AU where Winry Rockbell is approached by Kyuubey in the aftermath of Ed and Al’s failed human transmutation. Despairing about both the pain of her friends and the loss of her parents, Winry makes a wish to fix both and becomes a magical girl. She finds an ally in May Chang, visiting royalty and fellow magical girl who made a wish to save her clan. But Winry’s about to find out that her huge wish means she has huge potential for huge despair…
A oneshot I did for fun after getting prompted with a idea. Warning for graphic violence and dismemberment in one section near the end.
Mahou Shoujo Winry Magica: Part 2 (Finale of a Madoka/FMA crossover AU with Winry Rockbell and May Chang as magical girls)
Part 1
So I finally finished this! It was a lot harder than I thought it would be, one of those ideas that SEEMED GOOD AT THE TIME but you become embarrased the more you think about it, so it’s hard to finish. Plus I had a spat with the person who originally gave me the idea and they unfollowed me at my request, so, you know, it was kinda depressing to think of finishing it in light of that. But finish it I did! Once again, not particularly polished, but I hope you enjoy!
Also, though it’s not real, warning for a rather graphically described death of a character- dismemberment, etc.
Winry had never been especially fond of trains, not since the accident with Den, but this fight was turning her distaste to outright hatred. Train tracks crisscrossed all around them, not just across the ground, but up in the air and above her head. They didn’t appear to begin or end anywhere, or follow any law of physics. It was like being trapped in an iron cage.
That was one thing, but another was the fact that the tracks were alive -they rearranged themselves constantly,. The metal bars that made up the tracks would try to wrap around Winry and May and trap them so they could be flattened by one of the many speeding trains that zoomed up and down this labyrinth.
And the witch had yet to be found in any of this.
A piece of track reared up like a iron snake. Winry jumped in the air, but it managed to catch her around the ankle. May threw a knife that sliced right through the metal rope that had lassoed her friend.
“Thanks, May!” Winry flashed a thumbs up.
May flashed one back, but as she did, the moving pieces of track attacked her as well. They targeted her wrists and ankles. May managed to bat most of them away with her knives, but one iron snake snatched the bracelet she was wearing and retreated into the maze of squirming metal.
“Wha-?” May barely had time to say anything before her eyes went blank. The iron ropes unwrapped themselves from around her and her limp body dropped in the middle of the train tracks.
“May!”
Winry immediately reached for her toolbelt, grabbing a screwdriver by the handle. In her hands, the flathead screwdriver grew, transforming itself into a long flat-bladed sword. She used this to fend off the iron attacking her she ran towards May.
She dropped down on her knees next her prone friend.
“May!” May’s eyes were glassy and she wasn’t breathing. Panic rose in Winry and her own breathing became broken and shaky. How could this have happened? May had been fine until her bracelet had been taken…
Her bracelet…wasn’t that where May kept her Soul Gem when she was transformed?
Just then, a metal snake lunged for Winry’s head. She deflected it with her sword, her hand jumping for her ear- the tracks were definitely aiming for her own Soul Gem, which was in the form of an earring.
Soul Gem…could it be? She had to get May’s back, that much was for certain.
She’d only knelt on the tracks next to May for a couple seconds, but already a train was heading their way. Winry stood up to face it head on. So far, they hadn’t found the witch, but she had a hunch…
Magic Knight Rayearth: The strength of sisterhood and the rejection of self-sacrifice
Full disclosure: The following reading is based on the MKR and MKR 2 manga, not the anime. I have only seen a few episodes of the anime, and that was like, 8 years ago, so this reading is manga based only. This post DOES contain spoilers for the ENTIRE series.In a bought of nostalgia, I recently re-read the entire Magic Knight Rayearth manga series (part 1 and 2). For those unfamiliar with the series, it is a 6 volume manga by Clamp (the same creations as Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, Tsubasa, and many others.) It is your classic Magical Girl series; three normal japanese girls are transported to a magical kingdom, given magical powers, and tasked to save the world.
I love magical girls stuff. It is very feminist in nature, and female-centric. MKR holds true to that. There are two big feminist themes that run through the series: sisterhood, and the rejection of self-sacrifice.
First: Sisterhood
Not just literal sisterhood, but solidarity between women in general. Our heroes, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, had never met before they were transported to Cephiro. Yet, there is never any inter-personal conflict between them. These three instantly become best friends. They even decide to call each other sisters in the FIRST volume. Other characters actually comment on how quickly this bond formed.
And that bond is the source of their strength. In order to unlock their “Manshin” (legendary spirit mecha things), they have to prove the strength of their hearts, and for each of them, they do this by saving the others from danger. Alone, none of them would have prevailed. Together, these three girls draw strength from each other. Women are strong when they rely on each other in this narrative. It is a complete rejection of the “women are catty and always fight” bullshit that media so often pushes.
2. The rejection of self-sacrifice.
Women in narratives are often called upon to be self-sacrificing. They are martyrs, dying for their sons or husbands or countries. As though nobility for women only comes from nurturing and giving up literally all we have: our very lives.
MKR rejects that entirely. Cephiro’s “pillar” system dictates that one person (the pillar: Princess Emeraude in part 1) must dedicate their lives in total self-sacrifice to prayer in order to keep Cephiro in balance. When Emeraude falls in love with Zagato (and act that calls upon her to wish for her OWN happiness and the happiness of the person she loves), Cephiro falls into chaos, and the Magic Knights are called upon to kill her, rather than let the world crumble.
The girls are torn up when they discover the truth about WHY they had to kill Emeraude, and the entire plot of part 2 surrounds the flaws of the Pillar system. Asking a person to self-sacrifice, even for the good of an entire world, is WRONG.
Through their rejection, Hikaru (who is deemed the new pillar) and the others completely dismantle the Pillar system. Again and again in part 2, the girls are fighting to BE TRUE TO THEMSELVES. Not to save Cephiro, not for anyone else. They fight because THEY want to be true to what THEY want. It is not self sacrifice that motivates them, but rather the opposite of that.
Here the message is clear: it is not wrong, or selfish, or evil to wish for your own happiness. Any system that forces such a dichotomy between caring about yourself and caring about others is flawed and leads to pain.
MKR is not a PERFECT feminist series, there certainly are flaws here. But I deeply enjoy that the two major themes of the work are so wonderfully feminist in nature.
(via fandomsandfeminism)
You know what’s great about magical girls?
They show that you can fight evil, you can be bad-ass and powerful…and you don’t have to sacrifice femininity to do it. A lot of shows make the badass and powerful girl someone who hates “girly” things, she wears pants instead of skirts, she shames the girly-girl of the show…And the girly one is either a weak and fragile flower, or she has to give up make-up and cute dresses if she ever wants to contribute to the fighting.
And magical girls don’t do that. They’re going out there in frilly, lacey, pink, layered dresses that are some of the prettiest and most adorable things ever and they’re kicking your ass. They’re kicking your ass in HIGH HEELS! And don’t any of you say that’s not impressive because dude, have you even tried to simply walk in those things? For our magical girls to wear them and still be running around, leaping, kicking, and battling in them without being in horrible pain or upsetting their balance is a-freaking-mazing.
They’re wearing heels, they’re wearing adorable and feminine outfits, some of them apply lipstick or blush after their transformation—some of them weaponize lipstick, even—they wear jewelry, cute tiaras and gems, and they’re still kicking your ass and saving the day with cutesy attacks of hearts and sparkles.None of them have to swap their skirts for pants. None of them have to say “if I want to fight, I can’t enjoy traditionally-feminine things anymore,” none of them are going to shame the ‘girly one’ in the group.
They show you can be pretty, cute, adorable, whatever and be the most feminine and dainty-looking cutie of them all…and still save the world and kick someone’s ass. And that’s awesome. That’s one of the most feminist things I’ve ever seen.
A++ FLAWLESS POST god bless
cute gals in cute dresses
i see this and think magical girls must be the style of dress
HOW AWESOME WOULD A MAGICAL GIRL WHO LOOKS LIKE THE ONE ON THE LEFT BE?
(via fyeahlilbit2point0)
I WAS LIKE “WHY IS THERE NO MAGICAL GIRL WINRY”
and then like magic she appeared to me
THE WORLD IS WONDERFUL THANK YOU
(Source: spectralreplica)
guys remember if you wanna watch Futari was Precure it’s on hulu and that’s gonna end in april
Support awesome magical girls who carry helpless unconscious dudes to safety and fight the bad guys by holding hands with each other. And kicking in their faces. Maybe if you do we can get Precure DVDs over here at some point. Heartcatch DVDs! It’s a pipe dream, but one worth having.
oh gosh IN ORDER FULLY FULFILL HIS ROLE AS DAMSEL IN DISTRESS this guys even pulls an “I love your alter ego”
and Nagisa ain’t even mad because she was gonna dump him anyway.LOVE.
And it’s actually really cool that this guy specifically goes for girls who are stronger and more powerful than him? HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH A GIRL BECAUSE SHE RESCUED HIM AND THAT IS HIS IDEAL how often do you see that so great.
Precure says fuck gender roles
magical girl shows forever
OH MY GOD
they come across super-tough-gangster-shojo-manga-lover guy and the magical moeblob fairy is genuinely like “YES THIS IS OUR THIRD PRECURE”
and he?
IS INTO IT
like “HELL YES I WANT TO BE A MAGICAL GIRL THIS IS EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER DREAMED I WILL LOOK ADORABLE IN THE OUTFIT”
why couldn’t he have been the third precure i mean i love itsuki and everything but that would have been way fab.
This scene is such BS. There is no reason he couldn’t be a Precure. Cure Fire should be a legit character.
Don’t even try to convince me that it’s meant to be funny so I shouldn’t take this shit seriously. If you pulled that shit on a girl in a giant robot series it’s still sexist shit.
And look at him, he looks like he came from a Kurumada manga. You could easily make him a magical youth with some Saint Seiya style flare. It would be awesome!
I agree it wouldn’t be bad to have him be a supporting Cure because it would send the message to boys femininity is not shameful for them and that’s why the idea enthused me to a degree
But it’s not the same as a girl being told she can’t pilot a giant robot at all. The majority of media is focused on guys being heroes with girls only allowed to be supporting characters or not present at all. The magical girl genre is the only genre where girls are always the heroes and are focused on over the boys, always. And what’s more, the girls get their power from BEING GIRLS. Femininity is powerful. This is a revolutionary concept when society has always considered masculinity to be the source of power.
Read this essay http://missturdle.tumblr.com/post/43587146942/on-the-importance-of-magical-girl-heroines
So personally, i’d rather see a transgirl cure before a male cure.
