#asking alternix

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Hello, can you please make a Winx timeline of the cartoon with the winx ages and the birthdays for each season ?

did you seriously make two dummy accounts just to ask me to make you a timeline of the show three times in the same hour instead of looking it up on the wiki?

My last post was over a year ago? Why? how many other blogs are you bothering like this?

I'm sorry if that's not what has actually happened and it's just a cosmic coincidence that two bot looking blogs have asked the same question in the same hour after a long hiatus, but please understand, I have some one who has sent me the same question (even after I answered it) several times over the past few years on anon until I turned anon options off and they also sent the question from a bot looking account.

...and I have been having a time of it in another fandom like do any of y'all realise how misogynistic it is outside this fandom? Like, we have our own problems, and I won't pretend we don't, my my gosh the other fandoms of the world are unhinged!

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Hi I recently found your blog and I really like your headcanons, amd I wanted to ask you something: how well do you think the Winx do in hand to hand combat? Does magic have to do something with that increase?

Hi I wanted to ask about Winx, I read about your "Physical fitness". Do the Winx gain enhanced athletism when they are transformed? What about hand to hand combat?

Magic can increase a body's abilities to a certain extent, can help someone go harder for longer, move a little faster and lift a little extra, but that depends generally on their baseline physical abilities. Using magic to push past existing limits can tear muscles if used too much and not properly compensated for.

While transformed Fairies (and Witches) gain a small but noticeable boost to their overall physical capabilities, however in terms of hand-to-hand combat, intentional magical boosts are a mixed bag.

While it can allow you to hit harder and dodge faster, it doesn't account for skill and training.

The Winx are not specifically trained in hand to hand combat (certainly not in canon) though they are (in the Alt Con) familiar with basic self-defence in case of emergency.

If the Winx were to fight the Specialists in hand-to-hand, they (the Winx) would lose.

While their physical capabilities might be good, the Specialists actually know how to fight, they've spent years training and honing their skills in the arts of combat.

The Winx are more focused on Disengagement and Distancing. How do they get an attacker out of their personal space and give themselves enough room to either run, or use magically ranged combat, or a way to use their environment to their advantage.

I would think that the Winx (and other Alfea/Cloud Tower students who have partners and close friends at Red Fountain) would likely have a higher skill level compared to their year-mates because they have the Specialists for boyfriends who they could practice with.

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Canonically we see the students of Alfea practice melee combat maybe once (Bloom fought with a sword against another student in... season 2 I believe? (season 2, ep9)), so they either have a basic combat elective we've never seen or Bloom and the other student already somewhat knew how to sword fight even though it never comes up again after this.

In terms of Transferable skills, the Winx do have amazing athletic capabilities at baseline, but just being fit doesn't mean you're automatically good at fighting. There are a lot of ways to throw a punch or launch a kick that will get you hurt more than you hurt your opponent.

So TLDR: while the Winx can compensate their athletic abilities a little bit with magic, they do not have the combat training to make use of those abilities, outside of basic self-defence.

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So how does Keystone worlds work? And which ones are Keystone Worlds?

I’m sorry could you explain the lore of the canon worlds?

To put it very basically: Keystone worlds are kind of like the Capital Cities of their thematic source, they are not the only world in their thematic source, but they are essentially the ruling body of it.

The various worlds in the Magical Dimension exist to affect and stabilise the Universe, both magical and non. Within these worlds, there are various thematic elements which are shared across multiple worlds, and some thematic powers/sources have more worlds than others.

The purpose of multiple worlds, is redundancy. Backup systems.

'Smaller' or 'lesser' worlds exist as backup to the Keystone worlds, like extra 'oomph' in your pc to help the programs run smoother by reducing the strain.

When Domino was destroyed, other worlds like Pyros, Realm of Dragons, helped take up a percentage of the magical slack along side other worlds with Fire and Dragon themed sources. (Worlds that belonged to the same thematic network.)

Keystone worlds often have political influence over other worlds in their thematic alignment, but that's because their world is “doing the heavy lifting” so to speak.

All 6 of the Winx are from Keystone worlds.

Earth, despite it's importance, is not a Keystone world. (It is however a Tethering world which serves as a shortcut between the Magical Dimension and the Non-Magical universe.)

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How would the Disenchatix form work in your au? Love your work and ideas

I will admit first off that I tend to forget Disenchantix was a thing because it was there for all of... seven? minutes of a single episode then inexplicably gone.

In the show the power was granted to the Trix by Valtor as an unsuccessful eleventh hour power up, in the Alt Con the idea of that powerup, if not Disenchantix in and of itself, is intrinsically linked to the story.

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In season 1 (Pursuit of Flame) the Trix managed to take a small portion of the Dragon Fire into themselves which gave them immense power, but the cost was the Fire burned their own inherent magic, damaging their abilities. (What they did was different to Bloom sharing the Flame in season 6.)

In season 2 (Lord in the Underrealm) they crafted themselves Gloomix, in the Alt Con it is heavily implied that Gloomix are made by taking the magical core of others and is considered to be an abomination as the Trix did it. (The Gloomix of the Trix were also faulty because Darkar didn't want them getting powerful enough to no longer need him.)

Gloomix was a stop-gap measure, not a repair job.

There's Spoilers involved in the exact backstory of the Disenchantix in the Alt Con, but the short story is: the theme of Valtor giving the Trix power is still there, they're still trying to restore what they've lost.

The physical/magically-manifesting Transformation, not so much. (I wasn't a huge fan of the aesthetic to be honest.)

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Spoiler:

Valtor was made by the Three Ancestral Witches, a trace of their individual Magics still reside within him.

He makes an effort to strengthen and manifest these remnant magic 'seeds' in order to give them to the Trix to fully recover their powers.

There might be a shift in their transformed appearance to reflect this, but not what amounts to a whole new outfit.

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If I'd used a different approach...

I think the main theme I'd stick with is still Inversion.

Enchantix is earned by giving of one self, an act of sacrifice, so Disenchantix, if there's a way to get it 'naturally' and not “powerful wizard did it”, it would probably come from an act of desecration, an act of taking.

A witch would have to find a place where energy of a compatible type to their own coalesced, and rip it from the environment, consuming it into themselves.

The damage would have to be big enough to leave a scar on the fabric of magic, and then that trauma would become the source of their Disenchantix. (Meaning if the trauma could be healed the witch would lose Disenchantix.)

It sounds a little hardcore, but witches of the Alt Con have a similar history, originally being fairies who survived having their wings ripped out and their own magics traumatised, turning to darker and more negatively fuelled magics to survive, and later thrive as their own separate and hereditary magical branch.

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In the Alfea classes response (Umbra corps part 2) you mention Alfea has the best fairy Godmothers. What do fairy godmothers do in your au? Please write as lenghtly as you want, I LOVE any type of winx world building. And your world building is wonderful to read about!

General

Fairy Godmothers, or Fairy Godparents, are often considered to be a sub-type of Guardian Fairies by outsiders. This is not, strictly speaking, entirely accurate. While there are some Fairy Godparents who are also Guardian Fairies, that number is only a small percentage.

Fairy Godmothers and Guardian Fairies do share several primary skill sets, including curse detection and breaking, but where Guardian Fairies can be thought of as Warriors, Fairy Godmothers tend to fill a more direct caretaking role. The term 'magical nanny' would not be entirely wrong.

Skilled in child care and teaching, Fairy Godparents have a unique subculture unto themselves.

Despite the name, Fairy Godparents include Witches and Wizards amongst their number, though the majority are indeed Fairies, hence the name being considered the correct collective term.

Fairy Godparenting is a calling. Those who attempt to become a Fairy Godparent without feeling it is their life's purpose, often find themselves quitting and choosing a different career path quite quickly.

Amongst the Fairy Godparent community there are three distinct classes of 'active' Fairy Godparent.

Contracted Fairy Godparents

Fairy Godparents are considered 'Contracted' if they are either hired directly, or if they remain with a family for a long time.

Long time in this case being four years or more. Often, Contracted Fairy Godparents will have an idea which family they will work for before they graduate, occasionally working the job part time during their final year of schooling.*

Some Contracted Fairy Godparents will stay with one family for several generations, taking on the role of nanny, aunt/uncle or grandparent figure of the family. This is most likely to occur with Royal or Noble families, though Fairy Godparents can be hired by any family.

There are instances of long term (multi-generational) Contracted Fairy Godparents taking on an apprentice when they feel ready to retire.

*there has been exactly fifteen instances of pre-graduate Fairy Godmothers bringing their young charge to Alfea to watch over them while the Fairy takes an exam. (Pre-series)

Rogue Fairy Godparents

Despite the title, Rogue Fairy Godparents are still law abiding citizens of the Magical Dimension. Rogue merely refers to the fact that these Fairy Godparents don't stay in one place or with one family too long.

Earth has several movies featuring what might be considered Rogue Fairy Godmothers, two of the most popular being Mary Poppins and Nanny McPhee.

These Fairy Godparents are drawn to families and young magicals in unstable homes and offer assistance to stabilise the family's situation. Unfortunately there are some cases where the best result for the children is for them to be re-situated.

In the case of a re-situation, the Fairy Godparent will reach out to other Fairy Godparents to find a good home for the children if the 'Will of the Universe' doesn't have a specific place for them to go.

(The 'Will of the Universe' is what Fairy Godparents call the intersection of their Instincts and Destiny which drives and directs them throughout the Magical Dimension.)

Sometimes Rogue Fairy Godparents have specialities, for instance: Rogue Fairy Godparent Benji specialised in step-parent situations, helping children come to terms with the change of their family structure, and sometimes unveiling the step-parent to be 'not who they said they were'. There was also one notable instance when Benji arrived to help a family, sat down with the new-step mother who explained the child had been damaging her things and blaming a very rare (thought to be extinct at the time) form of gremlin-imp. The situation was quickly sorted when an investigation by Benji revealed that it was, in fact, the previously thought to be extinct and very rare species of gremlin-imps infesting the house.

Rogue Fairy Godparents are able to travel around so much and still assist families because of a collective banking effort, while Rogue Fairy Godparents do occasionally get paid, Contracted Fairy Godparents and the ruling bodies of some Worlds provide a 'small' amount of money each year to a Dimension wide bank account for Rogue Fairy Godparents to use if they need a little extra financial assistance.

While Contracted or Rogue Fairy Godparents are living with their chosen families, they take on a caretaker role, helping the children to grow, develop their powers and teaching them the basics of magic. Many people attribute the long periods of peace between various Magical Worlds and Realms to the Fairy Godparents who teach the young heirs to be good and decent people. Unfortunately there are only so many Fairy Godparents, and not everyone gets to have one, nor can Fairy Godparents be everywhere at once.

Hero Makers

The third class of active Fairy Godparents are perhaps the closest to being Guardian Fairies, and indeed this is the class where the most overlap happens. The majority of 'Hero makers' are also Rogue Fairy Godparents, travelling where the 'Will of the Universe' takes them. The thing that separates Hero Makers from normal Rogue or Contracted Fairy Godparents is a demi-precognitive ability and a talent for hoarding just the right thing for a situation.

These Fairy Godparents have shown up in Earth myths as well, but tend to be seen in the older stories and mislabelled as “Enchantresses”. They have a tendency to run across young Heroes, Fairies, Witches and Wizards in the middle of quests and missions, and have just the thing that will help them out later, whether it's advice, an item, or a snack and a listening ear.

Because of their 'assistance' in successful completions of quests and missions which 'make heroes', they gained the title Hero Makers.

“Retirees”

There exists a saying that Fairy Godparents don't retire, they regroup in the teachers’ lounge. Fairy Godparents will occasionally 'retire' from taking care of individual families to go into full time teaching, overseeing the education and care of many children at a critical juncture in their lives.***

There are some Fairy Godparents who go into Fairy Godparent Resourcing, helping to manage and provide resources to Fairy Godparents so they can do their jobs, whether it's transport or a specific hard to get ingredient in a curse breaking potion.

Artefacts of the Fairy Godparents

Many Fairy Godparents have what could be considered a Bag of Holding in addition to their ability to use Carry Space**, though these don't always take the form of bags, some Fairy Godparents have Coats of Infinite Pockets.

Though they are capable Magicals in their own right, a large number of Fairy Godparents carry Magical Channels to assist them in their magic, though they don't always take the shape of wands or staves. Though many a Fairy Godparent will deny it, it is mostly for the aesthetic drama of casting a spell with a tap of their cane or a ring of a bell.

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**Carry Space is the name of the magic (in the Alt. Con.) which lets Fairies, Witches and Wizards carry things around like a game inventory. Seen several times throughout the Winx Club series when the girls summon their possessions from 'thin air'. How much stuff can actually be stored in there depends on the Magical in question. Storing too many things can cause a side effect known as 'Spiritual Bloating' which feels much like when a person over eats, but they feel it in the soul. This is why Bags of Holding and Coats of Infinite Pockets are so useful for Fairy Godparents who need to carry lots of things (spare clothing, toys, medications and emergency supplies, snacks etc) especially for Hero Makers who may have to carry things for years before they figure out what the item is for.

***Faragonda, current Headmistress of Alfea, was absolutely a Hero Maker Class Fairy Godmother, having been also Guardian Fairy of the Magical Dimension she is more finely tuned to the threads of Destiny and the Will of the Universe, and so is better able to help her students find their path in life.

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What kind of thematic magic is most common on Eraklyon

Eraklyon is a world of mountains and stone, the most common thematic magics found there are related to the Element of Earth, specifically the Aspect of stones, mountains, crystals and metals. 

From the basic minerals and ores, some of the stranger variations include “Bounty of the Infertile Earth” which means “if it's buried it's mine”, “the underground” which, while nebulous, covers everything below the surface, and “fossils” which can include both animal and plant fossils and petrified wood.

So: ground, rock, metal and things which aren’t alive but can be found in the ground.

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Isis was (and still is) rich in mineral resources, and possesses both advanced mining techniques and a high percentage of 'stone’ and 'metal’ aligned Fairies amongst their Fairy population, they are well known for their stone and jewellery work, and are often hired by other conglomerates throughout the Magical Dimension to oversee mining operation’s.

(Isis is a continent on Eraklyon.)

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In canon Selina was able to become a witch even though she was a fairy but she didn’t lose her wings so in your rewrite can fairies become witches without loosing their wings or can they only become Dark Faires

Selina of the Alt Con was actually born a Witch, her mother was the Witch Mab, an ally of Queen Morgana.

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The Wings are the literal defining feature which differentiates between Fairies and Witches, so you can't have Wings and still be a Witch. You can be a Witch and be Good, and you can be a Fairy and be Evil, but the Wings define which side of the Fairy/Witch line you sit on.

A Dark Fairy might be called a Witch as a(n attempted) slur which they could claim as their own, and go on to refer to themselves as a Witch, but as long as a Fairy can manifest their wings then culturally, they are a Fairy.

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It is possible for a Fairy to lose their wings in less violent ways, for example: if a Fairy stops trusting themselves it can cause a mental block that prevents them from manifesting their wings. If a fairy were to be possessed (or cursed) by a powerful spirit, the spirit might be able to use the Fairy's thematic magic, but not manifest the wings.

In cases like these,  - because some older, more powerful Fairies don't need to manifest their Wings and therefore don't, though they still maintain the ability and title of Fairy, - the Fairy would sit on a nebulous cusp of Witch/Fairy, and in the end, the decision of 'Witch or Fairy' would be up to them.

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The Exception to this are the Valkyne, who, instead of manifesting Wings, manifest Soul Weapons. Because their magic physically manifests outside of their body like Wings, and because they existed before the Witches, the Valkyne are still considered (both by themselves and by others) to be Fairies.

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You might have already answered this and if you have sorry but can you talk a little more about Callisto like its thematic magic, how liberal or conservative it is, and stuff like that we never really learn anything about it in canon besides the fact that Princess Varanda is from there

So, I’ve actually had the Callisto Spotlight sitting in my hard drive since June 2019.

And I wish I hadn’t waited so long, because now I have a moral dilemma over whether or not I change the ceremonial epithet from The Cor*na to something else, because the word means that glowy halo around the sun but also the part of the body likened to a crown and the ceremony with that name is an important part of the governing of Callisto and...

Uhm... Vote? Would everyone be okay with me continuing to call the Selection of the Heir “The Cor//ona”, or should I figure out a different name for it?