Winx Magazine #212: Dance Déjà Vu
Rainbow acknowledged Aisha and Nex in Winx Club Magazine again, but I’m not as happy as I usually am. Recognize this dance scene? You should because it’s from the December 2019 comic “La Gara di Ballo” (The Dance Competition), which Rainbow reprinted in this magazine.
What’s going on over there? They’ve been rereleasing toys and reusing covers for years, but this is too much. I bet the comics are the main reason people buy this magazine! Why would they buy the same one twice?
Oh, well. I don’t work for Rainbow. ?♀️
Anyway, to change the reading experience, they added a trivia game. As you can see, the second question is about Aisha and Nex’s dance. Yay!
It says (via Google Translate):
What discipline does Nex and Aisha’s dance look like?
A) Yoga
B) A martial art
C) Artistic gymnastics
The answer is B, of course. Specifically, it makes me think of capoeira, just because they’re supposed to be dancing, but it could be anything.
Sigh. At least Aisha and Nex got some attention in this magazine. I just hope it won’t be their last comic together. We don’t know if Nex will be in Winx season nine. I think he will, but it’s up in the air right now. ?
Please, Rainbow. Season eight was a step in the right direction for their love story. Don’t give up on this couple now!
Image Source:
- Winx Pocket News (YouTube)
Offtopic (sorry) but Season9… Bad news… I’m not sure yet if it’s 100 percent but Season 9 will “apparently” (? not sure but UNFORTUNATELY it does not look like another fake news to cheat fandom) be just “a reboot of a series” plus recently there were photos from some convention and Rainbow literally ” had posters “of “redesigns” of Flora Bloom and Stella. I’m sorry, I’m sad and pissed too, I gave up.
There’s something that’s weird to me, though. Why is Rainbow still calling this season 9 if it’s not a continuation?
Well, even if Rainbow starts over from the beginning, I’ve already told you what’s gonna happen to this blog: nothing. It’s not going anywhere. I may not post here anymore, but everything I’ve said about Aisha and Nex is still valid.
It’ll be a shame the Winx fandom will never appreciate them, but they were never going to, anyway. I understand now how this show has taught them to think about the characters: simplistically. And if I’m right that this is gonna be a preschool series — it has the same episode format as 44 Cats, for crying out loud! — everything will be more simplistic than ever.
If Nex isn’t in this reboot, I’ll be on AishaAndNex.com. I’ll be writing stories about this couple there. And of course, I’ll be writing my reboot. I think you’ll like it better, not just because of Nex, of course, but because I’m gonna develop these characters better than Rainbow ever will (without ruining them like Fate: The Winx Saga). Same goes for the Winx universe itself. Time for better worldbuilding.
AMAZING!! I mean, your fanfictions, not the sad reality about Rainbow that even hardcore old fans ignore- that Winx had simplistic and even inconsistent writing since the first season.
By the way I totally forgot saying that those “redesigns from Rainbow’s panel” (? anyway SirenixWinx wrote about this) looked like redesign… of Fairy Transformation from pre-Enchantix era. I’m not even suprised and even interested. I think I’ll just look at the transformation scene and some of episodes and leave it, I still can’t wrap my head that Icy suddenly got her weird redemption AFTER 16 YEARS. Sirenix Arc with Aisha and Nex and awesome Sirenix Redesigns were already worth continuations aleeady , so… ?
Yeah, I looked and I saw the redesigns. They reminded me of the Enchantix redesigns from season 8. I don’t like Flora’s. Too much of one shade of pink.
I’ve already said how I feel about this season. If they don’t keep Nex in the show, I’m not gonna watch anymore. ?♀️ I know that seems extreme, but Aisha and Nex’s relationship is the only reason I still watch Winx Club. Confession: I only watched bits and pieces of season 8 after the first Sirenix arc. I didn’t care about the rest of it, and I had to force myself to watch the parts I did.
Also, I have no attachment to the early seasons of Winx anymore. ?♀️ Part of it is because I’m tired of the fandom going on and on about how amazing they were, when in reality, this show has never been great. And I don’t think a reboot like this that seems to be stripping the plot away altogether (judging by the episode format) is gonna fix the problems.
So…I don’t care. ?♀️ The only reason I’d bother watching this season is if I get to see more of Aisha and Nex as a couple. I want Rainbow to develop their relationship better. Nabu died, but there was no more story to tell with him and Aisha, anyway. She and Nex need a second chance at a first impression.
About me: the whole controversy around Enchantix S8 which went too far, bullying the Fate actress (which happened at the same time period), Nex hate, plus the hardcore oldfans ignoring the fact that Winx was never great at all, all these things combined made me drop Winx entirely. The only time that I came back was when I skipped all the episodes to the Icy arc just to see if it’s true and oh my god I was flabbergasted. I love the redesigns for S9 personally but I don’t feel like bothering watching it normally like I did before Season7 ended.
Also, rebooting this is weird because Winx Nick Specials WERE reboots at some point
I don’t know anything about the Enchantix controversy, though I’m not surprised the fandom threw a fit. And ugh — how could I forget about the bullying incident? ? This franchise is definitely not worth attacking an innocent young woman who was just doing her job.
Technically, yeah, this is the second reboot. And the first one I might not watch.