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* WolfWhistle: This trope is Delaney's sole response to [[spoiler: Sloan and Erika's BigDamnKiss in the final chapter]].
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* WolfWhistle: This trope is Delaney's sole response to [[spoiler: Sloan and Erika's BigDamnKiss in the final chapter]].chapter]] is to whistle the two-note glissando.
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* FiveBadBand: The Minneapolis Seven (sans Ramsey) form this trope:
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* BigDamnKiss: Coming somewhat out of nowhere, Sloan gets hers with [[spoiler: Seraph!Erika]] in the final chapter.
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* TheHeroDies: In the final arc, [[spoiler: Sloan bites it ''twice''. The first time, she's murdered by Homura but later [[CosmicRetcon retconned]] back to life as an unintended consequence of the latter's time-rewinding. The second time, after the FinalBattle, she willingly allows herself to be taken by the Law of the Cycles and enter the afterlife with the newly-awakened Madoka's help]].
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* ShootTheDog: Sloan's murder of [[spoiler: Sepulveda]] can definitely be viewed in the vein of this trope, even if the latter ''was'' trying to kill her. [[spoiler: Killing Madoka in the final arc is a much straighter example, albeit part of an elaborate plan to force Homura's hand and get time rewinded to revive the other girls that had died up to that point. [[CrazyEnoughToWork It works]].]]
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* WhereItAllBegan: In the final chapter, [[spoiler: Anoka takes up living in Fargo and [[TakeUpMySword becomes the new resident magical girl]], replacing the now-deceased Sloan as the city's protector.]]
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* WolfWhistle: This trope is Delaney's sole response to [[spoiler: Sloan and Erika's BigDamnKiss in the final chapter]].
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As of 2018, ''Fargo'' now has a sequel, titled ''Chicago'', which focuses on the Legion of Chicago in the aftermath of the events in Mitikihara City and features several returning characters from the original story. It can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12925913/1/Chicago here]].
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Homura would desperately like to get rid of Kyubey permanently (his unhidden desire to reinstate [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica the witch system]] being only the top of a long list of reasons), but needs him around to keep the magical girl system running with anything approaching efficiency. [[spoiler: In the final arc, she seriously considers killing him even despite this, but ultimately never goes through with it.]]
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler: The FinalBattle climaxes with Homura leveraging all of her divine power to obliterate the entire planet in one-last ditch effort to keep Madoka from awakening and regaining her godhood. Fortunately for all the good guys, it's that same decision that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone ultimately convinces Homura]] [[HeelRealization that she's in the wrong]], and she rewinds the mistake not long afterwards]].
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* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Kyubey is shown to employ some magical girls (Sepulveda being the most notable) in this capacity, known as "specialists" and sometimes the more colorful term "Terminatrixes". They're normally sent to dispatch other girls who have grown problematic in some fashion, especially those who kill fellow magical girls for sport.
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* MookLieutenant: Cicero's legion has two of them: Berwyn, the legion's official NumberTwo, and Darien, the [[BossInMookClothing toughest fighter]] of the bunch.
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* BadassLongcoat: Sloan's precious, precious coat, which she wears even while transformed. It's a filthy and ragged thing, but it's the only thing she has left of home. [[spoiler: Mami buys her a new one while she's in Japan, which proves much nicer than the original.]]
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* BookEnds: Arc 1 begins and ends with Sloan hitchhiking- at the start, she gets a trucker to drive her partway to Williston, at the end, she accepts Delaney's offer to drive her to Minneapolis to face Clair.
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* BookEnds: Arc 1 begins and ends with Sloan hitchhiking- at hitchhiking. At the start, she gets a trucker to drive her partway to Williston, at the end, she accepts Delaney's offer to drive her to Minneapolis to face Clair.Clair.
* BoomHeadshot: Delaney gets shot through the head by Bloomington, and it's not a [[PrettyLittleHeadshots pretty little headshot]] ''at all''. Thanks to her HealingFactor, though, it's barely a minor inconvenience.
* BoomHeadshot: Delaney gets shot through the head by Bloomington, and it's not a [[PrettyLittleHeadshots pretty little headshot]] ''at all''. Thanks to her HealingFactor, though, it's barely a minor inconvenience.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Clair puts Delaney through it after capturing her, repeatedly dunking her Soul Gem into boiling water as a workaround for Delaney's [[FeelNoPain pain resistance]]. She doesn't really get anything out of it, aside from the revelation that [[spoiler: she and Delaney are, somehow, related.]]
* FoodPorn: As in the additional media, Mami's cooking talents get quite a bit of loving attention.
* HelpingWouldBeKillStealing: InvokedTrope. Omaha only helps Sloan's quest to kill Claire in a tangential way because [[spoiler: Sloan has to kill Claire herself to summon Yaldabaoth from the negative energy involved, which Omaha intends to have Sloan kill so she can have enough energy to challenge Homura.]] Ends up partially {{subverted}} when [[spoiler: Omaha ends up taking Yaldabaoth's cubes for herself instead]].
* LanguageBarrier: Comes up when Sloan jets off to Mitakhihara despite not speaking a word of Japanese. She and Kyoko (who can't speak English) end up getting into a fight due to neither being able to understand the other. Mami, who has limited fluency in English, manages to set them straight.
* MoodWhiplash:
** The story starts mostly seriously, but has an unexpected moment of comedy when Sloan gets sick of Kyubey's ramblings and punts him into the horizon.
** Sepulveda's interlude teeters continuously between horror and absurdist humor, as it becomes clear to the readers just how ''incredibly'' screwed up her mental state is.
* MookLieutenant: Cicero's legion has two of them: Berwyn, the legion's official NumberTwo, and Darien, the [[BossInMookClothing toughest fighter]] of the bunch.
** The story starts mostly seriously, but has an unexpected moment of comedy when Sloan gets sick of Kyubey's ramblings and punts him into the horizon.
** Sepulveda's interlude teeters continuously between horror and absurdist humor, as it becomes clear to the readers just how ''incredibly'' screwed up her mental state is.
* MookLieutenant: Cicero's legion has two of them: Berwyn, the legion's official NumberTwo, and Darien, the [[BossInMookClothing toughest fighter]] of the bunch.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Both finished arcs end in one. [[spoiler: In Arc One, the girls defeat the archon but are unable to improve the town's awful conditions, and Erika dies in the process. In Arc Two, Sloan manages to kill Clair, but in doing so inadvertently causes the death of nearly the entirety of the Minneapolis Seven, along with Delaney and Lynette.]]
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* PyrrhicVictory: Both finished non-finale arcs end in one.one of these. [[spoiler: In Arc One, the girls defeat the archon but are unable to improve the town's awful conditions, and Erika dies in the process. In Arc Two, Sloan manages to kill Clair, but in doing so inadvertently causes the death of nearly the entirety of the Minneapolis Seven, along with Delaney and Lynette.]]
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* ShamefulStrip: PlayedForLaughs. [[TheChewToy Hennepin]] has her clothes stripped by Ramsey's goons after she gets captured by Carmichael. It's partially Ramsey's version of quid pro quo, Hennepin being the InsufferableGenius that she is, and partially just a embarrassing prank at her expense.
** Later on, it happens again after [[spoiler: Cicero's soldiers abduct her as a hostage, as a form of punishment for Hennepin being a [[SlutShaming "whore"]]. This time, it's very much ''not'' played for comedy.]]
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Bloomington and Woodbury, loath as the former is to admit it. While [[PunchClockVillain not particularly evil]], they work for the antagonistic Claire and are almost always together, and [[spoiler: Bloomington goes off the deep end in a major way after Woodbury's death]].
** Later on, it happens again after [[spoiler: Cicero's soldiers abduct her as a hostage, as a form of punishment for Hennepin being a [[SlutShaming "whore"]]. This time, it's very much ''not'' played for comedy.]]
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Bloomington and Woodbury, loath as the former is to admit it. While [[PunchClockVillain not particularly evil]], they work for the antagonistic Claire and are almost always together, and [[spoiler: Bloomington goes off the deep end in a major way after Woodbury's death]].
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* TrivialTitle: In what's probably a ShoutOut to the [[Film/{{Fargo}} film of the same name]], only the first chapter and a few cutaway segments thereafter actually take place in Fargo.
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** Omaha delivers a particularly effective one near the end of Chapter 41 to [[spoiler: Homura: "Who is happy now: Her or you?"]]
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* BigBad[=/=]BiggerBad: Homura and the Incubators as a BigBadDuumvirate. They operate and perpetuate the MagicalGirl system, and as a result are the ultimate villains behind all or at least most of the story's happenings. [[EvilVsEvil They also hate each other with a passion]], [[spoiler: and much of the plot of Arc 2 serves as the arguable backdrop for their CosmicChessGame over who will remain in control over the magical girl system.]]
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* BigBad[=/=]BiggerBad: BigBad: Homura and the Incubators as a BigBadDuumvirate. They operate and perpetuate the MagicalGirl system, and as a result are the ultimate villains behind all or at least most of the story's happenings. [[EvilVsEvil They also hate each other with a passion]], [[spoiler: and much of the plot of Arc 2 serves as the arguable backdrop for their CosmicChessGame over who will remain in control over the magical girl system.]]
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* ActionGirl: Everybody. You basically have to be a bonafide {{Badass}} to survive in the CrapsackWorld that is the ''Madoka Magica'' 'verse.
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* ActionGirl: Everybody. You basically have to be a bonafide {{Badass}} badass to survive in the CrapsackWorld that is the ''Madoka Magica'' 'verse.
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** What and where is [[EldritchLocation Mitkihara]]? The fact that all of the city's {{Bizarchitecture}} and WhereTheHellIsSpringfield elements from the anime are held over here doesn't help, and how much of it's odd elements can be chalked up to Homura's influence is debatable.
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** What and where is [[EldritchLocation Mitkihara]]? Mitakihara]]? The fact that all of the city's {{Bizarchitecture}} and WhereTheHellIsSpringfield elements from the anime are held over here doesn't help, and how much of it's odd elements can be chalked up to Homura's influence is debatable.
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[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion The Rebellion has ended]]. The Incubators have been overthrown. Magic has returned to the world, and [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]] continue to do battle with [[EldritchAbomination wraiths]] to protect mankind and prevent the end of the universe via heat death. From her throne in Mitakhaira Mitakihara City, Homura Akemi, the [[SatanicArchetype Adversary of God]], oversees the system and ensures that it runs ship-shape, the [[DragonWithAnAgenda debatably-loyal]] Kyubey at her side. Being a MagicalGirl is still a horrifying and dangerous job, but with the witches gone, it's infinitely better than before.
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** Any fight [[PhyiscalGod Homura]] gets into has a tendency to be this for the other side. [[spoiler: Sayaka]] is the only person who demonstrates the ability to fight her one-on-one with some level of success, and even she gets overpowered eventually.
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** Any fight [[PhyiscalGod [[PhysicalGod Homura]] gets into has a tendency to be this for the other side. [[spoiler: Sayaka]] is the only person who demonstrates the ability to fight her one-on-one with some level of success, and even she gets overpowered eventually.
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In the snowy flatlands of the American Midwest, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], [[ShellShockedVeteran jaded]] Sloan Redfearn resides in [[TitleDrop Fargo]], North Dakota as its resident magical girl. It wasn't always this way, however- seven months prior, Sloan was the head girl of the "Minneapolis Seven" (A loose team of magical girls that protect the Twin Cities area in Minnesota) before being ousted by her [[TheStarscream treacherous second-in-command]] and OnlyFriend, Clair Ibsen. Now, Sloan lives alone in Fargo, nursing a grudge towards her former friend, while her Soul Gem grows darker and darker every day thanks to the slim wraith pickings in the city. When Kyubey offers her a unique opportunity- travel to nearby Williston and quell a wraith infestation that has recently sprung up- Sloan [[JumpedAtTheCall jumps at the chance]] to recharge her Soul Gem and seek revenge on Clair.
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In the snowy flatlands of the American Midwest, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], [[ShellShockedVeteran [[TheCynic jaded]] Sloan Redfearn resides in [[TitleDrop Fargo]], North Dakota as its resident magical girl. It wasn't always this way, however- seven months prior, Sloan was the head girl of the "Minneapolis Seven" (A loose team of magical girls that protect the Twin Cities area in Minnesota) before being ousted by her [[TheStarscream treacherous second-in-command]] and OnlyFriend, Clair Ibsen. Now, Sloan lives alone in Fargo, nursing a grudge towards her former friend, while her Soul Gem grows darker and darker every day thanks to the slim wraith pickings in the city. When Kyubey offers her a unique opportunity- travel to nearby Williston and quell a wraith infestation that has recently sprung up- Sloan [[JumpedAtTheCall jumps at the chance]] to recharge her Soul Gem and seek revenge on Clair.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11228999/1/Fargo Fargo]]'' is an ambitious ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' fic that introduces a CastHerd of OCs and details the fallout of ''Rebellion''. Notable features include its fast-moving story, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large, well-developed cast]], and [[KudzuPlot increasingly-complex plot]].
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11228999/1/Fargo Fargo]]'' is an ambitious ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' fic that introduces a CastHerd of OCs and details the fallout of ''Rebellion''. Notable features include its fast-moving story, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large, well-developed cast]], and [[KudzuPlot increasingly-complex plot]].
plot]]. As of now, the story is complete at 43 chapters (and a credits page).
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* AdultFear: Sloan left home seven months ago with no word of warning and hasn't been seen by her parents or family since. One can only imagine how her parents feel. Likewise for Erika, who similarly left home with no warning shortly after contracting.
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* AdultFear: Sloan left home seven months ago with no word of warning and hasn't been seen As outlined in MinorLivingAlone below, most magical girls live by her themselves, isolated from their parents or family since. and family. One can only imagine wonders how her many parents feel. Likewise for Erika, who similarly left home with no warning shortly after contracting.around the world suddenly woke up one day to find their little girl gone.
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Erika, Woodbury, Sepulveda, Lynette, Bloomington, Clair, St. Paul, Ramsey, and Delaney]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come.
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* AnyoneCanDie: The author isn't shy from killing off important characters to establish that the setting is indeed a CrapsackWorld where AnyoneCanDie. [[spoiler: Erika, Woodbury, Sepulveda, Lynette, Bloomington, Clair, St. Paul, Ramsey, By the story's end, it's probably easier to count the important characters who ''haven't'' died: specifically, Mami, Hennepin, Kyoko, Anoka, Cicero and Delaney]] are her legion, and Homura, and Madoka's comments at the current casualties, with likely more to come. end of the story straight-up say that all of them will eventually be killed by the Wraiths or taken by the Cycles.]]
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* ArcVillain: The Williston archon (a.k.a. "Abraxas") for Arc 1. Clair Ibsen for Arc 2.
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* BigBad[=/=]BiggerBad: Homura and the Incubators as a BigBadDuumvirate. They operate and perpetuate the MagicalGirl system, and as a result are the ultimate villains behind all or at least most of the story's happenings. They also hate each other with a passion, [[spoiler: and much of the plot of Arc 2 serves as the arguable backdrop for their CosmicChessGame over who will remain in control over the magical girl system.]]
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* BigBad[=/=]BiggerBad: Homura and the Incubators as a BigBadDuumvirate. They operate and perpetuate the MagicalGirl system, and as a result are the ultimate villains behind all or at least most of the story's happenings. [[EvilVsEvil They also hate each other with a passion, passion]], [[spoiler: and much of the plot of Arc 2 serves as the arguable backdrop for their CosmicChessGame over who will remain in control over the magical girl system.]]
** The story itself also ends with one of these. [[spoiler: So many girls have died or been taken by the Law of the Cycles, but Homura finally has her HeelRealization and returns Madoka's god powers to their rightful owner, ensuring the universe isn't going to die from heat death anytime soon- unfortunately, that also means the wraith system will have to persist for the foreseeable future, and perhaps forever.]]
* BlingOfWar: The Chicago girls are all decked out in shiny, golden armor. It isn't just for show, either- Cicero's armor, at least, is enchanted by the Empress of Chicago, and thusly tough enough to tank a hit from basically anything without breaking.
* BlingOfWar: The Chicago girls are all decked out in shiny, golden armor. It isn't just for show, either- Cicero's armor, at least, is enchanted by the Empress of Chicago, and thusly tough enough to tank a hit from basically anything without breaking.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Sloan's finisher. After going unused for most of the story (it only works while in sunlight, which can be blocked out by wraith miasma) it finally comes in handy against [[spoiler: Yaldabaoth, courtesy of Delaney levitating Sloan above the clouds so she can access the sunlight.]]
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* ChekhovsSkill: Sloan's finisher.[[FinishingMove finisher]]. After going unused for most of the story (it only works while in sunlight, which can be blocked out by wraith miasma) it finally comes in handy against [[spoiler: Yaldabaoth, courtesy of Delaney levitating Sloan above the clouds so she can access the sunlight.]]
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** Calling Sloan and Ramsey's confrontation in Chapter 24 a 'fight' would be a major exaggeration. The power and skill gaps between the two are readily apparent, and the only reason Ramsey stands a chance at all is because Sloan's also fighting with the Clara Dolls at the same time.
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** Calling Sloan and Ramsey's confrontation in Chapter 24 a 'fight' would be a major exaggeration. The power and skill gaps between the two are readily apparent, and the only reason Ramsey stands a chance at all is because Sloan's also fighting with [[spoiler: the Clara Dolls Dolls]] at the same time.time.
** Kyoko mops the floor with Sloan in their first meeting in Chapter 30, [[CurbstompCushion though that can be partially attributed to Sloan being exhausted and low on magic]].
** Any fight [[PhyiscalGod Homura]] gets into has a tendency to be this for the other side. [[spoiler: Sayaka]] is the only person who demonstrates the ability to fight her one-on-one with some level of success, and even she gets overpowered eventually.
** Kyoko mops the floor with Sloan in their first meeting in Chapter 30, [[CurbstompCushion though that can be partially attributed to Sloan being exhausted and low on magic]].
** Any fight [[PhyiscalGod Homura]] gets into has a tendency to be this for the other side. [[spoiler: Sayaka]] is the only person who demonstrates the ability to fight her one-on-one with some level of success, and even she gets overpowered eventually.
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** The death of [[spoiler: St. Paul]] too. [[spoiler: She goes up against Yaldabaoth alone, and manages to prove it can be beaten by simultaneously [[AttackItsWeakPoint attacking its weak point]] and [[AttackReflector turning its own attack back at it]]. She gets killed for her troubles, but it's still awesome.]]
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** The entirety of Arc 3 is basically one big conflict between Homura, Omaha [[spoiler: and Sayaka and Nagisa]], Cicero and the Chicago Legion, the rest of the Mitikihara Six, and Sloan, who's trying to stop all of the aforementioned factions from killing anyone else.
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* RiddleForTheAges: As does the original anime, the story gradually answers a lot of driving questions but also leaves quite a few unanswered in the end. Specific examples:
** How exactly did Kyubey manage to [[spoiler: clone Omaha from Homura, and clone Delaney and Clair from itself?]]
** Who exactly ''is'' the Empress of Chicago, and how did she manage to acquire so much power and control in the first place?
** What and where is [[EldritchLocation Mitkihara]]? The fact that all of the city's {{Bizarchitecture}} and WhereTheHellIsSpringfield elements from the anime are held over here doesn't help, and how much of it's odd elements can be chalked up to Homura's influence is debatable.
** How exactly did Kyubey manage to [[spoiler: clone Omaha from Homura, and clone Delaney and Clair from itself?]]
** Who exactly ''is'' the Empress of Chicago, and how did she manage to acquire so much power and control in the first place?
** What and where is [[EldritchLocation Mitkihara]]? The fact that all of the city's {{Bizarchitecture}} and WhereTheHellIsSpringfield elements from the anime are held over here doesn't help, and how much of it's odd elements can be chalked up to Homura's influence is debatable.
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* BittersweetEnding: The ending of Arc 1. The Williston Three defeat the archon, but Omaha kills Erika in the aftermath, Clair is still out there to ensure that Sloan isn't safe, and nothing about the WretchedHive that is Williston has been changed by the miasma's dispersal.
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* BittersweetEnding: The ending of Arc 1. The Williston Three defeat the archon, but [[spoiler: Omaha kills Erika in the aftermath, aftermath,]] Clair is still out there to ensure that Sloan isn't safe, and nothing about the WretchedHive that is Williston has been changed by the miasma's dispersal.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Erika, [[spoiler: Woodbury, Sepulveda, Lynette, Bloomington, Clair, St. Paul, Ramsey, and Delaney]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Kyubey, as usual, doesn't show much concern for the lives of individual people (or indeed, entire cities and regions) so long as his energy quotas get met. [[spoiler: When Yaldabaoth awakens in Minneapolis, he discusses the ensuing massacre as if it were a pleasant picnic, not even batting an eye as he discusses the gruesome and prolonged death of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people courtesy of the archon's actions. Ironically, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark the exact same speech is what convinces Hennepin to help the other surviving girls]].]]
* AndThenWhat: Delaney constantly asks as much of Sloan regarding her desire to kill Clair. [[spoiler: It never works.]]
* AndThenWhat: Delaney constantly asks as much of Sloan regarding her desire to kill Clair. [[spoiler: It never works.]]
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* PyrrhicVictory: Both finished arcs end in one. [[spoiler: In Arc One, the girls defeat the archon but are unable to improve the town's awful conditions, and Erika dies in the process. In Arc Two, Sloan manages to kill Clair, but in doing so inadvertently causes the death of nearly the entirety of the Minneapolis Seven, along with Delaney and Lynette.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: Erika, [[spoiler: Woodbury, Sepulveda, Lynette, Bloomington, Clair, St. Paul, and Ramsey]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come.
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Magical girls can ignore standard biological needs (such as hunger, thirst, and yes, air) by burning energy from their Soul Gem to pick up the slack, though it's resource-inefficient.
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* CallingYourAttacks: ZigZagged. Most girls don't play by this trope (with Sloan {{lampshading}} that girls can become reliant on this trope to fight properly), though a few do, Erika and Woodbury being the primary examples.
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* ClothingDamage: It's never permanent since magic can just be used to repair the damage, but it pops up a few times:
** Sloan rips open her jacket during her fight with the worm wraith in Chapter 6.
** Delaney's dress gets positively ''shredded'' courtesy of her numerous injuries during the Abraxas battle, by the end it's little more than rags.
** Something of a RunningGag with Anoka. Every time she fights, her outfit accumulates more and more damage, especially during her fight with Sloan at Clair's house in Chapter 26.
** Sloan rips open her jacket during her fight with the worm wraith in Chapter 6.
** Delaney's dress gets positively ''shredded'' courtesy of her numerous injuries during the Abraxas battle, by the end it's little more than rags.
** Something of a RunningGag with Anoka. Every time she fights, her outfit accumulates more and more damage, especially during her fight with Sloan at Clair's house in Chapter 26.
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* CurbStompBattle
** Sloan takes down Bloomington in a matter of seconds when the two throw down in Chapter 16. Later on in the same chapter, Sloan and Delaney have their asses handed to them courtesy of a surprise attack by St. Paul.
** Calling Sloan and Ramsey's confrontation in Chapter 24 a 'fight' would be a major exaggeration. The power and skill gaps between the two are readily apparent, and the only reason Ramsey stands a chance at all is because Sloan's also fighting with the Clara Dolls at the same time.
* DarkestHour: The beginning of Chapter 27. [[spoiler: Clair is dead and Yaldabaoth awakens as a result, immediately wrecking havoc and killing St. Paul. The rest of the surviving girls (Sloan, Delaney, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Anoka) are all beaten up and low on power. Only by working together do they manage to beat the archon, and even then only just.]]
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The room in Williston that the girls rent has a recently-DrivenToSuicide man hanging from a rope on the closet. Erika eventually tosses his body out the window when she gets sick of looking at it.
** Sloan takes down Bloomington in a matter of seconds when the two throw down in Chapter 16. Later on in the same chapter, Sloan and Delaney have their asses handed to them courtesy of a surprise attack by St. Paul.
** Calling Sloan and Ramsey's confrontation in Chapter 24 a 'fight' would be a major exaggeration. The power and skill gaps between the two are readily apparent, and the only reason Ramsey stands a chance at all is because Sloan's also fighting with the Clara Dolls at the same time.
* DarkestHour: The beginning of Chapter 27. [[spoiler: Clair is dead and Yaldabaoth awakens as a result, immediately wrecking havoc and killing St. Paul. The rest of the surviving girls (Sloan, Delaney, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Anoka) are all beaten up and low on power. Only by working together do they manage to beat the archon, and even then only just.]]
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The room in Williston that the girls rent has a recently-DrivenToSuicide man hanging from a rope on the closet. Erika eventually tosses his body out the window when she gets sick of looking at it.
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* DynamicEntry: Sepulveda is first introduced when she fires a bullet through Sloan and Delaney's hotel window and steps through the ensuing wreckage.
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* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Whether it's wraiths, fellow magical girls, the Law of the Cycles, or even regular humans, if you're a MagicalGirl you can guarantee you're fighting for your life every second of the day.
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** Clair [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this trope in Chapter 19 by using her illusions to drain the area of color, making it so it's impossible for Sloan to tell where to shoot.
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** Clair [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this trope in Chapter 19 by using her illusions to drain the area of color, making it so it's impossible for Sloan to tell where to shoot.
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** While trying to remember what Bloomington's weapon is in Chapter 16, Sloan briefly think it's a whip, before dismissing the idea, saying the whip is the weapon of "someone else". Said someone else turns out to be Ramsey when her weapon is finally revealed in Chapter 24.
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** While trying to remember what Bloomington's weapon is in Chapter 16, Sloan briefly think thinks it's a whip, before dismissing the idea, saying the whip is the weapon of "someone else". Said someone else turns out to be Ramsey when her weapon is finally revealed in Chapter 24.
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** Clair [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this trope in Chapter 11 by using her illusions to drain the area of color, making it so it's impossible for Sloan to tell where to shoot.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The default method of dealing with archons. For Abraxas, it's the enormous pit of oil it both creates and drains, which Sloan sets on fire. For [[spoiler: Yaldabaoth,
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The default method of dealing with archons. For Abraxas, it's the enormous pit of oil it both creates and drains, which Sloan sets on fire. For [[spoiler: Yaldabaoth, it's the face.]]
** An unnamed girl scuffles with Sloan in Chapter 1. In Chapter 26, the same girl reappears and turns out to be Anoka.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Aside from the wraiths, no character is purely good or purely bad. The protagonists are [[AntiHero anti-heroes]] while the (human) antagonists are [[AntiVillain anti-villains]], which both sides having legitimate reasons for what they do.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Aside from the wraiths, no character is purely good or purely bad. The protagonists are [[AntiHero anti-heroes]] while the (human) antagonists are [[AntiVillain anti-villains]], which with both sides having legitimate reasons for what they do.
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* TotalPartyKill: The events of the Saskatoon archon battle in Delaney's backstory. ''Fifteen'' magical girls arrived to fight it, and Delany emerged as the SoleSurvivor. She's understandably a little traumatized over it.
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* TotalPartyKill: The events of the Saskatoon archon battle in Delaney's backstory. ''Fifteen'' magical girls arrived to fight it, and Delany Delaney emerged as the SoleSurvivor. She's understandably a little traumatized over it.
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** Chapter 26: Sloan and Clair ''finally'' have their long-awaited face-off. [[spoiler: Sloan wins and kills Clair, subsequently spawning a new archon, and Lynette and Bloomington die over the course of the battle.
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** Chapter 26: Sloan and Clair ''finally'' have their long-awaited face-off. [[spoiler: Sloan wins and kills Clair, subsequently spawning a new archon, and Lynette and Bloomington die over the course of the battle.]]
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** Clair [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this trope in Chapter 11 by using her illusions to drain the area of color, making it so it's impossible for Sloan to tell where to shoot.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Erika, [[spoiler: Woodbury, and Sepulveda]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Erika, [[spoiler: Woodbury, Sepulveda, Lynette, Bloomington, Clair, St. Paul, and Sepulveda]] Ramsey]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The default method of dealing with archons. For Abraxas, it's the enormous pit of oil it both creates and drains, which Sloan sets on fire. For [[spoiler: Yaldabaoth,
* ChekhovsSkill: Sloan's finisher. After going unused for most of the story (it only works while in sunlight, which can be blocked out by wraith miasma) it finally comes in handy against [[spoiler: Yaldabaoth, courtesy of Delaney levitating Sloan above the clouds so she can access the sunlight.]]
** The [[spoiler: Minneapolis archon spawned by Clair's death, Yaldabaoth, is even stranger. It has a literal star (as in, a miniature sun) for a head, numerous eyes covering said star that appear and vanish at random, and an enormous [[MultiArmedAndDangerous multi-armed]] body that's covered in ink-black feathers.]]
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* Foreshadowing{{Foreshadowing}}
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Aside from the wraiths, no character is purely good or purely bad. The protagonists are [[AntiHero anti-heroes]] while the (human) antagonists are [[AntiVillain anti-villains]], which both sides having legitimate reasons for what they do.
** Sloan vs. Clair and Anoka vs. Bloomington vs. Delaney vs. [[spoiler: a Naga wraith]] in Chapter 26.
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* TheOldestProfession: What a lot of magical girls end up turning to pay the bills, considering their young age. Ramsey and a few deceased members of the Minneapolis Seven are confirmed ex-teen prostitutes, and Delaney and Erika are implied to be as well.
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* TheOldestProfession: What a lot of magical girls end up turning to pay the bills, considering their young age.bills. Ramsey and a few deceased members of the Minneapolis Seven are confirmed ex-teen prostitutes, and Delaney and Erika are implied to be as well.
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* WhamEpisode
** Chapter 11: The girls fight and destroy Abraxas, but Delaney is seemingly killed in the process.
** Chapter 12: Omaha kills Erika and is subsequently revealed to be a minion of Clair, while Delaney turns out to be NotQuiteDead.
** Chapter 26: Sloan and Clair ''finally'' have their long-awaited face-off. [[spoiler: Sloan wins and kills Clair, subsequently spawning a new archon, and Lynette and Bloomington die over the course of the battle.
** Chapter 27: [[spoiler: Sloan kills Yaldabaoth, the new archon, but St. Paul and Ramsey die in the process, Anoka and Hennepin are left in states of UncertainDoom, and things aren't looking too good for Sloan and Delaney either.]]
** Chapter 11: The girls fight and destroy Abraxas, but Delaney is seemingly killed in the process.
** Chapter 12: Omaha kills Erika and is subsequently revealed to be a minion of Clair, while Delaney turns out to be NotQuiteDead.
** Chapter 26: Sloan and Clair ''finally'' have their long-awaited face-off. [[spoiler: Sloan wins and kills Clair, subsequently spawning a new archon, and Lynette and Bloomington die over the course of the battle.
** Chapter 27: [[spoiler: Sloan kills Yaldabaoth, the new archon, but St. Paul and Ramsey die in the process, Anoka and Hennepin are left in states of UncertainDoom, and things aren't looking too good for Sloan and Delaney either.]]
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''Fargo'' is an ambitious ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' fic that introduces a CastHerd of OCs and details the fallout of ''Rebellion''. Notable features include its fast-moving plot, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large, well-developed cast]], and [[KudzuPlot increasingly-complex plot]].
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''Fargo'' is an ambitious ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' fic that introduces a CastHerd of OCs and details the fallout of ''Rebellion''. Notable features include its fast-moving plot, story, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large, well-developed cast]], and [[KudzuPlot increasingly-complex plot]].
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After a long period of being tortured and interrogated for information by Clair in Chapter 20, Delaney finally manages to ask a counter-question that completely throws Clair off her game: [[spoiler: "Are you adopted?"]]
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* ChekhovsGun
** During her MotiveRant to Sloan in Chapter 7, Delaney briefly mentions that she gained a magical knife as part of her wish. It comes in handy during her fight with Omaha in Chapter 12.
** Omaha is stated on multiple occasions to [[IdenticalStranger closely resemble Homura]]. [[spoiler: In Chapter 22, she uses this likeness to her advantage to confuse the Clara Dolls Homura's sent to kill Sloan.]]
** During her MotiveRant to Sloan in Chapter 7, Delaney briefly mentions that she gained a magical knife as part of her wish. It comes in handy during her fight with Omaha in Chapter 12.
** Omaha is stated on multiple occasions to [[IdenticalStranger closely resemble Homura]]. [[spoiler: In Chapter 22, she uses this likeness to her advantage to confuse the Clara Dolls Homura's sent to kill Sloan.]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: {{Deconstruction}}: For anyone who believed that the original anime wasn't a {{Deconstruction}} of the MagicalGirl archetype, look no farther than ''Fargo''. The story exemplifies how the need to stay alive and keep hunting for cubes can make girls do some ''very'' nasty things to stay alive, not to mention how the physical time taken up by hunting wraiths can very rapidly distance girls from their friends and family. And unlike in the anime, there are no [[TheCape classically heroic characters]] to contrast the [[AntiHero anti-heroes]], and trying to use magic for pure-hearted purposes will almost inevitably end up in a case of NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished- just ask [[spoiler: Bloomington and Woodbury.]]
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Lynette appears very briefly when Bloomington and Woodbury are visiting the Ibsen house in Chapter 14. She has a formal introduction much later on in Chapter 21.
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* ExactWords: EndOfAnAge: The story takes place after the end of Goddess Madoka's reign over the Magical Girl system. [[spoiler: Kyubey's actively seeking to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]] by preparing Clair to defeat Homura and revert the system back to its pre-Episode 12 version.]]
* ExactWords
** As usual, Kyubey uses it with abandon. A statement he uses multiple times to trick or mislead various characters is how Omaha's {{invisibility}} makes her "hard to track". Hard, not impossible.
** Everything Bloomington tells Clair during their conversation in Chapter 23 is MetaphoricallyTrue. Woodbury's not doing well, but she doesn't need cubes... [[spoiler: because she's dead.]]
* FiveBadBand: The Minneapolis Seven (sans Ramsey) form this trope:
** BigBad: Clair. TheLeader and the one [[TheChessmaster orchestrating the events]] that led up to her war with Sloan.
** TheDragon: St. Paul. Clair's most loyal underling and the most powerful member of the group.
** TheEvilGenius: Hennepin. The smartest member of the team other than Clair herself, and the only member that seems to really put any thought into strategizing.
** TheBrute: Bloomington. The second-most powerful member behind St. Paul, but not useful for much other than fighting.
** TheDarkChick: Woodbury. TheHeart and TokenGoodTeammate of the group.
** SixthRangerTraitor: Anoka. The NewMeat of the group, she's also the least involved in the war with Sloan and Delaney.
* Foreshadowing
** See EarlyBirdCameo above.
** While trying to remember what Bloomington's weapon is in Chapter 16, Sloan briefly think it's a whip, before dismissing the idea, saying the whip is the weapon of "someone else". Said someone else turns out to be Ramsey when her weapon is finally revealed in Chapter 24.
* ExactWords
** As usual, Kyubey uses it with abandon. A statement he uses multiple times to trick or mislead various characters is how Omaha's {{invisibility}} makes her "hard to track". Hard, not impossible.
** Everything Bloomington tells Clair during their conversation in Chapter 23 is MetaphoricallyTrue. Woodbury's not doing well, but she doesn't need cubes... [[spoiler: because she's dead.]]
* FiveBadBand: The Minneapolis Seven (sans Ramsey) form this trope:
** BigBad: Clair. TheLeader and the one [[TheChessmaster orchestrating the events]] that led up to her war with Sloan.
** TheDragon: St. Paul. Clair's most loyal underling and the most powerful member of the group.
** TheEvilGenius: Hennepin. The smartest member of the team other than Clair herself, and the only member that seems to really put any thought into strategizing.
** TheBrute: Bloomington. The second-most powerful member behind St. Paul, but not useful for much other than fighting.
** TheDarkChick: Woodbury. TheHeart and TokenGoodTeammate of the group.
** SixthRangerTraitor: Anoka. The NewMeat of the group, she's also the least involved in the war with Sloan and Delaney.
* Foreshadowing
** See EarlyBirdCameo above.
** While trying to remember what Bloomington's weapon is in Chapter 16, Sloan briefly think it's a whip, before dismissing the idea, saying the whip is the weapon of "someone else". Said someone else turns out to be Ramsey when her weapon is finally revealed in Chapter 24.
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* TheOldestProfession: What a lot of magical girls end up turning pay the bills, considering their young age. Ramsey and a few deceased members of the Minneapolis Seven are confirmed ex-teen prostitutes, and Delaney and Erika are implied to be as well.
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* TheOldestProfession: What a lot of magical girls end up turning to pay the bills, considering their young age. Ramsey and a few deceased members of the Minneapolis Seven are confirmed ex-teen prostitutes, and Delaney and Erika are implied to be as well.
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'''As this fanfic contains spoilers up to and including the original anime's current ending, all spoilers not contained within the fanfic itself. It is highly recommended that you watch ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' in its entirety before reading this story. Proceed at your own risk.'''
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'''As this fanfic contains spoilers up to and including the original anime's current ending, all spoilers not contained within the fanfic itself.itself are unmarked. It is highly recommended that you watch ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' in its entirety before reading this story. Proceed at your own risk.'''
** After apparently dying in the battle with the archon, Delaney reappears to save Sloan from being killed by Omaha in Chapter 12.
* BittersweetEnding: The ending of Arc 1. The Williston Three defeat the archon, but Omaha kills Erika in the aftermath, Clair is still out there to ensure that Sloan isn't safe, and nothing about the WretchedHive that is Williston has been changed by the miasma's dispersal.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Sloan crosses it after Erika is murdered by Omaha in Chapter 12. It's only the overpowering hope in her newly-charged Soul Gem that keeps her going; as Kyubey points out, you can miserable and still feel hopeful.
** Bloomington goes over it after [[spoiler: Woodbury's death. Her speech patterns change to little more than monosyllabic answers (to the point that her continued repetition of "nah" comes close to becoming a MadnessMantra) and she only seems capable of moving with significant effort.]]
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Woodbury is [[NoBodyLeftBehind taken]] by the Law of the Cycles in Chapter 22 while still in Bloomington's arms.]]
* DueToTheDead: Sloan tries to find Delaney's buried body after the latter is [[DisneyDeath seemingly killed]] during the battle with Abraxas, rationalizing that she owes Delaney that much. Then it turns out that Delaney is NotQuiteDead.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Erika's death. Despite being exhausted and nearly out of magic, she still manages to hold her own against Omaha and unleash her FinishingMove a second time before her Soul Gem turns completely dark and she's taken by the Law of the Cycles.
** Sloan crosses it after Erika is murdered by Omaha in Chapter 12. It's only the overpowering hope in her newly-charged Soul Gem that keeps her going; as Kyubey points out, you can miserable and still feel hopeful.
** Bloomington goes over it after [[spoiler: Woodbury's death. Her speech patterns change to little more than monosyllabic answers (to the point that her continued repetition of "nah" comes close to becoming a MadnessMantra) and she only seems capable of moving with significant effort.]]
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Woodbury is [[NoBodyLeftBehind taken]] by the Law of the Cycles in Chapter 22 while still in Bloomington's arms.]]
* DueToTheDead: Sloan tries to find Delaney's buried body after the latter is [[DisneyDeath seemingly killed]] during the battle with Abraxas, rationalizing that she owes Delaney that much. Then it turns out that Delaney is NotQuiteDead.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Erika's death. Despite being exhausted and nearly out of magic, she still manages to hold her own against Omaha and unleash her FinishingMove a second time before her Soul Gem turns completely dark and she's taken by the Law of the Cycles.
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* NoBodyLeftBehind: The fate of those taken by the Law of the Cycles, as seen in [[spoiler: Erika]] and [[Woodbury's]] deaths.
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* NoBodyLeftBehind: The fate of those taken by the Law of the Cycles, as seen in [[spoiler: Erika]] and [[Woodbury's]] [[spoiler: Woodbury's]] deaths.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: {{Averted}}. All of the locales in the story (including Williston) are real-life cities, though they aren't necessarily depicted in-story as they are in RealLife.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: {{Averted}}. All of the locales in the story (including Williston) are real-life cities, though they aren't necessarily depicted in-story as they are in RealLife.RealLife.
* WretchedHive: Williston, and not entirely because of the wraith infestation. The girls discover a man hanging from a noose in the closet of their hotel room, a majority of the city's populace live in tents in an abandoned airplane hangar, and during the trek back to the inn in Chapter 13 Sloan and Delaney pass a bus that's selling women like merchandise.
* WretchedHive: Williston, and not entirely because of the wraith infestation. The girls discover a man hanging from a noose in the closet of their hotel room, a majority of the city's populace live in tents in an abandoned airplane hangar, and during the trek back to the inn in Chapter 13 Sloan and Delaney pass a bus that's selling women like merchandise.
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* ActionGirl: Everybody. You basically have to be a bonafide {{Badass}} to survive in the CrapsackWorld that is the ''Madoka Magica'' 'verse,
* AnyoneCanDie: As in canon. [[spoiler: Erika, Woodbury, and Sepulveda]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come.
* AnyoneCanDie: As in canon. [[spoiler: Erika, Woodbury, and Sepulveda]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come.
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* ActionGirl: Everybody. You basically have to be a bonafide {{Badass}} to survive in the CrapsackWorld that is the ''Madoka Magica'' 'verse,
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* AdultFear: Sloan left home seven months ago with no word of warning and hasn't been seen by her parents or family since. One can only imagine how her parents feel. Likewise for Erika, who similarly left home with no warning shortly after contracting.
* AlienGeometries: All over the place in Williston, which is infested by reality-warping miasma. The entire town has been bloated to massive proportions, no doors lead where they should, and during the girls' first trek into the Williston Inn the walls start corkscrewing like a top and nearly crush Sloan when they suddenly close together.
* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The final stage of the battle with Abraxas in Chapter 11 takes this form, as the archon panics and begins to warp reality at a rapid rate, dying the arena all sorts of zany colors.
* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Like in the source material, Magical Girls, wraiths, and the Incubators are the angels, devils, and squid, respectively.
* AnyoneCanDie:As in canon. Erika, [[spoiler: Erika, Woodbury, and Sepulveda]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come. come.
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: Homura's negligence towards the gathering of entropy is ever-so-slowly inching the universe towards a Class X-4. Kyubey (as well as Clair and Delaney, his [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]]) is determined to prevent it.]]
* AdultFear: Sloan left home seven months ago with no word of warning and hasn't been seen by her parents or family since. One can only imagine how her parents feel. Likewise for Erika, who similarly left home with no warning shortly after contracting.
* AlienGeometries: All over the place in Williston, which is infested by reality-warping miasma. The entire town has been bloated to massive proportions, no doors lead where they should, and during the girls' first trek into the Williston Inn the walls start corkscrewing like a top and nearly crush Sloan when they suddenly close together.
* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The final stage of the battle with Abraxas in Chapter 11 takes this form, as the archon panics and begins to warp reality at a rapid rate, dying the arena all sorts of zany colors.
* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Like in the source material, Magical Girls, wraiths, and the Incubators are the angels, devils, and squid, respectively.
* AnyoneCanDie:
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: Homura's negligence towards the gathering of entropy is ever-so-slowly inching the universe towards a Class X-4. Kyubey (as well as Clair and Delaney, his [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]]) is determined to prevent it.]]
* BatmanGambit: Clair's plan is a ''very'' drawn-out version of this. [[spoiler: By betraying Sloan, she caused the latter to develop a profound hatred for her, and intensified that hatred by sending Omaha to interfere with the wraith extermination in Williston, and ultimately kill Erika. By that point, Sloan is so blinded with rage that the desire to kill Clair completely filled her being. And by finally killing Sloan now that she's back in Minneapolis, Clair hopes to commit a sin so terrible it spawns the most powerful archon ever seen- the spoils from which will empower her Soul Gem so much she'll be able to defeat ''Homura Akemi herself'' and wrest control of the Law of the Cycles before handing it over to Kyubey, whom she believes is the rightful controller over it.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Not a single girl whose wish has been identified seems to not regret making it. Sloan even {{lampshades}} the fact that contract wishes are more-or-less universally terrible in hindsight.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Not a single girl whose wish has been identified seems to not regret making it. Sloan even {{lampshades}} the fact that contract wishes are more-or-less universally terrible in hindsight.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** Delaney's introduction in Chapter 2 is saving Sloan from a swarm of wraiths.
** Omaha comes out of nowhere to rescue Sloan from wraiths in Chapter 10. She repeats the gesture twice, in Chapter 10 and then again in Chapter 11 (while also saving Delaney to boot).
** Omaha, [[RunningGag yet again]], rescues Sloan and Delaney from an ambush by Sepulveda in Chapter 18.
** Carmichael in Chapter 19, appearing suddenly to disrupt Clair's magic and knock out Hennepin while Sloan is fighting with the latter two.
** Delaney's introduction in Chapter 2 is saving Sloan from a swarm of wraiths.
** Omaha comes out of nowhere to rescue Sloan from wraiths in Chapter 10. She repeats the gesture twice, in Chapter 10 and then again in Chapter 11 (while also saving Delaney to boot).
** Omaha, [[RunningGag yet again]], rescues Sloan and Delaney from an ambush by Sepulveda in Chapter 18.
** Carmichael in Chapter 19, appearing suddenly to disrupt Clair's magic and knock out Hennepin while Sloan is fighting with the latter two.
* BookEnds: Arc 1 begins and ends with Sloan hitchhiking- at the start, she gets a trucker to drive her partway to Williston, at the end, she accepts Delaney's offer to drive her to Minneapolis to face Clair.
* BreakTheCutie: All over the place. Much of the main cast is very much broken, some of them in the backstory (Sloan, Erika, Omaha) and some in the present story (Bloomington, Woodbury).
* BurgerFool: It's not a restaurant, but Sloan's job at a no-name convenience store at the start of the story is very much an example of this trope.
* BreakTheCutie: All over the place. Much of the main cast is very much broken, some of them in the backstory (Sloan, Erika, Omaha) and some in the present story (Bloomington, Woodbury).
* BurgerFool: It's not a restaurant, but Sloan's job at a no-name convenience store at the start of the story is very much an example of this trope.
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* DysfunctionJunctionDysfunctionJunction: The cast is a veritable buffet table of psychological issues. Sloan is single-mindedly determined to kill Clair, Delaney is sociopathic, Bloomington shows elements of ShellShockedVeteran... yeah, there's a lot of this going around.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Lynette appears very briefly when Bloomington and Woodbury are visiting the Ibsen house in Chapter 14. She has a formal introduction much later on in Chapter 21.
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* TotalPartyKill: The events of the Saskatoon archon battle in Delaney's backstory. ''Fifteen'' magical girls arrived to fight it, and Delany emerged as the SoleSurvivor. She's understandably a little traumatized over it.
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* NoBodyLeftBehind: The fate of those taken by the Law of the Cycles, as seen in [[spoiler: Erika]] and [[Woodbury's]] deaths.
* TheOldestProfession: What a lot of magical girls end up turning pay the bills, considering their young age. Ramsey and a few deceased members of the Minneapolis Seven are confirmed ex-teen prostitutes, and Delaney and Erika are implied to be as well.
* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: Sloan wakes up in the aftermath of one at Ramsey's house in Chapter 21.
* TotalPartyKill: The events of the Saskatoon archon battle in Delaney's backstory. ''Fifteen'' magical girls arrived to fight it, and Delany emerged as the SoleSurvivor. She's understandably a little traumatized overit.it.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: {{Averted}}. All of the locales in the story (including Williston) are real-life cities, though they aren't necessarily depicted in-story as they are in RealLife.
* TheOldestProfession: What a lot of magical girls end up turning pay the bills, considering their young age. Ramsey and a few deceased members of the Minneapolis Seven are confirmed ex-teen prostitutes, and Delaney and Erika are implied to be as well.
* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: Sloan wakes up in the aftermath of one at Ramsey's house in Chapter 21.
* TotalPartyKill: The events of the Saskatoon archon battle in Delaney's backstory. ''Fifteen'' magical girls arrived to fight it, and Delany emerged as the SoleSurvivor. She's understandably a little traumatized over
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: {{Averted}}. All of the locales in the story (including Williston) are real-life cities, though they aren't necessarily depicted in-story as they are in RealLife.
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* EldritchAbomination: The wraiths as per usual, though [[ArcVillain Abraxas]] is a standout example. It's an enormous plant bulb with roots that dwarf the girls themselves
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* EldritchAbomination: The wraiths as per usual, though [[ArcVillain Abraxas]] is a standout example. It's an enormous plant bulb with roots that dwarf the girlsthemselvesthemselves, and when Sloan and Delaney figure out how to AttackItsWeakPoint, its subsequent OneWingedAngel form includes an enormous humanoid head, the appearance of which varies based on who's looking at it.
* EldritchAbomination: The wraiths as per usual, though [[ArcVillain Abraxas]] is a standout example. It's an enormous plant bulb with roots that dwarf the girls
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* MeleeATrois: Pops up frequently during Arc 2. Specific examples:
** Sloan and Delaney vs. the Minneapolis Seven vs. Sepulveda vs. [[spoiler: Carmichael]] in Chapter 19.
** Sloan vs. Ramsey vs. [[spoiler: the Clara Dolls]] in Chapter 24.
** Sloan vs. Sepulveda vs. St. Paul in Chapter 25.
** Sloan and Delaney vs. the Minneapolis Seven vs. Sepulveda vs. [[spoiler: Carmichael]] in Chapter 19.
** Sloan vs. Ramsey vs. [[spoiler: the Clara Dolls]] in Chapter 24.
** Sloan vs. Sepulveda vs. St. Paul in Chapter 25.
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[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion The Rebellion has ended]]. The Incubators have been overthrown. Magic has returned to the world, and [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]] continue to do battle with [[EldritchAbomination wraiths]] to protect mankind and prevent the end of the universe via heat death. From her throne in Mitakhaira City, Homura Akemi, the [[SatanicArchetype Adversary of God]], oversees the system and ensures that it runs ship-shape, the [[DragonWithAnAgenda debatably-loyal]] Kyubey at her side. Being a MagicalGirl is still a horrifying and dangerous job, but with the witches gone, it's infinitely better than before.
However, across the Pacific Ocean, the winds of change are brewing...
In the snowy flatlands of the American Midwest, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], [[ShellShockedVeteran jaded]] Sloan Redfearn resides in [[TitleDrop Fargo]], North Dakota as its resident magical girl. It wasn't always this way, however- seven months prior, Sloan was the head girl of the "Minneapolis Seven" (A loose team of magical girls that protect the Twin Cities area in Minnesota) before being ousted by her [[TheStarscream treacherous second-in-command]] and OnlyFriend, Clair Ibsen. Now, Sloan lives alone in Fargo, nursing a grudge towards her former friend, while her Soul Gem grows darker and darker every day thanks to the slim wraith pickings in the city. When Kyubey offers her a unique opportunity- travel to nearby Williston and quell a wraith infestation that has recently sprung up- Sloan [[JumpedAtTheCall jumps at the chance]] to recharge her Soul Gem and seek revenge on Clair.
When she gets there, the situation immediately begins to grow complicated. Sloan has unexpected teammates to collaborate with in the wraith hunt- [[CuteAndPsycho cheerful but sociopathic]] Delaney Pollack, [[AloofDarkHairedGirl bitter and obstinate]] Erika Dufresne, and "Omaha", a mysterious WildCard who appears and vanishes at will and knows a lot more than she's letting on. The plot thickens as tensions between the girls rise and an AncientConspiracy that threatens to topple the magical girl system begins to gradually trickle in through the cracks- and for reasons unknown to her, Sloan is at the very center of it.
''Fargo'' is an ambitious ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' fic that introduces a CastHerd of OCs and details the fallout of ''Rebellion''. Notable features include its fast-moving plot, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large, well-developed cast]], and [[KudzuPlot increasingly-complex plot]].
'''As this fanfic contains spoilers up to and including the original anime's current ending, all spoilers not contained within the fanfic itself. It is highly recommended that you watch ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' in its entirety before reading this story. Proceed at your own risk.'''
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!!Tropes from ''Fargo'' include:
* ActionGirl: Everybody. You basically have to be a bonafide {{Badass}} to survive in the CrapsackWorld that is the ''Madoka Magica'' 'verse,
* AnyoneCanDie: As in canon. [[spoiler: Erika, Woodbury, and Sepulveda]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come.
* ArcVillain: The Williston archon (a.k.a. "Abraxas") for Arc 1. Clair Ibsen for Arc 2.
* BigBad[=/=]BiggerBad: Homura and the Incubators as a BigBadDuumvirate. They operate and perpetuate the MagicalGirl system, and as a result are the ultimate villains behind all or at least most of the story's happenings. They also hate each other with a passion, [[spoiler: and much of the plot of Arc 2 serves as the arguable backdrop for their CosmicChessGame over who will remain in control over the magical girl system.]]
* BigGood: Denver, while also TheGhost and a BitCharacter at best, is arguably considered this for North American magical girls, as the administrator of the forum most American magical girls are a member of.
* CrapsackWorld: Unlike canon, ''Fargo'' makes no effort to hide the fact that being a magical girl is dangerous and traumatic. Death is violent and commonplace, and many girls have to stoop ''very'' low just to scrape by.
* EldritchAbomination: The wraiths as per usual, though [[ArcVillain Abraxas]] is a standout example. It's an enormous plant bulb with roots that dwarf the girls themselves
* KingMook: Archons, for the wraiths. They're incredibly powerful and can [[EnemySummoner spawn more wraiths at will]], but they're (thankfully) also incredibly rare. One being formed in Williston is what prompts the beginning of the story.
* MinorLivingAlone: Most of the girls in the story live alone as a result of their circumstances. Clair and Bloomington are the only notable exceptions (and Sloan, before she left Minneapolis).
* TotalPartyKill: The events of the Saskatoon archon battle in Delaney's backstory. ''Fifteen'' magical girls arrived to fight it, and Delany emerged as the SoleSurvivor. She's understandably a little traumatized over it.
However, across the Pacific Ocean, the winds of change are brewing...
In the snowy flatlands of the American Midwest, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], [[ShellShockedVeteran jaded]] Sloan Redfearn resides in [[TitleDrop Fargo]], North Dakota as its resident magical girl. It wasn't always this way, however- seven months prior, Sloan was the head girl of the "Minneapolis Seven" (A loose team of magical girls that protect the Twin Cities area in Minnesota) before being ousted by her [[TheStarscream treacherous second-in-command]] and OnlyFriend, Clair Ibsen. Now, Sloan lives alone in Fargo, nursing a grudge towards her former friend, while her Soul Gem grows darker and darker every day thanks to the slim wraith pickings in the city. When Kyubey offers her a unique opportunity- travel to nearby Williston and quell a wraith infestation that has recently sprung up- Sloan [[JumpedAtTheCall jumps at the chance]] to recharge her Soul Gem and seek revenge on Clair.
When she gets there, the situation immediately begins to grow complicated. Sloan has unexpected teammates to collaborate with in the wraith hunt- [[CuteAndPsycho cheerful but sociopathic]] Delaney Pollack, [[AloofDarkHairedGirl bitter and obstinate]] Erika Dufresne, and "Omaha", a mysterious WildCard who appears and vanishes at will and knows a lot more than she's letting on. The plot thickens as tensions between the girls rise and an AncientConspiracy that threatens to topple the magical girl system begins to gradually trickle in through the cracks- and for reasons unknown to her, Sloan is at the very center of it.
''Fargo'' is an ambitious ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' fic that introduces a CastHerd of OCs and details the fallout of ''Rebellion''. Notable features include its fast-moving plot, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large, well-developed cast]], and [[KudzuPlot increasingly-complex plot]].
'''As this fanfic contains spoilers up to and including the original anime's current ending, all spoilers not contained within the fanfic itself. It is highly recommended that you watch ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' in its entirety before reading this story. Proceed at your own risk.'''
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!!Tropes from ''Fargo'' include:
* ActionGirl: Everybody. You basically have to be a bonafide {{Badass}} to survive in the CrapsackWorld that is the ''Madoka Magica'' 'verse,
* AnyoneCanDie: As in canon. [[spoiler: Erika, Woodbury, and Sepulveda]] are the current casualties, with likely more to come.
* ArcVillain: The Williston archon (a.k.a. "Abraxas") for Arc 1. Clair Ibsen for Arc 2.
* BigBad[=/=]BiggerBad: Homura and the Incubators as a BigBadDuumvirate. They operate and perpetuate the MagicalGirl system, and as a result are the ultimate villains behind all or at least most of the story's happenings. They also hate each other with a passion, [[spoiler: and much of the plot of Arc 2 serves as the arguable backdrop for their CosmicChessGame over who will remain in control over the magical girl system.]]
* BigGood: Denver, while also TheGhost and a BitCharacter at best, is arguably considered this for North American magical girls, as the administrator of the forum most American magical girls are a member of.
* CrapsackWorld: Unlike canon, ''Fargo'' makes no effort to hide the fact that being a magical girl is dangerous and traumatic. Death is violent and commonplace, and many girls have to stoop ''very'' low just to scrape by.
* EldritchAbomination: The wraiths as per usual, though [[ArcVillain Abraxas]] is a standout example. It's an enormous plant bulb with roots that dwarf the girls themselves
* KingMook: Archons, for the wraiths. They're incredibly powerful and can [[EnemySummoner spawn more wraiths at will]], but they're (thankfully) also incredibly rare. One being formed in Williston is what prompts the beginning of the story.
* MinorLivingAlone: Most of the girls in the story live alone as a result of their circumstances. Clair and Bloomington are the only notable exceptions (and Sloan, before she left Minneapolis).
* TotalPartyKill: The events of the Saskatoon archon battle in Delaney's backstory. ''Fifteen'' magical girls arrived to fight it, and Delany emerged as the SoleSurvivor. She's understandably a little traumatized over it.
