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Some notes:

This outfit was based on some blurry leaks of the specialists uniform in the reboot, I simplified some details here and there (bc im lazy).

I am not a big fan of their new uniform (bc I LOVE the original), but I wanted to see if I could grow to love it more by drawing it

I also added a cape, bc even tho its impractical it is cool as shit. I lament the fact that their new outfits do not have one...a loss 😭

Anyway that's all, toodles!

New outfit who this

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Blushing chart with my Winx Club’s redesign. These are kinda fun.

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Hi Josie! I've recently started to read your rewrite on AO3, are you still posting? Your profile says you're not, but I wanna confirm lmao (I'm starved for more Brandon content, and would love your take on S2) 🩷

I'm still posting😭. I know I said that two years ago but I'm serious. The vague hiatus update I added is now ironic bc I've been chipping away at scenes across multiple chapters, including some key ones from ep.21 onward, this whole time. THIS WHOLE TIME. Yet nothing to show for it adsdgjkl.

Tbh, it's just been a really hellish year for me, school-wise. It's my last year (POSSIBLY, hopefully, considering all the grant cuts I keep hearing about) and the 100% increase in writing and analysis stuff has been wearing me tf out. I'm averaging like 2hrs for the rewrite each week, 200-300 words max. Which isn't much, but it's something--I'll never abandon my baby, I cannot.

To appease your Brandon cravings in the meantime, here's a 2024 Brandon b-day pic that I never finished bc I drew his bangs on the wrong side:

As for S2: I'm definitely switching/restructuring certain episodes. No Downland marriage arc for example, but a significant portion of those episodes will be spent underground. Charmix acquirement order is getting switched around, and the way they each get it might get changed, too. So the Wildlands arc will be a little compromised unless I find a workaround. The main problem with s2 though (s3 as well) is the issue of juggling all these new plot points I've established in S1 and making them fit in with the canon s2 already established. That's why, while there's a tentative s2 outline, nothing's set in stone.

Thank you still for reading my rewrite, though!! Every chapter after the updated s1e3 is a flashbomb I'm sorry, but when I get the time, the rest will have the proper re-rewrites they deserve!

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New outfit who this

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She was a fairy 🧚

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Winx Enchantix!✨🌸🩷💖🌟💫

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𝄃𝄃𝄂𝄂𝄀𝄁 Happy Tecna reboot transformation day 𝄃𝄃𝄂𝄂𝄀𝄁

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Winx club

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Officially coming out as a winx club fan artist

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🌌 🪩 ✨

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tbh I really hate Flora’s new transformation, for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is- her actual transformation is only about five seconds long. the rest of the runtime is literally just padding!! her entire outfit appears in a single burst, and it’s heavily obscured.

a transformation sequence should give the audience time to admire the details of the outfit. why isn’t there a shot where the camera follows the flowers on her bodice blooming into being? why isn’t there a shot where we get to focus on her hair? the only accessory that gets its own shot is one (1) shoe, and the camera pans so quickly we can barely even see it. you’d achieve the same effect with a single burst of light and save yourself the screentime

also. what’s with the focus on the wind?

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:0 Could we perhaps see the specialist in your style? Purely because I'd think you'd draw them really cool and their my favs.

Plus optional Sky/Bloom or Aishia/Nabu as MlM all the Wind couples are mlm to me but especially those 2 couples.

Oh i actually have some older drawings from when i tried to figure out designs for them but i never posted those so here they are;

Sky

Brandon

Timmy

Riven

I remember struggling so much with his hair and i still don't like it😭

Helia

I transed Helia's gender btw she's a girl to me <3

Nabu

Not technically a specialist but who cares lol

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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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They got monopoly for Christmas 🎁 and each of them received a Christmas sweater ♥️

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oh lord-

please, please do not tell me the reboot specialists outfits are going to be similar to the s8 outfits the specialists wore.

Because based on that glimpse in the trailer that we saw of them, their outfits are SOMEWHAT resembling the atrocities the specialists were put into in s8.

I cannot go through another round of whatever the hell these outfits were  😭

oh hell no

(glimpse of this specialist outfits)

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all these years of winx fanart and no boys drawing

the specialists