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ilikemuffins · 23 days

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The reasons why I think Stella and Bloom's friendship is amazing and is not something we often see

Or why Fate is trash

One aspect of Winx club I always loved growing up was the frienship between the girls. They all love each other, despite their very different personnalities and having some rough times.

While I could write an essay about almost every duo in Winx club, I do think that Stella and Bloom are the most interesting to analyse.

Even though they are part of a friend group, the show doesn't try to hide the fact that Stella and Bloom are each other best friend, they even say so themselves. This friendship is truly groundbreaking when we think about it, for one simple reason: Bloom and Stella's archetypes usually hates each other when depicted together in media.

Hear me out.

Stella is the girly girl, the mean girl, the popular girl with a big mouth who can appear shallow. Plus, she's blond. She bases a big portion of her self-worth in her apperance. Basically, she's the Regina George of Winx Club.

Bloom, she's not like the other girls. There's nothing wrong with her, she's attractive and a sweetheart, yet she attracts attention for being different (in the show there are a few reasons for this, first she's from Earth and she's also the keeper of the Dragon Flame, making her a god-like existence in the story). She has messy hair, dresses in jeans, doesn't really care about her apperance... She's a fish out of water type of character, the character everyone can and want to relate to. She's the Cady of Winx Club.

These two were designed to hate each other.

Taking into account Stella's nature, we expect her to hate Bloom based on sheer jealousy. Bloom doesn't try and gets all the attention, she's the new girl who turns out to be the one girl more powerful than her, she's also a princess. We could say that everything Stella can do, Bloom can do better.

And yet...

Stella would kill a bitch for Bloom. Never in the show does she displays any ill feelings toward Bloom, on the contrary, she spends her time trying to get her to be more confident in her and her abilities. She's sweet with her and does her best to uplift her. I can say with confidence that Stella is the one person in the show who loves Bloom the most (tied with Daphne), like Sky doesn't hold A CANDLE to her.

When Bloom leaves on missions by herself she's worried sick, she's always clinging to her, teasing her, looking out for her. She's always the one there for Bloom when things get hard (when the Trix steal her powers, when Sky gets engaged to Diaspro, when she thinks of her family...)

And Bloom, she just loves Stella. She's the reason her dream became reality (it was her meeting with her which caused her to learn her true nature), and Stella took her under her wing to make it easier for her to fit into this new world. She saw from the beggining that Stella was willing to lie for her, to fight for her and she couldn't help but love her, even if she had a big mouth and had a different personnality. Stella brought lightness and laughter into her world, she was her anchor.

For real, just look at her reaction when Stella throws herself from the cliff in season two. She spends the episodes after that obsessing over saving and finding Stella.

These two can't live without each other even though one is the 'your typical mean girl' and the other is 'not like the other girls'. Heck, everytime the vilains freaking spy on the Winx these two are all over each other.

I think the heart of their friendship is their first meeting. Stella was what Bloom had dreamed of all her life: she was a real fairy the living personnification of her dreams. She's the one who made her dream a reality. As for Stella, she was saved by a human who risked her life and stood up for her even though she didn't stand any chance and didn't know her. Bloom was just lucky she turned out to be a fairy. Bloom then took her to her house and took care of her, without expecting anything in return.

That was freaking transgressive for the time, and Fate's writers deserve jail for what they did to their friendship. Bloom and Stella fighting over a boy and Stella turning into the typical insecure and jealous mean girl? Hell no.

Look at these queens 🥹

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ilikemuffins · 1 month

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LOST Mermaid melody english FAN dub

(let me relive my nostalgia)

some fans back in like 2009 or 2010 dubbed the first episode and it was gold to me. i just really wanna rewatch it. here are the facts:

it was episode one only. i’m pretty sure it was in three parts

the episode also ended with a preview and full english versions of rina, luchia, and hanon singing Super Live

their version of legend of mermaid started with: once upon a time i heard a faint melody. on the wind, blowing far across the horizon. and before the dawn…

#help a girl out #lost media #lost anime media #mermaid melody #mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch #mermaid melody english dub

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ilikemuffins · 1 month

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If I were to ever get a pin collection, these bad boys just sum me up

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ilikemuffins · 6 months

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American girl - Isabelle dances into the spotlight - outfits from the movie in doll form

(AG has tons of cat halloween costumes. they could’ve just reused one for an extra buck. i would’ve been sold).

#american girl isabelle palmer #american girl doll brand #american girl doll #ag goty 2014 #ag goty #isabelle dances into the spotlight #isabelle palmer #girl of the year #girl of the year 2014

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ilikemuffins · 6 months

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American girl - Isabelle dances into the spotlight - potential movie outfits for the doll

(Obviously, the official AG nutcracker outfits were released years after the film. However, they were near identical to the costumes in Isabelle’s movie. Definitely my dream release of new outfits when the movie was released. A missed opportunity.)

#american girl isabelle palmer #american girl doll brand #american girl brand #american girl doll #isabelle dances into the spotlight #isabelle palmer #ag goty 2014 #ag goty #goty 2014 #american girl doll isabelle #american girl the nutcracker

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ilikemuffins · 6 months

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American girl - Isabelle dances into the spotlight - doll outfits brought to life for the film

#american girl of the year #american girl doll brand #american girl brand #girl of the year #girl of the year 2014 #ag goty #ag goty 2014 #isabelle palmer #american girl isabelle palmer #isabelle dances into the spotlight

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ilikemuffins · 6 months

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American girl - Saige paints the sky - doll outfits brought to life for the film

#american girl brand #american girl of the year #american girl doll #american girl doll brand #saige paints the sky #saige copeland #ag goty 2013 #ag goty #girl of the year 2013

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ilikemuffins · 6 months

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American girl - Saige paints the sky - Saige’s meet dress brought to life for the film

#american girl of the year #american girl brand #american girl doll #saige paints the sky #saige copeland #ag goty 2013 #ag goty #girl of the year 2013

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ilikemuffins · 6 months

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American Girl - Saige paints the sky - behind the scenes photos

Part 4

#american girl of the year 2013 #american girl doll brand #american girl doll #american girl brand #saige paints the sky #saige copeland #goty #ag goty #girl of the year 2013

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ilikemuffins · 7 months

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American Girl - Saige paints the sky - behind the scenes photos

Part 3

#american girl of the year 2013 #american girl doll brand #american girl doll #goty #ag goty #saige paints the sky #saige copeland #girl of the year 2013

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ilikemuffins · 7 months

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American Girl - Saige paints the sky movie - behind the scene photos

Part 2

Fun fact: the photo of the girls on the DVD cover is their “day of beige” outfits - recoloured.

#american girl doll brand #american girl of the year 2013 #american girl doll #american girl of the year #ag goty #ag goty 2013 #saige copeland #saige paints the sky #american girl brand

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ilikemuffins · 7 months

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American Girl - Saige paints the sky movie - behind the scenes photos

Part 1

#american girl #american girl doll #american girl doll brand #saige copeland #saige paints the sky #girl of the year #goty #ag goty #girl of the year 2013 #american girl of the year 2013

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ilikemuffins · 8 months

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Winx on ice - Amiche per la pelle (part 2)

#winx #winx club #2000s cartoons #2000s nostalgia #winx live action #winx on ice #winx bloom #winx flora #winx aisha #winx layla #winx musa #winx stella #winx tecna #winx on ice italy #winx stage show #winx rare #winx italy

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ilikemuffins · 9 months

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Winx theory ✨

In season 1, episode 8, the dancing girl that reminds Bloom of Daphne is actually Layla. Maybe, sneaking out of Andros to be herself and dance.

Source: my 8 year old brain.

Idk. My favourite trope is the found-family friends subtly crossing paths before they first meet. This fuels that - so I don’t accept constructive criticism.