.
(I also wanna mention that there's something that could be said about the holy trinity in relation to Es + the audience + jackalope. For example, how Jesus is God in the flesh and Es is the audience "in the flesh," by acting as a personified version of us to interact with the "human sinnners" but I feel like I might be going into tinfoil hat territory.)
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