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Originally Posted by Deconstructor
Entropy is a quick and dirty explanation. However, better to have a quick and dirty explanation than a confusing and complex one.
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While I get what you're saying, what makes you think it has to be either/or?
Before we got this explanation (and during the confusion before the ep was properly translated), it was one theory that Kyube was balancing good and evil. The lines from the characters prior to that point, such as Kyoko, began to suggest that happiness and sadness must be balanced. If you have a great joy, it must be balanced by a great sorrow. Kyoko keeping her joys small and to herself, meant that any corresponding sorrows would be similarly small; thus her worldview was a valid one.
If I were writing this, that would have been the route I would have gone. For those that are familiar with him, it could also be called the Galactus route. Kyube neither good nor evil, his very existence and what he does necessary to the fabric of the universe, however.
After just a little thinking, here's my current idea, although it would probably need some refinement:
Spoiler for Alternative to Entropy:
"Madoka, in all our travels, humans are fairly unique. They have these things called emotions, which startled us in how powerful they are and can become. They access a type of energy we haven't seen anywhere else. So powerful are these emotions and the energy they generate, that it can cause great tragedy and hope, swinging the balance of order and chaos back and forth too rapidly. In your terms, it might be more accurate to say "good and evil" or "positive and negative" . Too much swinging would ultimately rend space and time itself; a gash that would expand and destroy the entire universe.
So we came up with a plan to help channel the positive and negative emotions into specific outlets. Witches would carry the negative feelings, absorbing them the hate, anger, jealousy and sorrow from nearby humans, while magical girls would take the positive, using wishes to create joy, love, and hope. By directly pitting them against each other, we could contain the issue.
Neither side would ever defeat the other, as long as we kept both sides in check. And this is also beneficial to humans, as without our intervention, a human's emotional state would ultimately lead to the end of your species. We predict that one day your species will grow out of this and join us among the stars, and we'll welcome you on that day. But until then, this is necessary for both your race and ours. In essence, your struggle functions as a shock absorber for the powerful emotions of your species."
Madoka: "What about Sayaka? Why didn't you tell us magical girls turn into witches?"
"That is the danger of using magic. In your language, you might call it a 'double-edged sword.' Using magic is inherently negative, and we determined that only a young girl of a certain age, can properly wield it. We believe it is because they sit on the threshold between purity and knowledge, while also having one of the strongest emotional sets of any other type of human. Your emotions give you power, but they can also destroy you. We did not mention this, because girls tended to react badly to learning it. In our experience, as long as they don't know, they are happier and more effective.
When you feel you are ready to fight for your race and the universe, feel free to call me."
In my opinion, entropy and thermodynamics just make this thing messy. If PMMM is gonna go the deconstruction route, this might be better. Most MG's in other shows fight for truth and justice and love; it would be a nice twist to find out while they do that, it is only to help maintain a balance, and just the darker side has to be equally accounted for. They have to die for anger, hate, etc. as well.
It would also fit more nicely into what Kyoko was talking about, and mesh better with the theme of the show up until that point.