App for One Passing Night
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Other characters played at Passing: None! <3
Character name: Madoka Kaname
Character fandom: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Version: V.2
Canon point: Oh man. One of the many Alternate Timelines (in her universe, anyway. AU Details below), Episode 1 (starting out, anyhow)
Importing development from old game? Nooope.
Background: http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Madoka_Kaname and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_characters#Main_characters and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_episodes#Episode_list
Changes from canon, if AU:
Oh, man. Where do we begin?
So, do you remember the main plot of Madoka? The whole thing about Madoka being the center of a bunch of parallel universes in which Homura goes back in time to try to save her from an untimely death due to an alien with no emotions that might as well be used as a fluffy white football?
Yeah.
Forget all that.
…
At least with Madoka being in that role, anyway.
Okay, let's start from the beginning.
Homura Akemi was a--
--what. Don't look at me like that! I'll get to Madoka in a minute.
As I was saying, Homura Akemi was a young girl cursed with various illnesses. Heart issues, bad eyesight, and due to her time in the hospital, she was behind on her studies. She was shy and a little bit socially awkward, also a side-effect of her illnesses. And then, an alien cretin who looked like Cinnamoroll's creepy cousin appeared in her room one night and gave her an offer she couldn't refuse:
She could get her heart's desire (that is, to be strong, physically able, and much more capable than she was), and all she had to do was give him her soul. Oh, did I say give him her soul? I meant become a Magical girl and live a happy, carefree live beating the living hell out of abominations that could only exist in Salvador Dali's mind after he dropped acid.
And of course, she accepted, making her a Magical Girl who fought evil. Unlike her original counterpart though (the version of Homura who decided to get the power to control time because she wanted to go back and relive the first time she saw Madoka again), Homura's powers were not based on time. Rather, because her wish was to be healthy (which she became, her heart completely recovering, her eyesight being fine, etc etc), she gained the ability to be in a sort of roid-state for a short period of time, boosting her capabilities so she could jump higher, run faster, take more damage, and hit harder.
You know, Super Saiyan.
The downside though was that after the fight, and after using this ability, she lied down on the ground and suffered what felt to be a minor heart attack for about a minute.
Thanks, Kyubey. Forgive me if I'm not bowled over by your overflowing thoughtfulness.
Fast forward a bit. Homura was transferred to Madoka's class, and while she gained some confidence because of being a Magical Girl, that didn't really take away her awkwardness, and so leave it to Madoka to walk up to her, strike up a conversation, and offer to be friends. Much like your typical yuri scenario, this went as expected, minus the stupid sex scene that the creators only put in to keep the 15-year-olds watching: Homura was deeply moved, and the two formed an unbreakable bond. Fast-forward again to later, when Madoka was walking home alone in a very abandoned street (what is it with Japanese schoolgirls and walking home alone all the time?). Lo and behold, she had the bad luck of walking into a Witch's barrier...
...and got rescued by Mami and Homura.
This led to Madoka following along as the two girls fought against Witches(See: Madoka was the Anzu to their Yuugi and Jonouchi). After Mami got herself killed on Walpurgisnacht, Homura decided to pull a Goku, destroy Walpurgis, and get an incurable case of dead due to her leaping in the way of a powerful attack aimed at Madoka to prevent her from becoming maggot-food.
Considering that Madoka's a hero-type, and that her close friend did just die because of Madoka's own hubris, she...didn't take it well. Unless you consider sobbing, blaming herself, and even calling herself a murderer as 'taking it well'.
So she did the most logical thing she could:
She told the white fuzzy bastard that she was willing to give up her soul and be a walking corpse so she could have a chance to go back in time, meet Homura again, and save her from her unfortunate fate. As a result of this, Madoka gained the same time powers that Homura did in canon, except instead of ending up using guns and artillery and storing it into her buckler shield cum dimensional pocket, Madoka wielded various forms of bows and crossbows, complete with debilitating poisons (2ch really does have everything!) and explosive bolts that she used to strike down enemies from a distance (whilst using her time stopping ability for all it was worth in moments that required quick evasion). Also? Her shield, as Madoka's always seemed to have a flower and ribbon thing going, was in the shape of a White Heather, which, in Victorian Flower Language, meant: “Wishes will always come true.”
Hey. Hey, Kybey. Go fuck yourself.
The rest sort of went as expected (Just swap Madoka and Homura's positions), though unlike Homura, Madoka's time travel could go back two months. As Madoka started to learn the horrible truth about Magical Girls, and she desperately tried to find a way to get her friends (Homura especially) away from the level of suffering that should only be reserved for Roleplay Muses, she used it to her absolute advantage, going so far as to cockblock Kyubey at every opportunity in future universes.
Still, regardless of how many times she's failed (and seen her friends die, become witches, or even be forced to kill her own friends in moments of crisis), she still has hope that things'll be all right. She'll win, and she'll manage to save everyone with her own strength.
…and fire hopebeams at anyone who proclaims otherwise.
Personality:
Even with the AU considered, Madoka's basic personality is left unchanged: she is a gentle, dreamy, warm-hearted girl who wants only to be able to help those she cares about with a slight inferiority complex and a heroic streak that tends to lead her into making very, very bad choices. Well, in other universes, technically it could be argued that her hero complex was an aftereffect of her obsession to find some purpose in her life due to her feeling constantly overshadowed by her mother, Sayaka, and everyone else who seemed to 'know what they were doing' and was 'with it' in their lives. And that feeling overshadowed bit was a very strong part of why she tagged along with Madoka and Mami in the initial parts of her universe (“If I can help them...if I can help them and maybe find a wish to become a Magical Girl...I can be great just like they are!), but as time went on there was something else that drove Madoka's heroism, something far greater and more influential than a lack of purpose could be: Guilt.
Ah, yes, guilt. Madoka has tons of that. Watching all of her friends die various times as the universes keep going on and on and things keep falling down around her like dominoes filled with nitroglycerin seems to do that to you. Well, that, and she's empathic and kind-hearted enough to make more cynical people roll their eyes in annoyance, but I'll get to that later. But back on Madoka's guilt: this is her main driving force...at first. She did have her dear friend die because of her, and it was her sole motivation for becoming a Magical Girl to begin with...it wasn't until after she found out the truth surrounding Magical Girls (that they became Witches, etc etc) that made her step out of that guilty mindset (though still, she always was plagued by it) and try to do it because she wanted to save everyone out of sheer courage.
See, regardless of how Madoka may act, she's still, at her core, a young girl. She's not a perfect hero, nor is she someone who is full of nerve and can just grow numb to combat the more blood spills on her hands. She feels for every single Witch and Familiar she defeats; she can't stand the fact that people who risk their lives to save innocent people are left silent and are made to die horrified and alone; and every time she goes into battle, she still feels deep-rooted terror not just for herself, but for everyone else caught into the crossfire. This doesn't change, even as she goes from timeline to timeline in order to set things right. If anything, it just increased with each timeline, because as she saw the repercussions of failure, the stakes were raised that much higher.
And make no mistake, Madoka does not want to fail, and it's her constant hope for the future that allows her to not give up. Even when things are at their worst, and she feels great sadness, she knows that she will eventually put things right, and that as long as they have hope, it's possible (as losing hope is what kills other Magical Girls, and she knows that things will be all right so long as she works hard for it). And she has to have hope, as her connection and bond with her friends and those she cares about makes it to where she would feel that she's letting them down if she ever lost it. Not that she ever will; she's got a near bottomless supply of the stuff, though that doesn't stop her from crying and having moments of weakness. She may be hope personified, but she's still a human with human limits, and often finds herself crying when she's alone. That said, she still always believes in having hope and faith in the future, because really, there's so much that hope and faith can save, she believes, and so long as you work towards it, things will always be all right.
And in the more mundanes, she's an extremely hard worker who will put her all in everything she does. 'Giving up' is not in her dictionary, and 'giving less than 400%' even less so. From schoolwork (she tends to make pretty good grades, though she herself doesn't think she's good at very much), Magical Girl Shenanegans, to even trying to cook (bad as this always goes), Madoka will put her all into everything she attempts. She's also extremely friendly, always trying to be helpful (partially because she wants to have a purpose in life, and partially because she legitimately wants to help everyone she can), and her heart is worn on her sleeve. When Madoka was younger and more innocent, this was especially so, and she was extremely bad at hiding any emotion she might have had. After going through various universes, this changed, and she learned how to hide it all behind a warm, sweet smile (though anyone who is familiar with this sort of tactic will undoubtedly notice a crack in her demeanor. Just peel at that crack a bit, and...), so as not to make anyone worry about her. The last thing she wanted to do was to scare her friends, after all, and her self-sacrificing streak goes triple here.
Madoka also enjoys drawing, which it's implied in canon that she's pretty good at. She often doodles when she's bored, or when she wants to express herself in some way. She enjoys eating, as well, and has a bit of an eye for 'cool' technology.
Abilities:
-Time travel (Madoka can use her shield to stop time, as well as go back in time up to two months)
-Her shield can hold an infinite number of things in a sort of dimensional pocket (she carries crossbows, bows and arrows, and explosive bolts and poisons in there)
-She can take an extreme amount of damage in a fight, as the pain's stored in her Soul Gem for the most part.
-She can switch between her normal form and Magical Girl form.
Writing sample:
...She won.
Well, she supposed that she did. The essence had gone away, the barrier had shattered, scattered to the winds with only the rain to bathe her face, her tears, and her wounds. Not that there was much blood to pour out; and even if there was, all it would do was refill.
What use did bodies meant only for fighting have for things like health risks and weakness? Corpses had no need for pain, instead having it all be absorbed by the Soul Gem's blinding light.
“Eheh...It's less dark than I expected.”
Not that it helped matters. The inky black played on the inside of the pink crystal, flowing inside like a lava lamp. Was this what Despair looked like when one actually stared at the human soul? Or was it only when it applied to Magical Girl souls that it actually gained shape?
She probably would never know the answer to this question.
After all...if she didn't get up soon, she wasn't going to have long. She didn't even have enough strength to maintain her Magical Girl form, instead having reverted to her school uniform, a token of long bygone days. Her grief seeds -- leftover tokens of fallen witches, which purified a Magical Girl's Soul Gem and prevented her from becoming a Witch herself -- were scattered around her, close enough to see, but too far to grab.
Still, she tried to will her hand to move, even just a little. She flexed her fingers, made an attempt to move her arm...
...
Nothing. The Grief Seeds stayed where they were, and Madoka was stationary. She couldn't even wipe the tears out of her face, or do much more than tighten the grip on her Soul Gem.
“I guess...I can't reach them. I guess...this is it...”
There was a small thrum of pain in her chest, reminiscent to a heavy heart.
...No. This...This couldn't be the end.
It couldn't...!
But...
She wasn't going to be able to save Homura like this. With her body like this, she was useless, just as she was before. She'd saved so many people, but as long as she fell here, she wasn't going to be able to save her friends.
Or...
“Homura...chan...”
Voice sample:
http://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/663423.html?thread=432687743#cmt432687743 (Meme Thread. This contains two separate threads with Madoka.)
http://dear-mun.dreamwidth.org/6011541.html (Her initial Dear Mun thread.)
http://peachesandrobots.dreamwidth.org/2445.html?thread=197005#cmt197005 (Another meme thread. This one contains AU!Doka proper).
Your journal: [Bad username or unknown identity: ”jenniferdarknight”]
Contact: inuyashanohime (AIM), jenniferdarknight (Plurk)
Other characters played at Passing: None! <3
Character name: Madoka Kaname
Character fandom: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Version: V.2
Canon point: Oh man. One of the many Alternate Timelines (in her universe, anyway. AU Details below), Episode 1 (starting out, anyhow)
Importing development from old game? Nooope.
Background: http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Madoka_Kaname and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_characters#Main_characters and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_episodes#Episode_list
Changes from canon, if AU:
Oh, man. Where do we begin?
So, do you remember the main plot of Madoka? The whole thing about Madoka being the center of a bunch of parallel universes in which Homura goes back in time to try to save her from an untimely death due to an alien with no emotions that might as well be used as a fluffy white football?
Yeah.
Forget all that.
…
At least with Madoka being in that role, anyway.
Okay, let's start from the beginning.
Homura Akemi was a--
--what. Don't look at me like that! I'll get to Madoka in a minute.
As I was saying, Homura Akemi was a young girl cursed with various illnesses. Heart issues, bad eyesight, and due to her time in the hospital, she was behind on her studies. She was shy and a little bit socially awkward, also a side-effect of her illnesses. And then, an alien cretin who looked like Cinnamoroll's creepy cousin appeared in her room one night and gave her an offer she couldn't refuse:
She could get her heart's desire (that is, to be strong, physically able, and much more capable than she was), and all she had to do was give him her soul. Oh, did I say give him her soul? I meant become a Magical girl and live a happy, carefree live beating the living hell out of abominations that could only exist in Salvador Dali's mind after he dropped acid.
And of course, she accepted, making her a Magical Girl who fought evil. Unlike her original counterpart though (the version of Homura who decided to get the power to control time because she wanted to go back and relive the first time she saw Madoka again), Homura's powers were not based on time. Rather, because her wish was to be healthy (which she became, her heart completely recovering, her eyesight being fine, etc etc), she gained the ability to be in a sort of roid-state for a short period of time, boosting her capabilities so she could jump higher, run faster, take more damage, and hit harder.
You know, Super Saiyan.
The downside though was that after the fight, and after using this ability, she lied down on the ground and suffered what felt to be a minor heart attack for about a minute.
Thanks, Kyubey. Forgive me if I'm not bowled over by your overflowing thoughtfulness.
Fast forward a bit. Homura was transferred to Madoka's class, and while she gained some confidence because of being a Magical Girl, that didn't really take away her awkwardness, and so leave it to Madoka to walk up to her, strike up a conversation, and offer to be friends. Much like your typical yuri scenario, this went as expected, minus the stupid sex scene that the creators only put in to keep the 15-year-olds watching: Homura was deeply moved, and the two formed an unbreakable bond. Fast-forward again to later, when Madoka was walking home alone in a very abandoned street (what is it with Japanese schoolgirls and walking home alone all the time?). Lo and behold, she had the bad luck of walking into a Witch's barrier...
...and got rescued by Mami and Homura.
This led to Madoka following along as the two girls fought against Witches(See: Madoka was the Anzu to their Yuugi and Jonouchi). After Mami got herself killed on Walpurgisnacht, Homura decided to pull a Goku, destroy Walpurgis, and get an incurable case of dead due to her leaping in the way of a powerful attack aimed at Madoka to prevent her from becoming maggot-food.
Considering that Madoka's a hero-type, and that her close friend did just die because of Madoka's own hubris, she...didn't take it well. Unless you consider sobbing, blaming herself, and even calling herself a murderer as 'taking it well'.
So she did the most logical thing she could:
She told the white fuzzy bastard that she was willing to give up her soul and be a walking corpse so she could have a chance to go back in time, meet Homura again, and save her from her unfortunate fate. As a result of this, Madoka gained the same time powers that Homura did in canon, except instead of ending up using guns and artillery and storing it into her buckler shield cum dimensional pocket, Madoka wielded various forms of bows and crossbows, complete with debilitating poisons (2ch really does have everything!) and explosive bolts that she used to strike down enemies from a distance (whilst using her time stopping ability for all it was worth in moments that required quick evasion). Also? Her shield, as Madoka's always seemed to have a flower and ribbon thing going, was in the shape of a White Heather, which, in Victorian Flower Language, meant: “Wishes will always come true.”
Hey. Hey, Kybey. Go fuck yourself.
The rest sort of went as expected (Just swap Madoka and Homura's positions), though unlike Homura, Madoka's time travel could go back two months. As Madoka started to learn the horrible truth about Magical Girls, and she desperately tried to find a way to get her friends (Homura especially) away from the level of suffering that should only be reserved for Roleplay Muses, she used it to her absolute advantage, going so far as to cockblock Kyubey at every opportunity in future universes.
Still, regardless of how many times she's failed (and seen her friends die, become witches, or even be forced to kill her own friends in moments of crisis), she still has hope that things'll be all right. She'll win, and she'll manage to save everyone with her own strength.
…and fire hopebeams at anyone who proclaims otherwise.
Personality:
Even with the AU considered, Madoka's basic personality is left unchanged: she is a gentle, dreamy, warm-hearted girl who wants only to be able to help those she cares about with a slight inferiority complex and a heroic streak that tends to lead her into making very, very bad choices. Well, in other universes, technically it could be argued that her hero complex was an aftereffect of her obsession to find some purpose in her life due to her feeling constantly overshadowed by her mother, Sayaka, and everyone else who seemed to 'know what they were doing' and was 'with it' in their lives. And that feeling overshadowed bit was a very strong part of why she tagged along with Madoka and Mami in the initial parts of her universe (“If I can help them...if I can help them and maybe find a wish to become a Magical Girl...I can be great just like they are!), but as time went on there was something else that drove Madoka's heroism, something far greater and more influential than a lack of purpose could be: Guilt.
Ah, yes, guilt. Madoka has tons of that. Watching all of her friends die various times as the universes keep going on and on and things keep falling down around her like dominoes filled with nitroglycerin seems to do that to you. Well, that, and she's empathic and kind-hearted enough to make more cynical people roll their eyes in annoyance, but I'll get to that later. But back on Madoka's guilt: this is her main driving force...at first. She did have her dear friend die because of her, and it was her sole motivation for becoming a Magical Girl to begin with...it wasn't until after she found out the truth surrounding Magical Girls (that they became Witches, etc etc) that made her step out of that guilty mindset (though still, she always was plagued by it) and try to do it because she wanted to save everyone out of sheer courage.
See, regardless of how Madoka may act, she's still, at her core, a young girl. She's not a perfect hero, nor is she someone who is full of nerve and can just grow numb to combat the more blood spills on her hands. She feels for every single Witch and Familiar she defeats; she can't stand the fact that people who risk their lives to save innocent people are left silent and are made to die horrified and alone; and every time she goes into battle, she still feels deep-rooted terror not just for herself, but for everyone else caught into the crossfire. This doesn't change, even as she goes from timeline to timeline in order to set things right. If anything, it just increased with each timeline, because as she saw the repercussions of failure, the stakes were raised that much higher.
And make no mistake, Madoka does not want to fail, and it's her constant hope for the future that allows her to not give up. Even when things are at their worst, and she feels great sadness, she knows that she will eventually put things right, and that as long as they have hope, it's possible (as losing hope is what kills other Magical Girls, and she knows that things will be all right so long as she works hard for it). And she has to have hope, as her connection and bond with her friends and those she cares about makes it to where she would feel that she's letting them down if she ever lost it. Not that she ever will; she's got a near bottomless supply of the stuff, though that doesn't stop her from crying and having moments of weakness. She may be hope personified, but she's still a human with human limits, and often finds herself crying when she's alone. That said, she still always believes in having hope and faith in the future, because really, there's so much that hope and faith can save, she believes, and so long as you work towards it, things will always be all right.
And in the more mundanes, she's an extremely hard worker who will put her all in everything she does. 'Giving up' is not in her dictionary, and 'giving less than 400%' even less so. From schoolwork (she tends to make pretty good grades, though she herself doesn't think she's good at very much), Magical Girl Shenanegans, to even trying to cook (bad as this always goes), Madoka will put her all into everything she attempts. She's also extremely friendly, always trying to be helpful (partially because she wants to have a purpose in life, and partially because she legitimately wants to help everyone she can), and her heart is worn on her sleeve. When Madoka was younger and more innocent, this was especially so, and she was extremely bad at hiding any emotion she might have had. After going through various universes, this changed, and she learned how to hide it all behind a warm, sweet smile (though anyone who is familiar with this sort of tactic will undoubtedly notice a crack in her demeanor. Just peel at that crack a bit, and...), so as not to make anyone worry about her. The last thing she wanted to do was to scare her friends, after all, and her self-sacrificing streak goes triple here.
Madoka also enjoys drawing, which it's implied in canon that she's pretty good at. She often doodles when she's bored, or when she wants to express herself in some way. She enjoys eating, as well, and has a bit of an eye for 'cool' technology.
Abilities:
-Time travel (Madoka can use her shield to stop time, as well as go back in time up to two months)
-Her shield can hold an infinite number of things in a sort of dimensional pocket (she carries crossbows, bows and arrows, and explosive bolts and poisons in there)
-She can take an extreme amount of damage in a fight, as the pain's stored in her Soul Gem for the most part.
-She can switch between her normal form and Magical Girl form.
Writing sample:
...She won.
Well, she supposed that she did. The essence had gone away, the barrier had shattered, scattered to the winds with only the rain to bathe her face, her tears, and her wounds. Not that there was much blood to pour out; and even if there was, all it would do was refill.
What use did bodies meant only for fighting have for things like health risks and weakness? Corpses had no need for pain, instead having it all be absorbed by the Soul Gem's blinding light.
“Eheh...It's less dark than I expected.”
Not that it helped matters. The inky black played on the inside of the pink crystal, flowing inside like a lava lamp. Was this what Despair looked like when one actually stared at the human soul? Or was it only when it applied to Magical Girl souls that it actually gained shape?
She probably would never know the answer to this question.
After all...if she didn't get up soon, she wasn't going to have long. She didn't even have enough strength to maintain her Magical Girl form, instead having reverted to her school uniform, a token of long bygone days. Her grief seeds -- leftover tokens of fallen witches, which purified a Magical Girl's Soul Gem and prevented her from becoming a Witch herself -- were scattered around her, close enough to see, but too far to grab.
Still, she tried to will her hand to move, even just a little. She flexed her fingers, made an attempt to move her arm...
...
Nothing. The Grief Seeds stayed where they were, and Madoka was stationary. She couldn't even wipe the tears out of her face, or do much more than tighten the grip on her Soul Gem.
“I guess...I can't reach them. I guess...this is it...”
There was a small thrum of pain in her chest, reminiscent to a heavy heart.
...No. This...This couldn't be the end.
It couldn't...!
But...
She wasn't going to be able to save Homura like this. With her body like this, she was useless, just as she was before. She'd saved so many people, but as long as she fell here, she wasn't going to be able to save her friends.
Or...
“Homura...chan...”
Voice sample:
http://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/663423.html?thread=432687743#cmt432687743 (Meme Thread. This contains two separate threads with Madoka.)
http://dear-mun.dreamwidth.org/6011541.html (Her initial Dear Mun thread.)
http://peachesandrobots.dreamwidth.org/2445.html?thread=197005#cmt197005 (Another meme thread. This one contains AU!Doka proper).
