#happy Walpurgisnacht

[charlie-boyfriend]

IM SO EXCITED

#pmmm #walpurgisnacht rising #homura akemi #sayaka miki #madoka kaname #puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #anime #artists on tumblr #charlie art #im so happy guys u have no idea #watched pmmm at a PERFECT time frfrfrfrfr #so happy #what the fuck happened to my girl sayaka tho #i love them #all of them

[burnorgetburned]

EVEN MORE CLARA DOLL DETAILS:

So you know how the Dolls have their own distinctive clothes?

Guess who else has their own distinctive clothes!

That’s right. The multiple Homuras are actually Clara Dolls.

And that’s why ‘Homura’ is smiling.

Here they are! The one with the striped hat is Nekura (Gloominess or Pessimism) and the one with the flower is Mie (Vanity).

Here’s their descriptions from the art book.

[The second one to come was Gloominess. Walking out with a tapping sound, she sneered at Good-for-Nothing. “This is Good-for-Nothing! How very unbecoming.” These dolls are only disciples of Freedom, and are devoted to their lust for it.]

[The tenth to come running is Vanity. She exaggeratedly avoids Good-for-Nothing's head and says a few words. “I wouldn't be able to bear dirtying my cape with that sticky blood!” These dolls make fun of the witch's self-mutilation.]

Good-for-Nothing is Homura, by the way, but the Clara Dolls seem to consider Good-for-Nothing to be good for something after all after she splits Madoka. She turns into the Devil, and the Clara Dolls are stated to be “okay” with the Devil. If the young voices in the trailer belong to the Clara Dolls, then they also call her “Akuma-sama” now. Something like Mistress Devil, implying a sense of respect.

[… if they are not summoned, they will simmer. There are orders they will comply with, and also orders they will disobey. What they are and the witch herself's own magic are not well understood.]

At the end of Rebellion, Homura gave Madoka her ribbon back. She declared that they might become enemies in the end. Honestly, I thought that Homura would try her best to avoid Madoka entirely. The trailer suggested that Homura was meeting Madoka, though. Here’s the answer: it wasn’t Homura herself, but Gloominess, who wants freedom.

Now, I’m not sure how this situation works out. Do Clara Dolls have free will? Are they obeying Homura’s orders? Acting out Homura’s true emotions? Is Homura perhaps directly puppeteering them in order to fulfill her goals, or do they act on their own?

I find it likely that it’s a mix of both: some of them obey her, and some of them will try and fulfill her (probably very conflicting) desires, as familiars usually do. Gloominess is likely part of Homura who wants the freedom to talk to Madoka, for example, but Vanity seems to me like a Clara Doll who is obeying Homura. After all, she still needs magical girls to fight wraiths, at least until she finds a way to wipe them out.

[I'm Vanity (Mie). I'm pushing myself to the limit for someone.] And she is, of course. All of the theatrics, the calls, the organization of magical girls. These are things that Vanity is shown to engage in. All of this is for Madoka.

We see with Gloominess, at least, that she seems to be fulfilling a specific desire: in the background are white spider lilies. Instead of the red spider lilies that mean death, final goodbyes, and lost love, white spider lilies mean a hope for the future and a fresh start. Maybe this really is the first meeting for these two in a while, and she wants to be friends again?

Or maybe, being Gloominess, she wants to warn her about something.

[I'm Gloominess (Nekura). Forcing smiles tires me out.]

Then there’s this Homura.

Nothing about her clothes is very different. She is wearing ribbons as Homura in the wraith universe does, but look closely: the ribbons are different. They have some wavy stripes on them, while Madoka’s ribbons are plain. She does not correspond to any known Clara Doll.

However, there’s mentioned to be a fifteenth Clara Doll that is not yet born: Ai, representing love. This could be her. Is it love for others? Or love for herself? I’m hoping it’s the latter, but very likely it’s love for Madoka and her friends. This would explain why she’s trying to fight Homucifer in the poster, as Homura believes that she’s a danger to everyone else.

How can this be? Well, here’s a few options:

- The Clara Dolls are grown-up familiars. They ate souls, and they became a copy of their witch. This is a process that was explained to us in the original series, where some magical girls are stated to farm familiars by letting them eat people so that they would grow souls/grief seeds.

- The Clara Dolls are not familiars, or wraiths, but instead a secret third thing. “What they are and the witch’s own magic are not well understood”, as said in the Rebellion art book. They could be magical constructs of a different kind, but I do think that this would get into overcomplicated explanations quickly, so I favor the familiar explanation.

- The Clara Dolls could be familiars, but instead of eating souls they’re simply powerful enough to change their shape. Their strength is equal to the strength of a magical girl…. when Homura was a witch, before Homura became something more. It could also be energy from the contracts making them stronger. Maybe it’s me being sentimental, but I don’t like the idea of Homura letting anyone’s soul be nommed on.

Now, before there’s a panic about how they’ll juggle fifteen extra characters, here’s a few thoughts:

- Just because they seem different doesn’t mean they’re actually different. It might be that the Clara Dolls are a way for Homura to present herself. As Vanity, she might show off more, or have dramatic flourishes like her throne and her dress. As Gloominess, it might be that she doesn’t believe that her plans will work, so she tries to do what makes her happy. It’s likely that the Clara Dolls are just extra ways to explore Homura’s character. They’re parts of her soul, after all, and right now she is extremely powerful. She might simply want to keep her true self away from humans.

- They could work like projections. Homura wants more bodies to work with, but she has to filter herself through the Dolls’ personalities. This could result in a lot of juicy character interactions, as the things she tries to keep hidden are closer to the surface.

- Will ‘Ai/Mystery Homura’ fight against Devil Homura? Very likely! How can this be when they’re the same person? Well, who hates Homura more than Homura? That’s right. Nobody. Anyone can fight and argue with their self, it’s just usually not on the level that a reality-warper like Homura can manage.

If this is true, there’s plenty of interesting directions they can take it.

- Because the Clara Dolls have a degree of separation from Homura, they can show other characters things that Homura herself has ignored or locked away. Bad memories, affection for her friends, the resentment she must feel - everything from concern to a cry for help can be plausibly shown through them as the actors.

- Manuke (Stupidity) is specifically more naive/sincere than the others. Maybe interacting with this Doll would show the Quintet that there’s something more going on than a Devil who wants to hurt other people.

- If Ai represents a love for other people, Ai can have a strange character arc where she learns to value Homura/herself, and become self-love.

- On the other hand, Ai can represent self-love from the start, and because Homura looks very fucking unhealthy in the trailer, she only wants to stop her because she’s hurting herself. This option plays into the themes of self-sacrifice and happiness, which I believe to be some of the major themes that they’re going for.

- The poster could be misleading and Ai ends up fighting everyone but Homura. I find this the funniest option.

- Homura can hug herself. It’s possible. In fact, every character can hug Homura 15 different times.

Smiles are a Clara Doll’s default expression. We have yet to see Homura smile for real.

Is this going to get very ambiguous and confusing? Probably. But rewatching for details was the fun part in Rebellion, so I’m looking forward to it!

#walpurgis no kaiten #walpurgisnacht rising #pmmm #homura akemi #madoka magica #puella magi madoka magica #Homura also looks like she’s coughing in that final shot but I can’t find a way to put it in coherently #the Homuras on the tower are too far away for me to look at. sorry. #please don’t start saying things like ‘Ai is SELFLESS LOVE who wants to free Madoka and Homura is ‘SELFISH LOVE who wants to keep Madoka’— #I… disagree. I’d be happy to debate with you but send a message please #pmmm analysis #pmmm rebellion #homucifer #clara dolls #long post

[fantasythetrashywriter]

HOLY FRICK, TODAY IS THE DAY HOMURA’S TIMELOOP STARTED????

Uhhhh…Happy Timeloop Day…? (Why is it “happy”–)

This is the day Homura’s torture begins…

Edit: I love how everyone’s calling this “Happy Doomed Yuri Day” and it is PERFECT. YES, THIS IS DOOMED YURI DAY–

#puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #Akemi Homura #Homura’s timeloop day starts TODAY??? #THANK GOD I WASN’T LATE– #I’ll be sure to greet for Walpurgisnacht. I won’t miss. #Edit: HAPPY DOOMED YURI DAAAAAYYYYYYY

[mishacakes]

dungeon meshi…………………………..

#my favorite manga getting the my favorite anime studio treatment……. #a FEAST FOR ME SPECIFICALLY!!!!!!! #HAPPY BIRTHDAY MERRY CHRISTMAS JOYOUS WALPURGISNACHT TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #IT LOOKS SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO GOOD ALREADY

[lilliths-httyd-blog]

WELCOME TO THE LATEST EDITION OF THE 2020'S: 202.4 BETA EDITION, HERE'S HOPING MADOKA WALPURGISNACHT RISING RELEASES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER

#new year #happy new year #madoka magica #walpurgisnacht rising

[set-wingedwarrior]

My dash is getting filled with Madoka Magica posts again, nature is healing <3

#madoka magica #mahou shojo madoka magica #puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #walpurgis no kaiten #walpurgisnacht rising #listen i'm just really happy to have my girls back okay??

[syrakhanistan]

Here and Now

(Somewhere, sometime, repeatedly, many, many years ago…)

<<It’s time… again.>>

…

(And then, once more.)

(April 29, 2011: 11:58:47 Universal Standard Time. Her Office.)

“…”

“…say what you want to say.” Itchy intoned coldly to the Warmaster.

Hazuki ignored the little blighter, still focused on that blue marble on the horizon, her eyes unblinking.

Ignoring the large amount of food and tea she had consumed to distract herself… Even she, the most blessed agent of the Officios, the coldest of all killers, found herself full of rage on this most ruinous of nights.

The Egg’s energy above the fortress continued to ebb and flow, practically leaking with anticipation.

Hazuki knew what was about to happen, and she KNEW she could prevent it, interfere with that creature’s plans.

But the Incubator of the First Officio, the Primus inter Pares, forbade it. Not one member of this elite cadre would leave Luna to fight the laughing terror.

Of course, it was blamed on the possibility of an Akashic storm caused by Walpurgisnacht’s natural energy blossoming into the noosphere, and based on the precedent endorsed by the Tokyo Consensus and the Great Exile (and, for those with knowledge of the Egg and the one officially known as ‘Faust’, the possibility of a different cosmic entity using the Witch of Witches as an excuse for more unending terror)… but Hazuki knew.

She knew what the Incubator wanted, what the Plan required.

And, what’s worse - she UNDERSTOOD the creature’s reasoning. It was, as always with the Incubator of the First, a logical decision based on the parameters set forth in the Great Plan.

But even she, Hazuki Amane, Warmaster of the First Officio Assassinorum, Supreme Leader of the People’s Imperium of Syraqhanistan, Most Honourable of Commanders, Killer of Kings, the Light in the Dark and the Blessed Lady’s Harbinger…

Even she hated this. She despised that she could no nothing, and she despised that she understood what it meant for herself and her elites to remain on Luna as Terra began to burn.

“…tch.” The First said with a grunt. She stood up from the table as the sand in the symbolic hourglass almost completed it’s descent.

She ignored the wiggling tail of the alien on her desk, and instead swung her coat and it’s golden decorations over her shoulders with a single swift movement, summoning her Shield, a machine of blessed gold, to her side.

“Where are y—” Itchy began to whine, before a glare stopped it.

“I’m doing as you asked. I’m guarding the Moon from any potential threats. Myself and the Officio will be on standby, alerted to any issues at a moment’s notice…”

She glanced once more over to the Incubator, and to the hourglass, which had almost reached it’s limit.

“Incubator, this base is now under lockdown, as per your instructions… I suggest you get to safety.”

She began to march from the office as klaxons began to blare as the Moon felt the movement of blossoming magical energy cascading across the emptiness of space, a seething, burning light barely being suppressed underneath her shield, her boots ringing louder than any of the alarms.

“I wouldn’t want you to get hurt, after all.”

The final grain of sand fell from the hourglass, and the Noctis Aeterna began, as the despairing witch of all the world’s stage made itself known.

Walpurgisnacht had arrived once more.

#Walpurgisnacht #Magical girls #Akemi Homura #puella magi madoka magica #MGNQ #40k #war #Gold #Pinky #witches #pmmm #Happy Walpurgisnacht! #Hope today goes well! #AKA happy Homu solos a laughing demon day #Syrakhanistan #accounts #middle east

[lemonsandsadness]

REJOICE MADOKA MAGICA BE UPON YE

#IM SO HAPPY #IM GONNA CRY #ITS GONNA BE HERE #madoka magica #walpurgisnacht rising #Youtube #I JUST NOTICED SAYAKA HAS BANDAGES ON HER FACE

[dagmartoons]

i really like madoka magica 😁

#madoka magica #puella magi madoka magica #walpurgisnacht rising #my favorite anime #so happy it's back #and it's SO BEAUTIFUL too

[thewritehag]

Happy Beltane and Walpurgisnacht!

#i like these gifs #gif warning #by the way #the dandelion witch is amazing and i love her #happy may day #beltane #walpurgis night #walpurgisnacht #okay chernobog is here because he's driven off when the bells of st. walpurga feast eve ring #it's not even on st. walpurga's *day* but maybe it's wise to have at least 24 hours to tell evil to fuck off

[arsonist-tittyfuck]

More people need to notice that it isn't always the writing that makes something good but if it can provoke thought

Because holy shit I just read a fic that writing wise I've read better but it got me thinking so much. Like that's now a good fic in my book it got me thinking so much about the character the fic was centered about. The author clearly understood this character and their relationships with the other memebers of casts.

There's parts I wish were excuted differently BUT it wasn't my fic and honestly when I THOUGHT on those things it made sense.

LIKE THAT'S THE THING this fic got me thinking so much. Even with parts I didn't exactly agree on they still provoked a lot of thought

#it was a PMMM fic btw #it was also a crossover #but I'm mainly going over how much this got me thinking about Homura #and for a character so commonly misunderstood by the fandom she was written so good #listen I'm already normally insane about the relationships within the Holy Quintet #but this got me thinking so much about them #especially Homura's yearning to be happy with everyone again but knowing there's too much at stake #the fic takes place in one of the timeline #so I knew #I knew from the start this fic would end FUCKED UP #it did #it ends with a reset and Homura waking up in her hospital bed #but like the fic sets up this sense of hope #like Sayaka doesnt witch out (she still dies but) #Mami lives longer #Mami and Kyoko rekindle their friendship #or at least start to #Madoka hasn't contracted #but then againist Walpurgisnacht everything goes to shit #Mami starts to witch out and Homura has to shoot her #Homura has very complicated thoughts about killing her mentor as previous timelines it's never been her to directly kill her #then Kyoko is slowing dying #and then Madoka contracts #and then reset #there was so much hope #just to be swept under the rug #Homura had hope again in this fic that this would be the final timeline just for everything to fall a part last minute #LIKE I HAVE MORE THOUGHTS BEHIND THIS #but I only have two tags left

[charlie-boyfriend]

I was wondering if id like animation so heres lil clips drom walpurgisnacht trailer and pmmm op... i doubt ill be doing more but i do find it really cool so maybe..... but quite slow and difficult!

#ibis didnt let me export without the watermark either i had to go around that a little But im happy theres the anim option in ibis though #charlie art #pmmm #puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #madohomu #homura akemi #madoka kaname #walpurgisnacht rising

[authoralexharvey]

Thinking again about Akemi Homura and how deeply she as a character took over my younger self's brain and how they were RIGHT to be obsessed with her

And also how she as a character influenced Maka's design and creation and how I wanted to take my own spin on that kind of character concept and how even though things are Different between the two I can draw parallels all the same andkkfkfkf

#Really Cant Wait for Walpurgisnacht Rising and to See What Happens There #Also Like Dakota Never Becomes a God Nor Maka the Devil But Still #Think Having Someone Love You SO MUCH They Try Over And Over And Over to Save You #And Dont Succeed Until They Are Driven Made By Their Love and Desperation #They Rip Reality Itself Apart to Make Things Different This Time #Because They Love You So Much They Would Destroy Life As They Knew It If It Meant Your Happiness #Fuck Man It Gets to Me #alex has the floor #twefa #maka willards

[fantasythetrashywriter]

Kyoko: Happy anniversary!

Homura: …What?

Kyoko: Today’s the day you became a Magical Girl, remember!

Homura: Oh.

Homura: …

Homura: What the hell do you mean by “happy”–

#puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #Akemi Homura #Sakura Kyoko #This dumb idea came along and ta-da! Here it is– #This was NOT a happy day for her by the way– Poor Homura #Walpurgisnacht Day!

[lilywhisperer]

i'm yet to actually watch (puella magi star kaomoji) madoka magica (will probably do after my final exams week) but i feel like i can say that with homura's speech about love being "more passionate than hope and deeper than despair" and turning into literal devil just to make the "girl she loves" happy and safe...

either those two are lesbians or they have a very very extremely devoted friendship. because i swear to God.

#𓇬 ⸝ txt. ⌨️ #( pm ☆ mm ) #<- already saving the tag #either way #good for them #<- lying. they're the most tragic couple (of besties question mark) i've seen in a LOOOONG while #i /would/ say i wish for them to have a happy ending but i prefer to not get my hopes up #with that said #i'm planning to watch the main anime and the movies in time for me to walpurgisnacht rising and not lose. like. the hype #but i suppose i'll have plenty of time to do so since apparently it took six years for that movie to be annouced after rebellion was . . . #released ???? #which. glad the team is actually putting care on their work. but holy shit. #the main anime has. what. 12 episodes . . . ? so i think it'll be easy for me to catch up on time #no idea if i'm going to read the mangas tho. #also the art style and aesthetic of pmmm is sooooo good !!! obssessed with it fr fr

[icarus-suraki]

Who else up watching The Wicker Man (1973)?

#happy may day #walpurgisnacht