The Nemeses! Or the Nightmares, as I’ve been calling them in the summary. (I literally JUST got done with everyone earning Onyrix so I still have like. the rest of the actual plot to write but HOPEFULLY it’ll be done by tomorrow afternoon if Animal Crossing doesn’t consume all my time). Onto them specifically!
Maestro is Nabu’s Nightmare, representing most of his feelings on the fact he was born just to marry Aisha and do literally nothing else, and how royal expectations have made him feel like a puppet to her mother’s ambitions. Maestro takes on the role of a literal puppeteer, controlling Nabu and several other puppets in fancy clothing to dance for eternity as he feels the strings on his neck get tighter. He’s defeated by Nabu realizing that his purpose in life is just that - to live, to exist, to socialize, and that even if he was only a pawn in royal plays he still has friends and people that love him.
Vertigo represents how Bloom feels about her deeds as Shadow Bloom and all the damage she caused while on that form. Contrasting Bloom, Vertigo has powers over water, and uses them to force Bloom to once again hurt and damage copies of her friends in rock form, positioning her powers in front of Bloom’s forced palm and making it feel like she’s doing all of it. She’s defeated after victim-blaming Bloom, saying that it was her fault for falling for Bertrand’s lies and manipulation. This is enough to anger Bloom and pretty much decimate her, while explaining to her that while her actions are her own, being tricked was all on her manipulator.
Banshee mixes Musa’s fear of failure, of dissapointing others, and her tendency to repress her feelings. Banshee forces Musa to play horribly at a concert surrounded by all her friends, family and loved ones, making her play faster and faster hurting her arms. She’s defeated after insulting Aisha, as being the only person dumb enough to not see her for who she really is, and similar to Bloom, Musa snaps, counteracting with everything Aisha has done for her, the ways she has helped her, and how she can still manage to look at Musa for who she is and love her all the same, as well as playing on the positive sides of her negative traits.
Obscura plays on Stella’s old fear of rejection, her childhood fear of darkness, and her true fear of being alone. She forces Stella to relive her Primary school days, summoning all of her childhood bullies to insult her, then her current friends and loved ones. Stella can manage this at start having grown confident in the last years but the cuts start to get deeper and she finally cracks, yelling at everyone to leave her alone. Obscura complies and forces her into a void, where no one will ever be able to reach her, truly alone at last. This actually breaks Stella, as she will take on all the hate of the world as long as she’s not alone - being alone would prove her darkest thoughts right, and she can’t handle that. Obscura is beaten thanks to a subtle influence in Stella’s dream, making up her inner child to console her, and how even if she can’t believe it, she does have people that love her, and even alone, she will always have herself.
Sahara doesn’t prey on any of Flora’s current fears but more on childhood trauma - of the one time Flora almost killed her sister as a kid thanks to unstable magic reacting to her anger, causing a slide. Sahara also focuses on Flora’s incredibly low-magic fighting style, of how she’s ignored her more offensive magic in favor of healing in fear of doing that again. Sahara has powers over sand and rocks, contrasting Flora’s plants. She initially traps Flora by recreating the event little by little, taking on the role of Miele, before revealing herself and attacking her with full force in a way Flora’s defensive maneuvers can’t do much. She’s defeated by Flora finally using her magic offensively, unleashing the full force of her magic and basically destroying Sahara on the spot with branches, trees and petals. (the name Stoney was dumb so Sahara it is)
Soffocara uses Aisha’s primary fear, as is one she can’t escape from - her future responsibilites as Queen of Andros and how conflicted she is with that. Her powers are over wind, and uses it against Aisha to force her to figurately and literally choke on her duty as a ruler and the desperate pleas of her citizens, as well as their dissapointment at how they’re stuck with her. She’s defeated by Aisha finally accepting her responsibilites as Queen, accepting that there’s no viable way out and that she will try, at least, alongside her need to defend others. (changed the name because I still don’t know what the fuck Sinka was supposed to mean)
Virus doesn’t play with Tecna’s most obvious fears, but does tap into what she considers her worst flaws - her lack of common sense and her forgetfulness. Tecna tends to be very scatterbrained when working on a project, blocking everything else, and is prone to overthinking and underthinking stuff a lot, not pausing to consider consequences.Virus “hacks” Tecna, so to speak, making her forget how to use magic or transform and forcing her to rely on solely her mind and physical abilities, which terrifies her. Tecna is able to beat her after managing to calm herself out and actually pay attention to her surroundings and Virus’s actions, managing to undo the hacking and starting to fight physically for the first time in her life.
Lastly, Miroir focuses on Daphne’s sense of failure - the fall of Domino as the background for their fight, but also how Daphne feels she has done nothing but cause suffering around her because of her actions and inactions - because she didn’t properly deal with Campana all those years ago, she’s loose once more wrecking havoc, because she placed her trust on Politea the country was frozen for almost two decades, as well as the possibility the only reason she ever contacted Bloom and forced her into the role of Princess was for her to be free and recover her kingdom. She uses Daphne’s own reflections to fight, reminding her of all she’s done and how she’s screwed up. Miroir is defeated thanks to Daphne (after managing to defend herself at a sudden attack and with an adrenaline rush) yells back saying that yes, she screwed up, because of her thousands have suffered. But at the end of the day she’s trying to be better, and she had no control on what Politea did or on Campana coming back - those were their decisions, not Daphne’s.
Well here’s what I been doing for 28 of December till January 3rd…
The Nemesis of the Winx and in my order…
Wha ya think…
(Sorry tha it ain’t digital, was in the mood and time on doing my icon and these characters on paper and color it there also…)
