We’ve talked about the spells of both the WInx and the Trix. Now,
we’re gonna finish this off by talking about the best convergence spells of both teams…
though mostly the Winx. Convergence started off interesting back in the first three seasons,
where the girls found creative ways to combine their already impressive powers
to kick ass and unleash the rainbows of hell upon their enemies… literally.
I actually appreciate that the 4Kids dub differentiates combining versus converging powers:
Convergence creates an entirely new magic all its own through a fusion of powers,
and applied to the original’s emphasis on understanding yourself and your own magic
before convergence can work properly, it becomes an excellent metaphor for the girls coming into
their own as people, understanding their faults, overcoming their fears,
and learning to work together to kick some ass. Unfortunately, convergence from season 4 onwards
seems to forget this notion entirely. Modern convergence spells almost exclusively amount
to only an orb of light where the girls fight with the literal power of friendship…
by which I mean the power to resolve the conflict in the most generic, boring way possible.
As such, we’re gonna celebrate the best convergence spells,
pretty much just from the first 3 seasons, with some additions here and there. This will also
count combined efforts between the girls in season 1 that I find cool… solely because I
find them cool, and also they serve a similar function as convergence spells, so ya know.
When the Winx battle the yeti in season 1, it’s clearly one of the most difficult foes they’ve
faced thus far, especially given they’re still freshmen at Alfea. Even though Bloom is without
her magic at this point, she still serves her role as leader by coordinating the other
girls throughout their mission to Domino, including the final attack on the yeti.
Yeti? Snow monster? I forget if it had a canon name, I’m just gonna call it the yeti.
Tecna traps the yeti in a giant Static Sphere. Flora then creates several buds all across the
cage, which Stella helps blossom with her sun magic, followed by Musa spinning the flower with
her sound waves until the cage explodes. It’s visually a captivating way of showing the girls
bringing all their powers together to take down a dangerous adversary.
My god these girls. I’m surprised they don’t have more charges for property damage and arson.
We also have the Morphix warrior from season 2 during the girls’ convergence exercise. Followed
by an entire episode of squabbling and Aisha feeling particularly left out as the new girl,
she winds up providing the base for the other girls to work from - the literal foundation.
She creates a figure made of Morphix, which Flora gives a backbone with her vines and ivy.
Tecna provides a brain for it to become sentient, Bloom gives it a will of its own with the Flame
of Life aspect of her power, Stella gives it vision, and Musa grants it the ability
to recite an incantation with them to destroy Darcy’s monster. It’s a creative way to visually
demonstrate the girls’ ability to work together. Also I just realized Flora giving it a backbone
as she develops her own backbone this season… oh my god, wow. Season 2 is so good,
y’all, put some respect on season 2. From here we get some smaller albeit
cute convergence spells. Flora and Musa’s Floracoustic Barrier doesn’t get much shine,
but it’s a cute little idea to combine their powers, and the name is also a brilliant pun.
Musa and Tecna’s barrier in season 3 to protect the library books provides a shield of musical
notes that, to me at least, have a very 8-bit aesthetic for Tecna’s contribution.
Enchantix convergence spells are a lot of fun, like Musa and Aisha’s Rubber Chord Bounce to
send attacks back at their enemies, or Musa and Stella’s Songbird Sleep to put enemies…
well, to sleep. I’m a bit bitter that Musa gets more convergence spells than spells of her own,
but that’s an issue for another time. And how could we forget the iconic Rainbow Connection?
Summoning the power of gayness to scare off evil? We love to see it.
The girls even incorporate their fairy dust into their convergence spells.
Ring of Fairy Dust creates a literal ring to keep the ice snake in the Omega Dimension
from attacking while Bloom pulls off her attack, and Retrieval of Reality has them all unleashing
their fairy dust at once to break the invisibility spell Valtor has placed around Cloudtower.
Flora and Aisha’s combined spell to restore the forest back to life
feels a bit… convenient, but it does make sense given Enchantix is supposed to give them the power
to protect their worlds and nature alike. Fuckin’ eat your heart out, Butterflix, you could never.
We’ve also got this Supreme Thunder Dragon looking thing between Bloom and Tecna in season 4, which…
cool. And I will admit, as cheesy as the oil rig convergence spell in season 5
is… part of me kinda loves the cheese factor? And also it’s just so pretty. Plus the world
is also being ravaged by climate change; at this point, I’m all for the Captain-Planet,
beating-you-over-the-head-with-alternative-energy, oil-rigs-and-oil-companies-are-bad thing, Jesus.
The Trix have far fewer convergence spells to talk about, but when they appear, they do tend
to be more interesting than the Winx’s modern convergence spells. There’s the - as 4Kids
calls it - Mayhem Globe, which literally creates a globe of dark magic that chaotically runs around
shooting things with lightning, providing the perfect distraction for the Trix to break into
Redfountain while also causing collateral damage. Oh my god, arson and property damage
are rife throughout this franchise. We’ve also got those crystal dragons
from the season 5 Christmas episode. A bit outta nowhere, but it is cool seeing the Trix conjure
up monsters to do their bidding again, albeit more aligned with their elements. I’m actually not sure
whether it’s a convergence or Icy solo spell. I always assumed the other Trix were helping too
even though it was more ice-themed? We’re counting it here. Stormy also created a similar monster
in the Alfea library earlier made of… books? Obviously these are just recolored puppets, but
hey, it makes for more fun combat. Can we just… that fight
in the Alfea library. I need to make a video about the fights. I need to, because season
1 fights were the best objectively. That Alfea library fight got me excited for a season of them
throwing generic energy beams at each other. Ugh. Devouring Chaos entails the Trix combining their
power to overwhelm the psychic students at Zaltora and control them (only to do nothing
else with them, but it’s season 6, what do you expect?). Season 6 did admittedly introduce some
cool ideas of other magic schools that we very briefly see. I would’ve loved an entire episode
dedicated to Zaltora and seeing what it’s all about, especially given their psychic
magic seems very much up Darcy’s alley. I sense a potential backstory idea forming for her now…
And who could forget the Mega Trix fusion from the season 2 finale? Again, out of nowhere,
but holy shit this thing is cool. The sisters’ combined hatred of Darkar for betraying them and
casting them into the void allows them to become an entity fueled by, as they say, bitterness,
hatred, and revenge. Not to mention the design itself is great, being made of literal darkness,
with each Trix’s Gloomix across its body, and pigtails that will literally strangle you.
It’s a shame convergence spells aren’t what they used to be. That’s par for the course with most
things in this franchise, but I miss convergence allowing us insights into the characters and
their relationships with each other. How when the girls struggled to work together - were
fighting with each other, failing to communicate with each other, and letting their fears get the
better of them - it would manifest in their convergence spells blowing up in their faces.
It’s a very unique way of representing the ideas of teamwork and personal growth that
deserve better than what they’ve decayed into. Anyways, if you enjoyed that video and would like
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