So, obviously, the Winx Reboot is a burning pile of shit and lazy writing for a plethora of reasons, but I'm especially incensed over the oversimplification of the plot. Especially when it comes to the schools.
Suddenly, Cloud Tower is a thing of the past, and while Red Fountain is still standing, you'll often find Specialists in Alfea either way because of a series of special courses?
Okay, leaving aside how unnecessary that is because Saladin, you know, Red Fountain's headmaster, is a wizard himself so it would have made more sense if his own school offered magic courses, by focusing most of the action in Alfea, they're robbing the story of so much!
Where's the world-building? Where's the chance to explore the other schools and all the missions taking place outside of Alfea? Where's the different aesthetics that make the world so vast and rich? Because the three schools were super important, especially during the first three seasons. Cloud Tower in particular was a huge plot-relevant setting countless times!
-The Winx went there to retrieve Stella's ring.
-Bloom and Sky returned to learn more about her past and got tricked, kick-starting their distance that would result in Bloom fighting Diaspro and learning the truth.
-The girls had to attend classes for a while in an effort to protect its part of the Codex.
-Valtor brainwashed the witches and turned the school into his headquarters...
And so on, and so forth.
Naturally, with the new direction the show is taking, we can bid all that goodbye. As well as all the plot-points taking place in Red Fountain.
And now you're telling me the Trix are attending Alfea alongside the rest of the witches because their school is no more???? That's just plot convenience and Rainbow refusing to use the money their blatant AI saved them on creating more backgrounds. How many times did the witches had to rebuild their school in the original, yet they always returned because it was their home?
And then there's Red Fountain!
I haven't watched the reboot and I most likely won't, but something tells me the Specialists' school is barely featured (if at all), and it certainly doesn't show the guys' rooms, or the arena, or the dragons... I'd be surprised if a single one of their teachers actually made a comeback.
And don't get me started on Red Fountain's re-opening in season 2! That was epic!
They really took all the fun out of the school setting just because they were too lazy to render more buildings in CGI...
