#(homu needs sleep)

[pokemonpo]

Extremely late valentine's day rushed post sorry for homuras fucked up face ;;;;;;

[clarafell]

❝ How can I forget someone like you? ❞ An amused laugh bubbles out of her as she spoke. Homura hasn't remembered the last time she has laughed. With that in mind, she has witnessed her dolls laugh as they parade around the city with her body and voices. They were always slightly different from her, but they still had a general grasp on her appearance. One of them may wear a different colored hairband than her, then maybe another would have slightly curly hair.

They were meant to perform as her usually, but their biggest role is to act as spies. She had them in multiple locations, but they never seem to care about where she sends them. They found amusement in pretty much anything, she's noticed. They seem to like this upgrade of theirs. In her unhatched labyrinth, they wandered and played amongst the streets of the false city as if they were children. They looked like children, but Homura never saw them since she didn't pay them a single glance.

They enjoyed the role of children, especially since they were free to do whatever they want. Their role of unsupervised children quickly dropped to reveal that they were actually mourners. Her mourners, actually, for her own funeral. They had been waiting and waiting for the funeral procession to begin the entire time. Waiting for her to realize the harsh, world-shattering truth that this too-pleasant world is actually fake. They goofed off until the real event began. It was sad, perhaps, that none of her mourners were real people.

They did, however, look like the dolls she used to play. Right down to their clothes and hairstyles. Their eyes and faces were identical. The dolls have been brought to life, though she suspected they could repair themselves if they did end up potentially losing a limb or two in battle. They fought for her, she quickly learned. She sent them after Kyubey in a fit of rage at learning that she was trapped in the real world, reduced to a kidnapped experiment for their own plans. To learn that she was trapped in the Isolation Field in the real world, securely in the possession of so many Incubators, was enough to send her for the rat's execution.

He kept on coming back, like some kind of stubborn cold.

Still, she kept on lashing out as the dream world began to fall apart to give room to the birth of her labyrinth. She couldn't hurt him in the real world, she knew that. How could she when she was laying on that raised platform like a corpse on a table, dolled up in the last thing she wore? They even had the nerve to allow pathetic-looking flowers to bloom all around her. Designing the isolated tower to look like her very first weapon, the blackened bow with the rose on top. Oh, how the truth brought so much ugly emotions out of her. This time, however, she did not feel guilty for feeling them.

The anger consumed her shock, unsettling uneasiness, her growing confusion, and any sick feeling she felt in the pit of her stomach. In that moment, it was good to be taken over by her anger. What was the point of being forced to stay calm and collected when she has become something she couldn't control? To be a witch is the fate for everyone underneath Kyubey's contract, though the existence of Law of Cycles has changed that awful fate. But here she was, the very first witch to exist in a world without witches. She wasn't supposed to hatch into a witch, but the Incubators have come together to create an unhatched witch. The depths of her soul gem were the stage for the labyrinth, but she still held the title as the first witch within the rewritten world with wraith problems.

She allowed the anger to take over as she fell into the witchification process, still allowing herself the pleasure to keep attacking an unkillable monster. The fact that he kept coming and coming back only made the pleasure sizzle away until she began to forget everything... Only glimmers of light and regret remained. But the details didn't matter to her. No, she has decided to rain down curses after curses. Her labyrinth will be her death, so not even the Law of Cycles will have no reason to save her.

Oh, how things have changed since that moment...

But the change, that abrupt plot twist, had to be done.

She needed to embrace the role of the bad guy in order to prevent the Incubators from trying to repeat their clever little plan.

Besides, the Law of Cycles is unable to punish the Incubators. The concept had no real power over the world when it came to punishment. All Madoka could do was continue being the salvation for everyone else that makes a contract with the Incubator race, always meant to whisk away anyone once their soul gem had gotten too polluted. Homura, however, can become something more as long as she made sure to bring the nonexistent girl back to the earthly soil. Homura will take any role as long as she had it her way, even if it meant she had to isolate herself from her former life... even if her dolls pretended to be her.

❝ You were the first magical girl that I met from Europe. Not only that, but you were also my first historical magical girl as well. ❞ To meet a foreigner with a contract wouldn't be too shocking to see in Japan. She thinks she met someone from America in one of her earlier timelines, back when she thought that the miracle happening in Kamihama City could actually save her from her torment. But she struggles to remember the details of that timeline, so it didn't really matter. Corbeau still held the title was being her first real magical girl from the past, something she actively spent time with.

❝ Oh, don't take offense to the historical part. You are much older than me, but... Don't worry about that. Your benefactor, if I recall, was older than both of us. I have been around for a pretty long time, though it isn't really an interesting story. ❞ She smiles, still a bit stunned to think the white-haired woman to believe that she would be easily forgotten once Homura did, thankfully, return back to her own time. Far from it, actually.

She remembered meeting Corbeau very well, partially because that damned lizard decided to walk off ahead of her to leave her with the wolves and anything else in that very inhabitable forest. She is still very bitter about that. Not even her own piece of sentient jewelry wanted to be around her. It didn't wait for her to realize what it was actually guiding her to the nearest source of magic. She is pretty sure it still actually wanted to leave her in general in order to do whatever animated pieces of jewelry did in their free time, maybe cause some potential havoc. Whatever she thought about the situation, she still couldn't deny how it helped her find Corbeau and her band of English soldiers.

Homura should be glad that she has caught Corbeau's attention, but... She isn't. The tension in her has left, but something has taken place as soon as she spotted such a playful smile. To bring a historical figure, even if it wasn't necessarily anyone that anyone knew, into this battle is a very dirty move. She knew that. But what else could she do when Sayaka has pushed her this far? She has silenced her, going past the easy route of meddling with her memories since she kept on being one of her threats.

She needed more allies on her side, so she chose to pick someone else up. What shouldn't she be not allowed to play dirty? If Sayaka can hurl a damn fire extinguisher her way at any moment, then she can bring back someone from history. It wasn't the same, sure, but she didn't care. She has past the point of no return long, long ago.

❝ Like your home back in the past, this world still needs capable people to fight against enemies. The Incubators once had the power to make contracts with anyone that they please, going from everywhere in the entire universe to form contracts in order to help balance the world. They, however, decided to take matters into their own way by trying to tamper with forces beyond their control... ❞ Homura looks away, now caught by the realization of her current predicament.

Witches were once an unavoidable transition phase for all contractees, the dark descent into becoming a true monster, until one girl made a wish to erase witches in order to save everyone from witches. She helped save everyone by erasing every witch, no matter where its location, from hatching into existence. A soul gem that isn't cleansed with the help of grief cubes, not grief seeds, dropped from wraiths. Every witch from the past to the distant future were saved, including the present as well. Wraiths were what replaced the witches as the newest manifestation form of grief, this keeping the world in an endless battle between despair and hope. But how is she supposed to explain all of this to Corbeau?

Grief cubes could easily be written off as looking more like square-shaped seeds, so it wouldn't be too surprising if they had a different name, such as the familiar term of grief seeds. Madoka didn't change human nature itself with her wish, so grief still populated time and space. Wraiths were different enemies from witches, instantly becoming more identical - unlike the always unique forms of the eradicated witches. But what of the events of Corbeau's time? What burdened an entire country if witches could no longer form? Grief still existed in the same breath as the hope and miracles from making wishes with the Incubator race, after all.

Homura closed her eyes, pondering on her next choice of words.

If someone's wish is to obtain everything the Incubators possess, such as creating more magical girls along with all the powers the Incubators carry... Then did such a powerful wish override the Law of Cycles from intervening? For two powerful wishes to clash... What Homura had seen and heard implied that witches were a problem, but... Was it possible for the wraiths to be a problem back then? Homura knew the rewritten world contained wraiths, but she had never spoke to someone from history in the rewritten world.

Witches, naturally, were an unknown concept because the Law of Cycles always took away the burdened soul before a witch can hatch from the blackened soul gem. Homura rationalized that wraiths could still be called witches, given the time period... But they were still something unknown to the rewritten world. It was only because of her stupid mistake to tell Kyubey about what forces she once fought against in an old universe. He never believed her, always writing off her mumblings off as pure fantasies.

A delusion.

Fake.

Impossible.

She's not right in the head.

And yet...

Kyubey was intrigued by the process that she, without much thought, told about about whenever she needed someone to vent to. He agreed the idea sounded very effective, entertaining the theory. But he didn't have the means of confirming such a theory is even impossible because, of course, the Law of Cycles is what meets everyone who has extinguished themselves. It took them away, relieving them of their duty to fight against the evil of the world. Kyubey considered the possibility of the old universe's laws, including the existence of witches and the cycle between fighting contractee and always chaotic witches. Kyubey's intrigue, however, did not stop him from simply dismissing the truth as being the ramblings of an unstable girl.

Even Homura began to doubt her own memory, didn't she? She would later doubt her memories in her own labyrinth until, eventually, she discovered the truth of such an ideal world... In her perfect world, the enemies were Nightmares. They were as simple as possible, unlike Witches or Wraiths. Nightmares, in her dream world, came into existence whenever someone's dream began to go bad. They replaced both enemies, ripping themselves from their dreamer until they became physical manifestations for them to fight. Defeating Nightmares would instantly sweeten the unaware dreamer, allowing them bad dreams to become good again.

The rewarding light of dawn cleanses their soul gems, not necessarily the nightmarish enemies. Why the morning light? In her dream world, a new day meant a new beginning. It was... childish. Both the existence of Nightmares and the easier purification system in the false world felt as farfetched as fairytales. No one had to worry about the grim taste of reality in her dream world, did they? But they still fought the same, treating each defeated Nightmare as a serious enemy.

The city would be destroyed by a rampaging Nightmare, but it would be magically repaired as long as the enemy is defeated. A soft reset. Everything was fine in her dream world, really. To destroy the false city, in reality, didn't matter because the stage is always repaired by the true puppeteer. But none of it mattered in the end, not when Homura discovered the truth.

All of this is so confusing, even to me... Homura wasn't sure how to go forward. She frowned slightly. She hated being stuck, instantly bringing back the feelings she felt during her endless battle within the same loop of time. Confusion is bad, especially since she knew the best source to end the confusion would be confiding in the Incubators. But she knew, now more than ever, that having one conversation with Kyubey could potentially work in their favor.

❝ In this world, right now, there are some people that wish to reverse the progress of this current world. A decision was made in the beginning, a wise decision, but these people want to undo everything this world has in order to go back to a previous system. The Incubators are also a threat, but so are the people that want to put the previous system back into what they believe is its rightful place. My desire is to keep everything as it should be, which is why I want to enlist in your help. ❞ Homura knew she's caught by the realization of her current predicament, but she had to say something to Corbeau - now more than ever since she got her total attention.

❝ Not only that, but there are still enemies that need to be vanquished. Grief will always exist, no matter what time period, so contracts still need to be made... However, my desire is to give those that are gone another chance by bringing them back, but even they must have a role to play to be back. You may not remember falling in battle permanently, but you would've still fallen and never wake to see another day. I'm simply cutting to the chase by bringing you here. ❞ Homura knew she was going on a tangent, but she couldn't help herself when she's expected to be so full of answers.

Homura took a slow, steadying breath to try to ground herself. She casts a glance over to the observing lizard, still standing upon the top of the bookshelf. It grins at her, bright gemstone eyes intently looking at the pair. The tail sways, slow and leisurely. It doesn't breathe, but she knows that it is growing bored of this scene. It wants to explore, but her will keeps it in its spot.

❝ While you are here, you may adapt to your new surroundings. Though I will ask much from you, I do still want you to enjoy yourself while you are..... ❞ Homura trails off, not finishing her sentence. She stares at the lizard, noticing the sway of the tail has gotten to become slightly faster. Almost as if it was amused, though Homura's mind is unable to break free from her unaddressed exhaustion in order to pinpoint the reason for its amusement. Why is it so amused when nothing has happened in such a quiet, safe location?

Why?

Oh.

Oh.

❝ Ah... I'm... My apologies, Corbeau. It seems we are not on the same page. I seem to have skipped ahead, didn't I? ❞ Homura had never gotten around to addressing everything Corbeau told her. She heard every word, naturally, but she accidentally glossed over the conversation in order to get down to the point. Her cheeks begin to warm, instantly realizing how rude she must look - or maybe completely out of it.

❝ To address your question, this is a library attached to a local museum. People may come and go with books as long as they return the books within a due date. Anyone may come here, however, in order to be in the comfort of books. Some may choose to come here to simply read, so places of learning are more commonplace, not a privilege for the wealthy. ❞ Homura quickly addresses Corbeau's interest in the location, something she didn't mean to ignore. She speaks a bit more faster as a result of her unexpected embarrassment — it was no wonder why the creature was so amused.

If her dolls were here, they would no doubt laugh in sheer delight at her humiliating oversight. They have come to stop her what they used to call her, Mistress Good-for-Nothing, since they had grown to have some kind of respect at her growth. They may not have addressed her with such a title, but they certainly whispered it amongst each other in the beginning. She could hardly blame them, not when Madoka had almost began to remember her real purpose until she snapped her out of it by embracing her. They were strangers, again, so it worked quite well. It was a relief to see the affect of a simple action, an embrace, could do.

❝ Would... Would you like to explore? ❞

Relief flooded through Homura's very core as soon as she heard her name. A speck of embarrassment mixed in with the relief, mostly because of how vocal Corbeau turned out being. She refused to allow the awkward humiliation any time to show upon her face, however. She keeps up her smile, pleased to be recognized by the older magi. Being recognized by anyone nowadays is often troublesome issue that needed to be addressed. Corbeau remembering her, however, is something she hoped on seeing.

No one could prepare her for how this gamble with time would go, but it's a risk she will have to take.

She didn't want to mess with Corbeau's memories, she really didn't want to go down that path. As a victim of tampered memories, she knew how bad it could get. A witch, herself, messing with her memories was not a fun time. Destroying all the carefully built utopia of her own witch's labyrinth was not a fun experience, she knows that. To discover that she was the real culprit witch, not the innocent Sweets Witch, is still an unpleasant memory. She is the only one to remember that dream, so she has to live with the bitter taste of those memories.

Her decision to mess with time and space is something she doesn't regret. Punishing the Incubators for what they did to her is also something she doesn't regret. What she does regret is her foolish confidence— She really did think her plan would go off without any issues, didn't she? She overestimated the power she had gained. To end up all the way in Europe during the The Hundred Years' War because she struggled with rewriting the universe is still quite the shock. She is glad no one could mock her for such a massive mistake.

Meeting Corbeau didn't feel like the result of mistake, however... Not even once.

Bringing someone back from the depths of history is something new, though this was not the first fallen puella magi she has brought back. It was a test to see if she can actually manage such a feat. There was a chance she could land back in that same period if she concentrated hard enough on reaching Corbeau. Luckily, she did bring back Corbeau. The only thing she could not be for certain is whether the masked warrior would remember her... Uncertain, she tried her best to give Corbeau a warm welcoming.

❝ Ah, you do remember me. It seems your memory is not damaged, so that's wonderful news. I was worried you wouldn't remember me... ❞ The relief painted across an otherwise tired face is genuine. To express such a worry aloud to someone else, a real person, is something she has stopped doing. Old habits seem to come back to her at the sight of such a familiar face.

It's been a very long time since anyone has greeted her so loudly... Not only that, but the greeting turned out to be so warmly. Homura had been completely prepared for the total opposite, perhaps even violence. Surprise overtook everything at such a positive reaction, but she certainly didn't expect Corbeau's arms to spread out in an invitation. She was so caught off guard that the smile slipped off her face, leaving her there with a mouth hanging open in surprise. For a split moment, she didn't know what to do.

Everything in her body tells her to not move closer, whispering that it was only a trap. Every instinct, every single one that has kept her going this far, tells her that to walk closer will lead to her own downfall. Hesitation grips at her tired mind, piercing the relief until it began to bleed out. Homura almost doesn't seem like she will move forward, but her legs begin to move. If her dolls were here, they would most likely laugh at how stupid she has fallen. They would arm themselves with books, ready to beat some sense into her since there were no tomatoes or pomegranates within their reach.

Her dolls, however, were busy with their game of pretend. She didn't like how she has made by allowing them to disguise themselves as slightly different versions of herself, but... What else could she do? She had more important work to do, so keeping them in a human form meant they would need to behave more... properly. She still kept an eye on them through mirrors, the eyes of her raven familiars, or any form of watery surface.

Homura grows closer, allowing herself to be embraced.

As soon as she took her first step forward is when her piece of jewelry decides to come to life. Abandoning the form of a ear cuff, the black lizard instantly moves away from the both of them. Its movement is silent and quick, a blurry shape of darkness. It climbs up and up until it stands on top of a tall bookshelf, wearing a frozen grin. The tension in Homura's body melts away once she realizes the grinning lizard, the guardian of the diamond-shaped gemstone, has quickly realized it needed to bounce off her body. After all, it didn't want to be caught.

❝ Yes, this is my doing... I wanted to see you again, so I brought you to my time. I figured it would be more pleasant for you, though perhaps quite jarring. ❞ With nothing holding her back from the embrace, Homura allows herself to relax. The lizard was quite the handful in the beginning, wasn't it? She had no idea what it was, but all she knew that the gemstone hanging from its tail was hers.

It has learned how to behave, though it still chooses to be quite unpredictable. Their first encounter with each other is when it took one look at her before confidently strutting off, not even bothering to wait. It willingly left her in the pitch-dark forest, not caring if she chose to follow or not. The salamander is still quite a troublemaker, which is why she can never leave it by itself. She didn't allow it to go too far from her, but it automatically tends to move away from her whenever she got within arm's reach of someone else.

Even though it isn't truly alive, it still has very smart instincts. It knows how to move, but it also knows what the next best move would be. She has slowly come to learn more about it, including how the witch runes on its body spelled the name of a witch. Learning how to read runes was, well, something she learned over time. There was less of a learning curve, though. She understood it now, but she still wasn't terribly confident enough.

❝ I suppose I am something else, yes... Well, the good thing is how I've gotten much better with handling all of this magic since our last encounter. ❞ The tentative smile that slowly came back onto her face, like the creature guarding her dark orb, threatens to leave her. Homura knew she didn't deserve Corbeau's praise, but... How could she even break her sinful deeds to a smiling Corbeau? She couldn't do it, not when Corbeau gave her such an honest smile.

You did what you had to do. Remember that. The Incubators would only try and try again to take control of Madoka. They would never stop. The fact that they made that awful prison, instantly torturing your soul. What would they have done next if you allowed yourself to go with the Law of Cycles? Yet here she is, instantly remembering the way Sayaka still glared down at her.

Sayaka had gotten smarter compared to the last time she spoke with Sayaka, that's true. She caught her trick back in the dreamy labyrinth, didn't she? She looked like she was a wiser version of herself... But she still glared at her as if she was Madoka's biggest problem, didn't she? Sayaka believed her lies about wanting to destroy the world as soon as all the wraiths were gone. Her dolls threw tomatoes her way as soon as they caught onto her performance, easily seeing her as a very awful actor.

You will still be her enemy one day, won't you? Ignoring her sacrifice is one thing, but you tore her apart in order to bring her back to her most perfect self to this very soil. You had to beat the Incubators to the chase, so you couldn't allow yourself to be taken away when there is still trouble. They could torture your soul as much as they would like, they already did exactly that in the Isolation Field, but you could never let them touch her. But Sayaka, the stubborn fool that she is, could not even begin to understand her decision. She will never see her in a positive light, will she?

So be it.

She will that force of evil.

❝ I did bring you here on purpose, yes. I'm glad to see that I didn't fail. ❞ Homura allows herself to pull away, but she's still close. The memory of Sayaka brought her back to her goal, reminding her of the true purpose for pulling a fallen warrior out of her own time. Corbeau, she hoped, would understand her actions. Talking about them, however, was her biggest issue.

❝ I hope you don't mind this personal question, Corbeau... But... What are your thoughts on joining a different battle? Would you prefer to live a more peaceful life with your sisters, far from another battlefield? ❞ Homura normally didn't ask such personal questions to fallen contractees, but... Corbeau will be an exception.

[isara0408]

Just wanted to make this Yaku x Horo one short 👀 I'm starting to like this ship. I don't know why. They make an interesting couple.

I might do a +18 one short for them- Idk

"Ugh..."A hangover Horo groaned in pain, having his head laying down on the long kitchen island while sitting on an adjustable height chair. It was Saturday, and it was almost 2 in the afternoon. Horo barely woke up from his slumber. "Here."Kaga spoke, placing a cup of water and a painkiller in front of Horo for him to take for the pounding headache,"This will make you feel better. I'll tell Yaku to make you some food once he returns from grocery shopping."

Horo slowly lifted his head and grabbed the pill. He put it on the back of his tongue before swallowing it with the water. He placed the empty glass cup down,"Thanks..."He mumbled out and leaned against the kitchen island,"What happened last night? I remember we went to the club to drink and relax, but after a few cups, everything became blurry, and I don't remember what happened after."He explained.

"Yeah. We did. You drank too much, though."Kaga grabbed the glass cup and placed it in the sink,"Homu, Yaku, and I had to almost drag you to the car when it was time to go back home."

"Everything was normal. You kept dancing with the women you called 'Hot babes' in the club."Homu responded as she was sitting down on the couch and scrolling through her tablet while Meka was watching a new episode of her mega anime that came out this morning,"Yeah. Oh, and you kissed Yaku."

Horo's body froze at what Meka said and slowly looked back at her,"I did what?"

"You kissed Yaku. I even took a video of it."Meka said and reached out for her phone next to her. She unlocked it and scrolled through her gallery. She lifted her arm to show Horo her phone screen. Horo immediately stood up from his chair and went to Meka's phone. He snatched it and watched the played video.

Meka was right.

In the video, Horo was kissing Yaku rather passionately while Yaku was standing with shock. Yaku's visor had exclamation marks. After a few seconds, Yaku seemed to be kissing him back!

Horo stared at the phone with a blank expression, but deep inside, he was horrified. The video ended, not showing what happened next. Meka snatched her phone back from Horo,"I'm saving this for blackmail."She slid her phone in her pocket to prevent Horo from grabbing it and deleting the video.

"You were really into it."Homu said, having her eyes glued onto her tablet screen,"I was predicting that you two were going to sleep together, but that didn't happen. Either way, you two seemed to enjoy it very much."

"I didn't think you would be attracted to men, Horo."Kaga smiled mischievously on the new information he got of his roommate.

"I'm not."Horo protested, shooting a glare at Kaga.

"Well, that video says the opposite. You two kissed for a good 2 minutes."Kaga smirked widely. Horo groaned in annoyance,"I don't like men. I like women. Tits, virgina, and ass, okay?"

"Now you can add penis on that list too."Meka teased him, having her eyes on the TV screen. "At least you had your first kiss with the person you trust the most."Homu reassured him. Horo covered his face with his hands, being irritated on the situation,"I can't believe this happened. Now, I can't do anything about it."He muttered.

The door opened to reveal Yaku carrying bags full of foods that they needed. Yaku closed the door with his foot and made his way to the kitchen counter. He placed the bags down with a soft smile on his face. He glanced over to spot Horo,"You're awake. I was going to make you food, but it would have been cold by the time you woke up. I'll make you some food real quick -"Yaku stopped himself from continuing once Horo's eyes stared Yaku down,"What?"He asked with question marks on his visor.

"Meka told me what happened between us. She has a video of it."

Yaku continued to stare at him before realizing what he was talking about,"Oh! The kiss. Oh yeah, that happened. For someone who hasn't gotten his first kiss, you're a good kisser!"

"Was that the reason you kissed him back?"Kaga questioned, looking over at Yaku while putting away the groceries. Yaku nodded,"Yup! Also, I was a bit tipsy myself, so my mind wasn't fully there. It was a good experience!" Horo stared at Yaku in disbelief before making his way towards him. His hand immediately met the back of Yaku's head smacking him.

"Hey!"Yaku yelped.

Horo crossed his arms, feeling irritated, but kept a blank expression on his face. Yaku rubbed the back of his head and looked at Horo,"It was a good experience,"He leaned closer to Horo with a smirk on his face,"I didn't know you were so passionate."

Horo grabbed Yaku's face and pushed him away from him. Yaku stumbled back, but balanced himself,"Hey!"

"I'm not drinking again."

"You will. You're just too shy to accept that you love me."Yaku smiled and wrapped his arms around his best friend happily. Horo blankly stared down at Yaku,"I will smack you again."He threatened.

"You can smack my ass if you want."Yaku teased, having a mischievous smile on his face. In response, Horo smacked his head again, earning a yelp from his best friend.

"I was just joking!"Yaku cried out with a soft pout and rubbed his head again.

[yumeyleo]

sometimes all i think about is Chapter I Himeko deploys the B-rank Valkyries Kiana, Mei, and Bronya, to make their way to a battleship Selene found flying in the monitored airspace close to Sapphire. On her way to the ship, Kiana defeats low-level Honkai beasts that have descended upon the city. Upon reaching the battleship with the help of battle drones controlled by Himeko, Kiana joins Mei to investigate the outside of the ship. The two end up facing an Emperor-class Honkai Beast that Kiana briefly encountered before. The beast proves itself to pose quite a challenge and overpowers the two. Kiana collapses as Mei gives into the 3rd Herrscher's persona which defeats the beast, which causes Mei to collapse from exhaustion. Kiana regains her consciousness soon after Bronya finds them on the aft and decides to piggy-back Mei inside as Bronya hacks their way into the ship.

Kiana helps Bronya reach the main control room, but not without accidentally destroying the mechs Bronya hacked into to make their travel easier. Nonetheless, having access to Selene's database, Bronya notices a mysterious letter addressed to Kiana and reads it out loud. The letter states that the ship now belongs to Kiana and wants her to find 4 missing "keys" so that she can "rule the world". Unaware of anyone who would be rich enough to give Kiana a ship, the Valkyries decide to investigate this matter after returning to St. Freya High. However, on their way back Bronya loses control of her brain chip and has to be subdued by the weakened Mei and Kiana.

Chapter II

Main article: Chapter II

Kiana returns safely to St. Freya where the Selene undergoes inspection and repairs. The mission's complete, but she can't rest just yet. The annual Valkyrie Examination is approaching and it is approaching fast. If Kiana fails it again, she can be demoted straight to D-rank. Without caring about the consequences of it happening, Kiana continues to slack off. That is until the school principal Theresa Apocalypse informs her of remedials she asked Himeko to prepare for her niece. To help her focus, Theresa reminds her worst-performing student that she'll share the whereabouts of Kiana's father once Kiana becomes A-rank Valkyrie.

Kiana sleeps soundly in class as Himeko is giving theory classes she very much needs. After being woken up, she's made to answer some questions and is then forcefully dragged away to training grounds by Fu Hua, in hopes that practical training will get into her head easier. Fu Hua shows an admirable amount of patience when teaching Kiana, giving her an opportunity to correct mistakes she makes via battle. The training session warms Kiana up to the usually-strict class president.

2 days before the exam, Kiana meets a mysterious figure in her dreams who claims to know her. The entity belittles Kiana and mocks her obliviousness regarding her own person yet is willing to share some secrets regarding Kiana's parents if she manages to catch the figure within the maze-like dream world. Having succeeded, Kiana hears the story about the 2nd Eruption and how it was her mother and father, Valkyrie Cecilia Schariac and Knight Siegfried Kaslana, who participated in it. The story's left unfinished and questions unanswered as the dawn ends the dream and Kiana wakes up. During the day, she goes to visit Bronya in the hospital to have her discharged but doesn't find her there. The search doesn't last too long and Bronya's found in the library. Kiana convinces her to play HOMU games instead of studying. Their gaming session is interrupted by Mei who's been looking for Kiana, suspecting she's still slacking. Her suspicions confirmed, Kiana's pulled away to the training grounds.

Chapter 3: Poem of the Wind

Kiana, along with Mei and Bronya, heads to New Zealand to Schicksal's Oceanic branch to retrieve the Gem of Desire. Though she is curious to know what happened to the recently retrieved battleship, Himeko reminds Kiana to focus on the mission at hand. A bit later, Theresa contacts Kiana privately and explains the analysis of the mysterious battleship. According to the analysis, the battleship was only using 1/24th of its power to steer and remain afloat. If fully activated, the battleship could easily destroy the entire North American continent, but the only way to power it entirely would be to use an excessive amount of Honkai Energy, specifically the strength of nearly four Herrschers. After this statement, Kiana remembers that the mysterious voice in her dreams also mentioned needing four keys and considers that these events may be related.

When Bronya transports Wendy with Project Bunny, Kiana mentions that she'd also like to do the same eventually, to which Bronya promptly denies. However, Kiana notes that Bronya is uncharacteristically kind to Wendy. When Bronya expresses an interest in taking the Gem of Desire out of Wendy's crippled legs, Himeko mentions that the gem would be extremely difficult to keep stable outside of a host. Kiana quickly retorts "Then we should just throw away that stupid gem!" arguing that its worth is nothing compared to a girl's happiness. She's quickly shot down when Himeko mentions the unstable gem could explode and destroy entire cities if left unattended.

Wendy eventually escapes and flies away using the Gem of Desire's power, marking her as the 4th Herrscher. The entire team, including Kiana, strongly proclaims their wish to recapture Wendy and help her overcome the influence of the Gem of Desire just like Mei is no longer controlled while still remaining the 3rd Herrscher. When Himeko mentions that European S-rank Valkyrie, Durandal, is headed to capture Wendy, Kiana mentions she would normally be interested in fighting her, but regrets that this is an opportunity she would need to ignore.

After chasing Wendy for some time, Himeko mentions that both Durandal and a large group of Anti-Entropy forces are soon to reach New Zealand and capture Wendy. However, Theresa mentions that she leaked Durandal's position in a public channel to bait Anti-Entropy into assaulting and slowing her down, giving the group more time. Kiana is amazed at this and thanks Theresa for her help. Afterwards, Kiana asks Theresa about her relationship to Durandal, to which Theresa states that she was once Durandal's superior, but couldn't stand her workaholic personality that would cause Durandal to nag Theresa whenever she would want to relax.

When Kiana and the others finally catch up to Wendy, they manage to convince Wendy that she might have another chance at a normal life. She calms down and submits to being transported, but unfortunately Cocolia takes over Bronya with a supreme command once again and forces her to subdue Wendy. After this, Wendy lashes out due to Bronya's apparent betrayal and once again attacks the Valkyries. After a persistent battle, Cocolia sends a unit of invisible mecha to apprehend the weakened Wendy and Mei. Due to the incoming Schicksal forces, Kiana is left behind alone and returns to St. Freya High School to come up with a plan to save Mei, Wendy, and Bronya.

Chapter 4: Betrayal has a Silvery Smile

Kiana, Himeko, and to Kiana's surprise, Theresa form a temporary Valkyrie team to infiltrate Anti-Entropy to save Mei, Wendy, and Bronya. They head to ME Corp where they believe the girls are being held. While looking for a way to infiltrate the facility, Kiana asks Theresa and Himeko about the incident involving Mei's father, Raiden Ryoma, since it feels strange that Mei would be held captive in her father's company. It was believed that ME Corp was working with Anti-Entropy, but Himeko reveals that Ryoma was framed and Cocolia used his arrest to seize the company.

As the three struggle to find a way to infiltrate ME Corp, Himeko states that taking too long will eventually alert Anti-Entropy troops so they should fall back. Kiana earnestly insists that they persevere to save the girls, but Theresa attempts to calm her down. As they discuss their options, Bronya suddenly appears in their communication channels. Though Himeko is highly suspicious, Kiana thinks that Bronya isn't being controlled. The group takes Bronya's advice and heads to entrance C7. As they venture through the facility, Kiana mentions that something feels off, but Theresa reassures Kiana that she would come to her aid if necessary.

As the group ventures further into ME Corp, Kiana notices doors behind them have closed. She suspects this was indeed a trap, and Cocolia confidently confirms this. Even though Anti-Entropy sends reinforcements to ambush the group, they push on still. When Kiana reaches Bronya's location, Bronya requests that she protect Mei to repay the kindness that Mei offered Bronya in her time with them. Bronya then blows up the bio-chip controlling her and falls unconscious. Kiana tries to wake Mei and help return Bronya to Schicksal headquarters.

As they begin to leave the facility, Wendy contacts them. Kiana is relieved to see Wendy alive, and tells her that they're on the way to rescue her. However, Wendy leaves a last message for Bronya and urges Kiana to perhaps use the Gem of Desire's power eventually to allow Bronya to walk normally again. On their way out, Cocolia tells the group that she has killed Wendy for her Herrscher core and uses the advanced mecha MSR-7 Godfather to attack the girls. After a fierce battle, they fend off the mecha and head home. Mei recovers fully, but Wendy is never retrieved and Bronya remains in intensive care.

Chapter 5: Tundra Reunion

Due to the previous battle, Bronya remains in a coma. With no signs of Bronya waking, Theresa goes to a secret facility hidden beneath St. Freya High School to search for information that might aid in Bronya's recovery. Unbeknownst to her, Kiana follows and jumps into the simulation that Theresa brings up of Siberia on February 7th, 2000. Unsure of what is happening, Kiana begins to explore the simulation. While traveling through the unrelenting snow of Siberia, Kiana begins to feel an odd bout of loneliness and thinks of all of the other Valkyries. Kiana searches for other signs of life in the area and eventually hears the simulated version of Theresa from February 7th, 2000 on a communication channel.

After searching for and finding Theresa, Kiana introduces herself as her niece, but the simulated Theresa believes her to be an illusion made by the 2nd Herrscher because Kiana was only a 1 year old at the time. After the battle, Kiana attempts again to introduce herself and explains that she learned Gun Kata from her father, Siegfried Kaslana, but Theresa instead reasons that this Kiana must be Siegfried's illegitimate daughter. After this, Kiana realizes that this Theresa must be the simulated version and not the one she knows in reality. Theresa invites Kiana to travel with her to meet up with Siegfried. As they travel, Theresa explains that the 2nd Herrscher is likely headed towards the large tower in the distance known as Babylon Labs so that she can fully awaken her powers using the large amount of Honkai Energy stored inside.

Further in their travels, Kiana realizes that these events are related to her mother's death and asks Theresa if Cecilia Schariac is deployed on this mission. Theresa says that Cecilia isn't currently in Siberia, but if things go awry then Schicksal will forcefully deploy Cecilia to the battlefield as a last resort so their aim is to neutralize the 2nd Herrscher before Cecilia's deployment. Before meeting with Siegfried, Kiana asks that Theresa not mention that Kiana is Siegfried's daughter as to avoid complicating things even further and disrupting the mission. Theresa praises Kiana as a good niece for being considerate of both her father and the mission.

Eventually the two meet Siegfried who mistakenly flirts with his own daughter on her arrival. He then shares that Cecilia has already been deployed and will arrive in Siberia in 30 minutes. In an effort to cancel her deployment, Siegfried heads after one of two leads on the 2nd Herrscher while Kiana and Theresa head to the other. After hearing Kiana's name, he is confused that this young woman shares the name of his daughter. Kiana then slaps Siegfried unprovoked presumably for abandoning her and leaving suddenly, though this version of Siegfried is unaware of these events. After splitting up, Theresa reassures Kiana that they will do everything in their power to defeat the 2nd Herrscher before Cecilia's deployment. She explains that Siegfried joined this mission ready to use the Judgment of Shamash to annihilate the 2nd Herrscher even at the cost of his own life. Kiana mutters a curse to her idiotic father for his reckless behavior.

Upon arriving at the area containing one of the two leads, Theresa and Kiana realize the 2nd Herrscher set a decoy using the armor of defeated Valkyries and a Schicksal aircraft. After engaging the aircraft and chasing it away, Siegfried contacts Theresa to tell the group that he is about to engage the 2nd Herrscher. She accuses him of having the idea of using the Judgment of Shamash to die along with the 2nd Herrscher which he doesn't deny and hangs up abruptly. Theresa and Kiana swiftly travel to his area to find him unconscious next to an extremely large burning pit of flames; proof of his usage of the Judgment of Shamash. Within the large pit of flames, Kiana and Theresa fend off a very large Honkai Beast.

After defeating the Honkai Beast, Cecilia contacts Theresa and mentions that she was able to save Siegfried using her own Divine Key, Abyss Flower. Excited to hear and perhaps even meet her mother, Kiana hurriedly heads to the tower in the distance. Kiana is duly impressed by her mother's ability to save someone from the guaranteed death provided by using Judgment of Shamash, but Theresa explains that this is only possible with the usage of Abyss Flower, a weapon that can cure any wound by using one's own life force. On their way over to the tower, Cecilia commands Kiana to grab specific herbs on their way to the tower to help stabilize Siegfried's condition.

In private, Cecilia contacts Kiana and asks her to call her "mom." Though Kiana is confused, Cecilia explains that Kiana's voice is almost exactly like her own daughter's. Kiana in turn requests that Cecilia abandon the mission, but Cecilia boasts that even in her weakened state, she has about an 80% chance of defeating the 2nd Herrscher. Outside of the tower, Kiana and Theresa face off against the powerful Honkai Beast from earlier once again. Struggling against the Honkai Beast, Kiana and Theresa have a hard time entering the tower. Suddenly, in one blow, the Honkai Beast is disintegrated, and Theresa reveals that the only weapon capable of doing so would be the Abyss Flower, Cecilia's own personal weapon. Cecilia is embarrassed to hear herself introduced in such a flattering manner as she walks over. Kiana, however, is amazed to meet her mother in the flesh after 16 years.

[kalpasio]

IT IS I, 🧊ANON, IN AGONY

I'M JUST LAVZLZVDLDDUZHZKEHFOJZLZJD

It's currently 11pm and I have to wake up early tomorrow but I saw you posted so I just had to read it! I though it would be a nice bedtime story!!! I am suffering!!!!!!!!

POOR KALPAS BRUH, IMAGINE HAVING TO LIVE FOR MILLENIA IN GRIEF I'M GONNA KMS

Seeing all the flamechasers was so nice😭 The Aponia program lowkey had me all giddy cuz she's my favorite alongside Kalpie!! AND THEN IT ALL CAME CRASHING DOWN AND MY HEART HURTSS

I mean hey at least it's an infinite dream of the realm😀 No I'm not kicking the air rn wdym😀‼️

Also YES, SLEEPING ON HIS THIGHS, GONNA HAVE THE BEST SLEEP YOU'VE EVER HAD (I need it honestly)

OH AND I AM ALSO VERY CONFUSED WITH THE STORY 76% OF THE TIME, project stigma is making me lose braincells every 2 seconds I read about it😭 Thankfully we have Homu labs on youtube so in case you don't know them!

I will now head to bed and get a new pillow cuz ITS WET

HI 🧊 ANON 😭😭

I do the same thing with ao3 and bedtime stories ngl I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS IS REAL. ITS A PARALLEL UNIVERSE OR SOMETHING. KALPAS DOESNT DESERVE THIS 💔

I swear every story is just an excuse to interact with the flame chasers because I love almost all of them so much I am looking at you kevin

need kalpas thigh naps in my life 😔 I need a lot of Kalpas things in my life actually, but like napping with him is at the top of the list

I don't wanna complain about the story because I know how hard it is to write things but like 😭😭😭😭 what the hell is going on????? there was a whole plot that they took the time to explain properly and then they just took a sharp left to something completely different and I am SO lost I didn't know about homu labs! I live under a rock you are a lifesaver 🧡

[kavaeroexe]

Hello! Can i request platonic headcanon about captain!reader? Just being to valkyries and actually after some time became a parentla figure for them? (For kiana or mei, or together lol)

avavavavava okeeyyy!

“Hello parental figure!”

captain!reader x valkyries (PLATONIC)

warning: typos, bad grammar  

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“Nice to meet you, I’m Y/N, the captain of Hyperion” you greet the new girls that today are visiting your ship, you bow, and try to hold your laughter when you saw Kiana, Mei, and Bronya try to bow as well, but all of them bump to each other’s head.

“Don’t get into the Bronya’s way Kiana idiotka.”

Kiana who’s tried to bite Bronya’s head quickly stopped by Mei, at that moment you lost your control, and your laughter successfully out of your mouth, in a split second, the three of them stopped fighting and end up looking at you who just laughing out of nowhere.

“Sorry, it’s just fun to see a fun person like you guys, please make yourself comfortable here” you speak to them while holding Kiana’s hand followed by Mei and Bronya’s hand

“Captain don’t go too easy on them” Himeko tried to remind you about them who’s a bit problematic (even though Mei isn’t), but you swing your other hand, telling her that “it’s fine”

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“Captain, thank you for being with us for all of these years... “ you look at Mei, and then you nodded, “I’m the one who should say that, you guys mean a lot to me, happy that you guys coming into my life, feels like owning a daycare here haha!”

“D- daycare!? we’re not kids captain, don’t say that!”

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“Captain I’m hungryyy~!” 

“Should we go to a Sushi restaurant? or how about we grill? or I can just make you a normal dinner here, I’ll cook”

“you can cook captain?”

“You underestimate me, Kiana? then you’re not going to eat tonight, bye-bye ~!”

“EEHHH NO CAPTAIN I’M SORRYYY PLSSS :(”

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“Happy birthday Bronya! here’s a present for you!”

Bronya taking a big box as she knows is your gift for her birthday, and it’s heavy...

when Bronya opened it, her eyes widened, it was the new HOMU plushie, figure, a new game console, and also a new headset, of course, can’t be forgotten is a small box filled with cookies with many HOMU shapes

“Did captain prepare all of this just for Bronya..? thank you... the Bronya will keep all of this...” 

“But you must eat the cookies I made-”

“Bronya doesn’t want to eat the cookies, Bronya wants to keep them”

“Bronya they’ll rotten, you can keep the rest”

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“Fu Hua...? can’t sleep?” you walk and stand beside her, looking at her holding a cup of warm tea

“It’s nothing just.. get woke up.. I’ll sleep again later” she replied, greets you with a smile.

You sigh and put your blazer on top of her shoulder, “It’s cold today, Your tea will be cold soon”, you could see her nodding even though your hall is dark

“Thank you... captain”

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"No news about Kiana or Himeko? " You sat on a chair, looking worried, you can't sleep for the past few days after Himeko's brave move to stop Herrscher of the Void, but you don't want to worry, because there is still more to do rather than just standing still, worried, and making everything more difficult.

"We got nothing, but we will try again tomorrow, get a rest Captain.. " Headmaster Theresa replied and then left you alone, because everyonwe needs to rest.

"I'm so sorry... "

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"Captain.. Are you okay? Bronya worried about you.. " You look at Bronya standing behind you, try to hold you on your shoulder but she's so small that she can't reach it,

"It's.. Nothing, it must be harder for you and Kiana right? Mei got away like that.. " You scoffed, patting Bronya's head and give her a slight hug or warm and calmness.

"The Bronya.. Doesn't want to see captain sad.. Bronya and idiotka Kiana are okay.. "

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now time flies fast, you could never see the same kid that used to stay on your ship ever again

but nonetheless, you must accept that many things changed

but you will never change to be a good supporter for any way they’ll be at

still, you can’t lie but to say you miss the four of them.. to be together...

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“Captain, thank you for still letting me be in here”

“I’m happier to be able to see you in my ship, Mei, just like the old days..” you hummed with a smile

“But it’s not the same huh?”

“it’s not the same, but I still feel grateful for anything that happens to the four of you.” you sip your tea, looking at Mei with a soft stare, enjoying the silent night with the two of you sitting on a couch

You miss them. but you can’t do anything.

[irregulartheclockworker]

I need some comfort since that adaptation of the game ended up hurting me.

Baby Homu sleeping while hospitalized (or during her heart-surgery) visited by an angel.

[analyzing-the-rebellion-story]

The Rebellion Story Analysis Addendum

It’s been four years since I finished the analysis, and a lot of my views have changed! Here are my revised opinions!

In italics is something I said in the analysis.

In plain font is my updated interpretation.

I highly doubt that Kyubey has a biological need for sleep, so I guess that means he’s just been lying there all night. Contemplating.

Another possibility is that he’s communicating telepathically with the other Incubators. After all, what better time would there be to discuss their plans?

Sayaka is a raspberry. Raspberries are soft, but have a strong and distinct flavor. That describes Sayaka pretty well, I think.

Kyoko is an apple. Apples are sweet and wholesome, but their seeds have traces of cyanide. This suits Kyoko well because, while she’s generally nice nowadays, she can be kind of a jerk sometimes.

Homura is a pumpkin. The pumpkin is a delicious and fulfilling produce, but it can be twisted into something frightening (like a Jack-o-Lantern). Considering Homura’s mutation later in the film…

Mami is cheese, a dairy product made from milk. The purpose of milk is to nurture young, and Mami is easily the most nurturing of the girls, so the cheese is referencing her motherly personality.

I wasn’t very serious about these interpretations to begin with, but in hindsight, there are far more straightforward connections between the girls and their respective foods:

1) According to the Madoka Wiki, raspberries are known as “healing fruit” in Japan. I couldn’t find a source for this, but if it’s true, then the connection to Sayaka should be obvious.

2) Kyoko being an apple is probably an allusion to her religious background (think forbidden fruit). This is reinforced by the fact that she stole a bag of apples in the original series.

3) The pumpkin is another one of Homura’s witch symbols, like the newts and owls.

4) Mami is cheese because Bebe eats cheese, and… well…

…Yeah.

This part makes no sense. The figures start crowding around Homura and Kyoko, and don’t leave until Kyoko agrees to keep a lid on things. Homura’s emotions influence the Gemworld, but all she wants is for Kyoko to keep a low profile. This would mean that Homura wants Kyoko to avoid drawing attention to herself, but at the same time is unconsciously willing attention towards Kyoko. What?

The figures surrounding them probably reflect Homura’s fear of causing too much of a disruption. When Kyoko agrees to keep her head down, the fear is assuaged and the figures leave them alone as a result.

The Incubators should’ve spent more time beta testing their memory-altering tech, because it’s proven to be very easy to awaken the girls’ memories of the real world.

Originally I assumed that the Incubators had wiped the girls’ memories so that they wouldn’t catch on to their plan. However, there’s a distinct possibility that it was Homura altering everyone’s memories, which would explain how she recovered her own so readily (and this is supported by the fact that her new world ability is memory manipulation). Kyubey does explicitly state that he wants Madoka to remember her purpose, so unless he thought that her amnesia was some sort of technical failure, I’m gonna place my bets on Homura.

WHAT THE-?!

This... This thing randomly appears behind Mami and displays a walnut, presumably for cracking purposes. I honestly haven't the tiniest clue what this is supposed to represent. Is it symbolic of Mami's dormant memories "cracking open"? Is it foreshadowing Homura's transformation into the Nutcracker Witch? Just... what the heck?!

Since this happens immediately before Bebe is ruled out as the witch, it’s probably just vague foreshadowing without any real symbolism. It could be argued that the uncracked nut represents the unsolved mystery, but since Homulilly is incapable of cracking nuts to begin with, that feels like a stretch.

A rune briefly flashes. It translates into, “you”. As in Homura.

This is supposed to be an answer to the question, “Who is dreaming?” from earlier. I’m sure most of you already knew that, but I feel as though I should’ve pointed it out anyway.

(If you don’t remember this part, it happens right before Homura does her witch test)

The pink spool reappears, only to be kicked away by the Clara Dolls. Not even Madoka’s influence can save Homura from this despair.

Another possibility is that, in her mind, Homura deliberately defied the Law of Cycles (hence the spool getting kicked). It isn’t until Kyubey opens his telepathic mouth that she realizes this isn’t the case.

Shouldn’t Homura’s parents be wondering where she is? Does she even have parents?! I’ve been wondering that since the original series…

I can’t believe it never occurred to me that Homura didn’t invite her own parents into the labyrinth. That’s pretty strong evidence that they’re either dead, or put her up for adoption at a very young age.

Seeing Kyoko at a diner makes me wish there was a spinoff series exploring the personal lives of the girls (preferably with drama-comedy themes). Also, those familiars are giving me chills.

Another thing that flew over my head is that those familiars were sent to kidnap her. Same with Mama, Hitomi and Kyousuke.

Mami summons a train, and unsurprisingly, it has a teacup motif. The deer are kind of random, though…

Since Mami primarily fights with guns, the deer are most likely a reference to trophy hunting.

The runes translate into, “The Eternal Feminine”. This is probably a reference to Faust, a poem that apparently served as an inspiration for Madoka Magica (it’s about a man who trades his soul for unlimited power. Sound familiar?). Here’s a snippet for context:

“Everything that can be perceived is only a symbol; the imperfect, which cannot be realized, here makes itself reality; that which cannot be described, here finally completes itself. It is the eternal feminine, always attracting us to the higher.”

Homura is definitely drawn to “the higher”, though the underlying theme of salvation kind of gets subverted in the end…

While I still agree with this interpretation, I don’t think I did a very good job at describing/contextualizing it. At the end of Faust, the main character’s soul is saved from damnation and guided to Heaven by Gretchen*. This achievement is attributed to the Eternal Feminine, a female essence that draws humans to salvation. This is precisely what Madoka accomplishes at the end of the TV show and is attempting to do with Homura in this very scene.

*The namesake of Madoka’s witch form.

When the explosion the over, the magic forms this symbol. I’m not sure what it’s supposed to be, though? It vaguely resembles the portal to Magical Heaven, but the color effects make it hard to tell. It might also be a wheel, but the contours are very crystal-like.

Don’t know if this was intentional, but the symbol bears a loose resemblance to a dreamcatcher. “Who is dreaming?” is a recurring question throughout the movie, and at this point in time, the world Homura “dreamed” inside her soul gem is becoming a reality. From her perspective, she’s also preventing a “nightmare” by relieving Madoka of her duties and returning everything she sacrificed.

I’m not sure where else they would go, Homu. You didn’t make a new world, you just rebuilt the old one.

She’s probably talking about the Law of Cycles Dimension/Magical Heaven/Land Without Cheese/whatever you want to call it. Homura only took the part of the Law that contained Madoka’s original identity, but since it was the original Madoka that wished for the Law in the first place, her removal caused the entire system to collapse and expel her angels, too. This is why she says that Sayaka and Nagisa “somehow” got dragged along too even though she only wanted Madoka.

In other words, Homura pulled the wrong block from a Jenga stack.

Lastly, I want to point out an observation I made about Demon Homura’s world. When she unravels the Law of Cycles and renders it inaccessible, but also forces the Incubators to shoulder humanity’s curses, the end result is a “middle ground” between the previous two worlds. Think about it: In the first world, Magical Girls are doomed to become witches, while in the second world, they’re ultimately saved by Madoka. In Homura’s world, however, neither of these things can happen, which means she essentially created a world where there is neither salvation nor damnation. I really hope the eventual sequel explores this concept further; it’s very interesting.

Aaaaaaand that wraps it up! I hope you enjoyed this little bonus round as much as I did!

[mocha-sim]

Oh is it ok if you make a headcanon about kaga,,, 👉👈 im a simp for him 😗✌

i have tons of kaga hcs

loves techno music

he is absolutely forbidden from entering the kitchen under any circumstances

he has his own lab in his attic where he spends a lot of his time

his family owns a cat who keeps knocking the things he needs off of the work table. this is why kaga doesn’t like cats

horo and yaku are his closest friends, meka doesn’t trust him, and homu is neutral

this man is a disaster. cheerios for lunch, 6 hours of sleep on a good night, also sometimes wears his lab coat and gloves to class (either because he forgot to change or just didn’t have time)

[magical-agatha]

im allowed to like madoka magica. its not torture porn. theres barely even any gore. its a sad story about love and despair and pain. my life has been incredibly painful. pmmm is really important to me because i was able to look at homura and madoka and see myself. i saw these girls going through hell and desperately trying not to give up. and i can relate to that immensely. i used to cry myself to sleep at night begging madoka to come and save me. i used to call myself a magical girl because that made my pain make sense. i wasnt just a very sick and abused young girl. i was a magical girl and i had a purpose and one day madoka would appear and take away all my pain. i nearly gave up so many times. there were so many times i nearly killed myself. but i didnt. i coped and maddy and homu helped me. im still here. im still in a lot of pain but i have hope again. i have an amazing girlfriend who loves me dearly. and thats a reason to stay alive. madoka magica is one of several things that kept me alive so it will always be very dear to me.

it also um. it helped me work out that im a girl too. its hard to explain how. but there was an element of like.. see i never really had a childhood. and what i had was painful and like. divorced from my identity. being forced to pretend to be a boy. my childhood got stolen from me. and pmmm and other magical girl shows let me live vicariously through the girls and pretend i had a childhood. it was really important in shaping my identity. it also probably lay the groundwork for something im doing now which is like.. recontextualising my childhood and reclaiming it. i was always a girl. i was a little autistic girl who was abused and treated badly and misdiagnosed and now that i know who i am my childhood makes so much more sense. and im starting to reclaim parts of it as mine again.

plus like. homu and maddy are gay. i always compare myself to gay girls in the stuff i like. its hard to find queer girls in media as it is, even harder to find queer girls i can relate to. im small and soft and fragile and very pink and frilly. i dont see queer girls like me very much in media. the exception is in magical girl shows. i can always find myself in a magical girl show. i need to be able to relate to something to enjoy it also. shrug. im rambling.

point is pmmm is good and madoka and homura shaped my identity when i was first finding myself as a trans girl.

[reviewsv]

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The Amazon basin platform bed frame is the perfect way for you to get rested. This unit features a unique full platform bed frame that provides a quiet and noise free work environment. Made using durable steel with a black finish, this bed frame can accommodate several sleepers at the same time. Besides that, the bed frame provides extra under the bed storage space and with a unique vertical clearance level.

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No more wondering about your resting needs. This is why the Zinus Compack 9 Leg Support Bed frame is a suitable place for you to start. The bed frame provides optimal stability and support, and it also has a 9 leg center bar for convenience. More so, the steel construction with an easy locking system makes the bed very stable on most surfaces. It also has a recessed leg design for safety and a low-stress easy assembly structure for a heavy duty experience.

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What to Eat Before Sleeping to Lose Weight?

For those who need to lose weight or at least not get fat, caring for food is a very important task. And this does not refer only to what you eat during everyday meals, but also to the times when food is consumed. For example, do you know what to eat before bed to lose weight? Are there special rules or can we make any kind of meal before we go to bed so we do not get fat? The importance of sleep When we talk about what to eat before bed to lose weight, we must not talk about the need to not consume food that can disturb the quality of sleep, since it also affects weight. The Harvard School of Public Health explains that in addition to disrupting energy and productivity, poor sleep is also associated with increased waist size. According to the report, women who sleep less than seven hours a night are at greater risk of suffering significant weight gain than those who sleep at least seven hours each night. It is due to the fact that sleep deprivation leaves the person exhausted, making him or her unmotivated for healthy eating and physical exercise, or because lack of sleep can slow down metabolism and, for Consequently, it also slows down the process of burning calories and fats in the body. In addition, nutritionist Jill Corleone warned that a bad night sleep disrupts the hormones that control the appetite, which can make the person more hungry. That is if you already know that certain food disrupts your sleep, nothing to consume before bed. Also Read: 15 High Protein Vegan Foods To Lose Weight The Dinner The ideal is to spread calorie consumption throughout the day, do not overeat in the late afternoon and feed on moderate portions of lean protein, vegetables and whole grains in the evening meal. Excess sugar, refined grains, and saturated fats should be avoided. These can hinder efforts to lose weight both in the daytime and at night. The evening meal may include, for example, grilled steak, stewed asparagus, and wild rice . Other menu suggestions include: a moderate portion of whole-grain pasta with marinara sauce, broccoli, and grilled turkey meat or grilled salmon with pumpkin and green salad. A dinner with fewer refined carbohydrates and less fats will make your hormones work better at night time, in addition to contributing in a general way to your diet. Also Read: 11 Best Diet To Lose Weight – Eat As Much As You Want The Evening Snack According to nutritionist Jill Corleone, although it is not exactly wrong to eat something before going to bed, there is a concern that late night snacks lead to unhealthy food choices and excess calorie consumption. On the other hand, she also explained that if planned, this evening snack can contribute to weight loss by preventing people from eating uncontrolled late at night or overeating at breakfast the next day. Corleone also recommends that the snack made before going to sleep has a maximum of 200 calories and is composed of fibers and proteins, which help control hunger. According to the nutritionist, the fibers slow down digestion, causing the body to remain satisfied for longer. In relation to proteins, she explained that it is not known exactly how they help control appetite, but that a 2005 article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition stated that the nutrient affects the hormones that regulate hunger. How Long Should You Eat Before You Go to Sleep? The nutritionist also gave some suggestions of snack menus that she considers appropriate to eat before going to bed. The following list gives examples of what to eat before bed to lose weight, based on Corleone's recommendations: 170 g of zero Greek yogurt with cup of strawberries cut in half - total of approximately 140 calories; 14.3 g of proteins and 3 g of fibers; 1 small apple with 1 ½ tablespoons of whole-grain peanut paste - total about 188.5 calories; 6.45 g of proteins and 4.3 g of fibers; 1 cup carrots cut with ¼ cup of homus - total of around 160.7 calories; 4.2 g proteins and 6 g fibers; ¾ cup whole-grain cereal with 200 ml of skim milk - total about 165 calories; 10 g of proteins and 4 g of fibers. The nutritional values presented are an estimate, however, there may be variations according to the chosen brand of food products. For those who work during the night It's really hard not to eat, is not it? For people who work night shift and need to lose weight, the tip is to prepare kettles with healthy meals and snacks and take them to the service. For cases of an eight-hour shift in the evening, it is advisable to treat the workload as it does during the day and to eat a healthy meal at the beginning of the shift, to have another healthy meal at work, and to plan more one to two snacks, equally healthy. The pre-work meal may have a combination of lean proteins like fish, eggs, poultry or white meats like poultry, many fresh vegetables and a small portion of whole grains. Other options given are: sweet peppers and whole-grain toast or grilled fish, sweet potatoes and spinach. For snacks, you can choose fresh fruits, natural low-fat yogurt, cottage cheese, 30 g raw nuts or small pieces of vegetables. Already for the other meal during the daytime, a can of tuna in water, brown bread and green salad or ½ cup of brown rice with sauteed tofu. There is no one rule that applies to all people However, what to eat before bed to lose weight varies from person to person. As explained to a personal trainer and professional chef as studies focused on the area of nutrition, Andrea Cespedes, people feed at different times, according to their schedules of work, their appetites, their routines of physical exercise and their waking hours - logo, there is no meal schedule that works for all people. Cespedes also clarified that determining a time to stop eating can be harmful not to get fat. She brought the example of a person who has established that she can only eat until 7 pm, but she needs to work until later and she does not eat. The chef added that if the person arrives around 8:00 pm at home and skips dinner because they have already passed their eating schedule, they may become very hungry at breakfast the next day and overeat. Instead of doing this and encouraging the body to get out of control because of hunger, Cespedes advises you to have a healthy meal with whole foods. Knowing that there is no rule that applies to the characteristics, needs, and routines of all people, the idea is to count on the support of a good nutritionist during the weight loss process to understand what to eat before bed to lose weight, in addition to all the other meals of the day. He is the professional trained to evaluate and determine a type of diet that is ideal for achieving the goals, while not hampering the routine of the patient and neither harming his health. Even because the suggestions that we pass here are examples of what can work, but we can not guarantee that they will really work for you. Read the full article