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I need to stress how important it is that Jinx made that prosthetic arm for Sevika.

Jinx, for as long as the audience has known her, has only ever made inventions for her own personal use. She designs them in a way that is specific to her whims and interests, which gives the overall impression that no one should be using her creations without instructions. And they're made to suit her fighting style, which is why we don't see anyone close to her, like Silco, using them.

That prosthetic arm she designed for Sevika is quite possibly the first invention she's made that is purely and entirely for someone else to use. Jinx saw how Sevika mourned Silco, saw that her unrelenting loyalty for him still held layers of resentment and rage, but that she still grieved him anyway.

It's not coincidence that immediately after this encounter (during which she saw Sevika struggle to repair her old mechanical arm), Jinx creates this prosthetic for her, pouring all her creative innovation into it. She deliberately designs it as a gift in every sense of the word, wrapping it neatly into a bow like a present, for a woman who may or may not even be her ally anymore.

And the second Sevika puts it on, we see Jinx's trademark eccentricity, her wild colors, her manic machinations whirring to life. It's a sparkling, visual reminder of Jinx's affection on her body, a physical manifestation of her desire for Sevika to live and succeed. She gave the arm tricks, weapons, instruments of brutality--things we expect to see from her--but also music and fireworks, features that serve no purpose in combat other than making her smile.

We have never seen this from Jinx before, never seen her do something like this for someone else. When Sevika asks why Jinx made it for her, knowing the novelty for what it was, she'd simply responded with, "It was something I could fix."

It's no surprise that Sevika continues to protect Jinx aftewards. Whether Jinx was consciously aware of it or not, she had been openly declaring, "this is my ally; attack her and face my wrath."

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"stress" by yoan capote - made of bronze and concrete

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they laid off the shrimp who fried rice. yeah. he’s out of wok now

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Another face for another leopard.

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dedra calm down. just calm down. I’m your court appointed space lawyer from the future. okay so in four years there’s going to be a significant amount of political instability - yes I said four years. that’s not as bad as what you thought before, right? all I’m saying is that transitional governments can get pretty crazy and given that you’re in for treason, you just might slip through the cracks! all I’m saying is give it four years and you’ll be GLAD you were in here and not out there - no we can’t appeal. no you can’t request a different lawyer

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I love Andor for giving their antagonists shitty endings. We follow Dedra and Syril for such a long time that there are moments where we kind of root for them or feel bad for them, even though we know they're terrible people. Andor creates situations to put ourselves in their shoes AND it treats these characters as they should be treated- as villains. There is no "she was just misunderstood" or "there was good in him." These bastards are straight up, unrelentlessly evil, and their endings reflect that. Syril's death is overshadowed by the cleansing of the ghors. He's filthy and at a low point and fighting a man who he's convinced is the enemy, even though the man has no idea who the fuck Syril even is. Dedra, who's whole character revolves around her ambition with her career, ends up being arrested for overreaching on her job. She ends up in a max security prison, not for the crimes she's genuinely committed, but because she disrespected the chain of command at work.

These are genuinely some fucked up endings for these two characters and I love it so much. These bitches got exactly what they deserved, I've never seen karma and justice work so swiftly.

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saying “you are a burden on society” is just such a weird framing of priorities It’s like saying “wow, think how much better gas mileage your car would get if you weren’t sitting in it” or “think how dry that umbrella would be if you weren’t holding it in between you and the rainstorm”. the things we create? they’re for us. they are meant to carry us. they are meant to protect us. we are meant to hold them up to keep us dry. 

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Going to scary zoo. Want anything?

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I have grown and changed

yurikuma arashi > madoka magica

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House of God

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Now that we aren't getting the fourth madoka movie for a year, it's time for some madoka drivel. Specifically about how Rebellion is important and great.

The most important theme in Madoka imo is one of self-sacrifice. In how Sayaka chooses to die as a "hero" exhausting herself by fighting in essentially a drawn out suicide once she believes she can no longer live as a human being. And how Kyouko - the one magical girl to always advocate against selflessness before being changed by meeting Sayaka - follows her soon after. And how Mami when faced with the fact that they'll become witches immediately concludes it'd be better if they kill each other to prevent it. But most importantly it's etched into the magical girl system itself.

Why I'm saying this is that Madoka doesn't break the magical girl system. She only takes all of it upon herself, fighting a system built upon coerced self sacrifice by a super-mega-never-before-seen self sacrifice. Perhaps we could say she fixes it in some way. But the system when fixed is still a system that's fundamentally built on suffering.

Rebellion then is important because Homura does break what Madoka fixed. And there are ethical stances and arguments about whether that may or may not be a good thing, because after all what's now broken is what stood between the universe and its heat death. However, none of the show's themes emphasize how eternal existence of the universe is the goal to strive for - we humans won't have it anyway, only the incubators will.

In that way, Rebellion is the first meaningful act against the continued tragedy at the heart of PMMM in a way the show's finale fundamentally is not.

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the first time i saw rebellion i gave Homura the nickname "The ultimate Homosexual" and honestly she kinda is! I mean she time traveled for years for the sole sake of changing the fate of Madoka, literally gave her the power of becoming a god by her sheer determination, tried her best to defend earth after losing Madoka forever (even if she ended up giving up, if the last scene of episode 12 says something its that she at least endured for a good while) and when the smallest posibility that Madoka's wish was just by nessesity and wasnt a fate she really wanted ( be it real or not, im not sure since what her laberyinth actually changed is hard to know but i want to believe that Madoka was being honest and she still made her wish because she is just that kind) she took it upon herself of gifting Madoka a world where she could enjoy a normal life, even if it meant tearing appart what Madoka became

Despite everything , she tried her best for Madoka, even putting distance between them so Madoka stays far away from anything magical that could ruin her fate.

She isnt a good person, she is selfish in a weirdly selfless way ? like Homura herself has nothing but all her actions are for her own interests that just focus on Madoka (and even on the other 4, she did prepare a place for them in her reality despite all the talk she does about not caring, but its very obvious its to a lesser extent and its unrelated to her homosexuality whoops) like, for a selfish person all she has is posibility of seeing her beloved live a life without her like damn

Anyhow i kinda lost the point, she is fueled by the Doka and that makes her a gayass

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