There's so many sad moments in Madoka Magica - from Mami dying just as she believed she wasn't going to be alone anymore, to Sayaka finally coming to the realization that her "ideal magical girl" never existed and calling herself stupid before witching out, to Kyoko committing suicide so that Sayaka wouldn't be alone, showing that she truly wanted to believe in hope and doing "the right thing."

But the saddest moment in Madoka Magica, to me at least, is just barely .5 seconds long. It's at the very end of the entire series up to this point, even past the credits. With the entire scene just barely two minutes long and without ANY dialogue, by far, the scene that made me tear up the hardest was this.

Here it is. Complete silence. No tears. No screaming. Just acceptance.

Homura, after pulling Madoka from Godhood and restoring her life as a mostly normal teenage girl, after changing the laws of the Universe itself, after defining all odds and saving the girl she loves from danger of being exploited once more, is all alone.

The most powerful being in the Universe (for now at least) who fought so hard to have her wish granted, who exists as an entity called evil now, who can bend the world to her very whim, has no one.

She has accepted being alone, she has accepted that everyone will be her enemy one day, so much so that she has isolated herself atop a cliff to oversee everything as the sole controller of the world.

But even she, regardless if she calls herself evil or not, can't resist looking back when she hears an unexpected noise.

Maybe it was a look of fear. Of surprise.

How could someone reach her up there? Such a high cliff, and she's already using her magic to ensure everything's going to plan, so how could someone sneak past her?

But I chose to believe it was a look of hope. The hope that someone, a friend with a smile, traveled all the way to see her.

When you look at her chair, you see that she's leaning against NOTHING. She's uneven. She's lopsided. Nothing is supporting her.

Because something that's supposed to be there, in another chair, just isn't. And that someone is Madoka. That someone is a friend.

The sequence of the opening of the Madoka Magica movie is supposed to be Homura's fantasy. Her ideal dream is just being next to Madoka, having her smile at her, having her acknowledge her.

But in reality, at the end of Rebellion, even after she did all that work to protect her, even after she made it so she could have a second chance, at the end of the day, she's by herself in a chair.

No one looks for her. Not Madoka, not Sayaka, not Kyoko, not Mami or Nagisa. The only creature that had followed her all the was the same cause for her suffering.

When Madoka made her wish and disappeared, Homura said that being in a world without Madoka was like being in a nightmare she couldn't wake up from.

But now, everything is how it show be. Madoka is safe. Kyoko and Sayaka are alive and together. As are Nagisa and Mami. Yet in Homura's perfect world, she's still alone. Because that's what she thinks she deserves.

Madoka is RIGHT there. She's alive. She's safe. Homura could hug her, become friends with her, have her right there in that chair with her. She could hold her just like she did in Rebellion. She could see her smile once more.

She could will it with her powers. She could manifest a world where Madoka only loves her. Where Madoka will only want to stay with her.

But she doesn't. Because she never included herself as part of Madoka's happiness.

Homura says she'll keep wishing for a world in which Madoka can be happy and then isolates herself from that world. Because Homura never planned to stay with Madoka so long as she was alive and well.

Homura's plan was never to selfishly keep Madoka to herself. She only wanted Madoka to be alive and happy, with or without her. And that still applies here.

The only thing Madoka says is let go when she tries to hold her again, to stop Madokami from fusing back with Madoka.

So Homura let's go. She lets go of everything and isolates herself. Her loved one is alive. She could have her. She could hold her hand. She could be right there with her.

But she isn't. Because Homura doesn't think she deserves it. Even if Homura is alone with no one to support her, so long as she knows Madoka's alive, she could live with whatever she's done. She can live with pain, with suffering, with loneliness, so long as she knows Madoka is living a happy life.

Everything is right back as it started, except now, Sayaka has Kyoko, Mami has Nagisa, Madoka has her LIFE back.

And Homura, just like how she started, is alone. She still hates herself. She still has no one but her thoughts of hope and the idea of Madoka to push her forward. She doesn't allow herself to even indulge in living life with her greatest love.

Everyone has what they wanted. Madoka is alive again.

So it doesn't matter to Homura if she's alone. It doesn't matter if she hates herself. It doesn't matter if she pulled her best friend from heaven to live life as a normal human. It doesn't matter if she's evil, if she's a demon, if everyone will turn against her one day.

She'll dance. And she'll dance. And she'll dance.

She'll dance until she falls off of a cliff. And she'll smile all the while. Because as much as it hurts, Madoka is alive. And as long as Madoka is alive, she doesn't care what happens to her. Even if she dies.

So she flings herself off of a cliff. That's what she thinks she deserves. And there's no one there to stop her. Not Madoka, Sayaka, Mami, Kyoko or Nagisa. She has no one to stop her from falling. No one to mourn for her, unlike the way she mourned for Madoka.

And she'll accept that. Even if it means her death. Even if it means she can't interact or hold Madoka. Because that's how much Madoka means to her.

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That's a really interesting thought piece! Considering Homura's character, I really feel like she'd be attached to Toriel the most for obvious reasons.

Flowey would probably die the second he tries some shit, considering he's just a more cruel Incubators and Homura had no problem killing him. I also see her listening to Flowey with a huge grain of salt once she realizes killing him is pointless just to get a better understanding of determination powers and the world of Undertale, but largely, she'd view Flowey as a crueler version of Kyubey and would either kill him or threaten him into telling her what she wants to know. She wouldn't take any crap from him. I also feel like, in a weird, disconnected way, she finds herself almost understanding Flowey once she realizes the truth about him and his past.

Toriel is an honest, motherly person, just like Mami, but unlike Mami, Toriel is more of an adult, so it would allow Homura to have a parent in her life.

I also feel like she'd like Papyrus after realizing that he's not a threat. Like, once she realizes that Papyrus has neither bark nor bite, she'd treat him like an annoying albeit endearing brother.

In terms of Sans, I feel like she would never allow herself to be fully comfortable with him. I don't think Homura is big on humor, no matter the iteration, so his puns and pranks wouldn't be charming to him, only seen as mildly annoying. Then once she finds out he has unexplained powers + science knowledge? She would sure feel somewhat uneasy.

Alphys and Homura would be a mix of awkwardness and also feeling a sort of kinship as Homura used to be as timid and nervous as Alphys. Though she may also see her as a bit...much given her interests. I'd say Homura is fine with Alphys in small doses and would, at worse, find her too insecure to be incredibly close with.

Undyne and Homura would likely butt heads in the beginning given that Undyne is very fiery and impatient whereas Homura is mostly logical and will try to compromise. The main issue, of course, is that Undyne, unlike Kyoko who while acting like her, is way easier to convince, Undyne is very hard to compromise with once she has her heart set. I see Homura either killing or seriously injuring Undyne during her neutral boss battle once she realizes that Undyne only wants to kill her.

As for Mettaton and Muffet, she'd likely just find them conceited and annoying obstacles, and once they'd calm down after she beat them, she'd probably want to ignore them/avoid them.

Asgore, Homura would likely sense that he doesn't want to do this and would either try to compromise or kill him without any malice just to leave. Knowing Homura, she'd attempt to be logical and get Asgore to come to his senses. I see their fight going one of two ways, Homura either killing him and Asgore being fine with it, or Asgore coming to his senses once he realizes Homura is right.

Overall, I see Homura doing a neutral run her first time. She would probably kill Flowey the second he pulls his BS, but I don't see her ever killing Toriel on accident since she knows that Toriel only wants the best for her. She'd probably kill a few monsters in the Ruins out of self-defense purely, but for the more pathetic ones like the bugs and some of the less sentient frogs, she'd ignore/spare them.

She'd instantly be taken aback by Sans, not fully trusting him, but not being hostile either. She wouldn't avoid him, but she'd be firm around him because she doesn't know what he's fully capable of, jokes and pranks aside. I also doubt that she'd ever fight Sans since the only way to is via the genocide route, and I don't see Homura ever doing it even out of pure curiosity. She's not the type to enjoy killing, even out of just wanting to know additional information.

For Papyrus, I also don't see her killing or injuring him. She'd probably find his boss fight mildly annoying/a small obstacle, but once she realizes that he's mostly harmless and his battle is quite easy, she'd just defeat him and ignore him for the rest of the run without a second thought.

She might kill a few more monsters in Snowdin, particularly the more aggressive ones out of self defense, but she'd leave most of them alive and would just avoid them.

Once she gets to Waterfall, I see her learning to just ignore the smaller monsters from now on. She'd also find the Temmies annoying, but helpful in small doses.

Once she runs into Undyne, her first reaction would be to avoid her until it's impossible, then she would try to compromise and reason with her, and then once she realizes that it's impossible, she would injury her just enough to get her off her back without any regrets. Homura would view Undyne as someone who does what needs to be done, but too stubborn for her own good. She likely wouldn't like Undyne their first encounter.

Once she gets to Hotland, she'd ignore the guards and would only kill the really aggressive monsters found later.

For Muffet, she'd likely tell her that she never killed any spiders, and depending on if Muffet believed her, she could end the battle peacefully. However, if Muffet doesn't, I could see Homura attempting to calm her down and only doing a bit of damage until Muffet comes to realization herself.

I also think that she wouldn't have any qualms about injuring Mettaton considering he's only hurting her for views and not out of a noble pursuit like Undyne. She wouldn't even entertain his little game and would just go straight to trying to convince him that she isn't a threat, but once that proved futile, she'd trash his robot body and wouldn't feel bad afterward since she knew he was a ghost.

I think once Alphys reveals that it was her behind Mettaton's antics, Homura would initially be a little angry, but after some time, she'd forgive her or at least wouldn't be mad anymore once she hears that Alphys only wanted Homura to think she was cool and didn't intend for her to be hurt.

Like I said for Asgore, she'd understand why he did what he did, but she would still defend herself and Asgore would understand. She would end up killing him/having him killed by Flowey since she's doing the neutral route.

She'd find the Flowey boss fight jarring at first, but she would quickly learn there's a method to his madness and dispose of him.

She'd likely end up getting either the Undyne Queen ending or the Papyrus king ending, but once Sans calls her and Flowey tells her she could get a better ending, she'd likely do a Pacifist route and would befriend Asriel once she understands what he went through.

In terms of closeness, she'd likely remain the closest to Toriel and Asriel, and the furtherest from Undyne and Mettaton. Sans she'd be mostly neutral about and Papyrus she'd find mildly annoying but ultimately harmless.

However, during the Pacifist ending, she'd probably choose to go her own way rather than stay with Toriel.

No I have not, but I'll look into it! Thank you so much for the suggestion.