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17th May '13 7:37:55 PM Vasha

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15th May '13 5:38:45 PM memememememe

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* Analyzed in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. [[DealWithTheDevil Kyubey]] grants wishes in exchange for the wishee becoming a MagicalGirl and fighting monsters for him. The problems that arise from the granting of the wish aren't exactly because of the wish itself, or from Kyubey - while he's not exactly trustworthy, he has no incentive to screw with peoples' wishes: when he says he can grant ''any'' wish, he ''means'' it, and he has no reason to influence what a Magical Girl wishes for, or to decide for her what she think fighting Witches for the rest of her life is worth. The problem is ''the person making the wish is almost never honest about what they really wanted''. Veteran Magical Girls repeatedly warn potential ones against the perils of a selfless wish, and that's part of what makes it so tragic: [[spoiler:there ''are no'' selfless wishes. Every selfless wish has a selfish motive behind it, and seeing the chance for that selfish desire slipping away with the rising happiness of someone else sends a Magical Girl deeper into despair... which is what Kyubey [[TheChessmaster wants]]. The fact that the Incubators only contract with willing girls and offer no-strings-attached wishes is their idea of equal payment for what the Magical Girls inevitably have to suffer in the end.]]

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* Analyzed in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. [[DealWithTheDevil Kyubey]] grants wishes in exchange for the wishee becoming a MagicalGirl and fighting monsters for him. The problems that arise from the granting of the wish aren't exactly because of the wish itself, or from Kyubey - while he's not exactly trustworthy, he has no incentive to screw with peoples' wishes: when he says he can grant ''any'' wish, he ''means'' it, and he has no reason to influence what a Magical Girl wishes for, or to decide for her what she think fighting Witches for the rest of her life is worth. The problem is ''the person making the wish is almost never honest about what they really wanted''. Veteran Magical Girls repeatedly warn potential ones against the perils of a selfless wish, and that's part of what makes it so tragic: [[spoiler:''There Is No Such Thing As a SelflessWish''. Every selfless wish has a selfish motive behind it, and seeing the chance for that selfish desire slipping away with the rising happiness of someone else sends a Magical Girl deeper into despair... which is what Kyubey [[TheChessmaster wants]]. The fact that the Incubators only contract with willing girls and offer no-strings-attached wishes is their idea of equal payment for what the Magical Girls inevitably have to suffer in the end.]]

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14th May '13 11:05:03 AM EDP

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14th May '13 10:59:50 AM Sapphirea2

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14th May '13 10:55:20 AM EDP

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