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Winx Club Season 8 Thoughts Part 2

Well, this is it. Last part of the last season (that has come out) and I haven’t even watched any of it (though, I have heard things). Part 1 can be found here.

8x14:

- Why is this opening with a concert scene when literally the second to last scene in the previous episode was a musical number? At least there was that cute Stella and Brandon moment after to make up for it.

- This is actually a legitimate issue but I do not expect the show to handle the fact that Sky has clashing responsibilities on his shoulders well. They’re already implying that it’s more important for him to be a Specialist rather than a prince and that is not true. Eraklyon will suffer without a good king. Though, on the other hand... how good a king would Sky be? Maybe this is better, after all. At least someone actually interested in doing the job can take over.

- They legit made Erendor a lot thinner than he originally was? And somehow ruined his design also. As well as Diaspro’s. Ugh, why is there gonna be drama with her again????????????????? How many times?!?!?! For fuck’s sake! Just let it end!

- Seriously? They’re all blaming Stella for Bloom’s gloom? Stella has the right to talk about her own relationship as well. And when the fuck have Musa and Riven ever talked? Not to mention that now Riven is trying to communicate with her but she doesn’t even want to give him a chance!

- Valtor has become more cringe than he used to be. At least the Trix seem to have become smarter. We didn’t need him to tell us who they were, however. Also, why does he think that they will not use the star for themselves.

- His new powers literally come from stolen star energy and he just said that stars are made from the sparks that witch and fairy magic are also made of. Aka his magic should be compatible with that of Winx and the Trix as well.

- Oh, great! Now they belong to him. They really didn’t have to make season 8 Valtor a Darkar 2.0 and yet, they thought it was a good idea. I just... nggggggh!

- The Wishing Star... is a woman? And wait, what... They’re saying that Valtor is over a 1000 years old now? Yeah, ‘cause a 1000-year-old sorcerer/demon will totes lose against a bunch of high-schoolers. Makes fucking sense.

- How did Stormy summon an asteroid field?

- What... the hell just happened? Don’t tell me the Star made herself fall apart in the different colors of the color spectrum and they’ll need to gather all of them in the stupid star-shaped box!

- Twinkly is back on Lumenia? Did we really need her back? And why is the star-shaped box chasing her?

- If I were Sky, I probably would be scared to tell Bloom that it is Diaspro texting. She can have terrible reactions to just the thought of Diaspro. Though, to be fair I have no idea why Sky keeps speaking to Diaspro. He has every right to just cut her off completely after what she did in seasons 3 and 6.

- Brandon, you know very well who Diaspro is! And no, I don’t care that they are giving a really crashing crash course to the new audience. This is terrible! Also, you have to love how Sky didn’t even think about calling Erendor to ask about the mission. He just took Diaspro’s word for it. Because she is sooooo trustworthy.

- I was almost right. Instead of colors they are going to be collecting Prime Stars instead. I still got the right idea, though. It is a bit... lame.

- Enchantix looks a lot less elegant and a lot more... second-hand fabric sewn together poorly. Also, I hate the fact that they had the transformation song from the first movie and not the original. And they basically used the same sequence as the one for Sirenix but they are only popping their Enchantix on instead.

- “I didn’t think it would be so easy.” Same! Finding that Compass was the easiest thing ever and it doesn’t matter that things will get heated now that the Trix are here because the Compass didn’t pose a challenge of its own.

8x15:

- I am living for the dramatic opening of this episode.

- Why aren’t the rest of Winx covering Bloom so that she can grab the Compass? Five against the Trix should be enough for her to take it.

- Really? You can’t figure out who freed them? I love that they told Bloom to ask herself. That was great!

- I was getting excited that Valtor showed up but it was just an illusion of Darcy’s. Anyway, the question that came to me involves the Trix as well so... How come they followed Winx in the box since Winx needed to use Enchantix to miniaturize?

- So it turns out that it wouldn’t have been so easy to take the Compass even though it looked that way in the beginning.

-Tecna!!!!!!!!!!!! What Musa is hearing is the key to getting the Compass, you idiot! It is important and not something to leave for later!

- They’re just gonna chase after it without paying attention to what the voice told them? Fucking amazing! And Bloom is sending her Dragon after it? I am so glad that this is not working!

- Lmaooooo @ Layla catching Bloom in a baseball glove. XD

- Why are they so fucking dumb? The whole thing is controlled by the notes Musa heard SINCE IT’S A FUCKING MUSIC BOX, NOT LIKE THERE’S MUCH TO IT! and they just need to figure out the pattern. That’s what they were told. “Only the one who listens” Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- I love the spells they’re using, though. They seem to be more creative with their powers here and it is actually interesting enough to distract from their zero comprehension skills and abilities to make deductions.

- Oh, I love the balance thing in the labyrinth! And the Compass hitting Icy on the head was just priceless! But why are you so rude to Stormy, Icy? Don’t be like that.

- Yes, you will make the same mistakes because you are still not FUCKING listening goddammit!!!!!!!!!

- Oh, come on! Don’t tell me Bloom will be the one solving this!

- Good! It was actually Musa that fixed the whole thing. I still cannot make sense of the musical theme of this challenge in-verse but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be so I’m gonna close my eyes for that.

- Why didn’t they try to capture the Trix or something? They just let them go.

- Arken got this right in no time at all and knew it had been Valtor who had freed the Trix. Why is he the only one thinking?

- Is Valtor really going to try to pit the Trix against each other once again? God, please, tell me that they will not be falling for that this time! It is ridiculous!

- Why would Wizgiz be in a trashcan? And they just destroyed the entire classroom looking for him while I suspect he is actually truly just running late... Yep, got that right.

- Don’t tell me Bloom will see Sky with Diaspro at Red Fountain! He’s supposed to be on a mission, not at school!... Oh, good. He’s not there. But why is Bloom weeping? He is on a secret mission! It may endanger the job, him or anyone that knows anything to reveal details! Can she just not be a baby for 3 seconds?

8x16:

- HE’S ON A MISSION! HE MIGHT BE TIED UP!!!!!!! CHILL FOR A FEW MINUTES!!!

- Diaspro is actually climbing? She could just fly! But I guess they didn’t want to draw her fairy form. Don’t tell me they’re retconning her being a fairy! I will smack someone if that’s true!

- She legit threw herself off the rocks just to make sure Sky wouldn’t text Bloom? Crazy much? What if he hadn’t managed to catch you? Girl, you need some perspective! Sky is so not worth this.

- Griffin looks and sounds horrible. And why the actual hell is she exactly as tall as Faragonda?!?!?!?! She used to be half a head taller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Disguise? You call that disguise? You changed your goddamn hair color!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And what is worse - IT ACTUALLY FUCKING WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did Stella not recognize them? You’d think that she will when she is supposed to be such an expert on fashion and makeovers! And this didn’t even have magic involved in it! (they could have changed their hair without magic is what I’m saying)

- Wait, they actually extended the Cosmix song? Is that new or did I just not notice because I’ve been skipping the transformation sequence?

- I LOVE Griffin and Faragonda’s opening! They are both showcasing the fact that they’re opposites and also being the dramatic bitches that they are and I am so here for it! Yes, this is everything I have wanted (if only it could have been in the old art style).

- The plants won’t speak to Flora? I actually like the fact that they have to work all together AND it is not convergence! This is more like it!

- No! I don’t want the Trix fighting because of Valtor again!

- Why is Stormy playing twister? XD But I love the implication that there are different tests given to anyone who enters but they all require teamwork! That is awesome! Just, please, make something good with it!

- I just thought that Winx were really gonna beat the Trix with a lot this time but it turned out they are not paying attention to their colors! This is kinda like the finale of season 2, except it doesn’t feel as dumb for some reason. Maybe because Stella is just as useful as everyone else.

- Another game? I actually like this? There is the need for logic to be applied here.

- I wish the Trix would just stop fighting! Well, it’s just Icy and Darcy. Stormy is being calm and thinking! I honestly thought that their portal would close while they were fighting but it sucked them in instead.

- They’re gonna be having more fun with the spheres again. Just like with the Compass, I have a feeling there is a catch here.

- Wait, what did Darcy do? Weren’t they supposed to work together? How did she figure that out on her own? That didn’t make sense but okay.

- I love how Valtor is actually gonna fuck himself over because he is trying to make the Trix fight but in order to find the Prime Stars they’ll need to collaborate. This is some delicious irony!

- And Winx found it!

- If I were Diaspro, I would actually have a fake map at the very least instead of a heart of me and Sky on the parchment. If he takes one look, he’ll know she’s deceiving him!

8x17:

- They’re having a test about their biggest insecurities in the episode in which they’ll be looking for the Prime Star of Confidence? And why are these things always about Stella? The Gem of Confidence back in season 5 was also on Solaria and she was the one to get it. Also, I am not thrilled about the fact that they will be pushing each star on a single girl from now on since there are six more to get after the first one that they had to get through teamwork.

- Musa’s biggest insecurity is making mistakes? They could have done something that would speak about why she is so unwilling to get back with Riven but no. Instead Bloom’s biggest insecurity is about Sky because of course it is! God forbid she has something else on the brain!

- Why are we doing the Stella and her parents’ divorce again? And in the exact same old way we have already seen it back in seasons 1 through... about 5? Issues evolve! They could have put a new spin on it!

- How is making a dress going to solve this?

- At least Stella asked for help after she figured out she can’t do it on her own! And I always love seeing Tecna and Stella moments! Stella and Musa are good too!

- We’ve seen that dress already. Stella wore it in season 6. Come on, writers!

- Ah, I see. Stella is trying to please both her parents and is not being herself aka not being confident. Fucking fantastic.

- I think Stella and Stromy passed because they were the first ones to do so and the challenge accepted them as contenders. So now they are separated form the rest because they have to handle it on their own.

- Awww, poor Stella! I think that kids of divorced parents are not the only ones that can relate to her problems! This is so heartbreaking!

- I am getting some bad vibes from Stormy over here, though... Oh. No. She actually totally rocked this because she has confidence in herself and her sisters! That was pretty awesome!

- Woooooo, the Trix actually got the second star? And they left with it?! They are actually making this interesting????? I cannot believe it!

- I absolutely love how both Winx and Stella’s parents showed her how much they love her. And Luna and Radius are not fighting! *wipes away tear* Beautiful!

8x18:

- Bloom is so not here. And Palladium really chose her even though she is distracted after Stella would injure herself because she was so eager to do the potion? Fuck you, show!

- Well, he got what was coming for him! XD And Stella got the last word. Yes, I stan that!

- Damn! I’d completely forgotten about Twinkly. And I could have had that continuing but they had to bring her back.

- If Bloom doesn’t lose her shit over the unicorns and finally stops thinking about Sky, I will be so mad. They already gave her the unicorn obsession! They are obliged to put it to good use at the very least!

- Aaaaand cringe! They had to bring back “starsome” as well.

- Oh, god. They really retconned the fact that Diaspro is a fairy, didn’t they? Otherwise, why would they give her a gadget to fly? Also, please, don’t tell me that they’re at the same place that the Winx are.

- Well, the unicorn lumens seem to imply that they’re at the same place that Bloom and the Winx are.

- See? This is why you need an actual fake map instead of just a doodle of you and Sky! Now he found out! Love how it took him a while to grasp the fact that there is no medallion as well. And wasn’t that a pendant the first time they spoke of it?

- I honestly thought he would let the lumens handle Diaspro but he didn’t. I can’t say if I’m disappointed or impressed. Or kinda both.

- At least Winx missed Diaspro and Sky and the drama that would have started. Thank everything sacred!

- So that’s what Twinkly was for. To make sure Winx don’t have to fight the other lumens. But the Trix will probably have to so that will give Winx an advantage. Just don’t tell me this will stretch for over an episode.

- I loved the way Layla was holding Stella bridal style... right until she threw her to the ground. Dammit, Layla! Be a little more patient! You know how Stella is. And you don’t have to risk breaking all her bones!

- Well, what luck that there are exactly six unicorns. I would be a little worried about Stella’s outfit because that is what allows her to travel through space. So what if it doesn’t work when it’s damaged? But damn, they’re really trying to stretch this to take up two episodes! After they retconned Stella already being a cowgirl as we’ve seen in season 1.

- Poor Stella! She has a fear of heights and her unicorn seems to be an asshole for no reason.

- Why are Sky and Diaspro still there? At least Sky is actually not letting her get away with everything just like that this time. But Diaspro’s arguments are stupid.

- THAT’S “him”? A black uni-pegasus? It looks evil but it probably isn’t. *sigh* And why didn’t Sky just fly up when he faced that rock? It would have ended eventually and he could have passed above it!

- Oh, come on! The drama will be in the next episode and that is why they were stretching out this one? W.H.Y?????? Also, how is Sky flying in the synopsis for the next ep if he broke his flying gadget? Don’t tell me he actually gets Diaspro’s and they leave her there to sulk while they go get the star? (That might actually be the one good thing coming out of all this.)

8x19:

- Of course, Bloom would fly right into Diaspro! (Well, Diaspro was screaming for help but still).

- What happened with Sky? The black unicorn was about the blast him into oblivion at the end of the previous episode but now he somehow got away? And how did Diaspro get there as well? He left her on a much smaller rock island.

- Well, of course, the black unicorn isn’t evil even though he’s just been trying to kill two people. Didn’t I tell you so?

- Ah, so Tecna fixed Sky’s gadget. I thought that would be the other option to fix it.

- I was just gonna say that the horn of the black unicorn looked chipped. Poor guy. They actually made it understandable that he was so mad.

- And Bloom is absolutely exploding. I can understand that she would be angry Sky didn’t tell her and hid the truth from her. But that was not what she was mad about. She was mad that he even WENT on the mission which is stupid because, for all she knows, it could totally be an official mission ordered by his father.

- I knew it! I knew the black unicorn would pick Diaspro. Except, I have zero idea why the hell he would do that. Why, after being hurt? Diaspro is not the most polite person and he saw that for himself. Wtf, writers? I could understand it if Diaspro had been like she was in season 2. But this?!?!?!?! And that was just,.. there? Like, there was nothing more to it. Just a loose end. We didn’t even get to see what happened with Diaspro.

- At least Bloom and Sky are actually talking about the hiding things issue. I have to say, though, that I can’t fully support Bloom because Sky is right. She freaks out over just hearing Diaspro’s name which, again, would have been a totally reasonable reaction considering Diaspro brainwashed Sky if they hadn’t COMPLETELY IGNORED THAT FACT AND PRETENDED IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED. Bloom is not mad because of how much Diaspro has hurt them both but because she doesn’t believe Sky will keep choosing her if Diaspro is around. And this is an issue SHE has to work on.

- The Trix are still bickering. But at least they look a lot more competent in this season. But did they all really think that Stormy wouldn’t have her dramatic ass entrance? If I could summon thunderstorms, I definitely would for making my entrance. Just saying.

- Layla’s morphix bubble was so powerful! I love!

- Wait, Sky and Icy will be fighting for the Prime Star while Bloom was left looking at them disappearing after she stopped her own fall like she should be able to do instead of having to be saved despite being able to fly? Wow. This is getting interesting.

- I should have known they would fuck it up! They should have left Sky and Icy to fight it out instead of having Bloom go in there and “trust” Sky to get himself out of a cage that wasn’t even closing in on him? She could have just went after Icy and freed him after she was done. There was no immediate danger for him. There was no reason for their great trust.This scene had so much damn potential and they wasted all of it. Great going!

- Why is there a musical number when the only public is the landscape (okay, and the lumens and unicorns)? This was so unnecessary. We got it that they trust each other now. Stop driving nails in our heads.

8x20:

- Dammit! I thought that they would head to Linphea right after the unicorn realm. But they’re back at Alfea? And since when is Griselda teaching about plants? That was always Palladium’s job! Wtf?!?!?!

- You’d think they already know all of this about plants considering that Butterflix was a GODDAMN NATURE TRANSFORMATION!

- Griselda is cutting them slack because of saving the universe? Yeah, right.

- How long will Stormy keep bragging about getting the Prime Star? They act like that’s the only thing she ever did. Also, why is she so hung up on being the one to bring Valtor the Prime Star? Her test was legit about her standing up to him (which went over too easily considering Valtor is supposed to have control over them since he even put his mark on them but that did not appear in the vision for a second in order to make it actually complex or something).

- Well, Miele looks younger than she used to in season 7 but they didn’t totally reverse her back into a kid. Yet, it’s stupid that they are still having the argument of “this is too dangerous for you” after season 7 and her saving them. Besides, Flora should know damn well that Miele will follow. She always does! It’s like the writers have no idea who Miele is if they aren’t having her following secretly and proving that it is not too dangerous for her to go.

- They can’t use magic in the forest? Come again? This is such bullshit. It has never been the case on Linphea. I hate it.

- Why do they have to do ballet to open a stupid gate? But I love the fact that Darcy made illusions of them to perform the dance and let the Trix pass as well. She was using her head. And her magic in a really cool way. Plus, it would have been OOC to have the Trix dancing ballet. Can you imagine? XD

- So we’re learning to plant seeds and water flowers? Since when is this one of those shows that are for ages 0-3?

- Is that... a carnivore radish or something? And yeah, Flora, that totally doesn’t look aggressive!

- When is Flora gonna stop treating Miele like she’s three after all the times she’s proven herself (I don’t care if this is a soft reboot)? Though, Miele would have been more convincing if she hadn’t thrown a tantrum and then started crying much like toddlers do.

- Of course, Darcy will use Miele. That was so damn obvious. Love how Miele didn’t even get to transform. Honestly, at this point I am not even sure whether I want Winx or the Trix to get this Prime Star. They’re all being annoying and I don’t care enough for either side to root for their victory.

- Now you’re taking Miele with? When she can’t move? Fucking sound logic!

- Ooh, I guessed that that was actually Darcy disguised as Miele a few seconds before she revealed herself. But if I were Flora, it might have been enough to regain the advantage.

- Darcy just left Miele sleeping out there in the forest? Not that evil. She could have done something much worse.

- What, Layla? Like none of you ever got tricked?

- They are really playing it as if this was Miele’s fault? Man, this season is really starting to waste opportunities which is really annoying because they actually have interesting premises. They just need to do better during the execution.

- At least I hope that Stormy will shut up about recovering a Prime Star now that Darcy has done the same. Ironic how Icy is the only one that hasn’t managed yet. But I suppose that she will also recover one for a 3 on 4 with Winx and a final battle turned cooperation for the usage of the Prime Stars.

8x21:

- At least Griselda is back to self-defense classes. Though, why the hell is she teaching them deflection spells? They should know those already! They had that lesson in season 2! And why are Knut and Kiko assisting her? Kiko has been sidelined with Knut all season! It feels like he’s not Bloom’s bunny anymore!

- Why does this show hate Kiko so much and has him getting hurt all the time? At least Bloom caught him when he got catapulted. But poor Griselda. I have to say that this is her most OOC moment yet. And she even let them go again. She didn’t have to end the entire class, though. She could have kept going with the rest of the students but once again, the world revolves around Winx.

- You want Riven to SHOW his feelings? Which he has been doing ever since he came back so, like, ALL FUCKING SEASON?!?!?!?! WOW. Fuck you, Musa!

- Whyyyy did they think the Trix wouldn’t show up on Melody? But I am glad we skipped the obligatory Valtor scene because it is unnecessary.

- Galatea doesn’t look too much like herself.

- Bullshit. Stella made them much better outfits when they went to Magix in season 3. And there were other designs that were better than these that, frankly, look pretty bland.

- Sooooo... Musa, the fairy of music, isn’t going to be in the dance competition? Are they trying to level up things? And are you seriously telling me that the Trix are going to dance? Ugh, what the hell?!

- Awwwww, look at Riven! He really wants to try and he is even opening up to the guys about his relationship problems. I love it! Idk what Musa’s stupid problem is.

- This dance competition is so dead. You can only hear Galatea. The public isn’t cheering. But aww, at Bloom catching Stella when she got yeeted off the dance floor. That was really cute.

- I guess competitiveness can make even the Trix dance. It doesn’t change the fact that the competition is still fucking dead! And their dancing feels so arhythmical and slow. The music is fucking dull and practically non-existent.

- Ho-boe doesn’t feel like himself either. And doesn’t the house look so different as well? Also, did they ever do anything that doesn’t involve music? I know they’re a musical family but they must have done something else as well!

- Tecna is killing it! But Stormy’s abundance of energy seems to give her a big advantage here. Though, I still love how confident Tecna was! I have to say that this would have been absolutely epic if the music had been intense enough to match their moves. Why did they have to do these scenes so dirty by barely having any tune to them?! If I’m watching a dance competition, I want it to be good!

- Musa and her dad are talking about Riven? And there is a Riven and Darcy confrontation?!?!?!

- Scratch that! They fucked it up in 0.3 seconds! Are you serious? This is literally Riven and Darcy’s first meeting ever since they broke up in season 1 and THIS is how it goes?! She hypnotizes him to use against Musa?!?!?! I hate this! At least let this be the end of their stupid drama.

- Why did the synopsis of the next episode instantly spoil that Stormy will win the fifth Prime Star? You just revealed all the surprise there will be next ep! Man, they really don’t know how to advertise, do they? Also, this dance battle is really stretching over two episodes?

8x22:

- Now all I wanna do is write a fic in which Darcy gets really violent and there are heavy consequences after Riven’s fight with Musa.

- Wait! “...rough and soothing combine artfully and that perfect sound will yield the Star of Harmony”? And the harp that Ho-Boe says needs to be played by two people? That’s gonna be Musa and Riven, isn’t it? And they’ll get the star which will be the twist and that is why they spoiled Stormy wins in the teaser at the end of the last episode.

- Thank you, Musa! It took you long enough! He is so obviously spelled. Though, I kinda love how Darcy was there like “You can’t resist”. This could be so dark if it weren’t a kids show. And now I wanna write it!

- Dammit, Musa! You have your stupid Enchantix in this season! Use your goddamn fairy dust! Or any other kind of magic! And you’re really so damn surprised that it is Darcy?! It was obvious!

- That was the big idea? That Riven is “finally” proving his feelings by refusing to hurt her? Gee. And that’s how the battle between Riven and Musa and Darcy is going to go down? With some stupid formless monsters?

- Well, of course, Bloom beat Icy. But I suspect that Layla is gonna lose against Stormy so it doesn’t matter much.

- You’re now starting to get used to fighting alongside Riven even though he’s been gone a year and they were together for 4 years before that and fought together for about 5-6 years? Really? And that was the big battle with Darcy? They all had about 3 movements!

- Why is Bloom still in this? They should have given us Layla vs Stormy! We know Layla is the best at dancing (or tied with Musa).

- Why doesn’t Ho-Boe know how they met? They used to date for years before Riven left!

- When have you ever felt harmony in your relationship, Riven? Don’t start lying now! And why does he know how to play the harp? I saw this coming but it still kinda doesn’t make sense!

- Finally! The Layla vs Stormy dancing duel we deserved! And the music is more lively now! At last!

- Oh, come on! That’s how Stormy beat Layla?! By distracting her?!?!?! I wanted it to be a fair fight. And why the hell is there goo or jello or whatever falling on Layla? This is terrible. You wouldn’t catch me taking part in that dancing contest. Not to mention that they competed in vain. Although, it was a nice touch to have them misinterpret the riddle.

- Okay, but Riven is definitely not the rough part in that “rough and soothing” combo. He has been nothing but amazing all season while Musa has been pouting and whining!

- The sad thing is that the Trix would have gotten the star if Stormy hadn’t blabbed to Layla where Darcy was. But her cheating came back to bite her in the ass.

- It would have been nice if Musa had saved Riven instead of having Bloom melt him.

- Oh, Riven is a part of the band now? But seriously, will we ever see them talking? Like, actually communicating which is always where their problems lie? Of course not. Why would that be important?

- They’re really saying that Layla is more impulsive than Bloom? Yeah, fuck that big time! Also, don’t tell me that the last star will be obtained by all six Winx again and that is why they will be combining Tecna and Layla in the next ep. Or even worse - by Winx and the Trix together.

8x23:

- “An ounce more or less won’t matter”? That is so not like Layla! It is more like Stella and even Bloom! What the hell? I hate what they’re doing just to set up their stupid conflict for this episode!

- Okay, that shot with the Trix sitting all over Valtor’s throne was pretty cool! And I actually like the fact that he is not exploding at them about the fact that their last mission failed. That was a nice change of pace! Also, digging Darcy and Stormy taking over the throne and the way Valtor is collecting the Prime Stars when he doesn’t have the box. It is... symbolic.

- Be my guest, Flora, and get between Stella and her tanning!

- Reasonable question, Stella! I was also gonna ask why the hell there are corals on dry land. And the Compass is going all crazy.

- Oh, goodie! Hawaiian lumens. In case we’d forgotten about the first half of the season. Which I honestly had.

- Bloom, you really have no other choice but to split up because Tecna and Layla will kill each other otherwise. And yes, Stella sure doesn’t sound distracted now. Only panicky and possibly on the verge of becoming hysterical over the volcano.

- You mean, this isn’t Valtor creating the lava gollems? At least it’s implied that there is one for each girl so the split-up doesn’t put them at a disadvantage.

- Poor Stella, being used as bait. And they just made more of the monsters. I guess her shining personality is not going to be enough to spare the others the notice.

- Did Valtor actually say “boo”? Wow, okay.

- How is a shell the symmetry between light and shadow? It is on the land and not halfway between land and sea! This was absolute bullshit! Meanwhile, Stella and Bloom are getting overwhelmed back there at the volcano against six opponents!

- Valtor cut in just in time! I thought his presence would have been useless. But he upgraded to adapt to his “inability” to touch the Prime Stars even though the source of his magic is literally stars in this season!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just cannot even anymore.

- Yeah, and this bullshit choice again between two things that are important. We’re using this for the third time in ten episodes! Really need to come up with something else over here.

- And we didn’t even see Bloom and Stella really do anything. This episode is put together in a horrible way. Plus, how the fuck are you getting in a volcano that is already erupting! I would have loved for Bloom to use her Dragon Fire here because at least that would have made sense instead of this bullshit we got!

- At least we got that cute Layla and Tecna hug!

8x24:

- Tecna turning into a sheep seemed OOC. And Flora choosing a tiger? Why didn’t she just stop chasing after “Stella” when she saw she was scaring the poor thing? That was unnecessary.

- Stella skipped classes to write homework? And why the hell did Wizgiz give everyone homework when it was obvious that they didn’t know about Stella’s deception?

- Icy could have played that *dramatic pause* cooler. She was being obviously panicky about going to Diamond. She’s better at pretending than this. And her keeping a crystal flower? Waaaay OOC. I don’t care if it is about her dead/lost sister which they totally pulled out of nowhere to make her “relatable”.

- Shouldn’t Sky have asked if he can come along instead of just tail them? He can help resolve things faster... or he can become the reason for their defeat.

- The architecture on Diamond looks kinda... Russian (which would make sense if they’re trying to parallel Siberia with the frozen land). But I am dying at the idea of Icy being Russian. XD

- What trees, Bloom? Where did you see trees? Everything is deep frozen!

- Don’t tell me that fox is Icy’s sister. That will be too dumb.

- Well, of course Bloom doesn’t like Icy’s home planet. How could she? That would have been too mature a notion for the writers. After all, she must hate everything icy.

- What temper? That fox has legit not done anything. Also, it has got to have something to do with Icy. Look at its eyes! And now Icy is attacking Stormy because of it?

- Aaaaand now we’re getting a flashback. You have to love how they made it look like Icy is the little sister when she’s not, And I hate how they made her younger and “untainted” self so different! Like, dammit, a tragic backstory does change you but you need to keep something from your core personality! She is being a totally different person and this totally came out of nowhere! I hate it!

- Took Sky long enough to catch up. Why is he the one saving the fox? And Icy totally went nuts here. This is more like her but still... the dissonance between season 1 and this... Why?

- I knew he was gonna fuck up this whole thing.

- Damn, the fox is looking so lovingly at Icy. It might as well be her sister. But it may just be one of those foxes we saw that isn’t aging because of the ice that appears to be magical. I still can’t decide what they’re doing here.

- Why the fuck do they need Sirenix? But I have to say that Crystal Sirenix (which they totally just made up here because that was never actually a thing and would have been nice to have been mentioned when Daphne was using elemental magic in season 6 since she is the Nymph of Sirenix) looks better than ordinary Sirenix. Except for the... capes? The animators need to consult Edna Mode!

8x25:

- Sky is actually fine? Well, in the very real danger of drowning but still fine-r than I thought he would be. Sky, think about yourself. Bloom is not the one that is this fucking close to dying!

- Aaaaand... she saved him. He wasn’t even underwater that long! Why wasn’t he waking up?! Man, the Dragon Fire healing is getting annoying.

- Yes, spend time together while putting yourself in mortal danger. Sounds like fun times! You can even be buried together!

- Sky is supposed to be a Specialist aka capable of handling himself. And how many times is Tecna gonna be fixing his gear? Though, I am at least glad that Icy’s first instinct was to damage his flying gadget.

- So the fox is her sister. Fucking great! Why are they alone and talking about leaving? Where the fuck are their parents? Also, how does that fit in with the fact that the Trix are descendants of the Ancestral Witches?

- Firing all my thoughts here at high velocity: Who the fuck is that? We don’t get a name? Fucking splendid! Why is Sapphire still transformed? Icy is super powerful at this point and if the Shaman Witch is so powerful, why the hell hasn’t she conquered any other realm? Why does she need a whole planet that is completely frozen? Where is she now? What the fuck is up with all of this? And what happened to Icy’s mother? Was Icy a witch all along? Her being so “obedient” in that flashback is so totes OOC. I hate all of this. And we didn’t need the parallel between Bloom and Icy.

- Icy saying that the Trix are “friends maybe” and the the only real sister she has is Sapphire? Worst moment of the whole season! How fucking dare you?! I never thought that they were related by blood but that didn’t mean that they weren’t sisters!

- Yes, Stormy, tell everyone else (aka Winx) where you are! Or bury all three of you in an avalanche. Such planning! Much consideration!

- Icy, stop being a wimp! Yes, this is all hard but she is not behaving like herself at all! You need to get it together if you want to help your sis, girl! And how do you plan on getting the power to save your sister without the Star to bring to Valtor?

- Why is the Star going in the box? Oh, it’s not. But I hate the implication that only “sisterly” love can get the Star. Icy has been sisters with Darcy and Stormy since season 1 and Winx are all like sisters as well! Fuck that! Also, why is it that this one could have only been earned by two blood sisters? That means that Winx didn’t have the chance to take it at all! This is really stupid!

- The Trix are free now? How did that happen? And Sapphire is back aga- Oh, wait, no! Wtf????? Do they even know what they’re doing anymore? This is becoming such a mess! And why is the finale only one episode long when we wasted two episodes on 3-4 of the Stars? This is stupid!

8x26:

- What the fuck are these things? “Brothers from the Dark Dimension”? What the absolute honest genuine fuck? Why have these things never been introduced if they have always been a part of his plan? What the fuck, writers? You just sent the whole structure of the season to hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How was any of this a good decision?!?!?!?!

- The Trix just showed up at Alfea? And Kiko is beating them single-pawed-ly? Why? But I like the idea of the Trix at Alfea.

- Oh, it was actually Winx. This is part of the plan for beating Valtor, isn’t it? Damn, I was just getting hyped that the Trix decided to work with Winx to fix this whole mess and make sure Valtor won’t trap them again once they disobey.

- Is Icy going to give him the star? Oh, no. She wants to challenge him to get the other Stars. Goddammit! But I love how excited Darcy is about getting to explore more of her illusion powers! Also, Icy both being grateful that they’re with her but telling them to save themselves if things get rough? THAT HUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stormy was so ready to cry! Ugh, that was so amazing! Almost enough to make up for the bullshit they said about them not being sisters!

- They didn’t feel it? That was like a goddamn earthquake!

- I have a question, though. Why didn’t the Trix try to take on Winx? That implies that Valtor is weaker than Winx. But at least the Winx’ plan is actually pretty good.

- Why isn’t Stella Darcy, Layla Icy and Musa Stormy? They could have covered if they needed to use their powers! Stella could have dimmed the light as if Darcy is using her darkness powers. And the other could have pretended to be Stormy and Icy as well!

- Okay, but Winx’ voices are still the same! Why can’t Valtor tell that it’s not them? He’s literally so not paying attention and they fucked up with the spell because it is incomplete!

- And now the plan went to hell because Bloom decided to crash the party! Great going! So it was all for nothing.

- Now Valtor is back in his demon form? That was a curse his mothers put on him and Bloom destroyed that form in 3x26! But at least the remake looks better than the original!

- Why would Valtor destroy the universe? Where is he gonna go after that? Also, what the fuck? You’re making this Icy’s motivation?!?!?! For helping the Winx?!?!?!?!?!?! THE TRIX LITERALLY WERE ABOUT TO DESTROY THE MAGIC UNIVERSE IN SEASON 1 AND IT WAS THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN! NOW SHE’S LIKE “I WON’T WATCH ANOTHER WORLD GET DESTROYED”???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? FUCK ALL OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Is it only me or does this really remind of 3x25? Because the writers were probably trying to cash in even more nostalgia?

- If they don’t bring Icy’s world back, it will be really stupid because that was why she was even doing any of all this (according to this whole season).

- They wished for a power-up? I’m sorry, a power-up driven by how noble they are? The bullshit is unreal. I cannot even.

- No one cares about all the lumens! They should have given the Trix something for their trouble after all of this bullshit and used the screen time in a better way.

- OH, COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY GET A CONSTELLATION NOW?!?!?!?!? THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER WON WITHOUT THE TRIX WHO WERE LEFT WITH A BIG DAMN ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (except for being freed, that is)

- In my book this is the absolute worst finale this show has ever had! It contradicted everything we know about certain characters as well as events from previous seasons, had a theme that sucked completely and had Winx make a seemingly selfless wish that actually seems super shady, gave them glory they do not deserve, introduced a new plot point at the beginning of the very last episode, fucked over the Trix (or at least Icy), did not tie up their loose ends and just completely failed to be thrilling in any way because everything was upside down! I cannot even.

This season started out so well. The first three episodes were extremely promising and had the writers kept their streak, this season could have risen to the levels of the first seasons or even surpassed them. However, things quickly started derailing. First, just lightly and then totally going off the rails. The two halves of the season felt super disconnected, the villain plan sucked, Valtor was destroyed as a character (and as a villain) and the Trix were just... what happened there? The new backstory Icy was given was dreadful because of how much it contradicted what we know about all three of the Trix and it destroyed their sense of unity by obviously placing the narrative emphasis on her not just as the leader but as the one that is most important of the three. The second half got stupider and stupider until it reached a finale that just didn’t logic in any correct way. There was so much wasted potential here that it is unreal. Season 7 had nothing going on but it did not enrage me as much as this one (and especially the last few episodes) because there wasn’t so much absolute waste of perfectly good opportunities. Season 6 retains it’s place as the worst season in my book but the end of season 8 annoyed me enough to make me feel like I could put it over season 7 for worst of the series.

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WINX REDUX AU SUMMARIZED: INTERLUDE 4 (Season 4.5)

Or, in which I give the basics of what I’ve changed about the story for the AU. It was originally way more descriptive but if I kept it in that style I would have finished in 2039 and I ain’t got time for that. Here we cover the events that occur between Season 4 and Season 5! ... It’s TECHNICALLY World of Winx but it’s honestly an original story that takes elements from it. IT’S ALSO THE LONGEST THING I’VE MADE SO FAR, so hopefully you can read it well!

WINX REDUX AU INTERLUDE 4 - The Weavers of Nightmares

It’s been a week since everyone came back from Earth, and after starting to establish new ties with the planet (as best as they could, anyway) everyone is taking a break for a bit before going back to help Roxy and the rest with reintroducing magic and the politics and all that stuff.

After the first dinner with her family since coming back (and getting exasperated at all the political stuff she’s gonna have to work on in the next few months), Bloom and everyone goes to sleep, planning on calling Roxy in the morning.

On Andros, in the Hospital of Magically-Induced Conditions, Nabu is resting, with his condition being analyzed in full. The guys and Aisha are in the waiting room, hoping for results.

The doctors come out and elaborate on what they already know - Nabu is in a magic-induced coma after his feat back on Tir Nan Og, but his timely achieving of Enchantix should help him recover faster - he should wake up in around 5 weeks, and he will be taken care of in the meantime.

With their minds slightly calmer now everyone leaves for their realms for most of them - Aisha has to oversee some stuff regarding her cousin’s trial from 6 years ago, Helia has to prepare for the gallery that accepted some of his paintings, Nex and Timmy are gonna spend some time with Nex’s family to improve on his flexibility (and also to get more human interaction), Riven’s gonna visit his mom and start planning for something, and Sky and Brandon have royal duties to attend to.

On that night, a woman in a dark cloak and a mirror in hand stumbles in the woods covering the Eraklyon-Domino border. Two villages can be seen on the distance, familiar to her. Her mirror rumbled.

Everyone at Sparxis Palace is fast asleep. Everyone except Daphne.

A nightmare seems to be plaguing her, showcasing a fairy, a witch, a pixie, and two towns. The place is encased in dark vines and crystal, the pixie seems to be telling her something, and the fairy and witch are laughing.

Daphne wakes up with a notorious headache, a tingling fear developing, and really just thirsty as all fuck. She keeps the dream on the back of her mind for a while.

Two days later, a message from the Order of Mana comes to her requesting her assistance alongside Thoren (and the Winx, because the Order knows they’re gonna get in the middle regardless so might as well just save everyone the paperwork), and Daphne drops her phone.

They are requesting for help in the border towns of Nevere and Zeisterna, as communication with them has been suddenly cut off and there are weird magical readings on the area.

Daphne’s nightmare comes back to her memory and she realizes the place in it were those two towns, and her first mission as a Nymph comes back to her.

After meeting with Thoren (him acting somewhat flustered around Daphne, which she picks up on but doesn’t comment on it), and on their way, Bloom asks Daphne about her reaction, and she elaborates:

A year after being appointed Nymph, she and her friend Politea were tasked with resolving an issue on those same towns - a witch named Venomya and a fairy named Campana had hijacked their government and wanted to conquer other bordering towns - they were displeased with how Erendor and Marion governed and tried to become an independent state. They had used their powers as Onyrix magi to subtly manipulate the population, as well as good ol’ magic threatening (as neither town had many magic users, and those they had were young or inexperienced). Daphne herself admits the only reason they beat them was thanks to her Sirenix powers going well with her Water Source and Politea’s handy poison streams, which weakened them enough. (You can also learn more about them here and here!)

Thoren seems to react at the name Campana and goes silent, and Daphne is too busy sadly reminiscing on Politea to notice.

After Stella’s Teleportia and a short walk, everyone arrives at both towns - while technically separate, they are close enough to be considered two sides of the same community.

First checking up on Zeisterna, as it’s on Domino’s side, and then on Nevere, both towns are in the same state - there doesn’t seem to be anyone anywhere, even the characteristic wind of Eraklyon missing.

However, once they try to access their jointed city hall, the whole town goes dark despite being noon - a magical dome falling on the area. All the girls transform and Thoren summons his armor, and try to rush to the ends of the place but are completely trapped.

After trying every single attack and convergence spell on their arsenal, everyone ends up detransforming and start thinking of ways to escape or contact people outside. Daphne and Thoren try to contact the Order of Mana but fail, all communication cut off thanks to magical interference. Everyone decides to start scouting the town, but are promptly separated - Bloom with Musa, Stella with Flora, Aisha with Tecna, and Daphne with Thoren.

Back on Andros, a doctor is checking up on Nabu when he notices his magic level reacting weirdly, and sees signs of struggle on his resting face.

Nabu is in a dark ballroom, wearing a stuffy suit and with a doll-looking Aisha on his side. He feels something on his wrists and ankles.

Several life-sized dolls in similar clothing pop up around him, and he suddenly starts to dance alongside the Aisha doll - the things around his joints was string, being moved like a puppet. New strings appeared around his neck and started to get tighter, getting more and more suffocated, and he could see his limbs starting to turn into the same as the other dolls.

He manages to look up and sees a dark shadow controlling the strings, which slowly morphs to look like him. His clothes seemed mismatched but reminiscent of a modified tuxedo, and his hair was in four braids with hooks at the end - the strings holding him coming from there.

The shadow calls himself Maestro, “his worst nightmare given form”. He starts to tighten all the strings, but after a bit Nabu manages to transform himself and turns free.

Outside the dream, Nabu is also transformed, and the doctor starts calling for help, the readings starting to get out of control and sensing something messing with his head.

Still in the nightmare, Nabu starts fighting with Maestro, trying to disrupt his form with his own powers - he’s made of shadows, after all. He proves resistant to his magic, and starts to taunt him about how he’s not really a person - he’s only in the world to marry Aisha, and that fell through, didn’t it.

Nabu does get affected by those words but keeps fighting back, not letting up even if he starts to fly lower and lower. Maestro keeps dodging and goes on, commenting on how he’s nothing but a fallen set piece in a royal game, his family having disowned him after the engagement got axed. Now he has nothing left on this world so why bother? Might as well remain in this nightmare.

Nabu tries to ignore his comments but it’s proving more and more difficult, and his legs are starting to turn doll-like again.

The memories of Helia and Aisha flash back on his mind, however, and starts to talk back - even if his family’s not there for him anymore, he still has friends.

More memories with Helia and Aisha resurface, then memories with everyone else, and how he could feel their worry after his crazy act on Earth. His resolve starts to surge again and the entire place starts to collapse. After a few more attacks, Nabu finally manages to unravel Maestro back into shadows, and starts to disrupt his form.

Before being completely undone, however, Maestro’s voice changes from Nabu’s to a different voice - warning him that his friends are in danger, and to ask “the place of the Nymphs” for help.

The shadow has been erased, and Nabu can feel a surge of magic on him. This lets him wake up at last, earning Onyrix as soon as he wakes up.

The doctors around him are dumbfounded, and so is Nabu being in such an unfamiliar place, but he manages to come back to his senses and asks for a phone.

The Winx plus the Paladins, now separated, start to explore the now labyrinthine town, covered in weird crystals and vines and seemingly warping around everywhere.

Bloom and Musa are suddenly attacked by the vines, and take refuge on a nearby building, finding more of the crystal formations on different places. They find themselves tired after using so much magic, and slowly fall asleep - first Bloom, then Musa.

Stella and Flora took a detour down an alleyway and were faced with a lot of crystals suddenly launching themselves at them, forcing them to dodge and scatter. They end up resting in a nearby park, and Stella starts to feel tired. Flora realizes they’ve prickled themselves on the vines as they avoided the crystals and have been poisoned, but can’t fight the effects fast enough and falls asleep herself.

Aisha and Tecna have spent the last few minutes destroying all the crystals and vines they’ve been finding, and find shelter in a nearby store. They end up laying near some crystals to rest behind the counter to remain hidden, and while Tecna can tell the crystals are emitting a weird magic, they can’t fight it and fall asleep as well.

Daphne and Thoren have managed to reach the central plaza that housed an ornate bridge connecting both towns, and it being seemingly devoid of anything they chose to rest there for a bit. Daphne feels extremely tired, and lightly cuts her finger on a vine when settling down. She does fix it with a small healing spell but the poison has set in, and thinking herself just tired, starts to fall asleep, not before telling Thoren to keep an eye out.

A fairy and a witch (Campana and Venomya) overlook the happenings from their place, thinking the nightmares will keep them down long enough for them to hold them hostage to ensure their conquest goes smoothly. Venomya feels weird looking at the mirror she was once trapped in, and elaborates to Campana how she got there - while the fairy was simply thrown to Dominian jail, Venomya was a local and as such her punishment was harsher. Now free, however, she’s looking forward to what will happen now, and summons shadow nightmares for all 7 fairies. They hope the nightmares do defeat the girls, as “harvesting” their powers could prove useful.

Bloom finds herself in a dark cave, seemingly surrounded by water, if her hair and clothes’s movement is any indication. There are rock formations everywhere, and it all feels eerily familiar to her.

The rock formations start to move around and slowly form into the shapes of her friends, all featuring crude anguished faces. Bloom tries to reach out to one but her hand suddenly freezes, her legs getting covered in rock.

As she tries to struggle out of her hold, she sees a lot of fire starting to light up the place, all the sudden harsh shadows starting to coalesce and form her shape similar to Bloom’s - her hair was longer and her outfit was too similar to her Glamourix, but in blue tones and a dark sheer cape.

The shadow introduced herself as Vertigo, “the living proof of your mistakes”, and started to control the water around the room, surrounding Bloom’s hand. She forms a water blade in front of Bloom’s forced palm, and with a “woosh!” she sends it flying to the Flora-like rock, slicing it in half.

Vertigo starts to taunt her about everything she did as Shadow Bloom, as she forces her hand to slice more and more of the rocks. She goes on on how easily she gave her trust and how that harmed her loved ones, and how it was her fault for falling so easily.

Bloom is on the verge of tears as everything goes down, and once the only rocks left are Stella, Diaspro and Daphne she simply screams. She manages to transform and free herself, and while constantly stopped by Vertigo’s water, she manages to drive her back.

She starts to counter everything Vertigo has said to her - she was manipulated, she was brainwashed, and they took advantage of her, and SHE’S the one at fault? She hurt her friends, her loved ones, and almost caused major destruction, but the only thing left is to move on.

She fires off a last big attack, all the water evaporating and Vertigo turned to steam as well.

Bloom wakes up from the nightmare and earns Onyrix, and with her new powers she can see deeper in the place around them - the crystals and vines house the residents, trapped in stasis in probably similar nightmares.

Musa finds herself in a weird shed on the floor, darkness all around her except for the door, which is open.

She goes outside but the darkness persists - the sky is pitch black, and the shed seems to be on a floating island. As she walks out, however, bright lights come all around her, suddenly on a stage inside the floating island. Her friends and family are all over the audience, multiple copies of them filling the place.

From her shadow a being rises, looking like her but with shorter hair and a dark green dress. She calls herself Banshee, “your failures personified” in a particularly powerful voice, and at her command a guitar appears on Musa’s arms.

She can feel magic forcing her hands to play horribly, and everyone in the audience starts to boo her, calling her many things and pointing out all her flaws - her short temper, her need to do everything herself, her inability to communicate, her failures in class, in magic, in life, in everything, as she keeps playing more and more badly before the music is just noise.

Her hands keep moving faster and faster and she feels the pain starting to form, finally breaking down and transforming, tossing the guitar to the ground and starting to fight Banshee.

She keeps repeating everything the audience said as they clap for her, and Musa’s resolve starts to diminish. Banshee makes one mistake, however: “only Aisha is gullible enough to appreciate you.”

This angers Musa and knocks her out of her funk, her resolve coming back so fast the stage starts to crumble. She screams back at that, of how Aisha has helped her for so much these last years, listening to her complains and her anger and offering her only a hearing ear and support, even when she was going through harsh times, her true strength shining through. Her girlfriend has done nothing but be a wonderful person, and she will not stand for that.

She starts attacking back with full force, bringing up the good side of each of her flaws, the audience starting to disappear and Banshee’s powerful voice becoming softer and weaker.

With a final attack, Musa defeats Banshee turning her back to shadows, and manages to wake up from the nightmare getting Onyrix.

Now awake she stumbles around and meets with Bloom, somehow having gotten separated after falling asleep. Their powers make them immune to the vines’s and crystal’s effects on them, and decide to move onward to meet with the rest.

Venomya and Campana see from their hideout that not only Bloom and Musa broke out of the spell, they also earnt the one form that would undo their whole plan. They briefly curse themselves due to not foreseeing the obvious, but keep going regardless - they’re this deep already, no turning back. Venomya looks at what Stella and Flora’s main fears are, and gleefully takes over the making of their nightmares, being an expert in the field of reliving memories.

Stella finds herself in a dark, very small place, and starts to bang all around her to break free. She does after 2 minutes of this, falling from inside a locker face first.

She looks around and realizes she’s in a classroom - a very familiar classroom. Uneasiness starts to creep up on her but approaches the door regardless and opens it, seeing if there’s a hallway. Instead, the door leads to her elementary school’s courtyard, and the harsh light of the sun blinds her for a second, accustomed to the darkness of the classroom.

From her shadow seems to rise a being, and suddenly the door behind her disappears, now being in the center of the courtyard.

Shadow copies of all her childhood bullies start to surround her, and her shadow becomes a clone of her, wearing a dark cloak with a minidress underneath. Calling herself Obscura, “your worst memories personified”, she snaps her fingers.

At her command, everyone around her starts to repeat every single insult they ever slung at her, from her appearance to her voice to her glasses to her things to her very being. Stella started to counteract as many insults as she could, but the insults started to come faster and faster, her starting to falter.

The shadows start to morph into her Alfea classmates, her teachers, her parents, her friends. They start to cut her with deeper words and Stella can’t keep up, she’s starting to be drowned in noise, old wounds opening up again.

Obscura mocks her, telling her this is what everyone truly thinks of her, and on the verge of losing it, Stella simply yells for her to shut up and leave her alone.

At this, everything around her disappears completely, except for Obscura. “If that’s what you want, enjoy being alone!” she mocks. Stella is shocked, and starts asking for everyone to come back. The shadow clone asks her if she’s that desperate to not be alone that she will take all insults, but Stella doesn’t listen to her, begging and screaming for everyone to come back, to not leave her alone. She finally breaks and starts crying, and Obscura smirks.

Campana and Venomya are content with this development, and start to prepare some sort of ritual now that they believe Stella can’t escape from the nightmare.

However, as they start to set up, they notice a sudden silence.

Stella slowly manages to calm herself down, and suddenly she feels something behind her.

She’s shocked to see herself (or at least, how she looked as a kid), and she starts to reassure her that she’s loved, that she has people that love her, and that she’s not alone.

Obscura tries to attack the young Stella but the magic doesn’t seem to work, and she keeps talking, telling her to remember her friend’s voices.

Stella closes her eyes and thinks back, her parent’s encouragement even after she was forced to retake the first year, her teachers congratulating her on her sudden progress, watching the soaps with Tecna, talking fashion with Musa, knitting with Flora, talking about royal life with Aisha, Sky and Diaspro, helping Bloom with her magic, Brandon’s loyalty and profound love, Riven consoling her when her parents divorced.

The tears of sadness turn into ones of joy, and she manages to rise to her feet. Obscura tries to attack her but Stella transforms, and slowly rises to the now visible sky, the younger Stella vanishing.

Claiming that she’s never alone, her friend’s feelings and memories always with her, and with herself on her side to remind her of those feelings, she has nothing to fear for. She fires a single wave of light and dispels Obscura completely, waking up from her nightmare and earning Onyrix.

With her new powers she starts to destroy all the crystals and vines that started to come close to her, and goes check up on Flora.

Flora wakes up on a mountain road, confused, before getting up and looking around. It seems to be night time, as everything is dark outside.

She starts to walk along the road and see if she can find out where she is, but she’s distracted by a shadow moving ahead. She feels it familiar somehow and runs after it.

The shadow starts to get more definition and Flora can see that it’s Miele (though oddly as a kid, instead of the teen she is currently), and starts to get desperate, wondering what she is doing in a place like this so late.

As she keeps running, she doesn’t notice her shadow slowly detach itself from her, and finally finds Miele near the edge of a cliff, not a single plant in sight.

Flora immediately transforms and rushes to Miele, fearing that she might fall, but her sister suddenly screams at her to leave her alone and turns into a rock formation. Her detached shadow fuses with the rock and forms into a clone of herself, wearing sand-colored clothes and rock décor.

Calling herself Sahara, “your reminder of your sins”, she starts to attack Flora head on. The Fairy handles herself well in battle, trying to fight her physically and getting as close as possible, but Sahara forces her back more and more twisting the terrain into sand and loose rock, forcing her back.

The fight goes on for a few more minutes until Flora finds an opening, too into the battle to notice Sahara’s smirks. She jumps and tries to slice her with her fan, but Sahara suddenly turns into baby Miele again and Flora freezes.

The shadow takes the chance and hits Flora hard still with Miele’s disguise, and finally starts taunting her.

She recalls an event of almost 12 years ago, in a cliff much like this. Of Flora exasperated with her little sister, from a time where she almost openly hated her, yelling at her to go back and leave her alone. Of her still unstable magic reacting and causing a slide. Of Miele’s screams of terror. Of Flora’s horrified expression at her sister’s (thankfully unharmed) unconscious form.

Flora tries to counteract with how that was an accident, of how her magic was still young, but Sahara (still as Miele) counters that with how she felt about Miele up until that point. The unwanted sister, the attention-hogger, the oh-so-adorable-child.

Sahara keeps forcing Flora back as she tries to process her memories and feelings, and of how that incident still haunts her, of the whys she took up physical fighting instead of properly tempering her magic, how suppressed her powers are beyond healing.

Sahara stops with the attacks and suddenly traps Flora in a whirlwind of sand and rock, starting to drag her into the earth as if a drill. She keeps mocking her on how her own sins won’t let her free herself, and Flora starts to panic.

She tries different techniques of support magic but nothing’s working, and Flora realizes she has to use her magic in full if she wants to be free.

Pushing past her fears, and knowing that she’s a different person from who she was as a kid, she forces dried roots to attack Sahara, disrupting her spell and letting the fairy free.

Flora then starts to attack in full, summoning trees, plants, vines, petals alongside her fans to cut, tear and hit Sahara as much as she can. Sahara tries to turn back to Miele to dissuade her, but Flora closes her eyes and keeps on. With a final piercing branch of thorns, and an explosion of sharp petals, She destroys Sahara, waking up from her dream and earning Onyrix.

She looks around her, the vines somehow having retreated, and meets up with Stella, who was coming to her from the other side of the park. Noting their new powers, they decide to use a convergence spell and manage to completely rid the park of Venomya and Campana’s magic, the shield above them even slightly affected.

They, on their part, are livid - not only more of their hostages earnt Onyrix, but their powers are perfectly geared to countering their own. Campana decides to start summoning shadow creatures to try and delay them further while awake, while Venomya focuses her power on making nightmares for the remaining magi.

On Magix, Nabu manages to contact the Order and asks where Daphne’s team has gone to, and if they’ve gotten any updates. After getting the location then Nabu formally requests reinforcements to the area as he can feel everyone there in a far bigger danger than anticipated, before teleporting himself to the place.

Aisha wakes up in her room back in Andros, looking around, not finding anything odd yet outside of it being dark at night. She leaves the room to look for the reason why she’s there, but instead of a hallway, she’s suddenly in the balcony overseeing the capital.

Below it’s the city’s population, expecting and waiting for her to talk. She realizes she’s in her royal clothes, but also wearing her father’s crown. She is the Queen now.

Everyone starts to make demands and pleas, starts to beg and scream, for her to be their Queen, to give them to greatness, to do better, to be better.

The population rises and rises, and the lights of cameras start to flash her. She covers her eyes, and from the harsh lights her shadow starts to morph into her clone.

Aisha tries to escape but the doors have disappeared, and more and more royal advisors appear from thin air, demanding for her to act like a Queen.

Aisha starts to be overwhelmed by the requests, and transforms to fly away and escape the madness. The palace and the people rise up with her, however, and suddenly gusts of wind start to force her down.

She looks up and sees her shadow clone, calling herself Soffocara, wearing a fancy, stuff dress. Introducing herself as “your dark future”, she starts to trap Aisha in a whirlwind, while everyone else keeps demanding for her to act as queen.

Aisha starts to choke as she tries to fight everything - Soffocara, the people -, screaming that she doesn’t want to be Queen. She doesn’t want this, this life of restrictions. Her people are only louder and the wind harsher.

The wind starts to diminish around her, as Soffocara redirects part of it to the population, taking them off the ground and starting to suffocate them as well. Aisha tries to stop her but she’s still trapped herself, and seeing her people suffer because of her inaction is making her more desperate. After a bit, however, she manages to calm down, and decides to pretend that she has fallen unconscious.

Soffocara drops the wind around her letting her fall to the ground, and Aisha takes the chance and attacks her. Soffocara’s surprised and Aisha elaborates - even if she’s terrified of being Queen, even if she doesn’t want to rule, there are people that will be affected by her. People that will suffer because of her inaction. And she can’t accept that.

With uncharacteristic precision she manages to free her people with her water, disrupting the air and redirecting the spirals back to Soffocara. The shadow tries to disrupt them further but Aisha simply re-accumulates the water, forcing her back until she manages to encase her in a harsh whirlpool of her own. Aisha immediately half-freezes the globe and pulls it apart, undoing Soffocara and waking up from the nightmare, earning Onyrix.

Aisha looks around, and after trying out her magic undoing the vines starting to creep closer, she starts to look for Tecna.

Tecna wakes up in a weird room, reminding herself of those old-fashioned VR machines Bloom showed her while on Earth. She tries to see if she can influence the area and suddenly starts to make a small grove with a river.

She starts to make some flowers and grass and bushes, lost in the sudden place, but no matter how hard she tries she can’t change the time of day, a perpetual nighttime around her. She tries to see if she can undo the changes she made, but somehow can’t anymore.

A sudden spark of light comes too close to her, a lightning bolt coming from the still clear sky. The harsh light contrast gives her a full shadow, and from that shadow forms her clone, covered in cybernetics and with long blue hair. Calling herself Virus, “Your base fears”, and starts to disrupt and glitch everything around her.

The trees and bushes suddenly lunge for Tecna, whose first instinct is to run away from them. She tries to transform but some roots make her trip, cutting her hand on a bush’s thorns in the fall. She tries again but can’t, suddenly not remembering how to transform.

She then tries to cast magic, but it comes out erratic and weak thanks to her panic and Virus easily avoids her attempts at attacks. Tecna panics more and more at this, starting to feel cornered and without ideas. She tries to think of her classes, or her practice, but can’t remember anything at all and it’s starting to send her into a panic attack.

Virus takes the chance and properly corners her, mocking her poor memory and how she can’t see the obvious way out. Tecna just simply screams, and tries to think harder and harder on what to do.

It’s at this time that she realizes she’s bleeding from her hand, and can feel a faint trace of magic on the cut. Trying to stop the bleeding she starts to calm herself down, and notices how one of the bushes starting to close in on her disappeared for a split second, remembering the glitch. She initially starts to think of all the ways she could try to escape with magic if she remembered how to use it, but slowly realizes that’s not the answer.

The trees and bushes keep coming closer and Virus believes she’s won, until Tecna suddenly launches herself at one of the bushes, taking advantage of the clipping frames and escaping. She then grabs a nearby branch and launches herself to Virus, trying to hit her physically.

Virus tries her best to dodge and protect herself but Tecna’s relentless, even if she feels herself tiring her arms due to not having a framework for close fighting. Virus lacks it as well, to her advantage, and starts to retake the magic she used on the room to prepare a desperation attack.

The callback of all magic makes everything in the room disappear, as well as undoing the “hack” she placed on Tecna, recovering her memories and being able to transform again.

Virus tries to attack her with the energy collected but Tecna launches herself to her again, tackling her, and holding her while casting a spell of her own. High voltage electricity suddenly flows through Virus all at once, dissolving immediately and letting Tecna earn Onyrix.

Now awake, Tecna meets up with Aisha soon, having just been a few meters apart, and now being able to properly fight the place they go out to look for everyone else.

After a few fights the Winx manage to get together again, and after sharing their experiences they start to look for Daphne and Thoren, using their powers to start undoing the curse on the place as they go.

They start to notice how the bigger crystals and vines don’t seem to try to do anything, and Flora tries to connect with the vines - and almost falls to the floor in surprise. The vine has someone inside it.

Everyone is equally shocked and Aisha and Stella look into the crystals, realizing there’s a faint outline of a person inside. Everyone starts to wonder what they can do and Tecna has an idea - if they can mix Flora’s, Aisha’s and Stella’s healing powers, their new Onyrix abilities, and their Essence Dust, they can undo the curse more effectively and free everyone with minor issues.

They try the weird convergence idea, and the larger crystals and vines slowly disappear, leaving the people behind. Everyone goes to check on them to see if they’re okay, and it seems they’re just sleeping, still affected by that part of the curse. The Winx carry on, hoping that removing all of the influence will wake them up.

Campana and Venomya are even more furious, knowing that 6 of the 7 girls have gotten Onyrix and are starting to undo their work. Venomya makes more shadow nightmares and starts to send them to the Winx, while Campana oversees Daphne’s own nightmare personally.

Daphne wakes up on the entrance to Sparxis City, already in ruins. The princess is at first confused and disoriented but realizes what this is - and promptly transforms, rushing into the capital worried.

Around her she can see the familiar destruction of 21 years ago, people screaming and running as a wave of frost starts to cover the place. She can see people disappearing into the air, and speeds up her flight, not noticing those she left behind turn into shadows, following her.

She arrives at the palace, but it’s not the palace - thousands of mirrors are covering every inch, reflecting her form in distorted ways. Her current Sirenix form, her Enchantix, her old princess gown, her look when she was a student at Alfea, and many other look at her, a manic expression contrasting her own confusion.

Most of the mirrors shatter, and seemingly fuse with her shadow, forming her clone.

Wearing a purple mermaid-cut dress, mirror shards all over her, and calling herself Miroir, “your deepest regrets”, she starts attacking, using the leftover shards plus waves of energy. Daphne dodges most of the attacks almost effortlessly, but ends up too close to a mirror.

Her reflection grabs her by the shoulder, and starts to whisper in her ear of how because she trusted in Politea, Domino fell.

Daphne does manage to struggle free but she bumps into another mirror, her Enchantix form telling her of how she used Bloom for the sole purpose of getting free and try to reclaim her country, even if she was her sister. More of her reflections start to mock her and insult her, of all of her missteps in life, of how she has only been successful thanks to the Dragon Aura and nothing else, that without her extra magic she would be worthless.

Daphne keeps fighting her reflections and tries to ignore their thoughts, but as they dig deeper it starts to get harder to do. She’s so distracted that she doesn’t notice Miroir slowly collect the shards she’s been making as she breaks the mirrors, and fuses it into a sword.

She lunges at Daphne to try and stab her, but the Fairy manages to react fast enough and uses one of the mirrors to shield herself.

Getting her confidence back thanks to a rush of adrenaline, she starts to agree with the mirrors that yes, she fucked up, she caused a lot of pain thanks to her actions and has been incredibly selfish the past few years. But so what? She can be better, she can learn from this, and at the end of the day she can’t control what other people do. Politea betrayed her of her own accord, and while tears do fall from her eyes at this realization, she finally starts fighting back in full.

Miroir keeps trying to stab Daphne but she manages to dodge faster and faster, and after tiring the clone out she finally attacks, mixing her knowledge of Light magic with her Water source and undoing Miroir’s form entirely, waking up and earning Onyrix.

Campana is even angrier, every magi now with Onyrix and more chances to undo her plans. It’s then that she notices the man Daphne’s with, and realizing who he is she devises a plan, a cruel smirk on her face.

Daphne comes to her senses to an increasingly scared Thoren, who doesn’t even notice the new transformation and just hugs her in relief, Daphne subtly blushing at the sudden closeness.

After a few long seconds Thoren lets her go (wiping a few tears away) and asks her what happened to her, she was sleeping for a very long time and she had suddenly transformed mid-sleep, grunting in pain. He tried to wake her up but it was almost impossible, her Aura hurting him any time he got close. Daphne explains what happened and Thoren sighs, saying “of course.”

Daphne’s confused at this and asks him what’s going on, she noticed his weird eye shifts and worried looks all the trip and she knows it’s not just mission nervousness. Thoren sighs once more and finally comes clean - he’s Campana’s son.

The fairy is left dumbfounded and even more confused, and the Paladin elaborates - Campana married his father under the pretense of genuine love to slowly gain power in Eraklian grounds, as Conway was assigned Marquess of Nevere during that time as training to become king before both towns became a single community. She had him with Conway as a way to “prove” the marriage was real after suspicions arose around the fairy, but she never really cared for him either, focused on her quest for power.

Daphne is surprised and feels sorry for Thoren, but quickly shakes the thought to voice said feelings as that would make it worse. She then asks her why he took the offer to work on this situation, and he admits it was mainly to finally confront her mother on what she has done. Saying this, they both get up, and realizing the place around them is starting to change, they decide to start looking for the rest.

They’re suddenly attacked by a bunch of shadow creatures, all of them resembling some sort of monster. They manage to fend them off decently well and their numbers steadily diminish, until a wave of darkness suddenly consumes all of the shadows. They look ahead and notice that Nabu is standing there, also with Onyrix, and see a small hole in the barrier up in the sky slowly healing.

He meets up with them and explains he woke up thanks to earning the new transformation, and says there are reinforcements on their way to help with the barrier. More shadow monsters arise around them, but are defeated this time by a wave of heat and light.

The Winx, also in Onyrix, rush to meet them, and Aisha almost without thinking jumps to hug Nabu once she realizes he’s there and also not in a coma earlier than expected. The Winx explain what they learnt about the citizens being inside all the bigger crystals and vines around the town, and how they can free them with their new powers.

With the 8 Onyrix fairies plus Thoren’s knowledge of healing, everyone slowly but surely starts to undo the curse on the towns, defeating all the shadow creatures on the way.

Venomya and Campana start to panic, and in a bout of confidence and desperation Campana suggests to fight them head on, as a last chance to maintain the curse. Venomya’s doubtful but agrees, running out of options.

The Winx plus the others have managed to undo the curse on most of both towns, and can see the barrier above slowly falling apart. They arrive at the Town Hall, where they believe Campana and Venomya are hiding, and are promptly attacked by the duo.

A fight ensues, and with the help of the shadow creates, it’s a somewhat balanced fight, but after a while Stella and Nabu make quick work of all the shadows and everyone rushes to attack the fairy and witch properly.

Thoren confronts Campana at last on how she treated him when she was around, on how she barely cared for him and how she used him to gain even more power. Campana tries to counteract this and tells him that she did indeed love him, that she did think of him when she was trapped, and that she was worried he would be treated horribly by Erendor as the “true heir” of Eraklyon.

Thoren is shaken by this and hesitates, and Venomya takes the chance to try and poison him from the back while distracted. She’s stopped by Daphne, however, which attacks her hard enough to knock her to the wall and Campana unleashes an attack on Daphne, angry that her plans to harvest Thoren’s armor’s energy failed.

Thoren is enraged by this and dives in to attack her, taking her by surprise and almost stabbing her with his sword.

The battle turns for the worse for Campana and Venomya, and channeling all their magic undoing the barrier they use a Teleportia spell, leaving the town.

Everyone realizes the barrier is down and that it’s night time, and do cheer at the fact they won, but Thoren is still worried that they’re out there somewhere, and while everyone else thinks of start leaving he stops them, telling them his concerns.

The Winx do agree that it might be dangerous to leave them be and Tecna uses a locating spell tracing the last vestiges of their magic around, realizing they’re somewhere in the forest nearby. She also realizes there is a Tree of Life in that forest, and fearing the worst, everyone goes after them.

After a few hours of traveling and the shadow creatures coming back, proving Campana and Venomya are nearby, they find the Tree of Life, and notice its state - it’s a very old, very big tree, and it’s somehow faded, as if no Pixie had been born or lived there in a long time.

They find Campana and Venomya there as well, and promptly realize what they’re doing - they’re absorbing the last of the magic in the Tree, making it wilt incredibly fast, and high on magic, they attack the group with renewed confidence.

Battle ensues but despite not using the shadow creatures the group starts to lose, finding it harder to avoid the waves of noise and poison now that they’re bigger, and it only gets harder when metal shards and fire join their array.

The fight starts to get harder until one of Venomya’s attacks sets the Tree of Life on fire, which creates a strong magic reaction, stopping everyone in their tracks as a Pixie with unusually large wings appear in front of them.

Her expression is one filled with fury and the group slowly backs away, but Venomya and Campana, still high on magic, try to attack the Pixie.

In an instant, she easily knocks them to the ground and tells everyone to start fighting back, before suddenly vanishing. The magic around their eyes starts to diminish as the Tree starts to heal, and the group takes the chance to retaliate.

The duo starts to summon more shadow creatures to fend them off, but when that proves a failure they start to cast a convergence spell.

The Winx, plus Daphne and Nabu, start to cast one of their own, and both attacks are launched at the same time, colliding into each other. Both teams try to hold it as long as they can, and the more magic the duo puts into their side the more healthy the tree starts to look.

The Pixie appears once more, her look remaining, and suddenly attacks Venomya and Campana from the back, breaking their concentration and undoing their convergence, the group’s own overpowering them completely, a bright explosion of magic ensuing.

Once the magic fade the 8 fairies descend and reunite with Thoren, and realize after a few seconds that both Campana and Venomya are dead.

The Pixie descends to their level and finally introduces herself - she is Somna, the Pixie of Dreams and Nightmares, and is the one in charge of granting Onyrix. She explains that when they attempted their first coup, both Fairy and Witch absorbed the magic of the Tree as well as the energy of the Pixies that lived there, killing them in their quest for power. She has no control over who gets her form and as such was forced to grant them Onyrix several years ago once they met the criteria, but she has been waiting for her chance at revenge and is pleased that she’s finally got it.

Nabu recognizes her voice and asks her if she was the one that contacted him when he got Onyrix, and she affirms, finding his powers useful for the cause as well as his tangential relation to the people that were assigned the mission. She also elaborates that she helped Stella with her fight against Obscura as well, manifesting her inner child to avoid losing another useful ally to her cause - her light powers proving great for the situation.

After a while, Daphne asks her why she’s not allowed to grant the form directly like Ninfea or Omnia do with their forms, and she explains that as part-Ethereal, she cannot directly interact with sapientkind unless they meet the requirements for her form or they show up at her Tree. The first time Venomya and Campana appeared she was not present, and was not able to stop them then as she was requested to an audience by the Council of Mana. She also adds that she’s the one that sent Daphne the recurring nightmares, hoping that she will come to her aid.

Everyone is surprised at her “part-Ethereal” comment and elaborates that she’s one of the very first Pixies to exist, and that her Tree is the oldest in all of Solenei. Pixies, as well as the other purely-magical species, are direct creations of Ethereals but have slowly become more mundane.

The team then thanks her for her help as well as for granting them Onyrix, and slowly leave, until they’re sure a reasonable distance away. Then they run like hell in silence at the fact they were near an Ethereal.

A week has passed since the incident, and Nevere and Zeisterna are slowly healing. All of the population has been rescued and thankfully the Winx’s actions have made clean-up a non-issue, but the Order fears the population might have their Auras affected.

Daphne meets with Thoren, and asks him how he’s dealing with everything, now that the incident has repeated itself and that his mother is dead.

He feels conflicted and hurt, but also relieved that everything is finally done. He hasn’t told his father yet, but he hopes this doesn’t hurt him too much - he genuinely loved Campana and has just now started to move on.

Daphne comforts him and thanks him for his support during the trip, his presence having her calmed her down when she would have freaked out as well as properly thanking him for when he helped her in Havram.

Thoren thanks her as well too, as she has helped him regain his confidence over the time they’ve met and that he’s happy he met her.

After a few seconds of genuine smiles and incredibly uncomfortable silence, Daphne finally breaks the ice and asks him if he would like to go out with her someday - not as a mission, but as friends, and hopefully more than that.

Thoren is immediately flustered and after stammering a bit he accepts, and talking about when they’ll do it, they can hear the town gain it’s sound back.

Nabu has met with his family again after so long, and while his mother still refuses to interact with him, his father hugs him, happy he’s well again, and apologizing for his own inaction.

Nabu returns the hug for a second but pulls back, and does tell his father that if he truly wants to, they can rekindle their relationship on their own time and on Nabu’s terms. His dad agrees, and start to plan a way to work this well.

The Winx get a very annoyed call from Roxy and Ogron, on the fact they were supposed to come help a week ago and haven’t even attempted to contact them. The Winx tell them of what happened and say that they had to stay back for a few extra days to help with clean-up and rebuilding, and that after that they just wanted a few days to properly unwind.

Both Fairy and Sorcerer sigh and wonder out loud how the Winx keep getting into these situations, but are happy they’re all okay and tell them everything is ready for them to go to Earth.

The call ends and Stella pulls out her Staff, and with a Teleportia spell, they go back to Earth, to help with reintroducing magic as well as simply enjoy their summer...

#Winx Club #Winx Redux AU #Winx Redux AU: Summarized #Winx AU Detailing #THIS WAS SO LONG but also really fun to write #Next and this one will take a bit is S5! since I need to rewatch it in full #S5 is one of my faves so I'm sure I'll enjoy it a lot and hopefully you'll enjoy this and the future summary too!

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bloom-agreste-cheng · 5 years

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Enchantix

Ok so they finally released the new Enchantix. And I have mixed feelings. I do understand that this is a kid’s show and it is not aimed at me, an OG fan now who’s nearly graduating university. So please don’t yell at me. However I can’t help analyzing the two versions of the transformation side by side. I will say what I don’t like about the new version and say what I do like about it. But overall, I will accept the change Winx Club is going through. Overall, I don’t mind the new Enchantix it’s just that the look got a lot more pink and censored. Makes me wish that manip of the new Enchantix, months before it was released, was legit.

BLOOM

OK…Bloom. Her Enchantix was the one I was most excited about because she did not have any planet to save in season 3. So I was quite excited when she finally earned it. And I was a bit shocked to see the changes she now went through.The more I stare at her, the more differences I see. I think the thing that bothers me most is the pink in her new Enchantix. As well as the new flowers and severe lack of green I her outfit. Even her blue has become a bit boring to look at. In the original her blues changed from ruffle to ruffle. Like it went from blueish, green, cyan color to a lighter blue as the ruffles went down. Now the first ruffle is pink. As for her wings, they look less like butterfly wings and are more rounded. What I do like about her new look is are the added layers to the ruffles. The last two ruffles of her new Enchantix look less revealing which makes me quite happy, I always got worried we’d endup seeing her fanny because of that short skirt. Now it’s longer and fluffier. I am also quite happy that they kept her hairstyle the same and it also looks a bit longer than it was originally. The blue is also the original light cyan blue that Bloom originally had in the first years. It’s been so many transformations since her original light cyan blue. Honestly, it’s the pink that upsets me the most about this new form, and the cyan blue looking just blue instead of green-ish blue. But other than that, she looks virtually the same as before. Oh yeah and the flowers that are added, I didn’t like that very much.

Tecna

I am not very sure how I feel about her new look. The entire point of her Enchantix was to show her change from an emotionally repressed girl to a powerful woman comfortable with her feelings, vulnerable and open to them. I think what upsets me the most about her new look is that her outfit is very censored. The outfit looks like a fucking swimming suit and less like a dress. It’s the green leafy stuff on the shorts, they used to be longer and made the whole ensemble look like a dress. Her purple gloves don’t upset me as much but I did wish they stayed electric blue. And most importantly, her hair. I always knew they were going to cut it shorter than it was, they always did that for Tecna; keep her hair short. And I was right, her hair know looks a bit like a pixie cut. Only a smidge longer, like you can see that liitle tail of hair at the back of her hair. Her hair used to be longer. Like in the original design, it use to be waist long. And over time, it gets shorter and shorter, and I am upset. But it’s OK. I am not the one designing her. But there I things I LOVE about the new look. Look closely at her choker and you’ll notice the original vial is gone, and it its stead, red tear drop gems. I thought that was an interesting new addition to her Enchantix. I think it’s bloody brilliant and inspiring. And have you seen her WINGS? They’re so much more beautiful and colorful than they ever were. I think that is my favorite part of her look. Personally, despite her hair which had always been my favorite part of her Enchantix, I ironically think her look is my second favorite and I don’t always pick Tecna. Also is it just me or do her new wings look bigger than before.

Flora

Flora’s look has got to me my least favourite because hers has changed the most between all six. In the original, I thought she looked like a powerful nature goddess-nymph with the big butterfly wings, her elongated hair and the new colors added to her outfit. With the new Enchantix, she’s kind of like Bloom except she’s pinker than blue. All the green in her look was taken away which upsets me. She even has ruffles in her skirt and I hate it. She looks like a Barbie fairy of or something. I almost did not notice the yellow in her wings. I will say though that her wings, although smaller, have retained the exact same shape as before. I also like how the top part, although different in colors now, still looks the same. But overall with her, I am quite unhappy with her look.

Musa

Ok Seriously, Musa’s look is by far my number one favorite. Her Enchantix doesn’t just look the original, it’s an improvement. I seriously love it. But first I want to switch it up ere and start with I don’t like. The yellow ribbons that used to be on her chest are gone. I am upset about that. They were fun to stare at; they used to wave around majestically in the wind and they took that away. Her gloves, I can’t exactly say what color they used to be because I am not sure, but they are definitely different. They look like a salmon color now and I don’t like it. And her tiara, was it always completely golden or..? I am not too sure about the tiara and it’s bugging me. I don’t understand why. And finally, it’s censored; her stomach is censored and that pisses me off. But that’s the same with everyone. Ok, now for the good part, there’s so much I love about her look. Obviously there’s her hair, it looks exactly the same, maybe a bit fluffier. Hey, they even let her keep the highlights. The strap from her original dress changed spot and it is now crossing her chest; I’m loving it, it looks fantastic. And ooh, the red strap connecting the top of her dress and skirt is just like Layla’s Winx. Her look keeps getting better and better. Suddenly I don’t mind that they censored her stomach. And finally, the poufy skirt. When Musa first got her Enchantix, I was a bit horrified and honestly wanted to laugh at the poufy skirt. I always thought it was a medieval minstrel’s poufy short and I just couldn’t take her seriously despite her status. Now her wings. I will admit, I never understood why they made her wings yellow in the first place. Her new wings with the red shape and the yellow, blue and pink interior looks SO much better. Overall, I love her new Enchantix.

Stella

Overall, I think I am ok with it. Stella’s Enchantix was originally quite the hype back then. Like she’s the first Enchantix fairy you saw in the theme song and it looked amazing and exciting. So now that it’s been redesigned, I kind of stopped caring about her. Because seriously, it does not look better than the original. The original was better. It was sexier. If you look around there was a fan art of Enchantix in the new style featuring the original Enchantix outfit. That looked better than the new style. Nothing really jumps out for her new outfit. Actually… Her new outfit looks like a short Mexican party dress. It’s the skirt. The new skirt changed the whole look. I gotta be honest, I love the added petals in her skirt. I was always worried about how skimpy the original skirt was. Now it has layers. It still has the original color and it has layers like Bloom’s dress. In all seriousness though, Stella’s look is the least changed. Except for the big pink star in her chest in the new form. If that’s supposed to be the replacement for her fairy dust vial, it’s not a success. The separated straps from her original dress was better than the converging ones from the new one IMO. I also don’t particularly like how her stomach is covered and the blue, intertwining ribbons have changed into just one ribbon. Also am I looking at her wrong or are her wings smaller? I said I was going to mention something good right? I love her wings, they look almost unchanged, although they look rounder. That’s gotta be my favorite part of her new look If I spent more time analyzing the looks, I’d be here forever.

Layla/Aisha

Sigh……Part of me is a little mad about her look. It’s because it confuses me so much. I do not know what to think of it… I’ve made up my mind. I definitely don’t like it. It’s fairly different from the original, in colors and in design and it’s seriously pissing me off. Her outfit and her wings keep changing. Actually it’s mostly the outfit. When she first earns Enchantix, it’s blue, green, yellow and pink. Dominantly blue. Then after Bloom earns her Enchantix, it switches to dominantly green, with pink and yellow. Now it’s dominantly pink with some green and small specks of purple. Seriously, they made her girlier than she originally was. She’s not the strong, sporty, rebel fairy princess I used to know and love. I think that’s what makes me so mad about her new look. When I see ENchantix, all I see are powerful, savior fairies. It started with Layla. She and Stella are the ones who began that trend and to see her lose the original meaning of Enchantix and looking like a little girl pisses me off. So overall, I don’t like her new look. Too much pink, too girly, and too childish. And I do not like it.

So in retrospect, I will have to admit, I do not like it at all. Ok not too much. I still like it a little bit. But not too much. I’m a sentimental so I’m always going to prefer the original. For all six of them.

#enchantix #winx club #season 8

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faces-and-morefaces · 5 years

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Talking about the cartoon I used to watch and reasons why did I stop:

Winx Club

[Talking about RAI’s version]

[Seasons 1,2 and 3]

Ok, I’ll first tart of why did I loved used to be a great cartoon and it had great background music. Music that could deeply describe situation character is in it. And one of my favorite background music (from seasons 1, 2 and 3) are:

Winx Club 1-3 OST - Sombre - I really really love this one, it’s beautiful yet sad! And it really described character’s saddness in scene. It also feels like it’s describing the situation that happened long time ago, that’s one of the reasons why I love it so much.

Winx Club 1-3 OST - Victory! - This is a great background music, like it quite alot!

Winx Club 1-3 OST - Charmix Theme 1 - Like it beacuse even if charmix was only accessories, it had that special feelings like it wasn’t only just accessories but good power ups as well!

Winx Club 1-3 OST - Daphne 1 (full) - Love this one quite alot like Sombre, It has such a soft and relaxing tone!

Ending song - Always loved the ending music!

Also Italian version sounds nice!

And the rest:

Winx Club 1-3 OST - Bloom gets kidnapped

Winx Club 1-3 OST - Scary Tunes (compilation)

Winx Club 1-3 OST - Cloudtower Theme 1

Winx Club 1-3 OST - Hard Feelings

Winx Club 1-3 OST - Dance Party

Like I said above all this music described situation,place or a character/what character felt in certain moment in a great way.

Since this is going to be a long post, for people who are interested they will read more about it under this:

Also what I liked in Rai’s version of Winx is that there were different fairies that attended Alfea even the one’s that looked like they could be witches:

But I like that they were all different:

But they were all different as well, even the Winx they had their differences and they were unique as well:

Different personalities, but yet a great team!

Also we see some new fairies in season 3 that made appearance later in other seasons such as:

Clarice:

Alice:

Emma:

Cornelia:

Marzia:

Maybe there are more, but I’m not making full list of it, there is a list on wikipedia!

Also I think Rai version also had great expressions:

(This Stella’s expression was only for 1 sec, but it’s still funny one.)

I know almost all characters from Winx are skinny,but the inspiration for them were mostly fashions models so yeah...

But there is one thing that kind of bothered me before,but later it didn’t matter too much to me since it’s usually smaller details:

Like this guy:

Don’t you ever wonder what happened to him?

He was only shown like 1 or 2 episodes in season 1 and never again.

[Season 4]

or them:

I understood they were especially for season 4,but i thought Winx would keep them later in other seasons as well, since Roxy started going to Alfea as well.

[Seasons 1,2 and 3]

As for Pixies I really liked them alot in season 2 and 3.

I liked how Chatta and Amore had totally different personalities from Flora and Stella.

First time when I saw them I thought Amore would be perfect Pixie for Flora and Chatta for Stella.

But I understand why Flora was connected with Chatta since Flora is quite shy person.

What I didn’t like was this change [Season 5] :

I didn’t mind the outfists, but how they changed Techna and Musa’s Pixies and put the ones that were from spinoff series Pop Pixie, since in that spinoff they made Digit male. But what bothers me is the fact that Digit isn’t Techna’s bonded Pixie, even if she is male she could have stayed Techna’s bonded Pixie. I don’t know why they changed Musa’s bonded Pixie as well!

[Seasons 1,2 and 3]

I talked about the music in these seasons and the reason why I love them so much, and hearing them again is so nostalgic.

I really loved first 3 seasons of Winx

They did copy paste characters in some scene,but you could barely notice that, since that was actually quite rare.

I like charmix (Rai version) and Flora’s charmix was my favorite.

I love enchantix alot because it showed fairies personalities and abilities. I I really love design for enchantix:

It’s really a beautiful transformation!

[Season 4]

I liked season 4 but a little less than the first 3 seasons,but I can’t point out why is that.

Season 4 was actually quite refreshing since Winx finished school and had new mission in Gardenia and all, new background music wasn’t that bad, but there were less moments where music made atmosphere more exciting/sad/etc.

But I do have my favorite music from this season and it’s:

Superheroes - Ending song

Sophix Theme - Beautiful theme

Lovix Theme - Really love this one!

But there were some moments such as Roxie’s first transformation/ when Wizards of the Black Circle captured Arthur (Roxy’s pet dog)

I like Believix transformation after Enchantix it’s refreshing and modern transformation and I always had a feeling it’s excursively made for the plot of season 4 since the one of the purpose of this transformation is to make humans believe in magic in general.

Also like the designs as well.

I didn’t like the idea of Nabu dying at all...He was a great character, but the decision to kill such a great character was kind of stupid idea for me. But eh, it happened long time ago,so yeah...

Also I don’t remember animation used to be this bad???

[Season 5] [The Start of Nickelodeon Era/Version]

I don’t know if season 4 was also part of Nickelodeon, that is when Nick took over Winx Club.

First when I saw images of Bloom in harmonix form I was sooo excited for fifth season of the series:

But when the season 5 started to air I didn’t started to watch it right away, but waited a little so I would have more episodes to watch and I think that’s the time when Winx started to air on Nickelodeon, I don’t know if season 4 was also part of Nickelodeon or not.

But that’s when Winx started falling apart in my opinion when I started to watch season 5.

I don’t even remembered if I finished watching season 5 at all, animation looked great, but I didn’t like the story.

I expected Roxy to become part of the team, she has great qualities to become one of the Winx, but since she’s actually younger than Winx and she attends Alfea in this season is understandable, Roxy was 16 years old in season 4, so in this season she should be 17, like Stella in season 1 when she attends school second time after what she did last year.

But it could have been awesome if Roxy was with them helping atleast in few episodes,atleast seeing her get harmonix would have been great!

As far as I remember Bloom had the most screen time and I’ve seen people talking about it alot past 5-6 years.

Techna and Musa had so little of screen time (excluding the group screen time). Also I think their personalities weren’t much shown in this season (excluding Aisha in this matter).

Aisha had decent (I think I’m not sure) screen time in this season, but I think that’s because of the fact that Tritannus was her cousin.

I understand that Bloom is leader of the group and all, but I don’t know I kinda feel that other Winx didn’t much cooperate since Bloom was always the one on the screen.

As I said above I really liked how harmonyx looked on Bloom, but seeing on all the Winx:

was kinda meh to me because they all looked similar if not almost the same in the dresses, the top of the dress sure is different, shoes are basically the same only recolored could have atleast a detail or some kind of a symbol on them.

Hairstyle was ok I guess? Flora’s bangs stayed while the others did change.

I feel Bloom,Stella and Flora are more well designed than Musa,Techna and Aisha here as well.

Also their wings look smaller compared to their dresses. Maybe it’s probably hair, I don’t know...

As for sirenix...

Again almost same outfits with little differences, which I don’t like. at. all.

Recolored same wings are just no.

[Season 6]

I can’t talk much about this season, because I only watched few clips and maybe and episode or 2, because I REALLY REALLY didn’t like it at all and that’s when I stopped watching Winx.

[Season 7]

Can’t talk much about this season as well.

But I can tell you about what I think of transformation Butterflix:

What I’m actually glad about is the wings are not same, they are similar but not same and that’s good.

Dresses are cute and I like them even if they look similar. What got my eye is Bloom and Musa’s bottom part of the dress looks identical only different color.

Same recolored shoes! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My favorite is Flora’s design, and Techna’s looks nice as well.

The only thing I know about seasons 5,6,7 even 8 and what I find annoying is seeing Trix in these seasons... It’s basically Tom and Jerry every time they bring them back.

[Season 8]

I don’t know how much did they change story line is previous 2 seasons, but I did watch few clips of season 8 and I have something to say about this season.

First of all starting with new designs of all characters, or better said revamped for new season.

Looks:

They really didn’t have to go that far to change the characters tho...

What I really don’t like about these designs are eyes, they all have same doll like eyes and they look kind of creepy in promo images.

I liked how Flora and Musa had different eyes and how all of them had different tan, as I said above they didn’t had to go that far really...

I did heard they were bringing enchantix back, but i shouldn't expect it to be the same. Knowing how they changed the male characters from this:

To this:

Which in my opinion they could have stand alone show/spinoff as teenagers (13-14 years), because they look like that.

They look really young knowing for a fact that they are supposed to be young adults by now. I don’t have anything else to say about them...

And few days ago I watched clip about Icy’s backstory:

youtube

So you’re saying to me that this is not connected???:

(This is from season 3 where Icy, Darcy and Stormy didn’t knew each other as kids - When one of them asked “You looked like that!?”)

Season 8′s Icy.

But yeah in season 3 she is a kid in that scene and here she was shown probably as teenager, since she does look older than Bloom and other fairies in original (Rai’s version of) series.

As for her hair if her hair, if she’s natural blonde how we see in season 8, then maybe she used to change her color as a kid sometimes,but if her natural was light blue like in season 3 then she probably just dyed her hair blonde with magic.

And if there was Nick Special for season 3, I bet they wouldn’t include this scene with them as kids, like how they didn’t include Rai’s Charmix and put the title Charmix as the base fairy form.

In my opinion this is plot hole they made this season. Why’s that? Because her backstory doesn’t explain how did she got in contact with the Ancestral Witches. How did she got in contact with Darcy and Stormy (maybe it will be expalined?? Who knows.) What is Darcy and Sormy’s backstories?

After she/they (the Trix) got in contact with them is explained why she/they started hating Bloom, I think...

I see that Icy kept a secret that she’s a royalty and that she had a sister. But there’s no way no one heard of Kingdom that was destroyed or took by a witch or it was never known about the princesses of that kingdom.Or what happened to that royal family of that certain Kingdom! Domino was known for it’s story!

I’ll be back to transformations for season 8, what I forgot was a certain characters from the show:

Diaspro:

She never changes. I’m surprised that she’s even in season 8, waaay too annoying character.

She used to be Sky’s fiancé, but that was long time ago and seeing her again is kinda ugh...She shouldn’t be too much important at all.

Overused character and her arc should have been done long time ago as well.

Selina:

Putting Selina as Bloom’s childhood friend was kinda weird, since we don’t see any backstory before Bloom started going to Alfea/met Stella nor any friends or classmates she used to have. Which is also kind of a plot hole in my opinion Because if they showed backstory (school she attended before Alfea) they would certainly show some friends she used to have as a kid. (They did show her ex- boyfriend in season 4, the guy that never made appearance in seasons 1-3, they showed her in class in Gardenia,but that’s only in comics and I don’t know if that’s canon o not, they did show her childhood in the movie but with Vanessa and Mike only.) Selina is nowhere to be seen as a kid so far till in season 6. That’s how their story goes I guess.

Since she’s character from season 6 and I only watched few clips from season 6, they probably showed some backstory with her and Bloom.

She’s nowhere to be seen in season 7 and season 8 so far.

Chimera:

Seems Chimera was a character excursively for season 3, but she could have made 1 or 2 more appearance, since they are forcing Diaspro even in season 8.

She made appearance in Season 4 Winx Club Book, to take revenge on Stella, but as I said I don’t know if any of comics or books are canon to the original story.

Now back to those season 8 transformations:

Cosmix:

Since season 8 is space-themed, they could at least except all those glitters and shiny stuff on them really put some space like design on them.

Same wings, no comment.

I feel like they were going for space suit dress design for Cosmix and it could be seen here.

Enchantix:

Oh boy...

Left: Enchantix (Season 8)

Right: Enchantix (Season 3)

(Sorry for the bad quality of image,but here’s the link)

Original is still my favorite. Newer version is meh, I don’t like it. at all.

Sirenix

Winx Club - Sirenix Season 5 Vs Season 8 [COMPARISON]

Made their dresses more colorful, they probably wanted to make more sea/ocean themed.

Everything I said about sirenix above goes same for this one.

They sure look like kids...

Butterflix

Winx Club - Butterflix Season 7 VS Season 8 [COMPARISON]

There wasn’t much of a difference except makeup and heels mostly.

What got my eye when I was watching this was how their hands and feet have smaller proportion than the original as well.

But doll like eyes are still there! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Nick Specials:

I’m not gonna talk about them separately, there’s no need.

I’m just gonna say, it was unnecessary really.

They cut alot of scenes and other stuff from seasons 1 and 2, and they tried putting season 1 and 2 in 1 or 2 hours, i don’t know and I don’t care really because I know they were trying to make a connection between other seasons such as season 5 to 8, since there are alot of plot holes when Nick took over the cartoon/series.

They never showed Charmix as a separate transformation with power ups from season 2. Instead they named base fairy form Charmix...As far as I knew power ups were there for a reason in season 2,but nevermind I guess...

They changed Stella’s speech from:

“Stella, Fairy of of the Sun and the Moon”

to:

“Stella, Fairy of of the Shining Sun “

Which I don’t blame them because we never actually saw Stella using any of the moon powers or any moon spells.

Comparasion of 1 scene fom Rai and Nick version:

When Bloom screams her speech (I know it sounds weird I didn’t know how to write it, you know what I mean.)

Right: Rai Left:Nick

As far as I know you need to open your mouth wide to be able to scream loud that’s for sure and you see here in Rai’s version she has an expression, she’s angry and that stays even when she screams whereas in Nick’s version she kind of looks angry but that only sticks around few minutes and then she looks expressionless (or not changing her face at all, I don’t know right word for that.)

I’m not planning to watch season 8 as well as season 6 and 7.

Since they changed story too much, and they have a lot plot holes they left, they probably/maybe fixed it with Nickelodeon english dub,but then again I highly doubt that.

I understand they changed art style probably because Winx as a cartoon right now is aimed for kids, where originally was aimed for teens and kids back then I think, but I could tell for sure that story is aimed for kids now when you compare season 1,2 and 3 to season 5,6,7 and 8.

I thought of including spin offs and movies into this post but it’s not relatable to the title of this post so I will do it separately and there are some stuff I left that are connected with series and the movies,but I will write it in the next post when I get to write about Winx movies.

#if you want to read it go ahead but let me warn you this post is super SUPER long #rant #winx club #winx #long post #music is soooo nostalgic v_v #I think that was all

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Winx Club Season 3 Thoughts (4kids) Part 1

(This began about half a year ago and I have only picked it back up recently. I haven’t changed anything from the thoughts I had back then. Also this covers the episodes up to 3x13.)

Okay... I have finally reached this point. I’ve been dying to watch season 3 for the last, like, 4 months and I had to put so much willpower into restraining myself so that I could rewatch the whole series properly. And now that I am finally here, I am nearly shaking with excitement because yessssss! It’s finally time for Enchantix and Valtor. I am filled with glorious anticipation (though, also a bit wary since I do not like the resolution of this season’s arc from what I remember) and so ready to dive in. Here we go:

3x01:

- Oh, damn! Summer vacation hasn’t even started yet? Wow, um, okay, I guess. I need to update my timeline a little bit.

- Seriously, there is Bloom and Sky drama and they won’t even tell us what it’s about? You’re just gonna shoehorn more stupidity in this just for the sake of it? Why am I even surprised?

- Damn, Layla absolutely killed those moves! Well, before Kiko fell on her and they all fell to the ground but that’s another thing. That was some next level coordination and acrobatic skills. I can only watch in awe and wish I had even a tenth of that.

- Why did Stella think she wouldn’t have a Princess Ball? I hope she doesn’t think that her parents think she’s a failure as a princess. And aww, poor baby. She’ll be so sad when she learns that her father is getting married to Cassandra instead of getting back with her mother.

- Seriously, what idiot looked at the Trix and went “Ah, yes! Let’s send Icy, the witch of ice, in a dimension of ice. She’ll be all contained there. Absolutely guaranteed. 100%.” Will you people wake the fuck up, wake your brains and start thinking for real ‘cause you’re definitely not doing that now. Also, let me just say that that was a big leap from Lightrock monastery (or whatever the hell it was) to the Omega dimension. I guess going after the ultimate power is much worse than the Army of Decay. That or the writers have no concept of how to make the punishment fit the crime.

- Poor Darcy and Stormy. They don’t seem to be handling the cold very well. Also, something about Stormy’s line that they’re probably talked about at Cloud Tower is really clawing at my mind but I can’t quite put my finger on it yet. It just sounds like... like she’s not really doing that for the power rather than for the attention and recognition which just starts all sorts of thoughts in my head and none of them lead to anything good, They all make me feel bad for the Trix, though.

- I’ve been dreading the whole thing with Chimera but that scene in the pizza place wasn’t so bad. And Winx tried to be friendly. But Tecna’s “Snap” was hilarious. The girl isn’t taking shit from anyone. I like. XD

- I am not really a fan of the dresses they were trying on but I like the idea of a magical thingy that changes the clothes for you instead of you having to do it manually. Can we get those, please? (Chimera’s “Later, losers” really reminded me of Mandy from Totally Spies btw.)

- Stormy and Darcy aren’t quite handling the ice skating. Also, damn, that snake froze Stormy’s magical beam. That is... freaky... and scary. It looks like they’re in a bit of a pickle.

- And here is where the timeline doesn’t make sense. If Marion and Oritel trapped Valtor in Omega before they proceeded to battle the Ancestral Witches, then how does he have a plaque with his name and sentence on it? That doesn’t make sense. Who had time to sentence him? Unless I got something wrong, then this is not legit.

(- Let’s make one thing perfectly clear. I will never refer to Valtor as “Baltor” or to Marion as “Miriam”. It is just not going to happen.)

- “Frozen dude” I can’t. XD That was kinda a good plan the Trix had there, though if Valtor weren’t so powerful, it wouldn’t have worked because the snakes would’ve killed him and then them as well. But hey, they’re in luck because...

- Holy shit, look at those powers! He totally destroyed the snakes before even working out the kinks from his shoulders. I love the blue color of his magic. I think it makes sense. I am so done with the show not addressing how shitty it must be to be trapped and completely still AND frozen for seventeen years. Instead they just threw in a line about it that only made him look more evil and I will be forever mad about this, thanks. (Can I at least hope that the Trix learned a bit from the whole Darkar experience? Probably not but Icy’s line about Valtor not giving them orders is still giving me hope that will only disappoint me later. (Also, Valtor seems very contained here considering all the rage he has later on. At least he starts out looking more normal.))

- Awww, those puppies were really cute! And Stella and Bloom were so quick to the rescue! That was really sweet! (What the hell was up with Chimera’s powers, though?)

- Oh, I loved Icy’s idea with the snake. It was so clever. And Valtor is already at it with the possession of mermaids. A true demon indeed. I love him.

- I actually like Stella’s pink dress more than the red one. Also, I like Musa’s long hair but it is very weird to me after I just saw her with the short hair, like, five minutes ago.

- Yeah, Sky’s there. Great! Moving on. Brandon was really trying to mess up Stella’s hair, huh? XD Oh, and Musa and Riven are still dancing around each other. (I’m so sorry for this.)

- That rescue was cool. And Layla with the little girl. But why didn’t she just fly to the shore and felt the need to surf instead? That has always puzzled me greatly. She is such a responsible princess, though. She immediately went when she was called upon. Precious!

- Okay, but that looks like Valtor is literally sucking out their souls, wtf! This is so cool/freaky and I am so here for it.

- Um, I don’t like the way the Trix are looking at Valtor. I know he’s powerful and everything but can they just not crush on the weird guy they’re teaming up with every time? Their flirting is just so awkward. Also, can we see them teaming up with a woman for once?

- That moment when you take over a fucking planet (well, not quite but he’s going for it) and you’re like “Damn, I hate being so weak. I need to take my power back”. How much more power? What the hell? I mean, of course I love him but they’re making him so overpowered and they will have to tear him apart later in order for Winx to be able to defeat him and just... can you not? Tone it down a little now so that you don’t have to ruin this actual perfection later gdi! Also, why the fuck would we get a normal motive when we can just have “Power!!!! MORE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Give me a good fucking motive dammit! Or at least explain why the fuck he wants that power!

3x02:

- Awww! Can we talk about the fact that Radius is so open and welcoming to Bloom? And he knows how much she means to Stella! That is so adorable, I’m gonna cry now.

- Stella is such a supportive friend! She let Bloom into the hall of the universe (that is the coolest thing ever btw) and she was quick to reassure her that Oritel and Marion are alive. And she should know how this thing works so... I love how “it showed them standing” means “they’re still standing” as in “they’re still alive”. That was cool.

- Ahh, he straight up walks through walls. Creep. XD (seriously, that is the least troubling bit about him tbh)

- Did Chimera know who Stella was back at Magix? That would be weird because why would she do anything that would leave her in a position where she needs to kiss up to Stella?

- Stella woke up at dawn? She’s serious about this thing. And she totally dumped Bloom out of bed. Brandon should watch out in the future. Stella can get you out of bed whether you like it or not.

- Chimera was “finger-painting with food”? Umm... Am I the only one who thinks this sounds weird? And perhaps like Cassandra should’ve paid more attention to her as a child?

- Okay, Valtor is smooth. Of course, he simply wants to make their desires come true. I mean, an obvious lie but at the same time it isn’t because he really did give them power. So... nice move there! Also, I love that Cassandra was smart enough to ask what their end of the deal would be (it’s obvious enough but you never know when some idiot will forget to ask about that) and that she didn’t take Valtor’s hand. It could be read as her being a snob (which is probably at least partially the reason behind it) but it can also be read as her being mindful of him despite their “alliance” and refusing to trust him completely which is a smart move.

- Did Cassandra have magic before Valtor? Her ring seemed to be magical but did she have powers herself? So according to Wiki, “Valtor gave her more potent powers” so I’m assuming that means she had some before that. I was leaning towards that but now I am accepting it as canon.

- Is Valtor’s messing with the second sun what caused the shift in atmosphere and the rain? Damn, very symbolic you guys. It never rains on Solaria but Valtor shows up and boom! It’s raining. Both literally and metaphorically.

- I can’t help but notice how Valtor is only surrounding himself with women. Calm down there with the harem, will you? But on a serious note, I think it does make sense. He most certainly grew up surrounded by women and I would imagine his ego and his quest to be the most powerful wizard kind of get in the way of any male partnership. (Proof a - Griffin, proof b - the Trix. I think you get the idea.)

- Poor Stella. So I get why she’s upset but she’s also being a little selfish here and not taking into account her father’s feelings. I really want to see what happened there, though. If Cassandra didn’t have any good qualities, then why did he decide to marry her? That would make him a complete fool and, let’s be real, he’s not. But it could be that she deceived him. Her facade was holding up well when she was giving Stella the necklace the previous day.

- I can’t with Brandon, though. I see it is time for Sky to be the wingman now, closing Brandon’s jaw and urging him to give Stella the gift. Nice! (Also, poor Flora. Stuck there without Helia XD (But didn’t Tecna say that Helia confirmed he was going in the previous episode? Why isn’t he there?)) Why are Brandon and Sky in their Specialist uniforms, though?

- I really liked the fact that Radius said “My princess and yours.” I think it was cute. And the dance! And his worry for Stella! He is a great father.

- How old is Chimera? Bc she called Stella “big sister”. Damn, long nails, though! And that was some magic!

- Okay, Radius was spelled but what about the guards? “Our princess could never look that hideous”? Oh, so it is just Stella’s looks that matter to you. That’s great to know... Assholes.

- Aaaaand... she fell out the window. (What was that magic Flora sent at Bloom, though? Was it to help her speed so that she can catch Stella?)

3x03:

- The rain is anti magic? Valtor really pulled some shit there.

- “All boys are like that”, really? If you really believe that, then why are you all over Riven, Musa? I get why Stella is worried that Brandon won’t like her like that but Musa’s point is just... no.

- Yeah, let the boys handle it because we’re useless without our powers. Feminism at its finest. And a great message to send to all the little girls watching this show who DON’T have magic. Just fucking splendid!

- Aww, at least the dogs recognized Stella. Dogs are great!

- Stella sneaked out to go to parties? Nice. XD Also, anyone else notice the sparkles? Her outfits were always sparkly. At least the royal ones. Idk why I’m saying this. It just struck me.

- Rocks, then spiders. Amazing! They’re in all the trouble. But Tecna is handling this with some wits and gadgets, and just the tiniest bit of magic that you could literally replace with a knife or something. See? Not useless without magic.

- Aww, Stella saved them from the leeches. (But what was up with that? I don’t think leeches make you unconscious. Unless they were some magical leeches that were draining their magic.)

- Okay, I am not quite sure what is happening with the Trix. They were making digs at Valtor but then they start looking at him like that. It’s obviously just because of the power but still. I’m not a fan. Also, didn’t the Trix learn that they can’t beat Bloom?

- Put an illusion spell on Brandon? Shouldn’t that be a no-no? Like, no spelling the boo?

- Weather spirit? That’s proving to be a real problem.

- Okay, I cannot stress this enough but that last part was sooooo stupid. You have fucking instruments in the ship but why the fuck would you check that and get it back up when you reach the lowest possible point when you can instead go blindly into it and rely on Bloom’s gut? Use the fucking tech gdi! Yeah, now you remember the instruments, after the deed. Instead of doing it while you were performing the maneuver.

3x04:

- Those griffins? Damn! Those things are huge. And those were the little ones. Griffin is named after one hell of a creature. Also, I couldn’t help but notice the parallel there between the mother griffin trying to protect its chicks and Griffin trying to protect her students and getting extremely mad when the Trix attacked them. She totally is a mama bear.

- Poor Stella, feeling useless. Okay, but if Brandon thinks she still looks like she did before, then what does he think the spell did to her? Why does he think she can’t turn into a fairy? Also, didn’t he see what she turned into back at the ball? None of this makes sense.

- And Brandon is ready to jump off the ship for Stella. She definitely doesn’t need the spell because this guy is so in love.

- I’m not a fan of the “girls only” thing. Come on, guys! Brandon is clearly here to stay.

- Look at Brandon being all supportive boyfriend (and understanding, too, since he isn’t mad about getting spelled). And the others’ words... I’m tearing up. Oh, and poor Stella who thought everyone only liked her because she was pretty. (And judging by the Solarian guards’ words, for a good reason too (I’m just about ready to go on a killing spree on her behalf).)

- I love that Brandon only gave her the gift (hey, that’s a mirror, right?) when they thought it hadn’t worked. He was there no matter what happened and I just love that!

- First day of school? Bruh, how short was that vacation? Wtf?

- Omg, Stella and Musa’s teasing. Also, plants that write books? Damn, okay.

- Oh, hey! Musa and Stella have new friends. Poor Nova, though. She was scared to tell Stella what was up on Solaria. And it looks like the situation is very bad. Though, they were just letting Stella be serious and responsible and then they had to bring in the “being jealous of Chimera” thing. Nice one, you guys.

- Griselda is rooting for less school work? That is kinda out of character. And so is Faragonda’s idea about the Enchantix too. (Also, don’t come at me with this bullshit that earning Charmix was the goal of the second year. They didn’t even know what the fuck a Charmix was halfway through the year.) And this is further supported by what she said next that the Enchantix will find them when they’re ready. And what if they aren’t ready yet? What if they’ll be ready two years from now? Also, wtf do you mean that they’ll stay exactly as they are if they fail? Who put an expiration date over when you can earn your Enchantix?

- Stella’s reaction about Chimera, though. I mean, I understand, I wouldn’t want to save her either, but still.

- I’m not trying to be a bitch and it is probably the translation that is stupid but the way Bloom’s thoughts went she was pretty much saying “Why did everyone from Sparx disappear before I could save someone and earn my Enchantix?” Again, this is probably just the translation since the imagery of the destruction of Sparx suggested that she was mourning the tragedy but it did sound wrong.

- So does the Council do anything at all? Because the way Layla is telling it it sounds like they’re there like “Well, too bad for Tides. Also, sucks to be whoever he’ll attack next.” Also, if Valtor was defeated seventeen years ago, why wasn’t there a fucking reaction by someone? Layla’s parents must have already been rulers of Tides at the time so they must have known what was going on politically speaking (especially considering that there’s a portal from Omega to Tides). None of this makes sense... Again. (”Creature named Valtor”? Interesting. This isn’t a mistake since he isn’t quite human so... the writers are dropping some hints.)

3x05:

- Why does Omega have an exit? What, you go and collect the convicts after they’ve served their sentence? No, I really can’t comprehend what’s the point of an exit portal. Isn’t the idea of a prison dimension for the prisoners to be... trapped?

- Hey, don’t dis Stella just because she’s worried about her own planet. (We really didn’t need that flashback but it wasn’t so long so whatever.) At least Layla is being understanding and supportive despite everything she’s going through herself.

Cassandra is really using the magic from Valtor, though, isn’t she? Poor Radius. And all the people who are loyal to him. And Stella for having everything taken away from her, including her father. - This part is in the wrong place but it’s true regardless.

- Just teleporting in the middle of a palace. Damn, those things are so easy to invade. They all have to invest in security. Seriously, some teenagers are breaking in with tech they invented themselves (and yeah, Tecna is the fairy of technology but still). You need a better security system, trust me. If they had it, Valtor wouldn’t have been able to sneak around the Solaria palace. Or the Isis palace, for that matter (but I’m getting ahead of myself.) Also, given the problems they faced on Solaria and those they’ll face on Eraklyon, I’d say it is a lot harder to break out of the palaces than it is to break in, which is still important but if getting in was harder, there would’ve been no reason to work so hard on keeping people from getting out, is all I’m saying.

- I am pretty sure those frames where Icy is twirling her hair were in a previous episode too. Recycling animation, I see. I would cut them some slack on account that that was 2006(?) but no, people were actually drawing good animation in 2006. The first episodes of Tom & Jerry had better quality animation back in the early 1940s for heaven’s sake. They’re just not trying.

- It’s Magic Winx time! I am really trying to make the most of those last moments we’re seeing their initial transformations. I’m thrilled about Enchantix but I’ll also miss their Magic Winx forms.

- “Fairies. They’re always trying to help others. And what’s funnier is that they actually believe it is the right thing to do.” This, right here? Giving me some major feels. I am probably reading too much into it (can’t help wishful thinking now, can I?) but this could very well be about Faragonda helping Griffin escape the Coven and saving her from the Ancestral Witches and Valtor’s wrath. He probably just meant it in general, but I now have a new headcanon (sort of).

- Aww, look at Griselda. So caring, so worried about them. They almost blew their cover there. But why use Kiko when there are five pixies even without Piff? Also, how the hell did Griselda buy that? But aww, at Kiko and Stella, too!

- Can I ask why in hell did they just turn around when they saw the wave and tried to outfly it when they should’ve just risen higher in the air and they would’ve been out of reach, the wave passing underneath them? But no, they can just do that other thing instead and take their chances with the possibility of drowning. Epic levels of stupidity again.

- “That wave was kinda refreshing.” I wonder if you would’ve thought that if someone had died.

- Was releasing the other prisoners Valtor’s plan? I don’t think he was planning on doing that. I mean, as a consequence of his actions, yeah, but I don’t think he was deliberately trying to do that.

- Bloom is getting visions now. Why couldn’t she sense that Valtor was there when he could sense her? I mean, didn’t she feel something through the Dragon Fire even when Layla wasn’t talking about him?

- That shot of Icy and Darcy facing each other while a current is waving their hair is absolutely fucking aesthetic. Can I get it printed?

- Oh, he only gave Icy powers? And I am not sure how to react to that scene. She was talking as if she was looking at a relationship with him. Also, why are they there when they know that this isn’t going to end well? This scene is on some other plane of logic that isn’t even anywhere near the one I’m on.

- Why are they so surprised that the Trix are there? Layla already told them that the possibility of them being with Valtor is big. They should’ve known. But damn, that bolt of magic just went straight through Flora’s chest. How is she not seriously injured?

- Why do the Trix suddenly turn very stupid when it is convenient for Winx? Darcy and Stormy are smarter than that. Maybe it could be considered their pride clouding their judgment but still. It didn’t feel right.

- “Does it look like I’m out of the way?” XDDD

- Why didn’t he just let Bloom drown? Problem solved. But no, he’s gotta have his “moment”, his “villain speech”, his “villain honor”. Bullshit. And in the end when she became too strong for him to defeat, he was doing anything but being honorable. The hypocrisy.

- Okay, but to be fair it wasn’t Icy’s fault that they decided they’d won and Bloom turned her back on the battle.

- Holy shit, he just exploded like that! I still can’t understand how he’s so powerful and keeps getting more power. Really, how did they even defeat him? Oh, that’s right, the writers completely tore him down. Jeez, almost makes sense.

- Oh, no, poor Layla! I think that is one of the cruelest things anyone has ever done in the series. And it is, of course, directed at Layla. (Yes, I am looking at the fact that Ogron stole her chance to save Nabu and saved a flower with that magic instead.) (Damn, they’re all so short compared to Valtor.)

3x06:

- Stella somehow got away with using the pixies again. I don’t know how she keeps doing it but damn. That should qualify as skills.

- It is very sweet of them to hold Layla and help her but I think they should’ve offered a more... extensive hold on her. What I mean here is... Story time. We did some exercises in Cognitive Psychology since our teacher said that there’s a high chance we’ll be working with people with sensory disability. So she separated us into pairs and made one of us close our eyes and trust the other to lead them through a course of obstacles. And I have to tell you that I did not feel secure at all when I was only being held by the hand. Our teacher did something similar with us but it was her who was leading us and she had an arm around my shoulders PLUS holding my hand and it felt much better and safer. So what I’m saying with this is that Layla is most certainly freaking out here and she is very brave for not showing it (probably because she doesn’t want to be a burden) and also making steps on her own in her attempt to reach Tressa. That is absolutely impressive and we should all be proud of her. And she’s also ready to fight. She deserves all the hugs and love, and support in the world.

- I’m pretty sure that spell for breathing underwater undermines the whole Sirenix thing in some way but I don’t really remember what was up with that so I won’t be putting that in the plot holes column just yet.

- Flora is swimming like a little froggie. XD And Musa is swimming like a mermaid. Btw why do all the mermaids have this unnatural angle in their tales as if they have legs and have only put on a mermaid costume over them?

- And Stella finally fucked up. I am really curious what the hell she thought she could do. Go to Solaria and what? Get arrested? Not to mention that she was alone. Stella, honey, use those brain cells. They’re there for a reason. I know you want to help but this isn’t the way.

- Since when do corals grow so fast? Calcium carbonate can’t just multiply like that. Get your facts straight, writers. I guess you could explain this with magic but the way it is animated makes the coral look like it’s seaweeds. It looks soft and fabricy instead of solid as it actually should be.

- Aaand Layla is kidnapped. She’s probably terrified at this point. Poor baby needs a hug and months of therapy.

- I don’t understand why you need bravery to cut through the bars of a cell but okay. Attacking a kraken does, in fact, require bravery, though.

- Let’s cause a cave in, kids! It will be fun. And the chance of dying is just about, oh, I don’t know, BIG!

- Why didn’t Bloom make the stupid shortcut sooner? It would’ve been useful when they were running from the kraken.

- Omg, Imma cry. It’s Enchantix time! Despite everything she’s been through, Layla chose to use the healing magic on the queen. Question though, couldn’t they just... wait until the next sunset to heal her too? Or was it a one-time thing. I think the Bulgarian dub (so RAI) said it was a special sunset that only happened once a year or something like that. Which made more sense tbh.

- That line in the end kills me, though. Layla sounds like she’s lost all hope. Poor baby! You can’t really blame her. But did her parents learn about this? Why didn’t they try to get someone on Tides to heal her? Surely her mom or someone else should’ve known about the fairy powder.

3x07:

- Another realm that will have to get acquainted with clouds. But damn, what a team they make. (Also, all the realms that are designed after Asian cultures are always so... harmonic... At least they were before Valtor.)

- The moment when Layla heals herself with her fairy dust is so powerful! And Griselda was so happy!

- Eraklyon is 1000 years old? I feel like that is little, but at the same time a lot. Idk.

- Icy was so mad. Is that some jealousy I’m detecting here? (Also, Stormy’s face at Darcy’s suggestion that Valtor may be crushing on Bloom, I can’t. She even had sort of a shudder run through her, lol.) But still, brave to yell at him like that considering how much more powerful than her he is. The Trix are the epitome of “I do what I want” and I love it.

- It’s the defense system! Idk why I like it so much but I do.

- Why do I feel like Stella and Griselda have sass matches in every class Griselda teaches? Lol, I want to witness those. They’re bound to be epic. But also, why store so many important and powerful spells in a school full of inexperienced students and risk all their well-being? This just doesn’t make any fucking sense. Again.

- Why do I have a feeling that it isn’t a good idea to let students arrange the tomes in the restricted vault?

- You see, this is why you don’t let them organize those books. Because they accidentally release a monster in the library. And of course they’re gonna send Layla, who is currently their strongest member, on lookout duty instead of having her deal with the monster with her Enchantix. At least they were smart enough to protect the books. Well, at least they learned that books can hurt you. In more than one way.

- Here comes the bullshit with Diaspro. Just let her move on from Sky gdi! Also, I love how she wasn’t really bothered by the fact that Valtor just walked into her room like that. Yeah, she was raging at him to get out but did she even blink at the fact that he managed to get in there at all? No? Why would that surprise her, right? She’s all busy being bitchy so that doesn’t even register.

- Stella and Layla have a tough case on their hands. Poor Tune. She looks like she can’t handle this anymore. But I think Bloom is the one at the biggest disadvantage (though, walking with a single book on your head isn’t actually that hard, come on). But she actually managed to master enough stuff in such a short time. And they’re going to the party. (Not that that will end well but regardless.)

- I love how Bloom didn’t even react to the fact that Faragonda knew her parents and hadn’t told her all this time. I would’ve at least asked why. But again, details just don’t register for these guys.

3x08:

- Why is it that in Bloom’s dreams it is always her friends who are taunting her. Your friends taunting you or abandoning you every time you dream about them is not really normal. (They do draw a lot of dream sequences, though, and I gotta say that they are pretty straightforward, very direct and less symbolic which... fair enough, but dreams aren’t always like that. Also, all the dreams they’ve drawn are logical meaning that everyone is doing things they could realistically do in real life and transitions from places are also smooth and physically possible. Most dreams aren’t like that because the part of the brain that is responsible for logic isn’t active during sleep. Which is why I’ve been in a different town and then walked straight into my room at home without any transition whatsoever. And yes, I get how more simplistic dreams would make sense considering it is a kids show but dreams are of special interest to me so you get this psychological/writer rant-y tangent. This may also be due to the fact that I recently watched a killer dream sequence (not quite dream, it was a hallucination but a “guided” one and it was essentially following dream logic so...) and I am still hung up on that.)

(- A sidenote here: I think that the reason Layla wasn’t in the dream is that her planet is also facing the possibility of destruction currently and that makes Bloom feel like Layla understands her even if she already got her Enchantix. And that was why she was both sleeping on Layla’s lap and not seeing her in the dream.)

- Bloom already met Sky’s parents. I mean, I get how she’d be worried around those two but they already liked her in season 2. So why is that here?

- Stella is so done. You know, I would’ve preferred it if they’d let her focus on the fact that her father is under a spell rather than on her title being given to Chimera. They’re making her more worried about that rather than about her father. (At least Layla is showing off her dress. She didn’t get to do it last time.)

- Oh, god, it’s drama o’clock. Seriously, he was just dancing with you and telling you he loves you. Who changes their mind like that? He’s been with her for over a year now. Why would he just do this out of nowhere without any warning signs? All of this is just so stupid.

- Yes, thank you, Stella. Please do go ask for an explanation. And Layla being angry for her friend too. Good.

- Finally someone realized he’s spelled. Of course he is. Why would he call them witches otherwise?

- Valtor has an interesting way of spying on people. I don’t agree that Diaspro will fit in with the Trix and they shouldn’t have reversed her season 2 character development like that. When will they learn, really?

- Layla’s morphix barrier is so powerful.

- “Even if you are spelled”? What is that if doing there? Of course he is spelled! He’s acting like a rabid dog and I think for two years now you would’ve noticed if that was his personality.

- Poor Flora. They had to get the dragons. But aww, Brandon is so ready to do what only a responsible best friend can and smack some sense into Sky.

- Why did the pilot listen to Cassandra? I know she’s acting like she’s queen but she’s not. You can’t just abandon your king like that no matter who else is giving you orders, what?

- When exactly did the spell on Radius break? When Cassandra abandoned him or when he saw Stella lying unconscious?

- That was so brave of her, just standing against the dragon and not caring about the danger, only about her father. And now she’s got her Enchantix. I always loved Stella’s Enchantix. It’s so pretty. Look at her! (Where’s my Enchantix song, though? Now I am absolutely certain that they’re showing RAI dub in Bulgaria. I want my song back. :/ I love it so much and I want it back!)

- (Okay, picking back up where I left off about half a year ago.)

3x09:

- I liked that they showed Bloom laughing at Kiko’s antics despite her being upset. It makes it more realistic than her just being sad all the time and not showing any other emotion.

- Why is it that what happened on Sparx seems to not be general knowledge? I mean, the whole planet died! There must have been a public statement out of the Council explaining what the hell happened and that the threat has been contained. Why does no one seem to know anything about that?

- I like the fact that there are bigger consequences of what happened on Eraklyon than just relationship drama. Makes this a lot more interesting.

- Look, I am not a fan of Bloom at all but I wouldn’t have wanted her removed from the school. I mean, Alfea is Valtor’s target with or without her anyway to give a logical argument at the very least. And she also deserves to be protected if Valtor is after her and not kicked out to deal with it as best as she can. It’s not fair to want her out of there just because there is someone out there to get her. They should be concerned with protecting her along with all the other students instead of trying to feed her to the wolves. Not to mention that if they want Bloom out, they should also want Faragonda out of there since she is a target of Valtor’s as well. But no one dares say that, right? I am just so over this!

- Why are we doing the voice over again?

- Vanessa and Mike are the most precious parents ever and I love them so much! (Pls, don’t ruin this with the live action series.) And also, when will Bloom stop acting like Sky has any control of his behavior? I am glad that Vanessa brought up that time Darkar brainwashed Bloom. A good way to slap her in the face with the truth delicately.

- Aww, Brandon is being such a great friend! And Stella is doing her best to be a supportive BFF as well.

- I agree with Riven on changing the operation’s name. And he was being a bit of a jerk there. Especially considering that he has been in Sky’s shoes as a brainwashed puppy for Darcy. Though, that might actually be what is driving his words. Maybe he doesn’t want to admit that he was outsmarted and spelled by Darcy and that is why he is maintaining that Sky might be choosing all of that of his own volition. (Though, that might be a bit too deep for the writers.) And he did agree to drive them, after all, so he must be saying the truth about not wanting Bloom to get disappointed.

- Why did they have to reverse every last bit of Diaspro’s character development?!

- “Is this a ‘no parking’ zone?” XDDDD

- Brandon truly is the best bf and BFF and I cannot stress this enough. I love him!

- Well, took you awfully long to put two and two together. But at least this drama is about to close. Thankfully, since I don’t think I could have taken much more of this.

- Of course, they get caught. Did that punishment ever happen? I mean, considering what is coming in the next episode, I don’t think we ever saw any consequences for that.

- I get why the news of an arranged marriage can be distressing but I think that Layla was a bit too quick with that “my life will be ruined” evaluation. She could’ve tried meeting Nabu at least before deciding it wasn’t going to work out. Especially considering that it was working out (until they fucking killed him off).

3x10

- (I will probably be talking a lot more about Griffin and Valtor than is necessary. What can I say? When your OTP only gets about five scenes together, you have to make the most of it.)

- Aww, poor Stella, feeling so worried for Brandon! But seriously, why didn’t they think of checking the intergalactic news or whatever? Shouldn’t that be... idk, their first move? Even I thought of that and I don’t even live in that universe. Come on, guys! Use those brain cells!

- Valtor is such a primadonna, I can’t even. Yeah, how dare this place he has completely taken over and pushed to the verge of destruction be so lame and not entertaining? Lol at the line about the spell protecting Cloud Tower from dark magic, though. It will never not be funny.

- Sidenote: Is Griffin the only person in the universe who’s named Griffin? I know that the fact that it’s Cloud Tower would make him think it was her but it could still be another witch named Griffin. You’d think that in the whole universe there would be another witch sharing that name.

- Okay, but that scene made the witches look kinda incompetent. I know they are just students still but they must know that shapeshifting is possible and in that case you shouldn’t invite animals inside either because they could turn out to be the menacing wizard that’s threatening the entire magical dimension. Just saying.

- God, I really hate it when they do things like that. Can we have magic users actually sensing magic and not being caught completely by surprise when someone teleports in their room? Especially if they are the headmistress of the most prestigious school for witches? I mean, she is supposed to be powerful. She should have sensed him or something. I am not saying that that should have given her more of a fighting chance but she should have at least felt his magic. Considering that they used to be partners.

- How do Ediltrude and Zarathustra know Valtor? I’m just curious for more backstory.

- This show has a dreadful way of including flashbacks. I mean, Griffin should know damn well what the hell Valtor’s talking about but they couldn’t find a better way to segue the flashback into the episode so we get that super cringy line instead. I would’ve also really appreciated it if those flashbacks were less stylized. Although - and now I am going on a Griffin x Valtor rant despite having said this before - the way it is animated it looks like they did convergence. And Valtor saying that they were unstoppable when they combined their powers supports that. And all of that, in turn, supports the idea that they were together. Especially since Griffin changed her mind about the whole thing which would mean that their interests in a magical plan weren’t all that aligned and you need sync for a convergence. (And who would prefer the idea of them being just work partners when you can have the moral dilemma of love vs conscience instead?) Anyway, yeah, really not a fan of that part with the snakes because it doesn’t tell you shit about what actually happened and I highly doubt that the Ancestral Witches conjured serpents to chase her. It could have been a good way to show once again how horrible they were but they just wanted to cop out of actually putting any effort into any of this.

- Now that I am done with that rant, I just want to say again how in love I am with young Griffin’s design and especially her hair. It is so long and purple and I just can’t! Also, headcanon that that flower hairpin was a gift from Faragonda. Also also, Darcy could be a spitting image of young Griffin. Just an observation.

- Of course, the magical barrier also protects from rain.

- Oh, boy, here comes another rant. “Why are they attacking us?” Seriously?!?!?! And that coming from Winx who were on Tides and have had two of their closest people brainwashed by Valtor? I mean, are you really that fucking stupid?!?!?!?!?! How hard can it be to put two and two together?!?!?! Honestly, I am so done with all of this!

- Well, that barrier didn’t hold up even for a minute. I know Valtor had all the witches brainwashed but how powerful can they be? Isn’t that barrier supposed to protect them from big threats? It gave way as if it were a house of cards.

- I love the way Faragonda just blasted Valtor through all of those trees although I wish they would have done more with that battle. They could have shown some more advanced spells instead of Valtor and Faragonda just blasting each other. Yeah, he turned her into a tree but we never actually saw how any of that happened. That could have been an epic battle if they had decided to show more of it.

- Yeah, this makes perfect sense. The barrier that all the teachers made together with an ancient spell didn’t hold up but the one Palladium put up with SOME of the fairies is stronger. How does that have any logic? The teachers are supposed to be a lot more powerful and therefore create a stronger barrier. I am so done with all of this nonsense.

- Poor Galatea. Though, I must agree with Icy that she is obviously new since she thought she could defeat the Trix by herself. But her idea to send a message to Musa was good! The one to run instead of fly out of there - less so.

- Yeah, Tecna just stopped a convergence between Icy and Stormy on her own. How does that make any sense?! Winx are way too powerful for the Trix to defeat them even without their Enchantix and none of this helps the tension of the season. I mean, can we have some proportional powers in order to actually have any stakes? They were so much better at that in season 1.

- Darcy, I love you, baby, but how could you set a library on fire? I am in pain. And also amazed by the stupidity once again. Why would a fire on fire attack put out the fucking fire, Bloom?! How does that make any sense?! Oh, and Galatea’s decision to rush back for the books was absolutely fucking idiotic. I get that she wasn’t rational at the moment and probably felt guilty for the whole thing but come on! This is a whole room of books! How did she think she could save them all?!

- Musa’s Enchantix is beautiful but I am not sure it was worth all the bullshit they did just to let her have it. Not to mention that there was absolutely no damage from the fire at all. And, of course, fairy dust can just generate new wings. Yes, that makes perfect sense, why are you asking? (Okay, I am actually going to give that a pass because fairy dust and fairy wings are both magic (and the dust comes from the Enchantix wings).)

3x11:

- I am actually kinda amused by the choice to start off the episode with that shot of the grounds of Alfea smoking after the battle.

- “Lucy, why did you attack us?” REALLY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! How much more stupid manufactured drama are they gonna shove in this?!?!?!... Oh, wait. That is so that we can have Mirta go to Cloud Tower bc that’s a plot device. Nvm it doesn’t make any fucking sense for any of the fairies not to know why the attack happened, especially since Faragonda is missing so they must all know about her battle with Valtor and that he’s behind everything. And then she even asks if Valtor made the witches do it? Well, of course he did, you absolute moron! I cannot with this anymore.

- Lol, Valtor just feeding the Trix’s fight and giving them stupid assignments to keep them off his back is kinda hilarious but it would have been better if they weren’t so ready to fall for it. Come on, they can do better and everyone knows it!

- Yeah, “an unbelievable battle” (Valtor vs Faragonda)... that we saw nothing of. Thanks, writers!

- I swear, the only reason Locket is less annoying than Bloom is that she’s actually smaller in size (and the writers don’t hyperfocus on her).

- Flora’s powers are really cool but why was there so much wind during that spell? It looked a bit too violent for Flora with the way all the trees were bending so intensely. And the trees were scared? Aww, that’s... a lot of things, actually. But anyway.

- If Mirta was going in Cloud Tower, why was she walking away from it? The positioning in this scene makes no sense.

- They literally just wasted almost an entire minute on the pixies that were doing nothing of importance. They could have used that time for something actually meaningful and interesting.

- Okay, I always thought that the green (bluish) and purple monsters were Ediltrude and Zarathustra but I don’t think I have seen anyone else catch on to that. I mean, it would make sense because Valtor’s mark turned the mermaids on Tides into monsters as well. But on the other hand, the witches of Cloud Tower were also marked and didn’t turn into monsters. Though, I bet that was just so we could have the drama of “why are they attacking us?” when the fairies recognized them because they might not have if the witches had been turned into monsters.

- Well, the Trix stood up to Valtor about that guard duty at least. That’s more like them.

- “she claims to be a fairy born into a witch’s body”? I never understood that. Mirta has a fairy form. So if she has a fairy form but is born in a witch’s body... What’s the difference between a fairy’s body and a witch’s one if not the fairy form? Which she obviously has?!?!?!

- Yeah, a door just opens by itself and Lucy is right behind it and Mirta falls for that. I mean, doesn’t the level of convenience tip you off that it’s a trap? Basic logic, people! Is that too much to ask for?

- Here they had to start doing the convergence before Valtor’s spell ruined it and Bloom touched Stella with no problem but later it turns out that Valtor just blocked their ability to touch. Yeah, right. I am not buying that. It wasn’t animated in support of it, sorry.

- Oh, wow. They even managed to hit Valtor with an attack! I’m amazed. However, they’re not anywhere even close to being on his level of power so, again, how did they ever beat him?

- Oh, I noticed the pentagram now! I never saw it before.

- Well, of course, Griffin is trying to escape. What did you think? That she’ll sit idly by? He knows her and he already knew she would try to escape as evidenced earlier. Why is he surprised?

- Okay, so “blocked our ability to touch each other” is actually “blocked our ability to hold hands” which is different. Just saying. And also, since when do they need to touch to do convergence? They were doing convergence without touching just fine in season 2. I maintain that this whole thing with the convergence is a load of crap because they had no idea how to put them in danger otherwise.

- What are these mummy hands and where are they coming from. And of course, Mirta shows up in a last second save. You know, I can see now how she fell for that trap earlier. Everything in this series is too convenient.

- If Valtor could do the reflective spell on Griffin’s cell door, why didn’t he just go for it the first time to eliminate the headaches she caused him with her escape attempts? Oh, my god, does anyone in this show have any brains?!

- They could have tried the fairy dust to save Griffin in this ep instead of waiting for 3x14. But again, no fucking brain cells, man.

- When will they learn that if a thing attacks them right now, there’s a big chance it was spelled by Valtor? I am really so over this. And “the old one”? Really? She’s not that old.

- Yeah, Mirta isn’t an Alfea student. Why would she care to go look for Faragonda along with Winx? We can just send her home, right? No problem.

- Hey, that’s Nabu.

(- Okay, enough about this episode. I gave it enough time and nerves.)

3x12:

- Lucy was spying on the pixies? I have never noticed that. And she turned herself into a snake? Okay, that was really cool. How have I never noticed it?

- I am so over Valtor and the Trix’s bullshit. They are all so transparent, it’s ridiculous.

- Well, that’s one of the few times we’ve seen Stella’s ring lately. She used it a lot more back in season 1 and I have started missing it.

- Yeah, Flora’s sister is not Rose. She’s Miele. Sorry, 4kids.

- Why did Flora ask her obviously-too-little-for-any-of-this sister to talk to the elders instead of her parents?!

- How did Stormy create harpies out of lightning? Was this some sort of Frankenstein thing, except she didn’t even have a body to run electricity through and just materialized the entire damn harpies out of her magic? WTF?!

- Lol, Stormy’s harpies first went for Musa? Yeah, it’s obvious they’re Stormy’s. XD (Why does that harpy look like Lucy?)

- No one can fly through the winds. 3 secs later - Stella, Layla and Musa are flying through the winds. *facepalm* They aren’t the only fairies in the whole magical dimension to have Enchantix, you know? Surely, there are also fairies with Enchantix on Lynphea, which means that there are people who can fly through the winds. Why does this show insist on contradicting itself so often?! (The talk about the Enchantix wings was cool, though.)

- Stormy really needs some anger management.

- My first thought when I saw the sage of Lynphea was “Lady Gaga” XDDD (Also, Alfea, Lynphea... chill, guys.)

- The story of the Black Willow has always been my favorite part of the lore for the Winx world! I loved it ever since I first started watching the show and it’s still holding up!

- Why is Darcy so behind on what Icy and Stormy are doing?

- Aww, Flora is so careful with her sister! And she knows her so well! She totally knew that Miele would want the ladybug to go faster. She’s a great big sis!

- Omg, a cat fight between Icy and Darcy? It’s hilariously bad but I gotta say, they probably weren’t trying to hurt each other truly since they mostly refrained from using magic. And I love the fact that they realized they are fighting over a guy and it’s stupid. Plus, Stormy really isn’t so bad at all and only needs some anger management. Out of the three of them, she always seems to value the presence of the others the most. Just... not in a “friends friends” way. XD

- Bloom was really going to just touch the water and totally forget what they were told and also turn herself back into a kid. Nice one!

- Ouch, poor Stella. She ran face first into that column. But I gotta say that I love how both Bloom’s face and intonation switch to “fuck you” even though she’s frozen to the wall.

- Hey, that thing about Griffin’s Nature Studies class kinda aligns with my headcanon that she loves plants. If you know how to make an environment thrive, you’ll also know how to ruin it. And of course, Darcy aced that. She just loves to ruin stuff and I love her. Also, loving the Trix much more now that they’re back to being a totally evil team!

- Holy shit! Flora just attacked Darcy physically! I am speechless! I did not see this coming. This episode is truly delivering on the action! It is much better than the previous one and the threat is more real. I like it!

- Oh, damn! Flora is really mad to dish out plants that are trying to swallow them! Oof, this is getting really intense and I am loving every second!

- Why are they talking underwater?

- Omg, poor Miele. She thought her big sis would die. Honestly, the Trix deserved to have their butts kicked here just for doing that to her. A sidenote, though - Why do the Enchantix transformations start up with makeup change? That is hardly a priority, seriously!

- Miele should have gotten her Enchantix, too, for taking that blow for Flora. Which btw is stupid because if the blast was supposed to “finish off” Flora, Miele should have been hurt badly but she was just fine.

- Well, of course saving Faragonda is up to Winx, THE STUDENTS! Why would any of the teachers actually try to save their boss?! That would be ludicrous.

3x13:

- Oh, so Saladin is three years older than Faragonda (and Griffin)? Also, “a social call”? Plus, the way Faragonda was talking about his past visits? Yeah, that was not a friendship when they were young. (But I just burst out laughing at Faragonda’s expression when she said she had to wake up Layla. She looked so terrified and it was just a tad over the top for her specifically.)

- Stella was dreaming Brandon had wings and they were flying together? Aww, that is so romantic!

- Aww, Layla and her dad are going to fight together! That is so precious! I love that some of the adults are finally taking action here. It was about damn time!

- The Trix look positively upset by Valtor’s idea to just let the mermaids die. It may be because in a way they are also his minions and if he has no problem leaving his minions to die, then they aren’t too safe either. Though, it seems like they want the people to live but they don’t care that the planet will die. It’s a little weird.

- Stella went to rodeo camp? Man, they really do have cowboys on Solaria, huh?

- Rescue vine? But aww, the way Flora caught Stella was really cute!

- Lol, I guess the Trix aren’t satisfied with the home cinema special “Watching your mortal enemies get obliterated” and wanted in on the action! Well, in a manner of speaking, Valtor saved them by keeping them from going to Tides (although it didn’t get destroyed but they thought it would so it kinda counts). Guess, they’re still useful to him.

- Omg, Layla and her dad teaming up is absolutely great! We needed to see more moments like that and it was totally possible considering that a half of their fathers (counting Oritel) are warriors. And I love that Teredor thought of freeing the mermaids from Valtor’s spell. I thought Winx would have thought of that by now but apparently they still can’t get used to the fact that they have fairy dust now and it can remove Valtor’s mark.

- I still don’t get the need for a portal to Omega. There is obviously another way in because the Trix weren’t dropped in through the portal on Tides. So why leave a portal? This is stupid. Also, I knew the scrolls would get sucked in. It was just too stupid for them to pass up on.

- Okay, it was sweet that Bloom and Layla were ready to sacrifice themselves but why was Tecna able to go near the portal when they weren’t? Also, why did she get her Enchantix? Faragonda said they had to sacrifice themselves for someone from their own planets. Tecna isn’t from Tides!

- Musa seemed the most upset, though. Not that the others weren’t. But Musa was the one that flew in in an attempt to help Tecna and then just banged on the ground like that. Poor babies. All of them. (At least the Trix are happy... for now.)

Part 2 is here.

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