On Werther, Faust, and Love: an analysis of Madoka Magica through the works of Goethe

REUPLOAD!! this took me SO LONG and made me INSANE I swear NOTHING WORKED. only that homura pic!!!!! so it was either that or a black screen with my annoying voice. sorry it looks ugly 😭😭 BECAUSE I FEEL BAD I DECIDED TO STILL HAVE BOTH VIDEO ESSAYS AVAILABLE IN A GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER!! the versions in the folder are the same as I had originally posted before they were taken down. you can find the folder linked on my ko-fi (you'll get the link even by tipping nothing, I just felt safer that way!) āž”ļø https://ko-fi.com/s/bf9d86b930 thank you all for your support, I appreciate it so so much! kisses xx credits: song in the beginning: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free... ; license code: 45ZCZE1XQNFAUH81 below is the og description ↓ ---- hello!! šŸ‘‹šŸ» this is probably not the video essay y’all were expecting, but I hope you’ll enjoy it anyway! truth is, after I made that poll around 6 months ago asking for your input bc I was stuck on my video essay on pmmm/rgu/ptutu, I started working on it again and as I mentioned in the beginning of this video essay, I fell down a rabbit hole. I really enjoyed working on this one though as I could put forth some of my theories on the upcoming movie, which is (hopefully šŸ¤žšŸ»šŸ€šŸ”®) coming out soon. āŒ› timestamps āŒ› Introduction - 00:00 Chapter 1 - About Goethe and his works 02:34 Chapter 2 - Werther, Homura, and Love 17:34 Chapter 3 - Of witches and saints 26:46 Chapter 4 - The "Eternal Feminine" 50:51 Interlude - The Wraith Arc 01:00:50 Chapter 5 - Walpurgis no Kaiten predictions 01:05:49 Conclusion - 01:58:00 Extra - Unscripted rant 01:59:31 Here is the script! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V... (I noticed there was an issue with the link but it is fixed now!) Unfortunately, I lost the copy of the script I was using while recording, the copy that had been corrected as I misspoke/added something (I recorded half of the audio in June and the other half in August, and started editing mid-September). I will keep editing the script in the next few days/weeks so that it matches better what I am saying in the video, sorry! šŸ˜­šŸ™šŸ» Here are some of the sources that are not linked in the script but mentioned in the video: ✨ the ICONIC "go home homura, you're drunk" (https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1915...) šŸ“‘ Rebellion production notes (https://genga.booru.org/index.php?pag...) šŸ“‘ Purity culture article (https://www.vox.com/culture/23733213/...) šŸ“‘ Rune translator (https://mailspeise.at/madoka/runes.htm) šŸ“‘ Hanzaki (https://yokai.com/hanzaki/) šŸ“· Runes chart pic (https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Decipher...) šŸ“· Runes from episode 2 (https://images.puella-magi.net/b/ba/R...) šŸŽ„ The Little Mermaid (1968), director Ivan Aksenchuk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lit...) ) šŸŽ„ Wuthering Heights (1939), director William Wyler šŸŽ„ The clip of Margarete’s death I used is from a 1960’s Faust adaptation (   • FaustĀ (1960)Ā PartĀ 21Ā (EnglishĀ subtitles)Ā Ā ) šŸŽ„ Clips of Faust I in the video are from the 1926 Faust adaptation (   • FaustĀ (1926)Ā Ā [Ā 4KĀ HDĀ RestoredĀ ]Ā GermanĀ Ho...Ā Ā ) šŸŽ„ The clips of Faust II I used are from Peter Stein’s adaptation (   • FaustĀ IIĀ -Ā GoetheĀ -Ā PeterĀ SteinĀ Ā ) šŸŽµ Walpurgis no Kaiten pv OST extended    • MadokaĀ MagicaĀ -Ā WalpurgisnachtĀ RisingĀ Trai...Ā Ā ) šŸ–¼ļø Kyosaya kiss fanart (https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/212...) 🧃my own tumblr post I quoted in the conclusion (https://www.tumblr.com/mimikyuno/7282...) I will be checking I included everything I had to include, so I might update the list ^ in the next few days/weeks! thank you SO MUCH for tuning in, I really appreciate all your support and I really hope you will enjoy this video!! It was my Everest fr, I’ve been extremely busy and stressed and editing 2+ hours of footage was a bit more than I could chew in my current situation, especially bc I’m quite slow 🦄🫠 pls let me know what you think and see you next time!! bye šŸŽ€šŸŽØšŸ’•