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[darkpoisonouslove]

Final Thoughts on Fate S2

The writing was better this season. The dialogue wasn't nearly as cringe as it used to be. There were some bad lines, of course, but most of it was much more bearable this season. And the writing as in construction of the plot and scenes was better as well. Not that good, though. There were things that just happened and are then never followed up. Musa never mentions Sam again once he leaves Alfea and Terra doesn't talk about her dad and brother either. Sky saying he thought there could be redemption for Andreas was completely out of nowhere since the two of them made zero progress towards any relationship between them. And there were some other moments that just weren't written so well.

The world still feels claustrophobic. We saw a nearby village/town and Sky's house, and a glimpse of the Realm of Darkness in the end and that was it. Oh, and the random mention of Walmart Omega. We still don't know anything about the realms in the Otherworld. Not even about Solaria where Alfea is located. The Dragon Flame's origins were never explained and we still don't know where the Burned Ones came from (I have a feeling they're going to make it be Marion who created them). Suddenly transformation magic is on the table but we still don't know why it disappeared and what even is going on with magic at all. What are they using it for when they're not fighting enemies that are specifically after Bloom?

The character arcs made a lot more sense in this season even when some of the continuity was nowhere to be found. The characters' actions felt more motivated and organic than anything anyone did in season 1. Plus, the Winx actually feel like friends here, thank god. We all know that wasn't earned in s1 but at this point I don't care. They weren't pissing me off by being assholes to each other (for the most part) and I'll take it.

I saw people saying Bloom was more annoying in this season but I wasn't really annoyed by anything she did??? It's weird to me but again, I'll take it. I'd rather not be exploding in rage when I'm watching something. I feel like they were building an arc for Bloom that includes the trauma of almost killing her parents (who never made any appearances and she didn't seem to care that she'd be in stasis for 20 years and they wouldn't know shit about that) and how she has no idea what to do with her powers so she just yeeted herself in the Realm of Darkness. That was somewhat successful. And I have to say that I don't mind Bloom x Sky in this season. They were written decently.

I liked the development in Stella. There were some iffy moments that made me afraid of the whole thing reverting to the s1 tension between Stella and Bloom but things were mostly okay. Stella x Beatrix wasn't in my bingo card but I actually didn't mind at all. I just wish they would've addressed the fact that Beatrix almost died last season because of Stella. They act like that didn't happen.

Musa was flip-floping on her feelings about her magic the whole time. Last season she didn't want to use it but she starts the season intentionally poking around people's heads and taking away their emotions? Then she's whining that it's too much again? That didn't make sense. And are you seriously telling me there's no other way to take away magic besides the barb wire bracelets and the scrapers?

Aisha didn't have enough to do again. They use her as the planner but the most "defining" moment she had in the season was confronting her lying boyfriend. And most of her story this season was about him. They tried to make it about her learning to open up but that could've been done better. The scene of the confrontation kinda worked on that front but it needed more.

Terra was mostly okay. She was too pushy about some things and the whole story with her new girlfriend was iffy but I honestly don't care. I'm just glad we managed to go all season without a single remark about her weight or body type. So it was possible but y'all had to suck for the entirety of s1?

Flora had nothing in common with Winx!Flora but otherwise I liked her character. She was interesting. I really wish it all didn't feel like they only put her in the season so that she could be scraper bait and no one else would have to lose their magic. Also, why was everyone insisting that Flora and Riven were dating when they weren't actually?

There's only one thing to say about Riven - he could have benefited from tape over the mouth for the first half of the season.

[mindfairies]

credit: @elisha_applebaum and @leahmintoactress on instagram

That seems to be a wrap for Fate: The Winx Saga season 2. I’ll miss our wonderful cast’s bts pictures but hopefully we’ll get a trailer drop sometime soon. Can’t wait for season two!

(and also… where’s our wonderful adult character cast? 🧐)

[hoefette]

Remember when the girls were trapped in the omega dimension and stella was holding the ice dragon at bay, in a place with no direct sunlight mind you, literally shaking with the effort it took to protect her friends when everyone else was completely drained and unconscious and she did this for who knows how long to keep everyone safe? Ye me too.

For the people who don't remember:

[wearethewinx]

iginio straffi rly just does not comprehend that one of the most fundamentally appealing things about winx has ALWAYS been its aesthetic and style

the weird, glittery, shamelessly y2k, whimsical-yet-urban vibe that looks like someone ran paris hilton through a fairy themed blingee

this shit? this fuckin fate shit? looks like someone put harry potter, the magicians, the order, and the mortal instruments in a blender and then diluted the result in a swimming pool. it’s homeopathic YA fantasy. much like female league of legends characters, none of it looks ugly, but it does look exactly like everything else.

[gins-potter]

why fate pisses me off so much

i don’t know about anyone else but what really annoys me about this whole fate business is the fact that they’re more or less taking something this fandom has been doing for ages and completely fucking it up despite having everything in their favour.

what i mean by this is that the whole idea of rebooting the show is hardly new to the winx fandom.  not even including other mediums, how many fanfic rewrites are there that are specifically designed to cater to the older fans/a mature audience?  i can think of a half dozen (my own included) with that exact premise just off the tope of my head.  and not to toot my own horn but i think we’ve all done a pretty great job of it.  and these are fic writers who are doing this for free, in their own time, often working around work and school and personal commitments, and they’re consistently producing quality rewrites.

so when you compare that to fate, where this is a job for the writers, and they’re getting paid, and they’ve got what has to be a pretty reasonable budget, and professional actors, and let’s call it is, a full, professional production.  but the end result is.... fate?  their resources are arguably miles better than the average fic writer’s but with all that working in their favour they still manage to produce something that is so tonally disconnected from the original show.  fate, which is supposed to be a “love letter to the older fans” but completely disregards everything we loved about the original show?  that’s the shit that makes me real mad.

and like, don’t misunderstand me.  this is not a “they should have hired a fanfic writer/someone from the fandom” post.  because i’m not stupid, i know writing for television/netflix is pretty far from fic writing, but i just feel like fate is evidence that they did no real research into what a “love letter to the older fans” should entail.

and it’s not like they even had to do that much research.  tumblr, twitter, instagram, ao3, ff.net, it’s not like any of these sites are a big secret.  tumblr, ao3, and ff.net especially have been known for their fandom presence for years.  and with winx specifically having so many rewrites it would have been so easy to search them out and see what was popular.  and i don’t mean stealing anyone’s ideas, i just mean getting a feel for how to balance a mature tone with the original essence of the show.  i mean seeing in general what the fandom likes to see remain (the transformations, the wings, the magic, the light academia vibe, the friendship between the girls) and where there’s more room to play around with their own ideas (the relationships, expanding the lore and worldbuilding, more poc and lgbt+ representation, richer and more developed characterisation).

i’m mad because with rewrites being so prevalent in the fandom, the research as it were, was right there for the taking; it would have taken just the smallest amount of extra effort to find out what we would actually like in a reboot.  but they didn’t and so we ended up with a show that was meant to be a “love letter” to us but just ended up ringing completely false because the writers and developers of fate couldn’t be bothered learning anything about the fandom.

[teym30]

In the light of the campfire

When I think of the trio (Farah, Ben, and Saul) from when they were in their early 20s and part of Rosalind’s team, this is one of the concepts/visuals that pop into my head😂. It’s Silrah this time, but I just think there could’ve - likely would’ve - been many nights where the group (sans Rosalind) spent hours talking and bonding in front of the campfire. Theirs would’ve been a camaraderie born from attending school together and now fighting dangerous creatures together, having to trust each other to watch their back. I think that these nights, where they found themselves actually having a chance to sit down together before the next day’s mission, etc., would’ve been one of the major turning points for their relationships (maybe even including Andreas, though it might’ve soured later) and making them as close as they are.

This drawing tho (was more of a pain than it looked💀) is a Silrah moment where they just worry about the other (one of them is being sent on a more dangerous mission than usual or something of that nature) and console each other.

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[magic-winx-club]

The teaser trailer

It’s not as sparkly as I would have liked, but it does have a dark academia vibe.

Kinda reminding me of the difference that happened between Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Netflix’s Sabrina.

Or with the Achie comics and Riverdale

Take something fun and sparkly and make it dark, though I will say just making someone darker doesn’t automatically make it good.

Half of me is “no don’t do this”

The other half is “it doesn’t look horrible🧐”

[drops-of-moonlights]

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