#for me they just look and sound gorgeous

[oftheriverseine]

If you have some kind of sound related synesthesia PLEASE listen to Family Crest or Oh Hellos songs

[andy-clutterbuck]

9x02 | The Bridge

[icouldbeyourprettygirl]

I recommended S listen to a specific singer and after he did, we talked about her one afternoon. I mentioned how I wish I had her hair and style and how pretty I think she is... He proceeds to tell me that he has a little crush on her 🫠

[licorishh]

So 1.6 is here and the Trailblaze continuance is interesting. Dr. Ratio is every bit as irritating and pompous as expected. I love him

Spoilers for the continuance quest in the tags cause y'all already know I gotta say something about this dude and it's about to get real neat

[immamapletreekid]

ok movie thoughts time

[dizzybevvie]

[batri-jopa]

Imagine being a girl that never once in her life experienced gender dysphoria

and also

watching Princess Bride (1987) and the two and only two outfits you desperately wish to steal are these of Inigo Montoya and Dread Pirate Roberts:

Inconceivable!

[bobmckenzie]

i wanna sit on the bathroom sink counter in the morning and watch Louis shave and put on aftershave and i can hold his gel while he does his hair and help him pick out what cologne to wear and

[1o1percentmilk]

i love looking at people's aesthetic tags because theres usually some sort of theme going on

[moonrpg]

so excited to see all the new expressions they added I like this one bc he looks like a yoshis story surprised yoshi

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: April 15

"Something in the Way She Moves" by James Taylor

[fragmentedblade]

Insane that Blade during Todd's quest did basically the same thing Dan Heng was doing during this last video

[transgender-catboy]

This is my girlfriend :3

[floralovebot]

I’m so relieved we are talking about this because this isn’t really talked about in the winx club fandom, thanks for bringing it up Jay:)

As someone who did see Flora as south asian growing up as I’m south asian myself, it is very important to actually grow up and realise what her representation as latina means. In my culture, it is normal to be very welcoming when other races dress up in south asian traditional clothing. Where I come from it’s encouraged in school even for other races to dress up in sarees for what we call Racial Harmony Day. It’s a bonding moment between us and other races where we teach them how to tie sarees and it’s nice to see them actually appreciate the culture with us instead of appropriating it like certain celebrities such as Selena Gomez/ Kim Kardhashian. Which was why back then I didn’t feel like it was wrong to draw Flora in South Asian Clothing as I’ve done before. Butttt, like you said, It is erasing her representation as a latina to take that away from her and that is something I should have realised.

And, Aisha as a south asian is an extremely important point to bring up because I’ve experienced racism myself when it comes to that topic. When we used to play winx club with the other girls in my neighbourhood (some were asian, some were white), I was always made to be Aisha because I was dark skinned. It was like by default, because I was the only dark skinned girl, i had to be Aisha. I wasn’t allowed to be Stella or Flora like I wanted to because I don’t look like them. And, there is so much racism against black people in the south asian community itself because of colourism (which seriously needs to be talked about more) that this was pretty upsetting to a child. there’s so much to unpack there because this shouldn’t be a thing amongst literal children which then goes onto adult life. It’s not only erasing identities but its also harmful stereotypes

It is so important to not take away Aisha’s , Musa’s and Flora’s ethnicities, especially for those who create Winx content. And, as for Nabu being south asian coded, I feel such a big responsibility to do something about it, because yes there is so much to explore there but he isn’t a popular character and he gets often misread as a black person.

AHH I'm just glad I haven't gotten racist anons yet akjdgh

Anyway! I completely understand! Children see themselves in characters and in a world with very little representation, them looking like us is really important. I completely understand why people wouldn't see Flora as latina (since it really doesn't Jump out at you like Musa being chinese), but I do think recognizing that and respecting it as an adult is important. I actually really liked your Flora art and if it's okay for non-south asians to wear sarees then I don't see an issue with it honestly? The winx travel a lot! Or it could be a special occasion for Aisha and Nabu's wedding yknow ajghladg Like the clothing is important but as long as we're still respecting the fact that she's Latina then her wearing a saree should be fine I think?

And with Aisha!! OGH there's so much racism that goes into letting which kid play which character and the darker skinned kids always had to play her. Like it didn't matter if they weren't black or if they were but wanted to play someone else, white kids would always make them play her :(( White kids, and often white adults, really don't understand how frustrating it is. It's one of the first "wow they really only see me for my race/ethnicity/skin color" that kids go through with other kids. No one should have to go through that :( And Aisha especially shouldn't be taken away as representation from black people like it doesn't matter that she's from Andros - she's meant to be black rep. Trying to make her anything but is just erasing the already very little rep they had in the show

And with Nabu, like again I would never be mad that a kid sees him as black instead of south asian, especially if that kid is black themselves and sees him as more rep. But as adults, we should be able to use our critical thinking skills and recognize that they intentionally designed him to Look south asian (his mother has a bindi like!!). Just because a character is dark skinned it doesn't mean they're automatically a black character (which is something that a lot of people, especially non-black people, like to think). Like I was hyper aware of asian characters in media so I'm really glad that I always saw him as asian, but there are tons of characters that I got wrong and it doesn't take a lot of effort to correct yourself.

It just,,, like I know a lot of people may not understand why this is important but it is. Winx Club is a show that has already gone through so much racism, whitewashing, and erasure. We need to do what we can to make sure the fandom is vigilant of our own biases and unconscious bigotry. And like I said earlier, you can't separate the winx girls from their race. You can't separate Flora being latina without taking away a fundamental aspect of why she was created. You can't take away Musa being asian without taking away everything from her culture. You can't take away Aisha being black without taking away representation and very important race discussions about how her character is treated. Racism and race affects so much more than people like to think and it's just... hhhh when people ignore that.

[allpromarlo]

happy mother's day to him in particular <3

[toastsnaffler]

I still can't believe they're charging THAT much for the shadow of the erdtree dlc... for like 2/3 of the base game price there fucking better be 100+ hours of content in there 🤨