Winx Club: Tecna redesign
I didn’t like the Winx club reboot so here’s how I would do it, PT. 2
Throughout the series we mostly only get glimpses and small arcs of her character, and my goal in these redesigns is to flesh out and give more depth to all of our favorite fairies, witches, and warriors while still mostly keeping with the original show lore we all know and grew up with. Basically, creating a story that has now grown up with its audience! So let’s look into Tecna’s character!
Tecna, fairy of technology. (She/they)
Storyline, Character development, and S/O
I think our girl would be Demisexual and demiromantic, after all, “it’s not logical to fall in love with someone you don’t know well!” And maybe even use She/They pronouns.
There’s different resources that tend to change on whether or not Tecna is actually a royal/princess (Including an episode where they claim to be but it’s never mentioned again) so for this plot line I’m going to say that they aren’t a princess but rather are distantly related to royal family— enough to get invited to some events but not near enough to take over the throne without a SLEW of tragedies. They also have a little brother! (Mentioned ONCE in a coloring book apparently but never again. The girls need more siblings!)
For her arc, in series I feel like we only get bits and breadcrumbs for her here and there, SO I’m thinking… We see at the beginning of the series how much she relies on logic, data, statistics, they’re the most important things to her! Enough that she actually struggles with understanding and processing her own emotions (dare I say, autism coded) and also trying to understand the emotions of others. Being in the Winx slowly teaches and gives them that outlet to slowly learn how to understand people on an emotional level (to an extent, part of them always struggles) but also gives her a group of friends who understand her and work well with how she is. Helping them to process emotions they might not fully comprehend. They show their appreciation to their friends in ways of listening to want they want and maybe what they complain about, offering logical solutions or little practical gifts to show that she cares.
Also where I think a friends to lovers arc with Timmy is important! (I’m debating on making Timmy either Masc nonbinary or Transmasc!) Timmy also is a logical and nerdy guy, I think giving their friendship more time to develop would help us to actually be more attached to them as a couple and as characters. They first become friends because they are fellow nerds that love technology, video games, inventing, mechanics, anything with a complex engine! To the point that if things like the hovercraft or hoverbikes in Red Fountain need fixing beyond a simple tune-up, they get brought to Timmy and Tecna! It’s like a fun puzzle for them! Then as their friendship develops, Tecna starts becoming more vulnerable with Timmy, going to him with scenarios, emotions, and problems she’s having trouble wrapping her head around. She starts spending more and more time with him and even regularly plans out gaming times with him.
All of which would hurt more in her arch of having to give up the emotions they’ve developed and worked through in order to get the “water stars” to defeat Valtor in season 3 (I’m of the opinion we should give maybe 2 or 3 of the fairies and their S/Os the spotlight each season to have a chance at an over arching plot and some major character development. As well as smaller arcs for the rest of the group that might not get as much spotlight. Even though Bloom is kinda technically the main “protagonist”)
Season 1: Bloom and Stella with their S/Os
S2: Aisha/Layla (with the iconic Dark Bloom, I CANNOT take that away but maybe it can be more of a convenient side plot)
I’m still workshopping some of that on plot, I want each fairy to get the spotlight eventually, especially because the series tends to be very Bloom and Stella heavy.
Appearance, style, and magic
She has a shaved side that I think Musa or Stella would eventually persuade her to shave some extra designs into around her hearing aids that she ends up loving
At the start of the story I wanted to keep some of the whimsical fairy brightness that is iconic to the Winx club but still have elements of a cyberpunk aesthetic and maybe she starts to lean more heavily into cyberpunk or even cyber goth when she gets her Enchantix and Believix. For their Charmix upgrade I thought a couple iron-man esc pieces would be cool, where they get a sort of hologram mask that gives them active feedback while the armor pieces give them a boost. Maybe even amplifying her hearing aids where she can hear just as well or better than Musa’s sharp ears. Even able to pick up heartbeats and movement from distances
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