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Could Madoka ever accumulate despair, or does her Soul Gem stay pure forever?
According to Kyubey, she takes the despair away from magical girls about to
become witches. If her Soul Gem became tainted, she could potentially become a
witch and destroy herself (through her wish). Would that even be possible??


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Can the Law of the Cycle destroy itself?


As Madoka herself explains at the end of episode 12 of the anime,

> [if her wish truly came true then even she would not become a
> witch](https://youtu.be/_bjPpOjSuBw?t=65) which is why she became a god and
> was incorporated into the Law of Cycles. She is even shown stopping her own
> witch form which is why she was able to create a new world in which witches
> didn't exist. So to put it bluntly, the answer is no.


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> she could potentially become a witch and destroy herself (through her wish).
> Would that even be possible??

yes, we see this happen in Episode 12 after Madoka makes her wish that
ultimately leads her to become a Goddess.

After Walpurgisnacht is destroyed Homura finds herself on the moon watching
Madoka's tainted Soul Gem streak across the galaxy, collapsing into a Grief
Seed before becoming Kriemhild Gretchen. it is then that Madoka appears and we
see her assume her Goddess form and as per her wish she can destroy even her
own witch form. however Madoka must still exists to continue erasing witches
even after she destroys herself and this paradox is what lead to the Universe
having to be recreated.

* * *

in Madoka's Universe however we can't confirm if Madoka even has a Soul Gem.
while [amiami has had an Ultimate Madoka Soul Gem on sale once
before](https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?scode=CGD2-19560&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_charaname_search%3DMadoka%20Kaname%24pagemax%3D100%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1)
([historical](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KUz3K.jpg)
[images](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VQKX3.jpg)) the problem is that Madoka's
Goddess form doesn't show anything that looks like an opal on her in her
Universe as shown in the Rebellion movie

[![Goddess Madoka in
Rebellion](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xS9D0.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xS9D0.jpg)

and Magical Girls generally have the same coloured gem on their body as their
Soul Gem and Ring. what's more Ultimate Madoka's gems on the upper part of her
dress might be the same colour and shape as her Soul Gem in the previous
universe but [it does not show a noticeable metal frame around it like in her
Magical Girl form](https://i.stack.imgur.com/n3yH1.jpg) (Designs for
[Homura](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yJCa5.jpg),
[Kyoko](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wQumz.jpg),
[Sayaka](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yy5Qm.jpg),
[Mami](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PriwL.jpg),
[Nagisa](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8O3Cy.jpg) showing their Soul Gems in
Magical Girl form).

there's also the fact that it was the Incubator's logic that a Magical Girl's
Soul exists outside of their body in the form of the Soul Gem. it's possible
that after becoming a Goddess Madoka's Soul is back in her own body.

i would speculate that in her universe Madoka, as a Goddess and the concept
called the "Law of Cycles" that's always existed in the universe, is a
difference existence than a Magical Girl and not bound by their rules. even
her own wish states this

> I want to erase all witches before they are even born. I will erase every
> single witch in every universe, past and future with my own hands...I don't
> care what you call it. All those magical girls who held onto their hopes and
> fought against witches I don't want to see them cry. I want them to stay
> smiling until the end. **If any rule or law stands in my way I will destroy
> it. I will rewrite it.** That is my prayer. That is my wish. Now grant it,
> Incubator!

and as in her universe the Law of Cycles can not become a witch


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In the main TV timeline, the Law existed for an instant, absorbed the
corruption of all witches, turned into a witch, and was destroyed by its own
past self.

Its creation and destruction happened in one timeline of the old universe, but
it acts across all time and space in all timelines. If the Law experiences
time linearly at all, it will eventually return to the old universe to become
a witch and die.


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