#i love rambling about Riven... favorite hobby rn

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Answering the ask call although I've been musing this since yesterday- what do you think about the fact that both Riven's girlfriends had a very extreme, but opposing, stance on his personality?

Like, Darcy loved (or pretended to love) all about him and then she'd actively encourage him and push him to act on his worst impulses (which is... *checks notes* gossiping and talking shit? I'm still cracking up that it was such a big deal in the show that he left yet literally all he did was tell Darcy about Bloom's test, which wasn't a secret to begin with, and told Sky that she's a thot. He also told her about Bloom coming over to CT but again it's not as if he planned the set up, he just gave his GF a headsup that someone's breaking in lol) and later Musa who fell for him on first sight is picking issue with everything about him and later on mostly ignoring his progresses; two very unhealthy things in a relationship, both relationships coming to be by the girl pursuing him, not the other way around.

Also I always thought that Riven should have been the one to expose Sky's and Brandon's lie? He's smart and nosey, could have figured it out- kept QUIET about it while they were still friendly because he gets it's for Sky's safety but still pissed he's played for fool- and then spilling the beans to both Darcy and probably Winx too, just to get at them. Which is petty and bitter and wrong, he pretty much fucked up a security system in years of making, BUT it is a passion crime and while it needs to be apologized for it can also be forgiven. But it is still a more tangible offense against the cast then "so babe listen you know how Bloom goes to school?! Well TOMORROW she's having a TEST!! I KNOW, CRAZY!"

(it also saves Bloom the utmost humiliation lol. Although, imagine if she attacked Riven instead? Riven whispering it to her during the day of Royals because hey what's she gonna do, she won't be able to react for hours it'll eat her alive until she checks- and she loses her temper and just drags him across the floor lol.

Also, afterthought: it would have been cool if we had a convo between Bloom and Riven where he says sorry for the Day of the Rose, but it's also addressed he acted that way because he thought she tried to kill him/seriously hurt him. Let's be real pushing a driver at such a speed is deadly and tbh that way Darcy herself saved him would have ended up with broken ribs at least. Like I don't think they focused on the right thing in the show, everyone acted like he was pissed about the race but the more rational (and less cringe) thing would have been if he focused on the aggravated assault aspect of it all lol.

Holy shit djwndjwken you came though with a long ass question

Honestly I don't think Riven has like a perticualr type or anything? Big headcanon warning. He comes off as the type of person who falls in love with people who are nice to him. Like, I'm aromantic so I do not intimately understand the mechanics of actual crushes, but as someone who was generally disliked most of my life the moment someone was nice to me I'd instantly adore them. But it has to happen in a very specific way or the paranoia kicks in and he assumes their just being nice for their own benefit. Darcy set up their first meeting to make sure Riven didn't get paranoid of her.

Riven also doesn't seem to be the type of person to act on crushes? I think he's scared of rejection so he only a) flirts with people who he knows like him or b) makes sure the flirting can be played off as something else so he can't be rejected properly

I have no substance for this hc except for the fact that the 3(?) Girls Riven has had a crush on have had fucking nothing in common, this man cannot have a type he just vibes around people he happened to get a crush on

I think Riven got a crush on Musa because Musa had a crush on him and like made an effort to get him to like her, and it worked bc Riven falls in love easy and has no type. That's what I'm going with. Though out s2 he came to love Musa's personality then got a crush on her, and not the other way around which is how I'm pretty sure most crushes work

He either falls instantly or after a year of knowing someone there is no in-between

Uh my answer to the question is that Riven doesn't have a dynamic he's looking for in his relationships, Darcy and Musa liked him and he mostly was interested in them bc they offered him kindness and really fell bc they actually liked him

I don't think Riven would even register the difference, Darcy was only using him, Musa actually likes him (for some unknown reason). Their different people, of course the dynamic is different! He says unaware that he just went from on extreme to the other

I think due to Riven's extreme personality he attracts similarly intense and extreme people

Riven is just kinda a petty king and I love him for it

OK BUT I HAD THAT HC TOO?? HOW THE FUCK ARE WE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH??

Brandon talks and holds himself a lot better than Sky does, or else the ruse wouldn't fool anyone, but he definitely doesn't know the difference between a salad fork and dinner fork

Riven doesn't know the difference either but Sky very clearly does and Riven wants to know why right the fuck now

While they're all friends I think he'd only do it bc he respects Brandon but after??? Darcy you wanna hear something juicy???

Omg if Riven was the one to tell Bloom that would be so fucked up but what if he went to Diaspro instead??? Had Darcy send her a anonymous message of Sky and Bloom kissing that he took it something, that would make the whole situation so much worse for Bloom bc she gets to find out about Sky's fiance from her crying or angry (choose your Diaspro interpretation) face. Either way, Riven trys to get both Bloom and Sky killed at the same time. Efficiency

Oh yeah Riven should of Been upset bc Bloom nearly killed him, the race is so dumb. I don't even know why he gave a shit about everyone else, he should of wanted Bloom and everyone at the day of rose specifically dead. No one else bc why even bother? Revenge is stronger when it's specific