[Decagon]

Originally Posted by Mentar

Yep, 100% on target. And one thing more:

Spoiler for stay away if you haven't watched ep4 yet:

I'm pretty happy because I picked up a critical flag for my main theory (Madoka and Homura have a shared joint past): During the bridge scene, Homura's reaction to Madoka's outburst that she'd NEVER EVER forget her shows that Madoka HAD forgotten her actually. And in my opinion, this is because Madoka HAD been a MG in the past, and Homura wished her out. Removing her from the grinder required that Madoka would forget about her prior life, and so, Homura. It's like Homura said: Madoka is too caring - the only way to protect her would be to keep Madoka _ignorant_ of what's really happening.

I'm not sure I can follow this bit. Madoka said she would never forget Homura, but Homura's reaction was shown after Madoka said she would never forget that Homura saved her yesterday. Granted, this is said in the same breath, but if she wanted to react to the first half they would have cut to her hand instead of focusing on Madoka. I think the reaction is more indicative of guilt--either of her own inability to prevent Mami's death, or because of some reason that Homura haters may support.