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cebwitch · 1 month

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Thematic obsession

#fanart #puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #i make homura unhinged bc she is a girlboss #homura akemi #madoka kaname #madoka magica #clara dolls #I found out the Clara dolls have specific meanings so I chose ones that go with the art!#I love shimeji and the world needs more of them

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homuraholic · 1 month

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Flame&魔女&CLARA DOLLS by Inoriac [pixiv] [twitter]

♡ reprint permission was granted by the artist.

#homura akemi #akemi homura #homulilly #clara dolls #spider lily #puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #madoka magica #hangyaku no monogatari #illustration

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burnorgetburned · 8 months

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EVEN MORE CLARA DOLL DETAILS:

So you know how the Dolls have their own distinctive clothes?

Guess who else has their own distinctive clothes!

That’s right. The multiple Homuras are actually Clara Dolls.

And that’s why ‘Homura’ is smiling.

Here they are! The one with the striped hat is Nekura (Gloominess or Pessimism) and the one with the flower is Mie (Vanity).

Here’s their descriptions from the art book.

[The second one to come was Gloominess. Walking out with a tapping sound, she sneered at Good-for-Nothing. “This is Good-for-Nothing! How very unbecoming.” These dolls are only disciples of Freedom, and are devoted to their lust for it.]

[The tenth to come running is Vanity. She exaggeratedly avoids Good-for-Nothing's head and says a few words. “I wouldn't be able to bear dirtying my cape with that sticky blood!” These dolls make fun of the witch's self-mutilation.]

Good-for-Nothing is Homura, by the way, but the Clara Dolls seem to consider Good-for-Nothing to be good for something after all after she splits Madoka. She turns into the Devil, and the Clara Dolls are stated to be “okay” with the Devil. If the young voices in the trailer belong to the Clara Dolls, then they also call her “Akuma-sama” now. Something like Mistress Devil, implying a sense of respect.

[… if they are not summoned, they will simmer. There are orders they will comply with, and also orders they will disobey. What they are and the witch herself's own magic are not well understood.]

At the end of Rebellion, Homura gave Madoka her ribbon back. She declared that they might become enemies in the end. Honestly, I thought that Homura would try her best to avoid Madoka entirely. The trailer suggested that Homura was meeting Madoka, though. Here’s the answer: it wasn’t Homura herself, but Gloominess, who wants freedom.

Now, I’m not sure how this situation works out. Do Clara Dolls have free will? Are they obeying Homura’s orders? Acting out Homura’s true emotions? Is Homura perhaps directly puppeteering them in order to fulfill her goals, or do they act on their own?

I find it likely that it’s a mix of both: some of them obey her, and some of them will try and fulfill her (probably very conflicting) desires, as familiars usually do. Gloominess is likely part of Homura who wants the freedom to talk to Madoka, for example, but Vanity seems to me like a Clara Doll who is obeying Homura. After all, she still needs magical girls to fight wraiths, at least until she finds a way to wipe them out.

[I'm Vanity (Mie). I'm pushing myself to the limit for someone.] And she is, of course. All of the theatrics, the calls, the organization of magical girls. These are things that Vanity is shown to engage in. All of this is for Madoka.

We see with Gloominess, at least, that she seems to be fulfilling a specific desire: in the background are white spider lilies. Instead of the red spider lilies that mean death, final goodbyes, and lost love, white spider lilies mean a hope for the future and a fresh start. Maybe this really is the first meeting for these two in a while, and she wants to be friends again?

Or maybe, being Gloominess, she wants to warn her about something.

[I'm Gloominess (Nekura). Forcing smiles tires me out.]

Then there’s this Homura.

Nothing about her clothes is very different. She is wearing ribbons as Homura in the wraith universe does, but look closely: the ribbons are different. They have some wavy stripes on them, while Madoka’s ribbons are plain. She does not correspond to any known Clara Doll.

However, there’s mentioned to be a fifteenth Clara Doll that is not yet born: Ai, representing love. This could be her. Is it love for others? Or love for herself? I’m hoping it’s the latter, but very likely it’s love for Madoka and her friends. This would explain why she’s trying to fight Homucifer in the poster, as Homura believes that she’s a danger to everyone else.

How can this be? Well, here’s a few options:

- The Clara Dolls are grown-up familiars. They ate souls, and they became a copy of their witch. This is a process that was explained to us in the original series, where some magical girls are stated to farm familiars by letting them eat people so that they would grow souls/grief seeds.

- The Clara Dolls are not familiars, or wraiths, but instead a secret third thing. “What they are and the witch’s own magic are not well understood”, as said in the Rebellion art book. They could be magical constructs of a different kind, but I do think that this would get into overcomplicated explanations quickly, so I favor the familiar explanation.

- The Clara Dolls could be familiars, but instead of eating souls they’re simply powerful enough to change their shape. Their strength is equal to the strength of a magical girl…. when Homura was a witch, before Homura became something more. It could also be energy from the contracts making them stronger. Maybe it’s me being sentimental, but I don’t like the idea of Homura letting anyone’s soul be nommed on.

Now, before there’s a panic about how they’ll juggle fifteen extra characters, here’s a few thoughts:

- Just because they seem different doesn’t mean they’re actually different. It might be that the Clara Dolls are a way for Homura to present herself. As Vanity, she might show off more, or have dramatic flourishes like her throne and her dress. As Gloominess, it might be that she doesn’t believe that her plans will work, so she tries to do what makes her happy. It’s likely that the Clara Dolls are just extra ways to explore Homura’s character. They’re parts of her soul, after all, and right now she is extremely powerful. She might simply want to keep her true self away from humans.

- They could work like projections. Homura wants more bodies to work with, but she has to filter herself through the Dolls’ personalities. This could result in a lot of juicy character interactions, as the things she tries to keep hidden are closer to the surface.

- Will ‘Ai/Mystery Homura’ fight against Devil Homura? Very likely! How can this be when they’re the same person? Well, who hates Homura more than Homura? That’s right. Nobody. Anyone can fight and argue with their self, it’s just usually not on the level that a reality-warper like Homura can manage.

If this is true, there’s plenty of interesting directions they can take it.

- Because the Clara Dolls have a degree of separation from Homura, they can show other characters things that Homura herself has ignored or locked away. Bad memories, affection for her friends, the resentment she must feel - everything from concern to a cry for help can be plausibly shown through them as the actors.

- Manuke (Stupidity) is specifically more naive/sincere than the others. Maybe interacting with this Doll would show the Quintet that there’s something more going on than a Devil who wants to hurt other people.

- If Ai represents a love for other people, Ai can have a strange character arc where she learns to value Homura/herself, and become self-love.

- On the other hand, Ai can represent self-love from the start, and because Homura looks very fucking unhealthy in the trailer, she only wants to stop her because she’s hurting herself. This option plays into the themes of self-sacrifice and happiness, which I believe to be some of the major themes that they’re going for.

- The poster could be misleading and Ai ends up fighting everyone but Homura. I find this the funniest option.

- Homura can hug herself. It’s possible. In fact, every character can hug Homura 15 different times.

Smiles are a Clara Doll’s default expression. We have yet to see Homura smile for real.

Is this going to get very ambiguous and confusing? Probably. But rewatching for details was the fun part in Rebellion, so I’m looking forward to it!

#walpurgis no kaiten #walpurgisnacht rising #pmmm #homura akemi #madoka magica #puella magi madoka magica #Homura also looks like she’s coughing in that final shot but I can’t find a way to put it in coherently #the Homuras on the tower are too far away for me to look at. sorry.#please don’t start saying things like ‘Ai is SELFLESS LOVE who wants to free Madoka and Homura is ‘SELFISH LOVE who wants to keep Madoka’—#I… disagree. I’d be happy to debate with you but send a message please #pmmm analysis #pmmm rebellion #homucifer #clara dolls #long post

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memorisleep · 7 months

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#memoriart #puella magi madoka magica #clara dolls

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daisukoth · 8 months

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ohhh my god do i hope this theory ends up being true. It just makes so much sense for the Clara Dolls to be able to disguise as Homura in some way, they're all her after all

We also know familiars are able to grow into witches themselves after consuming enough souls

Another point id like to make:

2. Nekura: The second one to come was Gloominess. Walking out with a tapping sound, she sneered at Good-for-Nothing. “This is Good-for-Nothing! How very unbecoming.” These dolls are only disciples of Freedom, and are devoted to their lust for it.

10. Mie: The tenth to come running is Vanity. She exaggeratedly avoids Good-for-Nothing's head and says a few words. “I wouldn't be able to bear dirtying my cape with that sticky blood!” These dolls make fun of the witch's self-mu tilation.

I feel like this fits the other Homuras in the trailer quite well

Nekura's name would also explain why that Homura is hiding under the umbrella's shade:

#puella magi madoka magica #walpurgis no kaiten #clara dolls #akemi homura #theory

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inkrrred · 4 months

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Been thinking a lot of homulilly familiars..

#homulilly #clara dolls #children of the fake city #familiars #pmmm #pmmm homura #homura akemi #puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #pmmm rebellion #rebellion #kyubey #fanartist #fanart #witch #pmmm witch #devil homura #anime

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dreamerwitches · 7 months

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Some of the Clara dolls from the recent Rebellion event in Magia Record

Here are the girls whose poses differ to their individual artwork. They're different since I suppose all of them needed to be facing forwards but not all of them are in their og art. These poses are instead taken from group shots from the witches artwork book.

This one is for Yakimochi, Namake, Okubyou, Manuke and Higami

And this one for Reiketsu. Okubyou, Yakimochi and Namake reappear here but Reiketsu is exclusive to this one. (With Higami and Manuke being exclusive to the first)

So the poses aren't entirely new but it's still cool to see them individually and in high quality. Just seeing all of them in such high quality is amazing honestly (I never knew Mie was brunette, I thought her hair was black :T )

#madoka magica #puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #familiar #madoka magica familiar #clara dolls #reiketsu #okubyou #yakimochi #namake #higami #manuke #magia record

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sorcierenacht · 11 months

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timeloopinganalysis · 6 months

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PMMM Rebellion Quick Realization

There's a lot of hidden detail in these Rebellion design notes. In one of them, it has a sketch of Reiketsu doing Homura's hair flip! That's so cute! I can just imagine these dolls as mimicking their Devil mother in lots of different ways.

#homura #akemi #clara doll #clara dolls #reiketsu #coldheartedness #rebellion #pmmm #madoka magica

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hikayunas · 8 months

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someone already beat me to the punch, but i made my own (very quickly) stitched together image labeling the dolls for my own use, and figured it wouldn't hurt to share my own, too

blank, textless image is on the right as well in case anybody wants it

#shoutout to the person who beat me to it #you're a faster worker than i #the stitched together image is a little messy but i wasn't trying to make it pretty #puella magi madoka magica #walpurgis no kaiten #clara dolls #akemi homura #i was going to label the dolls' names as well but it got very crowded very fast #i used to be very *very* fixated on these girls #so i'm excited for any new content with them #especially now that they have little tails

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ra-ma-ma · 6 months

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