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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?)

Winx unpopular opinions (also weird thoughts)

(First off i would love to join a winx community on here, I feel like on tiktok the wimx fandom is very toxic i just want a place where people can tell each other their headcannons and their opinions anyways...)

-Diaspro could've been the next Taylor Swift with the amount of break up material she had on Sky (also girl leave Bloom and Sky alone)

-Season 5 is not that good (I grew up on season 5 and it is the whole reason I got into Winx but watching it with the other seasons it's not the best

-Musa can do so much better than Rivan

-Blooms enchantix should've been her Bloomix power

-Tecnas enchantix is the best

-Nabu should still be alive

-I think it would be so funny to see an episode of Winx with Timmy's prototype design

-Sirenix and Bloomix are their most powerful fairy form

What are yalls unpopular winx opinions????

 Normal non-obsessive teenage girls

as much as i love tony and peters bond in mcu im in love with dr. strange and dannys bond in usm. ✨️magic papa and his magic son✨️

can i,,,, maybe,,, maybe we can get a little bit of them 🥹

I gotchu bro😌

this is inspired by episode 13 “Strange”

man I need usm remake so bad bc they did Danny so dirty, like in episodes where he suppose be more important character he always ends up not being able to help… I get it we don’t need every character to be strongest and most confident hero ever, but I just wish they spend bit more time exploring his self-doubt, it would feel less like “let’s get rid of Iron fist asap so we can focus more on Spidey…. Again” and it would be kinda nice to see exploration of that feeling of “not being worthy”… also it’s kinda funny bc during watching first 2 seasons I’ve noticed he is probably character of the team with least amount of lines and most amount of failed attack attempts, so they kinda had unintentionally good foundation for developing Danny’s incecurity

If I had to rewrite it, I would definitely choose to go more into his doubts of not being worthy of his power, combined with not fitting in because of how long he was in K’un Lun and not everyone being fan of his wisdoms + hiding his secret identity behind lame excuses (like every one of them lol) and all of this would make it so depressing to watch this sunshine just trying his best… it would make his and Peter’s friendship more valuable since Peter would look past Danny’s weird behaviors and just see him as he is - really kind and always willing to help everyone type of guy

No but like seriously his fist moths as superhero in New York must have been hella awful, not just being new to hero stuff in general but also not knowing his way around, not being used to big city in general and not knowing anyone there besides dr. Strange who I guess he doesn’t meet on daily bases… and also I feel like all members of Spidey’s team are very competitive so I can imagine at fist (before spidey joined shield) they wouldn’t be so friendly towards each other. But I think later on they would become more used to being around each other and since Ava and Sam would became first duo of the team (like spending their free time together and just talking) it would be natural for Danny and Luke becoming bros… and Peter then would be just nice addition to the team

I love dr. Strange’s design in usm sm, he indeed is cuntiest old man lol

omg do you see that? I drew background too, I’m very shocked myself, I doesn’t do that very often

Shout out to Riven for being a rare example of a "Pink Ranger" in a colour-coded squad who isn't a girl.

Specialists!!!

In our au, the students of red fountain are called jewels, and they get their own earned transformation!

Similar to enchantix, jewels can become paladins under a life threatening circumstance

And ofc they get a jewel form as well! Coming soon :3

I have been saving this since last year. Happy Earth Day everyone.

I have a new theory about Helia joining the Specialists' group. The obvious answer is that he is interested in Flora. But that’s just part of it.

Helia is a pacifist which doesn’t mix well with attending a military school. It’s possible that he is forced to be there. Saladin is the headmaster but at first, he is also one of the last remaining members of the Company of Light. As far as we are informed, besides Oritel and Marion, he is the only one to have a child or potentially children, because Helia is his grandson.

He must have been a powerful wizard, maybe even the most powerful to go toe to toe with Valtor, the Ancestral Witches and such. His child grew up in his shadow, perhaps under pressure. Not from Saladin but the society. Furthermore, there was always the possibility of Saladin not returning from this fight. From any fight. That’s why I think Helia is sent to Red Fountain.

However, Helia is not a warrior. He is not a fighter, he is a lover. An artist. I remember that he dropped out to go to art school and he was absent for half of season 3. Now, that’s when the family drama started. While his parents might be really supportive of his skills and passion, there is a lingering fear and need for their son to be able to fight and defend himself. Especially with Valtor back in the picture.

Helia is back at Red Fountain against his will. Well, this man wants to be expelled. On one of his dates with Flora, she tells him about feeling sorry for the specialists having to face a punishment again for helping them(the Winx) and that she worries how one day, they might be thrown out. That’s how Helia joins the Specialists. That’s why he “actively” participates in the battles.

Of course, he ends up befriending them but it all started with his plan to encourage their shenanigans to go back to art school.

hmmm

This is a hard question for me, but I'll have to say Strawberry Shortcake with Jem as a close second. But what do you think? Did I skip your fave? Sorry if I did

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