Ren

Just winx shit posting. Specialist friendly. Send ask, pm, rant, all good.

[the-quasar-hero]

>Predominately Black led piece of media becomes popular.

>Among the characters there are one or two White characters with minor and/or distinctly antagonistic roles.

>White tumblr users focus entirely on said White characters.

>Tag of Black led piece of media is filled with posts about White character(s)

>Rinse. Repeat.

[the-stormwagon]

I think the most charitable interpretation of this is that people connect to characters that are like them, and that the experiences of Blackness is so alien to them that the White characters are the only ones that White people connect with. Combine that with the fact that Tumblr is so White as a platform, and you get this issue.

It’s still bad and racist, but it is understandable. People should still do better though. (I’m not trying to justify, I’m trying to come up with an explanation)

[the-quasar-hero]

Please don’t make me say it.

[tartrazeen]

We don't need you coming up with an charitable interpretation.

[buckys-robot-arm]

Prev tags too good to leave in the tags

[erraticsurvivorbasilisk]

Or maybe the reason people like the queer character over the two related het characters is because of the queerness.

If Smoke and Stack weren't related and Mary and Annie were in a relationship then things would be so much different.

But there are so little black queer fantasy movies or shows that no one blinks an eye.

Where are the black gay vampire hunters? The enemies to lover black lesbian werewolf story?

Sinners 's problem isn't a racism one. It is a queer one.

[creatingblackcharacters]

This is such a bad addition. You don't get to call a movie bad, "having a problem", or "generic het slop" because it wasn't about what you wanted it to be about. That's not how creation works. "Generic het slop" please go be racist on someone else's posts 😭 And Remmick isn't queer. He's just a white man doing what white men- especially straight white men- have historically done.

[redfountainpostin]

I'm sorry how on Earth did we go from "amazing black led cinema is being predominantly appraised in Fandom (and broader) for its minor white characters" to "omg yes, this black led cinema sucks!"

???? That is not the helping you think it is..?? If they even think they're helping.

And I'm sorry but going "owo, where is the black version of this oversimplified booktok trope I love!" doesn't make you an activist. You dont WANT black enemies to lovers lesbians. If you got them, you'd move the finish line and hate the movie with the black enemies to lovers lesbians. What you're doing is hating on black led cinema and acting like it's not racism because you'd LOVE this other, imaginary, black cinema.

"Where's the-" the movie was a full seven course meal, dessert included.

[daenerys-stormborn]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Season 3 Episode 5 — "Unbowed and Unbent"

[redfountainpostin]

Me, screaming at the screen: SHE HATED BOTH OF YOUS

[evdizav]

For Winx Club to become interesting again, Bloom needs to disappear for a while. The story and characters shouldn't revolve around her anymore. Bloom shouldn't appear.

[thewillowofveles]

It's almost as if the show was named Winx Club not Bloom's club.

Also it's a universe. A giant universe full of amazing characters, realms, stories that don't involve Bloom.

They deserve to be shown, we deserve to learn more about this amazing magical world.

[redfountainpostin]

It would not work I am afraid. Bloom as a character is not the problem, the problem is writers who cannot write her interacting with others. And if we remove her, what hope is there for writers to SUDDENLY gain the ability to their jobs and y'know, write? Bloom needs to be written well and in tandem with other well written characters. Removing Bloom would damage the club the same way losing Tecna or any other winx would.

[thewillowofveles]

I don't mind Bloom as a character what I often don't understand is including her in every plot. Season 1 proved that Bloom can be a background character or a supporting character eg Flora's Swamp episode, Stella's date, Miss magix or share the spotlight like in cold spell or honor above all. In Season 2 the show must go on is entirely Musa's episode. Bloom literally appears for a single scene. I miss those episodes.

In reboot Bloom didn't have to follow Riven. Why it couldn't be Layla? Bloom didn't have to be given the task to find lost ring yet she took over that episode. She even transformed for the first time in it. I mostly mean letting other characters breathe.

We need Bloom in the show but we don't need 50% of dialogue lines be hers or about her.

If I hear one more time, it's for Bloom, we love you Bloom, what about Bloom, we must protect Bloom I will scream.

[redfountainpostin]

100% this. I cannot speak on the reboot because I only watched 2 episodes and I bailed, like I literally could not do it. Which episode was it her following Riven? But yes, exactly. She cannot be written off the show, losing a winx in any capacity would ruin the club (I am talking official show, fanworks are a different thing) but the writers started using her as a crutch when they decided writing a friendgroup is apparently hard so we must make it all about 1 character. Like, why was she the lead singer when they had a band? (another question is why they HAD a band, but that I cannot even talk about lol). However, even if she was written off it, the writers would just place the main character syndrome on someone else because she's just the outlet for their bad ideas, not the actual issue. As I said, it is physically impossible for Winx to become good at this point.

[evdizav]

For Winx Club to become interesting again, Bloom needs to disappear for a while. The story and characters shouldn't revolve around her anymore. Bloom shouldn't appear.

[thewillowofveles]

It's almost as if the show was named Winx Club not Bloom's club.

Also it's a universe. A giant universe full of amazing characters, realms, stories that don't involve Bloom.

They deserve to be shown, we deserve to learn more about this amazing magical world.

[redfountainpostin]

It would not work I am afraid. Bloom as a character is not the problem, the problem is writers who cannot write her interacting with others. And if we remove her, what hope is there for writers to SUDDENLY gain the ability to their jobs and y'know, write? Bloom needs to be written well and in tandem with other well written characters. Removing Bloom would damage the club the same way losing Tecna or any other winx would.

[evdizav]

The problem is the writers and Bloom. A Winx Club without Bloom would be interesting for once. Winx Club is more than Bloom; for once, she shouldn't be in it. And no, it wouldn't do any harm.

[redfountainpostin]

Problem is the writers because Bloom wouldn't be a problem without the characters. If they do away with Bloom they'll just raise up a different character to do everything you currently hate Bloom doing. The rest of the winx club will not suddenly develop into well rounded characters respected by the narrative just by deleting Bloom. "For once, she shouldn't be in it" then it is not Winx club anymore. If the other characters are just chill with their best friend disappearing to the point of not even mentioning her name, there is a fundamental misunderstanding on who those characters are.

[evdizav]

I'm proposing a Winx without Bloom, and it seems some of you are taking it as an insult.

Bloom disappearing? When did I ever suggest that? Bloom can have her life and the Winx can too, but the protagonists are others.

[redfountainpostin]

"No. The key here is NO BLOOM!!!!! Nothing about Bloom, or anything related to her and her family. I hope that's clear." "Bloom disappearing? When did I ever suggest that?" gurl.

[evdizav]

I'm not saying Bloom disappears from the story, but rather that she isn't mentioned at all, nor is anything related to her. I mean stories set in the Magic Dimension without Bloom being mentioned. At no point do I talk about her never having existed. She can and should exist, but without appearing in any story.

At what point does that suggest that Bloom should disappear as if she never existed? When I say "disappear," I mean that she shouldn't appear, not that she should cease to exist.

I think you misunderstood.

[redfountainpostin]

I did not misunderstand, when I say "delete" I mean exactly what you say because you said it. I am saying is, if there is ANY other winx left, OR specialist, or even Trix, and Bloom is not even mentioned for whatever happened to her, be it good, bad, or mysterious, it makes no sense. Hell, if you do a whole next gen/completely new characters (and by new I do not mean existing characters that did not get explored as much as we'd like) it STILL would make sense for her to at least get mentioned as one of the most important people in magical dimension. But since you by new also mean "the Trix, the teachers, the specialists, the secondary characters." then it doubly makes very, very little sense for her to not even be name dropped.

[evdizav]

For Winx Club to become interesting again, Bloom needs to disappear for a while. The story and characters shouldn't revolve around her anymore. Bloom shouldn't appear.

[thewillowofveles]

It's almost as if the show was named Winx Club not Bloom's club.

Also it's a universe. A giant universe full of amazing characters, realms, stories that don't involve Bloom.

They deserve to be shown, we deserve to learn more about this amazing magical world.

[redfountainpostin]

It would not work I am afraid. Bloom as a character is not the problem, the problem is writers who cannot write her interacting with others. And if we remove her, what hope is there for writers to SUDDENLY gain the ability to their jobs and y'know, write? Bloom needs to be written well and in tandem with other well written characters. Removing Bloom would damage the club the same way losing Tecna or any other winx would.

[evdizav]

The problem is the writers and Bloom. A Winx Club without Bloom would be interesting for once. Winx Club is more than Bloom; for once, she shouldn't be in it. And no, it wouldn't do any harm.

[redfountainpostin]

Problem is the writers because Bloom wouldn't be a problem without the characters. If they do away with Bloom they'll just raise up a different character to do everything you currently hate Bloom doing. The rest of the winx club will not suddenly develop into well rounded characters respected by the narrative just by deleting Bloom. "For once, she shouldn't be in it" then it is not Winx club anymore. If the other characters are just chill with their best friend disappearing to the point of not even mentioning her name, there is a fundamental misunderstanding on who those characters are.

[evdizav]

I'm proposing a Winx without Bloom, and it seems some of you are taking it as an insult.

Bloom disappearing? When did I ever suggest that? Bloom can have her life and the Winx can too, but the protagonists are others.

[redfountainpostin]

"No. The key here is NO BLOOM!!!!! Nothing about Bloom, or anything related to her and her family. I hope that's clear." "Bloom disappearing? When did I ever suggest that?" gurl.

[evdizav]

For Winx Club to become interesting again, Bloom needs to disappear for a while. The story and characters shouldn't revolve around her anymore. Bloom shouldn't appear.

[thewillowofveles]

It's almost as if the show was named Winx Club not Bloom's club.

Also it's a universe. A giant universe full of amazing characters, realms, stories that don't involve Bloom.

They deserve to be shown, we deserve to learn more about this amazing magical world.

[redfountainpostin]

It would not work I am afraid. Bloom as a character is not the problem, the problem is writers who cannot write her interacting with others. And if we remove her, what hope is there for writers to SUDDENLY gain the ability to their jobs and y'know, write? Bloom needs to be written well and in tandem with other well written characters. Removing Bloom would damage the club the same way losing Tecna or any other winx would.

[no-white-dress]

This post is, in fact, about how the og winx characters could all get a break in favor of new characters and stories, something which half the fandom routinely says already and a sixth of it already does in fics

[redfountainpostin]

It wasn't really about that, it was about Bloom disappearing, and another person added they'd love more lore and world building and new characters, it wasn't necessarily calling for next gen/new cast. Which is a fine preference new cast/era of shows like this can be very successful, but even then my point stands. A writing team that fucks up a show to the point that people call for the MAIN character to be deleted, and then others go "actually do away with ALL of them", is not going to be able to carry a new cast any better.

[evdizav]

The "new" cast already exists, and it's the Trix, the teachers, the specialists, the secondary characters. But for many in this fandom, you don't care about them; you only see them as a narrative device.

I don't want to see Bloom well written, I simply don't want to see it, and some of us in the fandom want that.

[redfountainpostin]

"you don't care about them; you only see them as a narrative device." I know you might have not meant 'you' as in me personally but the formulation is still funny considering my entire blog is built on building up specialists, adding to Trix AND I even have several posts on teachers/parents/Magix residents. It is totally fine to not want to see Bloom at all, I just disagree with the idea that the show would OBJECTIVELY become better without her. The show objectively won't become better even if it rains pigs tomorrow. The show is never getting better. It is known. If they hired me and you as chief writers and executive producers and we make the perfect product, a meteor would probably strike us down and the data storage before we submit it and Ignio Girrafi will scramble some bs last minute and release worst season known to man.

[evdizav]

For Winx Club to become interesting again, Bloom needs to disappear for a while. The story and characters shouldn't revolve around her anymore. Bloom shouldn't appear.

[thewillowofveles]

It's almost as if the show was named Winx Club not Bloom's club.

Also it's a universe. A giant universe full of amazing characters, realms, stories that don't involve Bloom.

They deserve to be shown, we deserve to learn more about this amazing magical world.

[redfountainpostin]

It would not work I am afraid. Bloom as a character is not the problem, the problem is writers who cannot write her interacting with others. And if we remove her, what hope is there for writers to SUDDENLY gain the ability to their jobs and y'know, write? Bloom needs to be written well and in tandem with other well written characters. Removing Bloom would damage the club the same way losing Tecna or any other winx would.

[evdizav]

The problem is the writers and Bloom. A Winx Club without Bloom would be interesting for once. Winx Club is more than Bloom; for once, she shouldn't be in it. And no, it wouldn't do any harm.

[redfountainpostin]

Problem is the writers because Bloom wouldn't be a problem without the characters. If they do away with Bloom they'll just raise up a different character to do everything you currently hate Bloom doing. The rest of the winx club will not suddenly develop into well rounded characters respected by the narrative just by deleting Bloom. "For once, she shouldn't be in it" then it is not Winx club anymore. If the other characters are just chill with their best friend disappearing to the point of not even mentioning her name, there is a fundamental misunderstanding on who those characters are.

[evdizav]

For Winx Club to become interesting again, Bloom needs to disappear for a while. The story and characters shouldn't revolve around her anymore. Bloom shouldn't appear.

[thewillowofveles]

It's almost as if the show was named Winx Club not Bloom's club.

Also it's a universe. A giant universe full of amazing characters, realms, stories that don't involve Bloom.

They deserve to be shown, we deserve to learn more about this amazing magical world.

[redfountainpostin]

It would not work I am afraid. Bloom as a character is not the problem, the problem is writers who cannot write her interacting with others. And if we remove her, what hope is there for writers to SUDDENLY gain the ability to their jobs and y'know, write? Bloom needs to be written well and in tandem with other well written characters. Removing Bloom would damage the club the same way losing Tecna or any other winx would.

[no-white-dress]

This post is, in fact, about how the og winx characters could all get a break in favor of new characters and stories, something which half the fandom routinely says already and a sixth of it already does in fics

[redfountainpostin]

It wasn't really about that, it was about Bloom disappearing, and another person added they'd love more lore and world building and new characters, it wasn't necessarily calling for next gen/new cast. Which is a fine preference new cast/era of shows like this can be very successful, but even then my point stands. A writing team that fucks up a show to the point that people call for the MAIN character to be deleted, and then others go "actually do away with ALL of them", is not going to be able to carry a new cast any better.

[evdizav]

For Winx Club to become interesting again, Bloom needs to disappear for a while. The story and characters shouldn't revolve around her anymore. Bloom shouldn't appear.

[thewillowofveles]

It's almost as if the show was named Winx Club not Bloom's club.

Also it's a universe. A giant universe full of amazing characters, realms, stories that don't involve Bloom.

They deserve to be shown, we deserve to learn more about this amazing magical world.

[redfountainpostin]

It would not work I am afraid. Bloom as a character is not the problem, the problem is writers who cannot write her interacting with others. And if we remove her, what hope is there for writers to SUDDENLY gain the ability to their jobs and y'know, write? Bloom needs to be written well and in tandem with other well written characters. Removing Bloom would damage the club the same way losing Tecna or any other winx would.

[redfountainpostin]

- rapist

- whiny

just say you hate women, save some breath.

wat

[keplercryptids]

I spent the afternoon arranging our books by size and color (and it’s so satisfying and looks amazing) and my partner came home and stared in shock at the bookcase and then said “i’m a librarian, you can’t do this.”

[keplercryptids]

him: you split up all the song of ice and fire books

me: yeah i know, they’re all primary colors, it’s perfect

him: [self-destructs]

[operativesurprise]

You’re a monster

[thetumblrofrassilon]

As a former bookstore employee, this hurts my soul. I mean, sure it looks nice, but how do you find anything?

[keplercryptids]

it has occurred me during this process that apparently not everyone thinks about books by what color they are? like, literally when i’m looking for a book, i picture it in my mind. i have a very…tactile experience with the books i read and idk! i thought everyone did that lol.

my partner was like “how will i find [this book] for instance” and i replied “easy, it’s purple” and he looked at me like i was a witch.

[holdmecloseandfast]

OP your brain is neat and I love you for it you funky little color-coded cupcake. But you’re still a monster.

[krsonmar]

This actually is interesting in terms of information-seeking behavior, which is a thing librarians think about a lot and often actually study (some library jobs require you to publish, and academic librarians, for instance, will often use the students at the college they work at to study how they search for information in order to figure out how to best provide them services).

When you go for an MLS (Master’s of Library Science, which is a thing, and which is usually required for “professional-level” library work [which is also a weird and contentious concept that I won’t go into here]), one of the things you study is the organization of information. This deals with how to determine what a book or other material is “about"—a concept we tongue-in-cheek call “aboutness"—and how to convey that to a potential user of the item and make it easy for them to find. Things like keywords and subject headings, do I put this book about how often wild birds attack aerial drones in with books about birds or with books about technology, if its a fictional novel do I put fantasy in it’s own section or mix it in with all of the other fiction, so on and so on.

OP is organizing books by how they would look for them. OP’s partner is thinking in terms of aboutness. This is a system that works for OP because it’s their personal library: they know basically what books they own and they only own books that are relevant to them, and if they know what the book looks like, that can be a quick way to find it.

In a library that assumes the public (or people who do not own that particular collection of books) are using the collection, that doesn’t work. Books are often re-issued in multiple covers, or re-bound in new covers when they get worn out, and if the user doesn’t know what the book looks like or is expecting a different cover, they’re lost. That’s why non-personal libraries used standardized cataloging systems like the Dewey Decimal System or Library of Congress System to organize a book by what it’s “about”, and then put books about the same or similar topics together, marked with labels and signage so a person unfamiliar with the book or collection can find their way to it.

Basically, OP’s system works for their own personal library, because it’s best suited to how the primary user—OP themselves—looks for books. OP’s librarian partner is coming from a background of thinking in terms of a public-facing collection, where aboutness is the key criteria and communicating it to a user unfamiliar with the collection is the priority.

And also, OP is a monster.

[therootbeersprite]

@official-library-posts

[official-library-posts]

official library post

[redfountainpostin]

I'm sorry guys but. "how do you find anything" IT'S HER BOOKS. SHE'LL FIND EM.

[naholuy]

A stupid joke that I spent 3 hours on.

I'm learning how to make comics very slowly, and today I've been working seriously with text balloons for the first time. And i've corrected the text twice because of mistakes.

And I do not know if there were differences in English and Russian translation in the first episode, when Mitzi showed off the scooter. I'm too lazy to check, I'm sorry. The Italian original is even more lazy to check.

And some shots of Bloom, because she's so damn funny.

Yes, it's a photo of a hand, because it's very funny.

[redfountainpostin]

My favorite part of it all is that instead of being envious of Bloom's magical life, Mitzy is not only still happy with hers but KNOWS BLOOM WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW THE SCOOTER COMMENT WILL SEND HER-

[redfountainpostin]

It wasn't the 38 arrest warrants that concerned her. It was the fact that there were zero calls from Riven. Darcy didn't fall in love with him for his loyalty. She saw what he did to his former friends. If anyone crossed him, he'd bury them. And she had now really fucking crossed him. (yes I am stealing from Euphoria wassuuuuup)

[redfountainpostin]

Hi this one post is better than the entire season 3 of Euphoria, I said what I said.

[ahmnorhein-zkn]

Repost, now do your honors.

[jkl-fff]

Trans people just existing is no more sexual than when cis people just exist.

[solariaswitch]

sky is turns into an absolute deceptive antagonistic cheating villain like every other season. icy meanwhile.......

[redfountainpostin]

Problem with Sky is that he is a coward, and selfish. In general, a cowardly man can never be a good partner, neither can a selfish one. Coward however can push through fear, a selfish guy can force himself to be better. But those two traits together? They basically ENSURE that he forever and always puts his own comfort before your safety and peace, and that's why Sky is a shit boyfriend in canon. I do fix him up in fanon aus bc I love a nice prince charming deconstruction (omg 'prince charming deconstruction' she's so pretentious-) but canonically he sucks.

[thewillowofveles]

When is Sky canonically selfish and a coward?

I am lost

[redfountainpostin]

Okay you'll have to bear with me because I do NOT have timestamps, I have been a fan of winx for like, half my life on and off but I'm surviving on fancontent and spite, I did NOT rewatch this recently XD But basically, I am thinking of Sky's general way of living. When does he stick up for Bloom? Season 1, Riven, day of the Rose. It wasn't really FOR Bloom, it was more jealousy, but I won't stick to that. Point is, Riven is his equal in age, not even materially, and Sky loses nothing if he punches him in the face. Then in season two, he does risk his life trying to appeal to dark Bloom. He is not afraid of getting punched or like, zapped outta existence apparently. Lol. But he leaves her hanging when it comes to Diaspro, and when it comes to his parents. He is TERRIFIED of looking like a "bad guy" yet he will constantly allow himself to leave Bloom hanging because on some level, he 1) knows she'll forgive 2) her judgment doesn't scare him as much as that of authority figures. Yes, he'll spam call her after Day of the Rose, but when she's having a mental breakdown while Diaspro is just angry, he'll stand frozen between two of them like an asshole. When reaching out to Bloom might make him seem as less of a "perfect heir", he will hesitate. He lives so much of his life for others, yet near every choice he makes that is just for him, to make something easier for himself, it relies on Bloom drawing the short end of the stick. Because he's more concerned with societal norms and meeting their standards than meeting Bloom's needs. One could argue that even starting anything with Bloom in season 1 has been selfish af because he KNEW he was engaged. Bloom never agreed to be part of his emotionally cheating on his fiancee.

[thewillowofveles]

He did stood up to Riven after the race when he threw helmet at her and accused her of making him lose. Sky sided with her. Also Sky went with her to CT when she had questions about who she is. I agree with Diaspro business being messy and he shouldn't lead Bloom on especially when they were still in their "we are friends stage" but he proved himself by not leaving with Diaspro in S1 and staying with other to fight. Also he and Riven quarreled multiple times and he did punch him when he suggested Bloom was sleeping around.

Also we see Bloom in S1 jump to conclusions whenever Sky doesn't pick up his phone.

Erendor is a king and he is his only son...You do see power imbalance right? I think Sky was supposed to be written as dutiful but the show failed to portray that. Bloom also appears to be not interested in his royal duties and only before the ball in S3 she realized she has close to zero princess training. Also the whole episode with Sky being marked by Valtor is so fucking bad I--

He was assaulted by being given spiked drink by his childhood friend and then everyone suddenly got zero brain cells and didn't notice he was acting like RADIUS???? WHEN HE WAS SPELLED?

I HATE THIS EP.

Bloom also was quick to accuse Sky and in the next episode kept on asking him if he was really spelled.

Both of them aren't perfect and writers could do a bit more with exploring the royal part of Sky (also I fixed it in my rewrite <3)

Thank you for answering <3

[redfountainpostin]

I'll always answer! See no I get that, he went for Riven's ass many times (and like, a boy spreading rumors that a girl is a hoe SHOULD get his ass kicked, so go forth blondie) but also "he proved himself by not leaving with Diaspro in S1 and staying with other to fight" I don't think he did, not in this one angle I'm looking at- Sky doesn't have, in my eyes, to prove himself in GENERAL, as a person; in season two I believe he's in trouble and goes "Look guys forget about me go get Bloom" and Riven says "What do you mean forget about you, did you ever forget about us?" so like, he has an established habit of being there for others and not abandoning them. My particular gripe is not how he handles the extreme highs or extreme lows, he fails in those moments that compared to the rest of the show seem super small, but since I never had to like, stop a terror attack at World Government every year of my high school life, those moments are something I could realistically connect to something irl so I zoom in. Which is where my gripe comes in because again, he loses nothing beating Riven's ass, meanwhile his dad will get angry if he chooses Bloom over Diaspro, and he decides to honor his dad then. And honestly, since as you said they really showed us ZERO reasons on why Sky is that committed (zero actual consequences to breaking a royal engagement, lol) to me, all I see is a boy who at ripe age of 17 can't tell his dad to fuck off. Whiiiiich writing this out might be a bit harsh since not everyone can tell their parents to fuck off even at 30 ig. (It's a skill many would benefit from bc sometimes parents don't know shiet) ALLLLLLLLLLL that being said, Bloom was always written as super trigger happy to jump to conclusions (which btw I wouldn't mind, same way I wouldn't mind Sky's thing as much, if it was explored- not everyone needs to be perfect at relationships and especially not traumatized teens; for an example one of my favorite parts of Riven and Musa is that Musa herself is also not perfect and has a tendency to expect Riven to read her mind. (And like girl did you watch the show Riven don't read minds he gets his mind read lol) (too soon I know) but also I can't believe wtf I just read in that last screenshot. "When you were spelled, did you really feel love for Diaspro?" I'm sorry this will be EXTREMELY from 0 to a 100 but to me that is like asking a rape victim if they had an orgasm. What le fuck. And then Sky has to explain himself to her?? Bruh. (Mind you it is the most crazy that they literally had one of their own be manipulated/spelled literally in first season, and then Sky does even MORE obvious show of being spelled, and they're all like "Omggg I can't believe he liked Diaspro all along". Gimme a break. (It also makes no sense for ERENDOR to be so chill with it since even though i think that guy would be totally chill spiking his kid to make him go through with a wedding (I just make him the Devil in my head, it's easier) he wouldn't be chill with FOREIGN FORCES DOING THAT since if they hijack the heir, it only takes one push down the stairs for Erendor to tragically pass away in an accident and then Quartz basically annexes Eraklyon in all but name bc they literally control the king. Now I do NOT expect winx to be a political intrigue game of thrones type drama (as fun as that would be) but other shows manage to keep thinks semi functioning without betraying their genras, so. Btw, is your rewrite published yet?

[solariaswitch]

sky is turns into an absolute deceptive antagonistic cheating villain like every other season. icy meanwhile.......

[redfountainpostin]

Problem with Sky is that he is a coward, and selfish. In general, a cowardly man can never be a good partner, neither can a selfish one. Coward however can push through fear, a selfish guy can force himself to be better. But those two traits together? They basically ENSURE that he forever and always puts his own comfort before your safety and peace, and that's why Sky is a shit boyfriend in canon. I do fix him up in fanon aus bc I love a nice prince charming deconstruction (omg 'prince charming deconstruction' she's so pretentious-) but canonically he sucks.

[thewillowofveles]

When is Sky canonically selfish and a coward?

I am lost

[redfountainpostin]

Okay you'll have to bear with me because I do NOT have timestamps, I have been a fan of winx for like, half my life on and off but I'm surviving on fancontent and spite, I did NOT rewatch this recently XD But basically, I am thinking of Sky's general way of living. When does he stick up for Bloom? Season 1, Riven, day of the Rose. It wasn't really FOR Bloom, it was more jealousy, but I won't stick to that. Point is, Riven is his equal in age, not even materially, and Sky loses nothing if he punches him in the face. Then in season two, he does risk his life trying to appeal to dark Bloom. He is not afraid of getting punched or like, zapped outta existence apparently. Lol. But he leaves her hanging when it comes to Diaspro, and when it comes to his parents. He is TERRIFIED of looking like a "bad guy" yet he will constantly allow himself to leave Bloom hanging because on some level, he 1) knows she'll forgive 2) her judgment doesn't scare him as much as that of authority figures. Yes, he'll spam call her after Day of the Rose, but when she's having a mental breakdown while Diaspro is just angry, he'll stand frozen between two of them like an asshole. When reaching out to Bloom might make him seem as less of a "perfect heir", he will hesitate. He lives so much of his life for others, yet near every choice he makes that is just for him, to make something easier for himself, it relies on Bloom drawing the short end of the stick. Because he's more concerned with societal norms and meeting their standards than meeting Bloom's needs. One could argue that even starting anything with Bloom in season 1 has been selfish af because he KNEW he was engaged. Bloom never agreed to be part of his emotionally cheating on his fiancee.

[solariaswitch]

sky is turns into an absolute deceptive antagonistic cheating villain like every other season. icy meanwhile.......

[redfountainpostin]

Problem with Sky is that he is a coward, and selfish. In general, a cowardly man can never be a good partner, neither can a selfish one. Coward however can push through fear, a selfish guy can force himself to be better. But those two traits together? They basically ENSURE that he forever and always puts his own comfort before your safety and peace, and that's why Sky is a shit boyfriend in canon. I do fix him up in fanon aus bc I love a nice prince charming deconstruction (omg 'prince charming deconstruction' she's so pretentious-) but canonically he sucks.

[melissatheshowgirl]

Really??? I just made him worse and then he got a redemption arc in season 6 because some bitches decided to knock some sense into him

[redfountainpostin]

Melissa you hate Sky ofc you'll make him worse lolololol