The show would be a whole lot darker then. That's the only thing I can think to say to this.
The villains would probably be a bigger threat than they were before.
There's nothing that puts a fanbase on edge more that knowing that their favorite character could die in a battle.
Though I tend to favor villains that could be redeemed. Like Team Rocket or Chrysalis from MLP.
if a villain went killing people when ever they could. welp, they would lose me as a member of their personal fanbase. There is nothing like a good villain that can do bad things, and still have us rooting for them, or at the very least, liking them. And I must admit, there are villains from anime who have killed people and still managed to have fans.
I guess it would depend on how Winx club went about doing this. And for a moment let's pretend that kids shows and adult shows have no ratings that keep them seperate.
I mean I've met kids who like scary movies like SAW and Wrong turn. A little kid likes movies that scare the hell out of me and make me cringe from just the thought of watching. It depends on the kid, and it depends on the person.
Not saying that all kids could handle such dark content, But not all of them need ti be sheltered from it. HAHA And it's not like the creators of Winx will read this thread and decide to add more killing!
That being said.
I could see it going either very good or very bad.
Like anything it can either work or fail.
Not sure how dark it can get since I've only just started watching.
But from reading the comments, apparently they have killed off a peep.
This Nabu fellow.
I wonder if Nabu was a big character or not.
I wonder how that's gonna happen.
I guess I'll find out eventually.