#(an elemental force/specter of her past self she can't get rid of despite her best efforts)

[serenaira]

Christina Bacchilega and Marie Alohalani Brown, The Penguin Book of Mermaids • Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Episode 9 • Mircea Eliade, Patterns in Comparative Religion • Hanokage, Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie -Rebellion-, Volume 3 • Mabel, Episode 33 • Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion • Nina Auerbach, Woman and the Demon: The Life of a Victorian Myth

#web weaving #comparatives #puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #sayaka miki #ofc there isn't as much of a divide between christian and non-christian elements in pmmm but that last quote felt too Relevant to ignore #sayaka's connection to the law of cycles is so underexplored (by both the fandom and series itself)... #the little mermaid evaporates into seafoam #while sayaka's existence merges with all the water in the universe #from a drop of rain to waves crashing against a cliff etc #also becoming convinced she's like...an aquatic version of walpurgis to homura #(an elemental force/specter of her past self she can't get rid of despite her best efforts) #(some kind of frankenstein's monster inadvertently powered by the karma built up from nonstop time looping etc) #🕯️: madoka magica #🥀: sayaka miki #📂 #📝 #🪞