In any case, here's my first vote draft. I didn't check it for wordcount, so it's likely way too wordy. Something to cut down on in future drafts - maybe even split it into multiple votes.
Hmmm... if we split it down to 151 (post tally-marks) we hit what looks to me like a natural beat point in the conversation for new analysis.
[ ] Ask Homura how things went with Madoka and Sayaka while we were out. Respond as appropriate.
[ ] Apologize once more for your mishandling of the situation this morning.
[ ] You've been searching your "memories" for more information on Walpurgisnacht, and have a few ideas. You don't know exactly what research Homura has compiled, but you'd like compare notes.
-[ ] Talk about the relevant aspects of Tart and Riz's powers, and on your suspicions of Walpurgisnacht's theme and behaviours as a result of her being the Witch of Helplessness, which feeds on drama.
--[ ] Listen to any particulars about Walpurgisnacht Homura shares intently. Show her you're taking this seriously. (DON'T share any thoughts about
you being Walpurgisnacht.)
[ ] Homura mentioned going to resupply from the JSDF some time, and you're happy to help. When works for her? ("Now" is an acceptable answer.) If you go now, keep discussing on the way.
One thing I've brought up before, and really would like to talk about if we're bringing up the potentialbomb, is the possibility that Madoka's wish to fix everything, having created us and sent
us back in time, has attached more Karmic potential to Mitakihara in general in the same way we've seen with Homura travelling back. As such it's worth asking if other magical girls seem more powerful this time around, (especially more recent contractees) or have memories and inklings of things they shouldn't. (Madoka has visions of past timelines when Homura loops in after all.)
It also might be worth talking about other... let's call them "anomalous timelines," where things that couldn't have happened, happened. Rebellion is one of those (though talking about it is a debatable), and it's one I think we're seeing some effects from at the very least in the vein of Sayaka, and possibly more, but there's also stuff like Homura's Revenge, where we see a profoundly useful fallback plan in Homura's ability to take people back with her. (Which, IIRC, was noted by Firn to be
possible, but simply never attempted.)
I don't think her knowledge belongs there. How could Walpurgisnacht possibly know about Rebellion?
Well, if Rebellion actually happened then Walpurigsnacht would have been part of the Law of Cycles during it. After all, we do see her some of her familiars there. Specifically, the elephant dragging the carriage at the end.
Its possible that, rather than "never existing", Walpurgisnacht was simply taken into the law of cycles straight, like Sayaka is implied to have been. By the interpretation behind that, the world post-Madokami was
instantiated rather than built over time, so there's still a record of most of the people who didn't arrive into it, but Walpurgisnacht would still exist, just instead having a sort of "Do not pass Go, go directly to Heaven" sort of deal.
(I've gone quite firmly into the camp that Rebellion actually occurred in some manner, and may well be a direct predecessor to PMAS's timeline, but my thoughts on that involve a lot of analysis that needs a proper write-up.)
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