I guess it was around 5 years ago is aired? Something like that. Well actually I saw the doll commercial first (and the last time) and then saw the commercials for the show. I was actually curious because.
1. I like girl superheros, it reminds me of my sailormoon childhood days which was a happy time 2. I love fairies and their pretty wings 3. I only came across a few episodes when i wasnt out or at school or work. Luckily these happened to be the ones with the biggest plot and drama
the first and second episode, the dance, the day of the rose, diaspro, bloom and daphne, bloom finds shes a princess, bloom goes to domino, final battle. Ok thats more then a few episodes but this was with the season playing over 3 or more times over one year. So i would see one from the middle of the season, then the end then the beginning, etc
So I hadnt seen the whole season but i got the jist of the characters and stories and liked it but wasnt crazy. I looked it up a bit online on the site, i liked the art style, but other then that moved on. When season two came out again same thing. Watched a couple episodes here and there, even less then season one, only really knew that there was layle, bloom goes evil and they had charmix. This was the 4 kids one so the characters attitudes didnt really attract me.
What won me over was enchantix (i think this is still me favourite transformation just because theyre traditional fairy kind of). For some reason I dont remember i checked out the winx site (the crappy northamerican one) and saw an add for season 3 with a pic of Musa in her enchantix. My first impression was beautiful! I was in love. The wings! The detail! Look how long her hair was (i figured her pigtails were only longer in enchantix, i was a bit disapointed when i discovered they weret) The outfits! The colours! New power where they actually become real fairies! With wings that look like they could support their weight! Being an art student i was instantly compelled to draw them. I staked out the shows whenever i had the time to get a glimpse of their enchantix's. This was rare since i only knew it to air weekday mornings when id be at school and sat mornings when id be asleep or elsewhere. So i started to look on youtube and was slowly getting hooked. I guess i got curious about the whole story so looked for season 1 but at the time only rai was available so i was like whatever and watched. It was official, i was a fan. The rai was more indepth with story and characters and i thought it was a master piece.
Its funny because im a new university graduate and i go to work and doodle fairy wings on all my notes. I have a sketch book full of fairies. I have the movie. I feel like its my dirty secret, none or my friends or my boyfriend knows it exists, i dont think they'd care if i told them, they'd just be like whatever. I know everyone has their kid fixes that we still like, some like disney, some like transformers or whatever, our generation grew up with video games and i dont thik the majority will grow out of that, at least not fully, but for some reason i keep Winx secret. And when i have nothing else to do. I come online and watch. It makes me feel young again. well, ten years younger anyways, im not old or something.
And now im starting to read W.I.T.C.H. after reading a controversy over how winx copied them or something. I like it.
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