One might think that QB's fight against entropy is symbolic of a message warning against trying to change the process of entropy; it brings pain and death to all the loved characters of the show. However, because Madoka ultimately proves that entropy can be overcome with the Hope she instils, QB's bloody role was actually a necessary catalyst for the greater good - for the birth of Hope in the world, Hope against entropy, a symbol that is manifested by Madoka when she ascends into godhood.
Therefore, it is not only Madoka's sacrifice that supplies a source of Hope against the Despair of entropy, but QB's sacrifice too, though his sacrifices were not "personal" (he sacrificed humans). Since the world in which this suffering and despair is erased due to Madoka's Law, the lives and destruction that QB's intervention created in effect doesn't exist any longer. The end result of QB's intervention was the birth of the Goddess-Madoka, which means the actual possibility of defending the universe from its ultimate death, which before was made possible only by the corruption of Magical Girls: and even then, the Incubator's method was not a surefire way. Madoka at least saves the human race, while QB's mission is still the same as before and still harvests the same amount of energy, though in different ways.
That little white red-eyed devil. Do you want to make a contract with me? His color scheme is also representative of an Albino, which is usually a sign of genetic mutation in an organism or of artificial cloning. This could be symbolic of QB's extraterrestrial nature, as a sort of manifested mutant sent for a specific purpose.
You might think I'm reading too far into this... well, the Madoka series was made by Nitro+, a publisher known for the occult and often grimdark content of their media. I plan on sharing my thoughts on Saya no Uta later on in the year.
There seems to be a Madoka Season 2 promised by Shaft? ;-; Who knows.
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