World of Winx S2 E12

## Plot

Hook uses his bell to capture Tink and banish the Winx to Earth. Matt says that Tink is different than the girl he loved. He can't believe she did all of the terrible things they're accusing her of. The Shaman attacks Hook, but Tiger Lily easily defeats him, and he's surrounded by the pirates. Matt runs away into the forest. Hook says he's a worthless coward, and I'm inclined to agree. The Shaman tells Tiger Lily that fighting amongst each other won't solve anything. A king must be judged by his actions, and Hook only thinks of himself. He's shown no mercy, and isn't grateful to those who fought with him. Before the Winx can go back to Neverland, the pirates and the Crocodile and Alligator Man show up to make sure they stay banished. Hook brings Tink to the mermaids. He wants them to keep an eye on her in case someone tries to free her. He tells them that the Winx are traitors, and they lock Tink up in a coral prison. They try to hypnotize her to let herself drown when the tide rises, but Matt shows up in a boat to save her. Wow, he reconciled himself with her evil nature amazingly fast… and entirely offscreen. The mermaids try to hypnotize him, but he just goes along with it until he can surprise them. He frees and rescues Tink. She may not be the perfect girl of his dreams, but he can't hide his feelings for her, and can tell that she's changed. Nobody else believes her though. They have to show everyone that the true enemy of Neverland is Hook, but he shows up and attacks them. Back on Earth, Flora and Bloom catch the pirates, and tell them that Jim betrayed Smee, not the other way around. A captain who betrays his friends is no real captain at all. Stella and Tecna are attacked in the sewers by the Crocodile Man, but they're saved by Tiger Lily and the Shaman. On the boat, Hook disarms Matt and throws him into the water, and the mermaids start dragging him down. Ignoring their murderous nature, that was super anticlimactic, and Tink couldn't help because she gave up her fairy powers. Still, I'd at least try tackling the guy.

## Review

While the previous episode was pretty boring with poor pacing, this episode was surprisingly emotional, and I actually felt bad for Tink. I guess she makes a better sympathetic character than an antagonist, especially considering she almost never leaves her lair or fights herself. She always delegated tasks to minions. And don't tell me she physically can't leave Neverland, even in the original play, the books, and the movies, she could always leave if she wanted to. She just always followed Peter around. It was always implied that she also had a crush on him and was jealous of Wendy, hence the whole Lost Boys murder attempt made to look like an accident. So, yeah, she was always pretty psycho, along with the mermaids, but she was made nicer in the Disney sequel and fairy spinoffs. They just gave her a bad temper. So, overall, I'm pretty mixed on Tink as a character. Ignoring the spinoff stuff, I hesitate to say she was ever a good person, she was just so fanatically devoted to Peter that she was willing to die for him, and probably just him, since she did betray everyone and told Hook where their hideout was, and then he trapped her and went behind her back to kill Peter.