World of Winx S2 E5

## Plot

In Neverland, the pirates are running from Tink's shadow monsters. However, they're captured one by one, and some are so desperate to escape that they turn on each other. In spite of this, they're all captured, and can't transform into their zombie forms for some reason. Meanwhile, the sun is rising in Paris. The girls search Matt's flat. It's a mess, and is full of creative furniture and art. Stella touches part of his countertop, and the others suddenly disappear. She sees Matt take a piece of parchment and a kaleidoscope with him, and sees him reading a flyer for the fashion school. So, I guess that's one of her special abilities or something? To see the past or whatever? Like how Flora can talk to plants? She saw it in a flash of light. It's her new Onyrix power that she just discovered. She tells the others. Unbeknownst to them, a mysterious figure is watching them. Before they can get to the school, the girls are asked for their help by the spirit of Neverland *again.* Oh come on! I'm even more annoyed then Stella at how frequently this is happening. Plus I just hate splitting the team up. Stella, Aisha, and Tecna will look for Matt, while Bloom, Flora, and Musa try to solve the latest problem of the week plaguing Neverland, that only they can ever solve because… reasons. Musa hears the pirates calling for help. It turns out that Stella is actually quite the people person, and solves lots of people's problems, from fashion, to romance, to just good old fashioned encouragement. I'm not at all sorry for that pun. However, she runs away from the others, because they think she doesn't focus on what's important, or that she's acting superficial. She reunites with Sophie and Nadine. Everyone likes the new outfit, except for Matt. He's in Sophie's fashion class. They tell Stella that he thinks he's better than everybody else, and is always showing off. He's bossy, arrogant, rude, annoying, haughty, full of himself, and so many other negative words. No one likes him, myself included. *Why* couldn't they have just used Peter Pan? Yes, the copyright for the play script, at least in the U.S., won't run out until 2023, but the novel version from 1911 has expired in many countries. OUAT used their own version of Peter Pan, although they could probably afford to. I mean, the copyright belongs to children's hospital. If anything, it sounds like it'd be a good press opportunity. Anyway, Tecna and Aisha find Matt. He gets an idea, and gives the knight character a shield. While filming though, he stops because he has another idea. Aisha and Tecna agree that it's a total disaster, and absolutely terrible. Suddenly though, everyone is swallowed up and disappears into black voids. Stella sees the students she helped earlier also disappear into black voids. She's all alone, and everything is dark. She meets her nemesis, Obscura. I love her cape. She traps Stella in a void. Meanwhile, the other girls find the pirates trapped in shadow cages. None of their magic can free them though. Stella is crying. She suddenly transforms into her younger self, with Obscura representing the kids who made fun of her and laughed at her. They say she's too loud, has a screechy voice, talks too much, isn't funny, is desperate, pathetic, ugly, boring, etc. Stella cries, thinking that no one likes her and she's all alone. Obscura basically represents every school bully ever. I hope she gets her ass kicked soon. This time when Stella tries to help people, they don't let her and get mad or annoyed at her. Like me at Matt, or sometimes the main universe versions of Stella, Bloom, or Flora when she's written out of character. Illusion Aisha calls her superficial, and illusion Tecna says she's only doing it for herself. Her biggest fear is that no one likes her. Oh my gosh, imagine how amazing an episode of Winx Club would be if it was about fears, rather than a one off nightmare monster? Not just the Winx's, but everyone else's too. I think part of me just really wants them to remember that Aisha used to have monophobia, and that people don't normally get over phobias so quickly in real life. That fear, along with her nightmares and implied PTSD, were a big part of her character and heavily foreshadowed in season 2 of the main show, and one of the many reasons why I loved her as a character. It has little to do with relatability like with Flora, but more like wish fulfillment. I *want* to be her. But the flaws remind me that she's still a person. Stella's younger version of herself tells her not to cry. They'll never be alone, as long as they have their friends. Stella remembers Tecna and Aisha's compliments, and makes the void disappear. Her friends are her light, and they'll always be a part of her. She destroys Obscura with a ball of light. Really? Only one attack? And she was just introduced in this episode! Sure, her attack on Stella was psychological in nature, like Bloom's, but still! Everyone returns, and no one knows what happened. In fact, Tecna and Aisha are the only ones who are aware that anything happened at all. Stella finds them and hugs them. She tells them that she beat her nemesis thanks to them, and that she loves them. However, they lose sight of Matt. He's cleaning the kaleidoscope when the mysterious figure pours yellow dust on him and kidnaps him, which the girls see. They change into their spy clothes again to give chase. Okay, I'm just gonna assume that they do that with magic. But another transformation sequence? Really? The mystery man uses a familiar looking object to summon some sort of octopus monster. Stella and Aisha try to kick it off the roof, but it was just an illusion. Tecna saves them instead of going after the mysterious man and Matt.