hm, appreciating the paradox of Posting now
(wanting to present a slightly different take on that last magical girl post, not wanting it to come across as discoursey. which is extra silly when my reach is very limited, but, so it goes)
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in reply to @stepnix's post:
Will it appear less discoursey if we talk about it in the comments, here? I'm curious as to your thoughts.
probably! 🙏
so: the post is speaking to a very specific narrative ("Madoka killed magical girl shows) that I am led to believe exists in anglosphere mahou fan spaces. I'm satisfied that the post disproves it, am ready to discard it entirely, and am not interested in centering my own mahou history posts on either supporting or disproving it.
however! I do think Madoka still represents a significant turning point for the genre because of the explosion of adult-targeted mahous that followed it. it wasn't the first, I've made my own posts about Nanoha and Uta~Kata, but it still did a lot to crack open the space, so I still want to assign like, a demographic shift to Madoka's influence.
....on the other hand my data for official demographic targets (and actual fan statistics) is limited so this might be a poor approach to be using in the first place. The part about Yuuki Yuna was cool, I didn't know all of that.
i don't even think they disagree with me on this honestly, their post just isn't about that, and that's fine, I just have the urge to outline the other half of the real phenomenon misidentified as "killing the genre" and "how does Madoka relate to its genre" is a topic perfectly calibrated to extract "well here's what I think" from everyone participating in conversations about it and i am not immune to this