Bear with me as I try to explain why Diaspro of all characters is the one that really shows how bad the reboot is.
In the Winx reboot, Diaspro looks like a caricature of a mean girl: someone who thinks they're hot shit when they actually look like hot shit. The hair is the biggest tell (even though from the stills I've seen there are more hair sins in this *side eyes Daphne*), but we also have the overly plump lips and super thin eyes - no other girl in the series looks like this. It's visual symbolism for a young audience - Diaspro doesn't look very nice, therefore you should infer she isn't very nice. And making her look like a plastic doll with sky-high hair and frills means she's not threatening.
Therein lies the problem. Diaspro should be threatening. That is her entire point. She's Bloom's character foil. She's grown up in royalty, trained her whole life to be queen, has been put into an arranged marriage with a prince from a powerful planet for her effort. And yes, she's standoffish and rude, but she's also beautiful. Bloom sees her as a threat to her and Sky's relationship, and she kind of should! Everyone in the royal world - a world Bloom is very much outside of - is telling her that is the kind of person a prince should be with.
But Sky doesn't want to be with Diaspro. He wants to be with Bloom. Diaspro has the royal bloodline (that's alive) and the money and the looks but that doesn't matter to Sky. Bloom is unapologetically herself, dressing in Earth clothes and being nice to everyone she meets. Her personality is what draws Sky in, and that is the one place where Bloom outshines Diaspro without question. This shows the audience that yes, there will be people with more money and better looks, but if you're kind and true to yourself, you will find love.
That kind of message is impossible to convey when you make you main character's foil look like AI Botox Barbie. I genuinely don't understand it. How did you fumble the bag this hard?
