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Signed Always Right Since: Dec, 2009
Always Right
#276: Jan 29th 2011 at 9:22:29 PM

Awww....all we can do until thursday is make some wild mass speculations...

I think Mami is going to die...somehow.

And Madoka will use her wish to do something about it...

"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#277: Jan 29th 2011 at 9:23:13 PM

Re: ep4, this is going to end badly, and I'm not going to be able to look away. Kyubey appearing like some half-remembered nightmare in front of Sayaka just as she hits her breaking point was enough to turn my blood to ice. He is an irredeemable monster, and if he ISN'T, then there is no justification for the Herculean effort they've put into telegraphing that he is.

Said justification would be the desire to create a Red Herring. It may not be a mystery series, but plot twists are still valuable

Also; Liveblog update

Tumbril Since: Feb, 2010
#278: Jan 29th 2011 at 9:24:27 PM

I like this fanart of Kyubey. (Here if you haven't got an account there.)

Tumblr here.
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#279: Jan 29th 2011 at 9:57:55 PM

Posting art we like? Okay, this is awesome, this is fairly accurate, this could well be accurate, and there's a lot of funny stuff out there

RocketScience Not dead yet. from a dark place Since: Jan, 2001
Not dead yet.
#280: Jan 29th 2011 at 10:26:15 PM

...how is this show's fanart more fucked up than the show itself?

Signed Always Right Since: Dec, 2009
Always Right
#281: Jan 29th 2011 at 10:35:43 PM

Fucked up? I don't see it.

edited 29th Jan '11 10:35:52 PM by Signed

"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
RocketScience Not dead yet. from a dark place Since: Jan, 2001
Not dead yet.
#283: Jan 29th 2011 at 10:45:11 PM

I stand corrected.

Some of this show's fanart is more fucked up than the show itself.

JakesBrain Since: Jul, 2010
#285: Jan 29th 2011 at 10:48:57 PM

I saw one comic (I wish I could find it) which treated Madoka Magica as a live-action series. Charlotte's lair was a soundstage, and Homura was handing Mami a towel to wipe off the stage blood and melted sugar after her big death scene. Sayaka says she wants to make as big an impression as Mami; Mami replies that she'll need to go out with a bang, which Sayaka isn't too happy about...

Considering that it's the only piece of fanart I've seen that actually works as Nightmare Retardant, I'm rather frantically searching for it.

edited 29th Jan '11 10:50:47 PM by JakesBrain

RocketScience Not dead yet. from a dark place Since: Jan, 2001
Not dead yet.
#287: Jan 29th 2011 at 11:12:02 PM

^^^ ...there are no words.

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#288: Jan 29th 2011 at 11:23:17 PM

^^^I generally like setups like that - Animated Actors, isn't it? Not in this case, though.

edited 29th Jan '11 11:23:28 PM by RedSavant

It's been fun.
Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Huilisti Since: Sep, 2009
#290: Jan 29th 2011 at 11:36:52 PM

^^^^^Is this what you're talking about and looking for?

edited 29th Jan '11 11:37:42 PM by Huilisti

JakesBrain Since: Jul, 2010
MiyaKousaka mya~! from Kibitoukoukou Since: Dec, 1969
mya~!
#292: Jan 30th 2011 at 12:40:44 AM

I love all the Hidamari Sketch related fanart out there.

Also, Condom-chan's seiyuu is apparently Nonaka Ai. I was so banking for Asumi Kana so my Chidamari Sketch dreams would've come true.

edited 30th Jan '11 1:25:48 AM by MiyaKousaka

nishishishi~ Nii-nii no baka... .__.
LORd Too Good For You Since: Aug, 2012
Too Good For You
#293: Jan 30th 2011 at 3:51:45 AM

@Signed on last page: At this point I'm actually thinking that the situation with Kyubey is going to turn out to be pretty straightforward. He doesn't have any sinister ulterior motives; he's always been very up-front with Madoka and Sayaka and sympathetic towards their situation.

His only problem is that he's stuck in the wrong kind of series. We wouldn't have thought twice about him in Cardcaptor Sakura, but when magical girls can actually die and sometimes even kill each other over good witch-hunting spots, he approaches recruiting little girls to fight eldritch horrors a leeetle too casually.

Please be gentle with me.
MiyaKousaka mya~! from Kibitoukoukou Since: Dec, 1969
mya~!
#294: Jan 30th 2011 at 4:09:29 AM

Well, there's also the Faust quotes everywhere, and Mephistopheles' mask in the ED...

nishishishi~ Nii-nii no baka... .__.
RocketScience Not dead yet. from a dark place Since: Jan, 2001
Not dead yet.
#295: Jan 30th 2011 at 4:13:04 AM

You know, I'm curious about what's going to happen with Hitomi now that she's involved. I mean, the others could try to explain the Suicide Pact away as a dream, but would she really buy that?

edited 30th Jan '11 4:17:26 AM by RocketScience

MiyaKousaka mya~! from Kibitoukoukou Since: Dec, 1969
mya~!
#296: Jan 30th 2011 at 4:20:40 AM

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nishishishi~ Nii-nii no baka... .__.
RocketScience Not dead yet. from a dark place Since: Jan, 2001
Not dead yet.
#297: Jan 30th 2011 at 4:25:20 AM

Homura's just jealous because she doesn't have Mami's tits.

LORd Too Good For You Since: Aug, 2012
Too Good For You
#298: Jan 30th 2011 at 4:52:44 AM

[up][up][up][up]Ah, but Mephistopheles didn't have a hidden agenda either. He straight up tells Faust that he'll grant any wish of his if he gets to carry his ass to hell when he experiences a moment of perfect happiness. Kyubey offers wishes in exchange for service as a magical girl; rough parity achieved.

Though I doubt Urobuchi is going to let Goethe's story constrain him. (That'd mean Madoka being saved out of magical girlship by Deus ex Machina and falling magic rose petals turning Kyubey gay for angels, for one.) He's just borrowing themes and elements he likes.

edited 30th Jan '11 4:56:01 AM by LORd

Please be gentle with me.
MiyaKousaka mya~! from Kibitoukoukou Since: Dec, 1969
mya~!
#299: Jan 30th 2011 at 4:55:48 AM

Agreed.

nishishishi~ Nii-nii no baka... .__.
stardf29 Since: Jan, 2001
#300: Jan 30th 2011 at 6:29:38 AM

Gah. I hate shows like this. I hate shows of pain, woe, misery, and gruesome deaths.

And this show is doing all that too well.

Which means, it's a great show. After all, better a show which evokes viceral hate than a show I just kind-of like, or that I hate for quality reasons...

Anyways, I'm watching the rest of this. A Magical Girl Deconstruction like this would be invaluable for my anime files, and the dementedly-pretty visuals and music are great, too.

...Next year, though, I want my Magical Girl Reconstruction series.

And for now, I have to figure out how to get a good night's sleep after watching Episode 3...

Edit: *after looking at the various fanart posted above* Yeah, that works. Nothing like f*****-up fanart to counteract an f*****-up show. tongue

edited 30th Jan '11 6:36:49 AM by stardf29


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