Fate: The Winx Saga: The Worst Thing Each Main Character Has Done

Netflix has been putting out a lot of new content over the last year with the increased demand for original streaming series and movies. One of the latest in Netflix’s original shows is the fantasy series Fate: The Winx Saga. The magical characters in the series are so vastly different from one another, from power sets to personality, that it seems like there wouldn’t be common ground amongst them.

There is one thing most of the characters have in common though: they largely only think about themselves. This leads to a lot of selfish actions on the part of the main characters. It also allows them to grow from these actions and realize their mistakes, for the most part. There are a few characters who would repeat their worst actions again and again.

10 Aisha: Betraying Her Friends

Aisha is actually one of the most solid characters in the series who isn’t often motivated by selfish desires. She looks out for everyone and at her own expense. Her fairy power of water manipulation even allows her to save Bloom’s life not long after meeting her, so it’s hard to decide on the “worst” action for her.

Within the context of the show, Aisha revealing her friends’ plans to the headmistress is probably the worst action she takes. That’s only because it drives a wedge amongst the group. What Aisha does is actually incredibly brave and thoughtful as her friends aren’t capable enough to protect themselves against the magical threats coming their way.

9 Stella: Using Negative Emotions For Fuel

The early episodes of The Winx Saga frame Stella as the school’s mean girl. She’s biting with her comments, emotionally detached from her roommates, and has a need to be the most important person in the room. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. That image is driven by her mother’s manipulation and her own use of negative emotions to fuel her powers.

It’s the latter that is the worst thing she does in the show. Her clinging to negative emotions keeps her mean-spirited and even causes Stella to injure her best friend before the events of the series. She thinks holding on to these negative traits will increase her power. When Stella tries to cling to the negative emotions to use her powers, however, it makes them unstable. The same is true when she teaches Bloom to tap into her fire magic. It causes Bloom to lack control when it really counts against a Burned One.

8 Sky: Spying On Bloom

Sky is the perennial nice guy. Like Aisha, he just wants what’s best for everyone. He might tease Riven once in a while, but he never completely turns his back on his friend, despite Riven acting like a completely different person after he meets Beatrix.

Sky’s one big misstep is trying to be the security force that his mentor asks him to be. He’s tasked with spying on Bloom and reporting back to the teachers because they’re so worried about her stepping out of line. The trouble is, this kind of action is exactly what keeps Bloom stepping out of line.

7 Silva: “Killing” Sky’s Father

Silva is the one responsible for training new generations of specialists. They might not have fairy magic on their side, but they are lethal with their weapons. Silva also, however, is responsible for raising Sky after the latter’s father dies on a mission.

The trouble is Silva never tells Sky that he’s partly responsible for his father’s death. That might not have been an easy conversation to have with a child, but Sky not knowing the truth opens up a whole can of worms when Beatrix starts spreading misinformation (through Bloom) about what really happened. Silva carries a lot of guilt and projects it onto a kid who then strives to be the perfect soldier all the time.

6 Musa: Shutting Her Roommates Out

Whereas the Musa of the animated series is a fairy of music, the live-action version of the character has power involving the mind. She can sense the emotions of others, and that can sometimes be overwhelming for her. As a result, she shuts out those around her so she doesn’t have to deal with the emotions.

While that decision is understandable, it also makes things more difficult between Musa and her roommates. She and Terra, for example, get off on the wrong foot because Terra thinks Musa is simply being rude to her.

5 Terra: Not Standing Up For Herself

Terra has power over earth as a fairy, more specifically, plants, making her very different from elemental powers used in other series like Avatar: The Last Airbender. In fact, her power over plants might be one of the strongest out of her roommates, but she only uses them when she’s pushed to extremes.

That’s because Terra often positions herself to be less important, deferring to those around her for direction, which is a shame. Not long after introducing herself to her new roommates, Terra shrinks into the background under Stella’s presence, not wanting to make waves, even when Stella makes fun of her clothes. When she stands up for herself and when she’s confident in her own actions, like during the big season-ending battle as she gives directions to others, Terra is great. In Terra’s case, the worst thing she does is aimed at herself.

4 Riven: Turning On Terra

One of the more interesting reveals of the season is that the year before the events of the show, Riven and Terra were good friends. When he felt like an outsider, it was Terra who befriended him.

Riven makes a drastic turn when he comes back to school, treating Terra like garbage and finding solace in his outsider status with Beatrice. He even encourages Terra’s new friend Dane to do the same. While siding with Beatrix, in the end, is arguably worse, it’s Riven’s decision to alienate Terra that leads to him becoming obsessed with Beatrix at all.

3 Beatrix: Killing People

Of all the characters in the series, Beatrix might have the most obvious bad deeds as the central antagonist. She manipulates those around her, intentionally ostracizes people, and, of course, she plans to let Rosalind loose.

Beatrix’s bad behavior is fueled by being raised with Rosalind’s ideas filling her head. A lot it can be excused by her essentially being brainwashed into being a villain. She’s doing what she believes to be the right thing. Of course, the one truly inexcusable thing she does in the series is committed murder. When Beatrix kills the headmistress’s assistant, it doesn’t phase her one bit. It’s likely not the first time she’s taken someone’s life, and it probably won’t be the last.

2 Farah: Turning Her Back On Rosalind

Farah Dowling makes a lot of mistakes during her time as headmistress. She keeps secrets from her students and doesn’t allow Bloom to find answers to her own family history. Those are things she does for the greater good, so they can be excused. Her worst deed, however, concerns her former mentor Rosalind.

Farah has kept Rosalind prisoner in a kind of magical field for over a decade. During that time, Rosalind is at least peripherally aware of what’s going on because she’s able to get Bloom to come to her. Farah knows that Rosalind has made some disastrous – and murderous – decisions in the past. Yet, when the two finally talk face to face (and alone), Farah turns her back on the other woman to walk away. She turns her back on a powerful fairy with a grudge who isn’t afraid to kill people, severely underestimating the situation. It costs Farah her life and puts Rosalind in a powerful position for the show’s second season.

1 Bloom: Freeing Evil-Doers

Bloom does a lot of bad things over the course of the first season. Most of those bad things are motivated by her desire to learn the truth about her past. A lot of those bad things also lead up to the worst thing she does in the entire season: Bloom is responsible for freeing both Beatrix and Rosalind from confinement.

Bloom doesn’t seem to care that either fairy is responsible for killing other people. She doesn’t take into account the big picture, that letting both of them loose on the world is dangerous. All Bloom is consumed with is finding her own answers, no matter what the cost. Setting them free changes the power structure at the school significantly.

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