User blog comment:Anon3610/Fairy Forms - Their True Purpose/@comment-25405775-20170810164702

Late to the party, but I'm always down for more discussion on fairy forms in the Winx universe.

To be honest, I know that the reason why we're getting a couple new transformations every season is for merchandising purposes, and I know that it isn't always a good thing, as the more we get, the less creative and more uniform they become (whether that's because the animators have gotten lazy over the years, or because with the new two fairy forms per season formula, they're under more time pressure to churn out double as many designs, or because they're making all the outfits similar so they don't run out of good designs is anybody's guess). But I will admit, even knowing all those things, the 'tune in to see what pretty outfits and wings they get this season!' tactic works, at least on me. It's that curiosity that keeps me going back to this show, over and over.

Does it seem like a desperate attempt to keep the show refreshing? Yeah. Does it work? Heck yeah. So say whatever you want about the abundance of transformations and the perfunctory requirements to earn them, you gotta hand it to Rainbow. They've found a strategy to keep this show interesting, even if only visually speaking.