#imagine my shock when they werent even directly related

[neofelis----nebulosa]

one of the best examples of convergent evolution that we as a society need to talk about more is between the grackles and the glossy starlings

Like what you mean they aren't closely related???

[magicalgirlagency]

So we have ideas and concepts about putting traditional Maho Shoujo characters (the magical girls, mascots and goddess, etc.) Into grimdark setting to help the grimdark MGs. How about the opposite, putting about 4-5 Grimdark MGs (im going to call them DMGs for short) into a light and hopeful setting?

Im imagining a scenario where five DMGs - our main characters- from a grimdark dimension, who were victims of a cruel magical system controlled by some sadistic gods that feast on the sufferings of humans - but tricked the DMGs into their twisted situation by pretending that They have some righteous and for-the-greater-good reasons for what Theyre doing. The DMGs arent part of a team, maybe the Gods encourage fighting among the grimdark MGs for Their own amusment and to prevent them from uniting to defeat the evil Gods as well. Maybe the main DMGs got into some magical portal mishap while being stuck in the same place, and got suck into a portal while threatening each other (but not actually fighting, just throwing threats around out of fear and stress) which take them to the more hopeful dimension. Btw, the portal immediately close after they got suck in, and leave no trace of its existence, so the evil gods dont know about the DMGs escaping their controll, nor about the existence of a portal or another dimension, nor are they able to chase after them - if they even care enough to notice the DMGs disappearing tbh, they might not even know they were gone until the Good Goddess come to personally kick the evil Gods down to Hell. Basically, the DMGs upon coming to the light dimension is now completely safe from the danger of the evil Gods.

After the DMGs escape their grimdark home, they got directly into the Sanctuary of the hopeful MGs (a place where the light dimension MGs come to relax and essentially their secret community, its where MGs teams along with their mascots meet and enjoy their time with other team or the Good Goddess) They actually werent awake when the main light MGs trio (our second set of main characters) found them and brought them to the Medic for emergency check up. Their mascot reports the odd situation of a group of MGs randomly appearing in an unconscious state to the Good Goddess, and She come with the mascot to see the DMGs.

When the DMGs woke up, their reactions, from the youngest to the oldest respectively, was: terrified, shocked, confused, "WTF is happening", immediately try to threaten the Goddess (whom was in their medic room at the time). The mascot tries to comfort the DMGs, seeing as theyre in distress, and ended up nearly losing his head to the oldest DMG had the Goddess not stop her attack in time. The mascot then waited for the Goddess to calm the 5 DMGs down, but wander to the youngest DMG to help her get less scared by himself (despite being rather shaken after what just happened, but it did work and he wasnt attacked this time). Im not sure how exactly this would happen, but the Good Goddess eventually calm the DMGs down, assure them that theyre safe here, talk to them for a bit and promise to visit them again the next day after theyve rested. She and the mascot then left the DMGs room, leaving them alone with each other.

Cue some angst, "I dont trust you but I dont have a choice here", some scared interactions and staying up all night out of caution and fear. The two younger DMGs did ended up becoming (sort of) friends though, relating to each other due to their closer age and being equally terrified of the older DMGs. The pair sit and whisper to each other throughout the night, with some of the older DMGs occasionally asking and talking to them.

Come daytime and the Goddess did come back to visit them (bringing some small gifts like clothes and snacks). The DMGs actually werent expecting Her to keep her promise, nor for her to bring them gifts. She said something along the line of "Im a Goddess, ofc Im keeping my promise! Why would I not keep my promise?" Some of the older DMGs was cautious and ask Her if Shes here to make them join in some twisted "game" ( the evil Gods made them played these "games" where theyre forced to fight other grimdark magical girls). The Goddess comforts and reassure them that theyre safe here and that She'd never hurt them, or let any harm come to them (Shes somewhat confused about why they ask such questions, but choose to not pry too much seeing as theyre uncomfortable). Things continue with Her visiting and giving them small gifts for a while, and the DMGs slowly learning more about this new world through Her, and also went out to explore on their own sometime - some of them went very far while other stick close to the Medic place. Also, they discovered that the Light dimension Earth is now in a state of World peace and is essentially a Solarpunk world.

After fully recovering from the damage of unstable dimensional travelling, the Goddess give them a place to stay in the light dimension Earth - under the care of the light MGs Trio (theyre adults btw) who found them in the first place. This part of the story is full of SOLs about the 5 DMGs recovery from their traumas.

The other part of the story is a plot about finding a way to reach the DMGs original dimension - theyre scared but the Good Goddess assure them that theyll be okay, after all Shes going to absolutely murder the evil Gods and rewrite the magical system there herself. They did succeeded and the evil Gods have no idea that they wont be seeing the light of day anymore.

Anyway, its Happy Ending for everyone but the Bad Guys basically.

TL,DR: 5 grimdark magical girls escape into a hopeful magical world where they heal from their traumas with help from a Goddess, a trio of adult MGs who adopted them and a mascot whos trying his best to help them. After finding a way back the grimdark dimension, the Goddess destroy the evil Gods and rewrite the cruel magic system. Cue Happy Ending after a while of recovery and rebuilding.

What do you think about this concept?

Plenty of Magical Girls could totally benefit from joining an union, really. We shouldn't be pitting bad bitches against eachother, they should be combining their strength. One of the genre's characteristics is friendship, after all.