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Sorry, I haven't been posting

I've been preoccupied with work lately. It's not that I mind my job, but it doesn't leave me much time to think about ideas. I'm still working on "The Fallen Stars", hopefully I'll have something by the end of the week.

Honestly, I'm not proud of it so far, but I'm committed to working on it.

But I've also been working on another story with my other characters, and it's intended to be a sequel to this story. But then again, not much crosses over, and I doubt you would need to read this story to understand the sequel. We'll see what I end up deciding to do.

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Madoka Magica: Witchswap AU

I've been sitting on this idea for too long with nothing material to show for it, so I might as well speak it into the world so somebody else can enjoy it and maybe make it themselves:

PMMM Witchswap AU: An alternate universe where all the Magical Girls encountered in the series are Witches by the start, and all the Witches encountered in the series are Magical Girls by the start.

So, instead of Mami, Kyoko, and Sayaka, you have Candeloro, Ophelia, and Oktavia. Instead of Charlotte or Uhrmann, you have Nagisa and Inui Itsumi. So on and so forth.

In my head, I like to think that the focus of a Mitakihara-set Witchswap story could be that the girls all learn about a very special Witch that is incubating somewhere in the city, its Grief Seed waiting to hatch (like Charlotte's in Episode 3): Kriemhild Gretchen. Kyubey surmises that Kriemhild's Grief Seed is uniquely capable of holding an effectively infinite amount of Soul Gem impurity, and so any Magical Girl that obtains it would never have to fight Witches again, allowing them to return to a normal life.

Thus begins a race against both the clock before Kriemhild Gretchen hatches & destroys the world in just a few days, and against all the other Magical Girls hunting for the same treasure.

Naturally, a theoretically infinite recharge Grief Seed would be able to give all of these Magical Girls normal lives, but only if they trust each other enough to share. But if they think any one of them might whisk it away for themselves, then that motivates them to just keep it for themself instead. It's a self-fulfilling thing.

Not to mention the girls would have to decide between trying to defeat Gretchen and keeping the Grief Seed, or giving it straight to Kyubey before it hatches so as to ensure the world won't be destroyed.

I like to think that Kriemhild Gretchen's Familiars would be able to leave her still-forming Labyrinth and they'd be found in the Labyrinths of the rest of the Holy Quintet's Witches. If a Magical Girl encounters these Familiars, they'd be able to track their magical signature and be better equipped to search for & find Kriemhild Gretchen's Grief Seed.

(I suppose an infinite recharge Grief Seed could also fit Shitori Egumo/Embryo Eve/Ui Tamaki, but I like to think that in a Magia Record Witchswap AU, Ui is fine and it's Iroha that becomes a Witch instead).

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While we wait for chapter 7 to be ready, here’s some art I drew of Jennifer.

I wanted to go for a reaper-esque look, considering her associations with death. I didn’t draw her scythe because I’m bad at drawing objects.

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Still working on chapter 7

Sorry, I've been busy. Work has been eating up most of my time. But I'm still working on The Fallen Stars. Chapter 7 should be ready sometime this week. I'll make sure of it.

In the meantime, you can catch up on The Fallen Stars.

The Fallen Stars (6346 words) by NevermoreRaven06

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PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA: HEXENGARTEN

The existence of a magical girl is a bleak one, with nary a break or respite in their eternal lifelong battles. For their wishes, which they’ve traded with their very souls, they are bound by this fate of bloodshed. However, within this community, a little rumour begins to spread within Japan’s cities of Asunaro, Kamihama, Kazamino, and even the wrecked Mitakihara. It’s said that there is a witch, powerful enough to destroy the world in only 10 days incubating somewhere . If a magical girl is able to kill this “mega-witch” they would obtain a grief seed able to hold a virtually infinite amount of curses, allowing a magical girl to quit being one entirely.

Many magical girls begin to search for this witch, all grasping for the paltry hope it offers or to save the world from it’s destructive power the witch it birth will bring. Who will obtain this grief seed? Who will fall in their pursuit of this treasure? Only time can tell.

I was inspired by this post by @garr9988, where the witches are swapped with the magical girls of the main series, and Madoka’s/Gretchen’s grief seed is able to hold a near infinite amount of curses, allowing any magical girl holding the grief seed to effectively allowing a magical girl to quit being one entirely without the threat of becoming a witch. This of course attracts a bunch of magical girls who want an escape from the system that entraps them or want to save the world from Gretchen’s “heaven”. The story’s protagonist is Elenore Hoffman, the magical girl behind Gertrud.

TW: Mentions of forced marriages, religious trauma, sexual assault, suicide, abuse, spiders, and flashing images below!

Other Posts: Protagonists/Antagonists/Neutral Party/Survivors

🌹Elenore Hoffman🌹

Age: 17

Wish: “I don’t want this marriage. Please, let me out! I’m not marrying anyone!”

Weapon: Garden Shears/Sickle

Magic: Flight

Likes: Roses, Truffle Oil

Dislikes: Oxymorons

Element: Forest

Class: Breaker

Witch: Gertrud

One of the many magical girls who is looking for the fabled mega witch. Distrustful and suspicious of everyone who approaches her, she’s notably cold hearted, a far cry from the magical girls on TV. She’s incredibly territorial, especially regarding both her witch-hunting territory and her small rose garden. She hates other magical girls and is even a bit of a misanthrope. Under all the thorns and armour she puts on, she’s simply scared, tired, and depressed from all her years as a magical girl. Her guilty pleasure is playing high stress arcade games.

Elenore was born to an affluent family and was raised by her loving father. She adored plants, and her father even gifted her with her own personal garden. However, her family was incredibly old fashioned, and she was expected to be married to a man she didn’t know. This forced marriage was a nightmare for the young Elenore, and she made a wish to escape the marriage itself. The marriage strained her relationship with her father, and the two rarely talk nowadays. She initially was hopeful, that she could both be a hero, and meet some new friends. But every time she joined a team, they ended up betraying her or kicking her out so that grief seeds would go around more easily. She self isolated from everyone, and became extremely territorial with her witch hunting, often fighting and severely injuring other magical girls who trespassed. When she learned the truth about witches, she wasn’t even surprised. She was already accustomed to disappointment and hurt, so why not add on the fact that she was a murderer and could become a monster? The reason she’s searching for the fabled mega witch is to finally quit being a magical girl, move out of her father’s house, and finally be free from it all.

TRIVIA

The only thing she grows in her garden are red roses. When it was originally given to her, it had pink and white roses, but she specifically planted and cared for red roses after the forced marriage.

She was a lot more amiable when she first became a magical girl, but became more cold hearted as time went on.

Elenore prefers coffee to tea. She can’t tell the difference between oolong, black, green, or rooibos tea.

Her father is worried sick about his daughter, but doesn’t infer with her life because he knows he has no right.

She actually is covered in freckles, but covers them up with makeup.

Despite her generally unfriendly demeanour, she has an aversion to swearing.

She and Amelia have a “thing” going on between them.

🏍️Amelia Santos🏍️

Age: 19

Wish: “I want to be able to go to the school of my dreams.”

Weapon: Motorcycle

Magic: Weak Point Analysis

Likes: Sunsets, Highways

Dislikes: Teachers

Element: Flame

Class: Attacker

Witch: Gisela

A member of the Biker Gang “Kamikaze”, Amelia is one of the most intimidating characters within the main group, easily able to break up fights with a simple glance. As a magical girl, she’s a force to be reckoned with, not only utilizing her motorcycle with brutal efficiency, but also bringing in numerous enchanted items ranging from razor blades to even whole street signs into battle as well. Underneath her threatening aura is a soft-spoken, somber soul. She regrets her wish badly, but is too ashamed to return back to her hometown, especially now that she’s joined a biker gang. She and Elenore are acquainted with each other as veterans, but don’t interact much on account of both of them staying on their sides of town. She has a bad smoking habit.

Amelia grew up in a small coastal village, with only her mother as her last living family member. Her family worked as fishermen, with her father dying during a storm. Amelia wanted to give her mother a better life, and she believed the best way to do that was focus on her studies and get a job with a lucrative pay. She was exceptionally gifted, and even managed to skip a grade. However, no matter how gifted she was, there was one hurdle she wasn’t able to overcome; the cost. The train ride to Kazamino combined with the tuition fee would be too much for her family to afford. So, she made a wish to be able to go to her college without issue. When she arrived however, she found herself struggling to keep up with everyone in her class. She barely managed to scrape by her first year, and due to her financial status, she was looked down upon by her classmates. She graduated at the bottom of her class with no recommendations. She was too ashamed to return back to her mother, and was extremely depressed from 4 years of bullying, academic failure, and nights spent hungry. She eventually joined a biker gang, as it was the only place she was relatively accepted. She feels like she has no future, and didn’t have any intention of hunting down the mega-witch, but got roped in due to her owing Elenore a favour.

TRIVIA

She’s actually averse to violence, but fights out of necessity. She doesn’t start fights, she ends them.

Very well versed in sociology, law, history, and philosophy. She didn’t go to a prestigious school for nothing.

She picked up smoking when she joined Kamikaze. After some of her teammates die, she makes an effort to quit.

Swears like a sailor because she was raised by one.

She grows extremely close to Yangin, due to their ties to the education system’s corruption and genuine love of learning. Yangin learns to advocate and speak out from Amelia, and Yangin reignites Amelia’s desire to learn and teach others.

She has her father’s wedding ring. She never wears it as she feels like he’d be ashamed to see how she turned out. After finally locating the mega witch, she finally wears it.

Ironically, despite growing up next to the ocean and spending the first 14 years of her life eating fish, she has a shellfish allergy.

📺 Toshiko Angelica Ayatsuji📺

Age: 16

Wish: “Turn me into the person I am online.”

Weapon: Flip-Phone

Magic: Memory Viewing

Likes: Social Media, Gacha Games

Dislikes: “Posers”

Element: Void

Class: Debuffer

Witch: H.N. Elly (Kirsten)

Semi-famous influencer and admin of the Maginet, Angelica is the type of person to make you stop in your tracks. She’s always dressed head to toe in the most eye catching colours, acrylics that seem impractical, and always tapping away on her phone. She’s the centre of a multitude of Internet controversies, especially pertaining to her often making call out posts to other influencers. As admin of the Maginet, a social media site made by magical girls, for magical girls, she’s surprisingly partial when it comes to sharing information.

In reality “Angelica”, or rather Toshiko is a NEET who used her wish to become the person she is online. Ever since she was young, Toshiko struggled with interacting with others, forming severe social anxiety. She loved and envied idols for their confidence and ability to garner both positive attention and love, and she genuinely desired to be one. The only thing stopping her from taking an audition was her social anxiety. The only place she felt confident in was on the internet, she eventually dropped out of high school to spend all her time at home. She knew she was pathetic, only finding engagement by starting drama online, but she didn’t know how to put herself out there. After making her wish, she gained the ability to switch her persona when she transforms, doing a complete 180 whenever she goes outside. In contrast with Toshiko’s gloomy, anxious, and bleak outlook on life, “Angelica” is bright, energetic, sociable, and in Toshiko’s opinion, “radiant”. However, she knows very well that all her connections she made as “Angelica” are fake and shallow, and is still jealous of others, especially Yangin later on in the story.

TRIVIA

She likes messing with Amelia due to her not using the internet all that much. She jokingly calls her “dad” sometimes.

Most of the money she makes off of sponsorships is usually spent on her gacha rolls.

She cyberstalks her old classmates.

She’s baffled on why Yangin is so well liked in the group compared to Angelica. This is worsened by the fact the two look extremely similar, with long dark hair with bangs that cover their eyes.

She gets jealous easily. If she ever gets a significant other, they’d need to always be paying attention to her.

Despite being a shut-in, she actually prefers cooked meals over instant food. She’s a decent chef.

She’s confused why her magical girl form has a flip phone instead of a later model.

🕊️Gracia Köhler🕊️

Age: 16

Wish: “Let me see and purge the sins of mankind.”

Weapon: Rosary

Magic: Can see the sins of her target

Likes: Fresh Bread, Gold

Dislikes: Crowds

Element: Light

Class: Healer

Witch: Elsa Maria

A devout soul and member of her school’s beautification committee, Gracia is a pious and peaceful soul, with a focus on redemption. She seeks to help all kinds of people, and often goes out of her way to participate in things like community service. She can be old-fashioned when it comes to things like love or fashion though, making her a tad unpopular with her classmates. However, despite being so devoted to her religion, she avoids mass and just ends up praying alone in her house. She finds comfort in predictability.

Ironically enough, despite Gracia being so religious, she lacks any faith in humanity. She was raised in a highly religious family, all extremely traditional as well. Gracia was subjected to extreme amounts of verbal abuse from her father because of her faith. Her community pushed this idea that anyone who didn’t follow their faith to a t is destined for hell. She relied hard on her faith to keep herself going, always thinking that all her suffering will be worth it someday. She had good intentions, but believed that everyone was destined for damnation if they didn’t convert to her religion. When Kyubey approached her, she wished for the ability to “see the sins of mankind”. This gave her the ability to quite literally see into people’s hearts and see their crimes. She initially wanted to use it to help people improve themselves, but being surrounded by the worst hidden crimes humanity has to offer and wants she’s been through with her father has slowly eroded away her faith in humanity. She had come to the conclusion that humanity, no matter what anyone does, is doomed to burn in hell, including herself.

TRIVIA

She’s a little homophobic in the way of “extremely repressed and closeted bisexual”. She doesn’t mean any harm, she just has old fashioned beliefs.

She hates her hair’s length, but her family didn’t allow her to cut it.

Elenore is the first person to realize she has no faith in humanity, similar to her.

She has a tendency to use her magic frivolously, and rarely ever has a fully clean soul gem.

She has a fear of snakes.

In all honesty, she actually really likes gossip. She knows it’s bad, but can’t help but tune into the private drama her fellow church goers whisper.

��️Yangin Qin🌦️

Age: 15

Wish: “I want a peaceful, sunny day tomorrow.”

Weapon: Umbrella

Magic: Puppetry

Likes: Tarantulas, Sunny Days

Dislikes: Rain, Ladders

Element: Aqua

Class: Defender

Witch: Patricia

A normal girl who tries her best every day. She’s chronically unlucky and accident prone, making her a bit of a liability during a witch fight. She’s naturally pessimistic, but still tries to be optimistic and hopeful in the face of disaster. Yangin is a diligent student and enjoys learning and despite being a passionate student, she gets average marks and spends most of her time spacing out while looking outside the window. Her hobbies mainly include browsing Wikipedia articles on obscure, hyper specific topics that never come in handy in school lessons.

Yangin, from a young age was considered a cursed, jinxed, child. No matter what, after she was born, her family and herself were stricken with odd bouts of bad luck. These range from sudden lay offs, rising rent, robberies, and even a mugging. Her family hated her, and both her parents abandoned her at age 5 at an orphanage where she carried her bad luck. Her only escape was school, as she adored learning and the teachers did their best to ward off any bullies that tried to start anything with Yangin. Her only friend was girl named “Reiko”, the student librarian. It was seemingly a little codependent, as due to Yangin’s lack of a present support system, she relied heavily on Reiko to be her singular emotional support pillar. However, one rainy day, Yangin fell asleep in class and woke up when school was long over. When she got ready to leave, she heard some strange noises from the teacher’s lounge, and she witnessed a teacher sexually abusing Reiko. She ended up getting spotted and the teacher threatened her that if she were to expose him, he would get her expelled. Due to the codependence in the relationship between the two girls, as well as the threat the teacher imposed on Yangin, she didn’t properly support Reiko. Reiko ended up committing suicide, with Yangin being the unfortunate one to find her body in a supply closet. Another student ended up exposing the teacher, and although they were expelled, the teacher was properly incarcerated. Yangin blames herself for the whole mess because she was the first witness to the teacher’s crimes and could’ve saved Reiko by exposing him earlier.

TRIVIA

Her bad luck is the reason she made her wish. There’s was a field trip that was planned for Yangin’s class that was going to be cancelled last second because of an oncoming typhoon. Yangin made her wish so she could go on the field trip with Reiko.

Another instance of her bad luck was when she attempted to get the role of class representative. She managed to win the majority vote for her class, but she caught a cold on the day she was going to be elected. Because she wasn’t there, she didn’t get the role and someone else became class representative.

Her favourite food is convenience store fried food bento boxes.

Her favourite topic to browse about is arachnids and spiders. She likes tarantulas especially.

Yangin’s dream is to adopt a pet tarantula and name it “Puppy”. She finds the irony adorable and funny.

She’s scared of heights.

When she finishes doing her laundry, Yangin likes to cuddle up with the clothes fresh out the dryer.

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Not even 10 chapters in, and I'm already planning a sequel.

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Thank You for 200 Hits!

You can read The Fallen Stars here.

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Chapter 6 has been posted!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65991337/chapters/170309608

Go check it out!

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What are Echoes?

In the fanfic, "The Fallen Stars", there's the concept of "echoes". But what are echoes, and how can Jennifer see them? I can answer both here.

When Jennifer makes her contract, she wishes to learn about everything left behind by the town she grew up in.

“I wish- I want to learn about everything that's been left behind.” Those were her exact words.

As a result of her wish, she can glimpse into the past, echoes really.

What echoes are: Residual psychic impressions tied to trauma, death, transformation, or powerful emotional events.

They manifest as brief, disjointed “scenes", glitches in space and time, showing Jennifer a vision of the past. Often cryptic, incomplete, or distorted.

Appear like degraded videotapes or burned-in photographs: static lines, flickering audio, warped visuals, repeating loops.

Mechanics

Jennifer can’t summon echoes on command; they’re triggered by her proximity to them.

The stronger her emotional resonance, the clearer the echo. When she is overwhelmed or repressing something, the echoes become fragmented and harder to interpret.

I don't want to give too much away without spoiling, but that's just about it when it comes to what echoes are and how they work in the story.

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Chapter 6 will be Ready In 30 Minutes

Sorry, I slept all day. I'm almost done with Chapter 6, and it should be ready in about 30 minutes. Just need to do some more editing, and we'll be good to go.

To summarize: Jennifer goes to the cemetery to take a photo, experiences an echo, and sees a familiar face.

See you there!

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Currently Working on Chapter Six of The Fallen Stars

I won't say when it will be published, just yet. But I can say that we get to dive a little deeper into Jennifer's mind. I don't know, I feel like we haven't really learned much about her so far. Which is my fault as the writer, but I'm learning. I'm learning to be a better writer. I know it's fanfiction, it's supposed to be fun, but it's all the same to me. I put a lot of work into my stories because I'm passionate about writing; it's something I genuinely enjoy. But I also want to write a good story, whether or not I'm getting paid to do so. Maybe one day, when this story is finished, I'll refine it and compile it into a downloadable pdf file or something. It wouldn't cost anything, obviously, but it would be a more refined version? Idk, I just thought of that, am I rambling?

Idk, what do you guys think? About anything really? Thoughts?

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Hey Tess….

…Something you wanna talk about?

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Chapter 5 of The Fallen Stars is Out!

The Fallen Stars (5328 words) by NevermoreRaven06 Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Original Work Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Original Characters, Kyubey (Madoka Magica) Additional Tags: Magical Girls, Inspired by Life is Strange, Inspired by Silent Hill 2, Horror, Fantasy, Drama, Witches, Soul Gems (Madoka Magica), Puella Magi Madoka Magica Spoilers, Canon-Typical Suffering (Madoka Magica), Government Conspiracy, Inspired by Stranger Things (TV 2016), Original Character-centric Summary: Some say it was an accident. Others whisper things far stranger, about the echoes that lingered. Jennifer Grimm's drive to uncover what really happened leads her to the ruins of an old government facility, a forgotten relic of something called Project Starfall. What she finds there shatters everything she thought she knew about her town, her family, and herself. As old forces begin to stir up trouble, Jennifer is forced into a world where the truth may cost more than she ever imagined.

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I really hate when people take everything political.

Yeah, I know that these are important issues to discuss such as Trump or AI or Gaza.

But please can I just enjoy my memes and fandoms in peace 😭😭😭

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Chapter 5 of The Fallen Stars should be ready tomorrow. I’ll post it around, say noonish? I’ll update on here with a link of course, I’m just letting you know to be on the lookout for chapter 5.

I still need to think of a chapter title as well…

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I knew Homura's english VA did a cover of Bad apple, but I didn't listen to it until now for some reason and I didn't know it was this good. Why doesn't every single Homura playlist include this. Why have I never seen an edit of her with this cover specifically. It's literally Homura trying to sing a mental breakdown away.

The lyrics and vibe already fit her. The whole theme of black and white is so Homura going from a sweet and meek girl to who we know now. The constant questions, like someone who is desperate and doesn't know what to do and is second guessing their actions. "Maybe it's a dream, maybe nothing else is real". You get the gist. But the fact it sounds like her? Enhances the vibe so much. I need her to do the little dance that she does on the top of that building by the end of Rebellion again, but with this on the background this time.

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Chapter 4 is Out!

Thus concluding part one (to which I've named "Ghosts") of The Fallen Stars.

The Fallen Stars (4195 words) by NevermoreRaven06 Chapters: 4/? Summary: Some say it was an accident. Others whisper things far stranger, about the echoes that lingered. Jennifer Grimm's drive to uncover what really happened leads her to the ruins of an old government facility, a forgotten relic of something called Project Starfall. What she finds there shatters everything she thought she knew about her town, her family, and herself. As old forces begin to stir up trouble, Jennifer is forced into a world where the truth may cost more than she ever imagined.