2026-08-24 22:23 UTC
@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol I once wrote (as a series of vignettes) "Shinji Ikari and the Methods of Rationality", the joke being that Shinji embraces Yudkowsky-style "Rationality" and is even more miserable and alone than in canon, rejecting every chance at love until Third Impact comes and everyone dissolves into TANG.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11521647/chapters/40893185
I bet "Kanome Madoka and the Methods of Rationality" could be done as a parody in a similar vein.
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@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol 2026-08-24 22:25
@bstacey@icosahedron.website I can almost see it as a reaction--that is to say, it's plausible that bashing into Akemi Homura and the other magical girls might send young Madoka flying in the direction indicated by her mother, i.e. she decides to become ruthlessly practical and devoted to conventional success, disdaining magic and refusing to acknowledge its existence right under her nose. Seems like good material for a tragedy!