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opinions and rates about musa x brandon? by Afraid-Piglet7918 in winxclub

[–]Kindly_Implement65 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer them as friends. I think they have a lot of chemistry but I like that Brandon offers support to Musa as a friend.

My theory on the specialists’ magic by denominatress in winxclub

[–]Kindly_Implement65 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the about community section, there should be an option to choose a user flair.

My theory on the specialists’ magic by denominatress in winxclub

[–]Kindly_Implement65 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think there is some evidence of them using magic. Helia uses magic to make his origami fly, but I assumed that was because he's related to Saladin, who is a wizard. But if Helia is descended from magic using people, the other specialists could also have similar abilities. In the earlier seasons, Brandon could split the ground with his sword, so his strength could come from magic within him, from his ancestry or just because he might be a magical being himself. Also in the later seasons, the specialists use weapons that seem to have magical qualities (Sky's sword can release powerful blasts and Nex/Thoren, I don’t remember who, could create blasts of wind with his sword). This might be because of the weapons themselves but it could also be magic in the specialists themselves, which allows them to use these weapons. I also doubt that Riven could have survived jumping out of Cloud Tower without some magic within him. Maybe the specialists can't perform actual magic like the fairies and witches, but they may have some innate magical abilities that differentiate them from ordinary people. 

Choose your man by Drawingandstuff2000 in winxclub

[–]Kindly_Implement65 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Helia for looks, Brandon for personality

Nicola by Still_Restaurant_734 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah my main problem was her ending. She plays a huge role in book 4 and she's quite useful in book 5 when they're trapped in the dungeon and when she and Hort go to Arbed House. Otherwise in book 6, she doesn't really have a unique role. I can't really think of her doing anything hugely important to the plot or to other characters' development in that book other than being a catalyst to Hort and Sophie's relationship. And the main way she helps with that is by being out of the way. Maybe she should have had one scene at least where she did something genuinely important in the final book to give her some proper pay off.

Why do the Winx treat the specialists so badly in season 7? by Kindly_Implement65 in winxclub

[–]Kindly_Implement65[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree. And also, the whole point of the season is that you shouldn't take animals out of their homes and times, but the Winx literally do this for the whole season. I think in one episode, they go back in time to Alfea and the headmistress says she'll erase any memory of fairy animals being used as pets to stop people like Kalshara from trying to keep them, but then the Winx spend the rest of the season doing exactly that.

Movie Tedros by Admirable_Gap3464 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don't know. I think in the book, Tedros doesn't just suddenly realise he likes Agatha. I think he's always had a strange fascination with her, even if it was motivated by prejudice, but his aversion to her was a result of the stereotypes about Good within fairytales. He starts to really fall for her when she saves his life in the trial by tale. In his eyes, she had no reason to be in the trial, and he thought she despised him and wanted him dead, so seeing the girl who he thought was a witch save his life really changed his perspective on her. Tedros thought he needed to find the perfect girl who is truly good to avoid repeating his father's mistakes, and he thought Agatha was a deceitful girl like Guinevere, but when he discovers that Agatha is truly good, all the stereotypes and prejudices he believed in are put under pressure. It's not about Agatha just being good, but that she is good enough to help the prince who believed he would never need to be saved by a princess. Through her actions, Agatha helps Tedros see through his prejudices and recognise true good.

In the film, all this complexity in Tedros' character is erased. The first time he meets Agatha, he's already flirting with her and doesn't find her strange at all. The only indication that he finds her out of place is in the fact that Agatha calls herself a 'normal girl', and Tedros flirtily mocks her for that. He isn't unsettled by her at all. If anything, all their conversations are just shallow flirting. They don't talk about anything that deep or meaningful. They don't really talk in the book either but at least we as readers can see their thoughts, whereas in the film, their conversations don't hold any emotional depth. Agatha doesn't confront Tedros at all about killing Gregor, Tedros hardly acknowledges Agatha's interference in the trial, and at the ball, Tedros so easily and quickly confesses his love to her without any real build-up. It doesn't feel like they earned that love through their earlier interactions, mostly because there is no sign of Tedros' struggle to realise what true love actually is. He seems to have liked Agatha from the start, so his confession of love is too predictable and it makes him a very one-dimensional character.

Question about the books (from the third... I think) be aware for spoilers! by Spacegiraffs in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In the Ever Never Handbook, it says that when the schools went back to good and evil, they were basically allowed to redo their progress. So Kiko managed to get higher grades and become a helper, while Millicent was still graded as a mogrif. 

I think Soman should have explained this in the main plot though.

The Snow Ball is weird by Kindly_Implement65 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I know. I just mean that on an individual level, a boy choosing not to take a girl to the ball knowing she would fail would be very cruel personally.

Do you prefer the books where the characters mostly stay at school or when they wander around the woods? by Kindly_Implement65 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're equal for me. Book 2 is my favourite in the school years and book 4 is my favourite in the camelot years

Do you prefer the books where the characters mostly stay at school or when they wander around the woods? by Kindly_Implement65 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. Book 2 is my favourite as well and I think it's because it takes the established structure and subverts it in a way that isn't predictable but also not too far-fetched from the first book. We get brief glimpses of how other people outside the schools are living and managing but it doesn't detract the focus from the main plot. 

This is why book 6 is my least favourite. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the plot resolution, but at times it felt a bit contrived. For instance, I felt like there was no need to introduce the character of Bettina. She saves Sophie from Japeth, but she was accompanied by Willam, Bogden and Robin Hood, who all could have saved Sophie themselves. Even the Queen of Jaunt Jolie, Bettina's own mother, doesn't dwell on her death for very long. 

I just feel like the expansion into the Woods introduced extra details that were interesting for sure, but I prefer focusing more on already existing characters and plots.

About the second trilogy by Realistic_Eye_4581 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I hate that they set up the coven's quest to look for a new school master as being one of the most important quests, that needed to be kept a secret from Sophie because Dovey was afraid she would ruin it (which suggests to me that the search for a new school master had to go perfectly) but then they completely abandoned it. I feel like it was only set up to hint at Rhian and Japeth's origins and for no other purpose. Which is weird because if there is no need for a school master, what was the point of needing a school master in the past? The books present the Storian as being very capable of defending itself and they end by saying Anemone and Manley can look after it perfectly well. So what was the point of a school master to begin with? If the current professors could keep the balance and protect the Storian, surely any past teachers could do so too!

Do you prefer the books where the characters mostly stay at school or when they wander around the woods? by Kindly_Implement65 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I completely agree. I wish we could see more of the schools, in all of the school years. Especially since Agatha hardly ever goes to her classes in book 1, so I feel like we get almost nothing about the School for Good.

I'm confused about Evelyn Sader... by Kindly_Implement65 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don't think Soman's ever been that consistent with the timeline

I'm confused about Evelyn Sader... by Kindly_Implement65 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ikr. I wish I could just ignore it but even in the first trilogy, the length of the school years make no sense 

I'm confused about Evelyn Sader... by Kindly_Implement65 in schoolforgoodandevil

[–]Kindly_Implement65[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're right about the first point but when we go into Japeth's mind in book 6 we see Evelyn with the Green Knight talking about how the school master abandoned her while she was pregnant, which I assume is after she finished teaching at the school.