#miss magix

[jaydenix]

I need to talk about Miss Magix (but not the thing you're thinking of)

Of course, S1E12 of Winx Club is mostly remembered for well... the the time this happened.

(P.S. can people stop uploading old winx in 16:9 ok ty)

But also there was one thing that really stuck out to me when I rewatched season 1 recently. I and plenty of others have talked at length about how winx is too centred on it's main character Bloom. But this episode was a rare case especially in the first season where Bloom took the backseat with the episode mostly being focussed on Stella and Lucy. Stella is trying to bunk off from studying a little longer before her exams by being at Miss Magix, she's definitely the least academically in focus of the Winxes so it's in beat for her character, so much so she ends up suffering the consequences for it by failing. Lucy on the other hand goes a little deeper, she's very insecure about her appearance and so when the Trix deceive her into giving her a new look, she signs on instantly, only to be betrayed at the end when they turn things back to normal. This is all alongside the rift between her and Mirta where Lucy wants to be more like the Trix and Mirta is distrustful of them and believes Lucy is blindly walking into some trap of theirs. This rift is also generally underdeveloped and incomplete but that's a story for another time.

Regardless, it's cool to have an episode where Bloom isn't the main focus for once, I can't think of many others in season 1 where she wasn't front and centre stage. It's not a great episode by any means, it's pretty average and even if it's legacy hadn't been knocked down by a certain afro scene I don't think it'd be remembered as anything too special. But I think it's a nice exception to a very frustrating rule.

[bryqe]

lucy from winx club after the trix’s spell in miss magix

[darlenicy]

Winx Rewatch: 1x12

a.k a. leni watches Winx

okay, okay but before we start: I’m gonna mention how the episode might be seen as problematic in the following. However, I don’t think that rainbow had any bad intentions scripting this episode. It’s a filler episode that shows us how mean the Trix are. Point. That’s it. It’s not intended to harm anyone. But I will come to this later.

Bloom: The nine nymphs are sculpted on the facade. The middle nymph is Daphne.

➡ And I will say it again. You don’t get sculpted in the facade of a temple, if you’re only 16 years dead. It has to be longer ago ago.

Not Paladium sounding as he didn’t fkn care if Stella was ill ir something after Bloom said, Stella had been to the infirmary this morning. 😆

Icy: You remember Lucy? She asked me if we could help her win the beauty contest.  😈

➡ Darcy:  She’s got bats in the belfry   😆

➡ Stormy: She doesn’t need us to win. She needs a MIRACLE.

➡ That’s just one of the best disses of the Trix everrrrr I can’t.

➡ And now before you stone me: 

Yes, I can see why people find this episode problematic. After the waves of body-positivity etc. I can see why. However, this episode has to show us how mean the Trix are. They use Lucy simply for entertaining themselves. They are mean. Yes, and this episode has to show that to us. And I think, the way they diss Lucy is very well written. And I find it mean, what they do. But after all, being mean is their job. I am not a fan of beauty contests at all. They often deliver a wrong image of perfectionism that I don’t share. And again, that is me. Some people might find validation in it. After all, people are all different. However there is a certain beauty standard, that most people share. And one can not deny, that Lucy does not fulfill this one. The intention of her design is being ..ugly. Truth hurts sometimes but it is. If you compare Lucy to her new fake-appereance one has to admit, that most people would prefer the latter. And it IS mean, that Lucy couldn’t win the contest with her real looks. But it’s a beauty contest after all, those stupid contests are superficial af. Again, this episode doesn’t want to show us, haha lucy is ugly, it wants to show us uhhh the trix are mean bitches. The second thing, that is criticized is this scene:

There was a YouTube short recently, that showed this scene and marked it as problematic. Bloom hears a girl crying and looks what happened and than the girl here said, that her hair suddenly puffed up. Now, many people consider this as racism because of how the hair style turning into an afro is described as something bad. HOWEVER, if you search for racism, you will find it anywhere. I, as a little kid, always understood it in a different way. She wasn’t complaining about the look of hair hair but of the consistency.

When Bloom touches it, it is all wobbly. Not like a normal afro should be. So it is the texture of her hair that changed. And yes, the girl said, she had straight her before but it’s her hair getting wobbly which made her upset. I can see how especially for people with afro-like hair see this as a discrimination. And it sucks, but I think that rainbow did not want you to feel bad at all. The scene is risky, yes. It could have been scripted better, yes. But I doubt, that there was any harm intended. 

To sum this up, I don’t like the episode too much. It’s a filler episode and a bit boring too. (But it’s nice to see the trix having fun ngl). And I can see why many people don’t feel well watching it. But we should all keep in mind, that rainbow created this show for little girls. To make them happy, to make them belief in themselves and not to question their style. Winx has so much diversity in it, so that everyone can relate to the characters and I love that. I just hope, I could take the bitterniss a bit out of this episode, if you were offended by it. I just want to remind, that Winx is overall a series of great diversity and positivity that certainly doesn’t want to harm the watchers in any way. Okay, let’s continue the episode:

What makes the episode way more problematic, than it actually is, IS following:

WHAT are Faragonda and Griselda doing there? Isn’t it mostly teachers who should not support these kind of events? And btw, there isn’t much audience there, is it? Maybe Miss Magix is a super odd contest, which nearly no one under 40 is watching in the magical dimension, who knows.  😂

what would have made the episode better too, would have been if the viewer would think, that Lucy’s talent, doing ballet, at least would be real. But the sparks surrounding her suggest, that the Trix also gave her that talent. Which is a pity. It would be cool, if Lucy would excel in ballet.

Yes Bloom, of course there has to be something going on if a person dares not to be immediately nice to you. Omg Bloom, whyy. Stop being such a bratty main character.

ngl I never quite understood, how Stella thought dancing like that is a talent. but hey. It’s kinda nice that they gave her a funny talent like this and not something girly.

It’s also super mean that Stella gets an F for her test later. I mean, she DID something in the test. It wasn’t all good, but her intions were right, weren’t they? Mean of Paladium. a D or an E would have been rough enough imo.

[bo1908]

STELLA WINX CLUB

[darlenicy]

I also mentioned the topic in my rewatch. If anyone is interested, it's here

hi! i was wondering how you felt about that "one" scene in winx club that was banned? did the scene go differently in the original italian version?

as a black girl who loves winx, it was sad for me to see </3 im just curious how the reception in other places was

Hi there! First of all, I have the banned episode from this ancient Mondo DVD, since it's been taken down from youtube and other streaming services, even in italian. I will sub this ep regardless of the infamous scene, since I don't think there's anything controversial outside of that

In short, TLDR, in my humble opinion, the scene is racially insensitive and overly meanspirited from the heroines we should root for. The average italian kid didn't think much of it when it aired and re-ran, Italian adults lack the cultural context of black hair outside the country so most didn't understand the complaints and non-white italians did not seem to make any noise about this online. If anybody can prove me wrong is welcome to provide sources that I missed.

More under the cut!

There was some disco resurgence in the early 2000s around, in Italy and Japan, so that's what inspired the scene, likely.

A frog! With an afro!

Bucatini dance!

Is there a history of discrimination over textured and curly hair in Italy? As far as I know, no. You see white people with dreads and braids all the time and for historical reasons, curly and textured hair is common in people's genes. From what I've seen from italian forums and social media, I have read no complaints from black italians about the scene, so it definitely didn't move the italian black community or anything to stir any controversy.

Alright. With that out of the way... As a kid, I didn't think too much of the scene. I didn't think "wow, that hair is bad/ugly/something mean", or anything of the sort, and this seems to be the general sentiment from other italian watchers. I didn't think anything of the poor black girl being mocked. Being from a filler episode, the scene is rather forgettable to the average euro person.

I thought the hair wasn't even normal afro hair. And so did many others, according to italian social media posts...

I thought it had become JELLO! The hair is shiny and makes a strange noise when Bloom touches it. I'm still sure it's jello.

Bloom touching the hair unprovoked is also kind of nasty.

Some don't believe it's jello at all and I can't fault them for it, since the poor girl doesn't say any details. Just that her straight hair turned into "this thing".

The language used in this scene is meanspirited.

"What did she put on her head?" is a bit too much from Stella. You see a girl crying and you mock her?

The Winx don't even do anything for her, just standing back and watching. The Trix mocking her is one thing, but the Winx could have tried to help, only for them to give up as the girl has a breakdown, I dunno, better than nothing or Bloom's terrible attempt. The whole scene isn't easy to save and I don't think anybody should bother, not even the 4Kids edit improves it much. Just cut it out.

The joke was likely at afro hair looking funny itself, rather than make the black girl seem undesiderable for having an afro, as I've read from some interpretations. All italians I've read and asked agree that they didn't think maliciously of the scene as kids nor now. At least there's that.

A surprising amount of people thought the scene wasn't racist at all though, and couldn't understand why would this be offensive, while those who agreed it was bad still argued that banning the episode was too much.

The italian side has been very focused on the whitewashing discourse, though. Not since Magical Adventure as some have noted, but ever since the fairy couture dropped.

These are from 2022! What have they done to Aisha!

Anyway, thanks for reading all the way there. I'd like to hear more opinions, provided they're brought in a civil manner. Because I've seen a lot of nastyness on this argument and I'd rather not deal with trolls.

These poor girls!

[elsa-fogen]

What's your favorite Icy moment?

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED. BEWARE, LONG POST, FULL OF LOVE FOR ICY AND SCREENSHOTS (mostly from the second film)

Episode 10 season 2, moment where they're solving the puzzle to get the codex

Well, it's more like favorite moment for all the Trix, i guess, but especially Icy because she says "i love you" to Darcy, then threatens to fucking kill her lmao, DODGES THE ATTACKS, KILLS SKY, and solves the damn puzzle like a queen.

This is what pops in my head when i think of a "favorite Icy moment"

Tho before I rewatched, i'd say that it's season 3 episode 1. Actually, this is still iconic Icy moment and I love it just as much (can't say the same about the rest of season 3...)

Like. First of all, who was that genius that said, hmm yes, let's send ICE witch in the ICE prison, sure nothing can go wrong! Second, Icy is SLAYING. Her line after she frees herself... It still echoes in my head in russian, because that's how i first heard this moment. Then

Just look at her and look at Darcy and Stormy. SHE'S SLAYING AND HAVING FUN.

ALSO I LOVE (and hate) moment from season 2 where she freezes Tecna second before she transforms. I love it because like SLAY, as you SHOULD, BUT I HATE IT BECAUSE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. Like the winx always have fucking plot armor, and when they don't - this happens.

I actually love every moment of her being unhinged, and every moment of her using too much power for something that doesn't need THIS much effort. Like in episode 2 she was trying to blast the winx and burry them under the snow and like, half of Magix could see the light from it. Girl they are just freshments, you don't need to be so extra. Or in the next episode where she creates the damn iceberg to freeze Bloom (AND SHE MISSED this is funny and not offensive to her character because Bloom just got lucky) OR WHEN SHE FREEZES THE LAKE AND CREATES PILLAR OF ICE AS TALL AS FREAKING CLOUD TOWER IN THE FIGHT WITH BLOOM. Like. Yes. She's so damn powerful and doesn't afraid to show it. (Like Darcy and Stormy were exhausted much faster and they didn't use nearly as much magic as Icy) (season 3 did her dirty and i hate it. >:\) (season 3 lobotomized the trix, fuck this season) WELL EVEN IN SEASON 3 I REMEMBER ONE MOMENT where she was trying to find pixie village and was just FREEZING THE WHOLE FOREST? And when she's like getting mad and her power thickens in the air, like, how FAR can it go??

She's so extra.

OH ALSO.

The second film. Every second of her being on screen. God damn i love this film, let me fill this post with screenshots from it (PLEASE GIVE ME THIS DAMN MOVIE IN 4K 😭😭) (Also WHY DIDN'T THEY KEEP THIS STYLE IN 3D. IF THEY DID I WOULDN'T DROP SEASON 5, I'D EVEN WATCH THE THIRD MOVIE, WHY WHY WHY...) (In the perfect world winx reboot has this style and it slays.)

I WISH SHE STEPPED ON ME WITH THEM HEELS

BTW fun fact about this moment. In russian we have 2 versions of "you" - singular ("ты"), which is used for casual talks like with friends and people you know very well; and plural ("вы"), which can also be used as singular for people you respect or don't know too well (your boss, older people and like that). using "ты" talking to someone older than you or someone you don't know counts as disrespect. So the fact is, in this scene Icy uses "вы" talking to the king. Idk why, i just think it's funny detail. She'll threaten his life and demand something, but with respect ✨✨

Her casual outfit is kinda shiny lol

This is how you transform with style ✨

Also they have shield around them in this moment, smart move (i'm sure it's a shield) even if winx are too slow to use this moment to attack them

(btw, i love how Darcy from a nerd turns into... this. if they were real there's like 60-70% chance that i fr wouldn't recognize her)

She got hit in the back, and had quick enough thinking to grab stella and drop her too, QUEEN

SHOULD I EVEN SAY ANYTHING

✨S✨L✨A✨Y✨

Icy being extra once again

She literally NEVER does this in actual series and i'm ANGRY. I hope the reboot will give us some more cool fights like in this film. Please. Don't fuck this up i'm begging you...

I kinda love how her cape just. hangs behind her. or wraps around her. like an actual piece of fabric with certain weight.

And i also love how her hair move too (but sometimes i'm like no WAY her hair stay behind her back I DON'T BELIEVE!) (i was trying to make such tail for myself and my hair fall on my face after EVERY slight tilt of my head) (but also my hair like 3 times shorter than hers, BUT STILL)

she wishes that it was bloom instead

TOUCH. They really almost never touch each other, so every time it happens something inside me explodes with joy and happiness.

She's so cute with this smile, she's literally said :>

hands.

Icy to Darcy: Are you scared? Eng dub: Icy sounds like she's teasing Darcy Rus dub: Icy sounds almost like it was genuine question and concern

GAHHH DHFGHSJHFSHF 😭😭😭 THEM!

Also english voice for Icy in this movie is kinda annoying ngl, her russian voice is way better. And them reading the spell sounds more intimidating. Even if you don't know the language, just check out ru dub, Icy sounds MUCH better there (can't say for the rest of the voices tho... be careful with Darcy's, she sounds really different)

UWU AHHH SHE'S SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Icy: So sorry, we have to reschedule 😅 *grabs Erendor like a bag and flies away*

This moment made me laugh so much when i saw it for the first time, like, she sounds SO SILLY.

Btw HOW STRONG IS SHE? She holds an adult ass overweight man with one hand! He must be at least 100 kilos i think? damn girl. This is kinda scary.

Dropped a man to his death infront of his son with this silly innocent smile. A true icon. I really should make a video counting every time Icy attempts to kill someone.

Icy protects not only herself, but her sisters too 🥲🥲

season 3 WISHES it was just as good. She's deflecting Bloom's attack with one hand and attacks someone else with the other!

Also, side note, damn, musa and flora really love attacking Stormy together :\ (deleted screenshots (to add more Icy screenshots HJjHJGFDFJ) of their attack on her from 2 different moments, flora ties her with vines and musa blasts. UNFAIR!)

WHY SO CUTE (my poor baby girl is scared 😭) (damn i LOVE her blue eyes AHHH she's so gorgeous)

SHE WAS TRYING TO ATTACK, UNHINGED WOMAN. CLINICALLY INSANE.

also i really think they messed up Liliss (almost wrote Lilith LOL) and Beladonna's places all over the film LMAO.

also, speaking of Icy moments

psychologist: Icy with pyrokinesis doesn't exist she can't hurt you Icy with pyrokinesis:

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THIS? She never did this before, never does it again, like WHAT? This always confuses me so much. Like ???? is it the dragon fire they stole from Bloom?? They still have it?? So many questions about these 5 seconds.

shit i used exactly 30 pictures in this post. Damn.

i DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO PUT IT IN THE POST, SO I'M SAYING IT HERE! On rewatch i noticed that Icy has the least amount of verbal spells from the main cast (winx+trix). At least it feels tike it. Like, in season 1 i think she literally used only 3 verbal spells in 3rd episode. She's so good that she doesn't need to say her spells out loud most of the time! I'm gonna rewatch everything again, just to count every verbal and non-verbal use of magic by all of them. And then find ratio of verbal to non-verbal spells for each of them.

also side note, i was looking for Icy's spells, but noticed something else. when Bloom transformed, in english Icy says

That's an awfully cute little fairy outfit

Sounds neutral and sarcastic. BUT IN RUSSIAN DUB IT'S SOMEHOW SOUNDS REALLY FUCKING GAY! i'll try to adapt it for you...

You have a very pretty fairy outfit

???????????????? WHY??????????????????

OKAY I'LL STOP HERE, I'VE BEEN WRITING THIS POST FOR 4 HOURS, AND I NEED TO WORK!

[kifkay]

so remember when the specialists had dragons?..

they used to ride them throughout seasons 1-3 and it appearead to be part of their training.

first years at the Red Fountain must be dying for the day their training with the dragons starts. because - dragons!! those mythical, badass, fire-breathing machines of destruction - they are probably so sacred in Magix's culture due to their ties to the Great Dragon!! who wouldn't be excited at the opportunity?

it might even be a rite of passage for the specialists. like, yes - you train, you go on missions, you give your oaths to protect the balance of the universe. but it is once you earn the privilege of riding a dragon - once you bond with them, properly and spiritually - only then, can you call yourself a true Specialist.

even though it is a mandatory part of their education, once you pass the course - you are not required to ride or even guaranteed to have a dragon. you gotta bond with one first, and put in the work of training, taming and flying with the creature regularly. it's a huge commitment, both personal and academic (considered outdated too, now that cosmic ships are a thing) that not everybody is willing to make.

from the boys, Sky and Riven believe in the image of a perfect specialist the hardest. the upholder of good and right, the dragon rider, the knight. both of them so desperately want to be that, to quell their inner voices that tell them they are too rotten at their core. they pursue dragon-riding beyond the mandatory course, and get to keep their dragons upon graduation.

Sky's dragon is small, yet quick as lightning. He lovingly calls her Pearl. Sky hesitates to ride her into battles, instead taking her flying laps around Erendor.

Riven's dragon is a Big Boi, nicknamed Fang. Riven felt connected to that big, hurt tomcat of a dragon immediately - for Fang, it was more of a slow burn lol.

Timmy had a legit allergy on dragons. poor boy barely survived the course and staunchly relegated himself to cosmic ships.

Nabu was never an actual Red Fountain student, so he didn't get to train with dragons - but he is very curious of them and loves to study them from a distance.

Brandon never felt as free as when he was riding a dragon's back. his trainee dragon was named Sunrise - for her golden, shimmering scales and fiery temperament; they loved to fly together. however, he didn't continue the training, since his team already had two dragon riders and he wanted to be practical.

(Brandon misses Sunrise terribly, but she seems to hold a grudge and doesn't grace him with her attention when she visits)

Helia doesn't have a dragon anymore. nevertheless, he visits the dragon barracks and helps take care of them. both Fang and Pearl are very familiar with him - not affectionate, for that privilege is reserved for their riders, but not cold nor threatening either.

he did have a dragon, once. Dream. he was a young dragon - Saladin had raised Dream himself, promising the creature to Helia upon the latter's birth. the Specialist and the dragon's bond was so deep, Dream would often take on Helia's emotions.

Dream died on one of the missions Helia led. the boy was not resting well, training too much and eating too little - he was consumed with the responsibility of being his team's leader, and Saladin's 'prodigal' grandson. Dream took on his worries' as well, growing restless and tired. on that fateful day, the young dragon was not strong enough to stave off the rush of monsters - and was brutally massacred by them, in turn.

Helia dropped out of Red Fountain the next morning and never rode another dragon.

[maycat-19-142]

Hi can i request a Winx Helia x witch reader and can it be fluff please?

Helia x witch reader

A/n: how have I never thought about this before

⚠️:witch reader, fighting, hate from fairies, let me know if I missed anything.

Not a trix witch

You are a "good" witch

You help the wimx out with dark magic

And that is how you meet helia

You were helping them with the codex and helia came in to your life

Was it love at first sight I don't know but he'd clam it was

Your first date was at a cafe in magix and he treated you normal not like the saw you as a time bomb like the fairies at Alfea did

The date was amazing and you were happy

Well when the trix attacked with valtor you got a lot of hate from the fairies at Alfea

So you spent a lot of time with helia in the woods

When the winx went to the earth to help fine roxy

You got your own believix style power up

Your favorite memory with helia on earth was painting your apartment with the winx

If your wondering you go a version of dark sirenix at wasn't cursed like the trix

Helia loved your magic and the way it was different than the winx

You Became a winx while being a witch

All in all be a witch with winx and with helia is amazing

Have a good day and night

Pixie out 🧚‍♀️

[emaratygirl]

Happy National Princess Day ✨🩷👑

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[snarky-art]

I swear I dont wanna be mean but why does everyone keep making stella fat. Why is it that the most attractive character, whom everyone finds beautiful inside the show, is the one who is always turned fat. Like... No one would find her attractive if her canon design was like that. I promise im not being mean but I feel like the artists are always projecting themselves onto Stella and wanting to be loved like she is, cause usually the ones making her fat are fat too, like I saw your selfies and you're a bit curvy. I promise im not being mean im just curious.

For starters, send me more fat Stella’s if you can I haven’t seen that many made and would love to see more varied takes on her appearances in redesigns.

Secondly, I made her fat because I think it’s nice to have the character that’s canonically considered to be the most beautiful girl in all of magix, a fashion icon in the magical dimension, a very celebrated trendsetter, be something other than the stereotypical concept of socially acceptable fashion tropes. She isn’t an hourglass, she has cellulite and stretch marks, she’s super pear shaped, and that can be and should be considered something to be normal, since they are, and shouldn’t be seen as things that need to be hidden. Having that put on a loud and proud fashion girly seems good imo and it can only really contribute to good stuff for body image stuff and representation. I did it so people like you could reconsider that beauty is something that comes in multiple forms and shouldn’t have to fit one type of standard. If we wanna get super technical too those standards also very from culture to culture and I image that’s extended even further in Winx club.

The girls are all aliens from different worlds. There’s bug people. There’s a lady in the miss magix episode that has tentacle hair, a blue body, and tentacle hands and feet. I highly doubt beauty standards in canon would be the same as what you’re saying, ie that no one would consider her beautiful. As if people who look like her irl also would inherently be considered not beautiful too. I know lots of people who have people that think they’re the hottest thing ever and they have all sorts of different body types and traits. Lets just call it realism lol

I’m not really projecting any of my physical stuff on her also, outside of I guess stretch marks and cellulite?? But I put those on other characters too so I don’t really think that holds up. I actually put my old body type on Flora since she’s my favorite, but now I’m way more midsized, like a slightly thinner Bloom from my stuff (love this unit of measurement gonna start using the gorls as a reference point for my appearance going forward lol). I’ve always had the “socially acceptable” fat type of body, ie hourglass with even proportions and a super snatched waist. I just think it’s tired and trite to constantly reenforce the idea that “the hot fashion one” needs to be tall and thin all the time, and if she is made fatter, that she needs to look like I did ie not much of a tummy with super equal proportions, big boobs, and a big ass.

Kinda related to that also, I made a post about a lot of character design “rules” too that I think are kinda outdated and annoying, at least to me, since I’ve seen them a million times. We all have. So I decided to do something different that I think would be good for normalizing traits outside of what we consider typically acceptable for that kind of character.

I’m already very loved also and don’t need to project anything on Stella lmaooo

I got multiple partners, great friends, do modeling, and am slaying with my own fashion and appearance stuff outside of that too. That’s all independent of whatever I’m doing with her physical body type when I draw her.

Gonna level with you also, you going “I’m not trying to be mean” doesn’t erase how weird this ask is. Sounds like you have your own gripes that you need to work through. Like, if you consider those traits on Stella ugly, that means you definitely have some internalized hatred for fatness, skin blemishes, scarring, and other peoples’ general appearances if they don’t fit some specific molds that aren’t realistic for the majority of people. Even if it is just genuine curiosity, being aware of this stuff going forwards and reevaluating how you view beauty standards and bodies in general would do you a great benefit imo.

Thanks for going through my old selfies tho it was pretty weird of you but at least make sure to leave a like on them. I looked hot when I was fatter and I look hot now too sharing this with the world is the least I can do💕✨💕✨

[magixfairyix]

Dude is thriving and would’ve won Miss Magix. In my mind when thinking of this outfit he took inspiration from Stella’s magic winx outfit.

Also yes he is wearing a Miraculous Kwami earring I don’t make the rules it seems like something he’d wear.

(This is the most random ass thing I’ve drawn but omg I love it)

@bellatrixobsessed1

[teawinx]

Winx, The Roxy Chronicles: Lucy and Mirta

Not really redesigns, just giving these poor girls proper magical forms because c'mon why not

They would be just minor characters in TRC, it felt right to include them and show that they're doing well as adults

And why yellow for Lucy? I think it's too safe putting her in dark blue or green, Lucy's got a lot of depth to her and I didn't want her to look standard. So her witch form is yellow, based on her dress from Miss Magix

[gotham-witch]

Gone with the wind

“Yeah, magix was definitely at play here.” Constatine muttered, tracing his fingers around an invisible circle in the dirt road of the cottages driveway.

“They were teleported out. Probably had to be knocked out first.” Zatanna nodded in agreement, looking over at Batman to see his thoughts.

It was weird for an entire family to go missing in one night. Especially one that on the outside wasn’t that special.

@caffine-addict-living-in-gotham

[princess-of-the-corner]

Any thoughts about the Reveal concerning Bloom's heritage? Who learns first, when, in what circumstances?

Okay there's different parts of the Reveal of her heritage. There's the general 'this is probably what you are' reveal, the 'your family is from Domino' reveal and the 'oh shit you're a Princess' reveal.

So the general reveal kinda happens right off the bat.

Bloom knows she's adopted. When Stella shows up and explains 'hey there's a world of Magic' and the whole 'Earth doesn't have Magic', they discuss what's happening. Well them, plus Bloom's parents and also Faragonda because Stella brings them all to Alfea.

Given the circumstances, they realize it's likely that Bloom originally came from one of the other Realms and ended up on Earth. It's not even unrealistic, as people do visit Earth (like Stella did in the first episode). So a family on vacation that gets separated somehow makes sense.

As for Domino

That happens during the Miss Magix episode as the focus is being rewritten.

So like. One thing I'm leaning heavy into with this is the 'presented as Fantasy but also very Sci-Fi' where all the different Realms are different Planets and everyone has different funky biology. This would be something kinda in the background but not fully explained until now.

Bloom was initially under a Glamour Spell, created by Daphne so she'd blend in on Earth. But now that she's awakened her Magic and transformed a few times, the Glamour has worn off. While her Faerie Form already had some dragon imagery, this is now 24/7 scales.

She wakes up with dragon-y features, freaks out, and the girls connect the above dots. She gets a crash course of the different alien biology. With Stella using this as an excuse to drag them to the Miss Magix competition as it's a fashion show that really highlights the different appearances (alongside different Realms' beauty standards.

Anyway!

Another plot point is that people, like. Know about Domino. The whole Incident™ only happened less than 2 decades ago, after all. And there's also a handful of survivors.

So people know what Dominians look like and can connect the dots with Bloom.

As for the Princess thing!

The first ones to figure it out are Faragonda and Tecna.

Faragonda is suspicious in general. Like at first she's fine to think that Bloom just 'ended up on Earth'. But Dominian features, plus being actively under a Glamour that someone had to have cast on her, Bloom being incredibly powerful, and then she starts dreaming of someone named 'Daphne' and..... well, if Domino's younger Princess /was/ alive, she'd be just about Bloom's age, right?

Tecna also connects these dots around the same time. Though she's unsure who to bring this up to. She does tell Faragonda who's like 'look I have also connected the dots but we need to investigate and be sure because this is something Major.'.

Later on we also get Timmy connecting the dots when the Winx explain everything to the Specialists.

We get a funnier moment of connecting the dots with Griffin because Faragonda takes Bloom to Cloud Tower to search their Library (instead of the sneaking in from Canon). And as Bloom explains what they know she's just side eye-ing Faragonda like "Girl I KNOW you have connected the dots just tell her already damn it".

I don't think the Trix /fully/ connect the dots, but they do realize that Bloom has the Dragon Flame for some reason. They probably question 'who the fuck is she to get this power???'.

Anyway!

Originally everyone who had connected the dots were doing the 'ya know what let's wait and see what all is happening so it doesn't freak her the hell out' thing and not telling Bloom

But then they realize that the Trix are an actual legitimate threat and not just 'school rivalry gone too far', and they're targeting Bloom, and ya know what she deserves to know why. So now the whole gang knows.

I think they're kind of in denial until they actually go to Domino and see Daphne's Ghost and all and it really hits 'oh fuck she's the lost Princess'.

[they-them-that]

These cartoon episodes were actually kinda bad list

Powerpuff Girls: Equal Fights

I remember at the time, it was so woke to call out women for being problematic because we still have this idea that women aren't held accountable enough??? It's wild that we get a misandrist villainess to school girls but hardly handle the subject of misogyny, something that is an actual real world threat. It just ends up coming off as misunderstanding and antagonizing feminists because they're not always nice to men.

Proud Family: I Love You Penny Proud

It's just so weird to me that when it comes to the subject of treating disabled people with humanity, someone in the writer's room thought "yeah but what if disabled people were jerks too huh? We're just gonna let them get away with it because they're disabled??" And then wrote a whole episode about their imaginary epithet. Why is the first and only wheelchair user representation in this show someone who isn't likeable??

Winx Club: Miss Magix

Calling out the "ugly" girl for using magic to look "beautiful" in order to get a fair shot in showing off her talent and not any of the people who uphold those oppressive beauty standards and who'd go on to ridicule her after she gets exposed is WILD. Also, the other candidates are being sabotaged and the black girl getting an afro was apparently her downfall?? Yikes.

[bellatrixobsessed1]

The Vampire Of Magix

Summary: Icy has a sensitivity to sunlight. Icy has fallen in love with the sun.

They call her the vampire of Magix not for fangs but for her pallor and not for bloodlust but because they mostly don’t see her go out until the night falls.

It is a nickname, of course. But it suits her just fine. She may as well be a vampire in some regard. One such regard is that she hasn’t seen sunlight since she was a child. She doesn’t miss it all that much, she had hardly known the sun. And the sun was never a friend to her. It was an adversary, if she had a relationship with it at all. 

It dries her eyes and inflames her corneas. She was told that if she kept going out that she would lose her eyelashes and that her eyelids might atrophy. Her skin, without an extremely generous amount of foundation and other makeup is sprinkled with many clusters of freckles and childhood scars from before a name had been put to her condition. 

She had thought that it was simply in the nature of the people of Dyamond. That everybody that hailed from there was like her. But her friends could go outside—they could be in the sun for hours. Her parents had been perfectly capable. Of course, there isn’t as much sun in Dyamond. Their summers are short and their winters are long. Their autumns and springs hardly exist. 

Maybe that is why it had taken so very long for them to realize that something was wrong. To realize that she burns the way her grandmother had. And the way her grandmother’s father had. Maybe that is why she has scars from head to toe from scratched rashes and popped blisters. Ugly welts and craters on her skin that she hates so very much. She could have had nice skin, porcelain skin had the sun not damaged it so violently.

On Dyamond her condition was a blessing, the sign of a true ice magic user. 

On Magix it is a curse. An inconvenience. A setback. A weakness.

The moon hangs high and full tonight and it beckons Icy out onto Cloud Tower’s courtyard. She stuffs her hands into her pockets as she crosses it alone. Stormy has her own agenda tonight, some band that she wants to see whose vocals are grating on Icy’s own ears. And Darcy promised herself that she would spend tonight studying. Not that she needs to. 

Icy supposes that that is one thing that her sunlight sensitivity has granted her; she has met the other children of the night. Others who can’t function in the light and some who are simply at their strongest when the sky is inky black and spotted with stars. Darcy sets with the sun and rises with the moon. Stormy is simply not a morning person. 

There aren’t many of them but Cloud Tower has quite a fair share of night risers. Enough of them to warrant having night classes. 

Cloud Tower over all is more friendly to her. They light their campus with candles instead of bulbs humming with UV. Their halls are mostly shadowed anyways. There aren’t as many windows and it is easy to close the curtains of the ones that are there. It is situated in the Dark Forest with an ever present layer of sun snuffing storm clouds while Alfea basks in the sun.

The Dark Forest, of course, is quite kind to Icy as well. For the most part the trees and mists gather densely enough to blot out the sun. But it is still a risk, now and then it does part just enough to let shafts of sunlight through. And so when she dares an early morning walk, she is covered head to toe in thick cloaks and robes. 

It is easy enough, she has had a good eighteen years to get used to it. To living most of her life under the stars and moon. It doesn’t feel particularly unnatural. And since learning how to care for her UV sensitivity, it hasn’t done her too much harm. She doesn’t think too much of it all, in fact, now that she has a routine. 

She hadn’t that is.

Not until Stella. 

Stella who is the sun and the moon.

Stella who has become her sun and moon.

It was a stupid thing. 

A stupid thing to fall for a fairy in the first place. But to fall for a fairy who derives her powers from the sunlight. Really it goes beyond just stupidity. Stupidity can be remedied. This…? This cannot be. Not so easily. 

Stella can’t touch her. The sun is always at least semi-present on her fingers. She still has that burn scar, a handprint seared on the side of her neck. A mark of shame of sorts; everyone knows that she has been with a fairy and everyone knows exactly who that fairy is. That scar is a secret that tells itself. It told itself on the night of its appearance when they’d taken her to the hospital wing a year prior.

 She takes extra care to cover it up. More than any of her other scars. She doesn’t like to look at it. And Stella looks like she wants to cry every time she sees it. It isn’t her fault. Icy should have known better than to let the girl touch her. But she had thought…she doesn’t exactly know what she had thought. The light and the dark had never mingled well before, why would the nature of the world offset its balance just for the two of them. 

It is rather poetic, she thinks. Respectably, dare she say, gothic in the doomed nature of their doomed romance. 

She has come to accept that Stella with be the death of her, literally. And it serves her well for falling in love in the first place. Such a ridiculous thing to do.

“Hey!” Stella greets from the treeline. 

Icy cringes. “I thought that I told you to meet me…”

“At the treeline.”

“Yeah, the treeline by Alfea. If you get caught here…” she hisses.

“Then I’ll have a really powerful witch girlfriend to keep me safe!” Stella exclaims.

Icy sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose. “Or you could be a bit more careful now and again. No wonder you got held back a year!”

Stella grins, “actually I am being more careful.” She reaches into her purse and pulls out a pair of very glittery, very gaudy orange gloves. “This, my dear, is the latest in Solarian fashion.” She holds her gloved hand up so that the glitter catches in the moonlight. “And!” She bursts enthusiastically. “And, it is made of materials thick enough that I can do this.”

With none of the carefulness she claims to have acquired, she reaches out and grabs Icy’s hand. Icy gives a reflexive flinch but the smoldering sensation doesn’t come. 

“See, now I can hold your hand.”

Icy eyes their hands, laced perfectly together without a blistering and a burning. 

“And I can…” she reaches up to cup Icy’s cheek. She strokes it with her thumb. “I know that you like being in charge and making the first move which is why I bought you a pair too.” 

“Orange is a hideous color.” 

“You know that I wouldn’t do that to you!. Orange is so not your color, darling!”

“Actually I am under the impression that you would do something like that. You aren’t exactly the serious type.”

“Darling, I would never joke around when it comes to fashion. And I would never let my girlfriend wear something humiliating.” She thrusts the gloves at her. “Go on, try them on!”

Reluctantly Icy takes the gloves from Stella and slips one on. She gives her fingers a flex and tries to get her hand comfortable. She hums to herself, considering the look of them. The material is nice, black latex with a shimmer of deep blue. 

“A-and, and!” She is practically bouncing up and down. “They come with accessories!” She fixes one chain of diamonds and a strap of studs to the gloves at the wrists. “Aren’t they just perfect? I think that they go so well with your witch attire.”

Icy nods. “I suppose that they are alright. Wearable.” The material doesn’t agitate her skin either. And irritation isn’t all too hard to do. “I suppose that you want me to thank you?” She quirks a brow. 

“I know that you witches don’t like that.” With a touch of drama; a closing of her eyes, a putting of the back of her hand against her forehead, and a sigh leading into it she adds, “so I won’t force you to thank me if it causes you that much physical pain to do so.” She cracks an eye open.

Icy rolls her eyes and mutters, “thanks for the gloves.”

She opens her arms to pull Icy into a hug and stops just short of doing so. This time her sigh is genuine. “I should have worn the long sleeved dress with the thicker fabric, huh?”

Icy nods. “I don’t want to bury myself beneath a cloak if I don’t have to.” She finds it nice, every now and then, to be able to show off just a little. “What’s the point of a belly ring if I can’t show it to people?”

“Fair enough, darling!” Stella says and grabs her hand. “So what do you say we begin our night on the town. And you better make it extra fabulous, because I am staying up late on an exam night for this!” 

“I’ll make it worth your while.” Icy promises. Darkness, she chose a spoiled one. 

“Not sketchy goth nightclubs.” 

“One goth nightclub. And they aren’t sketchy, you just aren’t used to that kind of company.” She pauses. “But I have other plans for tonight. Outside of Magix city. I know that you like beaches, they have a very different feeling at night.”

“Oh! I don’t go to the beach at night very often.” 

“Well, here is your opportunity.” Likely they will make a habit of it if she has a nice time. “I packed us a small dinner.” She holds the picnic basket out. “I don’t know much about beaches so I bought some things that I hear people talking about.”

Stella sifts through Icy’s finds nodding in approval at a beachball and a volleyball. It is when she comes to the brightly colored pails and shovels that she starts to laugh. “Plastic!”

“Did I get the wrong thing?”

Still laughing, clutching her sides, she shakes her head. “No…” another laugh. “No, no! These are beach items, but these are the ones that kids usually use.”

“Oh.” Icy grimaces, a slight flush comes to her cheeks. 

Stella is beaming from ear to ear. “They’re perfect! I haven’t built a sand castle in ages.” 

Icy nods. Of course, when they change into their bikinis contact will become minimal but that shouldn’t be a problem if they are just using the volleyball and beachball. She has watched a few videos of volleyball games and people tend to keep their distance. “You will teach me how to play volleyball and build sandcastles.”

“Is that a demand or a…”

“Yes.” She replies. “I have acquired a volleyball and decided to take you to the beach. You will teach me to use the volleyball.” 

Stella is chuckling again. “You’re so demanding. Geez. But that’s what I get for dating a witch.” 

They are both terribly out of their comfort zones. 

“Do Darcy and Stormy know about us?”

Icy nods. “The whole school does.” She resists the urge to say ‘remember’. Stella’s flinch tells her that she does. “It’s fine. They know well not to fuck with me.”

Stella takes her hand again. Icy finds herself staring at their linked hands. At orange and blue-black gloves. At glitter and leather. At sun and ice. It is an unconventional thing, this thing that they have. A fairy and a witch—or Magix’s vampire, if nicknames are to be dropped. It shouldn’t work. It isn’t supposed to, their gloved hands are a testament to that. But their fingers are still interlaced. Icy doesn’t think that they would fit so perfectly if they weren’t meant to. She feels Stella squeezing her hand.

Their very natures go against one another in almost every way, but like a moth to a killing flame, Icy likes to feel the sun touching her face.