Yeah, but Mami also said she didn't have any choice about her wish. Also I don't think being killed is a punishment in this series. ^^; Granted, she died in a pretty gruesome way, but all of the characters die horrible deaths at least once. The point of her death wasn't that it was horrible for HER (it was quick, almost painless for her), but that it was horrible for Madoka and Sayaka to have to watch.
For a while I thought the series was going to say something about the virtues of being "selfish" - the whole thing about Madoka's mom being admirable because she's living the life she wants to lead, and how you shouldn't become a magical girl just to help others, you should get something out of it. Not to mention, "everyone wants to get paid" and how Sayaka comes to grief because she doesn't look out for herself enough.
But then it turns out that Kuybey insists on wishes because it's part of the Incubator's bargain with humanity, and ALL magical girls eventually become witches whether they look out for themselves or not, it's just a matter of when. ^^ Oops.
Off to read your post! Homura is a big woobie; it's quite sad how her interference makes things turn out worse every time, until the final time when Madoka becomes the Buddhist Jesus who atones for the sins of others and ends the cycle of suffering etc.
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Date: 2011-04-25 03:07 am (UTC)For a while I thought the series was going to say something about the virtues of being "selfish" - the whole thing about Madoka's mom being admirable because she's living the life she wants to lead, and how you shouldn't become a magical girl just to help others, you should get something out of it. Not to mention, "everyone wants to get paid" and how Sayaka comes to grief because she doesn't look out for herself enough.
But then it turns out that Kuybey insists on wishes because it's part of the Incubator's bargain with humanity, and ALL magical girls eventually become witches whether they look out for themselves or not, it's just a matter of when. ^^ Oops.
Off to read your post! Homura is a big woobie; it's quite sad how her interference makes things turn out worse every time, until the final time when Madoka becomes the Buddhist Jesus who atones for the sins of others and ends the cycle of suffering etc.