Winx Club
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|---|---|
| Name: | Winx Club |
| Abbreviation(s): | Winx |
| Creator: | Iginio Straffi |
| Date(s): | 2004 |
| Medium: | Animated series |
| Country of Origin: | Italy |
| External Links: |  Winx Enchantix Wallpaper by mina1015 (2012) |
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Winx Club is cartoon show, which has been adapted to other forms of media. Winx Club is known by fans for its diversity, the show featuring multiple POC among its main cast.
Canon
Winx Club centres around Bloom, who begins to attend Alfea College after discovering her special abilities. Along the way she meets Stella, Flora, Tecna, Musa, Aisha and Roxy.
Characters
- Bloom
- Stella
- Flora
- Tecna
- Musa
- Aisha
- Roxy
- Riven
- Sky
- Brandon
- Helia
Other Media
Winx Club has been adapted and rebooted a few times since its initial show run. This includes:
- World of Winx, a cartoon spin-off released in 2016 on Netflix
- Fate: The Winx Saga, a live-action adaptation featuring supernatural elements and a darker tone, released on Netflix in 2021 and 2022
Fate: The Winx Saga was met by a generally negative reaction from fans of the original show, who noted that it failed to properly appeal to its target audience[1]. Apart from the negative reaction, fans did note that it had alright plot lines.
Fandom
Shipping
Despite the large female cast, F/M ships are the most popular type of shipping in the Winx Club fandom. This can be observed by the ratio of F/M fanworks on Ao3 when compared to the total fanwork count; 1404 F/M fanworks to 2,720 total fanworks[2]. To better understand the types of ships prevalent in the fandom, see the pie graph.
A few notable Winx Club ships include:
- Musa/Riven
- Bloom/Sky
- Brandon/Stella
- Flora/Helia
Fanworks
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Fanfiction
Due to the age of the Winx Club fandom, fanfiction for the show is more common on older sites. This can be seen in the difference between Fanfiction.Net's collection of Winx Club fanfiction to Ao3's collection: 5.4k[3] to 2720[2].
- Sparked by Rist
- Magix's Mother Dragon by FunahoMisaki
- Perhaos a redo is in order FunahoMisaki
- Take A Breath by SilverShadow65
Zines
- LetsMagicalCooking, 2023. A multifandom magical girl cookbook zine
- Transform! Zine, 2022-2023. A multifandom magical girl zine
External Links
Fanpages and Sites
- Allnewworld - Finnish Winx Club fansite
References
- ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/FateWinxSaga/comments/1daah67/my_thoughts_on_fate_being_cancelled/
- ^ a b https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Winx%20Club/works, accessed September 21st, 2024
- ^ https://www.fanfiction.net/cartoon/Winx-Club/, accessed September 21st, 2024
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