The Real Reason Aisha Hated Guys (But Actually, She Didn’t)
Aisha had a grudge against guys in the early seasons of Winx Club. In fact, she almost banned them all from her life in season three! Have you ever wondered where this beef came from?
“Well, she’s a feminist,” you say.
Yes, because feminist equals man-hater. ?
I’m not saying she’s not a feminist, but can we please stop feeding that stereotype? Just because a female character is strong and believes women are capable and deserve equality doesn’t mean she should shun men. Some feminists have nothing against them and are even in happy relationships with them.
Let’s try again. Sometimes when someone hates an entire group because one trait, it’s a learned response. Someone (maybe a parent) taught them to fear people in the group, or the person had a negative experience with one or more members of it. If not, the person is just prejudiced.
Let’s assume Aisha isn’t just sexist for no reason. Is there a moment from her past that made her uncomfortable with men?
…Well, no. We can’t point to a specific moment from her backstory. As far as we know, she didn’t spend time with any guys her age until she left Andros. (Silvan doesn’t count, since he’s a comics-only character.) She didn’t date before then, either.
Maybe she had an unpleasant experience with a man from the royal court. I ran into a fan on Tumblr who made up such an experience for her backstory. Trigger warning: according to them, she must have been sexually assaulted. That’s also why she was scared of dark in Winx season two.
Sigh. ?
Look, no matter how much more “mature” you think Winx Club used to be, this is and has always been a show aimed at kids. The minimum target age for the first three seasons was eight years old (five in season three). There’s no way Rainbow would write something that horrific into this show. That impending disaster called Fate: The Winx Saga? Sure. I bet there will be lots of sick stuff like that in there just to amp up the edginess. But it doesn’t belong in Winx Club.
(Side note: I hate how both fanfic and professional writers think “for adults” equals dark. You can tell a mature story without making all the characters angsty or cramming every disturbing experience you can think of into their lives.)
A Better Explanation
Anyway, I think the truth is more obvious — and less traumatic. I said earlier we couldn’t blame a specific moment from Aisha’s backstory, but I may have fibbed. A little. It wasn’t a specific moment — it was her whole childhood!
She had no freedom, right? Whose fault was that? Her father, King Teredor.
For most of us, our fathers are the first and most influential men in our lives. Even not having one shapes who you become. Unlike friends and boyfriends, we don’t get to choose who our fathers are or how involved (or not) they’ll be with us.
So the first man Aisha knew confined her to her house, ignored her feelings, stifled her self-expression, and forced her to conform to traditional feminine norms. Off to a great start, guys!
She sang her frustrations to him in her character song, “Live My Life”:
I heard you say that I’m a rebel
That I don’t follow any rule
And you know it won’t get better
‘Cause I won’t change my attitude for no one
Daddy, please don’t be upset
Remember when you were my age
You were so restless, we’re the same
So won’t you set me free?
This is just me
Love me for who I really am
(Who I am)
[CHORUS]
You taught me all I know, that’s why
I will always be your girl
I wanna be out there in the world
I don’t wanna be in chains
No more
The Winx franchise is full of signs that King Teredor was the problem.
- In her dream in “The Invisible Pixies” (Winx season 2, episode 13), one of her servants said her father called to make sure she attended her lessons. The sequence may have been a dream, but this probably happened a lot, which is why it was in her subconscious. If that’s true, it means King Teredor may not have been around much.
- In “One Last Fluttering of Wings” (Winx season 3, episode 13), Aisha wanted to help protect Andros from Valtor’s possessed mermaids. But her father had already given up and wanted her to go back to the safety of Alfea. (Eventually, she convinced him to keep fighting.)
- In comic #131, “La Prova di Nex” (Nex’s Test), her mother Queen Niobe trusted Nex right away, but Teredor didn’t. He doubted that the former Paladin could protect Aisha, to which she herself replied, “Nex is not my bodyguard!”
Two more examples. First, let’s talk about her ban on men again. I think the Winx fandom took it too seriously — and out of context. Remember: she was mad about the arranged marriage at the time. If she banned guys, the wedding would be off, right? ?
More importantly, notice who she included in the ban:
No father, no boyfriends, no guys at all!
No father, huh? What did that mean anyway? Banning boyfriends is easy — and again, it covered her unwanted fiancé — but how do you ban your dad? Was she gonna stop talking to him? Was she gonna disown him? I don’t think she’d thought it through.
But it didn’t matter because three episodes later, she told her mother she wanted to choose her own guy. So I guess the ban was over.
Finally, you know how Aisha likes to tell guys, “I can take care of myself”? Well, her overprotective father didn’t think she could. What if because of him, she convinced herself that all men think women are helpless? So whenever a guy wanted to help her, it triggered her anxiety.
That’s another reason why I loved the dock scene with Nex in “Into the Depths of Andros” (Winx season 8, episode 8). When she tried her line on him, his response was: “I know that.” Nex has never doubted her competence. It’s what he loves about her! He knew she needed help this time, though (because of her state of mind), but he approached her as a teammate, not her guardian.
I love how these two aren’t afraid to challenge each other’s behavior and false beliefs, yet they still care for each other. Ugh, they’re such an underrated couple! ?
Final Thoughts
So Aisha never really hated guys. She just projected her anger with her father onto every male she met. (Of course, she doesn’t hate him, either — when he’s not being overprotective.) And as I’ll talk about (again) in a future post, her “strong, independent woman” act is also rooted in her past. Stay tuned.
“Just because a female character is strong and believes women are capable and deserve equality doesn’t mean she should shun men.”
SAY IT LOUDER. I am so tired of this trope and it needs to die.
This is maybe also the reason she attracts toxic people, like the toxic boyfriends she had in the comics.
Her father was a dominant and controlling person.
The boyfriends she dates later in the comics have some of the same traits,
the one was a misogynist, and told Aisha how she should be or how she should behave.
And the other was one was a player, which ignores Aisha’s feelings and walks over her.
All just like her father. But i could be wrong, this was just a thought.
Makes sense. I’d include Roy. He was the most like her father, and according to psychology, we tend to gravitate towards partners who are like our parents. Unfortunately, that’s true no matter what your relationship with them was. So if your parents were abusive, you’ll likely be attracted to abusive partners.
Roy was overprotective, something Aisha is used to (hence her attraction to him) but doesn’t need if she wants to grow as a person.
good post with very plausible and logical reason for your point
now i wouldn’t call fate the winx saga an impending disaster as it hasn’t fudging aired yet
-_- this is one of those things that really cheeses me off that people judge a show before they sit down and watch episode 1
i think Sirenixwinx did a post on why we shouldn’t judge Fate the winx saga yet but i’m probably wrong on that
I understand what you mean, but even if the show happens to be good, I still think it’s a bad idea.
First, it will divide the fandom into two wildly-different demographics. Winx Club is for 4-8 year olds now. Fate: The Winx Saga is 16+. What about those 9-15 year olds, which ironically includes the target audience Winx Club used to serve? What are they supposed to watch? Winx Club is too kiddy for them now, but Fate: The Winx Saga is too adult.
Second, Rainbow has spent the last ten years (or maybe even 16 years) turning the Winx into role models for young children. Fate: The Winx Saga will throw that out the window. The fans may not mind it, but what about the parents, particularly of that forgotten 9-15 demo?
You know why Rainbow made Winx Club more kid-friendly after season four? Because the parents complained about the Winx’s behavior, their outfits, etc. They called the Winx “ladies of the night”, if you know what I mean. If Winx Club was too adult in their eyes back then, how do you think they’re gonna feel about this version of it?
Finally, even if the Winx fandom loves Fate: The Winx Saga, it probably won’t last long. Netflix has a history of cancelling shows, even popular ones, after two or three seasons. The writers and actors of Fate: The Winx Saga keep comparing it to The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Well, guess what? Netflix just cancelled it!
Now, there are rumors that HBO might pick it up. But do you think they’d do that for the live-action adaptation of a dying, 16-year-old Italian magical girl series? Heck, no!
So unless Fate: The Winx Saga is wildly successful — we’re talking mainstream level — it’ll get three seasons tops. (I predict only two.) And the chances of it becoming that popular are slim to none, especially with the other factors I mentioned in play.
So in my opinion, Fate: The Winx Saga is a waste of Rainbow’s time and money. If they wanna win back the older fans while not alienating the younger fans, they should either make another season of World of Winx or target Winx Club to its original audience.
i wouldn’t say the series is dying
Exactly. Yeah, i love the newer Seasons, but from that standpoint, i would’ve wanted Winx to end in Season 4 – which was a perfect ending. More than Season 3, which alot of people claim was the original ending, but that’s easily to debunk because WinxClubRus released information in 2019 about Season 3 AND Season 4 being in production AT THE SAME TIME.
if you develop multiple seasons simultaneously then you risk a problem not being on the same page as the S3 producers don’t know what the S4 producers are planning and vice versa
It makes sense if they were. Seasons 1 and 2 were developed at the same time, as were seasons 5 and 6. That also lends credence to the idea that Nabu’s death may have been planned.
Really? Dolls on clearance, fewer networks (and countries) airing season eight, Rainbow shifting their attention from Winx to 44 Cats at industry events. Not to mention the fact that it’s a 16-year-old series.
Winx Club is on its way out. It’s sad, but it’s true.
i don’t think the writers had an idea of where they were going after season 4 wrapped
but there was the winx’s love lives but i doubt we’ll get a conclusion on that
In other words: There are no knots to tie for the seriesfinale.
Yeah, but how are you going to do that if Winx Club doesn’t have a goal to work towards to? What does the seriesfinale actually look like? What is needed to finally wrap-up the whole series? The old Seasons had one goal, developing the Winx into young woman and guardian fairies. But the new Seasons don’t have such an endgoal.
It’s so frustrating to see the overaching storyline dissapear from Season 4 onward.
how can fairies beat the popularity of cats
if its gonna end then it should have a satisfactory ending where they wrap everything up neatly
I agree with Winx Club dying. What’s the show about now? It doesn’t have endgoal and a overarching plot anymore. Which the older Seasons had.
Yeah, Season 8 still hasn’t aired in the Netherlands yet.
Also, i heard Rainbow doesn’t have involvement in the production on the live action. And this is Netflix’d production only. But i could be wrong.
It hasn’t aired in the U.S., either (no surprise there). And yeah, I heard that, too. But I also heard that Mr. Straffi was involved, so…I’m not sure. I think he’s been working on his other live-action show, not this one.
It really doesn’t seem like they know what they are doing.
When Iginio was asked what we could expect from the Live-Action,
his response was: ”The series will be great, they did a great job. Having said that, I said everything”.
What a vague answer is that ?
It could be he didn’t wanna reveal any details yet, but yeah. That is a strange answer. Maybe he’s not completely happy with the results.
Sincere opinion: Disowning a father is the best one can do at those lose end scenarios and should be the first option if you are legal-aged.
Unless the writters loves you and your
family problems magically disolves in
the infinite ocean.
And as far as I know one doesn’t project anger in ALL males for what one single parent made, only on the ones with the same kind of actitude or modes . [Thing that actually makes AishaxRoy ship imposible to sustain more than “x” months; just as the comic series love interest]
Stop talking to him? That sounds easy but it’s not as she might be haunted by her family and mistreated as an “ungreatfull brat” when near her patents.
Disowning your king and heritage? It’s easier than expected if and only if someone suports you and have a place to safetely stay away from them [5 friends and Alfea/Love&Pet in the Aisha’s place], else it will fail.
Staying away in independance and being the crowned princes guardian fairy? That’s a bomb for nerves and could fragment the peaple of Andros between tradicionalist and reformist…
So the Gary-Sue Nabu was the easiest response for not creating a mess out of her arrenged marriage situation and staying in children fairy demographic, so:
Adult demographic with no rated violence and gross **** happening in the story? That was season 4; a guide to start living up with responsabilities, taxes, “not treating your underaged friend as if you were her mother”, learning how to talk with costumers and defeating evil wizards . . . That’s what is called slice of live show.
So I really think that Fate is gonna be an ultimate
fanservice series for pre-Nick fans before cancelling
the show.
Side-Note: the parents who tend to complain about the obvious fantastic dresses that couldn’t be weared in real life [specially enchantix] of the first winx series are more likely to be the toxic ones obseced with gross things trying to preserve the children inocence and overprotecting them from the world than the healty ones dreaming on a better world with no stereotypes and sexualization of women.
Before somethimg else comes up: I am not suggesting that tearing apart yor family is good, in fact it’s horrible, but there are times that it can not be avoided and in Aisha’s place it all ended happily for her and her parents.
The parents are sometimes the ” reason ” WinX club started to toned down the maturity of the content. I mean, not sure what are your opinions, but I think that having some real- life issues make the show more interesting. This isn’t to say that gritty contents are better ( In fact, I don’t watch a lot of shows because of the too real content.) Just balance the maturity with some childlike happiness (like how Precure does it).
You know something, sometimes, I think the parents are ironic… I am not them but I am pretty sure they would want their daughters to be empowered ( I think). So, why focus on the WinX’s clothes so much? This show for god’s sake is about a group of young girls saving the world together. And if they say sexy clothes, what about the racy shows and music videos? ( Those are like almost everywhere.) So, u are gonna not let ur kids watch tv because of all this?? Why not just educate them on what the show’s premise is about rather than saying their clothes are sexy. Seriously, what century are we in?
yeah this is the 21st century not the 19th or somethin
I agree. Real-life content is fine — preferred even. But my problem is every show labeled “for adults” chooses to focus on the most miserable moments and experiences of human life possible. And it’s usually not to deliver a message (or if it is, it’s the same message every time); it’s just for shock factor or to avoid looking childish. This is especially common with young adult shows.
The best writers in the world can take a boring premise and turn it into a masterpiece. Mediocre writers think a story is a masterpiece just because it’s gritty and “real” (i.e. dark).
overcorrecting is never a good thing as it only makes things worse
Those miserable moments and experiences of human life is not a good idea. How would someone who been through the ordeals of life would feel when they witnessed the same thing happening in the show? Wouldn’t that trigger them?
Also, adult lives are already miserable as it is. Do u seriously want to make them felt even worse through the ” dark content “? Anyhow, I am not against real life content or childlike happiness content. But, seriously. Don’t go on one extreme or another. Too much dark stuff make the show too depressing and you wouldn’t even want to watch it. Too much childlike stuff make it feel cringy.
Yeah, I heard that news and it’s pretty tragic for the Avatar fans. It’s almost like let’s say Fate the WinX saga didn’t have Ignio Staffi’s team. Did you know that the same thing happened for Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna? Apparently, the original writer for the show dropped out to because of “creative differences”.
I admired you for your courage to stay true to yourself. I also stray away from shows with “dark” contents.
No, I hadn’t heard that. I’ve seen the Tri movies, but I haven’t seen Last Evolution Kizuna yet. Honestly, I think it’s pointless now since it was supposed to close the Digimon Adventure canon, but now Toei is airing a Digimon Adventure reboot.
Anyway, thank you. For me, dark content isn’t necessary to tell a mature story, and writers who rely on dark content are lazy. I’m proud of the creators of A:TLA for sticking to their guns and wanting to keep the remake accessible to all ages. Too bad they may not get their wish.
I admired your stepdad for being cool. To be able to enjoy something that was being considered as “childish” even when you are at your 60’s isn’t something everyone can do. I, myself too fall into the same mentality eschewing anything related to children ( although sometimes it’s really cheesy for my standard) in favor of watching something that was more grown up ( I am in my 20’s). But, when someone here brought up the gritty content and how shows have to be dark to appeal to young adults, it suddenly really gets me thinking. We watched WinX club and stick with it till Season 8 ( although for me, I don’t like Season 5 till Season 8) because of how the show really made you daydream and made you feel that you are living in a different environment.
Whereas shows like 13 reasons why can be triggering for some of us. When you watched shows like this, all it will ever did is reminding you of the things you went through ( That’s my perception. Then again, putting these real life things can sometimes be relatable for some audiences.).
You actually made an interesting point about how maturity isn’t whether you are watching shows that are ” dark”. Something I also have to remember.. I sometimes felt kind of ” immature” for liking things targeted to kids. Another thing is sometimes, it’s those who made fun of people liking childish things are the one who are the least mature. It’s like they are pretending to be mature but their EQ and mentality can be seriously childish. ( In this case, watching a show that is dark made them feel mature but to be honest, they can still be so immature in other aspects).
My stepdad is awesome. ? I think part of the reason why he doesn’t mind watching “childish” content is because he was a bachelor for most of his life (until now, of course). But I’m sure some people knew he watched those kinds of shows, and he didn’t care.
I just turned 32. (Sunday was my birthday.) When I was a kid, my classmates teased me mercilessly for watching kids’ shows, especially Digimon. Instead of stopping, I dug in my heels and refused to let them take my joy away.
Now that I’m older, I watch what I wanna watch. I never liked shows with dark content, though I’ll watch it if the story’s good. But a lot of shows like that, especially those aimed at young adults, are dark for the sake of being dark because the writers know that demographic is obsessed with it.
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender have dropped out of the Netflix live-action remake project. Their reason was “creative differences”. What creative differences? Apparently, Netflix wants to make the remake darker and grittier like they’re doing with Fate: The Winx Saga. Why does every show have to be like that?
I agree that realistic situations are more relatable. But why does “realistic” always mean grim and upsetting? It’s always the most miserable situations: abuse, drug and/or alcohol addiction, relationship drama (usually infidelity), murder, suicide, etc. Yes, lots of people have struggled with these things, but there are tons of other life situations that Hollywood doesn’t focus on because they’re fixated on those topics. And it sounds like Fate: The Winx Saga is gonna beat the same dead horses.
I’d love to see more creative stories that don’t lean on the “darker equals better” crutch.
Here’s a quote I love from C.S. Lewis:
To me, this is the fundamental problem with Fate: The Winx Saga. Rainbow knows the Winx fandom thinks Winx Club has become too childish, but their response was to overcorrect by making a show that’s too “adult”. Some fans are excited about it, though. Why? Because they don’t wanna admit they’re still attached to Winx Club despite its childishness, and this over-the-top live-action adaptation will appeal to their desire to feel grown-up.
But actual, mature adults aren’t obsessed with what’s childish and what’s not. They know that the mark of adulthood isn’t whether or not you watch kids’ shows. In fact, the other day, I was trying to convince my mom to watch Avatar: The Last Airbender. She said it seems too childish, which, I admit, counters my point, since she’s not an immature person. However, when I argued that my stepdad likes it and he wouldn’t watch a “little kid show”, she corrected me and said there are some “little kid shows“ that he loves.
My stepdad is in his mid 60’s, and he’s not at all immature. Yet he’s able to enjoy childish shows because he’s not trying to prove he’s grown-up anymore. But young, immature people are obsessed with dark content because, as C.S. Lewis said, of “the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up”. Yes, mature adults watch it, too, but they don’t sit around thinking, “Yes, this is so dark! This is the type of content I should be watching! I feel like an adult!”
Once you’re above legal age, yeah. Sometimes, disowning your father (or mother) is a must. But I don’t think Aisha was at that age, so her “disownment” would have been more like a frustrated teenager giving their dad the silent treatment.
I don’t think people’s minds are that discerning. We’re illogical creatures. So while it makes sense that we’d project our feelings only on those who are similar to the person we’re angry with, we rarely do what makes sense, especially on impulse.
We could say that about her attraction to Roy, too. Why the heck would she wanna put herself in the same unhappy situation she grew up in?
Yeah, Aisha’s royal status is why she didn’t have many other options. She couldn’t abandon her family or her duties. Now in real life, someone may have been able to take the throne in her place, but Winx runs on Sailor Moon logic.
I’m not sure what you mean about Nabu. Are you saying that having Aisha fall in love with her assigned fiancé was an easy way out for the writers? If so, then yeah, I agree. That’s how the Perfectly Arranged Marriage trope works, after all.
Of course, her conflict with her parents was just to make it seem like she wouldn’t end up with Nabu. It’s sad because like I said in a previous post, her reasons for not wanting to marry him made sense and were surprisingly mature. But nope…a Winx can’t be single for more than one season!
I think if Winx had stayed like season four, the fandom would be happy. But yes, Fate: The Winx Saga feels like fanservice for those types who think adult = gritty. It also seems…well, generic. There are tons of supernatural young adult shows like this. What’s gonna make this one different? So far, it sounds like all the others, but with the word “Winx” slapped on it.
And yes, I agree about those parents, but unfortunately, they have a lot of influence. That’s why I think Fate: The Winx Saga will backfire if they discover it. I bet one of them will see the title and say, “Hey, a new Winx show! Let’s watch it together, Susie!” and then be traumatized and start a petition against it. Just watch.
First: I’m late as ussual to reply…
…aand second: WOW!! It’s pretty impresive how this post comments devepolved, almost like reading another article, and talking about easy way out; that was a terrible way out, how a kid would actually accept not to fight for her rights even if the arrenged person is desirable? At least both parents backed out from trying to force it over, but the what if’s are quite a bad deal, something that remembers me another show where a couple in same situation ends living hapilly ever after (almost) but in a more natural way (mo dao zu shi second season) in wich said couple acted as divorced before even be together aaaand the bride’s parents that where engaged and didn’t get along **only mentioning ’cause the similarities** so why would Aisha end up with someone the same as her father?? No right answer,that only would have worked if she had no self-steam or something that made her need some big guy protecting her as a child but as that not being the case it’s just a plain no.
Actually the mature shows can’t be the Netflix shows at all; Mature doesn’t equal live-action series roleplaying darkness, if that was the case, almost all television would be laveled for mature audiences..
In my opinion mature content means down to earth content and personal growth within characters, something most of young shows lack (like why alcohol always ends wrong if one can actually drink and not ending the bad way or the troope everyone must watch out exces?) so, after certain game of thrones camed up, the new shows have been trying to re-loop the formula all over again even if settled in other time-era just because that sells.
Fun fact; I had seen much more mature kidz cartoons with ploteholes and magical stuff happening with no reason than said netflix OG series. The reason is simply that: Netflix kind off series roleplays darkness without knowing it, so one can’t just write a story of “I almost burn my mom by accident and I’m traumatized or scared from my powers so now I’ll be in camp fairy school to control them” without actually knowing how shock/low self control/depresion and self-sacrificing family life for their better good works in real-live (Trully wish that filtered casting dialog from fate is fake; sounds like a mess but an improvement from season 5 Bloom at the same time).. so I’m not saying “No” for a live-action winx series, I’m just saying that it must have a message within and well written characters; if not it will end up being another depresed teen novel *cought* adult show on the list.
Side Note: Chilling adventures of Sabrina netflix original series ain’t bad at being darker or edgier, where the series got wrong was at reflecting sectarian neopaganism or whatever that was suposed to be since they mixed wicca with masonery and traditional witchcraft with some thelema elements so as it was good at being feminist and acurrate with some real life ritual practices but occultism society is moving forwards in terms of equalty and the only men rules actitude are often related to christian “satanist” sects and the now called masons (who are usurpers from the first masons) – had a bad time studying theology at school.
By the way: Congrats for your birthday!!
Yeah, lots of good stuff here!
I agree. It doesn’t make sense that Aisha gave up so easily, especially since her reasons for not wanting to marry Nabu were sound. I may write a post about this, but I feel like she didn’t have much agency in their love story. She knew what she wanted, but “the universe” — i.e., Rainbow — seemed to fight against her in order to force her with Nabu no matter what.
Now, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Writers control the story, after all, so they lead it towards a certain resolution. Sometimes, the main character may start out trying to avoid that resolution, but through character growth or random events, it happens anyway.
But the reason why Aisha’s situation felt forced on her is because like I said, she didn’t have much agency. Her actions had no effect on how her relationship with Nabu evolved. It felt like she did nothing but react to his and her parents’ choices.
I’m being somewhat vague because again, I might write a post about it.
“Role-playing darkness?” I think that’s a good way to put it. Most people in the world try to live as normally as they can. They don’t always understand how their past trauma affects their decision-making, and if they do, the trauma was likely recent. If it wasn’t, they don’t walk around constantly thinking about it or acting on it. Instead, it manifests in their beliefs, behavior, and thoughts in subtle ways.
The problem with a lot of dark stories, especially for young adults, is that the characters are their trauma. They know exactly why they’re broken, and it doesn’t seem like they’re trying to live normally despite it. Instead, it controls them openly.
The alcoholic knows he drinks because his parents did, and he’s drinking away the pain of his abusive childhood. The girl who sleeps around knows she didn’t get enough affection as a child, so she’s looking for love in her many partners. The crazy ex knows they desperately want their partner back because they don’t think anyone else can love them. And if the characters don’t know their own motivations, everyone else does because there’s always one specific cause.
If we were all that self-aware, we wouldn’t need counselors!
And like you said, the writers always pick the worst, most distressing scenarios. It’s funny that Fate: The Winx Saga’s version of Faragonda is an alcoholic because in the cartoon, she did drink but not in excess. The fact that this Faragonda — or Farah Dowling (whatever ?) — has a drinking problem when the original character didn’t almost implies that alcohol drinkers can’t have self-control.
Now, I know Faragonda wasn’t an alcoholic because Winx Club was aimed at a younger audience. (In season two, they did show Spontus — I think that was his name — drinking his sorrows away, but it was played for laughs.) But why is it when a show changes its demographic to adult, everything has to take a turn for the worst?
In the current campaign of Critical Role, one of the characters is an alcoholic. She carries a flask of booze with her. Critical Role is aimed at an older audience, yet her drinking problem is still played for laughs. Is that realistic? No. But her drinking problem isn’t the focus of her story, so her player — Sam Riegel, the Nick voice of Riven — doesn’t act out her drunkenness all the time. (Yes, he’s playing a female character.)
Now, her drinking does have consequences sometimes, but for the most part, it’s just part of who she is. She tries to quit sometimes (and the other characters encourage her to), but it hasn’t created a huge problem for her life. Besides, she mostly drinks when she’s nervous about something.
Anyway, I doubt the Winx and Specialists (if they’re still called that) in Fate: The Winx Saga will be well written. I know that’s a big assumption to make before the show premieres, but I just expect them to act like all other teen characters in these shows do. Honestly, this show sounds so generic so far, I don’t see the point in calling it a Winx Club adaptation. Even this new “I can’t control my powers” concept for Bloom has been done a million times. Is Netflix gonna do something unique with it? Probably not.
And I doubt this show will have any compelling messages, either. The writers just want gritty “adult” (i.e. depressing) drama and angst because it sells. That’s all that matters.
Anyway, thanks for the birthday wishes!
over-saturated market perhaps
[…] care of myself.” That’s the motto of the Avoidant. (Aisha says that a lot, doesn’t she? Especially to men.) They want the world to see them as strong and independent, but it’s just the mask they wear to […]
;/the heck