#(its the new homura fit)

[magireco]

Dont rb yet but i have some plans for drawing tomorrow..

#rambles #(its the new homura fit)

[fisbybaconey]

Lookie look, a middle aged magical man??

1.) Peppino Spaghetti

His wish definetly to be free from debt. Also The newest magia in the city. Peppino's ability is most likely Fortune.

2.) Gustavo

Like i said, he takes Homura's role. Yea sorry no more whimsical silly gnome. He Also jumping from timeline to timeline, desperately to save peppino by not letting him become magia. Tbh i still unsure about his weapon, peeps. I Kinda thinking about scrapping those egg beater-hourglass i mentioned, cuz its doesnt fit him.

3.) Vigilante

Vigi fans, prepare to cry cuz he's taking Mami's role. One of the old magia in the city. If its not his farm burning when he's little, for sure Vigi is not a magia now. Also lives alone since his grandpa John E. Cheese didnt survive the burning incident. I keep thinking about him morely a lone wolf and also discouraging peppino and noisette to be magia, so yeaa kinda mix of kyoko right ere?

4.) Pepperman

Fr i didnt have much to explain pepperman. Most likely becomes magia just for the pride of being "hero"(might changed). His weapon is a big painting tube that dries up easily, pretty good for stunning.

5.) Noisette

Also new magia. Its been a week since noise desnt came to her cafe. She's been calling everyone on her phone, yet nobody too, knows where he's been going. Does he went missing? What did i just thinking? Surely he wont just like that! Soon he will came back, right?...today there is still no sign of noise, where is he? Does he went missing? She just called everyone she thinks have known noise, yet they too, didnt know his whereabout...today a strange talking pie had offers her her something, along with peppino. They said any of her wish will be granted if she agreed to become magia...Could she trust that thing? (Abilty is most likely tracking, or should i say "sensing anyone's current place", pretty helpful for witch hunting)

6.) The Noise (designing his costume is hard bruhhh)

Also one of the old magia in city. (Also i dont fucking know how to make his origin story aaa-) did a pretty good job about him being a magia that even Noisette never know about it. His last battle was in a abandoned building. It was rough, since he just picked up a witch way stronger than him. That witch already retreated to another place, yet there was another new witch residing in tha building.

maybe thats all for the characters yall, god i cant beleive my writing still shitty wtf-

#pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #pizza tower au #the noise #noisette #pizza tower noise #pizza tower peppino #peppino #pepperman #the vigilante #vigilante #peppino fanart #peppino magica au #pmmm au

[beneaththetangles]

The Redemption of Homura’s Wish

Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a cornerstone series for us here at Beneath the Tangles. It came out just a few months after Twwk kicked off this ministry, and has inspired rich, thought-provoking posts from many members of the writing team ever since. So, isn’t it time to move on? Why are we doing yet another Madoka post? Well, that’s because each new writer brings something fresh to the table, and our latest team member, Michel, is no exception! In this feature (the first of two), he explores the way that Madoka Magica routinely subverts our expectations—not simply to entertain or keep us guessing, but in order to effect the greatest plot arc of all: redemption. As Michel reveals, although Madoka Magica may be most well-known for the theme of sacrifice, it is as much, if not even more so, a tale of redemption. ~ Editor

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This article will be spoiler-heavy and will contain (excessive?) discussion of the anime’s symbolism. If that’s your cup of tea, read on!

Madoka Magica is one of those ambitious series that aims to be a fast-paced psychological thriller, while also telling a multi-layered story that treats us to deeper insights on each additional viewing. Usually, I prefer anime that have a more humble vision, but the crazy thing is that this anime succeeds in achieving both goals. In fact, the thematic depth of the anime goes so far that for a long time, I missed some of the more obvious allegories. This is because the relatively easy-to-follow main plot contains a motif that gives the story a surprising amount of complexity: the motif of reversal. That is, after introducing one way of understanding a character or situation, the series eventually turns that interpretation on its head. This happens with symbols, characters, and even core themes.

Let’s look at an example of this in episode seven, where the symbolism behind the apple gets flipped. Sayaka follows her enemy, Kyouko, to an unfamiliar location where they can talk in private. The place where they end up is fitting: an abandoned and ruined church. This site both reflects the degeneration of something good and primes the viewer for the Christian symbolism to follow.

Up until now, Kyouko has been nothing but a thug who seems to be trying to corrupt Sayaka and undermine her good intentions. And what she has to say now seems no different. When she offers Sayaka an apple—literal forbidden fruit, since it was stolen—Kyouko seems to be playing the part of the snake in the Garden of Eden. It’s no surprise then, that Sayaka is suspicious of her, which becomes evident when we see Sayaka’s face reflected on the apple.

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#Anime #Christianity #Puella Magi Madoka Magica #Homura Akemi #Madoka Kaname #Sayaka Miki #Kyouko Sakura #Kyubey #Redemption #Anime Article #Anime Blog #Articles #Christian Anime #Christian Otaku #Author: Michel

[atamascolily]

@sailormiuccia asked for my thoughts on the possibility of new characters in Walpurgis no Kaiten, so let's go!

One notable thing about the original PMMM series is how tightly focused it is on the core cast--while there are still plenty of named side characters who play an important role in the plot, they get only a fraction of the screen time that the Holy Quintet does. I remember reading an early review of the series by a professional critic lamenting how "empty" Mitakihara is, but it fits nicely with the show's theme of magical girls existing in a liminal space separated from the normal, ordinary everyday world.

Ironically, PMMM has a much larger cast than many of the magical girl shows influenced by it, who took that same trend and dialed it up to eleven. PMMM gives us scenes of Madoka interacting with her family, or interactions with teachers and classmates, but the first season of Yuki Yuna is a Hero (2014) doesn't bother to give us any named characters outside the main cast at all; many of the adults wear masks on their faces to make them appear anonymous and interchangeable and most of the girls' actions with the shadowy organization responsible for the Hero System occurs via text messages. The first episode of Granbelm (2019), a magical girl mecha battle royale, doesn't show any adults at all--only adolescent girls--in its first episode at all. And so on.

Because PMMM is so tightly focused on its main cast, introducing new characters is a challenge. Rebellion has only one new character, the magical girl Nagisa Momoe--although I would argue she is not a completely new character, but a recontextualization of a character we already know, Charlotte the Dessert Witch. This allows her to slide nicely into the action with minimal exposition (especially important in a movie, which has a limited run time compared to a multi-episode series) and explains why she's hanging out with the main cast in the first place via Charlotte's established connection with Mami.

In spite of this, Nagisa has a pretty limited amount of screen time--even if we count her scenes as Bebe, she gets only a fraction of the focus of the Holy Quintet. It's not that her presence isn't meaningful or important, just that she's in the background for most of the movie, placing her somewhere in between the main cast and the other side characters.

This is also why I'm perpetually bemused by the fans who want Hitomi to become a magical girl--not only do we already have plenty of magical girls on the team already, Hitomi's narrative role is to be the Ordinary Friend, aka monster bait. The characters have emotional connections with her beyond what they would for a random background character, and her well-being means something to them--making Hitomi a magical girl would remove that element from the mix completely without necessarily adding anything in return. As anyone who has ever watched the later seasons of Sailor Moon can attest, the more characters you add to the team, the more most of them get shafted or sidelined by the narrative because there's only so much you can cram into a twenty-four minute episode or a two-hour movie.

Right now, Magia Record is wrestling with a similar problem in the current Scene 0 arc, having introduced a brand new character, Mabayu Aki, and positing her as a full-fledged member of the main cast whom nobody remembers ever existed due to as-yet-unrevealed shenanigans. After watching a good chunk of the arc that's been translated into English, it's not clear to me if the writers will be able to live up to this premise--but either way, it demonstrates just how hard it is to bring new characters into a long-running franchise in a way that makes their presence feel both natural and inevitable.

Based on what we've seen so far, I would expect Walpurgis no Kaiten to continue this trend of focusing primarily on the previously introduced core cast (especially Homura), with any "new" characters being alternate versions or recontextualizations of characters we already know. This is not to say that SHAFT can't pull a fast one and introduce someone we've never heard of and with no prior connections, just that it would surprise me if they did--especially given the narrative constraints of a feature film, where every second counts.

#puella magi madoka magica #pmmm analysis #walpurgisnacht rising #walpurgis no kaiten

[yuriswitch]

can't stop thinking about the upcoming Madoka movie and how the trailer goes out of its way to imply a very specific tragic ending. On one hand I'm scared shitless, but on another there's something that just makes me doubt it'll simply go where the symbolism says it will. Not just because Madoka as a whole - and not just the Incubators - is deceptive at its core, but also because every other ending was a sudden flip of the situation at the center of the plot. In the original it's the miraculous rewrite of the universe saving Homura from despair, which was then recontextualized as a temporary and minor victory at best, given that Madoka has to sacrifice her mental health for the sake of everyone else's, forever, and the Incubators can always figure out what's going on and how to revert to the most profitable universe.

This meant that Homura had to do something, and once she realized that they'll keep trying to undo the changes even if she kills every single one of them in the barrier, she came up with a new plan and executed the first step of it by suddenly rewriting the universe again, so if this is anything to go by, as well as the marketing claiming that the movie is a "new beginning" rather than the final battle or something, the Incubators will manipulate everyone into fighting against each other and almost create a tragedy using Homura or Madoka's hands. Which will then be upturned again by another miraculous rewrite, yet again not really solving the issue, but not screwing things in the worst way forever either.

The reason why this makes more sense to me is likely because of the role the Incubators play as the general allegory of systemic issues that is supposed to be applied everywhere it fits, including our economic overlord - capitalism. So since the system they created is at the center of everything that happens in the story, it only makes sense that actually ending it would mean addressing that key issue in one way or another, which Kaiten isn't trying to do, as far as I can tell anyway.

Whether I'm right and how long it might take for the girls to unite and find the solution is still a mystery, but either way it certainly seems much more sensible than simply drowning the audience in a more extreme repeat of how Rebellion felt (rather than what it thematically was).

Ultimately, the crux of the issue lies in the difference between a sequence of events and a story, with the latter being everything that the structure, content and presentation of the former says about the topic at hand. It's about the conversation, not just the plot threads. This means, that since the original presented a problem of exploitation and oppression, the story won't truly be over until the origin, moral implications and solution to the aforementioned is found by the characters.

In Madoka, all of this centers around Kyuubey's powers, so regardless of the events themselves, the thematic conversation won't be complete without presenting some means of taking away the Incubators' ability to do their evil deeds, irreversibly and forever. This is, of course, my understanding, but it's not a given that I'm wrong.

So to wrap up, things don't look particularly well, but I guess there's no reason to give up all hope yet

/Kafuka

#pmmm #mahou shoujo madoka magica #puella magi madoka magica #madoka rebellion #walpurgisnacht rising #walpurgis no kaiten #madoka spoilers #speculation #media analysis

[radioactivemelody]

Holy Quintet and their paranormal elements

I have been twirling this idea around my head for a good amount of time until I finally indulged it (and because I got some free time) so yeah. But first, let me explain to you what "paranormal elements" I'm talking about.

Simply, the paranormal elements from the Brazilian RPG called Ordem Paranormal (Paranormal Order if you will) and it has four main elements in which people can connect with.

BLOOD - Everything starts with Blood. Blood is the flow that drenches the eternity of the Other Side.

Blood is the entity of feelings. It seeks the intensity: pain, obsession, passion, love, hunger, hatred - everything evolving feeling an extreme emotion pleases the Blood entity.

DEATH - Everything has a start and an end, and time takes everything with it. Nothing transformed by Death can return to what was before.

Death is the entity of time. It seeks the lived moments, distorting the egocentric perception of each individual's existence for its own satisfaction.

KNOWLEDGE - To know everything is to lose everything.

Knowledge is the entity of consciousness. Discovering, learning, knowing, deciphering. Having one's perception of the Other Side and its entities pleases the Knowledge element.

ENERGY - Chaos is inevitable.

Energy is the entity of chaos. Everything that cannot be explained, the intangible, anarchy. The constant change, the heat and the cold, the light and the darkness. Everything that involves unpredictability and transformation pleases the Energy entity.

With that aside, let's get into it (and please, know this is my opinion based on their personality and character design overall).

Homura Akemi – Death/Knowledge

With the characterization of the anime and half of Rebellion (Devil Homura comes later), Homura has always struck me as a mix of Death and Knowledge.

For Death, obviously, her time powers. She doesn't have the ability to speed or slow things, only pause and reset. Her journey can be defined as "running around in circles" and the main symbol for this element is spirals. She seeks to live once again the happy moments with Madoka, in order to change her fate. Her mind is old but her body is young. Homura is an anachronistic. But playing with time - every story has an end eventually.

Along with that, there's Knowledge. Homura prefers logicality, she's strategic in her steps and plans. She takes mistakes as an opportunity to learn and turn better. She doesn't let emotions blind her sense of awareness. She stands on the side of reason. All of those traits are perfectly descriptive of the element of Knowledge. And yet - the holder of information, she can't even tell the others. The truth kills those who know, hence: to know everything is to lose everything.

Now, Devil Homura. She's blood and energy. Why?

What was the factor that made Homura do her board flip? Love and obsession. She tainted the entire universe with her feelings alone, creating a new world just for her beloved. This intensity is what the Blood entity seeks. An emotion so strong that is capable of changing the entire fabric of the universe.

This twines finely with her rebellion against the law and order the Law of Cycles set. Anarchy, the other side of the coin. Nobody expected her to suddenly overthrow Madoka. She's the darkness to Madoka's light. She's evil and unholy to Madoka's purity and divinity. Those traits fit into the description of Energy. Not to mention the entire purple motif going on.

Kyoko Sakura – Blood

A pretty damn obvious one. Intense with her own feelings, has a red motif. Bold, seeks carnage and hunts witches and if needed, magical girls. With a mindset of survivalism and refusal to lose against the chain of food with anger, hatred and bitterness in her heart, Kyoko's erratic intensity is basically a perfect description of what the Blood entity is.

Madoka Kaname - Knowledge

Meanwhile Knowledge is all about being logical and constantly seeking to discover, it also has this motif of purity and holiness. One of the creatures from the RPG associated with this element is literally the Angel from the bible, you know, biblically accurate angels?

Madoka, even much more in her Goddess form, fits into the category of Knowledge. The entity messes in a "psychological" way, spilling truths about things that are out of our reach - like a concept or an universal being. It maintains the balance of reality so it doesn't collapse. Guess who did something similar in the anime? The two colors which are commonly used to those who connect with the entity of Knowledge are yellow/golden and white. Once again, guess who uses this exact palette when she ascended to godhood? Madoka Kaname, you're Knowledge through and through.

Mami Tomoe - Knowledge

Just like Kyoko, Mami's also an obvious one. Thinks in the side of reason, has a yellow and white motif. She's elegant, not failing to have this aura of purity and holiness (hence, Holy Mami). When not having emotions blinding her sight, she's extraordinary. And yet… The truth is cruel in killing her. Despite fitting into the Knowledge entity, being aware of the truth behind Magical Girls makes her lose her mind without pity. She's a great explanation behind the meaning of the phrase "to know everything is to lose everything".

Sayaka Miki - Knowledge/Blood

Oh boy, I do love to analyze multifaceted characters.

Sayaka might not fit entirely into the Knowledge mood but she has some traits of it. A knight who fights for justice, for what's right or at least, what she thinks it's right. Through Sayaka's eyes, that's logical and reasonable. She fights to maintain peace and balance. In Rebellion, she used to be literally one of God's angels and lived in the Magical Girl heaven.

Despite these traits, Sayaka lets herself be swayed away by her own emotions. She's intense and isn't afraid to hide them. Despite sharing similar traits, she heavily conflicted with Kyoko, who's Blood as well. But later, in Rebellion, they connected more than ever. She summons Oktavia through her own blood because everything starts with Blood. She made a wish because of an emotion - love. Died because of that and with that because Kyoko loved her.

And for bonuses…

Nagisa Momoe - Energy

This sweet little ball of chaos. Who cares if it is God or the Devil who's in control of the universe? As long she's alive and has cheese, she's apparently fine. While Homura and Sayaka go down into an argument, she's seen running in the background, laughing. Maybe because she's free or maybe it's cool as hell to run through a river of punch juice. It's really funny to see a character who aligns with the entity of Energy be the family of someone who aligns with Knowledge. Oh, the irony. That's what Energy seeks for.

I hope all liked my shameless crossover between my two favorite pieces of media. It's fun to analyze characters through the lens of another universe. Don't care if it's cringe, at least I'm free. And if you're interested, search for Ordem Paranormal on YouTube! Recently, a special two-shot has been released with global creators, it's all in English. Other seasons have been subtitled in English as well. :)

#i swear. death is gray and knowledge is yellow but TUMBLR DOESNT HAVE ANY THESE COLORS TO PUT ON TEXT #pretend theyre there </3 i did everything so pretty on google doc.... #me ranting about things only 3 people will understand (the two voices of my head and a silly fellow from the shadow corner) #puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #pmmm #ordem paranormal #paranormal order

[magicaldogtoto]

Learning that much of the Witch imagery and folkloric/fairy tale references of Madoka were added in by Inu Curry and others at Shaft after Gen Urobuchi finished the scripts certainly explains why there's something of a disconnect between the visuals and how the characters act/react to their surroundings.

According to a quote on Wikipedia, Urobuchi originally envisioned the Witches as looking like conventional monsters a la kaiju like Godzilla. (Which I find amusing, since I've had the image of a magical girl fighting kaiju in my head for a few years now...) Things like Sayaka's Witch being an allusion to the Little Mermaid to parallel her unrequited love for Kyosuke being later additions explain why, when stripping the show of its visuals, Madoka really doesn't have much in the way of fairy tale themes/imagery (at least compared to anime like Princess Tutu, which is something I recall pointing out to someone on Twitter not too long ago). Yeah, the Faust stuff fits, but that's also arguably just the result of Inu Curry noticing the archetypal similarities between the contracts and Faust. And really, stories of deals with the devil are nearly universal, and can't be attributed to only Faust. Fairy tales are full of similar stories, for example (like "The Little Mermaid," since the Sea Witch in the original story was a neutral party akin to Kyubey, but she at least was upfront of the struggles the Mermaid would face).

This also applies to other, non-Witch details like Homura's weird apartment, which no one comments on. As pointed out by Anime Slushie, it's obvious Urobuchi didn't intend for Homura's apartment to be so surreal.

This isn't anything new, nor is it "bad" that Madoka had this kind of development. Lots of visual media have similar developments. George Lucas didn't originally picture Darth Vader as having his iconic helmet, but Ralph McQuarrie added that in in his concept art (McQuarrie noted that Vader traveled from one ship to another in the draft he had, and figured he'd need some breathing apparatus).

This gets interesting when we think of Rebellion and the Magia Record anime, since by then the aesthetic of the franchise would have been locked in, and in the case of MagiReco, Inu Curry was in charge and could do whatever they want (this is why I think the imagery gets confusing there; Urobuchi may not have had much in the way of designing elements for the setting, but I'd argue his script at least held Inu Curry back from going completely confusing with their visuals).

#puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #gen urobuchi #faust #magical girl #my posts #text

[eternalfarnham]

In a hypothetical role-swap AU, I think it fits Time Traveler!Madoka's insecurities — or the insecurities that led her to this — for her to be able to meet her past self in future timelines.

To Homura, I suspect Madoka is a symbol of ordinary life — a life she's prohibited from by her heart condition, her stunted social skills, and intrusive suicidal ideation (which calls/conjures a witch). Madoka's life in Timeline 1 was distinctly a Sailor Moon-style dynamic, balancing the ordinary (and she's still a very regular girl in Timeline 1, plus or minus profound kindness and magic powers) with the extraordinary. She gives Homura access to an ordinary social world, to friendships only partly defined by the camaraderie of magical girls. To eating with other people.

The fantasy of regaining that dynamic of being allowed into the ordinary, having been excluded from it again by her wish (which puts her on the fringes of the world, socially stunted and incapable of building relationships, fighting desperately for an ordinary life again) is why Homura frames her warning to Madoka as "stay just as you are" — because that's what Madoka is, to her, a symbol of full existence as a person in a real, ordinary world denied to her for her entire life. What pollutes that is Madoka becoming extraordinary, because Homura already occupied an extraordinary world, but one of precarity and hopelessness — it's Madoka wanting to die, in the way that Homura once almost gave in to, that spurs her ultimate transformation from glasses-braids Moemura into the person she becomes.

Whereas Madoka imagines the world of magical girls as something extraordinary. Madoka admires competence — her capable mother; fantastical, performative (and deeply traumatized, but shh) Mami and hypercompetent (and deeply traumatized, but shh) Homura — and her most profound aspiration is to be special (and useful); her relationships with magical girls are primarily about her desire (or failure) to support them and whether she's capable of doing so as an ordinary girl with nothing but love and friendship on her side. She conceives her relationship with magical girls less as one where she joins their number and becomes one of those magnificent, showy personalities and more as one where she provides emotional support. The contract would let her understand the feelings of magical girls properly, enough to cross that divide — but beneath that there's a suppressed longing to be good at something, to be capable, to have something special about her. It's about entering the world of the abnormal, even if it's awful, because it would give her a purpose.

So in a world where Homura was Madoka's introduction to magical girls, which ended in the deaths of her entire team, I suspect Madoka wouldn't focus on entering the fold, but on her idea of herself as too ordinary to contribute, and that they might've lived if provided with competent, understanding support from someone special. Homura thought of herself as especially weak and wished to become strong; Madoka thought of herself as especially normal, so her wish might very well be something like...

"I wish Homura could have met someone else, back then, instead of me. Someone who could actually help her."

Magic, being fucked-up, decides that this means Time Traveler!Madoka should be physically shunted into each new timeline, as a separate person from its original resident Madoka — a separate person, a different girl, someone who could help Homura — disrupting the original relationship between her past counterpart and her best friend/all-consuming crush. (In this AU, Homura's typical wish is to cure her heart condition, and she took her hair down not as a trauma response, but as a self-conscious attempt to change her image. Time Traveler!Madoka's original Homura was a chuuni loser playing up being Cool and Capable for the cutest girl in her class.)

But, given that there's another Madoka running around, the future-version is increasingly traumatized, and her life is full of friends and family who are close enough to her to notice her acting strangely, Time Traveler!Madoka has to get the original out of the way and/or imitate her closely enough that other people don't notice a difference, or else risk the traumatic breakdown of her friend group under the weight of the revelation, including a variety of contracts that might wreck everything for the girl she's trying to save.

Canon!Homura is stuck in a funhouse-nightmare version of her life as it was, a world of precarity and hopelessness and existing on the fringes of the ordinary. Time Traveler!Madoka is stuck in a funhouse-nightmare version of her life as it was, a world of enforced ordinariness and helplessness, where she can't ever change or demonstrate competence without being accused of being a different person, and where she's constantly confronted with the version of herself people expect her to be, i.e. weak, frightened and incapable (at least, that's her increasingly trauma-informed read).

She's much more a social manipulator and planner than Homura, her genuine, compassionate heart worn down by trauma and salvaged only by being weaponized. Teamwork and friendship are going to win out, even if she has to slip sedatives into Mami's tea so she'll sleep better.

#madoka #pmmm #pmmm au #time traveler!madoka

[u-ulantern]

random thought but i hope homura never gets or is implied to be with madoka in the main anime timeline. i pray madoka never sees homura as nothing but a friend. i hope homura stays conflicted by that fact. i beg the writers to never give homura what she wants. i dont know how the manga ends (ive never read it) but if it ends like that, keep it that way.

i believe homura should finally look the truth in the eye, realize that madoka won’t save herself over others and live with that fact. the new movie might not be the end and homura may fight to be with her, to trap madoka but madoka will never be caged forever. she is god and the devil cant stop god. also i think its just more interesting that way, the angst potential and a lesson that may never be learned! it fits homura rlly well :3

#pmmm #mahou shoujo madoka magica #madoka kaname #homura akemi #idk hope the movie brings more knowledge on madoka’s thought process through all of this too #i want homura to be friendzoned and take it like a champ #(she would be sobbing and screaming.)

[homuraakumaakemi]

Personal reasons both on and offline have led me to be less active. However, someone’s analysis on Kuroe (please don’t find/go after them) reminds me of what they had said when the anime’s ending was new and fresh. Most people, myself included, were rather bitter, you see, so we didn’t want to see people just…act in a way that we felt was callous and cold to her. I in particular got super attached to Kuroe. This girl is a lot like Homura, and also a lot like me. However, to call her just Iroha’s Homura is reductive and doesn’t do her justice. Kuroe is her own character with her own wants and desires. Even if some of us thought she was (the first) Kuro, or then Homura’s long-lost sister before canon said otherwise, the point is we love HER. We want HER to be happy. Rest under the Read More. Content warnings for discussions of death and suicide, as well as spoilers for the last four episodes of the anime of Magia Record:

Some people think Kuroe becoming a Witch in her despair was thematically appropriate. That the theme in Anireco is moving on from the past so you can look towards the future. That the way Kuroe became a Witch fits in perfectly with the franchise.

I disagree. I was bitter then, and I’m still bitter now.

I feel Kuroe should NOT have become a Witch, especially in the way she did. Yes, lots of Magical Girls become Witches when their feelings of hopelessness and despair reach a fever pitch, but Kuroe’s case felt especially cruel. It pretty much is framed like a suicide, where Kuroe desperately tries to escape from the Labyrinth, then doubles down on the idea that NO ONE can help her. That she is BEYOND any hope of happiness. That she just wants her pain and suffering to end. To say nothing of how her Witch was put down by Iroha, literally framed like putting a rabid dog out of its misery. And then, her death was used to help galvanize Iroha. It really feels like they made this amazing, relatable character…just so Iroha could get to where the story needed her to be, given she also loses Ui, Touka, and Nemu for good in this continuity.

Am I just angry at them not giving my favorite character a happy ending? Hell yes, I am! But people who are better wordsmiths than me have written about how the writing that led to this is not great. How it arguably feels more fitting for Magical Girl Site or Raising Project than it does Madoka Magica, and considering the kind of shit that IS in the original anime and Rebellion, is saying a LOT. Which is a shame, because what we had before this was SO GOOD. And then, the last few episodes happened. And this is the SECOND TIME this has happened to me in series I like!

Although, if there is a silver lining, someone in the game staff seems to have agreed with me. In the game, Kuroe is alive, well, and thriving! She’s in a position to where she’s starting to let Iroha in, and we even get details and context to Kuroe’s backstory, which is amazing.

I can take her never meeting Homura and becoming the big sister Homura never had, finding something in bonding with each other that they haven’t found in many other places. Obviously, I’d love it, and the fandom has both of them meet characters I feel wouldn’t truly understand them.

However, at the end of the day, I want my favorite character to be happy. And in the game, she is headed that way. Two amazing units, being able to actually bond a bit with Iroha, some of the best storytelling the game has offered yet (I’m biased towards any Kuro, and especially Kuroe), and lots and lots of lore and things you can get by implication.

Characters can be interesting AND happy. They can be allowed to heal without compromising what makes them resonate so dearly with all of us.

“This is the face of a girl we want to protect and ensure never makes the same mistakes we did.”

#kuroe #magia record #magia record spoilers #just ranting #being kuroe is suffering #kuroe deserves the world #cw death #cw suicide #vent

[dreamerwitches]

Wich witch introduction was your favorite?

Ohhh! What a good question! I suppose a good build up is always what I want for a witch. Some of them are hard since they just appear suddenly like Gisela or Roberta...

I think Elly is a great one. I adore her labyrinth's introduction, especially in the movie version. You just see blobs of blue and then these skeleton horses passing by behind Madoka. Though I prefer the music in the tv version, i think a darker tone suits it better (contrary to charlotte's new music which i think fits very well). And the pan of her endless labyrinth is great. It's pretty memorable

I think Oktavia's is great mostly because there's a lot of emotional weight to it all. I mean, it feels the whole middle of the anime is leading up to this moment. Sayaka's transformation scene is so good, especially with the iconic line. I love how you don't really see all of her in her first labyrinth as she's got her cape over her arms, it's like she levels up before the second fight. And the sweeping scenery as Kyoko and Madoka enter her boss room, mimicking a train rushing by, is amazing as you're hit with the orchestra. I'm so glad so much effort is put into her <3 I think her timeline 3 appearance is good too, sadly she doesn't get any build up but I think the rock concert theme with the lights, stage and backup dancers helps the brief moment be cool enough

I think Izabel's introduction is pretty unique and cool, we get a one time view of what it's like for a civilian to run into a labyrinth. I think the build up is great but the payoff of Izabel being such a stationary boss and how she's killed so quickly isn't very exciting... it feels a little wasted but the build up is still good

I have complicated feelings about Kriemhild. I think her first appearance is pretty dull. Cool, but after seeing Sayaka's transformation it's nowhere near as good. I like ultimate kriemhild, of course. Her appearance is amazing and so different to anything we've seen up to it but of course it's very quick and brief. I think my favourite appearance of hers is in timeline 4 where she's this colossal giant in the background and in the movie version you get a thud as her name appears on screen. I love it, it's so subtle as she never does anything but you already know her power.

Walpurgisnacht is great and she earns it. She's built up the entire anime goddamnit! (well on the tv version at least). Homura's room, the storm warnings, the familiar parade, it's all amazing and you, me and she knows it. The fact that we see the cool and unbeatable Homura struggle against her is also amazing, she barely flinches and always laughs. She's amazingly imposing <3

Do these count, do they not? Well... I think the introductions to Quitterie and Itzli are good. They're unique witches hidden at the end of dungeons with lots of floors and they just come out of nowhere! I'm sure if I was playing portable blind I would be amazed

But ooohhhh, ohhh of course my favourite witch introduction, hands down, HANDS down, so down they're on the floor, the prize goes to Homulilly by beloved. Everything leading up to it is golden, the flower fields scene, the flaming bus, 'when did i become a witch?' the bit where Homura interrogates Kyubey 'i am anything but happy'/'this is not the happiness i asked for', the scene where Homura sees Madoka fall off the chair, the countdown ala Walpurgisnacht, then you're blessed by 'theatre of a witch' as Homulilly and a literal entire army appears. It's all beautiful and stunning. It's my favourite part of Rebellion absolutely, no contest, its probably my favourite part of madoka magica at all (well, including the fight too)

A special addition for Plejaden von Asunaro, the only spin off witch I could think of with a good introduction. I love the scene where she kills Mirai, the panelling and art is beautiful

#ask

[glitchydyke]

HI SASHA BC I'VE BEEN IN PMMM MODE FOR A MINUTE TELL ME WHO'S YOUR FAVE FROM THE QUINTET AND WHY. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT !!

GRIPS MY HAIR. ITS MAMI. SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY

she only ever became a magical girl out of desperation. she didn’t have the chance to think it over, to consider it, to weigh her options like the others did. kyubey came to her during her final moments, and presented her with a choice: sacrifice your soul, or die a premature death. she was forced into this life, it was never hers to choose. but then not only is she forced to live a life of servitude and danger, she’s forced to do it alone. no family, too afraid to make friends, just a child in an apartment by herself. how many times did she come home to that? how many times did she fumble with her key, too tired to properly fit it into the lock. how many times did she bandage her own wounds, magic not healing them fast enough? how many times did she go to make herself tea, only to start to feel faint halfway through and end up burning her hand? and then to go to school the next day, act sweet and smile, be picture perfect kind little mami, as if she’s not seconds away from collapsing. and then she finally makes friends, people to share this life with, people who seem to be able to hold their own in her terrifying world, and she’s happy. for a short while, she’s happy. the doorbell rings. her home has guests in it. there’s more than one teacup on the table. her soul gem starts to glow brighter once again. she lets herself be loved. she lets herself slip. everything is so wonderful, pink and blue mixing with yellow, a baseball bat propped by the door next to one of her guns, hands clasped tightly in hers. they love her. she needs to be her best for them. so she shows it, she shows her best, she brings out every scrap of flair and showmanship she’s got, and while she’s looking at the love and adoration in their eyes, she makes her mistake. she became too comfortable. she became happy. she’s not meant for that. and she doesn’t realise until too late, until there’s a shadow looming over her, until madoka and sayaka’s screams are ringing in her ears, she can hear homura’s in the labyrinth’s hall, and everything goes dark. it’s distinctly warm. she feels her feet being lifted off the ground - is flying a new magical girl power she’s discovered? that’ll impress the girls, she’s sure. and then the pain kicks in. sharp spikes of agony in her neck, something hot and wet staining her shirt, a crunching sound she feels more than hears. somewhere in the darkness, she sees the two of them. pink eyes. blue eyes. sketches of dresses and petticoats. a baseball bat leaning against the wall. teacups on the table. her hands feel so, so empty. another crunch, another spike of pain, and it ends. she should’ve known she was never meant for happiness.

#JINX. GRIPS YOU. MAMI MAKES ME SO FUCKING INSANE #this is so rambly and probably full of mistakes bc i am sleeby but. GOD. MAMI #AND THIS ISNT EVEN CONSIDERING THE MAMI IN THE TIMELINE WHERE SHE FINDS OUT THEYLL BECOME WITCHES AND STARTS SHOOTING #madoka magica #mj.thoughts #asks #marcy 💗

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I saw some hot yuri art on the dash the other day which inspired me to check out its source, Alter Ego, a story which highlights a problem I have seen time and again with the “OEL”/Original English Language manga genre (though ironically, in this case the book was initially in Spanish). To set up, Alter Ego is an entry into the “gay girl in love with/jealous of her straight friend and the other people in her life” genre, which means we are contractually obligated to have a scene of our MC yelling at her friend about how she wants her all to herself. Which we get, upon the news that said friend’s pen-pal other best friend is moving to their city:

In the middle of a diner, at like afternoon lunch...on page 15 of the story. I literally could not remember this bitch’s name and she is already throwing plates. And the build up to this scene is *entirely* her being a jealous snot, in public, to classmates and friends. She has two traits at this point in the tale: Being In Love and Being a Maladroit Maniac About It.

Our main girl - who is named Noel btw, I remembered - is an extremely unlikable protagonist; but she isn’t meant to be. As much as OEL manga would seem like its primary inspiration is, ya know, manga....it isn’t. Its primary inspiration is fanfiction, its where it was born; western artists writing fanfiction of Japanese manga, and getting good enough at it to shoot off their own attempts. Now, fanfiction’s primary strength, to quote Folding Ideas, is its ability to “shortcut to the Good Stuff”; if this was Sayaka being jealous of Madoka’s new best friend Homura, I wouldn’t *need* to characterize her, my audience already knows her, already likes her. I can make her an asshat for drama and it won’t ruin the story, and I can cut to the chase. Once you suddenly have to obey copyright law and need original characters, however, this approach falls apart. 

Which might seem obvious - like why not fix this? That is harder than it sounds, however, due to the limitations of the publication market. OEL manga has a far smaller market than Japanese manga does, and is therefore structured differently; it is sold discretely, as individual books telling one complete story. Meanwhile in Japan manga is, almost universally, ‘piloted’ in serializing magazines bundling dozens of stories into one package. This allows stories to be tested out, see if they capture a market, without them actually being finished. But charging an audience for just one story that doesn’t go anywhere is a tougher sell in the US (it still happens of course); which is why this entire story is under 200 pages and fits into one volume, while recently-read yuri manga Bloom Into You, for example, is spread out over 8 books while telling a tale of equal complexity. Bloom Into You got its start in Dengeki Daioh, a monthly shounen magazine with a 130k monthly circulation, its story got tested and proved itself worthy of enough pages to tell its tale. Since OEL manga can’t even attempt that, it has to sell its stories raw, which means it generally is going to sell a lot more of them as a whole package.

Adding to this complexity is the supposedly-core inspiration, that of manga. You can tell a cohesive comic story in 200 pages, but you can’t tell a cohesive *yuri* story of this kind because those stories aren’t built for it. But they try anyway, since its the genre trappings that *are* the appeal, and the rushed, fanfic-y nature just becomes inevitable from that combination of forces. And I mean, we are all fanfic writers here anyway right? We don’t need all that so-called padding, we can shortcut to the good stuff! The problem gets baked in.

But okay, I hear you all asking the question, “Ash, I get that you didn’t like this scene. But high schoolers do dumb shit like this all the time! This girl is like 14 right? Its her first love, she is flipping out, that happens.”

And that would be a decent rebuttal...if Noel wasn’t 23 years old.

...okay I admit her age isn’t explicitly stated, but the girl she eventually does start dating, who seems like a same-age peer, has her 24th birthday in the comic and is a professional author with a book deal, and like look at the classroom they attend!

That is a college lecture hall, no high school shenanigans here. Noel is at the youngest 22 in this comic.

But that starts sitting weird with some of the other elements of the story - Noel lives with her parents and gets woken up by her little sister, her straight friend walks to school with her and brings her boyfriend along, Noel has like no career ambitions or job worries at all. Everything about this seems like its a story about 14 year olds! Why isn’t it?

I am sure its a pretty easy guess: politics. 14 year olds can’t have sex in western books. Or at least, certainly not in the social-justice world of queer graphic novels. So the seemingly-easy fix is applied to this story of just making the characters adults, in their 20′s, their ability to Consent being handed to them alongside their first electric bill. 

That easy fix transforms the previously awkward fit of its Japanese manga source material into a garbled mess. The type of yuri this story is pulling from is *built* on the character’s youth, these are stories about innocence and pure love and sexual awakening. If you want stories about adults its literally a different genre, its called Josei, and its stories of depressed konbini workers trying to Figure Out Life while in grungy Tokyo studio apartments. And in fact, that innocence and youth is exactly what audiences want from this kind of yuri, as this Goodreads review suggests: 

So soft! So young! I bet this person didn’t even notice the birthday line. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too, a 24 year old Ethically Adult girl-child with a crush on her “Best Friend” who has literally never dated before and whose whole world revolves around alternating fits of jealously and jiltedness. Which like, fine, if thats all you want, I am not judging your desires.

But you shortcutted to the good stuff. And I know why. And it bothers me, especially when half the reason you needed a shortcut is that you think its morally wrong to take the long way. That you think you are better than your ostensible source material, while executing worse on the craft. Its not a deal I want to take, and I see too many OEL manga taking it. Grow up.

#mini-essay #Ash Reads Manga Project #alter ego

[laylamva]

Miitopia Nuzlocke!

Okay, so I’d been doing a Miitopia Nuzlocke for a month and decided to chronicle it. Spoilers…I didn’t make it. 

Rules

If a Mii falls in battle, they’re gone for good (Unless it’s the protagonist).

I will only use the Life Sprinkle on the protagonist.

If the whole party falls in the same battle, everyone will still be counted as alive.

If a Mii is resurrected by another party member, they will be counted as alive.

If the dead Miis cost us the final boss, only then will I go back to level them up.

When a Mii dies, I will change their hair color to white, their eye color to black, and rename them “Spooky Ghost” to keep track of who I’ve lost (and also to make me feel better about sentencing my beloveds to death).

I will draw random characters from Mii Maker for every major character and decide party jobs by spinning a wheel.

The Nuzlocke ends after the main story. I cannot bring myself to care about the post-game.

If the protagonist dies on their own, the Nuzlocke is aborted.

Sabrina Raincomprix is protag/safe gorl.

WALUIGI x TEMMIE OTP (they’re the lovey-dovey couple)

Sassy Child Elmo pretending to be a dragon foreshadows Dominic.

Lenny

Dark Lord Chloé Bourgeois is fun to voice

Sabrina’s a chef.

Simone Soleil! Male Pop Star.

Before you look him up, Simone’s an OC. I put an OC in here. Help.

Every time I have played this game with Spotpass on, the freaking blobfish Mii always weasels its way in! (It’s the Nintendo Fangirl)

Got the new Zelda amiibo. Wonder if it’ll give me a costume?

IT DID!

I changed Sabrina’s eyebrows to match the Zelda wig…she looks exactly like me.

Leon Kuwata, Ultimate Mage AU

AU where Genocider Syo is a good guy who unkills people

I almost lost the Danganronpa characters, but we lost the fight.

Simone’s dead. But it’s okay, because he’s a spooky ghost.

I actually made up a “Farm Upstate” story to make myself feel better about Miis dying. “They’re not dead, they just turned into ghosts because of a cosmic paradox and can’t leave the inn as a side effect!”

Leon is at war with the moles. And also Sabrina, apparently.

On a related note, Sabrina Raincomprix and Genocider Syo BroTP???

I made Teruteru Hanamura the King. If you’ve seen all his Free Time Events, the calming fruit mission hits different.

And Sonia Nevermind is the princess. Can you tell what my current hyperfocus is?

Why does the wheel keep giving me Pop Star things? Simone’s been dead for three sessions it’s time to move on—

General Sonia killed Leon and Syo. My entire first party is DEAD.

Sabrina’s a warrior now.

Maya Aida from Glitter Force Doki Doki is my Imp.

One time when I was playing this game, I tried making a Starlow Mii from scratch, but then I realized it looked like someone different. Someone better. And now it’s all come full circle as Tonker Bell joins us as the Airheaded Cat!

Sabrina just got the Bee Armor. Suck it, Chloé!

Genie of the Lamp The Master World’s End Club

Homura Akemi as the Dancing Guide? Imagine Homura being happy.

Steve from Blue’s Clues: The Kind Thief

Steve and Tonker Bell BroTP!

tonker bell just died.

If we’re going with the “Sabrina dumped Chloé” narrative, I feel like even with two kind party members, Sabrina would keep chanting until the genie was sealed again.

Crap I bought Tonker Bell something

I LOOK AWAY FOR ONE SECOND AND NOW MAYA’S DEAD OH GOD—

Steve’s the only one left.

Ugh, scratch that.

OK, Sabrina’s on her own. If she dies, game over.

Why am I listening to Dodie music while I’m doing this? It’s making this sadder.

WHY IS MY FIRST FIGHT ALONE AGAINST HOMURA???

AND SHE’S A PAINTING I’M BONED—

I lost. The Nuzlocke is over. RIP.

So…yeah. I plan on doing this again on the Switch later, but that’s gonna go on YouTube…as soon as I can figure out how my capture card works. BTW, “Spooky Ghost” didn’t fit in the text box for Mii names, so here’s what I named them instead:

Simone: Sun Ghost

Tonker Bell: Disbelief

Maya: AngelHeart

Steve: At College

Syo and Leon were taken away before I could give them ghost names, but if I did, they would’ve been called 11037 and Genocided. And I didn’t name Ghost Sabrina because the Nuzlocke ended. But, hypothetically…Vanisher.

#gaming #nuzlocke #miitopia

[lemonbeemon]

Dr Stone Quirk Headcanons: Manga Spoilers!

A bullet list of what I imagine the Dr Stone casts mha quirks would be and how they'd live in a Quirk Society. These are free to use and I'd love to read any published works that use them!

Senku:

This is a Quirk list but everyone's favorite leek boy is definitely Quirkless

Got into the UA support course on recommendations from American idol Lillian Wienberg and part-time Hero Xeno Wingfield

It's likely only school staff are aware of his Quirkless-ness(?). Though some childhood friends probably know.

Thoroughly disappointed with the public's disinterest in space exploration, and still wants to be an astronaut someday.

Geeks out over the functionality of quirks, doesn't care how flashy a quirk is it just has to be functional

Taiju:

Quirk Name: "Powerhouse"

Composite type quirk

His quirk allows both his strength and stamina to increase when his heart rate is raised

Especially resistant to suprise attacks and deadly villains

In the hero course, wants to save everyone because his own parents died when he was young

His laid back personality and daily meditations keep his risk of heart failure low!

Yuzuriha:

Quirk Name: "Reassemble"

Emitter type Quirk

She can revert any nonliving object to its original components or repair broken objects

Her Quirk is versatile but limited, she can't bring back the dead or reduce people to micro organisms

Her Quirk can get in the way if it activates while she's crafting and set her back on a project

In the hero course but helps draft up ideas fo the support course when asked

Plans to run her own hero agency to fund a designer clothes line

Only interested in everyday wear, hence why she's not in the support course

Tsukasa:

Quirk Name: "Lion's Call"

Composite type Quirk

The activation of his Quirk temporarily increases his physical and mental prowess, combined with his inherent physical ability this makes him the ultimate warrior!

After joining the hero course he's determined to make a name for himself and (more importantly) make money

Chrome:

Quirk Name: "Detect"

Emitter type Quirk

He can detect and identify any mineral in a 200 meter range

His parents run a successful mining company and are supporting his chosen career path

In the support course with Senku, they met while sharing the lab after hours

The literal cliche of getting ramen after school

Asagiri Gen:

Yes I did just full name this man

Quirk Name: "Sleight of Hand"

Emitter type Quirk

He can convince anyone to obey simple commands or trust him by emitting a sweet smelling odor from his palms

Got into the UA hero course on recommendations but enjoys spending time in the support course labs

Everything he touches smells vaguely sweet, which can make sneaking around difficult

Ukyo:

Hero Name: "ソナー" or "Sonar" to his American fans

Quirk Name: "Sonar Hearing"

Hetromorphic type Quirk

A young hero known for his rational decision making and for how quickly he gained fame after his debut

Specializes in rescue, though he's no stranger to working alongside more seasoned heroes in battle when needed

Uses his Qurik to detect oncoming disasters and locate civilians/criminals

Uses a support item in the shape of a bow, along with many trick arrows (Green Arrow style)

His biggest expense is buying new hats, loses them constantly in the line of duty

Hyoga:

Qurik Name: "Vertigo"

Hetromorphic type Quirk

He activates his quirk by making and maintaining eye contact with his opponent

When combined with his favored support item, a kudayari, his quirk can be deadly

One of the hero courses top academic students

Refuses to be seen without his favourite black face mask, likely has scarring from a villain (or heroes) Quirk

This boy scream UA traitor, which could be fun

Homura:

Quirk Name: "Contortion"

Composite/Hetromorphic type Quirk

She can bend her body into any shape and fit into very small spaces

A soft spot for sweets, probably participates in White Day (Japanese Valentine's basically)

More comfortable and skilled with her Quirk than most in the hero course, her studies are lacking however

Very reserved and hopes to become Hyoga's sidekick one day

Kohaku:

I struggled with this one but just couldn't stand to leave her out

Quirk Name: "Dual Blades"

Composite type Quirk

She can unsheath short blades from her forearms

Her fighting style is unstructured and relentless, but will become refined over the course of her training

When she was born her parents assumed enhanced eyesight was her Quirk, until she nearly decapitated her father after manifesting her Quirk at age 4

A foreign exchange student from America, looks suspiciously like a certain Idol (I love the whole aunt/niece thing in modern aus okay)

Hopes to fund her sisters medical bills through working as a hero

Dr Xeno:

Quirk Name: "Laceration"

Hetromorphic type Quirk

He has long claws made out of a flexible, unknown alloy

Attended an American hero academy with his childhood friend Stanley

Has an utter lack of interest for heroics, only works as a hero if the situation is dire (Think Metal Knight from One Punch)

Struggles with hand cramps due to how heavy his claw like nails are

His Quirk gets in the way of typing and writing, so he records alot of his ideas for prosperity (Cue the villainous monologue)

Stanley Snyder:

Quirk Name: "Cheap Shot"

Emitter type Quirk

He can lock onto any target within his line of sight and fire a guaranteed shot, at the cost of violent recoil

His Quirk is often a once per day thing as overuse harms his shoulder and accompanying tendons

Attended an American hero academy with Xeno, but went into the military after graduating

Whyman:

I'm serious if you're an anime only stop reading now

Quirk Name: "Petrification"

Y'all I really don't think I need to elaborate, think of him as a One for All type villain (but cooler because he's sticking to a single theme, more isn't always better)

#dr stone #dcst #mha #mha au #quirk au #quirk headcanon #headcanons #senkuishigami #dcst senku #kohaku #chrome #dcst chrome #asagiri gen #tsukasa shishio #dcst xeno #dcst stanley #dcst hyoga #dr stone hyoga #homura momiji #dcst homura #whyman #dcst whyman #manga spoilers #anime spoilers #taiju oki #yuzuriha #dcst yuzuriha #mha fanfic ideas #fanfic ideas #dr stone fanfic ideas

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

If there was an animated adaptation of the Twilight series, who would you pick as the voice cast for all of the vampires?

Thoughts on an animated Twilight series.

We’re going to play a similar game as this, where we can pick and choose people across the time space continuum with a TARDIS. And also we’re ignoring language barriers.

With that, here we go.

Crispin Freeman as Jasper

Casting Crispin Freeman’s voice for me is a given. It’s sad, but if Crispin Freeman is cast in a role I will watch that show and I will watch it dubbed. The man is phenomenal and is not only charismatic in every single role he plays but plays a myriad of different personalities so damn well you almost don’t recognize it as his voice.

I honestly would put Crispin Freeman as pretty much anyone and expect him to pull it off. However, I think he’d do particularly well as Jasper. Of course, this would make Jasper one of the most charismatic characters on screen per voice alone but in an ideal world this is a more ensemble cast anyway.

Crispin Freeman as Kirei Kotomine in Fate/Zero

Bridget Hoffman as Esme

Bridget Hoffman is able to get across not only great raw emotion but also a clear sense of over the top, artificial, femininity that is very present in Esme. I think she could confer Esme’s general creepiness, as well as her likeability and mother persona, with a young voice very well.

Bridget Hoffman as Irisviel in Fate/Zero (same clip as above)

Rachel Lillis as Rosalie

I know Rachel from a very different role in the dub of “The Revolutionary Girl Utena” as Utena Tenjou. However, her voice is very pleasant to listen to, clear and melodic, and able to carry great emotional weight and pain when necessary. She also sounds very young when needed.

Rachel Lillis as Utena Tenjou in The Revolutionary Girl Utena (note, they start speaking about two minutes in)

Mamoru Miyano as Edward Cullen

And this is where we start drifting from English voice actors. The English dubbed Light Yagami sounds young but, well, he never sold me on the role the way the original Japanese voice actor did. This guy not only sells Light’s inherent creepiness, his charisma, his brilliance, and his sheer threatening persona. There are so many aspects to Light Yagami and the voice actor captures them all.

Many of these same aspects exist in Edward. Edward must at once be appealing, charismatic, terrifying, and completely mad.

Alternatively, David Vincent, who played Gilgamesh in Fate/Zero and most of the modern Fate franchise, and does contempt so damn well with an imposing but very young voice. However, we’re going to put him as Caius for similar reasons.

Mamoru Miyano as Light Yagami in Death Note

David Vincent as Gilgamesh in Fate

Lisa Ortiz as Victoria

Lisa is a phenomenal voice actress I’ve seen carry off a lot of different roles with several different personalities. What brings her to the table for Victoria is what she did with Shiori in the Revolutionary Girl Utena dub. Shiori carries such bitterness that turns itself into madness, and is overall such a desperate and miserable character. Lisa’s voice conveys all of that.

Many of these traits exist in Victoria as a character as well. Bonus that it makes Victoria sound younger and rougher around the edges.

Lisa Ortiz as Shiori in The Revolutionary Girl Utena (same clip as above)

Sarah Anne Williams as Jessica Stanley

Yes, we’re casting Jessica. Sarah played the role of Sayaka in the dub of P3M and greatly conveys a normal human girl who then falls into despair. Jessica doesn’t go quite that far, but I imagine the emotions of the movie disaster with Bella would really come through here with this voice actress.

As well, of course, as Jessica’s later contempt for Bella.

Sarah Anne Williams as Sayaka the Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Takahiro Sakurai as Aro

We get another Japanese voice actor because I can think of no better Aro. Takahiro perfectly portrays an otherworldly, ethreal, presence through his casting as the Medicine Seller in Mononoke. The Medicine Seller has a distinctly different persona than Aro but it’s that otherworldly aspect that I think is needed most of all.

Takahiro Sakurai as The Medicine Seller in Mononoke

Jamieson Price as Emmett

Jamieson is able to relay huge, easy going guy, so easily just through the sound of his voice. He’s not quite so Dudebro in the things I’ve seen him, but you easily get the idea of “huge” as well as someone with good humor and simple tastes in life.

Jamieson Price as Iskander in Fate/Zero

David Vincent as Caius

I brought this up earlier in Edward’s section but as Gilgamesh David Vincent is the king of contempt and disdain. This makes him an excellent and imposing Caius.

David Vincent as Gilgamesh in Fate (Same Clips As Earlier)

Peter O’Toole as Carlisle

Yes, we’re going back in time for this, but I’m not actually in charge of casting this show so I can do what I want. It helps that this was my vote for the live action fan cast of the movie, but beyond his sheer persona, I think his voice also fits Carlisle very well. There’s a whole range of emotion in there while, at its base, being something very charismatic and in certain moments kind.

Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia

Christina Valenzuela as Bella Swan

As Homura in the P3M dub, Christina has nerves of steel, but she also does despair so well. I believe she would easily pull off Bella’s depression throughout the series and especially in the New Moon arc.

Christina Valenzuela as Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica

I swear I have a choice for Marcus somewhere in my head, but it’s not immediately coming to mind. I might cast Freeman for him as well, and since Marcus has so few lines and does such different roles so well, probably no one would notice and or care.

So, I’ll quite while I’m ahead.

#twilight #twilight meta #twilight animated series #voice casting #the revolutionary girl utena #fate/zero #puella magi madoka magica #mononoke #death note #lawrence of arabia #meta #opinion #twilight renaissance