They seem to think Homura didn't care about Kyouko, Sayaka or Mami

 

 

Dude...

 

Would Homura have gone out of her way to warn them and try and save them if she didn't care?

Would they be in her witches barrier?

 

 

She even says she wants Mami and Kyouko to be there when she dies. 

 

 After a while, because they fail to believe her, she tries to only save Madoka. But that doesn't mean she stopped caring for the others completely

Edited December 29, 201410 yr by KittensOnFire

The problem with Homura is that even though she cares, she does too good of a job with her "I'm a cool loner who doesn't need anyone" facade, to the characters and the audience. I need to consciously remind himself she wants to save everyone deep down, because by (many of) her actions and her general vibe, it's easy for me to think she doesn't care and that she's too cool and capable to receive peoples' help. Her single-minded devotion to Madoka doesn't help matters.

 

The confrontation between her and Sayaka in ep 8 is a scene that makes it easy for me to forget she gives a crap about people besides Madoka. No matter how many times I watch episode 10, no matter how much I remind myself that she does want to save everyone, and no matter how much I remind myself she'd be saving Sayaka from a worse fate than death if she killed her on the spot, the fact that Homura was willing to kill Sayaka simply because her descent into despair is making Madoka sad... gah, firetruck you Homura. If the scene emphasized saving Sayaka from witchdom instead of how her actions are hurting Madoka, I'd understand. The audience wouldn't realize it at the time, but Homura would be right about it. But no. The push that compelled Homura to try to kill Sayaka was because of Madoka. Again, even intelligently knowing her motives and what she's been through, it just feels like Homura has no problems killing Sayaka, Madoka's best friend, just so Madoka will stop being sad and Homura will have her to herself.

 

And then there's the movie. Really, watching that one finally gave me permission to hate Homura. I know she's broken and been through a lot, but as I mentioned, her stoic facade is too good. Even though I know it's not her true self (probably), it doesn't make it any less irritating to me.