Fate: The Winx Saga creators wanted to up the magical girl ante with a big fairy transformation
The first season of Fate: The Winx Sagaestablished that, while many of the main characters were fairies, it had been hundreds of years since anyone had transformed into fairy form with wings and all. This was in stark contrast to the original animated series, where the main cast of fairies underwent fun and colorful magical-girl transformations every time they used the full extent of their powers. (And throughout the show, the transformations became more and more elaborate as they unlocked new powers).
The live-action show turns the colorful cartoon into something darker and edgier, with no big sparkling eyes to be found. That meant no magical transformations — at least initially.
[Ed. note: This article contains spoilers for seasons 1 and 2 of Fate: The Winx Saga]
In the final episode of season 1, fire fairy Bloom (Abigail Cowen) transformed into her fairy form, complete with blazing flame wings and glowing eyes. Showrunner Brian Young tells Polygon that the transformations were always something the creative team kept in mind, and when they got to it, they wanted to do it justice.
“We started the process back in season 1 with Bloom, because we knew we wanted that to be sort of a big surprise at the end of season 1,” he explains. “And then season 2, we were like, OK, so now, we’ve got to do this multiple times. In order for it to have emotional heft we needed to up the stakes a little bit.”
As a big Sailor Moon fan, Young understands the importance of the magical girl transformation, and his goal in season 2 was to up the ante. The writers found a solution by staging three fairy transformations at the same time. Water fairy Aisha, earth fairy Terra, and light fairy Stella rush to Bloom’s rescue. They embrace all their
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