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Good luck babe

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this is me trying to plan out Red Fountain's floorplan. the bottom floors are so skinny that i dont know how i should position the student dorms since i want to put it there. should it be corridor around the outside, a spiral staircase/elevator in the middle with no corridors, or with some corridors.

and my headcanon is that the new red fountain is supposed to be shaped like the hilt of a sword to emphasize that technique and knowledge is more important than straight up violence / rage.

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this is what the winx reboot took from us :/

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I’ve had some BenJulie stuff sitting around in the drafts that I never posted cause I never made one I was truly happy with until now. Benjulie at the beach!! :D))

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Winx club was my favorite cartoon growing up, and speaking about it with friends recently I had an epiphany like "wait.... Do people ship Icy and Bloom ?? They must- that makes so much sense-" so anyway hiiiii blicy people <3 the yuri is great <3

(Also I'm kinda art blocked so I wanted something simple and sweet to draw-)

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Let’s talk potential: the specialists. 

Why isn’t the potential of the boys explored and they go different routes? Surely, the Red Fountain doesn’t teach each the same and produces what we have now? Why are they different but end up doing mainly the same? The Specialists are not all the same guy with the same skills and aspirations. Let’s talk about some ideas I had.

Timmy. He is a technician, an inventor and a scientist. Among his skills are providing new technology, knowing enough about weaponry to easily build it and planning strategies for even the trickiest of situations. Mainly uses long-ranged weapons. 

While appreciative of magic and impressed by the instincts of the others, he is going with logic and technology. He is responsible for upgrading but is also a walking arsenal. A multi-tool able to be easily transformed into a weapon of choice.

Timmy usually mans the aircrafts or uses higher grounds to attack. He knows his weaknesses and has created a battlesuit, similar to D.va, Iron Man or the Brotherhood of Steel armors. 

Carries his multi-tool, a drone, a ranged weapon that can go from bow to rifle, special glasses to scan surrounding and a watch that activates his battlesuit. 

Brandon. From the beginning, we know that he is a squire. His goal is to be a knight. One day, perhaps even the champion of Eraklyon (or Solaria?). His path started at the age of 7 where he was made a page in the court of Eraklyon. He was quite promising leading to him being trained by the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Together with Sky, of course. At 14, he graduated to being a squire. His good grades, extraordinary skills and close relationship to Sky got him a place at Red Fountain. A man made for the battlefield, Brandon seeks to be an elite soldier. 

To win against every opponent and be prepared no matter what, he possesses a basic degree of familiarity with all weapons and fighting styles. However, he concentrates and specializes on one weapon as well as mastering one combat technique to perfection - staying loyal to his phantoblade and sticking with swords. 

While Brandon himself has no issues with magic, he had the goal to be a Knight of Eraklyon which means he uses non-magical weapons. (Perhaps Radius or Luna give him a legendary sword of Solaria with the power of the sun, stars and moon as an engagement gift) He is physically the strongest of the specialists (berserker-like strength) and resilient to certain kinds of magic using the force of his body. 

Sky. He is a future king. Therefore, he is taught the basic fighting skills and such, but the main focus of his curriculum is diplomacy and strategy. One day, he will be the highest commander of military and security in his land solely by being the leader of said country. Knows the strength of the boys inside and out. Versatile but not as powerful as the others. Regularly training how to handle situations such as kidnappings or assassinations attempts. He can’t be as strong as the boys, he missed out a lot of training due to his classes on Eraklyon and state visits. 

Sky is not useless. He is meant to lead this group and that’s what he does. Not by running first into action but knowing who is able to do what and when. Of course, he can defend himself but his girlfriend is literally the strongest fairy known and he is surrounded by the best of the best. Besides his sword, he has his hoverboard, his shield and his boomerang. 

Riven. A survivor who had to rely on being cunning and stealthy. Who analyzes the vulnerabilities of his enemies to hit them hard and hides his own well because of that. But he also adepts fast to his surroundings. Maybe not one with nature but knowledgeable enough to hide himself and find others. With the help of Nabu, he finds himself positively connected to magic and knows that it is the magic user, not the power itself. That said, Riven uses magical weapons. He prioritizes subtleness and rather strikes once but hard. Keeps using a scimitar, but has a bunch of daggers hidden. His belt is full of smoke bombs, his bolas, toxins and even some explosives (like Batman). Interpret it however you want, but he mainly uses shadow-based and darkness-based magical weapons. That makes him a tiny bit proficient in this type of magic. 

While Brandon knows the most fighting techniques, Riven has a broad range of skills. Picking locks, climbing, disarming traps, improvising weapons, detecting traps, becoming one with the shadows, tracking beings and such. 

Helia. Related to one of the greatest wizards, Helia has a strong connection to magic. He also spends a lot of time with himself and mediating. The harmony between his body and mind helps him channeling his magic into attacks and more importantly: defense techniques. He stays true to himself and will always choose defending himself and others above attacking. That includes restraining and disarming enemies. Helia is trained in all martial arts and only has basic knowledge of weapons. Replacing his glove with a magical rope which is like the lasso of truth (Wonder Woman) but also a dart rope and a whip of sorts, because it can sense his intentions and emotions transforming into what he needs. Furthermore, his knowledge of the energy in his own body helps him to strike beings in the most powerful way like Ty Lee’s Chi-blocking (Avatar). Hitting the right weak point of a magical being can block their magic for a while or stop spells/attacks/whatsoever. 

Nabu. He is alive and well. 

Like fairies and witches, wizards share a scholarly approach to magic. Depending what path they choose, they can focus on their own affinity or master as many spells as possible, that’s what Nabu does. Reading about abilities, he can practice them and later use them. Some are connected to artifacts, books or scrolls. While his staff amplifies his natural power, it can also help channel his magic. 

Simply said: He can do almost anything. However, he often needs a source for it. Nabu’s powers are illusion-based, which means the source for those abilities is literally him. If he wants to use a spell of another element, he has to find a magical source of it. Funnily enough, the Winx count. Often in fights, he will grab Bloom’s shoulder and scream “Fireball!”. His staff is a source too but I haven’t decided what type of power it carries - this  needs continuation (and he needs a revival). 

Specialists. They have their own dragons still but I would like them to have different dragons. We only see them with their own dragons at Red Fountain and I would like them to have these as practice and later tame their own - which should be different types! It doesn't need to be a dragon. It could be a griffin or even a hydra! It could differentiate specialists between magic and technology user.

(if you think, they are all very similar to DND classes: that’s what I based it on. Timmy is an artificer, Brandon is a fighter, Riven is a rogue/ranger, Helia is a monk and Nabu is still a wizard. Sky exists? I am sorry, Sky-fans. He is a king at least?)

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So I’m starting this series where I redesign the horrible reboot. Here is my sun and moon girl redesign because they seem to be on a stella hate train 😭. Hopefully y’all like her. The others are coming up next.

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Idea #2 (watching Jin during training) + Idea #4 (passionate kiss against a wall) @vampirella-1990

I gave her tonfa. I hope that's okay.

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Jin and Zuko is the superior Zuko ship and is criminally underrated

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Love your posts! Could you go into more depth on how Aang disrespects Katara’s/Watertribe culture?

There isn't much depth to go into, because the show doesn't touch on the Southern Water Tribe culture very much. And why would they, am I right? It's only 40% of their main heroes' culture. But what little they do give us is mostly shown through Aang's perspective, and Aang makes it clear that he isn't a fan of some of the most major components. He's disrespectful about the food and about the artifacts that come from a culture that mostly hunts their food. Bato of the Water Tribe is the most egregious display of his contempt, when he goes into Bato's tent as a guest and is sly and snide about the furs and antlers on display. That honestly bothers me more than Aang's reaction to the sea prunes.

There are a lot of people who defend Aang because he's young (his age as a defense is carrying a lot), but here's the thing. As with so many other things that he does, it's never walked back. We never see him come back to his attitude about the culture the girl he allegedly loves comes from, and think, hm...well, they are different from what I'm used to, but that doesn't make them less worthy of respect. I would not be surprised to hear that at some point in the comics, Aang makes a big show of loving the SWT culture, but first of all, Legend of Korra exists. I've already pointed out how so many things in that series points to Aang playing favorites among his children, and to the Kataang family dynamic being really unhealthy. I've also probably already pointed out how divorced Tenzin is from anything pertaining to his SWT heritage. There is no sign anywhere on Air Bender Island that he's mixed heritage. And why is that? Because his father never embraced his mother's heritage. Secondly, at one point in the comics, Aang is in support of the NWT soft colonizing the SWT in the name of "unifying" the two tribes...even though they sit at literally the opposite ends of the world from each other, so how does that even make sense? Still, even in the main series, he shows a lot more respect for the NWT culture than the SWT (or at the very least, he isn't as blatantly disrespectful). Bryke can do whatever they want to in the comics, it still ends with LoK happening.

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PLEASE WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THIS IM CRYING

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Something y’all need to know about me for when Avatar 3 comes out is that I do not play around when it comes to Spider Socorro.

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Breaking News: girl who spent years defending Katara sees the Seven Havens announcement and has a hysterical breakdown as she realizes she's going back in the arena

More at 6

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I was thinking about this—the worst line/moment in the entire Avatar franchise (so far!)—and you know what I realized? Tenzin doesn’t consider Kya part of his family. Here, he clearly states that being an airbender is a prerequisite for being a member of his family. Therefore, he can’t truly see Kya as his sister. He might view her as a companion, but by his own words, she’s not family.

Even more painful, it’s clear that Tenzin sees Katara as a lesser parent. If he considers airbending—and not waterbending—to be the defining characteristic of his family, then it’s clear that Katara just isn’t that important to him. After this scene, Katara is absent at Jinora’s tattoo ceremony, and Tenzin and his kids don’t visit her for three years straight.

The Katаang family is so fucking depressing, man.

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This is the last one, promise 🤡

Also, Borra is adorable. How are there not more fan arts?

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This fandom has become so immersed in its own headcanon, that it has forgotten about canon.

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Winx Club Season 4 looks : Critique and Redesigns ( 3/3 )

Finally, Roxy !

Roxy was the hardest to redesign for a variety of reasons, mostly because of her powerset and how she would look with the rest of the Winx lineup.Lets talk about her original civilian outfit.I really like the outfit base--her more tomboyish, alternative vibe helps her really stand up from the rest of the winx.Its really memorable, and tells us a lot of her charather at first glance.If I had to rate this outfit on these aspects alone, I would have given it a 10/10.However, what really detracts from that outfit is THE COLORING.I understand why Straffi might have given her lighter colors ( It keeps her synonimous with the rest of the crew ) but why did they choose to make her main colors pink purple and green !? Those colors already belong to Aisha, Flora and Tecna (💀). So I switched it up a little bit.I made her color scheme yellow and indigo, with light pink to alternate.The reason why the yellow isn't so prominent ( yet ) is because, surprise ! That's the color scheme of her transformation ! I chose these colors specifically because not only are yellow and indigo the only missing colors of the winx rainbow, but there also Bloom's colors in inverse.Bloom and Roxy are each other's foils, and I think it symbolic that Roxy's main transformation color be her secondary color.In Roxy's initial redesign I had already decided to lean heavier into her more alternative look, so I could fully delegate the tomboy look to Musa.However, I wasn't satisfied with how it came out, because quite frankly I thought that I could do better (and that pink top is atrocious, what was past me THINKING. ) So in her secondary redesign, I decided to keep the outfits overall look, but I just switched a few things around :D

Roxy's indigo shirt is actually a re-purposed volunteer shirt from the Gardenia Rescue--An animal center which focuses on rescuing homeless and abused pets and rehabilitating them.The shirts yellow paw sits on her left breast, and If Roxy was ever to turn around, you would see a bright yellow " Volunteer " sign at the back. ( Assuming she has her hair out of the way first.) Look, I love Roxy's original shirt but for the love of everything holy im SICK and TIRED of seeing it everytime Roxy appears on screen.Just.Please put Roxy in something else.I beg. Her bright green undershirt was shortened and replaced by a black undershirt.Initially I had given it yellow stripes but I then decided against it because it clashed with her hair. ( more info to come ).I kept her original pants, but Ive just increased the "alt"ness of them with buckles, chains and rings.Finally, I re-painted her signature combat boots brown and black with pink laces. Even though I made Roxy more alternative, I still like to think that she's a practical person.We know that she rescues animals on the daily, so I don't think that she would be wearing big, alternative shoes ( I wanted to give her demonia look alikes so bad :C ).

Finally, lets talk about her hair.After a lot of trial and error...and I mean.A lot of trial and error.Ive decided to keep her hair pink.Well, more accurately-Wine.In this new canon, Roxy's a big fan of dying her hair ( RIP her hair ) and this summer, she coincidentally decided to dye her hair similarly to Tecna's pink shade.This isn't a permanent decision and she will redye her hair soon when she [ NO SPOILERS ].I also gave her racoon tails because not only is this look so early 2010s but it distinguishes her more clearly than Tecna.Finally, I changed her eyes to a bright green--A more regular look than her purple eyes but brighter than what most might consider normal. ( A note : How does Roxy pass for a regular civilian when her eyes are PURPLE.Yes I know that its possible for humans to have purple eyes but they only have them when they have albinism and even then its rare )

Unless I decide to do the specialists, this should mark the end of the S4 redesign series.Hope ya'll enjoyed ! :D