Rivusa

Rivusa is the het ship between Musa and Riven from the Winx Club fandom.

Canon
Riven and Musa's relationship has always been complicated throughout the whole show. After meeting each other for the first time in the episode "Black Mud Swamp", Musa quickly developed a crush on Riven due to his bad boy behaviour and mysterious air surrounding his tough personality. Unfortunately, the feelings were not mutual as Riven seemingly didnt want to have anything to do with Musa. To make things worse for Musa, Riven began to date Darcy and started to work for her, which Musa accidentally finds out by catching them having a private moment in the episode "Betrayed". While Riven continued dating and working for Darcy, Musa slowly began to set her feelings for him aside.

Depsite having a rough start to their relationship, the two are seen as friends in season 2.

Quotes
"Your feelings, your true feelings for me have broken Darcy's control what's going on out here."

- Musa to Riven, in "The Secret of Harmony"

"Riven, our feelings are so strong that we brought the star here."

- Musa to Riven, in "The Secret of Harmony"

"Being with you makes me feel at peace in harmony."

- Riven to Musa, in "The Secret of Harmony"

Songs
"You take my love for granted. I've been waiting for too long. For you to say those three words. Baby open up your heart"

- A part of the lycris from Musas song, "Heart of Stone"

"It's like a dream. Now we're finally together. Finally forever. Feel the music inside your heart. This is our song. Now we're finally together. Finally forever. Since we've got each other. We're stronger more than we ever been"

- The fourth part of the Winx Bands song, "Finally Together"

Songs

 * Heart of Stone

The song is written and sung by Musa and talks about her conflicting feelings for Riven.


 * You're the One That I Want

The song is sung by Riven and probably meant for Musa, as she had broken up with Riven but he still loved her.


 * One to One

Riven wrote this song for Musa and performed it together with her in a duet during the episode, "Broken Dreams".


 * Finally Together

Although, the song is not sung by either Musa or Riven, the lycris make it clear that the song is about Musa and Rivens rekindled relationship.

Fanon
Rivusa is the most popular ship for both characters due to many fans liking their relationship for being more "realistic". Although despite its popularity the ship also received (and still receives) a lot of criticism for its more toxic nature as Riven and Musa's relationship in the show isnt exactly healthy. Many Winx fans wished that the break-up that occured between them in season 6 would have been the final ending for their love story.

On AO3, the ship has over 600 fanfictions written for it.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Riven and Musa are the only main couple who have gone through a major break-up in the show, twice even.
 * Funnily, in the comics its not Riven and Musa who have the most break-up's as the two only go through 2 notable ones, while Brandon and Stella break-up exactly 4 times.