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.

Despite having a rough start to their relationship, the two are seen as friends in season 2 and later become a couple by the seasons finale after Musa kisses Riven while thinking she has lost him to Lord Darkar's attack. All seemed well until season 3, where their relationship goes through a rough patch. It was so bad that Musa even frequently considered to leave Riven, although never actually going through with the thought. This instance led to somewhat of a one-and-off relationship between the two, as whenever Riven and Musa faced a potential break-up, the two were suddenly closer than ever and would immediately rekindle their romance again.

Instances of this would come up in the form of Riven fighting for Musa with Ophir under the assumption that he was interested in Musa, Riven becoming very jealous about Musa's friendship with Jason Queen, Musa suspecting that Riven is cheating on her in season 5, and Riven neglecting Musa in season 6, which seemed to end their relationship for good.

The on-and-off nature of their relationship often left Musa feeling confused and angry as she felt like she could never truly understand Riven, which is heavily reflected in her song, Heart of Stone. Nevertheless, Musa still tried to reach out or even change Riven, albeit unsuccessfully, as he would always default back to being cold and emotionally withdrawn, which only increased the rift between the two. Although Riven also tried his best to make his and Musa's relationship work, in the end their rocky relationship was just too much for the two too handle, resulting in their final break-up in "The Anthem".

Riven returns in season 8, upon seeing him again, Musa lashes out at him for not contacting her during his absence. During the season, Riven tries to rekindle his romance with Musa again, but all his efforts were left unsuccessful, until the episode "The Secret of Harmony". In this episode, Darcy uses her powers on Riven and mind controls him into attacking Musa. Musa is at first confused by Riven's aggressive behaivor, until he manages to fight against the cotrol, which prompts Darcy to show herself. Riven then breaks free of Darcy's control, which in turn sends out magic waves that drive her away. Afterwards, Riven and Musa happily reunite over their feelings towards each other. Their feelings brought the Star of Harmony to them. After this episode, Riven and Musa are now dating again.

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

 * Heart of Stone

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


 * You're the One That I Want

Riven sung a part of this song during a contest at the Frutti Music Bar to buy some time for Musa and her friends. Its implied that the song is about Musa, as she had broken up with him 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 lyrics imply that the song is about Musa and Riven's rekindled relationship.

Fanon
Rivusa is the most popular ship for both characters due to many fans liking their relationship for being more "realistic". Although the ship is very popular with fans, it 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
 * RivenxMusa tag on FanFiction.net
 * Rivusa tag on Wattpad
 * RivenxMusa tag on FanFiction.net
 * Rivusa tag on Wattpad

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WIKIS
 * Riven and Musa on Winx Club Wiki

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.