#Specialists

[blue-sophia]

I think the show in no way captured just how hard season 3 was on the Specialists. I mean, obviously they were barely treated as nothing more than love interests, but season 3 broke these boys.

Sky was spelled and manipulated to the point where he had no idea what reality was. Coming out of that must have been terrifying. Having no clue of what's real or who to trust, it must have taken him such a long time to start feeling like he had somehwat control over his life again. And knowing his parents didn't even recognise the state and pain he was in only makes it more painful.

Brandon was captured and treated as a traitor by the realm he spent his entire life fighting for. Growing up as a child soldier, he was taught that the only thing he was good for was being Sky's meat shield. But at the moment his best friend needs him the most, he gets thrown into a prison cell for wanting to help him.

Timmy's grief over losing Tecna gets a surprising amount of recognition in the show, I'll give them that. But I still think the show moved on too fast from the fact that everyone assumed Tecna to be dead. The sleepless nights trying to find her, his refusal to come to terms with what happened... Even after finding her, that shit stays with you.

Riven is the only one that caught somewhat of a break in season 3. Him and Musa are doing better and he's finally learning to let the people around him into his life. However, seeing Darcy once again trying to take over the world, hurting the people he loves, must rip open a wound that he's tried to stitch up about a million times. He'll forever feel guilty for his actions in season 1, and Darcy will forever be a reminder of that.

[solowinx]

the thing I hate the most of season 3 onward

[redhairedgirl95]

Riven's ig

here I am, sharing the work of the WONDERFUL @weasley-05 <3

enjoy Riven's ig profile, featuring (newest to oldest, left to right):

no hashtags, he's too cool for them, and only short captions between "and in italics"

cute pic by Musa <3

crazy shenanigans with the boys. no, he does NOT remember what they were doing or why

witnessing THE GOAT rehearse -> new song incoming

"nature"

same day, but Musa's version

PARKOUR!

"made you look"

"my girl"

gym bro gotta gym bro

kinda obsessed with his bike, nah?

"forgot my t-shirt"

mechanic

never not training

"need a ride?"

[alumi-san]

I wish to see a fanfic where all events of Winx happen from specialists' points of view.

[shiningclown69]

Finally completed my own height chart for the specialists!

I can finally show y’all how you can stuff Sky or Riven into your purse-

(Pls click for HQ image!)

[lynpheas]

winx club - age order

okay i just spent an egregious amount of time trying to figure out the age order for the winx + the specialists (+ the trix). so alfea (and i'm assuming cloud tower) are three-year academic institutions. since stella is already established to know the specialists (sky, riven, and brandon specifically), we can assume she met them in their collective first years. & since the specialists seem to graduate at the same time as the winx, that means that red fountain likely has a four year run.

since bloom is canonically 16 at the beginning of the show and stella is a year older than her at 17, that makes sky, riven, and brandon all 17 as well. the rest of the winx (flora, musa, tecna, aisha) would also be 16 (since aisha is 17 at her first appearance in s2). we can also assume timmy is 17 since he's already part of the specialist squad and has likely completed at least one year at red fountain.

now, helia is likely a year older than the specialists + stella because he spends some time dropped out of red fountain but then seamlessly joins the specialist squad in s2 -- which would be the specialists' third year at rf. so, in my mind, after completing two years at rf, helia dropped out and then returned after a year. so it should be his fourth year, but instead he's a third year. this would make helia 18 if he appeared in s1.

when nabu is introduced in s3, we aren't given any information about his schooling or anything that would indicate his age, so i'll just assume he's the same age as the og squad of specialists, which would make him 17 at the beginning of the show.

to reiterate, at the beginning of the show, we have: [stella, sky, riven, brandon, timmy, nabu - 17], [bloom, musa, tecna, flora, aisha - 16], and [helia - 18].

now, just to make it more complicated for myself, i'm going to factor in the canon birthdays. assuming everyone who is the same age is born in the same year (and for easier visualization, i'm going to say their birth years are [2004 - s1 age]), here is the age order:

helia - september 2nd, 1986 nabu - january 30, 1987 timmy - february 15, 1987 sky - march 20, 1987 stella - august 18, 1987 brandon - september 23, 1987 riven - october 15, 1987 musa - may 30, 1988 flora - march 1, 1988 aisha - june 15, 1988 bloom - december 10, 1988 tecna - december 16, 1988

this means that in the year that they all graduate from alfea & rf in s3, the ages would be something like: [stella, sky, riven, brandon, timmy, nabu - 19], [bloom, musa, tecna, flora, aisha - 18], and [helia - 20].

and i forgot if this is only in the 4kids dub or canonically mentioned anywhere else, but the trix are apparently 'seniors' (third years at cloud tower) in the winx's first year. and since they all share a birthday (may 5), this would make the trix 18 in s1 and 20 in s3. (in my rewatch of the cinélume dub, i noticed darcy calls icy "little sister," so maybe darcy is older by a couple hours than icy and stormy just seems like she'd be the youngest.)

i like to play around with school-year cut-offs and i don't think each of the characters that share the same age/grade are born in the same year, so my hcs for age order differ from this list. but yeah :) this is what i could work out based on canon information.

[tauruscookie]

“We never give up, no, we never sit still

It's time to stand up

Time to take the red pill

To make this our world

Gonna die on this hill

Be ready to fight and be ready to kill”

(These are based on a design from the artists @geminineart , I love there redesign of the specialists so I drew my favorites 🥹)

[acediee]

WOOHOO Happy bday @shiningclown69 !! Here's your 2 most favourite things ever 🐦

[sakuraanteal]

Material Girl Riven cant hurt you-

Material Girl Riven existing:

[stellasolaris]

Sky: They're gone. I think we scared them away. Brandon: We're tough, dude, but not that tough.

[winxclubconfessional]

“At this point the specialists have no real value and are on the show solely to create unnecessary relationship drama for the winx. -Anon”

[rottewanges]

timsky brainrot has taken over

[winxwiki]

Lovebook stickers

[threshergm]

ANNOUNCEMENT! I AM A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!

It only took me 22 years, but I'm finally a published author! I've been writing since I started with Halo fan fiction in the immediate wake of Halo: Combat Evolved, posting to the old HBO website. My writing style and interests have barely changed in that time, haha. But I am now finally published! I wrote a short story about the so-called E-4 Mafia; the corporals, specialists, and petty officers that make militaries past, present, and future actually function. It was included in the collection linked below. Henchman Press is a relatively new publisher, so please click the link, buy the collection, and leave a rating and review. Help put these guys on the map! https://a.co/d/4GBtpNp

[winxchive]

[artsophieh]

a rainbow of characters 🌈