i know im usually the #1 Homura Defender but sayaka slander irks me so much. "she died over some dumb crush"? how can you misunderstand a character so catastrophically...

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i know im usually the #1 Homura Defender but sayaka slander irks me so much. "she died over some dumb crush"? how can you misunderstand a character so catastrophically...
okay, so, more coherent rewrite of that 5am ramble post i just made.
a biggg point of contention in any "is homura evil?" or "does homura hate her friends?" type argument is the last scene in rebellion where homura threatens sayaka, is rude to her friends, and kind of implies she could destroy the universe if she wanted to. we're not going to touch on those, really, but id like to introduce a point ive actually never seen mentioned:
the whole time homura is puffing herself up, issuing vague ominous threats to sayaka, being kind of rude, etc, her witch's familiars are throwing tomatoes at her.
(no, it isn't blood or anything in the second gif — you can confirm it via video link here).
throwing tomatoes at people, usually actors or performers, is usually a sign that the person in question is giving a bad performance or, in other words, not performing their role well or convincingly. it's also not just a cartoon trope, but was an actual thing (yes, i know that source is reddit, but it has the actual info and cited info there).
the whole time homura is trying to act like she hates her friends, or heckling sayaka, or implying she doesn't care about the world, her familiars are busy throwing tomatoes at her to show she is lying or performing/pretending, and isn't even all that convincing.
(and, like @ultimadoka pointed out, this also continues while sayaka is calling homura the devil, which could also be a point?)
Weezer parody band called Sneezer, with hit song Allergy Pills
ay lmao someone give me some fanfic inspiration.
everyone should like madoka kaname. everyone on this website. everyone on this planet.
"homura is an evil abuser who wants to control madoka and hates their friends" tired trope, canonically untrue, congrats on falling for the facade put up by a middle schooler.
"homura sees herself as inherently evil and abusive due to her upbringing, past actions, and status as a witch, which is still ongoing even at the end of rebellion" fresh, new, actually closer to canon, doesn't demonize a child for being mentally ill.
2016ish pmmm discourse would have you believe homura akemi is like this
kyubey onesies and outfits based on him, even in adult sizes, exist publicly in pmmm canon. this implies that either incubators are known but seen as a "fantasy" creature there (the same way magical girls seem to be a trope in-universe), or that there are magical girls creating kyubey merchandise on some mass scale in canon, and they are recognized enough in some way as to not get seen as odd. in this essay i will—