#This is also not to say anyone who works with madoka has to do that forever

[blazingauraheartworld]

Does anyone know why the Kazumi Magica artist went AWOL like you said to dreamerwitches?

That’s the fascinating thing, right? I can’t seem to find anything about them deciding to. I feel like someone would have likely noticed if the artist had put out a ‘I’m deleting everything.’ or any sort of similar vibe before it happened. 

The Cuddly Despairs event ran in October, 2021. The artist did the CG art as well as art for the newly unlocked *5 stars + new Kazumi. Sometime between that event and potentially July/August ish of 2024 ( since there was no ‘goodbye’ art piece made featuring Kazumi characters when Magia Record EOS when everyone Else did one) is when the artist seemingly deleted their online presence. 

Now, the rest is under a read more just because I find this situation fascinating, but is really just pure speculation on my end.

Kazumi Magica is such an interesting existence in the catalog of madoka spin-offs, precisely because it seems as if both the creators ( writer and artist) of the manga aren’t very interested in involving themselves further in the Madoka Magica series as a whole than the story they made. I can’t tell if it’s because there’s two people who worked on it vs the other spin-offs, where the artist And writer were the same person, that’s created this sort of vibe where Kazumi keeps getting excluded from the cool magical girl club. Tart also was a two party team with Masugitsune & Kawazuku (under Golden Pe Done), but Masu alone was plenty active in helping with designing new characters and doing multiple Tart events.

I had a whole thing here getting into it the thick of it, but very much every spin-off artist that had their story shown off in the Exedra trailer (GAN, Masugitsune, Kuroe Mura) have all given some form of contribution to Magia Record during the game’s run, if not still doing artwork for the main series, like the MagiReco anime end cards and other miscellaneous works. 

I’m not expecting Masaki Hiramatsu( Kazumi Writer, still around) to have picked up a tablet pen and done something in place of no longer having an artist for his series. He seems to be plenty busy writing for the Bleach anime right now by the looks of things. I want to make it clear : I do not think he does not care for Kazumi. He clearly does with how he didn’t like how the first Magia Record Kazumi event was written, and then seemingly assisted with it on the second go. I feel as if the same would likely happen for Exedra too to ensure the story is properly retold. 

anywhos!

Simply put, I believe the artist of Kazumi Magica, for one reason or another, retired from being an artist or does not want their art to be available online. 

This is slightly unrelated, but to give you an idea where I’m going with this, I occasionally buy adopts and customs from other artists, and if I had a nickel for every artist I’ve worked with that has scrapped their existence from the Internet entirely due to AI concerns, I would have eight nickels. Again, I cannot confirm nor deny that is why the Kazumi artist decided to scrub everything, as we do not have an official confirmation. However, it would not surprise me if that was the case.

Even if unlikely at this point, the artist could always make a comeback to work on Exedra! I feel like they might leave Kazumi as the last spin-off they'll add, just to sorta see if they could maybe Find said artist. I’m just…not holding my breath for it as of now.

Which comes to another question: When Kazumi inevitably gets added to Exedra, who is going to do the art? I know there’s someone on the f4 team that can do a good impression of Ume Aoki’s art style, but I’m not sure if they can do the same with Kazumi…? I feel like there are many artists around and involved in the series now that there’d be someone who wouldn’t mind picking up the task…

[stardustizuku]

People fundamentally misunderstand Madoka and what Madoka is trying to say.

And as someone who’s only ever made think-pieces about madoka’s impact on the magical girl genre, and never about what it’s actually trying to say, I do feel partially responsible for that.

There’s this TikTok user - which honestly TikTok itself is the bane of all my existence bcs it boiled down everything wrong with Tumblr with half the attention span and a quarter of the critical thinking - that keeps trying to frame Sayaka (and the audience) as a dumbass, and that everyone else as inherently better person.

This creator does so by saying that

“Sayaka should never have wished for what she did, because that was a stupid wish”.

While the story itself tells you, in part, that that is true - it’s missing the GLARING CONCLUSION that the show itself is telling you otherwise.

Yes, Sayaka’s wish is what leads to her ultimate demise. Her wish is the source of all her problems. Yes, she never was meant to take this grandiose role of a savior and by doing so, doomed herself and her friends to a tragic end.

But uhm

1) NONE OF THIS IS SAYAKA’S OWN FAULT.

(I feel a bit insane for having to defend Sayaka, because I believe she works best when you acknowledge she’s a complex character who did dumb stuff, but is obviously a teenager trying to do something right. I NEVER BELIEVED people in 2025 would be trying to frame her the same way idiots did in 2011. God has TikTok fried people’s brain).

Kyubey is blatantly manipulating Sayaka, the viewer and the girls. He knows she’s a weak link, with a tendency to self sacrifice. So, he exploits her vulnerabilities to destroy her and get to Madoka.

If you see the entirety of Madoka, and somehow are still childish enough to leave the show thinking that Sayaka was stupid - you are not mature enough to be watching Madoka. What you are doing is victim-blaming.

This person portrays Sayaka as a privileged girl. Someone who had no need to enter the cycle of abuse that being a Magical Girl is. A cycle that targets lonely and disadvantaged girls, with no other options. But, because Sayaka HAD other options, this makes her the odd one out. The one that shouldn’t have been there.

They present Sayaka’s decision as a foolish one. One that had no reason to happen.

AND, while to a degree it is true, that’s to the whole picture.

(For one, the fact that she had other options, doesn’t mean that getting manipulated into the wrong one is any less tragic. It shows that ANYONE can be manipulated into signing away your destiny, if you for a fraction of a second look away. She had a bright future but because one person (Kyubey) led her astray, she wound up dead in less than a month. The same it can happen with anyone you know).

But also, yes, Sayaka made a dumb decision. But she made that dumb decision because she was manipulated into it.

Kyubey was hiding a shit-ton of information. He never properly explained that being a Magical Girl means constantly fighting Grief itself and the possibility of one day becoming a Witch. He never explained the fact that it could mean dying on the job. He never explained they’re all walking corpses with no soul. He never guides them into choosing a proper wish, or what that wish will entail. The only ones who try to inform Sayaka are other Magical Girls, who made a desperate wish and now feel remorse or regret. Girls trapped in the exact same cycle of abuse. Unsure if they made the right decision or not, and unable to properly tell Sayaka if she should or not. Because they have to gaslight themselves into a truth that might-not-be to avoid going mad with regret.

Mami tries to dissuade them, but she’s so lonely and searches for admiration and connection so much - that she inadvertently makes it sound really cool and something they would want. She “tries” to warn Madoka against it, but folds extremely quickly.

She’s nowhere the paragon of Magical Girls that this creator has painted her as. Quite the opposite. Had she won against Charlotte, she would have successfully recounted Madoka and Sayaka - convincing two girls who had no need to enter this hell to do so.

AND IN THE END - she did convince Sayaka. Enough for her to become one a few days after her death. Thinking that she could fill the void she left.

It’s very apparent that the “dumb decision” she made, was one IN HINDSIGHT.

People in the middle of the manipulation, cannot be considered dumb. They’re simply working on the limited information they have on the situation.

If you come away from the show, believing that Sayaka was the one was dumb for making that wish, and NOT KYUBEY IS A BASTARD FOR DESTROYING GIRLS LIVES…you have a problem.

AND NUMBER TWO, and more importantly, THE SHOW DOES NOT AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT.

While Sayaka made a decision to trade her life for a guy’s hand - she never regrets it. Not in her sound mind, at least. When her life is falling apart, when she’s infected with grief, and slowly realizes what her life will be like for the rest of the time, yes. She thinks she did something extremely stupid. But I believe, when pushed to our darkest hours, we might even see the things that bring us the most joy - as something that brought only misery.

(As an immigrant, my achievements back home feel extremely useless and stupid and like a dumb waste of time. But that’s not true. In that similar way, things we are extremely proud of, may make us feel ashamed and resentful when we hit our lowest points)

But when Madoka rewrites the universe, she lets Sayaka keep her wish. She lets Sayaka become a Magical Girl, and Sayaka (in her sound mind) is GRATEFUL for that.

Because here’s the thing - this creator seems to be under the assumption that Sayaka deep down wanted something in return. That she was attempting to be selfless, while wanting something, therefore she’s still selfish.

The idea that, if you’re hungry and I give you my last cookie, if I actually wanted it, that makes my decision to give it, a stupid one. Because you wanted that cookie, why would you give it away? You should have eaten it! It makes no sense!

When, as Madoka itself says, you wanted the other person not to be hungry. And you shouldn’t be punished just because you still wanted that cookie. The fact that you wanted to help, is enough. And the fact that you wanted it, doesn’t make you a terrible person!

In fact, even if you don’t have the strength, it’s commendable that you attempted to do something. There is no weakness in kindness.

By Rebellion, once the ability to become a witch has been stripped from Sayaka’s fate, it becomes quite clear that the paragon of magical girls is NOT MAMI. It’s Sayaka. She’s the one who wants to be a Magical Girl to save other people, with very little personal interest aside from Kiyoko. She’s the one that is paralleled as the rival to Homura (A stand in for selfish love). If Homura is the Devil, Sayaka is the knight tasked with saving Madoka. Sayaka is the one that gets rewarded the most, because she sacrificed the most, for her ideals.

That’s actually a core theme that Madoka has.

Madoka gets this EXTREMELY bad rep, in regards to its themes. Because edgelords on the internet seem to believe it’s “a dark and grim take on magical girls”, when its in fact - a normal ass take in the Magical girl genre. Plenty of MG animes are dark and mature, Madoka is actually on the tamer side, and Madoka itself has a positive and hopeful take on both fate and hope. It argues that you CAN change the world by having empathy and being kind, that you CAN save everyone and that you CAN be helpful, if you want to. None of your actions are useless or nor do they lose meaning.

You’re not supposed to be selfish to survive. You can be selfless, you can attempt to save people, even if you don’t have the full strength.

So, this entire person’s take on Madoka, that comes from this cynic and cruel angle of “yeah duh, Sayaka was dumb and Mami was smart for not being selfless” is not only boring but stupid.

It adds nothing to the conversation, aside maybe fodder for someone to ACTUALLY engage with the material. It’s banal and quite frankly, boring. I’ve had more entertainment out of a Danny Motta commentary.

[andro-dino]

nurse he’s out again

this had a thought process actually. Kinda saf spoilers below for those who care I just wanna ramble

So obviously any time I’m interested in anything I must make it about beyblade somehow and I was doing some thinking. My first thought was that zeo is EXTREMELY owen coded but it would work best with masamune as curt and i simply do not ship masamune and zeo. Toby as curt wouldn’t work because i could not bring myself to make a zeotoby that are THAT doomed and also there is no feasible existence where zeo abyss could ever even remotely hate toby at all. Another thought I had was that kosuke is also extremely owen coded but kosukyo have the opposite problem where the curtwen dynamic has to start with genuine trust and care for each other and kosukyo are far too toxic for that, even when they are slightly normal about each other. Thus, we have selessi as curtwen, because they strike the perfect balance between having an initially sweet relationship that very easily goes to shit and has SO many hard feelings from both sides afterwards <3

I was also thinking abt who the hell could be anyone else in the saf cast. I think character and personality wise, Hikaru is the obvious choice for Tati, but for the Doing This potential with an Essi as curt, it would probably be Gingka or Hyoma (it still doesn’t really work that well since Essi is bi but oh well)

I thought abt Madoka as Cynthia and I don’t think she could ever be that mean to Essi specifically but she could definitely pull off Cynthia otherwise.

I have no clue for any of the others, though I will say that chimera is very dna/shogun steel garcias and doji coded so I like how that works out with selen as owen

[pomegranateteatime]

Weekly update: Mundanity

I was fighting demons this week, creatively, emotionally, physically. I think there’s this idea what we always have to be our perfect, best selves. And when we fail at that idea, it’s something we should be ashamed of. We have to be palatable or else no one will like us and if no one likes us, are we even worth anything?

My whole life I’ve worked in curating the persona of a soft, quiet, sweet girl. And that’s not to say that I’m not those things, but it feels like more of a performance than my reality. I’m quiet, but not a comfortable quiet, I’m soft but only because I fear being deemed strong, I’m sweet because I’m scared to be called a bitch instead.

As I’ve grown older I’ve started getting rid of those traits and trying to figure out who I truly am. Most days my core personality trait is tired. I try to be full of life and happiness but it’s such a chore. I’m told that I used to be vibrant and fun…but it was never that. I think I was just better at performing. Most days I wake up and sob cause I don’t want to leave the comfort of my bed. It’s like a hug from your mother, you fear if you leave it, it will be the last time you experience that warmth.

I’m tired…but I still make it out of bed. Most days I even brush my teeth twice and walk over 8k steps! But these things don’t bring me joy, I’m still tired. I want to focus on joy, on the mundane, but my sadness thrives within this setting. But I’m also too scared to leave the house, change my view, so what now? Do I just rot? Do I just give up? Or do I try to thrive within the mundane?

I always pick the latter. I want to live, I know that I’ll always have this sadness sewn into my skin, but I want to live. Even if that means living with weakness, even if it means learning to accept my not so good traits. I want to live more over I want to find acceptance. Not from anyone, but from myself. God may never forgive me but I want to forgive myself. I once tried to write about thriving within the mundanity for a college essay but the professor was so insane that I gave up the topic.

This professor genuinely wrote a musical that was like the “parody” musical “Slam Frank”. But unlike the people behind that dumpster fire he was being legit when he wrote his monstrosity. That musical was so, so bad that it made my previously homophobic mother fully embrace me and accept my identity as lesbian. That night was probably the closest she came to having a revelation, I hope I experience a revelation soon.

I know there is no cure for my sadness, but maybe if I write enough, I can find my peace. I’m officially 56k into my original story, Dear Nightingale. It’s inspired by my love (and hatred) for Black Butler, the Victorian era, The House in Fata Morgana, Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the looking glass (the original books and the 1972 and 1988 live action adaptations), The Girl From The Other Side, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Madoka Magica. Yeah…Lots of inspirations! Some are far more surface level and others aren’t. I started writing thanks to the encouragement of my gf…I would have never written this much if she wasn’t in my life. And thus, my first offering of this post…the prologue. It is NOT proofread so I’m sorry if it’s lowkey incomprehensible but I hope you like it…this is me being brave and sharing more of my art…eeeks…

Okay moving on from that…I don’t know what pushed me to be so vulnerable this post. I guess for me, it’s easier to write my feelings instead of speaking them. Writing is all I’ve ever felt good at, though I’m trying to be kinder to myself. My grandpa brought forth my passion for writing and he would probably want me to find more in life than writing…or maybe not, he was SUPER passionate about it. Anyways, I think I’m good at other things, but writing is something I’ve always clung to. But so has reading, I guess they were my first escape from this world. And it’s hard to not try to escape such a stressful world.

Something else I’ve clung to is my craft. After rejecting Christianity after half a lifetime of being incredibly religious, I felt lost. My mom got me into witchcraft not long after which honestly looking back could’ve easily gone wrong fast. Since I tend to be obsessive when it comes to religious beliefs. But honestly? It’s very chill for me. It’s part of my life but often takes a backseat. I worship the earth itself and all creatures on it…except ants I fucking hate ants I’m sorry Gaia. I really love cats and ravens and crows, I don’t really believe in patron saints or familiars but I try to befriend as many animals as I can. In the photo are two of the ravens I feed and talk to. I talk to animals, no, I do not think they can talk back. But talking to them makes me happy. One of them is a raven I nicknamed broken beak, I was really into Xenoblade when I gave him that name and he has a thick crack on his beak but he is healthy! Do not fear!

Teatime is something I always do, as you may know by now. This is my favorite mug, I had one of these mugs since my junior year of high school. It’s by Mudworks on Etsy, I know people are scared to buy on Etsy cause of people lying about their products but this is genuinely an authentic mug and handmade. It’s beautiful and so cute! My gf is writing her own story, Grand Thesis. Genuinely I believe she is one of the best writers to exist, and that is not an exaggeration. Her work is detailed but not to the point where it can become repetitive, her characters are lively while still being grounded, and her pacing is excellent. I made an oc that she ended up making canon to her story, his name is Faraji and you can find him on this post of hers! I bring him up cause he owns a coffee shop in the story and she added my favorite mug to her story in his coffee shop…it made me emotional. Its the little things, noticing ones favorite mug or remembering their order at a restaurant, it’s small gestures that show how dearly one can love you.

My love came over on Saturday and we played some more Sweet Pool, when I tried to screenshot the game it nearly crashed on me? I don’t know if it was something on my end or if it just…does that! Could be either. But I’m hoping to play more with her soon, I really love how it’s written and I have such a soft spot for Zenya he’s so eppy to me. I guess…if I’m being honest, I see him so far as someone with untreated bd, like myself, and that’s both a good and bad thing. Sometimes the ugly parts of yourself need to be shown to you before they can be changed or worked on. Sometimes just seeing someone else mirror your behavior even in fiction can be eye opening. But I feel bad for Zenya more than anything else, I could have easily turned out as mentally unwell had my mother not decided that I was hurting being in religion.

Ironically, the reason I’m not a fan of Mizuno or rather, Kirihara, is for the exact same reason I like Zenya. Kirihara is FAR more accurate to a portrayal of bd and the reality of forcing yourself to be something that you’re not, and I hate it. It’s hard to stare at a character that has so many flaws and then go “oh that’s lowkey me…” like I just wish that I could avoid my anger as easily as Mizuno. But I’m trying to work on myself, I go to therapy and I am overall kind. Idk, I’m just rambling but I hope it’s interesting at least. I plan to make a more in-depth post about Kirihara and bd so I’ll expand my thoughts there. Let’s move onto music.

I’m really gonna try to stop listening to Ethel Cain for a bit. I love Perverts and Preachers Daughter and Ethel Cain’s music so fucking much but I won’t lie…it is probably adding to my sadness. This is not me blaming Ethel Cain but rather me trying to accept that I cannot consume anything whenever I want, I have to be intentional or else I could end up harming myself or falling into a state of depression. With that being said, I WILL listen to Perverts one last time before shelving it for a while.

I think I highlighted an fmab song last week…so this week I can glaze 2003’s ost. Which is just as good. Honestly, while I love both versions of fma…I think 2003 has stuck with me more. Which is funny cause on my yearly rewatch I tend to watch brotherhood and not 03 but I genuinely get so emotional over 2003. It was my first big anime and the story is so beautiful, while themes intersect with ones present in Brotherhood, I feel like 2003 is a lot more about rebirth and taking the good with the bad more than brotherhood is. And I think it feels more realistic in its portrayals of humanity it’s so good. This is one of the first songs in the ost, and it’s so melancholiac and yet hopeful.

Lastly we have our video recommendation, which is Nikki Carreon’s second part to her Shane Dawson video series. I was never a fan of him and though I had friends that were, most of the time when I was shown his videos it was his conspiracy theory stuff so I just thought he was a weird but overall harmless clickbait YouTube but then obviously 2020 happened along with D’Angelo Wallace’s video on him and I was disgusted that such a man ever became famous. Nikki’s videos on him are even more in-depth than what D’Angelo went into plus I really love Nikki’s videos. I’d recommend watching part one before part two but I’m linking part two since it’s the one I watched this week (I watched the first part when it came out!)

[atamascolily]

So was anyone going to tell me they put the "Prologue in Heaven" sequence at the beginning of Magia Exedra (though after the CGI remake of the Homura vs. Walpurgisnacht battle from episode 1 and the Exedra OP) or did I just have to watch the video myself? Definitely did not have that on my bingo card.

The runes say "Magia Exedra" and the central logo is a star (aka the Memspark macguffins, which I cannot say with a straight face) and the moth/astrolabe wings of Infinite Iroha. So she's definitely involved in this somehow.

The lighthouse and a new mandala, because of all the cosmic worldbuilding symbolism. And then they do the projector thing, just like the beginning of the anime, before the frame narrative kicks in.

I keep seeing lots of speculation about Namae's true identity, but the whole point of the character is that she's literally a blank slate onto which the players can project themselves as well as taking on the forms of established characters to fight the battle sequences. The whole "you can find your true identity" thing is a great premise, but as soon as it's realized, the story ends (or at least has to find something else to do), so I don't expect resolution any time soon since presumably the game is going to go on for as long as possible.

Also, because the character is so nondescript, I have a hard time caring about this particular plot point, so to be honest, I'm fine with leaving it a mystery.

This guy, on the other hand...

Can you tell me what the hell your deal is, then? Who is your god? What master do you serve? ... No? Didn't think so.

Green Kyubey has a great personality, which is important because Namae has very little to work off of, so he's got to do all the heavy lifting in this partnership. He's literally an emotional support Incubator, which I find hilarious. I've seen theorizing that the lack of rings = ability to feel emotions, and while the sample size is limited (Kyubey, Mokyuu/Little Kyubey from Magia Record, and now this one), it certainly sounds plausible.

Green Kyubey's dialogue also implies he was created specifically for his current job as guardian of the lighthouse (by whom? Well, probably Madokami and Infinite Iroha), so I don't think there's going to be a dark plot twist where he turns out to be evil, actually. I mean, that could be a lot of fun, but I don't think that's where the game devs are going with it--the whole point of Magia Record was to make a lighter and softer version of Madoka Magica and go on indefinitely, and I think Exedra is going to continue with that. I also don't think he's secretly a character we already know, but they pulled that twist in Magia Record, so who knows.

Narratively, Green Kyubey's function is to guide and instruct the player, so while I'm very curious what his deal is, I suspect that backstory is also unlikely to be addressed for a while as the game seems hell-bent on recreating every single major Madoka Magica storyline in the franchise in CGI cut scenes/visual novel remakes.

Thus far, all of the stuff I've watched so far outside of the Namae-Green Kyubey interactions has been pretty derivative. Even the "Prologue in Heaven" segment above comes off as copying something that already existed rather than organic or as a homage. I mean, I'd love to be wrong, but given the game's fundamental premise is "revisiting the memories/experiences of every story we've already done", I'm not holding my breath.

I also suspect that while WnK's plot will inevitably get an event/level in Exedra, I don't think the two are connected much in terms of story outside of that. The two works serve two fundamentally different purposes, and Exedra's is to be a perpetual story machine and go on forever. I also don't think the creators would drop any hints/spoilers for WnK's plot by putting them in the backstory/premise of Exedra. But I guess we'll see.

Suffice to say, there's no shortage of material, but my primary interest is in the new stuff, so until we get to some original content, I'll probably tune out. But the image of the lighthouse in the void speaks to me on a deep emotional level and I would love to know more about it.

It's such a great image! Fingers crossed they do something interesting with it!

[funnycreatortimetravel]

So the Madoka Magica movie is coming out and there's a lot of speculation about how it's going to end (or rather, be the start of a new series of movies/a show? Idk, it was extremely vague.)

And while I love the idea of Homura and Madoka ending up together because they both deserve some happiness, I can't help but feel like the best ending for Homura at this point is letting Madoka go so she can become a healthy adult (which, let's be real, that's not possible in this world.)

And by "letting go," I don't mean cutting contact or abandoning her, I mean they can still be friends while Homura can become a person who sees herself worthy of living with or without Madoka. Because as much as I love my favorite tragic lesbians, Homura isn't her own person in the relationship with Madoka.

Like, Madoka has a loving family, loving friends, and people cheering her on. And even if she doesn't believe she's good enough to do anything, she still objectively has things going for her, a safety net if you will. And she still has a goal in mind that doesn't involve one specific person, but rather she wants to become someone that people can depend on/wants to help other people (regardless if this is at the cost of herself.) I'm not saying it's a good or even a healthy goal but with some tweaks, I could see the goal becoming something she could work toward as a means of personal growth and not just because she thinks she's useless.

Meanwhile, Homura doesn't even have parents as far as we're concerned.

The only ties she has that we're told about are the catholic school she attended and the hospital she pretty much lives in. No friends, no family, and no aspirations of her own. And because of her circumstances, she really wouldn't be able to. It's no fault of her own. I get why, then, she attaches herself to someone like Madoka. I'm sure ANYONE would attach themselves to Madoka if they were in the position Homura was in.

And then that starts the obsession. A long, tiring journey in which this poor girl sacrifices her mental health, her youth, countless years spent trying to save this doom girl and her doomed friends while she herself is also doomed. She's pretty much made herself Madoka's sole protector while also not allowing herself to even do or enjoy the one thing she wanted in the first place; being Madoka's friend.

It's all but confirmed that Homura hates everything about herself as seen in her backstory and rebellion when she was destroying her labyrinth. Her saving Madoka is the one good thing she thinks she's associated with, so much so that she's OK with dying either to protect Madoka or in a world without her.

Like, the concept of one person being the only reason you continue existing is so unhealthy (note that I'm not saying their relationship itself is, it's just her mindset.) I completely understand wanting to help your friend you know...not die a terrible death, but Homura doesn't think she has anything going for her outside of protecting someone else and that's such a sad thought to me. She thinks of all her past friends as enemies now, and she alienated herself from everyone. She thinks, now, that it's her versus Kyubey, the other magical girls, and Madoka herself. The girl is borderline, if not entirely, suicidal.

I'm hoping so badly that in the next movie, this is the start of healing for Homura (though it probably won't be because Mr. Uro loves his sad/bitter-sweet endings.) I hope this is the start where she's able to piece together who she is outside of wanting Madoka, who she could've been had Kyubey not manipulated her and the other girls into making contracts, had her parents not died, had her body not been as fragile as it was, had her confidence been strong, had she felt she was good enough to befriend and get close to other people without fearing her hurting them or them hurting her.

Sayaka was able to let the bitterness of not being with Kyosuke go, accepting that even though she wanted him, she couldn't be with him and even if she was, she never would've been happy. She was able to realize the flaws in her "ideal magical girl" concept and accept the fact that she's just one person and even though she's not perfect and didn't get the thing she wanted, she's still able to be a hero in her own right in the company of people who actually love and support her because she's Sayaka Miki, not because she's a heroic magical girl.

Mami was able to be honest with herself, similar to Sayaka, that she's not a perfect person, that the perfect magical girl illusion was never her. She's able to admit to herself that she was inherently selfish that all she wanted was friends and family, and that there's nothing wrong with that. She doesn't have to keep up the pressures of being perfect and mature and all-knowing because, at the end of the day, she is still that little girl who almost died in a car crash that claimed her parents' lives, and she has to live with the fact that she didn't and wasn't able to save them even when she had the chance to. And she's able to come to terms with the fact that though she was alone, she didn't have to be lonely. She's able to realize that it's not too late for her and she can make her own family that will stick around with her, flaws and all. And she can be a good role model for her little sister surrogate and also orphan Nagisa, but this time, she can be a realistic big sister rather than an idealistic one.

Kyoko can move past the pain of her family's demise, and unlike Mami, feels as though she is directly responsible for it. She was a naive kid who only wanted the best for her family and yet, by doing the "right thing" her father goes on a massive suicide-homicide rampage and she's left to think that her naivety, that her wanting to do the right thing, was what killed them. But no, it wasn't. It's ok to have hope and to have the desire to help others and do the right thing. While the actions of the wish were undesirable, it didn't change the fact that Kyoko's heart was in the right place and that she could continue to try to help others without fear of it coming back to haunt her. She can let the tense guard she's had up since her family's death and enjoy the little things in life she never got to when she was too poor; food, drink, comfort, and having others around that care about you. While she thought that it was her wish and her misunderstanding of what her father wanted that ultimately killed her family, it's the same desire and intentions that push her to save Sayaka and befriend her and the other girls later on.

Now Madoka is an interesting case because she, like Homura, is sort of trapped in being who they were before they gained powers.

Now that Madoka is essentially back to where she started (unlike everyone else who at least has something/someone in their lives now in Rebellion compared to the OG series where they were missing those intimate connections) again,

she's left to feel like she's missing a key part of herself (only in the OG series, she was missing the confidence she had the in OG timeline as a magical girl whereas, in Rebellion, she's literally the missing part of the Law of Cycles) and you're left to wonder if she'll be satisfied, or will she challenge this new world that seems too good to be true, a world that was made just for her and only her?

And Homura?

Poor Homura.

Being an orphan and having no one, not even doctors or nurses it looks like, be close to you? Being unable to live comfortably due to a physical condition you had no say in? Having to be behind because of said physical condition and then having an inferiority complex WHILE teachers belittle you for things out of your control? So then you consider yourself a burden and truly believe only death and loneliness await you? AND YOU’RE ONLY 14???

And then you think you've met this amazing person, this girl who thinks you're interesting and cool with no ulterior notices, a girl with amazing powers that are as wonderful as her only to have the rug pulled under you and realize that the cost of those powers and your protection is her's and others like her inevitable demise.

So then you attempt to right that wrong because even further than your want to save your friends, you know the system that they're in is objectively terrible and needs to be torn down.

But then you try to warn said friends about the system and all they do is belittle you and admit they're comfortable in something that's designed to kill them before they turn twenty, and when (or even if) they're finally aware of the system and the terrible reality of it, they STILL blame you for not telling them sooner even though you tried your damn hardest? Or even worse, try to KILL you after they find out for themselves?

And then top that off with an oppressive alien race trying to control you and pretty much end your life prematurely or turn you into an immortal Lovecraftian Paper mache creature that looks like it was created by five-year-olds should you fall into despair at the hands of this default depressive system and you'll have to remain like that, killing and trapping people while you have no memories of your life as a human and have to live as an animal of pure instinct and evilnesses until some unknowing other magical girl puts you out of your misery, and the cycle will rise and repeat eternally.

Then not to mention other magical girls who try to "game the system" (which only leads to them dying/witching out even earlier, indirectly harming the girl you're trying to protect) or even worse, the girls see you as competition because they're insecure/power hungry instead of joining you in taking down the system set up so where death is an inevitable thing regardless, indirectly siding with the species that are literally killing them slowly but surely (and yet you're somehow still the problem in their eyes.) And then to add the shit sprinkles to this shit show of life, you have to battle this biblically accurate German clown of a witch that's a bunch of witched-out magical girls mashed together like a Cthulu-esque Ren and Stimpy-type creation (that's also pretty much invincible to everything that you and all of the nukes and missiles you store in a tiny, rinky-dink space-time shield you were pretty much cursed with while everyone else gets a built-in weapon.)

Not to mention the PTSD of having everyone and everything around you die and crumple to bits for 12 years over and over again, failing at every turn to complete the only goal you have for yourself (which isn't even for you, it's just saving another person because you believe you're extensible at that point) and at every twist and turn, you're beaten, bruised, belittled, scared, tired, pushed to the brink and all alone with no one to depend on because you're the ONLY one who can and will remember anything once you have to go back in time.

And then you learn the more you go back in time, the more fate and karma you're attaching to this girl which makes the aliens target her even more because of the level of potential she has. And even worse, you find out that the girl you've been fighting so hard to protect is now an entirely different person, lacking the confidence and outgoingness that made you fall in love in the first place, her desire to become a confident magical girl being unfulfilled because of you.

But you have to play the smaller evil. You have to deter her from making a wish, even if it means inadvertently scaring her away from the idea, even if it means being cold and calculated and harsh because she won't listen otherwise.

You have to crush that confidence because that desire will only lead to her death, but she can't know that because well, you still want her to trust you.

But because you've been trying so hard to scare her away from the idea of becoming a magical girl, she ends up becoming scared anyway and distancing herself from you, meaning you don't even have the comfort of knowing you two are friends anymore.

And even still, all of the other magical girls, including her, always end up dead or turning into witches no matter what you do, leaving you to fight the final boss witch alone and failing every single time because it's just too powerful.

But you can't stop. No matter what, you can't stop. Because stopping means death for you, the girl you love, and the entire world, whether it be because of Walpurgis or Madoka's witch which is only so powerful because of you and your time-traveling shenanigans.

So you do another timeline, and things go wrong like they have for the past 100 timelines so you're just numb to it now, and while you're fighting the boss witch, you get critically injured. And now armed with the knowledge that you'd just be putting an even bigger target on your friend's back, you resolve that your efforts were all in vain and useless and decide to just let yourself witch out because you have no other choice.

Only, you're interrupted by your friend, who's finally ready to put her fears aside and make a wish.

Your biggest fear is coming true and you're powerless to stop it.

So she makes her wish and becomes a magical girl Jesus pretty much and restores hope to every magical girl.

Every magical girl except for you.

She says your efforts are the reason why she was able to make such a powerful wish and thanks you for your service, as if you're an old veteran about to retire, and then she ejects you to a remade world, a world without her.

And you're doomed to fight in this world, the world she gave her life to protect, a world in which only you remember her. You don't let yourself become too close to the other magical girls for fear of losing that connection once the Law of Cycles takes them away.

So you're doomed, essentially. The one thing you've fought to protect is gone forever and there's no one but you left to grieve for her, and you start an endless fight against the new evil creatures in place of witches until you're about to disappear yourself.

But you don't even have the comfort of peaceful passing on because AHA!, that evil alien race wants to you use as a sadistic experiment to inflict suffering on you and the other magical girls while controlling the one saving grace you all had, to restart the terrible system you were trying to run away from in the original world.

So they place you in this fake simulation of happiness and fun and magical girl transformations all for the sake of controlling you and the girl you fought for and thought was safe.

So you take matters into your own hands and resign to destroy the labyrinth, even if it means your death, hoping the other magical girls put you out of your misery once and for all.

But if you die, then who would be left to protect that girl you love so much?

So you take matters into your own hands and override her power, creating an idealized world in which everyone can be happy at the cost of making all of your past friends your enemies later.

Even the girl you love and gave your life for time and time again.

All for the sake of keeping her safe once more from not only herself since you pulled a piece of her from the Law of Cycles, but also those terrible aliens who can only think about themselves and their sick curiosity.

I so badly want a happy ending for Homura, and I'm so hoping that that happy ending is one without magic or Karmaic fate or the weight of 26 years of repeated time travel or having to save her girlfriend from a terrible demise or dooming herself to magical Jesus type limbo for eternity all while she's the only one who can remember.

Outside of Madoka, what does Homura enjoy now in Rebellion? What were her dreams, if she had any? Her aspirations? What was her childhood like (even though we know it was lonely) was there anything in her life that even remotely made her feel that living was worth it?

If and when she becomes an adult, what will she be like? What career what she want to pursue? What interests her? What does she want the most for herself? Power? Fame? Company? Comfort?

And will it even be possible for her to enjoy anything outside of Madoka so long as she attaches her self worth to this one, ordinary girl?

Will she succeed in protecting her at the cost of herself? At the cost of anyone else excluding the kyubey?

Will she give up ultimate control over the world, or will she double down; ok with challenging her friends-turned-enemies all for the sake of her love?

And if so, will she succeed as Madoka's sole, eternal protector forevermore, or she be dethroned and killed, left to rot in a labyrinth of her self-hatred and mistakes? (God, I hope not.)

Or...will she finally be saved and released from the shackles of fate, time, and space so she can live her life as a normal girl, a life she wasn't granted even before she made her wish?

My excitement for this movie is beyond real.

[dreamworldmahou]

I don't know if anyone has asked thus of you, but how do I develop an original magical girl concept? Do I need to Astral project? Meditate? Please and thank you.

Actually, we don't get very many asks, and I'd be happy to answer!! ✨

I'm not a magical hero who scripted their concept, but I am friends with a lot who have! Developing your own original concept is similar to the practice of scripting when manifesting or shifting - ask yourself questions to figure out what works for you! What's comfortable for you? What do you aspire to be? What do you want your life as a hero to be like? Do you want to take inspiration from pre-existing magical girl media (like Madoka Magica, PreCure, Cardcaptor Sakura, Sailor Moon, etc etc)? What's your skill level with astral projection? Would you want to be a physical or astral magi? How about both? It's all up to you!

If these questions seem a bit hard to answer, then yes I would recommend meditating on it! You can also take inspiration from other original concepts (unless the creator says otherwise, though I haven't seen any "closed concepts" yet!), or even ask to join them if that's what you discover you want!

good luck, anon!! I believe in you! (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

-Polaris 🌟

[lavenderr-starrs]

I just think it’d be funny tell me I’m wrong you can’t

To Explain the bullshit that goes on in my head aka the weird pmmm universe x DC universe crossover I think about often in my head

Spoilers under the cut if you don’t know anything about puella magi madoka magica

(I HIGHLY recommend watching this show blind its only 12 episodes and it’s great there’s also a recap movie that has all 12 episodes and some extra stuff packed in it as one movie if you do t feel like sitting through 12 eps)

In my head for a DC and Pmmm crossover to work is when Homura starts rewinding time and starting the same month over and over again some of the stronger magic users in the DC universe start picking it up and noticing and just going “Wait a damn minute”

Because that’s how imagine her time manipulation to work, she doesn’t travel through time she rewinds it and undoes everything. Like for example say the timeline is an actual line when Homura uses her abilities she takes an erasure and erases the whole month of April and draws the line again

We time being rewound in her magical girl transformation in magia record so that’s why I assume she rewinds time and doesn’t travel through time

Now homura canonically rewinds time hundreds of time (12 years worth of reliving the same (1) month to be exact)

At first, or during the “Braids and Glasses Homura Era” it was a weird case of Deja vu nothing to make note of for the magic users

Then Middway through the rewinds the stronger magic users just go “wait a damn minute” they start to realize something’s going on but due to the fact the only person that keeps the memories of the prior timelines every rewind is Homura and since Homura rewind ability is limited to only rewinding one month

by the time they figure out a way to locate where in the world this person who is rewinding time is Homura is already rewinding time for the month to start again so their memories just go phoeey

This part is where I might need help in brainstorming cause I figure out how they find out about Homura and how that interaction would go xD

But to explain the image in top I like to think that eventually as the timelines keep rewinding it eventually starts to effect Jason kind of how it effected sayaka and Madoka

Like how I talked about how Homura using her rewind ability to “erase” a part of the timeline and draw the line again being how it works the same can be said to how Jason came back from the dead because Superboy-Prime's reality-altering punches during Infinite Crisis caused ripples in the timeline and brought Jason back to life (man I wish I was pulling this outta my ass but I’m not and it’s crazy that that’s canon anyways)

But super didn’t erase anything he just Yknow I punched it

This probably doesn’t make much sense it’s like 10pm rn and I’m eepy lol ill probably explain it better later

if anyone doesn’t get it just ask TwT

Anyways his body is the “susceptible” in a way to homuras time magic, like he has a sensitivity to it or is a sponge to it and as Homura keeps trying over and over again to save madoka, jason eventually gets effected by it and becomes aware of it like madoka and starts having “dreams” of past timelines and experiences extreme Deja vu

But since Jason’s older then madoka and more experienced with weird shit then she is (technically he is before she meets the incubator in the beginning of every timeline, technically) he eventually becomes aware of the timeline rewinds the same way Homura is

Anyways shenanigans ensue and Jason tries to go down the list of people he knows can rewind time trying to figure out whos rewinding if and way and it’s very hilarious montage in my head

Is it a speedster? That’s his first guess but as his investigation comes out with nothing the month resets

Confused, maybe it’s a super? Again nothing and the month resets before he can ask either the speedsters or supes for help

Ok now, he knows he’s on a time crunch and needs to find whoever is rewinding time before April ends and apparently he’s the only person aware of the rewinds ok that’s fine he’s got this

He doesn’t

10-20 resets later and Jason’s waking up in the morning of April again and hes just screaming into his pillow in frustration and meanwhile in Japan Homuras screaming into her hospital pillow for failing AGAIN

Eventually as the rewinds keep happening and the lore he’s exposed to Homuras magic the dreams he used to have of his past timeline experiences eventually delve into a weird fucked up version of Homuras memories buried in her buckler(source: wraith arc, read it it’s good :) )

NOW he finally has a start as to WHO is rewinding time now he needs to get to Japan, learn Japanese, (which maybe he probably already does know tbh) and find this middle school girl and figure out the WHY and the HOW

In a month

But it’s fine she’s constantly rewinding time so he technically has all the time he needs to figure that out

This next part is constantly changing in my head but I like to think he becomes extremely protective of the quintet girls Homura, Mami and kyoko especially because he sees himself in those three girls BIG time

Some bonus things about this Crossover

-the justice league interrogate an incubator they capture and Martian manhunter and Batman hating them so damn much because 1. Mn’M and Batman have no idea what’s going on in his head and 2. Their lies by ommissions are pissing them (and the rest of the league) off big time

-the incubator tells Wonder Woman they’ve made contracts with other Amazonian girls and has made a comment of how their such an “incredible energy resource” and it’s taking every thing out of her to keep her from destroying the incubator they have hostage because they need it for info

- the incubator also makes a comment to kara about how grateful they were upon discovering that kryptonians were wiped out of the universe and how they don’t understand why their harvesting the souls of human girls to keep the unviverse in balance when it was species like kryptonians who played a part in quickening the heat death of the universe which is why they need to harvest the energy humans produce

Kryptonian girls couldn’t produce that same energy human girls could so of course it’s good their gone, they say in their happy go lucky “I’m just a guy” voice that I hate so much (the incubators voice actors are perfect no notes )

And it’s taking everything out of CLARK to keep HER from destroying the incubator they have hostage because they need it for info

[yuri-is-online]

Hello yuri, first time anon here 👋👋.

Love your works. They converted me into an aceyuu stan lol. But also consider:

Aceyuu to "Rewrite the stars" from the greatest showman.

It could be the time loop au, soul bond au, or just regular au. It could just be in the song's regular pov (Yuu having their hands tied by going home and not wanting to break Ace's heart or Ace literally defying and turning back time to keep Yuu alive despite the prefect's inevitable death) .

but imagine the singers could also be swapped (like Yuu being the first voice that says their love could work, and Ace being hesitant to outright act on his feelings (and still failing)).

I've just been fed this vision of a brainrot for the past 3 days and I don't know what to do with it XDD.

Lots of love and stay hydrated 💞.

|˶˙ᵕ˙ )ﾉﾞ hello annon nice to have you here. I would apologize for inflicting aceyuu brain rot upon ye but I would not have received this ask and I happen to rather like your idea. There are so many good songs for aceyuu and this one is an easy add to the list. Given how the stars are literally able to grant wishes and astrology is very real it's especially fitting! Yuu's stars spell out a grim fate indeed, it would be an impossible task to rewrite them alone. Lucky they don't need to do that ¬‿¬

Now let's see...

Honestly, both povs suit both Ace and Yuu, especially in the time loop au. I can easily see Yuu pleading with him to accept their fate, not because they don't want to be with him but because they can't stand seeing him destroy himself over and over again. "You know I want you//It's not a secret I try to hide//But I can't have you" But Ace, he's just so determined to save you specifically that nothing else matters so he keeps. Going. At it. To the point we get to that classic Madoka/Amnesia trap where both Ace and Yuu are sacrificing something to save the other because the stars decided to give them opposing fates. Ace wants to save Yuu, who wants to save Ace who wants to save Yuu who wants to save Ace who can stop me if I decide//That you're my destiny? No one, that's the answer. Something else has to give because it isn't going to be either of these stubborn bitches.

Same with normal timeline stuff. Ace is singing the second pov out loud but the first one is more in line with his actual feelings. He would complain the entire time, but he would rewrite fate for you and claim he just happened to be in the area. Yuu's actual attitude is up to the player's interpenetration, but I like a Yuu who gets so frustrated with Ace's one step forward two steps back that they sing the first pov out loud even though they're very conflicted about going back home. Sort of like how both singers fall into a blended pov at the end. Both of them want to rewrite the stars, but have doubts about if it is possible. Doesn't mean they won't try.

SoulBond au Yuu more fits the second pov. Especially the bit about "not [being] the one you were meant to find." Yuu really thinks there has to have been a mistake, if they were meant to be with Ace why weren't they born in Twisted Wonderland? They're going to get sent back eventually won't they? That would just be too cruel a fate for anyone. Ace though... he has this voiceline in his Master Chef card where he says if he is told he is not supposed to do something that's just a guarantee he's going to do it (he's such a youngest child ◔_◔) and that doesn't change just because it's soulbond bs. Sure, he might not be crazy about the concept but he is crazy about you, and just because you might have your doubts and he might not have made the best first impression but your bound. No one, not the stars, not Crowley, not whatever gods exist in your world or his get to say what you are to each other because you can both feel the truth. You're soulmates, bound by a strange magic most consider a curse, and that won't be stopped by something as trivial as you being from a different world.

c: thank you for the ask annon

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Kyoko is adding so much more credence to my theory that being a magical girl is more like a curse.

My earlier thoughts about how there's no incentive for magical girls to work together seems to be correct so far.

Yeah, sure, it could just be how the magic system operates that the more Grief Seeds you collect, the more powerful you become. And the fact that in order for a magical girl's gem to not "fade" aka not lose their powers, they have to keep collecting more Grief Seeds is just so ... convient.

It's starting to feel more like magical girls are meant to farm Grief Seeds for Kyubey to snack on vs "helping people."

I'm mostly saying this because of Kyoko and Sayaka's first interaction/fight.

The fact that Kyoko is willing to sacrifice people in order to "game the system" vs Sayaka's-and by extension, Mami's-blatant disgust at suggesting such a thing is very interesting to me.

To me, this really shows how manipulative Kyubey actually might be. They're still selling the idea that being a magical girl is like being a super hero, but Kyoko is living proof that this is not the case at fucking all.

It also shows that Homura isn't an outlier. Her cold personality, actions and words could absolutely be a direct result of her making a contract with Kyubey. Where Kyoko seems to find amusement at the expense of others, Homura is detached and seems to find no joy in being a magical girl.

So her anger towards Sayaka forming a contract with Kyubey is actually looking pretty warranted. I mean, sure, her anger towards Sayaka for doing it feels like a on overreaction to Sayaka and Madoka. But with all this added context, Homura's actions are starting to feel less like an overreaction and more like an appropriate response to, well, literally everything.

Kyoko and Homura are "veterans," but it's extremely obvious who has more experience here. Kyoko can still act cocky and brash, but the difference in perspective really highlights their difference in power, too. Something something the more powerful you become, the more of your humanity you lose.

Of course, from Sayaka's perspective all she sees is someone who let Mami die. But in actuality, Homura gave Mami ample warning and she still chose to fight the witch on her own. Mami died because of her overconfidence and it's a fucking tragedy.

But to Sayaka, Homura is directly responsible. So whenever Homura tries to offer any advice or warnings, Sayaka instinctively writes her off and refuses to listen.

So you have 4 different perspectives all at war here:

-Sayaka's righteous (and possibly naive) belief that being a magical girl is an honorable profession akin to that of a super hero/knight

-Kyoko's ambivalence towards human life all for the sake of self satisfaction and power, which is further validated and encouraged by the reward of Grief Seeds/more power

-Homura's emotional detachment as a possible result of witnessing far more suffering than any other magical girl before her

-Madoka's growing horror and desperate attempts to have everything be "okay" again, naively imploring everyone to use the "power of friendship" so she doesn't have to see anyone else get hurt

It genuinely feels like being a magical girl purposely sets you up to self isolate. Whether as a precaution to protect loved ones or to gain more power, there's just very little reason for anyone to work together.

Also, Kyubey's constant fucking pushing for Madoka to become a magical girl is so fucking suspicious. They're legit pressuring Madoka to keep entering into dangerous situations "just in case" Sayaka gets in trouble when we all known damn well at this point that it's absolutely guaranteed she will.

Kyubey using Madoka's fear of losing another friend in a horrific way by knowingly placing her and Sayaka in danger is so fucking suspect. And then them trying to convince Sayaka to persuade Madoka into forming a contract-BITCH, HELLO?!

Idk what Kyubey has to gain from all of this yet, but if getting more Grief Seeds translates to more power ... making a contract with Kyubey could potentially be a way for them get innocent and vulnerable girls to do their dirty work.

A part of me even wonders if Kyubey knew Mami was going to die and is using that traumatic event to further manipulate Sayaka and Madoka.

[tsunflowers]

list of which precures I think are lesbians

nagisa: we see her suffering from terrible comphet. one day she will see herself as bi honoka: lesbian hikari: I don't know her :(

saki: doesn't know she's bi yet. probably will swing more towards girls once she figures out mai: lesbian michiru: I think she would go on a date with a boy to gather intel and feel nothing but if she went on a date with a girl she would feel something kaoru: I can't imagine her crushing on anyone but maybe that'll change

I feel like I still don't know the yespre girls well enough but I do think karen and milk are both lesbians

love: bi but completely oblivious to romantic overtures from any gender miki: I could see her dating another girl one time but she's mostly straight inori: ally setsuna: lesbian

tsubomi: probably bi or lesbian but the idea of romance in real life is still kinda scary erika: girl who calls her friends her girlfriends and it makes tsubomi uncomfortable for reasons she doesn't understand yet itsuki: bi but around the end of the series and immediately after she'll explore her interest in boys more bc she never thought she could express that before yuri: lesbian

hibiki: lesbian bc if she dated a boy she'd be letting us girls down kanade: bi ellen: I just can't imagine ellen having a crush on anyone bc it's been so long since I watched the show ako: still too young to be interested and also the examples of romance she's seen are hibikana and whatever her parents have going on so she's sort of down on the whole concept

miyuki: well her crush is peter pan. I think she's not interested in romance in real life. maybe she will be someday, maybe not akane: I remember shipping her with nao but somehow it's funny to me to say she's straight. she did have a crush on brian yayoi: like miyuki she's more interested in fictional romance. if she dated someone she would expect it to be like in anime nao: bi. she's like makoto sailor jupiter where she thinks boys dont like her bc she's too tall so she has to date girls reika: lesbian

mana: canonically straight rikka: canonically into mana. lesbian alice: I think she's still working on developing her own self-image outside the expectations of her family, who would certainly want her to marry a man makopi: disease where instead of brain you have princess marie-ange. lesbian aguri: still at the age where she thinks romance is something that happens in a movie where a prince rides in on a white horse

megumi, hime, yuuko, iona: bi

haruka: lesbian minami: lesbian kirara: bi towa: bi

mirai and riko: lesbian kotoha: I don't see her ever being interested in romance due to her whole thing

ichika: bi himari, aoi, yukari, akira, ciel: lesbian ciel flirts with guys but it's like when a gay man jokingly flirts with a woman. no real interest

hana: I don't have a strong feeling for her. wait she was into homare that one time. bi saaya: I don't have a strong feeling for her either homare: I think homare's straight actually emiru: lesbian lulu: no interest in boys, ever. lesbian

hikaru, lala, elena, madoka, yuni: lesbian I don't know if they have lesbians on lala's planet though

nodoka: I think for most of her life she was like "romance is something that happens to other people" so she hasn't spent time figuring it out yet chiyu: bi hinata: bi asumi: doesn't have those feelings which is good bc can you imagine asumi trying to date

manatsu, sango, minori, asuka, laura: lesbian

yui: bi but oblivious, like love kokone: lesbian ran: bi amane: lesbian

sora: lesbian. replace every time she says hero with lesbian mashiro: she definitely thinks she likes boys but I'm not sure if she does tsubasa: his curse is that if he hangs out with anyone his own age ageha will keep elbowing him and raising her eyebrows and he has to be like "it's not like that!!" so he doesn't know what it is like yet ageha: I feel like she does kind of have straight girl who calls her friends girlfriend energy elle: I dont know what to say about elle due to her situation

komugi: lesbian in dog years iroha: I think bi but hasn't explored it at all bc she's told herself it's not important yuki: lesbian cat mayu: lesbian human

[mikoriin]

hello hello! im interested in watching some new anime this year and my fave animes r sailor moon, madoka magica, and ouran high school host club. i especially love a silly funny slice of life show. what r the top 3 youd recommend as fitting the bill?

CRACKS MY LIL KNUCKLES

okay so out of all the anime ive ever seen, know, or like i think these animes would maybe fit your fancy:

Revolutionary Girl Utena.

spoke about it in my last ask so u can find more info there if u havent already seen it, but please anyone reading this, if u havent seen this anime please PLEASE go watch it. trigger warnings for the things i discussed in the last ask i answered, but it is beautifully animated, it crafts a deep, meaningful, and impactful story about breaking down the patriarchal ideals of what it means to be a "prince" and "princess". how society tries to assign us these roles based off of our gender or sex, and how they affect both men and women in terms of toxic masculinity, and how young girls and women pay the price for it. it is often told in heavy symbolism and metaphors or through a fairy tale like lens, but it all has a purpose. theres a ton of symbolic meaning in it that i still dont understand, even after my most recent rewatch. its stunning, and its queer as hell! directed by none other than kunihiko ikuhara, if anyone is familiar with any of his other popular works (such as the sailor moon R movie, yurikuma arashi, and penguindrum)

2) CLANNAD

HEAR ME OUT i ADORE clannad it is one of my top 5 animes ever and it is BEAUTIFUL. its two seasons total, produced by kyoani, and it is funny, charming, beautiful, and tragic. the second season is its most acclaimed, because After Story is just....breathtaking, but the first season rly starts off good too. the humor is so fucking good, i found myself laughing my ass off all through both seasons and it reads as a harem, but it doesnt follow the exact same harem tropes because the main guy has always had eyes for one girl since day 1 so....sorry ladies this is nagisa's house. also it is based off of an old 2000s otome game so thats why too. but clannad follows the main story, nagisa's route.

the story is essentially about a high schooler named Tomoya Okazaki who hates his dad, the town he lives in, and himself. and on the hill going to school one day he meets a senior, Nagisa Furukawa, and she's talking to herself to calm herself down because she's afraid to go back to school. tomoya overhears and it kinda...resonates with him. so he basically says theyll do it together. and so kicks off their story, about how nagisa's passion to follow her dreams before her senior year is over warms up tomoya's frozen heart and they fall for each other. it has a good cast of characters, like the girls in the cover shown and more, and its a slice of life, drama. beautiful 10/10 definitely recommend. get ur tissues ready tho i will warn u, i stayed crying like a baby lolol

3) Cardcaptor Sakura

another magical girl series if u havent already seen it! a classic among the magical girl genre, i offer you CLAMP's probably highest grossing series, cardcaptor sakura! i grew up on this anime, and im talkin GREW UP i was 9 when i watched this anime in japanese on youtube in 3 parts lmao (i was not fuckin with that 4kids dub ngl) and i adore this anime. granted it is a CLAMP creation, therefore there are some Questionable things in there, but the story, art style, characters, and magic are rly fun!!! plus....SYAORAN LI UM HELLO??? MY SON???? total tsundere brat, but hes a dream boat too yknow????

i wassss going to recommend Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle as my third ngl, because it does have sakura and syaoran as their main protagonists in trc, as well as many other clamp characters (mcu who?) buttttttt tsubasa is always a shot in the dark to recommend to people because 1) the anime sucks. if u want the true, authentic story u gotta read the manga. i am rolling around in my grave for all eternity until tsubasa gets a manga-faithful anime adaptation....and 2) not a lot of people like tsubasa because its unnecessarily convoluted lolol there are definitely gripes i have with certain aspects of its story, but i adore that manga with all my being it is sooo so good.

[ouppypio]

wooooooooaahh lots of ppl wanted to hear about the au so uh explanation ( also sorry it was late at a party rn)

Magical Girl Au Explanation Thinggy..

Before everyone chose to be a magical girl, they were once all human untill meeting Caine. Caine is some magical being along his buddy Bubble who he made. Caine has good intentions but due to his lack of understanding human emotions, does intentions back fired. He seen how humans have suffered, either by pain,depression,ect. He wanted to help the humans by either turning their lives more fun n stuff. I haven't thought on what he does but the idea was there are the Abstractions and creatures (example like the gloinks) that wreck people's lives but nobody can see them. As they live in this sorta circus themed world thats you can only kinda can get there without magiccccc....n stufffffffff. Caine decided to gather people who were willing to destroy those monsters, again this au is going through construction so I haven't figured out for some parts like why Caines intentions backfired so if yall wanna give out ideas I'd be happy to hear em. Back to what I was saying, Caine manage to get a few members for his group or whatever u wanna call it. Alot on who he gathered got abstracted ( alot of this is inspired by Puella Magi Madoka Magica so alot of it will be similar to that anime) so the previous members are now Abstractions (like previous magical girls turn into witches) All of the members were once human, but apon meeting Caine. Caine came to the conclusion that the human body was just to weak for them to fight so he came with a solution. By using his power, he turned their human body to these magical forms, essential what they are in the digital circus. But these body aren't human at all, they don't have organs or look anywhere near human like that so that strikes another problem. Since they can live in the human world anymore, Caine decided to create a new home for them, The Digital Circus. All of the members were devastated to learn that their lives were taken away and now having to live in some circus well just like the show... they abstracted. I might go for an idea that Caine erases all of their old memory to help with their sadness but again with it backfiring with them going insane n stuff. Again feel free to leave out ideas.

So now we begin with our story starting with Pomni. Pomni or whatever her human name would be (Pammy? Pamantha? Poppy?) She's is a depressed,overworked, and very much hates her job, office worker. Working for a company ( maybe for a game uh again not sure) who desperately wants to change herself, to prove the people around her that she can do something, that she can make a change, to have a purpose. That goal could spark the interest of Caine, so one day appearing in front of her to make a deal. Maybe possibly one of the monsters attack her. Either by accidentally going to the magic world thingy on mistake ( she maybe noticed a weird group of them going to this portal, or by just peer dumb and bad luck...she would have lots of bad luck) Possibly Caine saves her or the group instead. Which ever I go for Caine strikes a deal with her and she goes along with it because of the desperation to be something. And once she actually learns the horror of this new body and new home, she regrets it...as all the others during there first times. Now me meet the group, starting with the oldest

Kinger, the one who's been apart of the group the longest and most wisest. He's somehow been able to stay somewhat same but due to so much time dealing with all the craziness and losing someone dear to him. The magical girl gig has kinda broken him away so especially he's the plan/ smart guy in the group. Telling information for the group for missions and strategies.

Then Ragatha who's the second oldest member. She is essentially the mom friend, who often aids her friends during battles and keeping check of anyone (especially after someone abstracts) She tries to put on a happy face and cheerfully personality to keep her sanity, as it's her way to deal with her forever situation.

Jax is the third, he's the playful and prankster as always. Often teasing and annoying his teammates whenever he has the chance to. Jax often doesn't wait to attack during missions and ignores everyone's warning, unless Caine gets him to sit down and listen. But all of the sass and humor is his way to cope with the situation.

Gangle is the fourth member of the group, she's quite soft spoken and scared. As she still struggles a bit of her situation, and relys on her mask to deal with her emotions. Although she isn't weak, she can find herself to cower over some missions if they get to much. Mostly when she doesn't have her happy mask on, and that mask helps her with confidence. Although her emotions help her boost her strength if in very strong emotions.Her coping is practically relying on her masks to keep her happy,although a certain someone keeps breaking them.

Zooble is the fifth and came not long after Gangle. They are a distant and "idgaf" type of person, often trying to not get close with anyone and to just get over with it. Zooble sorta chills there untill they go to another mission, and their distancing is their way of coping. Not wanting to make connections to people in fear of losing them, just over all wanting to do the missions and nothing else.

The basic plot of it is Pomni and everyone else going to mission while they slowly start to find out more and more about everything to who they are, Caine and his secrets,and the universe itself. Anyways that's what I'm going to leave off, have a sketch of Pomni and Ragatha designs. I do plan on finnish it aswell with everyone's else but im tired and I wanna go to bed. Also credits to @massivemilkshaketale giving me ideas for this au, ily all and gn :33

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[watermelonsloth]

Hi.... If you don't mind me asking, can I ask, what are your top 10 (or top 7) favorite media (can be books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series/games/etc) and your top 10 favorite characters from any media ? Why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this questions before......

Hello to you as well. I don’t mind people asking me questions and I haven’t answered this before. This is long so read more under the cut.

I prefer the number 7, so I’m gonna do my top 7 favorite pieces of media. Don’t let the numbers fool you, these are in no particular order. Also, be warned, I don’t know how much sense what I say will make to anyone who has watched/read these.

1 - Naruto/Shippuden (only those two and specifically the manga) - I have thought about, analyzed, and talked about this series too much to lie to you and say it isn’t one of my favorite series of all time. Even with all of its flaws, it holds a place near and dear to my heart. It has some of my favorite character work I’ve ever seen even with its imperfections, the first 27 volumes of Naruto are still some of my favorite written books/manga, Kakashi vs Obito is my favorite fight in any piece of media (quite frankly, the Naruto anime has ruined fights scenes for me), and this series is what inspired me to get into media analysis in the first place.

2 - Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood - This is my legally obligated mentioning of Fullmetal Alchemist and the Brotherhood anime adaptation. Excellent character work (+actually good female characters), beautiful art, some of my favorite foreshadowing/slow burn ever, and commentary on the hubris of man and strength in collectivism while criticizing both the military and the institution of religion. Chef’s kiss! This is a great example of someone knowing what story they wanted to tell and fucking telling it. The biggest problem I have with the series is that every time I want to rewatch it, I feel the need to watch all of it at once and that’s just a lot of anime for me to devote my full attention to in one sitting.

3 - Madoka Magica (I can only vouch for PMMM, I haven't watched the other stuff) - Fun fact: this is the first piece of media to make me cry. Something about Sayaka’s story just… got to me. I really like this because it’s an example of a deconstruction done right. Of the few other deconstructions I’ve seen, they tend to be too shallow to even really feel like deconstructions or too dark. Madoka Magica hits that sweet spot of going to those deep and dark places while still maintaining a sense of hope.

4 - Across the Spiderverse - Since I’ve recently slipped into quite the superhero phase, all inclusions are superhero related moving forward. So I remember going into the theater to watch this completely blind. I had heard of Into the Spiderverse and had heard nothing but positive reviews, but I also wasn’t big into superheroes or Spider-Man so I never watched it for myself. I don’t think I made it through the first ten minutes of atsv before thinking “Goddamn it, now I have to watch the first movie.” Between the two, I had to pick atsv because, while I did like itsv, I had some problems with it. Namely, I thought that it underutilized a chunk of its cast (Spidernoir, Spiderham, Peni, and the villains felt wasted) and I thought they could’ve done more with the interdimensional travel idea. Atsv made these pretty much complete nonissues. The only character I felt like could’ve used a bit more attention was Spiderbyte, that was the only issue I had with it besides the movie ending before I was done watching it. Other than that, I don’t know what else I can say about this movie that hasn’t been said a million times before. The art is disgustingly, dream-crushingly good and if the writing doesn’t match that level of skill, it gets damn close.

5 - My Adventures With Superman - My Adventures With Superman has my favorite adaptation of Superman hands down. Yeah, I like my Clark Kent with a little more self-confidence, but for a Superman who’s just starting out and the story they wanted to tell, it works. As I’ve said before, I don’t care for him being used as a racial allegory but I do like them exploring his sense of identity. The series automatically gets points for two very underrated but important parts of writing: the main couple is actually one I can root for and it doesn’t waste the audience’s time. What I mean by not wasting the audience’s time is that they don’t draw out the Clark is Superman reveal or the will-they-won’t-they between Clark and Lois unnecessarily. It also has the first villains I genuinely want to strangle in a while (looking at you Amanda “The Audacity” Waller and Lex “Make Earth Great Again” Luthor). I can’t wait to see what they do with Superboy in season 3.

6 - The Batman (2022) - To continue the train of DC characters finally getting good adaptations: the Battinson movie. The set design, the cinematography, the action, the pacing of the mystery (it’s a long watch but it’s worth it), Alfred helping solve the mystery, Batman, Jim Gordon, the dynamic between Batman and Jim Gordon, Riddler, Catwoman actually mattering and having a good dynamic/romance with Batman, the balancing of multiple Gotham rogues, the humor that I didn’t expect it to have (especially from the Penguin). This Batman needs a Robin yesterday. This movie is probably my favorite movie on the list. I want to put emphasis on the set design/how Gotham looks. I recently started watch Gotham (the tv show) and I was so disappointed that Gotham didn’t look any different from a standard east coast city. But this Gotham looks like Gotham. This Gotham looks like a place you’d only live in if the rent was 25¢ a month or you couldn’t afford to move out. This Gotham looks like a city that would have some guy dressed as bat beating up criminals.

7 - Deadpool 3: Deadpool and Wolverine - I was weighing between including this or the live action One Piece and just decided to pick the one I had more to say about. This is the first movie to genuinely and consistently make me laugh in a while. The plot’s kind of meh; it’s a fun allegory for the Fox X-Men series but it wasn’t especially investing and the villains were entertaining but nothing to write home about. What truly makes this movie worth the watch is Deadpool, Wolverine, and their dynamic and development with one another. The development both of their characters got actually caught me off guard since, once again, this is a movie I went in mostly blind to. All I really knew about the Deadpool films were the humor and in my experience, comedies (especially dark comedies) tend to be afraid of getting too serious. But this movie actually balanced the comedy with the serious moments of development without either feeling too jarring or forced.

Talking about my favorite characters will be a lot quicker because I don’t actually have consistent favorite characters. My favorite characters change all the time because I have a love-hate relationship with many of my all time favorites and they shift depending on what I’ve been watching/reading/thinking about most recently. It doesn’t help that the qualifications for being on my list of favorites are: I’m not actively frustrated with their character writing and I find them entertaining.

If I had to say what my top 10, in no particular order, are right now, I’d list: Pein from Naruto, Sasori from Naruto, Joker from the animated Under the Red Hood movie, Kimihiro Watanuki from xxxHolic, Sam Wilson from The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, MaoMao from The Apothecary Diaries, Wade Wilson from the two Deadpool movies I’ve seen (the first and third), Robin from Teen Titans (the animated show), Katherine Howard from Six, and Hobie Brown from Across the Spiderverse.

[pinkprettycure]

precure seasons and whether or not i can see a sequel/special where a cure is straight married and has kids:

Futari wa: no also it's illegal they're under no circumstances letting them get straight married

Splash Star: we already saw this Saki has an off screen fiancé that nobody gives a shit about

Yes 5: we already established this one

Fresh: Maybe? but if it's either Love or Setsuna it doesn't matter at all and this man is completely irrelevant and gets mentioned once before they forget he exists which is funny like why mention him at all

Heartcatch: idk but Erika doesn't get married she just alludes to having a lot of boyfriends and none of them are serious. Tsubomi probably scolds her for this. Yuri gets confessions that she ignores and I can see Itsuki mentioning handsome guys but she's not dating anyone

Suite: no lol there's no room for men in this one at all like even an offscreen unimportant man can't worm his way into being mentioned. Kanade might talk about a handsome guy she met but like it's not a relationship he's just good looking.

Smile: Miyuki i can see having a kid, Yayoi could have an offscreen husband, Reika gets confessions that she turns down or straight up misinterprets but she's staying single. Nao is giving "i wish i could find a cool man" energy and i could see her having kids even later in the future but for now she's single. I believe in true love so Akane and Brian end up getting together during the story

Doki: Mana stays single but mentions wanting to be married and meet the right person but this isn't a plot point she just mentions it and she's perfectly happy single, Rikka vows celibacy because she's still in love with Mana for some mysterious reason. Alice... maybe she has an arranged thing... I could see her dating a lot of people unseriously but that's it she's not actually married though and probably breaks off the arrangement. Makopi lmaoo no she's got a job she doesn't care about that right now. Aguri I could see being randomly married/engaged tho lmao

Hacha: I believe in true love and Megumi and Seiji end up getting together during the story but NOT before i would be unhappy if it was off screen. Hime? no unless it's the alternate she gets with Seiji instead ending in my head but otherwise she's giving "dates a lot of handsome guys but none of them are her prince charming" energy. Iona... nah i don't see her caring either lol. Yuyu has "married in the sequel with a kid" energy though.

GoPri: I don't really see any of them getting married off screen but maybe Haruka mentions wanting to and that she just hasn't found the right guy. Wait Yui is married though like she's the one i see being randomly straight married lol

Maho Girls: LMAO NO. Mirai and Riko are self explanatory there's no room for men here so they just leave them as "gal pals". but nobody is good enough for Haa who is a goddess and Mofu is a teddy bear :3. like maybe? she gets teddy bear married? ? which would be funny

Kirapre: lmao no absolutely not. Cute guys might be mentioned, and maybe Ciel has dated a few of them, but otherwise nobody is het married here they're serving more ChocoMaca romantic tension

Hug: we literally know Hana gets married but i think they would never show the guys face. Also Homare is still single, Emiru is a rockstar and doesn't have time for that, and Saaya has a guy at work who's really into her and everyone keeps saying shit like ooohhhh so and so seems into you ;) and she either gives him a chance and decides she's not into him or just turns him down right off the bat because she's busy with work

Star Twinkle: Elena has married with kids energy, Madoka feels like her family would try to pressure her into a marriage but she's ultimately standing firm that she'll do it when she's ready. Lala is an adult on her planet if she was going to be married she already would be lsknfosijfrw, Hikaru doesn't care about it and is perfectly happy single. Yuni has like 3 kids she's not married they're just Rascals that started following her around and she can't get rid of them, when characters talk about the struggles of motherhood she's involved in this because she adopted these kids at this point.

Healin good: uhhhh I can see Nodoka being married with a kid idrc. Hinata dates guys but doesn't get married. Chiyu has guys crushing on her but she turns them all down, and Asumi gets frequent confessions but she doesn't know what the fuck is going on and misinterprets them in various comedic ways

Tropical Rouge: the thing here is i think nobody here is getting married at all. Asuka is also already divorced, she still has that weird exes thing with her ex-not-wife

Delipa: i didn't really watch this idk maybe Yui marries Takumi tho

Hero Girl: Nobody in this one is giving married energy either like Elle is probably still dreaming of marriage now that she knows what marriage actually means. Maybe Mashiron mentions wanting a husband though

Wonderful: Iroha and Satoru are married duh but also Mayu mentions wanting to find Mr Right and get married and gets a guy pining for her but they ultimately can't be together anyways cuz he's not that into cats which is a deal breaker but it's like Mayu is more just in love with love anyways so it's fine. Komugi is still a doggy dog and doesn't understand so she asks what marriage means and they tell her it means when you love someone a lot you vow to be with them forever and Komugi proudly proclaims that she's married to Iroha

[neppednep]

First Date With Madoka Kaname

Completely relevant to the post, Madoka v. Gojo in basketball. Who you got your money on?

This is a pretty short one, but enjoy.

》 You're going to be the one to ask her out. She has zero experience with this and very little confidence. Even if she gets 62 pep talks or is forced highly encouraged by a certain friend to be the one to ask, she's going to end up a stuttering mess and run away.

》 Now that the hardest part is out of the way, she immediately goes to her mom for help. Whether it's help with clothing or what to actually do, Junko is a smart cookie. In Madoka's eyes, if anyone would know know what to do, it would be her. (Junko also rizzed up her father. Totally 100% canon. Fight me.)

》 When it the time actually comes for the date, there are a few options. Some better than others:

- Movies? (Terrible first date idea. Boring. Hardly any time to actually talk. $65 for a small popcorn. Hard pass.)

- Going out to eat? (Better, but still a pretty bad idea for a first date. Not only can it get expensive, but with how awkward Madoka can be at first, how formal it can seem, and how little there is to actually do beyond stuffing your face, it'll go bad fairly fast. Will not leave the best impression. Pass on that until she gets more comfortable with you.)

- Basically, just choose something simple and casual to spend time together, get to know each other. Walk on a trail or park, ice cream, or a cafe will work. Low stress and makes it easier for her to relax and have fun.

- Cat cafe supremacy. Madoka loves cats and will have a metaphorical heart attack if you go to one of those. Sure, she may pay a little more attention to the cats than you, but she'll have a great time. She'll open up in an instant, and the date will definitely stick with her for a long time.

》 Madoka is probably the type to fall hard and fast. The lack of attention she gets at school doesn't help much either. She's not gonna be proposing after a week, but if you play your cards right, you'll have a pretty good chance with her. She'll hopefully feel more confident and better about herself, but it won't be instant. Don't go too fast and be patient.

》 Very wholesome.

》 On the other hand, if you mess up badly, you have to deal with an angry Sayaka. Not saying you'll be thrown out of a window but... have fun.

Definitely the outfit she wears.