[quote=@Flamelord]
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I can't speak for anyone else, but it was decidedly not obviously a prequel RP to me. I assumed it was just another timeline, like the humdred variants that Homura went through. 
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[quote=@TheWindel]
Apologies then. I assumed it was evident just by the fact that Sayaka and Kyouko were killed. Obviously I wouldn't have killed off canon characters if I didn't plan for them to be brought back.

Even if it was another timeline, which it sort of is, it still wouldn't have mattered because everyone is reset to the canon timeline regardless.
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But if it were like that, there should be witches around. And we should definitely be on the race against the doomsday clock 'cause if no one stops Walpurgis Nacht, the world would be reset again. You should remember that after Homura made her wish, she basically trapped the whole Earth on an endless one month time loop until she could save Madoka. Nevertheless, things play different in each iteration and the canon characters die in different ways always, in fact, as per Urobochi's own words, Sayaka is supposed to die even if no one else does (she absolutely never survives a reset because shes too idealistic).

In many ways, when you deal with a story based around time travelling and reality warping it doesn't make a difference if you're in an alternative timeline or on a prequel/sequel.