@milgram-valentines-exchange art for @verity-clover!
Sorry I took one-sided MuuRei angst and ran. + some variants
Attempt at explaining the flowers under the cut
I wanted to convey a message of remorse, pining, and “what could’ve been”—still tinged with feelings of jealousy.
I’m not very good at flower language, so please excuse me if there are any mistakes, misunderstandings, or misinterpretations. I tried to use mostly Victorian sources or some that I otherwise vibed with. Some flowers have other meanings that also fit, but I didn’t list here for the sake of keeping it concise-ish. Please interpret however you enjoy most 🙏
Asphodel
“My regrets follow you to the grave”
Bramble
Lowliness, envy, remorse
China Aster
Jealousy, afterthought, wishing things had happened differently
Gardenia
“I love you in secret”
Honey Flower
Love sweet and secret (and well, how could I not use the honey flower for Mu?)
French Marigold
Jealousy
Spindle Tree
“Your charms are engraved on my heart”
309 notes
·
View notes
i couldnt participate in the milgram val exchange so i did a white day exchange with @sun-god-cometh (thx again for doing this with me!!) im a bit late but its fine,,,🥹🥹
i think i was a bit too ambitious,,,😭😭 you can tell i really gave up on some parts, this took me so much longer than i wished (i also never wanna draw a horse ever again)
this is based on the song "Kawaikute Gomen" by Honeyworks btw!!! got totally obsessed with it a month ago
85 notes
·
View notes
pleasedontruinthequalitypleqsedontryinthequalitypleasedontru
107 notes
·
View notes
silly muu/rei idea of 'if milgram actor au'
(i wanted to add an info on how I'd like for them to be childhood friends but there was no more space 😭)
also i have no idea of how things are actually like on production sets so pls dont take this seriously 🥹
56 notes
·
View notes
i was in forensics class when i learned a silly little fact about death investigation
Now, I don't wanna imply anything, but in After Pain, that fact seems to suggest Rei has been dead for a long time
cw for eyes (slightly eye pulling) and post mortem related stuff!! (also forensics :D)
here's a timeline of Rei's eyes in specific
As you can see, the eyes have clearly dimmed and have lost that shine. Yeah, this seems to go with the whole thing in writing where people write about how someone's eyes have lost their shine/light after death
However, this phenomenon does actually occur in real life after death :o!
Basically, it's much more complicated, but my forensics class broke it down to this:
In death, the cells of the cornea dry out and break down making eyes cloudy.
If eyes are open:
Eyes will be fully cloudy 2-3 hours after death
If eyes are closed:
Eyes will be fully cloudy 24 hours after death
i also have this handy dandy little graph i stole from wikipedia
here's a close up on the section we'll be talking about here (v)
We can also see the corneal clouding here as well!
(PMI means Post-mortem interval, so essentially it's the time period after death, starting from 5 hours to 814 hours. This one just so happens to focus on eyes)
It's very possible that this could just be a nod to that writing thing (and honestly it's very plausible!) Or this could be Muu's subconscious just playing it out as such (but I still find it odd it does a close-up to Rei's eye unless it's paralleling the moment where the camera focuses on Muu's eye)
However, I like to hope that this suggests how long Rei's been dead for
Which means she's been dead for at least 2-3 hours, maybe even more, for her eyes to cloud over
And, another thing, Muu might have stayed at the body during that period
49 notes
·
View notes