User blog comment:The Oblivious Prattler/The Winx's Love Lives/@comment-29197449-20170325182935/@comment-26569404-20170325194431

I agree the relationships haven't been handled well in the show. However, I didn't mind Flora and Helia arguing in season seven. It was random, since Rainbow never addressed why she was annoyed with him. (Was it because of him swatting at those...whatever they are in the fourth episode?) And I wish it hadn't been over Amarok, though I like to compare it to arguing over disciplining a child. (That's stretching it, though.)

I won't say how I feel about Musa and Riven's break-up, but I agree Rainbow needs to acknowledge when the Winx are at fault. Riven wasn't entirely to blame. Granted, it annoys me when his fans say it's all Musa's fault for "not understanding him anymore." It's the equivalent of saying she should have just taken whatever he dished out like an emotionless doll.

Yes, the Winx have had other relationships in the comics, but like you said, they're not canon. Plus, the writers always have to reset their love lives back to how they are in the show, so that there's not too much conflict between the two canons. The comic-only love interests end up being players, chauvinists, liars, or nomads, so the relationships can't last.

By the way, a lot of the comic writers also write the show. I guess they save some of their ideas for the comics, ideas that probably should be in the show instead. Also, you're right: Aisha never dated Roy in the comics. In fact, they never interacted with each other at all. He was only in one comic, and it was a season six (not season five) comic at that.