#winx club worst transformation

[ellapastoral]

As someone who loves winx club, I had to break my silence on these popular winx club ships. :/

[dollelujah]

I think what this person is referring to is just regular therapy

[darlenicy]

Most newer transformations are boring. And they always all look the same. There is no individuality anymore. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Crucify me, i think harmonix is boring, it is just more beautiful than sirenix, nothing else

[natsumebookss]

Tragic Yuri or Tragic Yuri: On Female Autonomy, Reclaiming the Narrative, and 2011's Moodiest Magical Girls

(contains spoilers for Madoka Magica and Heartcatch Precure, very slight spoilers for Winx Club, topics of loss and depression, and the author screaming into the void about anime bullshit that happened over a decade ago)

If you've spent any amount of time in the Precure or PMMM fandoms, you've probably come across this quote. It's natural in many ways for Urobuchi to feel the way he does--imposter syndrome is intensely common for artists and I'd imagine attempting to write a subversion of a common genre while a piece of media from that genre is wrapping up a super successful run is challenging. While I won't pretend Heartcatch reached the levels of popularity that PMMM ended up at, it was the highest-selling season for years in terms of toy sales and many still remember it very fondly. (I'm a bit more critical of it, personally, but more on that later.) And so much was made of Urobuchi confessing he hadn't seen Heartcatch at the time of writing his own show, with PMMM antis saying that meant he had no real appreciation for the genre.

But what if I were to tell you that not only would PMMM have been significantly worse if he'd made it more like Heartcatch, but Heartcatch would've been better off if it had been more like Madoka?

A disclaimer before we go any further: I am not suggesting that Heartcatch should've retooled into a darker series, or that it even had the ability to since the shows were made pretty much in tandem. The damage done to Heartcatch, in my opinion, was already done before Madoka's finale even aired. This is purely an exercise in comparing two magical girls from roughly the same anime season (one ending about when the other was starting) and seeing what they could learn from each other. Also note that my title on my main blog is literally "Heartcatch Precure finale anti," so there will be some bias involved. With that out of the way, let us proceed.

Context

Pictured: a completely normal Facebook discussion about a kid's anime character from almost 15 years ago.

For those unfamiliar, Cure Moonlight has essentially built up a reputation for being the Leafpool of Precure. For those unfamiliar with Warrior Cats, this is one of the worst things you can be called in fandom--someone with legions of fans who got screwed over so badly that those fans will never shut up about it. Being a Leafpool is not merely being a tragic character, but being actively fucked over by the narrative at every possible turn.

Let's explore Cure Moonlight in a bit more detail before comparing her to Homura and how, I argue, Homura did a similar story path to hers better. Like Homura, Cure Moonlight is first seen fighting a massive threat to humanity inside our pink magical girl Tsubomi's dream. The dream cuts off before we learn her fate, but all we can see on her face is pure sorrow before it does. The minute she is introduced, she already knows loss.

Throughout the show's run, we get to know her as Yuri Tsukikage, a veteran magical girl forced into retirement after her transformation item has been shattered. She has half of the broken Heart Seed that remains, and her foil Dark Precure, who broke the seed, has the other. Yuri is intensely depressed for this exact reason: she has lost her powers, her duties to the world, her fairy companion (who died in the battle with Dark Precure), and her father has also mysteriously vanished. The audience first sees her as a friend of one of the lead's older sisters, a senpai who excels at both sports and academics, before revealing her to be a broken person inside. The goal of Yuri's narrative, seemingly, is to restore her Precure powers, allow her to confide in new friends, and find her missing father.

The first two are accomplished in a pretty straightforward but heartwarming manner--Yuri begins to find a new purpose in training her Precure kohais and eventually regains her powers through hard work and determination. Typical kid's show stuff, even if seeing Cure Moonlight reappear for the first time is indisputably badass. It's the third one, however, that I have the most problems with.

Frequent followers of my main blog @curemoonliite may be familiar with a term I have called "moonbitching." This is what I call it when I rant at length about the Heartcatch finale and what it did to Cure Moonlight's character, or even just allude to it in the tags. Since this post will already be long enough without it, I'll go light on the moonbitching, but do just enough of it to give you the facts.

In the last few episodes of the series, Yuri learns that her father was brainwashed by the main villain of the series, Dune, and that Dark Precure was cloned from her genetic material while he was brainwashed. This is legitimately a fascinating plot point that, by itself, I have no problems with. However, soon after learning about this, both Dark Precure and her father are killed off in the final battle and all Yuri can do is watch.

Her father sacrificed himself for her in a moment of clarity, she didn't even get time to really process that she's been fighting her sister all along, and she's lost everyone all over again. She started the show with just her and her mother, and the second she sees hope at having a family again, it's taken away from her.

Her kohai Tsubomi, upon seeing this, begs Yuri not to take revenge on the Big Bad that's stolen everything from her. This isn't the Yuri I know, she shouts. But somewhere along the line, we've lost the Yuri we know. All her development, all her growth, has been torn away the minute she's forced to lose everything again. Her path as a character is now uncertain, the narrative deciding it won't allow her to pursue even the slightest act of revenge.

And all Yuri can do is watch alongside us.

Homura and Yuri

The minute I saw this finale for the first time, I was reminded of how a classic piece of children's/family media handled a similar plot point. Allow me to be cliched for a moment, but if we look at someone like Inigo Montoya, we can see that his decision to pursue revenge is never really questioned by the narrative. This is something that's always bothered me about female characters in media, especially magical girl stories--a magical girl can never just say "give me my father back, you son of a bitch." They may want to, but due to sexist notions about women and violence, they're always expected to take the high road.

Oftentimes, this is done by using the magical girl leader as a mouthpiece to directly dismiss their teammate's desires--Bloom and Aisha go through something very similar in S4 of Winx Club when Aisha's fiancee is killed. Neither Bloom nor Tsubomi are naturally dismissive people, and the narrative tends to characterize them as kind, but they are briefly mischaracterized in moments like this to give the typical "revenge is bad" message that kid's shows tend to have. A message that is often distinctly missing from boy's cartoons, but I digress.

Aisha is at least allowed the dignity of separating from the main team for a few episodes to join some extremists, but Yuri doesn't even get that.

And Homura gets so much more.

I'll admit, I still have mixed feelings about Rebellion to this day, but what I do appreciate about it is that it isn't hampered by these restraints that magical girl media made for children seem to have. That villain arc the Facebook commenter from before said Yuri should've had? It was too late for her by the time the finale ended, but it wasn't too late for Homura.

Homura is, in many ways, an anti-Yuri, and a lot of that comes from her having autonomy within the narrative. Female autonomy is something we see discussed in the social justice sphere a lot, but not quite as much in the storytelling sense. Probably the main difference between the two is that Homura, as a time traveler, can stop the ones she loves from ever being killed. In fact, that's also her greatest weakness, as she wears herself down with the timelines so much that she can barely bring herself to care for anything else sometimes.

Homura's depression comes from the idea that she Can Stop The Thing, but can't figure out precisely how to. Yuri's depression comes from the fact that she Can't Stop The Thing, thinks she knows how to, and gets herself into more trouble along the way. One of these makes for an intensely more active character that doesn't feel unfairly dunked on by the narrative, and oddly enough, it's not the kid's show character.

Yuri, as a children's character, is kept from doing certain things by what that entails. Homura, however, has no such restrictions. She can travel through time and repeat everything over literally until she breaks herself. And that she very, very much does.

Homura doesn't have to be convinced in the finale to let Madoka go, she just peacefully comes to terms with it herself. That alone gives her more autonomy than Yuri had, even if we recall that Rebellion's ending was not the original one that Urobuchi had planned. However, Rebellion's ending serves as an ultimate rebuttal to the narrative that a magical girl must simply allow hardship and loss to happen to her. If the world isn't fair to her, if not even time travel works out, why not just remake it?

This action comes at the cost of stripping Madoka of a lot of her autonomy, sure. But it is, in a way, the natural conclusion of how magical girl leaders are often made to strip their "angsty" team members of theirs. Homura's fall from grace is a flipping of this script in every way possible, and even if it's far from the best decision for her to make, we can see that it's 100% fully her own.

The revenge is complete. No one is there to stop her. Even the writers don't really know what to do with her now. Homura has now transcended the fate of the purple magical girl, and that's the best thing that could've ever happened to her.

A girl who seeks revenge is a devil. A girl who cannot become a princess is doomed to become a witch. But ask yourself, is the fear of becoming these things worth becoming a spectator in your own story?

And, if that's the case, is it truly better to reign in hell than serve in heaven?

[stardustizuku]

Why Miraculous LadyBug Is the Worst Thing To Happen To Magical Girl Genre in All Its History.

It would be easy to sit here and tell you all the logical reasons why Ladybug is a bad show. It has horrible pacing, it has low stakes, repetitive episodes, and a dialogue that is cringe worthy enough to get its own tiktok sound.

But saying that, would be beating a dead horse at this point. Everyone knows this show is a bunch of wasted potential, only made worse by a director who keeps thinking he created gold, when in fact he messed up in a lot of areas – particularly the fact that he’s a grown man who thinks he knows what little girls want.

I’m not here for that.

Particularly, because I can be quite forgiving to shows like this. I mean, they’re kids' shows! Meant for little girls, and I haven’t been one for a few years now. But I still enjoy them.

Why? Well, cause I’m a massive fan of Magical Girl animes. I love the glitter, the sparkles, the silly adventures with friends, and the transformation sequences! Even with all its flaws, I really like them. So, stories or shows that borrow from them, get a pass in all these things. 

I mean, I have fun re-watching WINX Club, I love Star Vs The Forces of Evil despite its flaws. Steven Universe holds a deep place in my heart and She-Ra is…She-Ra is in its very own league of how amazing it is.

So, no. Be it a very dumb show or a very smart one, I can have fun. It’s very rare when a show with, you know, glitter, girly stuff and animals CAN’T hold my attention.

But, well, MLB failed at that.

It’s just, not a good show.

I mean, it could be. But the age demographic would need to drop several, several age groups just to be barely watchable – and even then, I seriously doubt that it would be good for young girls to watch it. The lessons it teaches are concerning, to say the least.

And at this point, you may be thinking,

"Why do you care so much about this show? It’s dumb and you’ve acknowledged it treats its demographic as toddlers. Why do you care so much?"

Well, because I've been here... for a very, very long time.

Listen, I started watching Miraculous Ladybug, back when I was in high school. Maybe a bit old, but, hey, a lot of unique cartoons came out around that time. (Star Vs, Steven Universe, etc). So, I was hopeful. Really hopeful.

Mainly, because I was here before it EVEN premiered. I remember it. The original PV was 2D animated and it had this vague Princess Tutu vibes that JUST I couldn’t resist. It was clear as day that it borrowed a lot of its inspiration from magical girls from the 90's, probably even 80's.

The premise looked similar enough to Kaito Jeanne, and Kaito St. Tail for me to draw those conclusions.

It had a dynamic very similar to Princess Tutu and seemed like a mix of silly and dark like that one was.

To be honest, I could even see hints of Sugar Sugar Rune with Pierre and Felix.

Not to mention, the animation was beautiful.

I will never, never forget that scene with Chat looking at Ladybug starry-eyed under the Paris Moonlight. That was so beautiful, a genuine touch of romance that rang so similar to the Magical Girl animes I grew up with.

I was thrilled, I was excited. I wanted this show to succeed, before even the premier had dropped.

This is all to say -

I never came to this show with the intention for it to fail.

And I didn’t expect nor want it to be ground-breaking or a giant of the genre. I just hoped I could have a fun time.

I didn't want subversions, I didn't want it to be dark, or deep. All I wanted, was sparkles, fun and a good time.

So, when it first aired, I tried to stay positive. I tried to like it, even when it had all these massive red flags.

I’ve never been a big fan of 3D animation, and especially not how it’s used in Magical Girl animes. (We all know the disaster the first season of Sailor Moon Crystal was).

But I swallowed it down.

The characters were different from the original PV

But I swallowed it down.

The background scenery was bland and generic and hardly felt unique.

But I swallowed it down.

I was here since day 1. I was here when Stormy Weather premiered. I was here before many of you were, and

I swallowed it all down.

Because I really, really wanted this to be good.

And I really thought it would.

But things should have been made clear, when they fucked up the one thing they shouldn't. The one thing that held this all together. The one thing that kept me here even as everything was burning to the ground, and I was too naive to realize it.

They fucked up the thing that started all this, to begin with.

MasterList >> NEXT

[dewffin]

Oh boy, it's been so long since I made a dumb AU...

So mix Winx Club with the DSMP and you get this monstrosity.

And the worst thing is that I put a lot of thought into this!

Basically this au is just taking the magic system from Winx Club and throwing it into the DSMP and wish it works.

It didn't work... well it mostly worked until I got to Believix and was like how do I make this achievable?

Soooo, I'll start with the transformations

Basic transformation (Magic Winx) (I refuse to call this one Charmix, I grew up with them just saying Magic Winx)

Base transformation for all modern fairies. They get sparkly outfits and can do more powerful magic than when they aren't transformed. It's achieved when a fairy is on their teens, usually because their magic is getting stronger or because they believe in themselves.

Charmix (Here is when I start to change how to get shit in the universe)

I have two options for this one...

First the canon one, a fairy needs to overcome a great personal difficulty.

And then there is the one I completely made up: when two or more fairies have the same objective and a strong friendship, the magic link between them becomes stronger and gives them extra power for a while. It works as a more powerful convergence. (This will make sense later)

Enchantix

Achieved when a fairy sacrifices themselves or everything for their people. It can be making a sacrifice to save someone, or by doing something that in the long run hurts/kills them but helps keep their people safe.

Bloomix

It’s achieved when a higher power fairy, after losing their powers by any means, manages to connect with the root of their powers and  regain their magic and ability to transform. 

Sirenix

The transformation needed to become a nymph. This transformation gives the fairy the ability to enter the Infinite Ocean. However, that’s not the most important part of Sirenix. On the outside this is a transformation about the ocean, but inside the Infinite Ocean one can find the Code Stream, and that is what makes a fairy a nymph. The Code Stream gives the fairy a connection with magic similar to the connection Ancient Fairies have with their patrons.

Sirenix was cursed a long time ago, so all the modern fairies that used this transformation just dissappeared.

Now, all this transformations are for what is called a modern fairy. They are the fairies that were born after the Era of the Gods, when magic was still something new and it filled every single being.

Ancient Fairies

The fairies from the Era of the Gods are the Ancient Fairies, and there are only a few still in the mortal realm.

The Ancient Fairies are the first fairies, whose powers come from the gods. They are mostly immortal (depending on the individual) and really powerful. 

Their fairy forms are more detailed and have big wings. Some of them spend their whole time transformed, but others don't do it at all. All the Ancient Fairies are different, as they differ according to when they were born (how much magic was in the world).

They usually don't evolve, or just evolve into higher fairy forms. They have fairy dust from the get go, their wings are bigger since the beginning and sometimes grow as they get older. 

Sometimes they also have a soul form, in which it is seen that they have adapted to their patrons, and one day can leave the mortal realm to be with them in the Golden Kingdom.

The Ancient Fairies can gift the Gifts of Destiny.

GIFTS OF DESTINY

Transformations given by the Ancient Fairies in the name of the Goddess of Death. Each of the gifts represents different stages of a being. 

Sophix

Gift of the mind. It represents birth and growing, blooming into life. It grants the wisdom needed to grow and understand the world, specially the nature of it.

Lovix

Gift of the heart. It represents getting old, and grants the ability to understand the hearts of others, of love, something that sometimes is lost as we face the challenges of life.  It will keep you warm even in the coldest winter.

The Dark Gift

This gift represents the connection with death. This gift is not meant to be used, as it goes against the nature of the world. It is meant to be tempting, and by that temptation teach about the love that the Goddess has for the world. 

This gift was meant to only be used once, but it was corrupted. Once it had the form of a glass orb, fragile. However now it has the form of a book, and its power is now mixed with dark arts and other gods’ powers.

NYMPHS

Another kind of powerful fairy are the Nymphs.They are powerful fairies that have achieved Sirenix. They are modern fairies that are closer to the magic that makes up the world, and have a connection similar to that of the Ancient Fairies and their patrons. However, they are closer to mortals and other fairies than the ancients, as they are more connected to the Gods, and some of them no longer have a physical form.

So that's mostly what I've got about the world for now, so let's get to the characters.

Tommy - Fairy of Sound

Ok, I spent a lot of time thinking what powers to give him. i think I got too used to the superheroes AUs that my first thought was something with healing. But I wanted him to be able to blast shit, and I got the mental image of Tommy just straight up screaming and sending like a sonic wave. So Tommy is the Fairy of Sound. No, not music, sound. The louder he is, the more powerful his spells are. His domain is the sound of chaos, loud sounds, but also the sound of unity, of people talking, of laughter.

Also, I thought it would be cool to have him like the chaotic kind of sound while WIlbur is music, order in the sound.

So let's get through the timeline and the transformations:

MAGIC WINX

Tommy joined the SMP with the basic fairy transformation. In the first days he used two sticks as magic channelers, until he found the discs and formed a connection with them like a wizard with their staff (even though the discs don't work like that at all)

CHARMIX

Now we are in the Disc War. And because Dream was then a Enchantix fairy it became a nearly impossible task to regain his discs. That, until because of their great friendship and having the same objective Tommy and Tubbo achieved Charmix, and managed to get the discs back. After that everytime they fight side by side they can use their charmix. (I told you it would make sense)

And if we go with canon Charmix, the whole retrieval of the discs would happen as in canon, and Tommy would have gotten Charmix when he was building Church Prime. Idk, something about working with your enemy. This came out because of all the references of Prime I put on the outfit

ENCHANTIX

After losing two canon lifes and the sacrifice of the discs for L’manberg independence Tommy got his Enchantix, and used his new fairy dust to reverse the damage that L’manberg suffered. However, he was not able to fix anything after the Manberg vs Pogtopia war, as the magical wound that Wilbur inflicted in the land was too deep.

Already when on probation his powers began to get weaker, and on exile he first lost the ability to transform and lastly of using magic all together.

BLOOMIX

 In the final Disc Confrontation, after everyone arrives and Tommy takes the Axe of Peace, he realizes that Dream no longer has power over him, and that he still has his magic. He transforms into his Bloomix form, and in my head this is a better way to get Bloomix than in canon with the backflips.

Now, I haven't finished my thoughts on the other guys, so here is what I've got:

Tubbo - Fairy of Technology (or something like that)

I wanted to put something that referenced the nukes and Fairy of Nukes was too weird. Also it's a tiny reference to q!Tubbo factories and his whole thing with the Create mod. And another option was something like Fairy of Explossions (yep, I have read too many superheroes au fanfics) but it was weird.

It's because of this guy that I put the whole "...or by doing something that in the long run hurts/kills them but helps keep their people safe." in the Enchantix part. So maybe I make him the Fairy of Explossions in the end, I mean, imagine being the fairy of boom boom and getting your Enchantix because of boom boom.

Also, I will definitelly make his fairy form yellow and black. And I though of adding two hairclips in the Enchantix transformation that look like little horns.

Wilbur - Wizard (but mainly uses music magic)

He is more like an Ancient Fairy that was born through a process that required a lot of magic, but when he grew up the world didn't have enough magic to get him to have his wings. So everyone thinks he is a wizard (even himself). As he is not a wizard his magic was always kinda weak (because fairies need to transform to get to their full potential). So that another reason why he made Tommy lead the army in the war.

Limbo is a place full of magic, and after spending 13 years there he got the magic necessary for his wings to grow. But because of the nature of limbo he was unable to see that.

So when he was revived and got his wings of course he thought that they were given to him by Dream, so that adds a lot more to his initial hero-worshipping.

Philza - Ancient Fairy of Winter and the Antarctic Winds

Again, it was difficult to think what he was the fairy of. Birds, Death, Wind...

I choose winter not only because Antarctic Empire, but because of the relationship between winter and Death. Winter is when nature dies. And the Antarctic Winds is not just to add wind, and with that birds, into the mix, but because of the Katabatic wind. This wind is usually calm, but can reach hurricane speeds, and goes downhill, so the Wikipedia graph kinda reminded me of Philza when he attacks someone from the air.

Also, the whole winter theme helps with the fridge situatuion.

Sooo... Wilbur's mother is not a fridge. Well, one of his moms isn't.

Basically when a couple loves each other very much the dad gets a lot of ice and the mom sings the song of death (and for there to be death there has to be life) to the ice and it becomes a baby! But because the baby needs to become a human being and have skin they have to leave the baby inside a fridge until it no longer is ice.

Phil's usually in his fairy form (like the Earth fairies) and because he is old as fuck (maybe even the first fairy) his wings are super big.

However, when Wilbur died he left a great magical wound in the world, and an even greater wound in his father, that got detransformed for the first time in millennia, and finally got his wings back for Doomsday.

Technoblade - Ancient Fairy of Justice

Is this because of the "Those who treat me with kindness..." speech? Yep.

Ok, I wanted him to have a Nebula (Major Fairy of Peace turned Major Fairy of War) moment. Like, in the beginning this justice was more in the make everything fair and neutral, but because of his connection to the Blood God his domain became bringing justice by spilling the blood of those who destroyed the balance.

So his whole retiring thing would be an attempt to return to his roots.

As he is so OP he doesn't need to transform. This makes people think that he is a wizard, and those that know he is a fairy may think that he is corrupted in some way.

In Doomsday, while saying that Techno is a traitor, Tommy implies that he is either too weak or corrupted by dark magic to transform. Let's say that Tommy was really, REALLY wrong...

Now we get with the ones that I have almost nothing written about:

Eret - Fairy of ---, Nymph of Sirenix

The only think I know is that it would be really cool if the reason Eret doesn't remember their past was because of the Sirenix curse.

Eret was the first fairy to achieve Sirenix, and as such became the main Nymph of Sirenix. However, as they began as a normal fairy the curse erased their memories.

Foolish - Ancient Fairy of the Oceans

Instead of using his Ancient Fairy form (as it is enormous), Foolish usually uses Sirenix, as it deepens even more his connection with the ocean.

He was the one who gave the Dark Gift to the fairies centuries ago.

Quackity - Fairy of Luck/Wizard of Misfortune

The only thing I have is that when Techno totally destroys him, with his whole Justice Fairy thing and because recently Quackity hasn't been doing good fairy stuff, he breaks his wings and his magic core get so damaged that when it heals it is as a wizard core.

Fundy - Fairy of Animals

Because furry.

Dream - Fairy of ---

Idk, I just think if the Winx Club has a transformation named Dreamix I have to use it. Also great time to add the dark fairy lore.

Well, I hope one day I'll draw all these guys and finish the au :D

[bloom-agreste-cheng]

Least fave Winx Transformation

Please vote for your least favorite Winx transformation and if you wish, reblog and say why. I’m including WOW and season 8. I need to know because I have met people who hate Sirenix as much as I do and yet the official people in charge of Winx club say it’s one the most popular (IE marketable) transformations. So I’m confused and would like a census. So HWG.

Sorry I could separate Dreamix and Onyrix. Tumblr wouldn’t let me make more than 12 poll options at the time I make this.

Please reblog for a bigger result pool.

[fiddler-on-the-starship]

What I find interesting about the response to the Barbie trailers is usually when there’s going to be a live-action adaptation of some beloved childhood thing, people tend to react with wariness at best and hostility at worst, but this time around I’m mostly just seeing excitement (on tumblr anyway). People are really, really looking forward to this movie.

I’m sure the excitement is in large part due to the light-hearted, campy tone and bright colours on display in the trailers. A lot of us are tired of dour, desaturated takes on things that are known and loved for being colourful and cartoony, so yeah, it’s a relief to see indications that Barbie 2023 isn’t going to repeat the disastrous mistakes of the live-action Winx Club series or that leaked Powerpuff Girls script that thankfully was not made into an actual show.

But I think there’s a little more to it than that.

I think it’s also because there’s a strong sense that this movie understands it is based on a toy and is not only unashamed of that fact, but eager to take full advantage of the... toyness, for lack of a better word. Everything we see of Barbie Land and the Barbies and Kens who live there screams “this is a Toy World where Toys live; this world and its inhabitants operate based on Toy Logic, not Real World Logic” - and I mean literally everything; the brightly coloured plastic aesthetic of Barbie Land, the unquestioned co-existence of many different variations of Barbie and Ken, the way Barbie stands on tiptoes when she takes her shoes off, the ridiculous “beach you off” exchange between the Kens that sounds like a little kid play-acting what they think conflict between grown-ups is like - it’s all telling us this movie is going to revel in being a story about toys (and it’s likely the plot will involve some sort of clash between Barbie Land’s Toy Logic and the real world’s Real World Logic, which is a very interesting concept).

This kind of unapologetic revelling-in-toyness is something that I’d like to see more of in live-action things based on toys. If you ask me, Toy Logic is why the 80s G.I. Joe and Transformers cartoons hold up so much better than most of those franchises’ live-action movies; those shows aren’t literally about toys in the way that Barbie 2023 is literally about toys, but they do run on the logic of a kid playing with action figures, and that’s something that I think is integral to their appeal.

[beheworthy]

Thank you for the tag @haeva 🥺

Last song: If I ever by Conor Maynard

Currently watching: last thing I watched was S1 of Emily in Paris and I'm currently reading 'the secret'.

3 ships: I got 2

Like I've said, Tyler x Nik is just my personal interpretation because I mean they're taking bullets for each other???? But I'd be okay if canon doesn't go there. But if Thor doesn't get to have babies with Jane, it's on sight for Marvel.

Favourite colour: black and red

Currently consuming: nothing atm

First ship: I shipped Alexis and Starscream from Transformers Armada back in the day because I thought that was what the show was going for. And I was like 'wow interspecies romance' (foundation for ThorJane lol). and Musa x Riven from Winx Club (don't look at me!)

Relationship status: don't want any more trauma.

Last movie: May December 3 months ago

Currently working on: You'd think after writing a 10k word essay on how my man is wronged by Marvel, I'd calm down. But uhhh I have ideas that haunt me for 7 more essays: 1. In defense of Thor's characterization in Thor2 2. How to make the audience sympathize with a character: Wanda vs Thor 3. Why Thor4's ending with the child sucks 4. Thor3 didn't manage the tone well either 5. Korg - the worst supporting character 6. The tragedy of being a Thor fan (fandom experience) 7. The brutality toward Thor (by his storytellers)

And some fanfics: 1. missing scene after Thor4 ship kiss where they actually do it because f you marvel they deserved moments of love w each other and not die celibate like you. 2. post Thor4 dream sequence where he begs her to come back to him. 3. their experiences after separating (him finding out she got wiped out by thanos, knowing she was brought back to life, and a scene w mantis right before Thor4 parallel w Jane finding out she has c*ncer). 4. tyler ovi reunion fic where tyler runs into ovi unexpectedly and they get to be father-son for a night.

No pressure tags: @notallthosewho-wanderarelost @fostertheory @m1ghtythor @karioke13 @uniiiquehecrt @coolnerdyrn

[winxbutbetterimo-ovo]

rating winx club seasons

coz im bored. worst to best

Season 7 - too much filler. its so childish. goddamed swan. really hurts to watch all the way through. also i dont like that their voice actors dont really match (no hate to them) also techa sounds so bored when she says techna, fairy of technology.

season 8 - i hate the artstyle. also too much padded stuff like the unpacking of the band equipment, the cosmix transformation, the spEcialiSts sequence. at least icy got a backstory finally, 7 seasons too late.

season 6 - i love how bloomix looks. transformations take too long. wand useage is meh. mythix bleh except techna's wings are gorgeous. i do like selina as a charachter but the trix in this season are meh. last 5 episodes are hard to get through.

season 5 - hooray anti pollution message. hootay trix are here! harmonix is gorgeous. musa's mom and nabu shd have come back. i know musa's decision is good and mature and all but honestly i hate that they teased it and just didnt do it. even daphne got to come back "to life"

season 4 - roxy slay. first half is a little slow and boring, but second half is buckwild i love it. the extra wings for believix is eh. also ogron wasting the black gift honestly, i like it. let aisha be angry. but they didnt let her kill him which is sad to me. shd have shoved the lily into his face as he died.

season 1 - establishes charchters, good character driven plot. how tf did bloom get into alfea without money or a spot there? faragonda i know you are the headmistress but she is a stranger who showed up out of nowhere. you should be more suspicious. aisha isnt here :(

season 2 - AISHAAA I LOVE YOU SO MUCH that is all

season 3 - enchantix. best stakes. valtor scary. yeet

[dragonfly0808]

can you rank the winx club transformations from best to worst?

Only counting till Bloomix

Design wise:

Bloomix

Harmonix

Enchantix/Believix

Sirenix

Charmix

Story/ narrative/concept wise

Enchantix

Sirenix

Charmix

Believix

Harmonix

Bloomix

[regalfairytaleacademy]

Name: Alcina Oceane

Japanese: アルチーナ・オセアネ (Aruchīna oseane)

Quote: "Strengthen your powers and prepare for your final battle."

Age: 19 y.o

Birthday: September 14th

Star Sign: Virgo

Height: 179 cm

Hair Color: Chocolate Brown

Eyes Color: Aqua Green

Race: Hybrid human and mermaid

Species: Hybrid mermaid

Homeland: Serpentine Ocean

Family:

Rex Kingsley Oceane (Father)

Diona Maella Mermaid-Oceane (Mother)

Calian, Dolan and Jay Oceane (Older brothers)

Twyla Oceane (Older sister)

Malik Triton (Uncle)

Azura Mermaid (Aunt)

Dylan & Calypso Triton, Delphine Mermaid (Cousin)

Nicknames / Aliases:

Al, silly sis, a fool (all by her brothers)

Sweetheart, darling (all by her mother & aunt)

Ally, Nana (all by her dormmates)

Princesse corail (by Rook Hunt & Rozebelle Adoria)

Others:

Lady Alcina (by servants)

Dancing princess (by the citizens of Serpentine Ocean)

School Facts and Fun Facts

Dorm: Aquadormancy

School Year: 3rd / Junior

Class: 3-A | Student no. 5

Occupations:

Princess of the Serpentine Ocean

Student

Dorm leader / Housewarden

Captain of Magic Light Club

Swimming coach

Sports athlete

Dancer

Best Subject: Mathematics | Physical Education

Worst Subject: Animal Languages

Club: Magic Light Club

Dominant Hand: Both

Favourite Colors: Turquoise, Cyan and Dark Pink

Favourite Food: Curry | Grilled meat

Least Favourite: Pickled radish

Likes: Her family, rightful judgements, sports, oceans, dolphins, training, dancing, adventure movies, getting early, hip hop, making artificial shells, making money, help people, loyal friends, freedoms, peace, quietness, outdoor, loyal friends, stick her orders, night cats

Dislikes: Isolation, old tradition, technology, horror, pranks, being late, slow movements, evils, dark magic, manipulated, sexual harassments, pollution, thieves, being nagged, her father's overprotective, contracted marriages, clumsiness, disloyal people, arrogant people, stalkers (like Erika and Rook), Isabella (for some reasons)

Hobbies: Dancing, swimming and sports

Talents: Multilingual, mermaid / fairy transformation, dancing, super speed, knowing the price of equipments, calculating

Idol Stat

Performance: Alcina's voice is strong and loud, but it caused her stomach hurtfully terrible after taking a high note. So she is the person less perform with singing.

Choreography: As a talented dancer, Alcina quickly memorized all the steps of each dance when the rhythm of the music sounded, and everything was perfectly combined with the rhythm.

Shimmery Wings outfits: Cultural • Peppy

Idol Brand

Morphix Pearl

The brand was loosely based on the Fairy Guardian of Waves with her second power, Morphix. All outfits are designed in a cool punk style, some in classic, arabian night or peppy styles. Accessory details feature seashells, pearls, and artificial coral. Those attached on gold. This is Alcina's own brand that make her become a center of attention with wear shiny gold.

Shimmery Wings: Cool • Cultural • Peppy

Character Inspired

Alcina was inspired by

Aisha (Winx Club series)

Jasmine (Disney)

Mammon (Obey Me!)

Ariel (Disney)

[charmixpower]

You both misunderstand me

I call Bloom's outfit horrible because it's ugly

I call Musa's outfit horrible because it's completely out of character

These are two very different sins, and one matters way more to me

Bloom's outfit hurts my eyes, but it at least looks like a progression from her season 3 look. A bad and ugly progression, but I can tolerate this

Musa's s4 outfit ripped what was left of Musa's gender nonconformity and tomboy style out of her hands and then kicked her real personality into a ditch as she was replaced with Bloom lite after raiding Stella's middle school closet

If Musa dresses like in s1-3 It would have been revealed 2 seconds afterward that she was forced into the outfit, but these are her normal clothes in s4

I'm not even saying the outfit isn't cute, on any other character that would literally be my favorite outfit it looks so cute to me, it's just not something that s1-3 Musa would ever wear

Musa's fashion was always super casual compare to her friends! Her outfit for the formal dance in season 1 was a modified kimono with pants!! Might I even mention that her pant legs were so long that they could have hidden sneakers under them? Because she was definitely wearing sneakers under that outfit. Her back-to-school outfit has jeans when everyone else was dressed up. When she went to the dance with Aisha, she where's an outfit that requires tights or leggings under it. Her concert outfit was a jersey, cargo vest, baggy jeans, and a beanie!!!

For fun, let's take a look at all the times she doesn't wear anything on her legs in s1-3. S1, dance casual, her skirt looks like it was made to exercise and run in. Flirting with Riven. S2, cute red Cheongsam with fucking knee-high boots. It was the first big party since they started dating, she wore that outfit to get Riven's attention. S3, Eraklyon Formals. She is in high society for the first time in her life, I don't think she could get away with pants here. The only reason other outfit without pants is something that Stella got her designers to make with no input from the girls themselves, so why even mention it.

THEN YOU GET TO S4 AND SUDDENLY MUSA IS WEARING: A MAGENTA POKA DOT BLOUSE, A PLEATED SKIRT WITH NO LEGGINGS OR TIGHTS UNDER IT, AND FUCKING POKA DOT PINK HEELS?!

Is this a joke?? Is someone laughing at me??? Am I going insane over a cartoon for children?? Yes to all of the above.

FIVE of Musa's s4 outfits are heels, four of which are pump heels. Do you know how many times Musa wears straight-up heels in s1-3? Twice. Neither we're pumps, and both she wore for partying.

If demonia boot's we're popular when Winx was coming out in s1-3 Musa would of worn them. S4 Musa would literally never wear platforms. She dresses like a completely different character!!

Musa's original style was somewhere between e-girl and grunge, at most Musa's s4 style can be described as alt prep. And it's more prep than alt most of the time!!!! Musa was the alternative girl of the Winx!! And they made her dress like everyone but her!! Electric chair!!!

Musa's season 4 outfit is an abomination on God and I want a handwritten formal apology from whoever decided to steal what was left of my girl's personality and turn her into THIS.

[thesoundofmadness]

you’re fighting someone and then all of a sudden they start singing the butterflix theme song wyd

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

Okay, you seem to be getting a lot of asks about Winx Club and you don't seem to understand the full picture, so let me break down all the issues the fandom's had with the franchise since the Nickelodeon deal:

1) The most obvious one: the storylines became childish. The first four seasons were targeted to all ages, and had themes that appealed to all: one second there'd be slapstick with bunnies and pixies, next there'd be discussions about genocide. However, with seasons 5-8, fans do think they had potential to be amazing, but the writing quality had significantly declined, with lackluster plots and plot holes aplenty. Season 8 was the worst offender of this though, since the series was entirely retooled for a preschool demographic. Many fans consider season 5 to be the show's last good season, but the upcoming ninth season is apparently going back to the show's original age demographic, but some fans don't have their hopes up.

2) The show's main character, Bloom, had essentially become a Mary Sue. Her main story arc in the series was that she was trying to find the source of her powers, her birth parents and basically who she truly is. This occurred throughout the first three seasons and concluded in two feature length films. But ever since season 4, the writing's desperately been trying to keep her as the center of attention, and big moments that should have been for other Winx members were given to Bloom instead. Let me run this down: Bloom is the lost princess of a powerful and (formerly) lost kingdom, she is the most powerful fairy in the universe, she has TWO SETS of parents (biological and adoptive), her sister's been brought back from the dead, her boyfriend ditched his fiance to be with her instead, and even though the main antagonist of season 5 was very personal to another Winx member, Aisha, BLOOM was the one who ultimately defeated him in the end JUST BECAUSE, and in season 6, a new transformation was literally named after her and essentially a lot of central conflicts always led back to her. Not Mary Sue at all, no?

3) Fans were mixed about the new Hollywood voice cast for Nick's English dub and the CGI animated segments. The voice cast had its ups and downs, and the CGI looked really uncanny. Thankfully, these all stopped after season 6, but the show is going to be animated entirely in CGI for season 9, so... oh boy

4) Fans noticed that Rainbow, the show's production company, had started copying sequences and designs from obscure media, particularly anime and K-pop. They don't really know where these instances draw the line between referencing to straight-up plagiarism, but some seem just too obvious. The worst offender has to be recently; when Rainbow had launched the official Winx merch shop, there was art work traced from Blackpink fan art and Lucas Werneck's Sailor Moon fan art-

5) The biggest issue: THE WHITEWASHING. Since season 5, Rainbow's been using this art style called "Fairy Couture" for promotional material. But since this art style uses water colors, the two darkest skinned members of the Winx, Flora and Aisha, both of whom are POC, appeared... lighter. Even worse, this art style was used for the spin-off series World of Winx, where their skins still appeared lighter (the new art style in season 8 also used the same lightened skin tones). The black Aisha had lighter skin and straighter, reddish hair, and the Latina Flora almost looked completely white. Musa was also a victim of this whitewashing too as her East Asian features were gone - now she has the exact same eyes as every one else. Unlike the Couture art style however, their skins were DIGITALLY colored, not water colored, and there are background characters in WoW that have Aisha and Flora's original skin colors, so there's no excuse; it's just blatant racism.

I think there are a few other issues, specifically in the "dark and edgy" live-action remake Fate, but that's a whole other story. I hope I've shared the main issues and enlightened you on some things to show why some believe Miraculous is going down a similar path as Winx!

Yikes, that’s a lot of problems. I honestly the only problem people really had was the gritty Netflix reboot. Thank you for explaining all of this to me.

[bloomvalyria]

Worst transformation in the entire winx club's history?. Mine is butterflix.

I don’t mind Butterflix. It’s certainly not my favorite. But I don’t hate it nearly as much as I detest Mythix.