Personality: Madoka is a very kind, gentle and otherwise completely normal girl (aside from her potential to rewrite the universe). Her mother describes her as a good child, and one who stays out of trouble, never lies and always tries to do the right thing. Outwardly, she is cheerful and personable, makes friends easily and is generally well liked by the people she meets and interacts with.
But there's a sadness about her, too — a timidness, a naivete, and lack of faith in herself that stands in the way of her desperate desire to help, to protect her friends. She's shown to react in several different ways when presented with difficult situations: one way is that she second-guesses herself, which can lead to her freezing, even if she might find inaction just as terrifying as confronting it.
The greatest example of this is pretty much the entire anime up until about the end of episode 11: For most of the series, she is pulled in different directions, from wanting to help but lacking the ability, to Homura stopping her from becoming a magical girl, to disbelief when she's told that she's anything but an average girl, and that there's nothing particularly special about her. It isn't until nearly the end that she stops being a bystander while the world crumbles around her, and she finds the courage to do something — and most importantly, she realizes that though the world is cruel and unfair, she can ease the pain in her own way.
Madoka harbors an overwhelming, desperate hope that the world is good, and that people, despite the way they act or what they do, are ultimately good as well. This is the most important part of the way that Madoka sees the world, and it's this major viewpoint that drives most of her actions — often to a fault. She has gone out of her way to try to reconcile her friends' poor (and even violent) relations with each other, and she has accepted or sought out friendship from people who give her no good reason to (e.g. Homura). Prove her viewpoint wrong, and Madoka crumbles, like how she does when Kyubey tells her that magical girls are nothing more than pawns for the universe.
This hope of hers is a flaw in her character, should she try to befriend the wrong person, and also the aspect of her personality that drove her to save magical girls from their true fate. ("If someone tells me that it's wrong to hope, I'll tell them they're wrong every time.") This fierce dedication to the good in humanity is a core part of who Madoka is — turning her into a cynical person would be a nearly impossible feat.
Another factor that affects how Madoka approaches the world is how she compares herself to the people she admires. She admires, for instance, her mother's strength and intelligence, and her mother is the main person that Madoka has tried to emulate throughout her life. It's safe to say that if Madoka were to encounter a person whose character she genuinely admires, then she would take any advice offered from that person to heart, and would try to apply it in the next situation she's up against — though, this has had disastrous results before!
Madoka cares deeply for her friends and family, and is willing to tag along into dangerous situations (e.g. witch hunts), even if she thinks she might not be much help. She views herself as better at supporting her friends, but she has jumped into the fray on occasion.
And although she has a habit of doubting herself, when she does make a decision on something, she moves forward with it with conviction. In one timeline, it's hinted that Madoka wanted to be useful so badly that she became a magical girl with pretty much the first wish that she found — saving a cat that had been hit by a car. In the end of the anime, she defies the person she admires the most, her mother, because of her decision to make a wish that would save everyone.
Another side to Madoka's personality that is not really present at this canon point is how she acts when she gains a lot more confidence in herself. When she's given the "tools" to help others as she imagines she should, she feels she finally has the power to help others, and she has an honorable purpose. The courage she was always too self-conscious to show shines here, and she stands up against adversity and danger without any reservations. In canon, this almost always happens when Madoka makes a wish and becomes a magical girl. In game, perhaps she could tap into that confidence by learning how she can do her best by her pokémon.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Breeder Starter: I think an Eevee would be a good choice for Madoka — they're both pretty normal, and they're both sources of huge potential. The one Madoka would start with would have the same reservations about her abilities that her owner does. Figuring themselves out and getting stronger would be a fun journey for them to take together.
Victory Road Sample: [she sits at the edge of Route 29, backpack draped across her lap, silently watching the creature her new phone had called an "Eevee" stand frozen next to a patch of tall grass.]
[the Eevee is shaking like a leaf — looking back to Madoka as if for reassurance — looking back at the grass again — Madoka ... the grass ... it's caught in a fear loop, honestly. Madoka supposes if she were that small, she'd be terrified of entering what looked like a jungle, too.]
[and then the grass gives Eevee a reason to fear it. a Pidgey, approximately the size of a barge in comparison to the little Eevee standing there, suddenly bursts out into the open, wings spread and ready to Gust Eevee back into New Bark Town.]
— Hey! No!
[in a snap, Madoka's on her feet, and she hesitates, looking around frantically for a stick, or anything, really, to try to drive away Eevee's very first opponent in her very first pokémon battle. with no other options, her backpack will have to do. she bolts over and sidesteps in between the Pidgey and Eevee, reeling back with her backpack.]
[they'll figure out how to actually battle eventually. maybe.]
Madoka Kaname | Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Name: Diane
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Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A
Character
Name: Madoka Kaname
Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magicka
Timeline: Anime, post-second episode
Canon Resource Links: Here is the anime's main page, and Here is Madoka's page.
Personality:
Madoka is a very kind, gentle and otherwise completely normal girl (aside from her potential to rewrite the universe). Her mother describes her as a good child, and one who stays out of trouble, never lies and always tries to do the right thing. Outwardly, she is cheerful and personable, makes friends easily and is generally well liked by the people she meets and interacts with.
But there's a sadness about her, too — a timidness, a naivete, and lack of faith in herself that stands in the way of her desperate desire to help, to protect her friends. She's shown to react in several different ways when presented with difficult situations: one way is that she second-guesses herself, which can lead to her freezing, even if she might find inaction just as terrifying as confronting it.
The greatest example of this is pretty much the entire anime up until about the end of episode 11: For most of the series, she is pulled in different directions, from wanting to help but lacking the ability, to Homura stopping her from becoming a magical girl, to disbelief when she's told that she's anything but an average girl, and that there's nothing particularly special about her. It isn't until nearly the end that she stops being a bystander while the world crumbles around her, and she finds the courage to do something — and most importantly, she realizes that though the world is cruel and unfair, she can ease the pain in her own way.
Madoka harbors an overwhelming, desperate hope that the world is good, and that people, despite the way they act or what they do, are ultimately good as well. This is the most important part of the way that Madoka sees the world, and it's this major viewpoint that drives most of her actions — often to a fault. She has gone out of her way to try to reconcile her friends' poor (and even violent) relations with each other, and she has accepted or sought out friendship from people who give her no good reason to (e.g. Homura). Prove her viewpoint wrong, and Madoka crumbles, like how she does when Kyubey tells her that magical girls are nothing more than pawns for the universe.
This hope of hers is a flaw in her character, should she try to befriend the wrong person, and also the aspect of her personality that drove her to save magical girls from their true fate. ("If someone tells me that it's wrong to hope, I'll tell them they're wrong every time.") This fierce dedication to the good in humanity is a core part of who Madoka is — turning her into a cynical person would be a nearly impossible feat.
Another factor that affects how Madoka approaches the world is how she compares herself to the people she admires. She admires, for instance, her mother's strength and intelligence, and her mother is the main person that Madoka has tried to emulate throughout her life. It's safe to say that if Madoka were to encounter a person whose character she genuinely admires, then she would take any advice offered from that person to heart, and would try to apply it in the next situation she's up against — though, this has had disastrous results before!
Madoka cares deeply for her friends and family, and is willing to tag along into dangerous situations (e.g. witch hunts), even if she thinks she might not be much help. She views herself as better at supporting her friends, but she has jumped into the fray on occasion.
And although she has a habit of doubting herself, when she does make a decision on something, she moves forward with it with conviction. In one timeline, it's hinted that Madoka wanted to be useful so badly that she became a magical girl with pretty much the first wish that she found — saving a cat that had been hit by a car. In the end of the anime, she defies the person she admires the most, her mother, because of her decision to make a wish that would save everyone.
Another side to Madoka's personality that is not really present at this canon point is how she acts when she gains a lot more confidence in herself. When she's given the "tools" to help others as she imagines she should, she feels she finally has the power to help others, and she has an honorable purpose. The courage she was always too self-conscious to show shines here, and she stands up against adversity and danger without any reservations. In canon, this almost always happens when Madoka makes a wish and becomes a magical girl. In game, perhaps she could tap into that confidence by learning how she can do her best by her pokémon.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Breeder
Starter: I think an Eevee would be a good choice for Madoka — they're both pretty normal, and they're both sources of huge potential. The one Madoka would start with would have the same reservations about her abilities that her owner does. Figuring themselves out and getting stronger would be a fun journey for them to take together.
Second choice would be a Skitty.
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples
RP Sample: Here!
Victory Road Sample: [she sits at the edge of Route 29, backpack draped across her lap, silently watching the creature her new phone had called an "Eevee" stand frozen next to a patch of tall grass.]
[the Eevee is shaking like a leaf — looking back to Madoka as if for reassurance — looking back at the grass again — Madoka ... the grass ... it's caught in a fear loop, honestly. Madoka supposes if she were that small, she'd be terrified of entering what looked like a jungle, too.]
[and then the grass gives Eevee a reason to fear it. a Pidgey, approximately the size of a barge in comparison to the little Eevee standing there, suddenly bursts out into the open, wings spread and ready to Gust Eevee back into New Bark Town.]
— Hey! No!
[in a snap, Madoka's on her feet, and she hesitates, looking around frantically for a stick, or anything, really, to try to drive away Eevee's very first opponent in her very first pokémon battle. with no other options, her backpack will have to do. she bolts over and sidesteps in between the Pidgey and Eevee, reeling back with her backpack.]
[they'll figure out how to actually battle eventually. maybe.]