

I know that the Nightmares the Magical Girls fight as a substitute for the
Wraiths and/or Witches are born from people's nightmares (as shown when Hitomi
returns to normal but is asleep and she was about to go to bed when the her
Nightmare first appeared).

However, given the world in which they appear in is a fake one inside Homura's
Soul Gem. I am wondering who came up with the idea of fighting Nightmares
(Homura or the Incubators) and why a new kind of enemy rather than the
Wraiths? (in order to keep the illusion of reality)


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Where did the concept of fighting Nightmares come from?


There is no canon answer to this question. The Nightmares' form and function
appear derivative of the Wraiths (Wraith-lite if you will). Both are
manifestations of the negative energies produced by humanity's dark emotions;
the Wraiths' original generation from "curses" is now moderated to the much
more benign "nightmares".

As to whose mind they came from (Homura's or the Incubators'), there is no way
to know based on the information in the movie. The question at heart goes to
the underlying basis of the "world" inside Homura's soul gem, which we are
never told. While most of it is likely generated directly from her
subconscious, there are other elements influencing it, such as the other
magical girls who are external persons who became trapped in the barrier, and
Kyubei and his comrades who are manipulating the barrier.

Both Homura and Kyubei were familiar with the workings of the real city, and
with the real Wraiths, so the idea could have come from either of them.


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