History WMG / PuellaMagiOrikoMagica

This is how Mami knew Walpurgis Night was coming in the first timeline of episode 10; Oriko told Kyubey, who told Mami. What she saw ''next'' and what drives her future actions are entirely dependent on Homura, who is acting as a [[ForWantOfANail Butterfly Effect]]; her actions and changing goals alter Oriko's other predictions in each timeline, which is why there were no magical girl killings seen in the anime.

[[http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-shoujo-oriko-magica/5/21 This page]] shows a sign that reads "Margot(unreadable) Garde(unreadable)", probably the witch's name and her "garden", which is lined with roses. It points into the center of her barrier, where she [[spoiler:and Oriko]] are waiting.

[[spoiler: When kyubey first appeared to Oriko, she had crossed the DespairEventHorizon from being ostracized by her peers due to her politician father embezzling funds and committing suicide upon being caught, which led to her falling from a highly respected figure to a social reject. Perhaps Kyubey never showed himself to Oriko, in which case she probably gave up on living and was DrivenToSuicide. With Oriko dead, Kirika has no reason to contract or if she had by that point, then she could have witched out from grief.]]

Pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It seems to be the default explanation in FanFic, so I figured it should be up for discussion. Homura certainly could do it, with great ease, and she's just ruthless enough to do so.

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* That makes no sense in PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey didn't know Homura was a time traveller until she killed him with bullets before he could contract Madoka. He can't read thoughts he can communicate telepathically. There is a difference.

* That makes no sense in PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey didn't know Homura was a timetraveller until she killed him with bullets before he could contract Madoka. He can't read thoughts he can communicate telepathically. There is a difference.

* hat makes no sense in PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey didn't know Homura was a timetraveller until she killed him with bullets before he could contract Madoka. He can't read thoughts he can communicate telepathically. There is a difference.

Oriko believed that contacting Madoka was a top priority to him, that's why she engineered most of the plot... but Kyubey wasn't too fast to [[spoiler: mobilize other magical girls against her]] even though he was implied to know about Oriko's scheme far before taking any actions (considering his ability to read thoughts, anything else would have been surprising, really). When Oriko's plan actually was put into motion, Kyubey [[spoiler: had plenty of opportunity to contract Madoka, while everyone was busy fighting Oriko and Kirika, and Madoka was running from monsters]]. Instead, he went to watch the fight. He didn't care when [[spoiler: Madoka died]], offering no real comments, and treating this event as completely insignificant to him. Most likely (due to being, again, a telepath), he knew very well what Homura is up to. His main goal was forcing Homura to rewind time again, sending her on another cycle of supercharging eventual ultimate-timeline Madoka, and his secondary goal was destroying Oriko, just because he eliminates magical girls who dare to plot against him (and aren't useful to him) on principle. Note, that the final confrontation as it actually happened would have fulfilled both of these goals with any realistic outcome. [[spoiler: Save for Homura's death in battle, but considering the nature of her power, the possibility of her being instantly destroyed before she can go into a timestop or jump timelines again was extremely slim.]]