Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica

• Roy Mustang wrote on 2011-05-12 21:19

  Quote from truefire;442973:

  Yes, but her despair when Madoka was still not a Magi stemmed from learning the harsh truths of what a Magi truly was, not just from her low self-esteem. She effectively gave into despair when she learned the purpose of the gem on her neck, but she only learned that because a certain someone was foolish enough to do a certain something with said gem. My point isn't that she wouldn't have fallen to despair, but that it actually should have happened later than it did, especially since it's depicted as happening around the same time.

  
  
  Judging from what Madoka was telling Sayaka before taking her away, I'm assuming it had to do with that Violin Boy she was in love with and how Hitomi wanted him as well. There is no other explanation for it.
• truefire wrote on 2011-05-12 21:26

  Quote from kingofrunes;442979:

  Judging from what Madoka was telling Sayaka before taking her away, I'm assuming it had to do with that Violin Boy she was in love with and how Hitomi wanted him as well. There is no other explanation for it.

  
  
  Yes, but judging from the episodes prior, that alone would not have caused her downward spiral nearly as quickly. She was doomed, but what really accelerated it was learning the truth about Magi. Since this is the new universe where Witches don't exist, there 1) was no event that took place where her body stopped responding and 2) the Incubator was not egging her on in the process of despair. The Incubators had no need to accelerate a process they both don't know about and is now written as never having existed.
  
  [spoiler]At the end, when Homura is having a chat with Kyubei about these "Witches," he tells her that since she's the only one who remembers them they could all be a figment of her imagination, but if such a thing did exist, the Incubators would have taken an entirely different approach.[/spoiler]
  
  Again, my point isn't that it happens inevitably. My point is that it shouldn't have happened again at that specific point in time.
• Akemii wrote on 2011-05-12 21:26
  Anyone check out the pictures I just posted?
• Roy Mustang wrote on 2011-05-12 21:29

  Quote from Pride;442988:

  Anyone check out the pictures I just posted?

  
  Your links are borked.
  Tried to copy and paste the links and it's an invalid link.
  @fire
  
  I don't think it happened at exactly the same time though. For all we know it could have been at a later time. The exact time it happened was never specified. The story had to pickup somewhere after all that ending stuff.
• truefire wrote on 2011-05-12 21:35

  Quote from kingofrunes;442995:

  
  I don't think it happened at exactly the same time though. For all we know it could have been at a later time. The exact time it happened was never specified. The story had to pickup somewhere after all that ending stuff.

  
  
  I'm not sure about that. Sayaka's "conversion" scene happened at the exact same location, except Mami and Kyouko were alive to witness it that time. I assume it's designed to signify that it happened at roughly the same time. I could be wrong, but I think the writers were only thinking about how the scene would look post-Madoka as opposed to when or even where it would happen, which is where my critique is stemming from. It's not like it kills the story or anything, but it is still a rather glaring nitpick if it does happen at the same point in time.
• Akemii wrote on 2011-05-12 21:36
  [Image: http://gyazo.com/bc571506537ea4baa4aa696bb2a27b09.png]

  
  
  Yay Gyazo. Quality isn't as good, but gets the point accross.
• Roy Mustang wrote on 2011-05-12 21:37

  Quote from truefire;443004:

  I'm not sure about that. Sayaka's "conversion" scene happened at the exact same location, except Mami and Kyouko were alive to witness it that time. I assume it's designed to signify that it happened at roughly the same time. I could be wrong, but I think the writers were only thinking about how the scene would look post-Madoka as opposed to when or even where it would happen, which is where my critique is stemming from. It's not like it kills the story or anything, but it is still a rather glaring nitpick if it does happen at the same point in time.

  
  
  It could be that a demon just happened to be in that same spot or something?
  
  Sure the place it happened is the same for when Sayaka was a witch but maybe it's a coincidence. Nobody really knows. We can only make assumptions and guesses.
  
  @Pride
  
  Pretty sure that's just fan art as that "character" doesn't appear at any point in the anime. It might be what she looked like when she was a magical girl but we don't know. Most witches are hideous beyond all recognizable human form anyways.
• Akemii wrote on 2011-05-12 21:39

  Quote from kingofrunes;443008:

  It could be that a demon just happened to be in that same spot or something?
  
  Sure the place it happened is the same for when Sayaka was a witch but maybe it's a coincidence. Nobody really knows. We can only make assumptions and guesses.
  
  @Pride
  
  Pretty sure that's just fan art as that "character" doesn't appear at any point in the anime. It might be what she looked like when she was a magical girl but we don't know. Most witches are hideous beyond all recognizable human form anyways.

  
  
  Charlotte is cute though!
• Roy Mustang wrote on 2011-05-12 21:44

  Quote from Pride;443012:

  Charlotte is cute though!

  
  
  Oh really?
  
  [spoiler]
  [video=youtube;7zaybWlXVdI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zaybWlXVdI[/video]
  [/spoiler]
  
  That is not cute :<
• truefire wrote on 2011-05-12 21:46

  Quote from kingofrunes;443018:

  Oh really?
  
  [spoiler]
  [video=youtube;7zaybWlXVdI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zaybWlXVdI[/video]
  [/spoiler]
  
  That is not cute :<

  
  
  Damn.
  
  I guess you could say that was...
  
  *puts on shades*
  
  Charlotte's web.
  
  ...you know, I swore to myself I would never partake in that meme.
• Akemii wrote on 2011-05-12 21:48

  Quote from kingofrunes;443018:

  Oh really?
  
  [spoiler]
  [video=youtube;7zaybWlXVdI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zaybWlXVdI[/video]
  [/spoiler]
  
  That is not cute :<

  
  
  I hate her for doing that, but the cuteness cannot be denied.
• Roy Mustang wrote on 2011-05-12 21:49

  Quote from Pride;443027:

  I hate her for doing that, but the cuteness cannot be denied.

  
  
  Ya, when she isn't nom nomming on your body :<
• Akemii wrote on 2011-05-12 21:51

  Quote from kingofrunes;443030:

  Ya, when she isn't nom nomming on your body :<

  
  
  Pretty much this.
  
  I swear, that was one of the saddest scenes in anything I've watched tbh. Sudden changes of moods man D:
• truefire wrote on 2011-05-12 21:53

  Quote from Pride;443033:

  Pretty much this.
  
  I swear, that was one of the saddest scenes in anything I've watched tbh. Sudden changes of moods man D:

  
  
  To be fair, I knew it was Mami's time when she was going on about how she'd never felt happier. I just had that sinking feeling because scenes with overflowing joy after scenes of indifference or sadness rarely end well. But man, I did not expect that. Nothing sums up "This is not your typical magical girl show" like the end of ep 3. I just wish my favorite character wasn't the one with whom the point was hammered home.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2011-05-12 21:54
  That scene made me go D: for 5 minutes.