31_days Jan 2013: Themes 21, 22, 24, 25
The conclusion is that when you have an active schedule and are likely to get drunk, don't leave writing to the last minute.
Title: never seen you shine so bright
Day/Theme: 21. you never seemed more lovely than you do tonight.
Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Characters/pairings: Homura, Madoka, levels of Homura/Madoka are in line with the series
Rating: PG
Content Notes: Homura has seen many transformations. Spoilers for episodes 10 - 12.
Homura has seen Madoka transform into a magic girl many times. The sight is bittersweet: it is a reminder to Homura of happier times with Madoka, but it is also a sign she failed.
Homura has also seen Madoka transform into a witch far too many times. This time, Homura can’t hold back tears as the ugliest incarnation of Gretchen threatens to destroy the world.
Homura doesn’t expect Madoka’s second transformation into a goddess. It is exquisite, transcendent, everything a goddess of hope should be.
As Madoka destroys her witch with her own hands, Homura is too awestruck for sadness.
Title: beyond the reach of proof
Day/Theme: 22. shake loose your garnet jewels
Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Characters/pairings: Kyouko, mentions of Mami and Sayaka
Rating: PG
Content Notes: Two times Kyouko let down her hair. Spoilers for episode 9 and The Different Story.
The cross is the last thing Kyouko has left of her family.
So when Mami, the older sister that Kyouko never had, wants Kyouko to promise she would never leave again, Kyouko can only think of one thing: She unties her hair ribbon to pull out her cross, and vows to return.
The cross is the last thing Kyouko has left of her faith.
So when Sayaka, the foil that Kyouko never wanted, faces down Kyouko as a witch, Kyouko can only think of one thing: She unties her hair ribbon to pull out her cross, and prays to God.
Title: nobody said it was easy
Day/Theme: 24: That was embarrassing, so I’m not saying it again.
Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Characters/pairings: Kyouko, Madoka
Rating: PG
Content Notes: Kyouko accidentally makes a friend. Spoilers for The Different Story.
Kyouko doesn't think much of the pink-haired girl at first. This Madoka isn't a magic girl, and as long as she doesn't fulfil her potential, Kyouko doesn't have time to care.
But then Kyouko starts to think about how the girl turns up for every patrol day after day, and she can't help but start to wonder.
Things escalate from there. They end up trading life stories, Kyouko offers Madoka some biscuits, and at the end...
"Let's keep being friends!"
Kyouko is too stunned to reject. If they keep meeting up after that, it's not because of anything Kyouko said.
Title: the rise and fall
Day/Theme: 25. emotions like too-pale flowers
Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Characters/pairings: Kyuubey
Rating: PG
Content Notes: Kyuubey thinks about the nature of magic girls. Spoilers for episode 9 and alien ways of thinking.
As a being that doesn't have emotions at the individual level, Kyuubey finds magic girls fascinating. That a single being can have enough hope to fuel an entire transformation, and yet is unable to harness this without assistance, strikes Kyuubey as very strange. He would have thought they would have been able to uncover this potential on their own.
Perhaps then they would not fall so spectacularly, like flowers cut down at the height of their prime. But Kyuubey supposes it makes sense. If the hope of humans brings them to dizzing heights, they have to fall just as fast.
Title: never seen you shine so bright
Day/Theme: 21. you never seemed more lovely than you do tonight.
Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Characters/pairings: Homura, Madoka, levels of Homura/Madoka are in line with the series
Rating: PG
Content Notes: Homura has seen many transformations. Spoilers for episodes 10 - 12.
Homura has seen Madoka transform into a magic girl many times. The sight is bittersweet: it is a reminder to Homura of happier times with Madoka, but it is also a sign she failed.
Homura has also seen Madoka transform into a witch far too many times. This time, Homura can’t hold back tears as the ugliest incarnation of Gretchen threatens to destroy the world.
Homura doesn’t expect Madoka’s second transformation into a goddess. It is exquisite, transcendent, everything a goddess of hope should be.
As Madoka destroys her witch with her own hands, Homura is too awestruck for sadness.
Title: beyond the reach of proof
Day/Theme: 22. shake loose your garnet jewels
Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Characters/pairings: Kyouko, mentions of Mami and Sayaka
Rating: PG
Content Notes: Two times Kyouko let down her hair. Spoilers for episode 9 and The Different Story.
The cross is the last thing Kyouko has left of her family.
So when Mami, the older sister that Kyouko never had, wants Kyouko to promise she would never leave again, Kyouko can only think of one thing: She unties her hair ribbon to pull out her cross, and vows to return.
The cross is the last thing Kyouko has left of her faith.
So when Sayaka, the foil that Kyouko never wanted, faces down Kyouko as a witch, Kyouko can only think of one thing: She unties her hair ribbon to pull out her cross, and prays to God.
Title: nobody said it was easy
Day/Theme: 24: That was embarrassing, so I’m not saying it again.
Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Characters/pairings: Kyouko, Madoka
Rating: PG
Content Notes: Kyouko accidentally makes a friend. Spoilers for The Different Story.
Kyouko doesn't think much of the pink-haired girl at first. This Madoka isn't a magic girl, and as long as she doesn't fulfil her potential, Kyouko doesn't have time to care.
But then Kyouko starts to think about how the girl turns up for every patrol day after day, and she can't help but start to wonder.
Things escalate from there. They end up trading life stories, Kyouko offers Madoka some biscuits, and at the end...
"Let's keep being friends!"
Kyouko is too stunned to reject. If they keep meeting up after that, it's not because of anything Kyouko said.
Title: the rise and fall
Day/Theme: 25. emotions like too-pale flowers
Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Characters/pairings: Kyuubey
Rating: PG
Content Notes: Kyuubey thinks about the nature of magic girls. Spoilers for episode 9 and alien ways of thinking.
As a being that doesn't have emotions at the individual level, Kyuubey finds magic girls fascinating. That a single being can have enough hope to fuel an entire transformation, and yet is unable to harness this without assistance, strikes Kyuubey as very strange. He would have thought they would have been able to uncover this potential on their own.
Perhaps then they would not fall so spectacularly, like flowers cut down at the height of their prime. But Kyuubey supposes it makes sense. If the hope of humans brings them to dizzing heights, they have to fall just as fast.