Soul Gems Regenerates Body

Homura's dead, madoka's depressed, Sayaka is trying to talk her out of it

Mar 17
Yeah, that was one part I was kind of questioning

Even if Homura was turned into a Fetus I don't think she should've died

 leafbladie
 Seeing as her Soul is in her Soul Gem


 leafbladie
 She could've transformed herself back to normal


I don't think Homura could do anything as a fetus, but I just assumed as a fetus Pucci was able to finish her off easily

I mean,-

Hm

for a normal person, being turned into a fetus WOULD be instant death because you're not in the life support system that is the womb

A soul gem houses your soul, but it expends magic to keep your body operational. I assume your soul gem would burn through magic extremely quickly to keep a fetus outside the womb alive, as it has absolutely no way of supporting itself at all

 Kyubox Incubox
 It'd still be the end of Homura, but I guess it should turn into a witch?

Mar 17
 leafbladie
 Well the thing is that I think the Soul Gem could just construct a new body


Well, its just an oversight I suppose.

 Kyubox Incubox
 Has a soul gem ever shown the ability to do that? The most we've gotten is regeneration/healing

Mar 17
Madoka makes clear in the fight with Mami vs Charlotte that Mami's soul gem was destroyed when her head was bitten off

 leafbladie
 And from that I think it becomes rather clear that destruction of the soul gem is necessary for the Magical Girl to die, given how much Kyubey states they are anle to withstand


Kyubey also states it could heal an exploded heart, and since he's not one to tell explicit lies

 leafbladie
 And an exploded heart would probably require the creation of new tissues in order to heal, I think it'd be possible to fix that.


Sure, but to me its like

 Kyubox Incubox
 If a magical girl got sick, would her soul gem go "This is too hard, i'm going to abandon this body and create a new one"?

Mar 17
Magical Girls can just shut out the pain

 leafbladie
 Also, as in the movies its explained that they constantly use a bit of magic to maintain their bodies, it might not even be possible for them to get sick


 Kyubox Incubox
 Fixing a body or keeping it alive is one thing, but I doubt a soul gem could just give yourself an extra life and create a new body. Especially since it would negate all the reasons why getting separated from your soul gem is a big deal. Is your human body too far? Why not make a new one?

Mar 17
 leafbladie
 True, it might be that they never tried though. To willfully separate yourself from your body for a test would require an extreme trust in a third person to return you to your body if it failed.


Many were probably too freaked from the experience to try, and even those who were returned probably never wanted to experience it again.

 leafbladie
 Not to mention creating an entirely new body might be a huge waste of energy


It's also ignoring all the girls who likely fell into despair upon this revelation, like the H.N. Elly. It's implied she learned the truth of Soul Gems and fell into despair because of it, and as such made others want to give up their body

I'm going to tak e Kyubey at face value when he says that Magical Girls can't die unless they use up all their energy ir their soul gems are destroyed

 leafbladie
 And I think it would've been an easy fix, just have him destroy her left behind Soul Gem