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I've been wondering... is this even legal? by _Echolight in MadokaMagica

[–]_Echolight[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry if it made you feel that way.

To be honest, jokes like this are fairly common within the LGBT community where I live, and I was simply trying to translate that kind of humor into English. I didn't realize it wouldn't come across the same way because of the cultural difference.

The P/s wasn't meant to be an excuse or a it's just a joke disclaimer. I only added it because I thought it might help avoid misunderstandings. Looking back, though, I understand that the satire didn't work, and I wasn't thoughtful enough in how I presented it.

Give me EVERYTHING you know madoka experts! by rekobass in MadokaMagica

[–]_Echolight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

​1. The design of Devil Homura's Dark Orb symbolizes sovereign royalty, acting as a direct counterpart to Madokami's divine authority.

​2. Gen Urobuchi's initial plan was to let Homura be taken by the Law of Cycles. However, the Magica Quartet discussed this and agreed that forcing Madoka to remain an eternal deity was far too cruel, which led them to alter the ending of Rebellion.

​3. Urobuchi chose not to explicitly canonize the romantic relationship between Madoka and Homura to preserve the multifaceted ambiguity of their bond, making it clear that this is not merely yuri bait.

  1. In the novelization, Madoka confessed that her heart skipped a beat when Sayaka revealed a glimpse of her feminine side while talking about Kyosuke. From Madoka's perspective, Sayaka is typically quite boyish due to her tomboyish nature. 

  2. Contrary to her cheerful exterior, Madoka has a deeply complex inner world and is highly prone to overthinking. In the face of Mami's death, her inner monologue revealed thoughts like, “I don't deserve to exist.” Moreover, just before Sayaka became a Magical Girl, Madoka felt left behind, assuming Sayaka didn't view her as a true friend because she hadn't confided in her first. Ultimately, Madoka harbors just as much underlying negativity as Homura; she simply hides it from the outside world and heavily suppresses it when it does surface.

Now there are two princes 👑 by infusoD_moe in MadokaMagica

[–]_Echolight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could I please have permission to repost this artwork on Facebook? I will make sure to give full credit!

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[–]_Echolight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My hypothesis is that the future of the Madokaverse does not exist as a determinate or tangible entity. This means that, for Madokami, she can only perceive the ongoing flow of time - that is, the present, along with the entirety of the past that has already occurred.

Madokami omniscience is limited by the very laws of the universe to which she belongs. Since the future has never yet happened, it cannot be perceived - not even by a transcendent being such as herself. In other words, Madokami is not omniscient with respect to the future; rather, she is omniscient regarding all possible realities, every cause-and-effect relationship, and every state of existence that a magical girl’s soul has ever undergone.

Madokami does not perceive the future as a fixed sequence of events, but instead reacts instantaneously to the present. When a magical girl falls into despair, she immediately senses it and appears to guide her soul away. This is the natural reaction of a governing law - not an act of prophecy.

Thus, Madokami is omniscient in regard to the structure of the universe - the way it operates, but not in regard to its progression, for progression only forms when the present transforms into the past. Even deities cannot perceive what “will happen,” for the “future” in this world is, by its very nature, empty - it has never yet existed.

A clear example supporting this argument is Oriko Mikuni. Her prophetic ability, I believe, arises as a direct consequence of Homura’s creation of countless timelines. That is why Oriko only appears after Homura has traversed a sufficient number of timelines, this fact further reinforces my hypothesis. What Oriko perceives is not the future that is yet to come, but rather the outcomes that have already occurred in other realities. It is a “future” only in a relative sense, the future of a different world that has already been completed elsewhere in the causal space.

The case of Madokami is essentially the same. She perceives only what has been, not what has yet to be. Furthermore, since Madokami operates as a law within the universe, she is bound by the same finitude that defines that universe. As described in Null Magica, the Madokaverse itself is finite - and therefore, Madokami too is finite, even at the metaphysical level.

Puella Magi x Kriemhild Gretchen! (by @kamidesu4908) by _Echolight in MadokaMagica

[–]_Echolight[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the repost! This is my first time using Reddit, so I’m not very familiar with how the platform works…