We have evidence from Portable that really isn't the case, and we can intervene. Hiding it from Hitomi indefinitely just adds to the mess.
We're healing him so Sayaka won't sell her soul and then witch. You willing to tell him that? I think it would work.Which is why we heal as a group and shut anything like that down long before it can happen by making it clear why we're healing him.
And I'm saying that the situation shows that it can be resolved if we deal with the indeptedness-- and it's overstating the degree of said indeptedness.
Are you being facetious here, or are you honestly suggesting that robbing a bank would be more moral than accepting reasonable payment for healing? Because every healthcare worker I've ever talked to would disagree.Kinda distasteful. Can't we just rob a bank or some shit like that?
2. Sayaka is currently under the misapprehension that making a wish to heal Kyousuke could make him reciprocate her romantic feelings. She probably doesn't think of it in exactly those terms, nevertheless the ideas of contracting and romantic attraction are connected in her mind. If we don't deal with this problem, then she might just switch to focusing on a different wish that would make him (or Hitomi) happy.
This is less about the healing itself and more about the discussion beforehand, which can allow Sayaka come to terms with her own motivations. When we start talking about healing Kyousuke, she is going to feel some resistance to the idea because she wants to be the one responsible for healing him so that he will appreciate her. But that feeling will be directly confronted with the obvious truth that it's better for Kyousuke to get healed now. This will help her realize that her reasons for wanting to heal Kyousuke were (partly) selfish to begin with. And that she doesn't need a wish to confess her feelings to him. She probably won't say any of this out loud, but a lot of these thoughts will inevitably come up when we start discussing Kyousuke's healing.In which case, letting her see magic make someone immensely happy without apparent cost isn't actually going to help us a great deal?
We're healing him because he's Sayaka and Hitomi's friend. That's all he needs to know and that's all we're telling him.We're healing him so Sayaka won't sell her soul and then witch. You willing to tell him that? I think it would work.
Any less doesn't make things clear at all.
Then we disagree on a fundamental point. The degree of indebtedness has been made quite clear and narratively emphasized repeatedly. It's a very necessary consideration and we have not figured out a way to deal with it.
That is not why we're healing him.
We don't need tell him that, do we?That is not why we're healing him.
We're healing him so Sayaka isn't motivated to contract.
That is not why we're healing him.
We're healing him so Sayaka isn't motivated to contract.
And we're doing that because we're Sayaka and Hitomi's friend and him being crippled isn't doing either of them (but mostly Sayaka) any favors. Call it a Kyubey truth.That is not why we're healing him.
We're healing him so Sayaka isn't motivated to contract.
I'd rather that than we accidentally give him the idea that he matters to us in any capacity beyond his ability to get Sayaka killed.
He's an idiot, but he's not the anti-Christ. We can spell things out without being rabidly hostile to violin-kid.I'd rather that than we accidentally give him the idea that he matters to us in any capacity beyond his ability to get Sayaka killed.
If we heal Kyousuke, then he will be indebted to us, whether we hide the fact from him or not. Ideally, we need to find a way for him to deal with that debt in a healthy way. When Homura healed him in an earlier loop, he responded in an unhealthy way by becoming romantically attached to her. One simple way to avoid this would be to charge him for the healing. People regularly see doctors and nurses and other medical professionals to get healing and they pay them for those services and everyone walks away happy. Patients are grateful for the help, but there isn't any lingering debt that remains to cloud their judgement of the situation. And Kyousuke is obviously loaded, so it's not like he can't afford it.
Clearly we need to invent a grief selfie stick.That's because Sabrina insisted on being the one taking the picture instead of being in there with her.![]()
Come now, he's a human being same as anyone else. Are we not friend to all humankind save that chick from Symmetry Diamond?I'd rather that than we accidentally give him the idea that he matters to us in any capacity beyond his ability to get Sayaka killed.
That looks like a GAU-8 missing its typical plane attachment. EDIT: Except for being much smaller - but none of the smaller ones I found pics of look like that.
That was a joke...Witchbombing will end in tears. Not supporting that at all.
Eh, we should consider that this is Homura we're talking about. That girl probably didn't know what to do with the sudden attention, much less find the way to reject the guy.If we heal When Homura healed him in an earlier loop, he responded in an unhealthy way by becoming romantically attached to her.
This. Just let him know we're not interested.lets just heal him, no crazy plans, no MAD SCIENCE!
and hey if he crushes on sabrina just tell him she's not interested, unless you guys want to ship sabrina and violin boy....
That is not why we're healing him.
We're healing him so Sayaka isn't motivated to contract.
What if we actually say this? I mean, give him the lichbomb, then say that we're healing him since he's a friend of Sayaka's and we don't want her to contract?
That...might not be good for Sayaka, but...
And we're doing that because we're Sayaka and Hitomi's friend and him being crippled isn't doing either of them (but mostly Sayaka) any favors. Call it a Kyubey truth.
My apologies. And yes, upon rereading your point, I do agree that Sayaka's indebtedness has been pointed out as narratively significant.I wasn't talking about Kyouske, I was talking about what Sayaka feels about Hitomi. Please read more carefully.