User blog comment:RoyallyBella/Official Season 7 discussion blog/@comment-25830140-20160422221050/@comment-26569404-20160425112341

First of all, Nabu's not in a coma. He's dead. The coma theory has endured in the fanbase for years, even though Rainbow has directly said -- in the show and in the comics -- that he's dead. I think people simply refuse to accept it. That's why they won't let this theory go. (Wouldn't Nabu have "woken up" by now? It's been three years in-universe.)

Second, even if he came back, Aisha wouldn't necessarily return to him. The fanbase would want her to, but he's part of her past now. She's already been dating Nex longer than she dated him. Not to mention, she's matured since then.

What if she decided to leave the past in the past? Have you ever seen Disney's Pocahontas 2? Historical errors aside, Pocahontas heard John Smith was dead and eventually accepted it and moved on with her life. She later fell in love with John Rolfe. But even when Smith turned out to be alive and rekindled his romance with her, she chose to stay with Rolfe.

There's no reason to think Aisha wouldn't do the same, especially since Nabu's been dead for years now.

Third, this "Nex is like Riven" thing is getting ridiculous. He's very different from Riven, and he's not some kind of "bad boy" form of him. I just wrote a post about their differences on my blog ("Una di Noi Winx," not my Wiki blog), so I'm not gonna rant about this again. Read it if you'd like. (I'm assuming we can't post external links, so I won't.)

Finally, Aisha hasn't "lost her way." If anything, she's found her way again. She's recovered from her loss. Being willing to love again after the death of her fiancé is braver than most fans give her credit for. She could have retreated inward and refused to love again (which is, sadly, what people want her to do), but she's tougher than that.

Also, there's no reason to believe her relationship with Nex won't last. As I said, they've already been together longer than she was with any other guy in her life. They're happy together. From a writing standpoint, Aisha's had more relationships than any other Winx, and I think Rainbow knows it's time for her to have some stability in her love life. Yes, having many relationships is typical in real life, but if she keeps switching guys, parents might complain she seems "loose."

I know the fanbase is obsessed with Nabu (it's like time froze when he died), but I wish we could focus on Aisha instead. She's not a weeping "widow" anymore. She's happy again.

The death of a boyfriend or girlfriend isn't the end of the world. Falling in love more than once is normal. Aisha hasn't done anything wrong. I wish we'd stop insulting her for doing something billions of women have done.