#;Helia

[victory-ocs]

"I missed you..."

solomon @ helia and it's literally not been that long hes just a silly billy-

"I was just helping Porcy garden!" She puffs out her cheeks, before giving him a very gentle headbutt. You're being a silly billy! A big old goober! She was gone not even half a day!

[victory-musings]

Whumptober 2024: Day 26- Burning

@ailesswhumptober

Warnings for: Characters suffering from PTSD, Harm coming to a minor.

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They'd been playing with one of the 'friends' that Helia made. A little wisp of fire, that floated in the cold night air and offered heat and light. Something she'd done a dozen or so times before, with nothing to note except the excited face of her friend.

Today, however, was the first time The Old Hero had stumbled across them. Helia lost focus, and the wisp had shattered, embers falling over the young duo that had been playing underneath it. While the embers did not harm Helia, simply seeping into her orange fur... The same could not be said for Arcana.

Arcana, soft and little, a bit younger than her, had started crying as silver toned fur burned away. Helia moved to comfort him, but The Old Hero was faster...

Grabbing her wrist, and pulling her back. A crushing grip that he'd never used on her before. The orange toned fawn froze in his grip, even as her wrist crunched under the pressure.

The Old Hero raised a fist, snarling and cursing about monsters, before Arcana's scream snapped him out of it. He looked down at the child in his grasp, tears staining her face, looking up at him with such terror...

And he let go. Suddenly blank, as if all emotion had been drained from him.

"...Let's go, you two."

[victory-after-dark]

helia hows that mmm solussy (read this like "come back when youre a little mmm richer")

"Gooey."

Thanks!

[quietconiferousforest]

flowers bloom when she sees him

[unusualmuffin-art]

Flora/Helia 🦋🌺

[giantratbf]

[yantarnii]

all these years of winx fanart and no boys drawing

the specialists

[skylaryozora]

Guys' friendship be like ✨

Got this audio from my followers btw, it was basically their request hahah

[hereforamediocretimenotalongtime]

some morriana to tide me over

[kifkay]

silly headcanons about Winx characters’ home planets (part 1)

Linpheans rarely say, “I love you”. to them, it does not encapsulate the depth of their devotion properly.

instead, they use words that are much more… “poetic.”

for example, Bloom would casually thank Flora for helping her apply a salve to a burn of hers:

”thanks, Flo, love ya!”

and Flora would earnestly reply:

“My soul, I would part with my liver sooner than I would part with you.”

which… intense for us, Eartherns, but for Linpheans — love is not something to be treated casually.

among Linphean vernacular: “my soul”, referring to any one person you love; “my liver”, when referring to a friend you cannot live without; “my sun/moon/flower”; “my pillar”. also, when talking about a couple: “those, who were fated by the stars”.

(fun fact, all of these are real terms of endearment I took from my language <3)

she is very openly affectionate with her girls, but it takes her a bit of time to start acting similarly with the boys.

Helia and Timmy are decently well-travelled/well-learnt, so they know of this Linphean custom and are not surprised. Nabu absolutely returns the same energy to her.

Brandon just kinda takes it at face value (“you are my lifetime, friend” “👍”).

but Sky and Riven are absolutely bamboozled by how sweet Flora is, and try to awkwardly reciprocate.

like, Flora patches Riven up after a battle, and pats him on a back with:

“let the rivers of our lives cross together into an ocean forevermore, my golden friend.”

and Riven looks more scared than he ever was fighting goddamn Valtor, and whispers:

“you smell very nice?..”

Riven is obviously uncomfortable being as vulnerable and affectionate as she, so he resorts to using sweet nicknames (a-la “dove”, “love”, “sunshine”) and giving Flora compliments.

Sky is also unused to this level of affection, so whenever he is forced deal with it — he just malfunctions. literally dissociates. cannot reply for a solid twenty minutes.

He does think it’s very sweet though, so he starts taking care of Flora like a little sister. making sure she always has a little snack on a mission, giving her his jacket when it’s cold out, importing rare flowers for her, etc.

after a couple of years together, the winx and the specialists adopt this way of expressing endearment into their vernacular, and confuse the shit out of everybody else.

[victory-ocs]

For winged muses  …  Send   ‘ crash landing ‘    for a starter of my muse falling out of the sky in front of yours due to injury, exhaustion, ect.

OK IN REVERSE BUT. SOLOMON CRASHING INTO HELIA. concept: hes the only fucking bird in this family theres no one to teach him to fly but helia and him trying to work it out anyways because besties have each others backs.

It's a training session that isn't exactly... Going well.

The Old Hero picks up Solomon with his strange teal glow, and throws him into the air. Standard, really.

Well. Not really standard at all! But how *else* is the hawk going to learn how to fly? There aren't exactly a lot of bird mobians left, and no one in his little family is blessed with wings.

So. He's up in the air! And then he's down!

Doesn't hit the ground. The Old Hero makes sure of that. But still a harrowing experience. Helia runs over, making a little baby deer squeak of distress, and throws her arms around her rather ruffled friend.

[victory-musings]

Whumptober 2024: Day 25- "How could you?!"

@ailesswhumptober

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Blood coats Porcelain's hands as she attempts to awaken the old hero. She is well aware that he is dead, crumpled on the concrete with a hole in his chest, but there is part of her that refuses to believe it. The old hero is her father, and her father cannot die like this. The old hero is a hero, and he can not die like this.

But yet, his silver fur is stained with the same blood that dirties her white gloves, and he does not react to her frantic shaking. He is dead and gone, and his killer had moved on to his next target without a glance back. No care for the old hero's horrified children, nor the way they begged and cried for him to stop.

She is begging for him to get up. Please please please get up, you can't leave her like this. She needs you, mother needs you, brother needs you. Helia and Solomon need you, you can't leave. Pawing at his face as she tries and fails to get any sort of response from the old hero.

She freezes as she hears a noise behind her. A sickening crack, and Helia's screams. Screams of anguish and agony, a high pitched shriek of Solomon's name. Porcelain dare not turn around, lest she see one of her friends in the same state as her father.

She expects to hear another crack. The sound of Helia getting ripped apart. But instead she hears the monster hiss in pain, cursing 'the damn deer'. The smell of burning fur and flesh hits her, mingling with the overwhelming scent of blood, and Porcelain slowly, s l o w l y, turns her head.

Solomon is on the floor, lifeless. Blood and feathers pooling around him like a macabre flower blooming. And Helia, sweet, warm, gentle Helia, stands over his body. Her horns are ablaze, her eyes glowing a sickly green, her pupils narrowed into slits. Claws where there were not claws before, and jagged teeth push their way out of her growing maw. The cracking was not from Solomon's body, but instead, Helia's bones, as she begins to twist and morph.

"HOW.... DARE YOU...."

It is not Helia's voice that comes from the beast. Something otherwordly, that echoes through the deserted streets. The once-a-deer opens her mouth in a snarl, and more teeth poke through the top of her gnarled, twisted muzzle.

"HOW COULD YOU?!"

[koboldfactory]

New Album Out

I put together an album of some of my oldest music tracks for a game idea I had all the way back in like 2017/18 for fun! I don't know if I'll ever come back to the game idea so I thought it could be cool to shine a light on some of my very early music work to show how far I've come! Feel free to check it out! It's totally free! (the post title is a link)

[jasparei]

quick helia and flora doodle >;)

[azrakon]

[enchantedbat]

Let’s talk potential: the specialists. 

Why isn’t the potential of the boys explored and they go different routes? Surely, the Red Fountain doesn’t teach each the same and produces what we have now? Why are they different but end up doing mainly the same? The Specialists are not all the same guy with the same skills and aspirations. Let’s talk about some ideas I had.

Timmy. He is a technician, an inventor and a scientist. Among his skills are providing new technology, knowing enough about weaponry to easily build it and planning strategies for even the trickiest of situations. Mainly uses long-ranged weapons. 

While appreciative of magic and impressed by the instincts of the others, he is going with logic and technology. He is responsible for upgrading but is also a walking arsenal. A multi-tool able to be easily transformed into a weapon of choice.

Timmy usually mans the aircrafts or uses higher grounds to attack. He knows his weaknesses and has created a battlesuit, similar to D.va, Iron Man or the Brotherhood of Steel armors. 

Carries his multi-tool, a drone, a ranged weapon that can go from bow to rifle, special glasses to scan surrounding and a watch that activates his battlesuit. 

Brandon. From the beginning, we know that he is a squire. His goal is to be a knight. One day, perhaps even the champion of Eraklyon (or Solaria?). His path started at the age of 7 where he was made a page in the court of Eraklyon. He was quite promising leading to him being trained by the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Together with Sky, of course. At 14, he graduated to being a squire. His good grades, extraordinary skills and close relationship to Sky got him a place at Red Fountain. A man made for the battlefield, Brandon seeks to be an elite soldier. 

To win against every opponent and be prepared no matter what, he possesses a basic degree of familiarity with all weapons and fighting styles. However, he concentrates and specializes on one weapon as well as mastering one combat technique to perfection - staying loyal to his phantoblade and sticking with swords. 

While Brandon himself has no issues with magic, he had the goal to be a Knight of Eraklyon which means he uses non-magical weapons. (Perhaps Radius or Luna give him a legendary sword of Solaria with the power of the sun, stars and moon as an engagement gift) He is physically the strongest of the specialists (berserker-like strength) and resilient to certain kinds of magic using the force of his body. 

Sky. He is a future king. Therefore, he is taught the basic fighting skills and such, but the main focus of his curriculum is diplomacy and strategy. One day, he will be the highest commander of military and security in his land solely by being the leader of said country. Knows the strength of the boys inside and out. Versatile but not as powerful as the others. Regularly training how to handle situations such as kidnappings or assassinations attempts. He can’t be as strong as the boys, he missed out a lot of training due to his classes on Eraklyon and state visits. 

Sky is not useless. He is meant to lead this group and that’s what he does. Not by running first into action but knowing who is able to do what and when. Of course, he can defend himself but his girlfriend is literally the strongest fairy known and he is surrounded by the best of the best. Besides his sword, he has his hoverboard, his shield and his boomerang. 

Riven. A survivor who had to rely on being cunning and stealthy. Who analyzes the vulnerabilities of his enemies to hit them hard and hides his own well because of that. But he also adepts fast to his surroundings. Maybe not one with nature but knowledgeable enough to hide himself and find others. With the help of Nabu, he finds himself positively connected to magic and knows that it is the magic user, not the power itself. That said, Riven uses magical weapons. He prioritizes subtleness and rather strikes once but hard. Keeps using a scimitar, but has a bunch of daggers hidden. His belt is full of smoke bombs, his bolas, toxins and even some explosives (like Batman). Interpret it however you want, but he mainly uses shadow-based and darkness-based magical weapons. That makes him a tiny bit proficient in this type of magic. 

While Brandon knows the most fighting techniques, Riven has a broad range of skills. Picking locks, climbing, disarming traps, improvising weapons, detecting traps, becoming one with the shadows, tracking beings and such. 

Helia. Related to one of the greatest wizards, Helia has a strong connection to magic. He also spends a lot of time with himself and mediating. The harmony between his body and mind helps him channeling his magic into attacks and more importantly: defense techniques. He stays true to himself and will always choose defending himself and others above attacking. That includes restraining and disarming enemies. Helia is trained in all martial arts and only has basic knowledge of weapons. Replacing his glove with a magical rope which is like the lasso of truth (Wonder Woman) but also a dart rope and a whip of sorts, because it can sense his intentions and emotions transforming into what he needs. Furthermore, his knowledge of the energy in his own body helps him to strike beings in the most powerful way like Ty Lee’s Chi-blocking (Avatar). Hitting the right weak point of a magical being can block their magic for a while or stop spells/attacks/whatsoever. 

Nabu. He is alive and well. 

Like fairies and witches, wizards share a scholarly approach to magic. Depending what path they choose, they can focus on their own affinity or master as many spells as possible, that’s what Nabu does. Reading about abilities, he can practice them and later use them. Some are connected to artifacts, books or scrolls. While his staff amplifies his natural power, it can also help channel his magic. 

Simply said: He can do almost anything. However, he often needs a source for it. Nabu’s powers are illusion-based, which means the source for those abilities is literally him. If he wants to use a spell of another element, he has to find a magical source of it. Funnily enough, the Winx count. Often in fights, he will grab Bloom’s shoulder and scream “Fireball!”. His staff is a source too but I haven’t decided what type of power it carries - this  needs continuation (and he needs a revival). 

Specialists. They have their own dragons still but I would like them to have different dragons. We only see them with their own dragons at Red Fountain and I would like them to have these as practice and later tame their own - which should be different types! It doesn't need to be a dragon. It could be a griffin or even a hydra! It could differentiate specialists between magic and technology user.

(if you think, they are all very similar to DND classes: that’s what I based it on. Timmy is an artificer, Brandon is a fighter, Riven is a rogue/ranger, Helia is a monk and Nabu is still a wizard. Sky exists? I am sorry, Sky-fans. He is a king at least?)