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Government propaganda for some weird obscure indie comic idk it’s pretty underground so you wouldn’t know it 🤷‍♂️

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It's tłusty czwartek (Fat Thursday), the last day for Polish Catholics to gorge themselves on sweets before Lent fasting. Here's Tarnowska with the traditional pączki (a type of doughnut).

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Miracles and magic are real,right?

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( update , i found it. )

That’s super cool…! I haven’t actually taken too much of a close look at the alternative story yet, although I have received suggestions to do so. And don’t worry about it. Sayaka is merely expressing her Moments in front of people.

I was actually also thinking about the reprint version of the manga I had in mind where she says “or else, I’m going to lose control!” in this famous panel 🤔…

I still think her smiling ominously while declaring her threat is Very Good, but this version where her soul is visibly struggling inside the soul gem gives a new look into how she’s perceived X( thank you for the letter ･:*+.\(( °ω° ))/.:+!!

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Forgive me if you've already been asked this, but I'd love to know how you interpret Sayaka's ability to act separately from and control Oktavia in Rebellion. It's interesting that she's willing to summon the very thing that represents all her failings, doubts, and inability to live up to her morals at the time. Yet allowing Oktavia to appear without her when she was guiding Homura toward the truth, even able to sympathize with a witch which would've been unthinkable for her during the original show.

But she still seems to have a clear preference for appearing as her magical girl self. And the use of Elsa Maria's barrier and black and white art style for when she summons Oktavia by, as her dramatic self would, stabbing her own heart out feels like it's implying that she still others Oktavia from herself akin to ugly and complex feelings she doesn't want to fully own.

Pardon the rambling, I'm sure I got parts about her wrong here and there but she's such a fascinating character and my favorite of the cast. Symposium Magarum is my favorite song from the series. And it's so refreshing to see someone handle her with so much care and attentive eyes, she tends to get overlooked and misunderstood.

Ah, interesting question. I don’t believe I have been asked this before, and even if I was, no worries. Surprisingly, I was thinking about a section from the Puella Magi wiki before this letter came in, so this is an opportunity for me to aimlessly ramble my thoughts on Oktavia and Sayaka’s relationship, an exploration which is also present in my own mindless scribbles anyways.

From the way I view it, although witches are described to be the rebirth of magical girls in their form of despair, I always thought that the personal role of a witch was to try and salvage the wish made by their magical girl counterparts. To note, the game has described Oktavia (the Doppel) to be playing the song for her “master”, which confirmed my thoughts that even though the magical girl inside of the mermaid is unresponsive, Oktavia does not allow her orchestra to be disrupted because the songs are meant only for Her (Sayaka) and herself (Oktavia), and others listening to the music too long would otherwise be driven mad. Really staying true to her role as a knight and protecting someone. Oktavia is also said to be “dreaming about love”, which is very much aligned with Sayaka’s character and goals, but also mocked because she can only dream of having it.

Witches are a reflection of magical girls, and given Sayaka’s motif (water), this is very much played up with her character, as well as her appearance in Rebellion. It is said that Oktavia can appear anywhere as long as there is water, and Sayaka just has water constantly following her magic to begin with. Sayaka was not always Oktavia, but Oktavia was once Sayaka, their existence tied like cause and effect. Since Sayaka is not in despair, she does not reflect the appearance of a witch. Being able to command Oktavia to some extent simply means she has overcome her complex feelings about her lover (not allowing herself to succumb to despair), and stabbing herself in that sequence was literal “my heart goes out to you, Homura” because she understands how miserable it is to be so unforgiving and cruel towards Yourself.

One other reason why Sayaka can act so independently from her witch as well is because she always had an extreme view of distinguishing things, especially between Good and Bad things, which strengthens the line between them, but Sayaka has started to learn that she has to treat herself well, however unpleasant an extension it might be. Oktavia is still the embodiment of Sayaka’s tragic past, but Sayaka now understands she cannot simply cut ties with a being who is inseparable from her. She learned to accept things and that in turn was an acceptance of her own witch.

I also think her addition to the Law of Cycles has familiarised her with other witches in general, and being an “angel”, she is then supported by other witches because she wields a part of this Law. Due to this, in Rebellion, her abilities are very different and whimsical thanks to her having to hold onto some of Madoka’s memories as a divine being up until Homura intervened.

All in all, that’s just a long and winded way to say that Sayaka has a very strong relationship to Oktavia due to these factors, and granted her the ability hold such command over her own witch and even influence other witches she once killed. My response isn’t very clear, but I hope it gives some vague understand to how I interpret them. And thank you for the ask and high praise 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️!! Sayaka is very pleasant to me, so I’m happy that others are able to like her too.

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Do you like sayaka

I’m very neutral about her character. She’s just kind of “meh” in my opinion.

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Wanted to say that your works are amazing💗💗

You really make sayaka in accurate character in my opinion,,hope you are doing okay💗💗

—Mitu

Thank you so much for your kind words!! ٩( ᐛ )و Have a good day as well.

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!! This is very cool ^_^!! The flow between the panels is very good, and I love the bleak atmosphere…Thank you for your kind words, I’m honoured to be able to inspire this work 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

A little au comic inspired by the art of @tothepointofinsanity wooowwww!!

Ive always wanted to try something similar cause their art is just gorgeous ToT

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*pokes*

Why does she do this. Can she not control her behaviour. I am removing her from the premises.

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They made the most pitiful and eccentric creature ever to be a wizard who doesn’t care if you think he’s ugly and weird because he just wants you to give him a hint that will help solve his little puzzle. His hobbies are praying and journaling. He does not even know his own past, but remembers how to kill things. Very appealing character.

Are there any first person games like Dungeons of Blood and Dream where you play as a quiet but menacing wizard who really likes hurting people.

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Are there any first person games like Dungeons of Blood and Dream where you play as a quiet but menacing wizard who really likes hurting people.

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You might’ve been asked this before (and if so sorry) but it what are your thoughts on the pmmm manga?

I do not believe anyone has asked me about the manga yet (?), but even if they did, no worries. I think the show was better than the manga in terms of portraying the colourful, surreal style of the witches that was what made it so unique, but I do like some of the characterisations in the manga, which have some differences between the reprint versions. The first time around they dialled both Homura and Sayaka’s “you may have problems” behaviour through the ceiling.

In another version of the manga, Sayaka instead says something along the lines of “I’m going to lose my mind!” in the train scene, with her mermaid form struggling inside the soul gem. The manga is cool because it gives me a new source of fixation to see Sayaka seething like never before. A nice addition to my collection of brainrot.

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This was initially going to be a part of a thematic set like some drawings but I’ll just make another one…some other time.

What’s wrong with you?

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What’s wrong with you?

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Have you looked into the game Slay the Princess? O: If you haven't, I'd definitely recommend it.

Hello…I vaguely know about it since it became very popular, but I don’t actually know much about the story outside of the artworks and memes I saw online. I always meant to get to it since I think I will enjoy the premise a lot…thank you very much for the reminder…٩( ᐛ )و!

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i love your art so much!! normally i find it very difficult to engage with artworks that arent related to something im interested in (like sayaka, which your art of her is what initially got me to follow you for) but your art is always so interesting in every way to me that im genuinely overjoyed anytime you post something regardless of what it is :) im not sure if this is strange to say and sorry if anything comes off weird since im not very good at articulating myself but i just really wanted to express how much i like your work, like the shapes the colours everything are so <333 !!!

It is not strange at all, no worries…^^ I am glad to hear there are people who enjoy my works outside of Sayaka because truth be told I like to experiment and draw whatever I find personally interesting more than anything else…Sayaka just happens to be my favourite model for these expressions. I like art as a whole, so it makes me happy when others are able to be patient when I’m trying different things for myself. All in all, thank you for the kind words 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ I am grateful for your time and support.

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I love it…((o(^∇^)o))…I have talked about it here before…Sayaka and his iconic schizo head tilt. She does it often when she’s upset, but it also unnerves people.

people talk about how iconic homura's hair flips are and mami's twirling but what about this thing sayaka does with her head. she doesn't do it often but I think it's pretty cool and should be talked about more.