Category: Rants

A series of posts about so-called “nice guy” Roy? Yeah, sorry. The love triangle has been on my mind again lately, so I wanted to get my thoughts out. First things first: I’ve never liked Aisha and Roy, not even in Winx season five. And I wasn’t alone —...

What if Aisha and Nex had met in Winx season two? It may be hard to imagine, but it was a perfect time for them to become a couple. Season two had the best setup for their relationship. Here are five reasons why. 1. “Yin and Yang” Was a...

I never liked shipping. Now I hate it, thanks to my experiences in the Winx fandom for the last few years. Shipping clouds people’s judgement and twists their views of each character as an individual. Clearly, it’s worse when a main character like Aisha has more than one love...

Have I written about this before? ? …Oh, well. Anyway, WinxClubComics has translated comic #131: “La Prova di Nex” (Nex’s Test). If you haven’t read it yet, don’t worry. I’m not gonna spoil too much. This comic is tailor-made for Aisha and Nex. For starters, if she were dating...

Even though I love talking about Aisha and Nex, something frustrating happens when I start a post about them or a picture of them. I get overwhelmed. So many people hate this couple, so I feel like everything I make has to have an impact. It can’t just be...

What do Aisha and Nex have in common with the candy that kids are gonna eat tomorrow? No, this isn’t a joke about how sweet the couple is. ? Candies are products. So are cartoon characters. It might be weird to think of characters as products, especially if they’re...

(Note: This is an edited repost from my soon-to-be-defunct blog, Una di Noi Winx.) In Winx season six, Rainbow began Nex’s love story with Aisha. But in season seven, they focused on his relationships with the Specialists. In most episodes he was in, he interacted with one or two of them at a time:...

(I originally wrote this on Winx Club Amino, but I’ll post it here, too. This is an edited version.) I’ll start with a quote from Irish author John Banville: Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. A...

“Sparxshipping,” a.k.a. Bloom/Valtor, the dark and light forces of the Dragon Flame. “Zutara” (Zuko and Katara) from Avatar: The Last Airbender, a firebender and waterbender. These pairings — and technically, Kaatang (Katara and Aang), too — follow the concept of yin and yang, opposite forces in harmony with each...

I read this in an article on Wow! Women On Writing: But there are many wonderful heroes who will never make it between the covers of a book because, in her love for hero and story, the writer hasn’t realised that she hasn’t given the hero enough empathy to...