User blog comment:Aphrodite Sweetheart/Official Winx Club WOW and 4th movie discussion blog/@comment-31892545-20170526145110/@comment-26569404-20170528031735

Not everything in the canon was changed. But for the sake of cohesion, we could just say this was a reboot. Also, Nick gets more flak than they deserve. Rainbow had made some of these decisions before Nick got involved. For example, midway through season four's first run in Italy, Rainbow was already starting to back off from calling Roxy a Winx.

I'll be honest: I get tired of hearing nothing but complaints about the state of the show. Regardless of the attachment people have to seasons 1-4, seasons 5-7 aren't disasters like the fanbase think they are. They're just aimed at a different audience, and they love and appreciate the show just as much. I doubt they feel very welcome in this fanbase.