#homura behavior

[i-spilled-my-soup]

post ttc nico thinking bianca might have lived if he was only smarter and stronger and better, and bianca being the only role model he'd had for all the life he'd remembered he absolutely overcompensates becoming a caricature of distrust and seclusion. but he isnt used to it like bianca was and his desire to help (to prove his worth? to prove that he has a right to live when his sister didn't?) manifests in clinging to any opportunity of progress, anything that could earn him graditute or at the very least repentance

[burnorgetburned]

THIS SCENE THIS SCENE THIS SCENE

I could rant about this scene all day. It’s one of my favorites. It is so affecting.

This is Homura’s failure. Not just that she failed to save Madoka, no matter how desperately she tried. Not just that she discarded that old self that Madoka first cared about. Not that Madoka was right there and she still couldn’t help her.

No. It’s all of this, plus the fact that Madoka stands up, smiles, and hurls herself to her death.

It’s her facing the fact that Madoka LIED to her. She held her while the universe was reforming and smiled and told her that she is okay with her decision, that she would never be alone. And maybe being “okay” wasn’t a lie. But Homura interpreted her words as “I���m happy with this”.

Madoka is not happy with this. She is no longer able to enjoy the things she truly values - her friends, her family, her life. But what use is it to complain to Homura when the decision is already done? When there’s nothing to be done about it anyway?

So she lets Homura believe in this little white lie where Madoka is happy floating and fighting forever and she is Homura’s untouchable goddess who will never be harmed and she is fighting for a noble and worthy cause.

In this scene, Homura violently reconsiders all of that.

She is sitting down with Madoka, in a soft, grassy place, where we’ve seen them nuzzle each other and generally be peaceful in the movie opening. Then Madoka stands up, smiles like everything is okay. She makes a t-pose (like, Jesus nailed to a cross pose, which as a Catholic-raised girl Homura is probably familiar with). Homura softly, weakly says her name. Her eyes look so fucking dead in this.

Madoka tips herself gently off the edge of the chair.

Please remember that Homura has seen Madoka sacrifice herself for other people DOZENS of times before. It is Madoka’s personality. It is the greatest cause of her death. Here is Homura seeing Madoka’s ascension to god and realizing that she hurt herself to help others. Again. A fate worse than death. Again.

Just like when Madoka ran with little hesitation towards Walpurgisnacht in the first timeline. Just like when Madoka wished to save a dead cat. Just like when Madoka let her own soul gem fill up to help Homura stay alive.

And Homura could not help her then. She didn’t even realize.

(As an aside, this (along with the later hallucination where Homura remembers killing Madoka) basically forms my understanding of what victims suffering from witch-outs are experiencing. They’re going through their worst memories and realizations over and over and failing to overcome them no matter how hard they struggle. They lash out at a world they can no longer recognize. The faces of their loved ones are the faces of strangers, even threats. It’s like magically-enforced absolute depression that never ends.)

— Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Rebellion

[lacevalentines]

(madoka magica / rebellion spoilers below. TW: suicide and controlling behavior)

I don't know the direction in which walpurgisnacht rising will take homura's character but I can say with confidence that from at least where rebellion left off that I truly believe that homura made the decision that she felt was the most correct one even if it meant she had to become a monster in the eyes of every person that loved her. she felt that if things were left in the way the law of the cycle was currently running things that it was inevitable that kyubey would eventually capture madoka in her goddess form, study her, and use her to as a source for mass amounts of energy at the suffering of herself, the others within the law of the cycle, and magical girls at large again. this is something he explains very clearly when talking to homura before her transformation into homulilly.

I get so exhausted when I see people try characterize homura as an actually evil person with completely selfish desires and no regard for others. all of her actions, while not explicitly explained outright, when looked at closely always indicate that she does things out of her care for the other girls but feels like she bears the burden of having to do it alone because she believes she's the only one who doesn't let her emotions get in the way of protecting madoka and the others from kyubey and sometimes each other.

I will always use the scenes of her interactions with mami and sayaka in rebellion as huge examples of this. she has no reason not to kill them if she's a completely selfish and unemphatic person that only cares about madoka and no one else when given many opportunities to do so. I also don't personally think she keeps them around JUST because of madoka's happiness either. she very easily could have suppressed their roles in madoka's life with the world rewrite and clearly choose not to. I believe her mocking sayaka and acting in a clearly "evil" manner is deliberate acting on her part to frame herself as a villain. she might believe this would her actions more palatable and will create distance between herself and everyone else to protect them as well as allow her to assert more control in this situation. it is further emphasized how she truly feels with imagery displayed in homura's new world around herself (shoes abandoned on the side of a building to potentially indicate suicidal ideation, a half moon alluding to homura feeling unfulfilled and unhappy with this decision, her dancing around happily before stopping and slowly falling off the cliff side with a similar implication as the shoes).

homura's relationship with the others is incredibly complicated but she cares for them deeply too as they are also people she considers friends, she just had a particularly strong attachment to madoka. we don't get to see as many instances of her interacting with them as we do them interacting with each other as we are unfortunately only really privy to homura's life after she began looping for the most part but we can see it in the way she has expresses concern and distress for them in moments where she believes they are in real, tangible danger of being hurt (she's winces and tries to turn away when aiming for mami's leg and screams out when she believes mami is about to be truly harmed after their gun fight, which neither ever had the real intention of hitting one another with any of those bullets in the first place). her entire witch's labyrinth is one where everyone is happy and gets the lives they desire. why would her labyrinth, which is meant to reflect in-part her inner feelings and desires, appear that way if she didn't truly want that for everyone?

rebellion is so compelling to me for all of this and so much more!! (I could write a whole other post on the way it presents it's freedom with danger vs control with safety question at the end of the film) she is a girl who has repeatedly suffered incredibly traumatizing events and longs for a world where the person she loves and the friends she considers dear are safe. homura is not really the devil, but she wants to appear to be because being the devil would be easier than being a human being in these circumstances.

[bpdbeehive]

Characters that possibly have all 9 of the symptoms of the BPD criteria

Must have 5 or more symptoms:

1. Chronic feelings of emptiness

2. Emotional instability in reaction to day-to-day events (e.g., intense episodic sadness, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days)

3. Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment

4. Identity disturbance with markedly or persistently unstable self-image or sense of self

5. Impulsive behavior in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating)

6. Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights)

7. A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by extremes between idealization and devaluation (also known as "splitting")

8. Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, threats, or self-harming behavior

9. Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms

Ame-chan/kawaiiangel- Needy Streamer Overload

Annie Wilkes- Misery

Ayano- Yandere simulator

Bojack Horseman- Bojack Horseman

Catra- She-ra and the Princesses of Power

Cersei Lannister- Game of Thrones

Dandy Mott- American Horror Story

Dennis Reynolds- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Harley Quinn- DC

Homura Akemi- Madoka Magica

Jason Dean- Heathers

Jinx- Arcane

John Doe- Telltale Batman

Kanato Sakamaki- Diabolik Lovers

Marla Singer- Fight Club

Misa Amane- Death Note

Mizore Shirayuki- Rosario Vampire

Nagito Komaeda- Danganronpa

Pearl- Pearl

River Song- Doctor Who

Sarah Lynn- Bojack Horseman

Spinel- Steven Universe

The Joker- DC

The Master- Doctor Who

Yuno Gasai- Future Diary

[thequietkid-moonie]

hello, I’d like to request romantic scenarios about Madoka, Sayaka, Mami, & Homura from PMMM with a S/O who has an intense hero/savior complex to the point that they casually disregard their own (regarding the S/O) needs and health

S/O with superhero syndrome

[ HEADCANONS ] [ Madoka, Sayaka, Mami Homura ]

[ Puella Magi Madoka Magica ]

What an interesting request! I have bad memories about wanting to help too much people, anyways this was quite interesting to write so i hope you enjoy it! Thanks for requesting it!

Kamame Madoka

Madoka is a really caring and loving girlfriend, she doesn't feel like she is enough and yet always wants to help, thats why she admired a lot your willingness and desire to help others! She wishes she could be as she could be as brave as you are but she just can't bring herself to do so, so she just sees you be a hero!

At first Madoka didn't thought much about your attitude, just the admiration for it, she even used to compliment a lot your strenght and bravery, she used to see it as something so admirable and innocent to the point that she even started to carry around a little first kit aid for whenever you end up injuring yourself a little, she hates when it happens but she doesn't want to stop you, so she used to just try to help as best as she can

It take a long time for Madoka to notice that your wish to help it can scale to unhealthy limits, it isn't that she didn't payed attention to you is just that she refused to aknowledge that you were getting into extremes by it, she wanted to believe so hard that you were fine and that you were doing fine because she didn't liked the idea of you being hurt

Even despite realicing that your behavior is quite unhealthy because it is putting your comfort and safety at risk, Madoka still will need some time before being able to say anything about it, Madoka is worried and even scare about you and your safety, the posibility of something happening to you doesn't let her sleep at night but she doesn't want to make you upset or offend you by accident when asking you about it

Madoka doesn't want to tell anyone about this for how serious it is but at the same time knows that it may be the best, so she end up telling her friends in hopes that they give her a good advice to how to deal with all of this, or at least to how gain the courage to confront you about it

When Madoka finally is able to confront you about it she emphasizes how worried she is for you but also how willing she is to help you, she loves you so she obviously will worry about you, she doesn't want you to get hurt and there is no need for you to put your life at risk, you two can find a way to help others without putting your own life in such risk

Madoka doesn't want to be pushy but she will be watching over you for the next days because she is to tense and worried, now that she could finally tell you her worries now she is a little bit more worried about what you would do and how you will react, now she is more frecuently remembering you how you don't need to go to the extreme to helping others, you matter just as much as anyone else

Sayaka Miki

Sayaka is a incredibly caring person, specially towards her partner, she worries way too much for the person she loves but normally she tries to hide it. Still, at first, once Sayaka noticed how much you want to help others she even felt quite flattered, she imediatly take it as something good and always talked about this with a lot of admiration

Sayaka used to ask you stories about what you have done to help others, just like if you were a superhero, always giving you a lot of compliments and bragging about your bravery, about how selfless and admirable you are! Sayaka seems to always have something positive to say about your attitude, what, at the end, only end up feeding your need to help other

It take a while for Sayaka to finally understand how unhealthy this actually is, she tries to don't accept it because she doesn't like the idea of you putting yourself in danger just to help others, and deep down she also feels quite guilt for how much she always said that it was something good

It will take her a while to accept it and even more to try to talk to you about it, she wants let you know that forgetting your health isn't good at all, but she has a lot of troubles when trying to say it, she can't find the right words to tell you because she doesn't want to start an argument by accidentally upseting you or even offending you

Sayaka tries by indirect ways first, is undeniable and quite obvious how worried and anxious she is feeling but if you ever try to ask her (specially if you offer her help) she panic a little and quickly tries to brush it off, saying that she is fine and everything is fine while trying her hardest to laugh

Sayaka will spend quite a while time ranting to her friends about all of this, about how this is a problem for you and you can't just see it! about how you had forgot about yourself just to help others again! about how angry she is about this whole situation (but not exactly to you, she doesn't even know to what or who she is angry at this point), it continuos until her friends help her gaing the courage to talk with you about it

She will be way too anxious while confronting you, spitting all her worries without being able to stop herself, talking no-stop until she can't talk anymore, until she run out of breath and now is just embarrassed about all that she had said. If you get mad or even offended she kinda understand and even apologize for making you feel that way but not for confronting you, but if you seem affected by her words she will have the impulse to apologize, but will only swallow and ask you if you are alright

After finally confronting you and making sure you two are still in good terms she will be actively taking care of you, making sure you never forget about yourself even if she has to do it herself

Mami Tomoe

Mami is a really caring and loving girlfriend, however she still finds quite hilarious that you two actively fight for help other in diferent ways and for diferent reasons, she does it because she wanted to survive and because is her job while you do it because is almost as if you need it, because you want to be the hero of someone

Honestly, at the start Mami support you in this, she finds more honorable your reasons to fight (or at least at the start) in comparation to hers but she doesn't feel bad about it, in reality she feels like she can understand you to some extent on how exhausting it can be

It doesn't take much time before Mami realice that your mindset and the reason of why you want to help others isn't exactly healthy or even purely altruistic, and, honestly, is something that worries her too much, you and her friends are the only thing that makes her life still have a meaning, is what gives her reasons to keep fighting with dignity and honor, so knowing that you put your life in danger just to help other makes her feel anxious and troubled (specially if you are not a magical girl and don't have real reasons to put your life at risk the way you do)

Just as she quickly notices your unhealthy behavior it doesn't take much time for Mami to confront you about it neither, but she does is so casually and smooth that you won't feel the pressure of being confronted, Mami ask you why do you feel this need and since when you were doing this just because she wants to help you out, and she leaves clear that this is unhealthy but she will try her best to help you, as well she reasures you that you and you alone are more than enough, you don't need to prove anything to anyone nor win others respect or admiration by doing all of this

Mami tent to give you compliments quite often along with a soft teasing, all wholesome fun, even after understanding your unhealthy behavior, although she does it along with a gentle remainder of not pushing yourself to your limits or force you to continue

Mami doesn't normally shows directly how worried she is for you, she does it indirectly by taking care of you and making sure you don't push yourself to the limits to help others, she makes sure you have proper rest and meals, she is there for you everytime she can and helps you help other people or even restrains you from even offering help when she thinks it has being too much, but she always does it with comforting words, not forcing you but trying to convince you, reminding you that this is unhealthy and there is no need

Akemi Homura

For Homura her partner is irreplaceable and incomparable, she loves with intensity and is completely loyal to those feelings, Homura had problems expressing herself after all the problems she had to endure but she doesn't hesitant when it comes to her partner, specially with their safety

As much as Homura love you she despises that need you have of helping others, she doesn't like it at all and make her anxious, is the kind of thing that keeps her awake at night because she just can't stop feeling troubled by the idea a of you putting your own comfort and health under others, specially if those are people you don't even know

Homura hates it with all her being because is something threating for your safety, she doesn't understand why would you want to do something like that anyways, for her the most important thing in the world is you, and the fact that you put yourself under anyone else is eating her alive

The more you try to help other and putting yourself down by consequence the more angry and anxious she feels, Homura want to keep you safe but you being reckless by the excuse of helping others is making it too difficult! At that point Homura doesn't even try to hide how much she despises that habit of yours, expressing how stupid it is to risk your life in that way for people you don't even care about

Is probably that you two end up having some arguments about it, and even when Homura hates fighting with you she won't stop until you understand her point of view, she will have the same argument over and over again if that is what you need to finally listen to her

The more you insist on putting your life at risk by forgetting about you just to help others the more anxious and emotional she gets, there are high chances that she end up crying, begging you to stop doing this to yourself because is not healthy in the slighest, is just consuming your and her life (not that she particulary cares about her own)

Homura will be willing to acompany you and help you with your little journey to help others if you want, if that takes for you to stop putting yourself under others, but she will just do it for you to stop being so reckless and stop putting your life at risk, she won't really be kind to anyone she helps, she does it for you not for them

In this case she will be even angrier and even more at the edge whenever Kubey came into the picture, she knows that you would accept without thinking much and she can't let that happen, so she will grow even more protective over you. As well, she will try to take care of you at the best of her habilities, looking after you and paying close attention to make sure you aren't neglecting yourself

[earlofbats]

Toxic doesn't necessarily equate abusive it just means unhealthy.

Homura has an unhealthy obsession and attachment to madoka, one that causes her to become callous and uncaring to the rest of her supposed friends, she is absolutely fine with letting Mami walk into her death because she knows it would keep madoka from signing the contract, she is fine letting sayaka sign the contract and fall into despair, she's given up on anything that isn't her or madoka surviving, this attachment and obsession and forcing the time loops is the very thing that creates Gretchen.

Homura is absolutely an anti-hero.

always irrationally irritated when people call madohomu "toxic yuri". like i get it's Not That Deep but like. they're kids? middle schoolers who are traumatized and mentally ill. it's not abusive or whatever. it ends up sounding kind of silly when you realize this. it's like if i ran around saying my child brother was toxic and evil because he did Child Things and it annoyed me. "homura acts creepy and weird! madoka is a crybaby" "homura insults madoka sometimes" they are Traumatized Children not some sort of shitty abusers in an abusive relationship.

[tothepointofinsanity]

underrated aspect of sayaka's "weirdness": she brings ruin when trying to be a hero, salvation when she's become a witch (and not just for kyoko - madoka uses oktavia's grief seed to save homura's life in timeline 3)…speaking of oktavia, if you look closely at her behavior, you can see that she preserves sayaka's tendency to take on the burden of fighting alone while putting her body on the line. the magical girl loses her resolve but the monster emerges to protect the music she loves the most…

Ah, it’s good that someone put the ironic contrast into words. I’m glad you brought this up, because I was thinking about the relationship between Sayaka and Oktavia just the other day. It’s true that witches reflect the true desires of their former magical girl counterparts, so it makes sense for her to try and protect the strongest link with said desire, which is music. It’s also worth noting that the memories of Sayaka Miki are framed in mirrors outside of the main orchestra hall instead of within it, along the hallways, almost like the she finds the memories unbearably painful that she doesn’t outright destroy them, but rather seal them away from her line of sight. Very Sayaka behaviour of Oktavia to be engrossed in the task at hand just to not directly acknowledge a larger problem.

It’s why I wonder if the reason behind Oktavia grabbing Madoka in the main timeline is because she somehow knew or recognised her, and as Sayaka had a lot of regrets and words she did not manage to say to her friend in the end, the remorse lingers heavy even after her transformation. Grasping at a vague sentiment of Something now that a familiar association is here, but the meaning of which continues to elude Oktavia.

It doesn’t help that Sayaka makes a joke early on in the episodes about wanting to marry Madoka. But beyond that, they were also long time friends. The object “Madoka” is thus also coded with this strong link of love and remorse, I think.

[junebluues]

been thinking lately about how madoka and homura remind me of kim dokja and yoo joonghyuk. i can’t be the only one who sees this. i was rewatching madoka magica and i was like hmmm homuras behavior is sounding familiar and then i went OH MY GOD YOO JOONGHYUK. am i insane yes or no

[autistic-ben-tennyson]

as someone who relates a lot to both Anakin and Padme because i grew in a stressfully abusive enviroment (not being allowed to express too honest emotions and fear, having to mask my neurodivergent tendencies, not being able to raise my voice ever or cry or be angry, etcetc) and i was a "gifted kid", and on top of that i'm queer. So for a lot of my teenhood i "attached" *badly* to anything that would remotely give me comfort, mostly objects but also people and friends, it's been quite healing to read your analysis about how "attachments" are presented in SW and how the fandom tends to twists attachments as something toxic and selfish, it's understandable when people don't like him but when everyone runs to say he was evil just for getting attached or feeling "too strongly" about something is quite hurtful

victims should be accountable for the things they do wrong, and anakin outright did so many many horrible bad things, but it's cathartic for me bc he shows how victims of abuse and trauma aren't and can't be perfect, and they react in ways that are inherently affected by the enviroment that shaped them, and in the end, anakin had one of the most famous and iconic returns ever, so it's really important to me, and your analysis are great

Thanks anon. I had a period over a couple months where I was very hardcore pro Jedi/anti anakin which in retrospect was really just to fit in with what was popular on tumblr since all the big SW blogs like Kanansdume/antianakin or GFFA are Jedi apologists. I regret a lot of my past behavior and how I treated some Anakin fans. A lot of Jedi stans like to paint anyone who likes Anakin as a right wing dudebro and it doesn’t help that there are a few people who are that way such as caripr94 or Otnesse. Yet their side isn’t much better. There’s a lot of ableism, victim blaming, and queerphobia rebranded to sound progressive. For all their pseudo-wokeness, a lot of them sound like conservatives when they put the blame entirely on Anakin for his fall and refuse to acknowledge systematic and psychological issues he had because they’d have to accept that the Jedi were flawed and not perfect.

Fandom in general has become a lot more puritanical and moralistic. People insist that you can’t show any sympathy or depth for villains, possibly as an overreaction towards movies like Maleficent or Cruella as well as the rise of Trump, hence why everyone felt Big Jack Horner was refreshing and propping up TOH as the anti SU for killing Belos. The SW fandom is no different. Antianakin has a whole pinned post ranting about not just Anakin but Padme, Ahsoka, Kallus and Crosshair too. People insist you must view Anakin as an allegory for a white boy radicalized by 4chan and Jordan Peterson but one could argue he’s closer to those in the global south who live in poverty and oppression as well as queer people who have to hide their relationships or risk being rejected by their communities.

SW isn’t even close to my top fandom or favorite media but I do post about it if it relates to stuff I do like more like anime or Ben 10. It’s easy to write off a character as just born evil which removes the tragedy knowing that he was a good person at one point and dehumanizing villains allows people to reject the idea that they could become that way. I like a lot of characters who are flawed or abrasive because of trauma or abuse they suffered such as Shinji and Asuka from NGE, Hodaka from WWY, Raven from TT or Homura from PMMM. Anakin/Vader is an interesting character who has been dumbed down to just a “fascist MAGA manchild” by some when, for all my criticism of him, is not what Lucas wrote. As a side note, knowing that all 4 OT Vader actors have passed away is sad. RIP Sebastian Shaw, Bob Anderson, David Prowse and James Earl Jones. May the force be with you all.

[shoechoe]

rebellion was really funny in a sense because homura at the end is all "ooh im EVIL im the DEVIL 😈😈😈" and she's 14 years old. Yeah average 14 year old behavior

[atamascolily]

Trying to figure out how the goddamn black rose tower in Rebellion works on, like, a structural level, and I have so many questions.

It's very clear from both the production notes and the finished movie that Homura's platform is up at the top of the "rose", but somehow she magically ends up on ground level by the end. I think what happens is that the rose petals unfold and the "stalk" lowers to the ground, but we don't see that last part on screen, just the beginning and ends of the process. So the stalk is basically an elevator. *Revolutionary Girl Utena vibes intensify*

Just for fun, here's a screenshot of the inside of the dome right before Madoka and Homura blow it up. For some reason the rose petals are blue on the inside (blue roses represent the mysterious and unattainable, with Blaue Blume, "Blue Flowers" being a major motif in German romanticism) with white clouds on them to mimic the sky.

The symbolism of the roving eye-machines and the fetus-like sculpture are pretty obvious, so I won't go too deeply into that here, but one thing I hadn't noticed before were the metal swans wearing crowns--a ballet/Swan Lake reference--with an Incubator on top. The presence of birds here is significant, as Homura is about to "crack through her shell" and "spread her wings" both literally and metaphorically.

I have so many questions about this structure and what it implies about Incubator culture and technology--why did they build something so elaborate that is so very clearly drawing on fairy tale motifs? Or is it actually Homura's creation too somehow? How did they lure Homura into this thing, and where is the desert in relationship to Mitakihara anyway??

I honestly admire how Rebellion never bothers to address any of this backstory and just plunges ahead. Absolute king behavior.

[takerfoxx]

So, yo, following up my post about Kyoko having that oblivious lesbian rizz and a much older post I did about how she and Sayaka would end up dating for years before Kyoko even notices that they're a couple...

And again, this takes place in the post-Rebellion "and they were roommates" scenario.

Obviously, once Kyoko and Sayaka start going steady, all the boys heaved huge sighs of relief while all the girls cried out with broken hearts. Sayaka did end up getting some jealous flak for that, leading Kyoko having to set a few examples on why it's a bad thing to mess with her girl. Eventually, things calm down, and everyone does come to admit that they make for a very handsome couple.

The only thing is, the only person that hasn't realized that they're a couple is Kyoko herself. No one thought to tell her, or found it too awkward to tell her, and she just thought she was sticking up for her bestie. That she lives with. And spends almost all her time with. And does this and that with, because they're besties!

Naturally, eventually she does put two and two together (when they're in college), leading to a couple of very stressful phone calls.

Mami: Kyoko, slow down. What do you mean...wait, what? Well, of course you are! Of course I knew! Who doesn't? Wait, what do you mean you didn't know? How could you not know? Everyone else did! Kyoko, you two have literally shared the same bed since we were in high school. No, that isn't normal bestie behavior. You think her parents couldn't afford bunk beds if she wanted? NO, KYOKO, REGULARLY MAKING OUT IN THE MOONLIGHT IS NOT NORMAL FRIEND BEHAVIOR! Though I do wish it was...

Meanwhile, in another dorm, another phone call also took place.

Homura: Who was that?

Madoka: Sayaka. And, um, it seems that Kyoko has finally realized that they're girlfriends.

Homura: Oh. Oh! Well, that finally came full circle.

Madoka: I was getting kind of worried.

Homura: Well, it's best that she knows. Even if I am somewhat baffled as to why it took her so long.

Madoka: Yeah, Sayaka was pretty upset, but I guess you're right. It's better that she knows.

...

Homura: They've literally had sex. How did she not-

Madoka: I DON'T KNOW! IT'S SO WEIRD!

Naturally, they end up making up, though Kyoko did go through a period where she really overcompensated on trying to be super romantic and it got really weird, so finally Sayaka had to explain to her that the way things were was just fine and they could go back to being besties who also slept together and made out a lot, to Kyoko's massive relief.

Kyoko Sakura: Idiot Lesbian God.

[samble-movedd]

madohomu isn't "toxic".

madohomu isn't "abusive".

the behaviors they exhibit that are labeled this way only seem such because they are out of context.

for example. pre-rebellion, there were "homura antis" who called homura an abuser (no, i am not making this up, check out @/magicalgirlfanproblems' pmmm tags) for things like her yelling at madoka. out of context, ofc this sounds mean and malicious. but in context, 99% of the time she says something "mean" to madoka in the main series or raises her voice is because madoka is about to make a literal canon deal with the devil that would lead to her dying in horrifying ways. it's the same way you shouldn't normally yell at a child, but yelling "don't touch that!" in panic if they're about to touch a hot stove makes sense and isn't "bad" with the context.

during and post-rebellion, this "homura is an evil abuser, madohomu is toxic" issue only got worse, because again, without context, homura seems to be controlling and malicious.

...but the "proof" that's used to prove this, again, lacks context.

"homura forces madoka out of godhood against her will". yes. but she is doing this because when she previously spoke to madoka (who had her memories of being a goddess gone, unbeknownst to homura), madoka said that being such would distress her, and she couldn't imagine bearing it. that she wouldn't ever want to do this. ofc, memories restored madoka wanted to stay a goddess, but homura didn't know this — it's also heavily implied that what she said while without memories were her true thoughts on the matter, and any "no, i love doing it" statement is mostly posturing.

related to this is the plot point a lot of people also miss, where being this goddess figure puts madoka in constant danger of being captured or controlled by the incubators, a species that canonically have caused the deaths of billions of children, and who do not care about human morals regarding this. it's openly stated that, even if homura had allowed madoka to save her and not acted, the incubators would have just done the same labyrinth experiment with literally any other magical girl they could get their hands on, over and over, until they were able to end up controlling madoka. but even them just seeing her towards the end of rebellion was a massive danger, as they now know madoka is a person and not just a concept, and can be manipulated and caught.

homura's new world is also often used as "proof" homura is controlling and evil. but...her "new world" is one where all her friends are happy, and everyone has a nice time except her. madoka has her family and friends. mami isn't alone, because she has bebe/nagisa. nagisa, a girl she knew for maybe a week and had no prior connections with, is alive, and has a happy life with mami. kyoko and sayaka live together so that sayaka isn't an implied latchkey kid, and kyoko isn't constantly alone and isolated anymore.

homura did not have to do these things. if she just wanted madoka safe, she could have put her in a lonely world with literally no one else. homura doesn't even much like sayaka — she could have easily erased sayaka from the world, or made her miserable. but she doesn't do these things. she genuinely wants her friends (especially madoka) to be happy.

"but the new world is dangerous and unstable, homura is also putting madoka into danger!" madoka's world is also unstable, if you really want to split hairs. the big danger with homura's is someone (esp madoka) could remember the previous world and their roles in it. madoka's world...had homura fully remembering madoka and the previous world, even though this isn't meant to be possible. madoka's brother also remembered her on some level. if you want to get super technical, madoka also made an unstable world that put people in danger, as homura remembering madoka directly led to the incubators knowing about madoka and the previous witch system.

this isn't even going into the background. homura doesn't act cold because she's bored and wants to, she's seen her friends die literally a hundred times or more in various horrifying ways. if you're going to complain about her personality while ignoring canon and context, you really need to channel every single pmmm character hate post i saw from the 2010s and hate all of them, because none of them are as flawless as people seem to want homura to be. madoka cries a lot and has a tendency to do things without thinking. sayaka "died over a dumb crush" if you really want to emulate posts from 2015. mami is a useless character only there for shock value. kyoko is an overly aggressive weirdo. if you're going to hold the same beliefs about homura as people did a decade ago, you can't be this choosey. and yet 99% of modern character hate for pmmm nowadays is directly almost solely at homura, as though she's the only flawed character in the show.

there are still posts made in this very year about this. here's one my mutual @angelroute found (yes, posted in 2024):

and not only is it deeply ironic (seeing this person had a madoka icon while being so hateful), ignorant of canon (with being a magical girl portrayed as a positive in the show where it leads to dying horrifically), and weirdly vindictive (op is thirty and this mad at a fictitious middle schooler), but it shows how strange and backwards 90% of "anti homura" arguments are at their core. they're perfectly fine spitting on canon and all context to call homura and homura alone an evil character while covering their ears to anything that may suggest otherwise.

ive seen homura called a rapist and a predator, though there's nothing even remotely sexual in canon and nothing that ever even implies this is a possibility. homura being a creep is/was a major fanon trope. homura being an abuser as a fanon belief is so prevalent that people believe it when most of canon points to the opposite —

she's not actually evil or abusive, she's a child who never got help for trauma, and genuinely believes she's following what her best friend would have wanted. she's not doing what she does in rebellion because she got bored and decided she just wanted to control madoka, she is trying to protect her and is misguided from what memory-less madoka said, so believes she's following madoka's actual desires.

she's not evil. she needed help desperately and never got it, and half the fandom falls for the facade of "im sick and twisted" put up by a middle schooler.

[corisanna]

so pure crack, like each magic girl gets to join/ be a under study of a specific division Lieutenant / captain right? I gotta know.

Homura said shed Hide in 10th division rather then deal with Kisuke and Yourichi and I figure modern that is her vibe as well. Her and Toshiro are Bro's.

each division gets a Mascot Magic girl, go.

(we KNOW 11th Division.....)

Hmmmm.

The base funny answer is I think all of them would do well in Tenth's vibe and make Toshiro vacillate between appreciating them and regretting allowing the Trio of Terror some of them to join. Otherwise:

Kyoko would fit in with Eleventh and probably spar a lot with Ikkaku. She would also get along with Renji, but Sixth is said to be strict on rules, so she'd either avoid them, dip to Eleventh after an irritating time, or delight in trolling them with malicious compliance.

Sayaka could still end up choosing Tenth to be near Toshiro for training in her water powers. And also to troll. I think she'd get along well with Rangiku and have the unstated additional motive to be near Homura to help her with social things and support.

Mami could fit in multiple places and might even transfer around. She has the proper behavior that would fit in well with Sixth and Byakuya would be able to help with her kido, which I think she would be quite good at; she could fit in with Fifth with Momo as her kido trainer; she might take an interest in healing and do some time in Fourth; she could do some studying at Eighth with Nanao; etc. She's the type who would like to be well-rounded, I think.

Madoka and Yuzu might like being in Thirteenth with kind Ukitake; also Rukia, for Yuzu. Thirteenth seems to have a mellow and supportive vibe. Fourth could also be an option for them; maybe they could become combat medics if they still want to fight instead of just working in the infirmary. They could transfer from one division to the other.

Karin might like Fifth if Ichigo has made her aware that Shinji appreciates a good trolling. Also, access to Tosh's sister, who might have info and be recruitable to the teasing cause. I can see her maybe doing a stint in Eleventh with Kyoko. Wherever she ends up, she'd try to put together a soccer team to go against the team Renji put together for Sixth. (That is in a canon data book; one line says Renji puts interest in soccer in the recruitment brochure and another says Renji made a team to play kickball.)

[hellengomes]

Usually misenterpreted by the fandom, thinks of themselves to be an irredeemable demon/monster and attempts to behave as such, huge part of the fandom actually thinks that it's an undeniable fact that they are an irredeemable demon/monster (and that they should be punished / that they should be k*lled), fandom gives them some sort of mental illness to define their entire characters/personalities usually without thinking about all the trauma/pain/abuse they've been throught. They are literally just 14 years old which the fandom also tend to forget/ignore and continues to treat them as if they were adults who should have known better and that they should have behaved better, are quite the definition of "feels like i'm the worst so i always act like i'm the best", tend to mess with their own hair when upset/stressed/nervous(though this one might be a hc), are usually labelled as "always been a bad person" just for behaving acordingly to the situattion they are under, not very good at "comunicating accordingly", very good at analyzing/understanding other people but can't figure themselves out to save their lives, are actually very loyal, dedicated, caring and huge dorks deep down, have some major trust issues, have/had a "bubbly pink themed girl / friend" to give them the affection that they desperatedly need despite their usual cold/harsh attitude towards them, antagonizes themselves towards the ones they care about, the usually considered "questionable/wrong/bad/evil" thoughts/actions/behaviors that they have are understandable especially if you actually look by their point of view/put yourself on their shoes, they are doomed by the narrative and they deserve better.

(Some similarities between Homura Akemi and Princess Azula, as in how they are as characters, how part of the fandom views/treats them etc...)

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Hi, how are you? I would like to request Blue Exorcist Lucifer fluff alphabet if that’s ok, thank you!

Hi! Lets see (i really enjoy do this but please don't Request the WHOLE thing again y'all, it's exauisting😅)

Lucifer Fluff Alphabet

Warnings: kind of yandere behavior?? It's Lucifer, what do You spect?? Fluff.

A ctivities - What do they like to do with their s/o? How do they spend their free time with them?

I think i already Say this in my work of Angel Reader, but Lucifer enjoys reading with his S/o, he is sick most of the time, so when he has free time, he prefers doing simple but nice things with his Beloved. Besides reading(mainly mystery, personal hc), i would say he also likes take them out in littles walks.

B eauty - What do they admire about their s/o? What do they think is beautiful about them?

Lucifer greatly admires his s/o's mind, their qualities and what makes them unique, but that doesn't mean he doesn't admire them in appearance. He sees it more as a complement to the whole that is his s/o.

Although indifferent to everything, Lucifer finds his s/o very beautiful, internally and externally.

C omfort - How would they help their s/o when they feel down/have a panic attack etc.?

This is a hard one, Lucifer is HORRIBLE with emotions (he doesnt show emotions in the manga unless is for Manipulation) but when it comes to his S/o is a 180°twist. He would try to console them in a kind of awkward way, like, hug them but the man is STIFF. He's trying, okey?

In the case they feel down, he tries to give them words of affirmation and be more affectionate. Also, if Someone makes them feel Bad, know who was to "take care" of that person, y'know what i mean.

In the case of the Panic attacks, he is pretty concerned bc he doesnt know what the hell to do, he would call his doctors while staying with you and REFUSE to let you go of his embrace even after you get better.

D reams - How do they picture their future with their s/o?

After his plan success, he gets cure with a funcional, probably just pictures them along side with him, no matter the way. If his S/o wants kids, he is pleased to aplead. If not, also. It doesnt matter, as long as they are together.

E qual - Are they the dominant one in the relationship, or rather passive?

the dominant one without a doubt! He is used to being one already due to his position in the Illuminati's and he probably also likes to maintain that dynamic in the relationship.

It doesn't mean you don't have decision-making power! He wants you to be comfortable and happy after all, but he is the one who predominates the most in, for example, the act of giving.

F ight - Would they be easy to forgive their s/o? How are they fighting?

depends.

Lucifer VERY DIFFICULT accepts that he is wrong. But I think he would only recognize it if someone else pointed it out to him (eg Homura) and then he decided to apologize.

On the other hand, if you believe that your s/o is the one who is wrong, you will wait until they apologize, but it will not be mean per se, especially if you see that the fight left them sad.

Overall, 50/50.

G ratitude - How grateful are they in general? Are they aware of what their s/o is doing for them?

He's quite grateful, he didn't think having his s/o would make things so enjoyable or in general make him feel so good about himself. He even feels less sick when he is with them. So yes, he is very aware of what they do for him and he is grateful for it.

H onesty - Do they have secrets they hide from their s/o? Or do they share everything?

Yes and no.

I think he would only keep secrets from his s/o if, for example, they were human. Apart from the fact that it would be temporary, because they will find out sooner or later and he prefers that they find out from him and not from someone else.

but except for that case, I think not. because you would have to have the whole image of what it was like to be with Lucifer to BE with Lucifer.

I nspiration - Did their s/o change them somehow, or the other way around? Like trying out new things or helped them overcome personal problems?

50/50

Lucifer tries to cheer up his partner but not in the traditional way. If he encourages them to resolve certain personal problems from the past and try new things, he is there every step of the way.

But he is not willing to do the same with, for example, his family. and in a way it is understandable, so it remains halfway. but I would say that it is something that he already discussed with his S/o and that they are both fine with it.

J ealousy - Do they get jealous easily? How do they deal with it?

Lucifer can get jealous but he really doesn't see the reason why he should be like that, he knows that his s/o loves him, why would he doubt them? He basically dismisses it.

Now, if he were in an episode of strong jealousy, how much more jealous would he be than normal or more cuddly, but he would not be aggressive or angry with his s/o (in any case, the one on whom his fury would fall would be whoever made him jealous). .

generally pretty calm when jealous.

K iss - Are they a good kisser? What was the first kiss like?

(i will make a work of this soon)I imagine it was somewhat rigid but quite soft compared to what one would expect.

He is a decent kisser. He doesn't have enough experience to go beyond that, much of his experience was obtained with his current s/o.

L ove Confession - How would they confess to their s/o?

quite direct, although at least he does it when he is 90% sure that it is reciprocated and it doesn't feel so abrupt.Apart from that he tries to expand as much as possible on how he feels about you. It was... strangely cute.

M arriage - Do they want to get married? How do they propose? What would the marriage be like?

Most likely to get married.

Although he proposes it to you seemingly out of nowhere, it is most likely that he has planned it for a while and has anticipated any reaction (we already know what he is like).

He would probably want an Illuminati wedding somewhere he considers beautiful.

Married life wouldn't be that different from now, it's just that maybe as your partner you're more involved in Illuminati things and spend more time together. You two become a power couple in short.

N icknames - What do they call their s/o?

One of his favorites is "Beloved" but i think he would also like to call you in a loving way "angel" or "Love".

Of course, if You don't like the nicknames, he can just call you your name.

O n Cloud Nine - What are they like when they are in love? Is it obvious for others? How do they express their feelings?

Because of how expressionless he is, it's almost impossible to tell that he's in love. Of course, unless you are that person. There you can see it a little more obviously.

wants to spend more time together, or says nice things about your appearance out of the blue, compliments, etc. In his mind it is being very obvious and for someone who barely changes his facial expression, it is quite noticeable.

He can even smile in the presence of the person he is interested in romantically, you could say that it is, like, the definitive proof that he is in love.

P DA - Are they upfront about their relationship? Do they brag with their s/o in front of others? Or are they rather shy to kiss etc. when others are watching?

He is not shy per se, although he is not one to be very physically affectionate with his s/o in front of others, he can handle hugs, but will not initiate kisses or similar things.

Although if they talk about them, he can definitely brag about them a little, yes, with his stone face all the time, but talking A LOT about them with a lot of love. It generates some confusion but it's cute to see.

Q uirk - Some random ability they have that’s beneficial in a relationship.

How many people (or demons) have the fucking Illuminati on their side?

As something more typical, his poker face would say, it helps him when preparing surprises for his S/o.

R omance - How romantic are they? What would they do to make their s/o happy? Cliché or rather creative?

He is Cliche but more than because he wants to, it is because cliches are the best references he has 😅 as I said, much of his experience in relationships was with you, so he plays it safe with what he knows is appropriate in a relationship .

That is clear at first, when they are more advanced, they let go more and do things that are more their own (like the ones I mentioned above, doing activities together mainly).

He becomes more creative over time, learning from the experiences he has with his s/o and yes, he makes his s/o very happy.

S upport - Are they helping their s/o achieve their goals? Do they believe in them?

Yes and yes.

can and will provide resources so that your s/o can easily achieve their goals. But if they want to do it on their own without help, even if I'm watching closely to make sure they're doing it right, not because you don't have faith in them, but because you don't have faith in the world at large.

He is happy when his s/o reaches their goals and lets them know.

T hrill - Do they need to try out new things to spice out your relationship? Or do they prefer a certain routine?

I would say that mostly Routine, of course, from time to time a change is good, but Lucifer is a man with many responsibilities and routine is very good for that. so he prefers it.

U nderstanding - How good do they know their partner? Are they empathetic?

Lucifer? empathic? HA! usually not. but with its S/o we could say that it is the exception.

And yes, he knows his partner very well, even if at the beginning he knew them in a more basic way (with documentation and information about them), once you are in a relationship he can say things about them that denote that he DOES know them well (likes, dislikes, certain anecdotes, etc. you could tell him anything from years ago and he would still remember it).

V alue - How important is the relationship to them? What is it’s worth in comparison to other things in their life?

I would say that the relationship is almost as important as your plan, almost, but it's close (you still understand it because the plan has been around for much longer than you, it's hard to compete with that).

but in general, Lucifer is not above using many lives of the Illuminati's to save yours for example, or the rest of the world to be honest.

Do you think he's going to leave the little good in this world behind? do not make me laugh.

W ild Card - A random Fluff Headcanon.

Besides he likes ro read mystery novels with his S/o-

It is not uncommon to find Lucifer's S/O asleep in his bed/gurney even when they should not be there. coml I said, Lucifer insists on sleeping with them when he feels particularly ill. He doesn't care if he shouldn't because of the cables, he feels better with his s/o around.

X OXO - Are they very affectionate? Do they love to kiss and cuddle?

Although he doesn't say it openly, he is kind of touch-starved, so he quite likes hugs and snuggling with his s/o, especially if he is feeling particularly bad. It helps you not feel the pain as much.

If his S/o is also touch-starved, the affection only multiplies.

Although kisses are more for more intimate situations, he prefers to leave them for privacy, although I don't think it will stop his s/o if they decide to kiss him in public.

Y earning - How will they cope when they’re missing their partner?

He will focus more in his duties with the Illuminati's to distract himself.Maybe if he thinks that remembering his s/o will help him not miss them so much, he will take a walk. but in general he handles well when he misses them.

(also, expect a clingyier Lucifer when s/o returns)

Z eal - Are they willing to go to great lenghts for the relationship? If so, what kind of?

He would make another Blue Night and destroy EVERYTHING just for You, mind that, if you suffer, the world is fucked.

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Thanks for the Request!! I'll see if today I can translate all this and publish another order that I have pending. stay tuned!