Winx Club S3 E24

## A Personal Message

Okay, bare with me here. The first part of this episode is weird. Not necessarily pegasus guard weird, but close. It just has to do with the order of stuff. So it switches between Bloom's dream and reality, and does it so often that it gets hard to tell which is which. What I'd like to know is, if this is original Italian footage, why couldn't Rainbow or Cinélume just rearrange the clips in their big fancy computers? I understand they're just supposed to dub it, and that they don't make the stock footage, but still. A little more effort on either side of the globe would be appreciated. Just saying. Faragonda says that she doesn't know whether or not Valtor is lying. This is despite the fact that 1. He's a villain, and you should never trust them 2. She told Bloom herself in episode 7 that Valtor was imprisoned in the Omega dimension by her parents, not the other members, meaning that he couldn't have done anything to them, plus it means he has no idea what really happened to them. 3. He was a desperate, dying man when he told Bloom this, *of course* he'd do whatever it took to survive and finally, 4. He's already lied to her about the fate of her parents before, so of course he's doing it again just to mess with her. And an extra number 5. Even on the non-existent chance that what he's saying is true, Bloom's parents would want her to destroy Valtor no matter what, because that's what real heroes do. Bloom is not a hero. She's a whiny, stupid, entitled little brat, and that's why I despise her. Now I could end this "review" right here and now. I could put my foot down and say "No more!" I could even rage quit and delete all of my previous stuff, if it caused me so much frustration. But I won't. Because at the end of the day, no matter how much certain characters or plots annoy me, the good ones will always win out in the end. Because I love this and many other franchises, and because I love my job. Dazel20 out.

## Plot

That wasn't even the plot section of the script guys. Man, I even impress myself with this sometimes. At least this time Bloom does consider that it could be a trick. Too little too late on the consolation though. You guys lost me when you had Bloom mention Domino for the first time this season. Oh, and it was dream Faragonda who said she didn't know. And since this is Bloom's dream, everyone's dumbed down to make herself look better. Oh, and to me, said dream goes on for way too long. Bloom gets the idea to ask the Three Ancient witches what happened to her parents, since they both created Valtor and destroyed Domino. But the only way to contact them is through Cloudtower. And now it turns out that the dream was actually a vision telling her what to do... Okay, enough of this mind screw BS! What the hell is going on?! And now they have to get into Cloudtower's crypt even though the castle isn't there... What? You know what, I'm just gonna pretend that the last six minutes didn't happen. I can replace them with the first eight minutes of season 2 instead. Not only was that awesome, but it also made sense! The girls reach where Cloudtower used to be. They guess that Valtor used a powerful invisiblity spell to hide the tower from everyone, even Miss Griffon. Their guess is confirmed thanks to the Water Stars. They use fairy dust to break the spell. It doesn't break completely, but cracks start to show up. They become Mini Winx to get in while Bloom waits outside. They use their fairy dust on the inside to fully break the spell. Valtor sees this and sends the Trix out to destroy them, but first, he amplifies their powers. (Which gives them new outfits of course). Icy wonders why Valtor never wants to face Bloom himself, and suggests that he's scared of her. Valtor overhears this, and says that her lack of loyalty will cost her dearly. (Look who's talking! Everyone in the audience knows that you've been turning the Trix against each other just for your own amusement!) And now I have an extreme urge to say "The pot calling the kettle black." After an illusion spell sends Stella running–er, flying scared, Layla and Bloom have to go after her while Tecna, Musa and Flora fight the Trix. Bloom finds the crypt and speaks to the three witches. They tell her that Valtor is lying, and that her parents are alive, but they say nothing more. And if you're wondering if they're also lying, trust me, they're not. It's not like they have a stake in this. They are dead after all. Not to mention that everything they say actually lines up perfectly with the movie and doesn't contradict anything. Wow, continuity for once. When it comes to Domino and what happened to Bloom's parents at least. It's so jarring. I'm impressed. Layla was able to find Stella and free her from the spell off screen, and now they're also fighting the Trix. Bloom returns and they use their fairy dust to make them run away. So, this was an okay episode after the beginning. Basic plot, basic fight, basic "revelation", etc.