Everything makes sense in Context and Hindsight
Okay so, I did a salty review of a Winx episode several weeks? a couple of months? ago (Diaspro and the Unicorn) but what I didn’t know, because I couldn’t get a hold of the episodes properly and because nobody told me: What I watched was a supercut of several episodes compiling the entirety of Diaspro’s Season 8 appearance.
I’ve now managed to get my hands on actual Season 8, so I’ve been watching the relevant episodes to see if I could figure out what was going on and I realised I had missed something very important.
The way I saw the meeting going the first time:
Aryo: Gasp! People! RAGE!!!! Winx: *show up and roofie a unicorn* Aryo: okay, I’m chill now... oh hey a new friend! -* because the writers need Diaspro to GTFO the story line and they’re done with minor inconvenience on the way to horn tower *-
How the scene went on the rewatch now that I’ve come around to the idea of Aryo+Diaspro bonding and have more context:
Aryo: Intruders? Like the betrayers!? … oh hey, this fairy... we vibe, I like this bitchy fairy... who’s this jerk? Don’t yell at my new fairy! *attacks Sky for berating Diaspro* Bring her back! *chases Sky who’s carrying Diaspro off, chases Sky to make him stay gone* Winx: *show up and roofie a unicorn* Aryo: OMFG it’s the sparkle brigade... very pretty... okay fine, I won’t kill this fool... Bloom: *tries to friend Aryo* Aryo: Lady! did you not just hear tiny-star-unicorn say I don’t like people?! Back off! Diaspro: *arrives to see Bloom overbearing on someone and reacts without thinking because her “I think I’ll cause problems” instincts kick in* Hey, so Sky and I have spent the last several days together, but I’d like to leave now. Aryo: Yes! New Angry Friend! Cause untold grief to the lady who does not respect my personal space! You will love me New Angry Fairy Friend! Diaspro: Uh no. … actually yeah, you know what? I dislike you far less than I dislike these people, lets blow this popsicle stand. (but first, one last chance to cause problems!) ~Bye Sky!~
On the rewatch I noticed that Aryo had at no point been targeting Diaspro, even when he took the flying leap and landed where the Eraklyon duo had been, Aryo landed more specifically where Sky had been, and given that he ended up Bonding with Diaspro (I refuse to believe any of the Winx would use such a word as Shrew to describe another woman, no matter how much they didn’t like them) it would make sense if Aryo had been specifically attacking Sky rather than the two of them... or I’m giving the writers too much credit because wtf? did Stella’s unicorn choose her or not? why is it being such an ass and since when does she hate horses? of any kind? Also isn’t Flora the one who’s good at potions amongst the Winx? or is that fanon?
