Fate: The Winx Saga is a highly popular Netflix adaptation of the beloved children’s show Winx Club and with each episode, its abuse of creative freedom continues to irk die-hard fans of the franchise.
For those unaware,Winx Club is a 2004 Italian animation crafted by Iginio Straffi and it showcases the journey of six teenage young girls going to the Alfea School for Fairies.
This depiction however has polarized many, especially in light of its blatant whitewashing, horrid views on adoption and misuse of ancient mysteries like ‘changlings’ to build character arcs.
Some of its biggest issues revolve around whitewashing characters and Twitter has been set ablaze over it all. Some fans of the original Winx Club even took up arms and exclaimed, “Y’all I cannot describe how mad this makes me. As a child, I love loved Flora because she not only had nature powers, which were my favorite at the time, but she was Hispanic!! As a young Hispanic girl growing up we basically had no rep and this is beyond wrong. #winx #Flora”
They even pointed out the editorial decision to erase any trace of diversity in the cast since Flora was originally Latinx and Musa was a Chinese fairy of music.
They even pointed out the decision to cancel out Techna from the mix and complained how "there's 6 not 5."
Another major issue surrounding the show is its portrayal of adoption. Throughout the entire show, the only thing on Bloom’s mind has been finding her “real parents” even after her one-track mind nearly put every student's life at risk in Alfea.
The darkened theme also caused a bit of online commotion, many others however, questioned the need for it becoming a love triangle between characters who were never together in the original.