Bloom vs Will Vandom is a what if Death Battle by Sailor Elsa. It features Bloom from Winx Club and Will Vandom from W.I.T.C.H. in a battle between redheaded magical girl leaders from a series originating in Italy.
Description[]
Interlude[]
Boomstick: Bloom vs Will Vandom!
Wiz: Fairy of the Dragon's Flame vs the Guardian of Quintessence!
Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick!
Wiz: And it is our job to analyze their armor, weapons, and skills to find who would win........a Death Battle!
Bloom[]
Wiz: Life for Bloom, was as average as it gets. She lived a normal life in a normal city attending a normal school where she often was picked on by an normal bully named Mitzi.
Boomstick: But things were not quite as what they seemed. For one day, Bloom went into the forest on her bike alongside her beloved pet rabbit; Kiko.
Wiz: But upon Kiko hearing something going on and running to check it out, Bloom followed her pet and met a person who would change her life forever.
Boomstick: Uh, yeah it does. She saw this teenage girl about her age fighting of monsters with a staff and magical spells!
Wiz: This girl was Stella, a princess from afar off planet called Solaria.
Boomstick: And she was no average princess, let me tell you. She was also a magical fairy. Now I know what your thinking. Fairy Princess? Seriously? That's kinda lame. But no, trust us, the fairies in this series kick serious ass!
Wiz: When Stella eventually started to lose ground, Bloom did something incredible and unexpected. After luring the monsters to her, Bloom raised her hand, hoping to fend them off when a fiery barrier formed to protect her!
(TBC)
Will Vandom[]
Wiz: At first, life was mostly normal for young Will Vandom. She lived with her parents in Fadden Hills, until her father abandoned her and her mother.
Boomstick: I know that feeling all to well girl!
Wiz: However, as Will reached her teenage years, she slowly started to go through same changes.
Boomstick; That's just puberty, Wiz.
Wiz; No, as in whenever she saw her reflection she saw herself dressed in an odd outfit and having wings. She also started to develop the ability to read minds of people.
Boomstick: Seems simple enough. Super powers manifesting. I mean, we are putting her on this show dude. Of course she is going to have some sort of powers or gadgets or the like.
Wiz: She can also communicate with animals and electronic devices, sensing their feelings and able to understand them.
Boomstick: What the hell?
Wiz: Yet, as she continued to read her friends minds she learned how they actually did not really enjoy her company.
Boomstick: Well, at least they aren't Penny Proud's friends.
Wiz: This revelation left Will an emotional wreck, so her mother thought it might be for the best that she and Will moved to a new city; Heatherfield.
Boomstick: And on her first day at her new school, she would bump into another girl who had just so happened to have moved to this city. How convenient!
Wiz: This was Taranee Cook, and it was not long before they became friends, and even managed to befriend three other girls. Irma Lair, Cornelia Hale, and Hay Lin.
Boomstick: But Will was not the only one who was developing a set of superpowers!
Wiz: Her new friends were also going through similar changes.
Boomstick: Irma found an nearby source of water to freak out and splash around everywhere just from being near it.
Wiz: Taranee found things spontaneously bursting into flames
Boomstick: Cornelia couldn't kill a flower for a school project..........no matter how hard she tried!
Wiz: Hay Lin literally started sneezing up storms!
Boomstick: And for Will, she was granted a artifact of immense power. The Heart of Kandrakar!
Wiz: This amulet possesses a will of it's own, selecting a leader of a group who would protect the universe, and beyond, from evil. The Guardians of the Veil!
Boomstick: The next generation of magical protectors had arrived.
Wiz: Guardian of Earth; Cornelia, Guardian of Air; Hay Lin, Guardian of Fire Taranee, Guardian of Water; Irma, and as their leader, Will; Guardian of....
Boomstick; Heart!
Wiz: Wow...you actually read my notes?
Boomstick: What notes? I just can't help but list Heart when I hear those particular elements. Wait...........you don't mean......
Wiz: Yep.
Boomstick: Oh you have got to be kidding! She is ACTUALLY The Guardian of Heart? I was just joking!
Wiz: As the wielder of the Heart of Kandrakar; Will, albeit a bit reluctantly took up her role as team leader.
Boomstick: And with their powers combined they were...W.I.T.C.H.!
(TBC)
Fight[]
We open on the Roman Colosseum, where bursts of fire and lightning can be seen clashing as the whole structure shakes. We cut to inside, where we see two young women fighting. The one with long orange hair fired a massive burst of fire, which the one with short red hair, fired a lightning blast to disperse the attack coming at her.
Will: Gonna have to do better than that!
Bloom: I'm just getting warmed up!
Will flew at Bloom who shot a stream of fire forward. Will flew to the side and Bloom turned as the flames of her attack began to chase after the Magical Sovereign.
Results[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- The similarities between Bloom and Will are that they are both redhead leaders of a magical girl group, protecting the universe from evil. Both come from series that originated in Italy, and debuted in the early to mid 2000's and often were considered 'rival' franchises. Both have access to a massive magical ability (The Dragon's Flame for Bloom and Heart of Kandakar for Will) that gave existence to their respective worlds, allowing them to both become one with light and life itself. In addition both teams consist of 5 girls (though it should be noted that the Winx Club added Aisha and Roxy as the series went on. While they did have several allies, the Guardians officially only had 5 members). Both series also got reboots in the 2020's as well.
- This fight uses all official material, such as comics, shows, video games, etc. However, the main focuses will the original Winx Club cartoon that will take priority over other incarnations of the Winx series. Meanwhile, the comics for W.I.T.C.H. as these are their respective original source material.
- However, this will exclude any and all hard reboots of the series. Though there could be a joke or two referencing them.
- Had this episode been animated it would be hand drawn. Bloom would have been voiced by Tara Platt and Will by Cristina Vee.
- The track would be called Blooming Wills, and be made by Brandon Yates.
- This fight is among the author's (Sailor Elsa) most wanted episodes.
- The other Winx girls (Stella, Flora, Tecna, Musa, Aisha, and Roxy) appear in a cameo, as do the other W.I.T.C.H. girls (Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hey Lin).
Production[]
- Bloom's bio has been restarted several times, due to Sailor Elsa's feeling the bio lacked a certain 'oomph' to make it really explain the character, her series, and her abilities.
- Originally the bio was meant to explain the backstory of the Realm of Magic, as well as the origin of the Dragon's Flame to start with. This was changed to being featured at a later point in the bio for a better flow of writing.
- A scene of Wiz and Boomstick arguing over Aisha's name, and if she should be called Aisha or Layla is was cut. This was meant to be a jab at how some versions renamed Aisha to Layla. However, this was cut as it had no effect on the episode, as this is not an Aisha/Layla-focused fight.
- In an early stage of this episode's planning, Wiz and Boomstick would be rather familiar with Winx Club, but while only Wiz was knowledgeable about W.I.T.C.H., Boomstick was only passingly aware it existed. This was meant to be a joke on Winx's success as a franchise while W.I.T.C.H. is rather obscure to those who did not grow up in the time period both shows aired in. This was scrapped as it was to difficult to write Boomstick having little to no knowledge on a series they are covering made it hard to write a script as it would pretty much be just Wiz talking about the series, with Boomstick just going by what he is told. In the final version both hosts are rather interested in both series. This was also done to change it from it implying that Boomstick had not done any research.
- This is set to be finished by the end of 2024, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Winx franchise, as well as the 20th anniversary of the W.I.T.C.H. cartoon.
Easter Eggs[]
- Boomstick pokes fun at Bloom's origin included her, as an infant, being launched from her home planet before destruction, and ended up on Earth. This is a reference to the abundance of origin stories like this with characters, such as Superman, Goku, Lion-O, Megamind, on top of others.
- Boomstick saying the powers and lore of the Dragon's Flame sound familiar, is a reference to it's many similarities to the Phoenix Force from Marvel Comics.
- The fight will mostly take place all across Italy, with many famous landmarks being featured throughout the fight, as a reference to the country of origin both series are from. These include the Colosseum, Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Canals of Venice, and more.
- However, both of their main magical realms; Magix and Kandrakar will also appear.
- Boomstick calling the Season 8 redesigns of the Winx Club "cursed Bratz dolls" is a reference to the immense hatred said redesigns have received from fans of the series.
- When revealing the powers of the Guardians, after the powers of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water were revealed for the other girls, Boomstick was quick to yell out "Heart". This is a reference to a running gag in Death Battle, where Boomstick references Captain Planet when these four elements are listed.
- This is also a quick nod at the W.I.T.C.H. reboot, as Will was stated to be the Guardian of Heart, while the other four girls have the same elemental powers as the Planeteers. This is set to be the only acknowledgement the reboot gets in the episode