i was so excited for the new winx reboot sneak peak i kind of forgot to write down my initial thoughts so here it is (i’m so curious on how this opinion of mine will hold up once the show comes out!!)
first impressions - i actually really like it!
look, i love 2d animation just as the next guy, but i don’t think we’re ever getting back the s1-s4 animation (2d animation from s5-onwards was SO stiff and jarring looking, huge no thank you), and if that’s the case, i think the 3d style that they went for in the reboot is one of the better solutions for it.
it’s vibrant! it’s colourful! it’s giving “magical girls”! it just looks aesthetically pleasing! also i’m OBSESSED with the way they animate their hair, especially bloom’s, it’s giving “bratz series” level of eyegasm hair animation for me. so getting this after the moody, edgy, dramatic “fate: the winx saga” tone set in, i am so relieved we are going back to our roots babeey!! (now here’s to hoping that animation doesn’t tank as the series goes on like how miraculous ladybug is animated by like, 2 different studios and then one episode feels amazing and the other is “hm”)
now for bloom:
her iconic bangs are back baby!! i love how they translated them into 3d without them being too uncanny. the outfit is very cute, but can we PLEASE stop putting bloom in pink?? one of her major appeals as a main character in a girly show was that she wasn’t a pink lead! and blue works so well with her colour palette of red hair & blue/turquoise eyes it’s just aaaaah! replace the pink parts with blue and she’s perfect. (tbh these are still wip, so it could change!)
i’m still warming up to the idea of denim leg warmers though, they look weird to me now (will probably get used to them) but they kind of go with her character, because it looks likeee our bloom s1-s3 personality is back!!!!!! I’M SO HAPPYYY like YES!!! i missed her for a DECADE
next up is mitzi!
they nailed her design imo. she looks like original mitzi, but she also feels like a proper, “updated” version of her look. modern, but not too modern so she’s stuck in the era, but also retains the character of og mitzi. overall, no complaints on my part, only praises!
and then we have the new logo!
IT’S JUST DOING THINGS TO ME IDK it feels so pleasing to the eye?? the purple to orange gradient is just right, the pink is sprinkled in just right and the blues are there to accent it, it’s just. SO AESTHETICALLY PLEASING to me it truly does feel like a natural update on the og winx logo. it’s amazing!!
and if their transformation is the one originally leaked in 2021?? i think it’s on a very good path to being a great reboot! now i’m still really trying to keep my hopes as low as possible, because rarely do i watch a reboot of a beloved series and think it’s on par or better than the og (actually, only shera really comes to mind…), but! i am liking what i’m seeing! i choose to trust mister straffi on this one!!
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Initial thoughts on Fate: the winx saga [SPOILERS]
Things I liked:
- RIVUSA BABYYYY
- felt more like OG Winx club, can’t explain
- more friendship scenes
- more magic and lore
- sky and bloom were cute too (wildest dreams ah ah ah)
- terra gay
- Stella and Beatrix friendship (and possible romance??)
- Aisha getting an actual storyline, even if it was mostly romance based
- FLORAAA
- Sebastian VALTOR?
- possible Marion and oretel?
Things I didn’t like:
- Beatrix dying, wasted potential
- Musa rejecting her fairy magic. Don’t get me wrong, I love that she’s doing specialist training, but I hoped her storyline would be more about learning to embrace both roles
- that weird thing with riven and flora, glad it didn’t last long
- Andreas/Saul/sky storyline felt a little lazy
- edit: WHAT THE HELL WAS UP WITH TERRAS CLOTHES IN THE BANQUET EPISODE. Literally why do they always put her in the most drab lifeless clothes let our girl be sexy (Eliot salt looks amazing in all her press outfits)
And that’s all I can remember rn
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Introduction for my Glowinx characters!
buckle up, this is gonna be long oof
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☾ Alora (human!AU name: Alora Walker)
☾ birthday + age (when first introduced!): July 6th, 21
☾ star sign: ☼cancer, ☾virgo, ↑cancer - fairy sign: Hippogriff
☾ fairy title: fairy of dreams and the night
☾ homeplanet: Novalia
☾ mbti: ENTJ
☾ archetype: the Caregiver, the Sage
☾ likes: techical charms, being a nurse, helping others, cooking
☾ dislikes: rude + impatient people, bad smells
☾ significant other: Jun
☾ gender, pronouns, sexual orientation: afab, she/her, demisexual, pansexual
☾ Alora is your most typical girl next door that wants nothing but to help others. Her main goal in life is to become a full fletched fairy and the guardian fairy of health at the end of her studies at the Alfea college for transformational fairies. Though after going through immense fights alongside her group the Glowinx Club, she grows into an individual that may be soft but with scars to remind her of what she's been through. Don't confuse her kindness with weakness.
✧ Elgan (human!AU name: Elgan Kendrick)
✧ birthday + age: Sept 26th, 22
✧ star sign: ☼libra, ☾aries, ↑aqua - fairy sign: Nereid
✧ fairy title: fairy of zodiacs
✧ homeplanet: Apoteleo - but grew up on Eraklyon
✧ mbti: INFP
✧ archetype: the Jester
✧ likes: watching soap operas, astrology, gaming, makeup + fashion
✧ dislikes: being ignored, having to make calls, tidying up his room
✧ significant other: Conall
✧ gender, pronouns, sexual orientation: amab, he/him, gay
✧ mental history: adhd
✧ Elgan is an absolute joy to be around and his aura brightens any room he enters. He isn't afraid to play with his outfits and makeup - good thing he's a fairy so he has unlimited access to changing his hairstyle, outfit and makeup any time of the day! He has a hard time concentrating but once you ask him about your zodiac chart he will HYPERFOCUS! His specialty is human/earth zodiacs
☐ Treasa (human!AU name: Treasa Jones)
☐ birthday + age: Dec 16th, 20
☐ star sign: ☼sag, ☾virgo, ↑taurus - fairy sign: Triton
☐ fairy title: fairy of metals
☐ homeplanet: Zenith
☐ mbti: ESFP
☐ archetype: the Caregiver, the Diplomat
☐ likes: gaming, playing around with her metal powers, being in the right
☐ dislikes: loud spaces, ignorance + disrespect
☐ significant other: Neoma
☐ gender, pronouns, sexual orientation: afab, she/they, lesbian, polyamorous
☐ mental history: ptsd
☐ If there's some underdog being disrespected, Treasa wakes up SWEATING. The headstrong fairy LOVES discussing and arguing if she feels the need to fight back is there - but usually this fairy loves and cherishes her lonetime. Fun fact: Treasa shares a birthday with her great-aunt - Tecna!
✿ Neoma (human!AU name: Neoma Florakis)
✿ birthday + age: Sept 10th, 23
✿ star sign: ☼virgo, ☾taurus, ↑scorpio - fairy sign: Unicorn
✿ fairy title: fairy of insects
✿ homeplanet: Xaslerillia - but grew up in Magix
✿ mbti: INFP
✿ archetype: the Explorer, the Creator
✿ likes: lakes/water sounds, sweets, reading + writing, roadtrips, feeling needed
✿ dislikes: her own insecurities, insects, when she's talked down (disrespectfully), bitter flavors
✿ significant other: Treasa
✿ gender, pronouns, sexual orientation: afab, she/her, lesbian, polyamorous
✿ mental history: body dismorphia
✿ Neoma hasn't always been a fairy, she first started out as a witch but when she got to know Treasa and the others she soon noticed, channeling dark and sad energy was nothing for her so as soon as she had transformed into a fairy she asked the headmistress at Alfea for a transition to Alfea! Also, isn't it ironic how as the fairy of insects the poor girl is DEADLY afraid of bugs - you should see her face when she sees she has ANTENNAE in her enchantix transformation lmao
💎 Minu (human!AU name: Minu Kumar)
💎 birthday + age: March 1st, 23
💎 star sign: ☼pisces, ☾aries, ↑sag - fairy sign: Dryad
💎 fairy title: princess of Andros, fairy of gems
💎 homeplanet: Andros
💎 mbti: INFJ
💎 archetype: the Creator
💎 likes: drawing, later baking with her bonded pixie, flying
💎 dislikes: risky people/activities, narcissists, being yelled at
💎 significant other: Layna
💎 gender, pronouns, sexual orientation: afab, she/her, questioning, later likes to label herself as sapphic and/or neptunic, poly
💎 mental history: anxiety, stockholm syndrome
💎 Growing up isolated and as an adult still under the watch of her strict parents and an entire castle, Minu never knew what it meant to stand up for herself nor how to go through life without everything being handed to her with no hesitation. You can imagine what a college life can do to such a fragile gem - but she also starts seeing what her life shouldn't be: controlling.
✴ Cécilia (human!AU name: Cécilia Murphy)
✴ birthday + age: Jan 15th, 19
✴ star sign: ☼cap, ☾aqua, ↑virgo - fairy sign: Pegasus
✴ fairy title: fairy of light
✴ homeplanet: Solaria
✴ mbti: ESTP
✴ archetype: the Ruler
✴ likes: fashion, makeup, herself, shopping, blogging
✴ dislikes: getting interrupted, things not going her way, noisy people
✴ significant other: none
✴ gender, pronouns, sexual orientation: afab, she/her, straight
✴ mental history: psychopath
✴ Cécilia grew up mostly with her father and inherited a lot of negative traits from the selfish man. Her mother, the new headmistress of Alfea is barely home. Cécilia starts out as Alora's best and only friend but (spoiler alert) soon turns out to be manipulating Alora and being a threat to all of Glowinx.
☼ Jun (human!AU name: Jun Yang)
☼ birthday + age: Sept 6th, 20
☼ star sign: ☼virgo, ☾aries, ↑scorpio - fairy sign: Unicorn
☼ title: arch duke of Solaria
☼ homeplanet: Solaria
☼ mbti: ENFJ
☼ archetype: the Hero
☼ likes: physical energy jobs, being useful, spending money on fashion (hyperfixation), rope/string fight studies
☼ dislikes: sensory issues/being overstimulated, childish behavior, ppl misplacing items of his
☼ significant other: Alora
☼ gender, pronouns, sexual orientation: amab, he/him, bisexual, later genderfluid
☼ mental history: autistic
☼ Jun is a true sunshine to those around him but that might just be because he's a little bit of a people pleaser. He loves his fashion and finally blooms as soon as he's out of the big mansion and studying in Red Fountain. Coming from a narcissistic mother and autistic father, he was kept in line with his beliefs on his sexuality, gender and looks - finally befriending people like Elgan and Conall he knows he can be who he really wants to be.
🌿 Conall Daniels
🌿 birthday + age: July 11th, 21
🌿 star sign: ☼cancer, ☾aqua, ↑leo - fairy sign: Hippogriff
🌿 powers: nature sorcerer
🌿 homeplanet: Earth (born in Chicago, Illinois)
🌿 mbti: ENFJ
🌿 archetype: the Explorer
🌿 likes: botanics (don't u dare disrespect his plants), fun activities (going out etc), cleanliness,
🌿 dislikes: having guests over, big emotions (his own), having to overexplain himself
🌿 significant other: Elgan
🌿 gender, pronouns, sexual orientation: afab, trans man, he/him, bisexual
🌿 mental history: trauma (due to his bi+transphobic father, growing up on earth hasn't helped either)
🌿 Conall heard about the magic realms from his mother (a Linphean) a lot growing up so as soon as he finished high school on earth he went STRAIGHT to Red Fountain to train his nature related powers. He's a social butterfly and WILL take that call for you if you're too afraid to do it (yes, Elgan is very thankful for that). Also, he's Jun's roommate!
🏹 Layna (human!AU name: Layna Hall)
🏹 birthday + age: April 2nd, 24
🏹 star sign: ☼aries, ☾cancer, ↑cancer - fairy sign: Phoenix
🏹 specialty: archery (especially plasma bows)
🏹 homeplanet: Andros
🏹 mbti: INTJ
🏹 archetype: the Hero
🏹 likes: cuddles, privacy, being secure + in control of the situation, loves being a listener
🏹 dislikes: sharing (but it depends), things hindering her from achieving her goals, scared of mistakes + disappointing
🏹 significant other: Minu
🏹 gender, pronouns, sexual orientation: afab, she/they, pansexual, demiromantic
🏹 mental history: ocd
🏹 Layna grew up admiring the royalty of her planet and even as a child made a promise to herself - one day she would live to serve the royal family of Andros. Almost two decades later her dream comes true after relentless practice but falling in love with the princess was NOT her plan.
Honorable mentions!
These are side characters but still carry a significance to them that I just have to introduce those too! (these are being updated as soon as I find time to draw them all - parents, other side characters etc)
(From left to right:)
Lisa: fairy of darkness and the night - not my character but Alora's little sister (3 yrs younger). She can be a little draining for her family as her mental health hasn't been the greatest since she was a child but as she grew into a young woman, Lisa slowly starts to let go of past feelings and moves on to work on herself and her powers.
Florence: headmistress of Alfea, daughter to Faragonda and mother to Cécilia. She has inherited her mother's wise words and warmth to help her students where she can - unfortunately she cannot control her own daughter.
Queen Valam: Minu's mother and a strict queen through and through
Cyra: mermaid of volcanic rock - she and another mermaid are Minu's only friends back home in Andros
Maude: fairy of rust - after running away from home at the ripe age of 17 Treasa went to live with her best friend Maude who then became the fairy's first gf, they broke up when Treasa wanted to study at Alfea
Cherry: Jun's ex from highschool and a sweetheart, these two have no bad blood whatsoever, the breakup was mutual. After she graduated in Solaria she went to earth to start a new life
Adelaide: fairy of dreams - Alora and Lisa's mother. She's a tough woman but melts as soon as she sees her two girls. She became a professional and well loved doctor early on in her adulthood, something her husband, Johan, did not like at all. When Alora was 7 and Lisa 4 Johan started abusing Adelaide, only stopping 3 years later when Adelaide finally filed a divorce.
Ayuna: fairy of ghosts and death - she first starred in my graphic novel 'Lost Spark' as the villain but she'll be the villain throughout s3 of Glowinx! A little detail to her backstory: she used to be one of the major fairies on earth alongside Morgana, Nebula, Diana, Sybilla and Aurora - but being power hungry and having a dark, twisted power she was deemed too dangerous and powerful so she was banished from the circle and never given much attention anymore.
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