Is Aisha an Introvert or an Extrovert?
I bet you said “extrovert”, didn’t you? After all, she’s confident, fearless, and energetic, which are traits we associate with extroverts. (Yes, introverts can be that way, too.) She also breaks into a boogie on a whim.
Another clue: she hates being alone. Remember how she freaked out in Winx season two every time her friends weren’t with her? Generally speaking, extroverts can’t stand being by themselves because they get their energy from social interaction.
So, she’s an extrovert. Case closed, right?
Not so fast. Aisha has some introvert tendencies, too:
- She keeps her anxieties to herself, instead of telling other people how she’s feeling.
- When she’s stressed or upset, she isolates herself.
- She sometimes refuses help from other people, even when she needs it (though this could be pride instead of introversion).
- She doesn’t talk much, unless she’s with people she trusts.
These contradictions to her personality make sense if you know her backstory. Aisha is an only child, and she grew up with no friends (except Anne, who moved away). Plus, her parents may have been too busy to raise her themselves.
In “The Invisible Pixies” (Winx season 2, episode 13), one of her servants said her father called to remind her about her lessons. That suggests he was away at the time. Yes, that scene was a dream, but maybe it happened a lot in real life, since her father is the king of Andros. That may be why it was in her subconscious.
So even though being alone scares her, she’s used to it. (For some reason, I remember one of her character descriptions calling her “somewhat of a loner”, but I can’t find it.)
Nex, A True Extrovert
Nex’s season six character description says he’s “outgoing/extroverted” (estroverso). How do his actions differ from Aisha’s?
- He’s more open with his feelings and beliefs (for better or for worse).
- Contrary to what his Italian Wiki page says — they’re talking about NEXX! — he doesn’t tend to isolate himself. He’s a sociable guy, so he’s rarely alone.
- He seems to believe you’re better off asking for help instead of doing things on your own. Remember his “teamwork never fails” line from “Into the Depths of Andros” (Winx season 8, episode 8)? Plus, he encouraged Aisha to “let the others help” with her speech prep and saving Gorgol.
Another difference is Nex is comfortable talking to strangers. (That’s how he and Aisha met, after all.) Aisha, on the other hand, tends to let the more social Winx like Bloom or Stella handle introductions.
Verdict
I think Aisha is an extrovert trapped in an introvert’s body. She wants to be more open and outgoing, but she can’t help the way her upbringing shaped her. So how do we classify her?
Fortunately, we have another option besides introvert or extrovert: ambivert, sometimes called an “outgoing introvert”. As Science of People explains:
An ambivert is someone who exhibits qualities of both introversion and extroversion, and can flip into either depending on their mood, context, and goals.
https://www.scienceofpeople.com/ambivert/
Some signs a person may be an ambivert:
- They enjoy being with other people like extroverts do, but they need alone time like introverts.
- They can be outgoing like extroverts, but it depends on the situation.
- They can work on teams like extroverts, but after working independently first.
- They can process their thoughts both out loud and internally.
That sounds exactly like Aisha to me. It covers her energy and her social awkwardness, as well as her desire for company and her conflicting lone wolf instinct. And as we know, she and the Winx — and she and Nex — work well together, but sometimes they have to remind her that no woman’s an island.
By the way, I took the Myers-Briggs personality test for her a few times. (It’s research for my non-Winx Aisha/Nex story). She always scored about 50/50 on extroversion vs. introversion, so there you go. (I think she’s an ISFP. What do you think?)
So to answer our question: Is Aisha an introvert or an extrovert? She’s both. Go figure.
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Interesting article on Aisha once again. Though I have a question. If Bloom and Stella were the extrovert WinX while Aisha is ambivert, what do you think Flora, Tecna and Musa are?
Thanks. Flora is definitely an introvert. She can be outgoing around her friends, too — that’s true of all introverts — but she doesn’t seek out social interaction as much. She’s also shy and soft-spoken.
I’d say Tecna is an introvert, too. She’s not as shy as Flora, but she is still reserved. She gets lost in her own virtual world a lot and doesn’t have any problem being alone.
As for Musa, I think she’s an ambivert like Aisha. She has loner tendencies, too, but she puts herself out there in front of and among other people more than Flora and Tecna do. I think a lot of performers like musicians and also actors are ambiverts. They’re more introverted than you’d think, but being on stage or with their fans does energize them — for a while. Then they need to be alone so they can recover from all that stimulation.
Being an introvert myself, I can tell you that stimulation has a lot to do with it. How much is too much? What’s your comfort level? For me (and probably Flora and Tecna, too), I feel overstimulated quickly and need to be alone. For an ambivert, it takes a bit longer, and for an extrovert, it either takes a while or they don’t have a limit.
So in order from most introverted to most extroverted:
– Flora
– Tecna
– Musa
– Aisha
– Bloom
– Stella
For me, I am somewhat extrovert-ambivert. I sort of need constant amount of social interaction to energize. But, I can be alone too. It’s a little bit hard for me to say fit into either one. Then again, based on what u said about Aisha’s introvert tendencies, I am pretty much an ambivert.
You know, when you mentioned Aisha being ISFP, the 16personalities mentioned it as Adventurer.
Just a thought, I think the other WinX would be as follow:
Stella: ENFP
Flora: INFP
Tecna: ISTJ
Bloom: ENFJ
As for Musa, I am not sure about hers..
Musa is hard because she is as fickle as a cat, but I believe she is an INTJ. She’s definitely an Introvert as she (ironically), hates being the center of attention, and that’s why she passed the role of lead singer over to Bloom. She’s almost certainly intuitive because usually those who are artistic are on the intuitive side. Thinking versus Feeling are where I kind of wonder, but I think she’s more of a thinking type because feelers tend to “value harmony and forgiveness”… Musa can hold a grudge for like, ever. Judging vs. Perceiving is also difficult, but I lean toward judging because she is most certainly the type to want to know what she is getting into. Judging types tend to fear a lack of control and are also usually more afraid of making mistakes. Perceiving types are more likely to just roll with whatever happens. Stella is most definitely a quintessential perceiving type. She shows up to a party in her pajamas and just changes the guests’ clothes. XD And there’s pretty much no disagreement from anyone on all the things on this that I’ve looked at that Stella is an ENFP.
Come to think of it, a lot of Winx fans have been complaining that Musa is supposed to be the lead singer being the fairy of music. But, when you put her personality into it, it then suddenly makes sense. She’s definitely an intuitive ( a lot of the WinX official books in Italian listed her intuition to be her strength.) As for the thinking one, that’s interesting. I have always thought that she is more of a feeling type. Then again, she did demonstrate that she made decisions based on logic ( though not as much as Tecna.) I always thought that she is also the more just roll with the flow kind of WinX.
Aisha’s fear of losing her courage likely comes from a deeper fear of failure. If she’s not brave, she won’t be able to achieve her goals, her friends might get hurt, etc. In other words, she believes that there is a lot riding on whether or not she will have courage when it counts.
Bloom’s fear of losing Sky (which is stated as being afraid of losing the one she loves) is believed by some to stem from the feelings she faced in Seasons 1-3 regarding her position as the last survivor of Domino. Think about it: She spent the better part of three years desperately searching for a way to free her birth parents and her people. It wasn’t that she didn’t love Mike and Vanessa, but she had come to feel that she no longer belonged on Earth and, as the only survivor of her realm, felt like she didn’t really belong anywhere at all. It also took her a full five seasons to rescue her sister from the Curse of Sirenix, and really, that was partially by chance. If not for Tritannus’ rebellion and the subsequent need to acquire Sirenix herself, Bloom may have never found a way to break the curse and have her sister back in her life for real. Technically speaking, Daphne wasn’t a ghost, since she herself stated that she needed the Source of Sirenix to sustain her existence (a ghost doesn’t need sustenance), but it still stunk not being able to touch her sister and being separated from her most of the time because Daphne was literally forced to live at the bottom of Lake Roccaluce to survive. My theory for how she survived being taken into the Infinite Ocean is that said Ocean is connected to the Sirenix form, and therefore, was no different for Daphne than being in the lake.
The point is, Bloom went through a lot to get her family back, but the burden of never reuniting with them feeds her fear of losing Sky and never getting him back. People might fault Bloom for not trusting him, but… Trust is hard. As the Wishing Star said, it’s a daily choice, but… sometimes the people that we choose to trust because we love them wind up betraying us, which makes trusting someone even more difficult in the future.
Stella’s insecurity came not only from her parents’ divorce, but also their history of not listening to her, or to each other. Remember that when she gained her Sirenix Wish, she wished for them to always listen to both her and each other and to hear one another out. Even though she made that wish, deep down, she still fears it happening again. She craves her parents’ acknowledgement and approval, and yes, a large part of that does stem from their divorce. It’s quite common for children to feel like they were somehow at fault when their parents get divorced. Moreover, Stella felt that her parents did not care about her or consider her feelings when they chose to do so. Not only that, but she felt like she was constantly being forced to choose between them, and that was a feeling that she never wanted to face again. As a song written about divorce from a child’s point-of-view says “These two houses sure don’t feel like home”.
You know, now that you mentioned Bloom’s insecurities. I suddenly feel sorry for her that her issues were made as the main story. While I do not like how she was written to be somewhat the only main character, it does suck sometimes for her for being so. Having to constantly be fearful of losing your loved ones really sucks.
In other words, yes. I still don’t like her but somehow, she also has her own sappy stories.
I agree with you, Secrets. I feel sorry for Bloom, even though I don’t like her that much. Maybe I wish Rainbow didn’t focus so much on her relationship with Sky, but rather on her building her relationship with her birth family. Having her obsess over losing Sky specifically just makes her look like a clingy girlfriend. But bringing in the context of her larger story by having her worry more about losing her family members would balance things out.
Oh she is definitely not a “roll with the flow” type. Those who roll with the flow are less prone to hesitation and overthinking things, and Musa *definitely* overthinks things. Like, all the time. It’s part of the reason that she’s always swinging back and forth like a pendulum when it comes to her feelings. She spends so much time worrying about how things will turn out that she ends up freezing. This is more true in her social life than in battle. Also, it is noted in Season 8 that her biggest insecurity is “making a mistake”, which is not something that perceiving types like Aisha and Stella tend to fear. Aisha acts on impulse without worrying about whether she’s making the wrong move or not, while Stella, upon noticing that she’s made a mistake, simply adapts.
A little bit of sidetracking, come to think of it. The insecurities of each of the WinX seemed to be reflecting their desires.
Musa: Like you said, her insecurity of making mistakes makes her less perceiving.
Flora: Her insecurity of not being able to help others tied back to being the well-known “Team Mom” of the group. This also tied back to her powers not being effective in battle ( Not that I don’t like her, this is just what I think.)
Tecna: Her greatest insecurity is not being in control. Well, based on how she prefers logic, she tends to want things to be within her control. Also, her powers stemmed from Technology. Since technology basically controls everything nowadays, it would make sense that the technology fairy hates not being in control.
Aisha: Her insecurity is losing her courage. Hmmm. Maybe one of you can interpret it?
Bloom: She and Sky do not trust each other. Hence, her greatest insecurity is Sky not loving her.
Stella: Hmmm. Hers stemmed from her parent’s divorce. Perhaps, a little like Tecna, she felt that it would have been something she could have prevented. But, what makes Stella different from Tecna is that she’s spontaneous. She could think of other options to solve her problem. Her parent’s divorce is something she believed she could have resolved in a different way if she was given more time.
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I am also somewhat of an ambivert, but I lean slightly more toward the introvert side. A chart that I looked at for Myers-Briggs compared extroverts and introverts in this way:
Extroverts:
-Can be described as talkative and outgoing
-Like to be in a fast-paced environment
-Tend to work out ideas with others and think out loud
-Enjoy being the center of attention
Introverts:
-Can be described as reserved or private
-Prefer a slower pace with time for contemplation
-Tend to think things through inside their heads
-Would rather observe than be the center of attention
Personally, for me, although I can be described as talkative or outgoing, it really depends on how comfortable I am, and while I completely lack an inner voice, such that I am *always* thinking out loud and enjoy working ideas out with others, I despise being the center of attention and would much rather observe. I also prefer a slower pace, where I can think before I act.
That said, in Aisha’s case, Aisha *definitely* prefers a fast-paced environment. I think that her tendency to not work out ideas with others can be more attributed to the fact that she is so spontaneous that she really doesn’t *think* at all most of the time. “Don’t think, just do”, is kind of her philosophy. She may not be talkative, but she is outgoing. Her fear of public speaking doesn’t really apply to this since it is one of the ten most common fears that people have, so obviously, plenty of extroverts feel that discomfort. However, she seems to rather enjoy being the center of attention on the dance floor.
That being said, the thing that, for me, causes me to lean toward extroversion over introversion is simply this: In Season 8, she is basically implied to be the polar opposite of Tecna. Tecna is basically the very definition of an ISTJ personality, which makes me lean toward Aisha being an ENFP. It’s honestly a little difficult to tell whether she’s more Sensing or Intuitive, but I lean towards Intuitive just because she herself says that she “acts on impulse”. People who are impulsive are almost always intuitive. The reason is that Sensing types tend to get too stuck on facts and too worried about unknown variables to be impulsive, even if they are a perceiving type. I’m an intuitive type in a family of sensing types, so I’m pretty familiar with how that presents itself. ^^; Also, as a random side note, her least favorite subject is potionology. As we can guess that potionalogy is kind of the fairy equivalent of chemistry, she’s more likely to be intuitive, since sensing types tend to have more natural talent for those kind of precise or “always the same” subjects.
Sorry for the double comment, but I thought of something else I wanted to add.
Another reason why I think Aisha is more of an introvert or ambivert is because of her yin-yang dynamic with Nex. Yes, I know “yin and yang” is more about philosophy than psychology, but in this case, I’m focusing on the character creation aspect.
Why did Rainbow decide that Nex would be an extrovert? I think it’s because they wanted his personality to contrast with hers. Yes, they’re similar in some ways. They’re both confident, energetic, athletic, quick to act, etc. But Nex is a lot more outgoing than Aisha. Like Stella, he’s comfortable talking to strangers and likes to draw attention to himself, whereas Aisha tends to avoid social situations and isn’t showy except when she’s in her element (dancing or playing sports). That’s just one example.
Now I know “introvert” and “extrovert” don’t mean what we typically think of, but Rainbow probably based their decisions on the common definitions. I’d imagine they think of Aisha as more of an introvert with some extroverted qualities, not a true extrovert like Stella or Nex.
Those are good points. Aisha definitely has her moments where she doesn’t mind attention, and as you said, she’s the polar opposite of Tecna. But here’s why I think she’s more of an introvert (or an ambivert).
Going back to your list, you said introverts “tend to think things through inside their heads”. While it’s true that Aisha is impulsive and sometimes acts without thinking, she also frequently goes off on her own to be alone with her thoughts. If you look back through the series, you’ll notice the Winx often find her by herself contemplating what’s happened. This was especially true in the early seasons, though maybe she’s learning to share her feelings more.
As for being the center of attention, while she’s in her element on the dance floor, that seems to be the only time she wants to be noticed. Otherwise, she does usually observe rather than draw attention to herself. Compare her to Stella, for example. Stella thrives on attention and has no problem putting herself out there. It gets on Aisha’s nerves, and the show also likes to point how Aisha is the opposite of her (hence why they fight so much).
So the fact that she’s treated as the opposite of both Tecna and Stella, who I’d say are both on the extreme ends of the spectrum, makes me think Aisha is right in the middle. I took the Myers-Briggs test for her once, and while she got “extrovert”, the split between introvert and extrovert was almost 50/50. That’s one of the criticisms of the Myers-Briggs test. If you’re anything above 50% in extroversion, even if it’s just 51%, you get an “E“ instead of an “I”.
What makes the difference for me is her upbringing, which is why she gained more introverted tendencies (like Tecna did). Some of Aisha’s extroverted tendencies (even her impulsiveness) could be her overcompensating for how she was raised.
I get where you’re coming from, but couples aren’t always opposites in that regard. Stella and Brandon are both extroverts, for example, while Tecna and Timmy are both introverts. In fact, Tecna and Timmy are both introverted to the extreme that they can go a long time without actually talking to each other (though they do text), and they almost never see each other for, you know, a normal date. In fact, the others had to basically FORCE them to go on a date with each other because they are both so introverted that they were scared of being alone together, due to a lack of face-to-face interaction.
Flora and Helia are also both introverts. Riven and Musa are too, but the contrast is that Riven and Musa both stink at communicating their feelings while Flora and Helia have incredible communication with each other.
If you’re wondering how Brandon is an extrovert, just consider the way he flirts with random girls. The guy likes attention. And unlike Sky, who basically only discusses his problems with Brandon, Brandon tends to openly discuss his dilemmas with the entire group of Specialists. Leaving our Ambiverted Aisha and her current boyfriend Nex aside, I think Bloom and Sky might be the only extrovert-introvert couple in the group!
Sorry to double comment again. It seems like we were saying similar things about Aisha, after all, but from different angles. I watched a video about the Myers-Briggs types. It said that ENFPs, the type you said Aisha is, “strike a delicate balance between introversion and extroversion”.
So it sounds like according to the Myers-Briggs test, they’re extroverts. But in social settings, they’re ambiverts. Interesting.
Huh, I can kind of see that. I also consider Stella to be an ENFP, but while she is a more clear extrovert than Aisha, Flora points out that Stella “hides her own problems”, which is a trait more on the side of introversion. When a true extrovert has a problem, they tend to make sure that *everyone* knows it. Stella doesn’t, especially about her family life.
My personality is INFJ, and we also tend to be somewhat ambiverted. We are described as “chameleons” who can manage to blend effortlessly into any crowd by reading and adapting to the circumstances of our environment. This is why I also straddle the line between introvert and extrovert. I switch roles depending on those around me. My sister says that if I weren’t somewhat extroverted, nothing would ever happen when my friends and I are together because they are both such extreme introverts that if I weren’t an ambivert, nobody would ever get the ball rolling. XD
What you said about Nex and Aisha is interesting. In general, they are a more balanced pairing than anybody else in the show. It is interesting to point out that Aisha likes to stand out not just in dancing, but in sports in general, and it is fun to watch her get into friendly competitions with Nex. I can also see what you mean about Yin and Yang. Thinking on the symbol for it, they are two opposites which both have a little of the other within them. Ironically, despite the recurring theme of “balance” in the show, it tends to take the form of extreme opposites, like the Great Dragon and Shadow Phoenix, the White Circle and the Black Circle, or of Bloom and Valtor.
So I also found this article that says ENFPs “are often the most introverted extraverts”. I think that fits Aisha well. She wants to be more social and open, and she hates being alone, yet she often withdraws from others and doesn’t share her feelings openly. It’s like she’s on the edge of extroversion, but her upbringing holds her back.
As for Stella, I think she hides her problems out of pride. She wants to believe she doesn’t have any insecurities and troubles, and her life is as perfect as it can be. That sounds like an extrovert to me: she lacks awareness of her inner self because she focuses on the outside world. On the other hand, Aisha knows she has issues, but again, she doesn’t feel comfortable sharing them, which is more of an introvert thing.
Yeah, Winx Club seems to have two modes when it comes to couples or significant pairs (like Bloom and Valtor). They’re either exactly the same or polar opposites. We rarely see a more even blend of similarities and differences like in real life. That’s why I like Aisha and Nex because they feel the most like a real couple to me. (Tecna and Timmy are good, too.)
Oh, I know Brandon is an extrovert. ? In fact, I’m working on a post where I mention that.
Anyway, I know not all couples are introvert-extrovert, and like you said, most of the couples in Winx Club aren’t. All I meant was Aisha and Nex are — or at least, I think that was Rainbow’s intention. Granted, Aisha isn’t as extreme an introvert as, say, Flora. I still think Aisha is more of an ambivert, but the Myers-Briggs test doesn’t account for that well.
What’s interesting — and one thing I love about Aisha and Nex — is that because she’s not extreme, they embody yin and yang better. We tend to think of yin and yang as polar opposites, but a real yin-yang relationship is about moderate opposites. Both Aisha and Nex have core traits of their opposite type, which makes them more balanced within themselves and as a couple.
Sorry for the late reply, but my phone was giving me issues.
With regards to Stella, I don’t think she hides her problems out of pride, but rather, a need to protect others. She doesn’t want to weigh people down with her problems. I struggle with this myself. I don’t want to worry people or burden them with my problems, so I just don’t say anything. Even though I have an anxiety disorder, my closest friends have only seen me lose it in front of them *once*… and I was three days into an allergic reaction at the time, so physical stress played a role in my loss of self-control.
At any rate, I do, in general, think that NF types are more likely to be impulsive than ST types, as ST types tend to get stuck on what they don’t know, but after looking at a description of the types, I think you may be right about Aisha being an STP, though I still think she falls on the side of extroversion. Alternatively, she may be an ESFP.
These are the descriptions in the chart I generally use for reference.
ESTP: Outgoing, realistic, action-oriented, curious, versatile, spontaneous. Pragmatic problem solvers and skillful negotiators
ESFP: Playful, enthusiastic, friendly, spontaneous, tactful, flexible. Have strong common sense and enjoy helping people in tangible ways.
ENFP: Creative, enthusiastic, spontaneous, optimistic, playful, supportive. Value inspiration, enjoy starting new projects, see potential in others
Now the last one describes Stella to a T. However, Aisha sometimes has difficulty seeing the potential in others and is, at times, lacking in optimism. She gets frustrated quite easily at times. With regards to ESFP, As you noted, she is not necessarily the friendliest person at times, and tact is not typically her strong-suit. She is, however, realistic and action-oriented, the later of which can explain her tendency to get frustrated. She is also relatively skilled in negotiations when the situation calls for it. I seem to recall her being able to reason with Queen Amentia when asking for help against Darkar, although it’s been awhile since I watched those particular events.
The chart I use tends to list only the positive traits of each factor (for example, feeling types are not always warm and empathetic), which can make it a little difficult to determine which factor fits a certain person best.
Of course, it’s unrealistic to think that nobody in the show has the same type, as there are only 16 altogether and more than 16 characters. Not to mention that some types are just more common than others. INFJ is the most rare personality type, appearing in only about 2% of the population, so obviously, it is not an even spread (for reference, an even spread would be 6.25% per type).
Sorry to double comment again, but sometimes I need a little time to think. I remembered another example of Aisha’s tactfulness.
In season 3, she and Musa had a chat about Riven and whether Musa should dump him. Musa said something like, “How can you be with someone who doesn’t trust you?”
Aisha’s response was, “That’s easy. You don’t.”
Obviously, that wasn’t tactful. But what she did next showed she is aware of people’s feelings. She immediately covered her mouth and said, “Oh, I’m sorry, Musa!”
Someone with little or no tact wouldn’t do that. They’d let their comment stand. But Aisha felt that she shouldn’t have said that because she didn’t wanna hurt Musa’s feelings. (Musa agreed with her, though.)
Compare her to Stella. She just lets things slip out, and if the person doesn’t like what she said, it’s their fault. It gets on all the Winx’s nerves, including Aisha’s.
I disagree about Aisha not being tactful. She’s more sensitive to people’s feelings than the fandom gives her credit for. In the early seasons, she was shown to be a good listener. Musa and Flora, two of the more reserved Winx, often came to her for advice and support.
Aisha also notices people’s feelings when other characters don’t. For example, I remember once in Winx season four, Bloom tried to force Roxy to help fight against the Wizards right after they’d seemingly killed Artù. She was obviously distraught, but Bloom kept pressuring her with empty heroic platitudes.
Finally, Aisha said something like, “Bloom, enough! Right now, she’s too scared to help.” That’s when Bloom finally understood she was making things worse.
Aisha can be frank and combative at time, but she’s generally a sensitive person. Now she gets frustrated easily, and when she’s in that mode, she’s not tactful. But a lot of us are like that.
As for introversion vs. extroversion, I guess we’ll never agree on that. I don’t see her as an extrovert. Maybe by the strictest definition, she is, but socially speaking she’s not. She also needs a lot of alone time, and while she’s not an imaginative person, she does get lost in her thoughts, especially when she’s alone. But I don’t think she’s a pure introvert, either.
The truth is most people tend to fall in the average range, rather than being definitively one way or another. Personality type labels help us make some sense of our actions, but they don’t describe anyone perfectly and they can’t predict our behavior. People are more complex than any personality test can account for, and I think Aisha is the best example of that in Winx Club. She’s unpredictable like life, the meaning of her name.
Actually, I think we agree that at the end of the day, Aisha is more of an ambivert than anything. And yes, you are right. Although I will point out that I don’t really interact with most of the Winx fandom, so I was just going more off of memories of her being overly blunt. Not clueless like Stella. She just doesn’t bother to water things down, either. You are right that Aisha does have moments where she’s more sensitive than those around her, but everyone has their moments where they kind of stick their foot in their mouth by mistake. Even Flora.
Honestly, nobody is tactful when they are in combat mode. I mean that about people in general. When we’re feeling attacked, we tend to put a barbed wire fence up to protect ourselves (figuratively speaking, of course). Dropping those defenses to try and reach the other person is really, really difficult.
I think Aisha’s name more specifically means “Lively”? I do love though how the characters in this show generally have names that *mean* something that relates to their character. It’s not something you see often in American shows. I realize, of course, that Winx is Italian, but my point is that it’s a nice contrast to what Americans are frequently used to. In Japanese anime (which is my main source for television content), a character’s name *always* has a special meaning, and I’ve come to appreciate that.
I used to interact with the fandom more. Not anymore. But I won’t go into that.
Anyway, yes, Aisha doesn’t sugarcoat things. That’s for sure. So I can see why she’d come off as tactless.
Tact is definitely something that’s missing in the world today, especially online. It seems like everyone’s always in combat mode. Everything is a personal attack. (That’s part of the reason why I don’t talk to the fandom much anymore.)
Rainbow actually posted the meaning of Aisha’s name on the Winx website once. The translation they used was “alive”, but I’ve seen “lively”, too, and of course, it fits her character. But I think since they named her boyfriend Nex, which means “death”, they were going more for the idea of living. (Yeah, it’s creepy by itself, but in the context of Aisha’s name, it makes more sense.)
I love meaningful names, too. They’re a nice window into the creators’ ideas, and sometimes they can tell you a lot about the characters. But yeah, you don’t see that as often in American shows. I feel like you see punny names more than anything, which I also appreciate, especially having grown up on Carmen Sandiego.
[…] Aisha is an ambivert. She didn’t have a lot of friends when she was little, so social interaction is hard for her. Also, because of her avoidant attachment style, she withdraws from people when she’s overwhelmed, and she doesn’t ask for help when she needs it. […]
[…] is about his and Aisha’s shared backstory: a lonely, restrictive childhood. While it left her shy and impulsive with a debilitating fear of being alone, he became a teen kung fu master. Flaws? Nah. […]