#diaspro

Think about it. Bloom didn't go after Diaspro after she saw her talking to "Brandon" and declared he was her boyfriend out of jealousy. She attacked her because she thought she was the Trix playing a mean trick on her. Again.

Because that's what makes Bloom's reaction understandable, albeit not justified. It isn't far-fetched of Bloom to think the Trix would play with her emotions like that.

After all, Icy, Darcy, and Stormy had been bullying, threatening, attacking, and emotionally manipulating the Winx all season.

1) They almost killed Bloom during their first and second encounters, back to back.

2) They pretended to be Brandon to lure Stella into a life-threatening trap to steal her ring.

3) They tricked Bloom into giving Riven faulty gear that could have killed him only to make him hold a grudge and sway him to their side.

4) Icy ruthlessly taunted Musa about her unrequited crush on Riven and then sicced countless witches after her.

6) They hijacked Bloom's simulation exam and pretended to kill Kiko to enrage her to the point of confirming whether she had the Dragon Flame or not.

7) They went out of their way to help Lucy win the Miss Magix pageant with the intention of humiliating her at the last second.

8) They already tricked Bloom into thinking she was the reincarnation of the Three Ancient Witches, something that scarred her to the point of wanting to leave Magix.

9) They sent that nightmare monster after the girls, a creature that specifically drew out their deepest fears and insecurities.

Compared to all that, Darcy disguising herself as Brandon's supposedly secret girlfriend to mess with her head is child's play.

Sure, Diaspro kept trying to tell her she was Princess Diaspro, Prince Sky's betrothed, and Bloom didn't listen. But, honestly, can you blame her?

For starters, by that point Bloom knew nothing of Magix royalty, so it's not even like a certain Princess Diaspro would have rung a bell. Heck, not even Stella seemed to know much about the Eraklyon Royal Family if she also bought Brandon and Sky's switcheroo and had no idea that she was technically seeing a betrothed man.

Not to mention, in you were in Bloom's shoes, what would you believe? The words of some random snobbish girl you just met, and who you already suspect to be one of your enemies in disguise? Or what you think you know about your close friend and crush?

Do I have a reason to care this much? Autism mainly. I didn’t get the useful kind, I got the care too much about inconsequential bullshit kind.

Ok, so noticeably, compared to many other characters in the cast, Diaspro’s clothes cover more skin. And while on first glance you may chalk this up to her nobility, but we have multiple nobles in the cast who wear shorter skirts, crop tops, all that stuff. Which makes Diaspro stand out to me a bit more.

So we’ll start with her fairy form, as far as in the show itself this is the shortest skirt she has. Even so her skirt goes down mid thigh, her abdomen is fully covered, and while the top is sleeveless it’s pretty high up on her chest.

Moving on to her casual dress, this is another look that at that has a similar pattern some leg exposed but midriff is covered, shoulders and most of her chest covered, skirt is not a miniskirt. We see a trend towards billowy designs here, for example her sleeves are puffed and quite long. The skirt is sleek but has a train/portion that is longer like in her fairy form. She also is shown in her first appearance with this floofy fur trimmed cloak. I would say this is rather sleek and form fitting in the main torso area.

In season 5 we see her in pants for the first time. They’re very floofy pants, billowy, non form fitting. Her sleeves are also poofy like in her last outfit and the boots are similar to her fairy form. Like in her last outfit she has a cloak, though it’s more of a cape and less ornate. What’s an interesting addition to this outfit I think is the orante purplish silver breast plate with the spikes on the shoulders and matching kneepads. She looks more knight adjacent in this design and I really like it for her.

Season 8 look is more similar to season 5’s look. But we omit the armor and the outfit has less poofiness. Slight poof at the sleeves. Overall way more form fitting that her previous outfit. We see a bit of a departure from the strong reds found in her other outfits. I’d say Diaspro’s color palette is primarily cream and red with accents of light purple and orange.

Season 3’s ballgown is more form fitting than a lot of the other cast’s, which is interesting. We see red as the dominant color this time. Her shoulders are almost exposed, but not really. She has these really interesting sleeve thingies. No poofiness, this dress is dramatically clinging to her and it’s one of my favorites to be honest.

Ok, onto comics and books outfits

So we have the same outfits as in the show and a few exclusives.

This casual outfit is similar in cut and design to her fairy form but has a purple skirt, like a bright purple skirt not the faded silvery purple she’s usually got going.

Her military uniform outfit is more form fitting and lacks poofiness. It looks like a good tactical outfit and we’re back to red and cream as the main colors.

Next we have the only crop top I’ve found for her. It’s this little maroon number, much more darker red than her other outfits because it’s that deep maroon that her main bodice is all over. She’s also wearing gloves here apparently like she does in her uniform.

Lastly there’s this big poofy dress in the books. We’re back to big puffed sleeves, red bodice, but notably this is a full, non form fitting skirt. Her shoulders are also exposed which in this dress.

Conclusion - While this is not the most relevant discussion I do find the style difference interesting. In earlier seasons most of the characters with screen time wear outfits that incorporate crop tops, short skirts, cut outs, etc. Before it sounds like I’m complaining, I’m not, I love the outfits in Winx Club. But Diaspro diverges pretty strongly from the trend. Now perhaps this due to a lack of screen time, but I think it does offer interesting possible implications for how cultural modesty norms may function on Eraklyon. Perhaps in the main series we never see Diaspro in anything particularly short is due to cultural differences between the other planets and Eraklyon.

Personally I use this as justification for saying modesty standards on Eraklyon is far stricter than most other cultures in the Magic Dimension.

- Sky is overhated, so many of the things people hate him for are easily explainable and lowkey valid like the whole Brandon switch situation and Diaspro thing, I always interpreted them switching places as a way to preserve Sky's safety and his whole engagement with Diaspro was clearly presented as an arranged marriage situation he didn't want while I do have sympathy for Diaspro at the same time we can't really blame Sky for not wanting to be forced into a marriage and wanting love, or people hating on him for being suspicious of Avalon when he wasn't the only one concerned, Tecna and the other winx girls were as well and they were right and valid for it since Avalon spends that entire season grooming Bloom, you could argue that his reasoning wasn't entirely from a valid place and some of it was fueled by jealousy and to that I'd say they're literally teenagers, teenagers aren't really known for thinking of things in a mature and rational way plus as my sister had pointed out even if Avalon had been their age, if someone was acting the way Avalon was with Bloom towards your partner you do have every right to be atleast a little bit concerned about that.

- Whenever people discuss which popstar/celebrity would inspire the Winx girls if Winx Club was made today (if you didn't know, Bloom was inspired by Britney Spears in the og show) people always name Chappell Roan for Bloom and Sabrina Carpenter for Stella, and I disagree with this because it feels like it's purely done on hair color but when you pay attention to the motifs these Pop stars often have, Sabrina has been employing heart aesthetics for years now and has built an association with the color blue which are both things that are a Bloom staple and fit her much more then it does for Stella

- This might be changing due to the Winx reboot but I absolutely hate when people hate on Bloom for being a Mary Sue for bad writing in the later seasons when they don't hold this same energy for the rest of the Winx girls who also became much worse versions of themselves.