I'm still so emotional about Netflix's 'Fate: The Winx Saga'

In the fantastical world of Fate: The Winx Saga, emotions make magic. In my real apartment, where I just binged the Netflix YA series for the third time this month, emotions mainly make a mess.

We’re coming up on one year of social distancing, and I, like so many others, am exhausted. I am tired of working from home; I am tired of being on Zoom; and, for the first time ever, I am tired of watching TV. Of course, I have to keep being safe — seeing this whole pandemic thing through to the end is mandatory for all of us. But that emotional fatigue is, at least for me, taking a real toll.

So, I suppose it makes sense that when a story about teen fairies using their negative emotions to wield extraordinary power appeared on my streaming recommendations, I hit play. What followed was a surprisingly sweet respite from my own anxieties that I now struggle to recommend without getting a bit weepy and sentimental (because 2021 is a truly weird time to be alive). Read more...

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