Anon01/27/26, 07:30No.285606028
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Personally I like that every single character has a clear lie they have to overcome in the stages of grief and that makes sayaka, who is anger, someone who has to reject her natural animonisty, both for herself, and others even her opponents, in order to topple them. her bodying homura in because she respected her wasn't an accident in the witch world, but homura instantly toppled her the moment she let her anger spike at what she had done. Mami wasn't in denial about bebe, but she was in denial about homura, sayaka, and madoka, and thus looses the fight with homura against sayakas sudden ambush. It extends to fanfiction as well, the best Sayaka fics and Mami fics have their successes come from these plot points whether the author realizes it or not, because the continuation of each characters character arc in a positive or negative way showcases and conforms to their initial story.I think that also explains why Madoka herself gets so little love and attention from the fan base. It's a lot easier to write your story around a protagonist who is in denial, or is filled with rage, or is too depressed and wounded by hedgehogs dichotemy. It's a lot harder to write a character who's primary characteristic of being accepting nice and feminine, needs to give way to rejection in order to succeed. Madoka has the ultimate hat trick of rejecting despair outright, maintaining her hope in the process. but that takes a lot of plot engineering and thinking and introspection. It involved a lot of external influences and made her actions very cerebral and understated.
