#enforced the strike for him. since he writes by himself. like he obviously didn't break the strike because he still isn't done six months

[maddy-ferguson]

this recent euphoria season 3 update is literally so funny like why do i know him so well...

[darkpoisonouslove]

What if Grififn never changed sides and went with Valtor to Omega instead (if she would went with him to Omega)? How would that change the results in season 3?

I mean... Griffin's convergence with Faragonda was kinda instrumental in the season 2 finale. Without it Darkar might have won but let's pretend that they still defeated him.

I did write a post about Griffin going to Omega with Valtor but it was a more general idea rather than being focused on how that would change season 3 so let's look at that. I'll note down the key differences in the season structure.

When the Trix free Valtor, he offers to work together because he has been weakened by his stay in Omega as much as he doesn't want to admit it and he's considering the possibility that Griffin might be in an even worse state and wouldn't be able to assist him with breaking out. I like the idea that the ice didn't allow her to age so she's really not that much older than the Trix. Instant problem there because it means that Valtor would probably be interested in them if it weren't for her.

However, she's on it at once. She compliments them on obviously being talented at the dark arts because only people that are end up being sent to Omega. The Trix aren't going to fall for it as easily after what happened with Darkar but they are aware that they can't escape on their own. Their plan is to split as soon as they're out of Omega but witnessing what Valtor can do quickly changes their minds as both Griffin and Valtor expected it would.

Griffin is the one that reveals to them that she and Valtor worked for the Ancestral Witches. Valtor is against it since they both immediately realized who the Trix are and he doesn't like it. He thinks that they would turn on him if they think they had a chance but Griffin convinces him that that's exactly why they shouldn't give them reasons to turn on him. She explains to the Trix that she and Valtor were loyal to the Witches only to get discarded in the end, abandoned to be imprisoned. She manages to steer the Trix into believing the Ancestral Witches couldn't care less about them and that it doesn't matter because they're with her and Valtor now.

She and Valtor would have a sort of a "good cop, bad cop" dynamic with the Trix where Valtor is more withdrawn and doesn't like to share his thoughts, let alone his magic while Griffin is acting like she and the Trix are on the exact same level in the food chain. She'd explain his bad mood away with the fact that he wouldn't have gotten as powerful as he is by standing around talking with people or giving away his magic while at the same time she'd share freely her plans and magic with them. The Trix would still be too enamored with Valtor to think of leaving, if anything it would make them see him more as a challenge. Meanwhile, Griffin wouldn't appear a threat to them and they'd grow more relaxed around her, sharing information about themselves and recreational activities with her.

Upon discovering Bloom, both Valtor and Griffin agree that they have to remove her to make sure she doesn't find her parents and the Ancestral Witches along with them. So the Andros episodes would go somewhat differently. I can see Valtor still pulling Bloom out of the water but only to kill her himself, make sure she won't survive against the odds again. She and the Winx are only saved by the Androsian army.

Learning that Faragonda is Alfea's headmistress gives Griffin perfect opportunity to sow discord between Faragonda and Bloom by revealing to Bloom that Faragonda knew her parents and never told her. The Cassandra & Chimera and Diaspro arcs would also be more successful and longer. Because of all that and Faragonda's refusal to take down Griffin, at least the rest of the Alfea faculty would be more heavily involved in the action, potentially some law enforcement. Hagen may even be introduced into the fray.

Faragonda decides to strike back by getting it into the Trix' heads that they could attempt to control Valtor. Griffin having to deal with that mess leaves Valtor to handle the Winx alone. He's not doing so well against all their Enchantix (Bloom saved Daphne or Mike and/or Vanessa to earn hers) but little do they know that that's just for show. The plan was always for Valtor to pretend to lose so that Bloom might free him from the yoke of the Ancestral Witches. I can see it all coming to a head in Obsidian where Marion and Oritel are freed but so are the Ancestral Witches.

However, with Valtor being fully independent now, it's a three-way war that would take another season to be solved. I'm thinking of a very begrudging eventual team-up between Griffin and Valtor and the Winx + CoL that puts an end to the Witches but Valtor and Griffin still slip away after an unsuccessful sneak attack on the CoL. When (if) they are murdered, they're taking at least one member of the Company with them. I'm thinking Faragonda or Marion. Probably Marion for the sake of making a thematic implication that Valtor was just another side of the Dragon Fire and they couldn't kill him without harming themselves. Meanwhile, Faragonda is in shambles over Griffin's death and her relationship with Bloom is completely destroyed because Bloom blames her for what happened to Marion.