For whatever reason Netflix is just on fire in 2021.
For obvious reasons 2020 was just a desert of like horrible reality shows and that was pretty much it. But then the very end of 2020 and then coming into 2021 has just been like
We got Bridgerton, Sharkboy and Lava Girl 2, To All the Boys 3 is coming in a couple weeks and
just a little bit ago Netflix gave us Fate: The Winx Saga. Now after reading a little bit about
this I gotta say: This show is just begging for me to make a video about it. So let's take a walk.
But before that really quick. . .
As per usual we start right off with our main character Bloom *snorts* y'know it's hard enough being a redhead but her name is Bloom?
A redhead named Bloom is absolutely one of those girls who plays like the clarinet in the marching
band y'know and like her hair is always wet for some reason. Anyway Bloom is just your totally
average relatably attractive shy misunderstood teenage girl with mismatched hair and eyebrows who
wears leather jackets and combat boots 'cause of course she does I mean how else could we possibly
know that she's not like other girls EVEN THOUGH EVERY GIRL ON EVERY SHOW IS LIKE THIS. YA AIN'T
SPECIAL GET TO THE BACK OF THE LINE. Today is Bloom's first day at her new school Alfea.
Now you might be surprised to hear this but Alfea is not actually a normal school okay na na na
na na you see this is a school for kids who can use magic. I know I know I could hardly believe it myself.
And if that wasn't enough you'll never guess who she meets on her first day of school.
Wow. You are so lost. I'm impressed for your confidence in the face of complete ignorance.
Issue is, you're overcommitted. I mean, you're essentially running.
I don't need help. But thanks.
I don't remember offering it.
Why's it gotta be one of these dudes? Every girl's dream man apparently y'know some tall
lanky British guy just living life by the cut of his bangs and the tip of his Adam's apple.
Anyway back to the riveting conversation between these two 25-year-old 16-year-olds.
If you are lost, which I'm not saying you are, and you need help,
which I'm not saying I'm offering, this is the Specialist hall,
Fairy hall is that way. Ah, the Specialist hall obviously.
Right sorry I'd be happy to-- --Mansplain it?
After this Bloom goes to talk to the headmistress of the school because she's just a regular girl
from California and not from any of these other like magical realms or whatever like everyone else is.
That's right kids, she's different. I was half expecting a school full of Tinkerbells
zipping around. Disappointed?
I'm just kinda bummed I didn't see a single pair of wings.
Hm. Well we had wings in the past. As we've evolved,
transformation magic has been lost. Also Tink was an air fairy, you're a fire fairy.
Oh d-d-d'you get it kids? Sh-sh-she she could use fire 'cause 'cause she has red hair.
D-d-d'you get it? Yeah it's pretty easy to tell who can do what at this school 'cause like you
got fire fairies who have red hair and then you got water fairies with blue hair and then you got
snot fairies with green hair and then you got these kids over here who we don't talk about.
Now the other thing about Bloom that makes her so unique and special is that her parents are
totally normal humans and so was she until she discovered her special powers one day when all the
Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance songs in the world just couldn't contain her angst anymore.
You can't make me go out! It's Saturday get out of
your room! Get out of the house. I literally went out earlier today.
Go to the movies! Go to a party! Go somewhere that's not a rummage sale or an antiques store.
Oh I see-- Okay I'm sorry
but like what mom would ever say this? You never go out and do nothin'. Come on honey
you're 16 already and haven't even been arrested once yet. You should be going out to parties and
waking up next to some strange guy who looks like his family tree is just kinda like a tumbleweed or somethin'.
Poppin' out a few babies here and there c'mon no daughter of mine is gonna be a square!
But then Bloom got so upset that she set her whole house on fire with her magic powers and
now she's at the school. Anyway, later that night Bloom is out at some kinda like beginning of the
school year party dance mixer thing? Which you know she hates because I mean why else would
she be dressed like this? And wouldn't you know she runs into everyone's favorite "guy
who definitely auditioned to be Hardin in the movie After but was somehow not annoying enough"
British guy. Now with new manly chin action.
What? You don't have parties in California?
Oh he remembers. Oh, impressed?
Where can I go that's the opposite of this? What's outside?
What, beyond the barrier? Mhm.
Oh well depending on rumors, wolves bears or something much scarier.
Ah yes angry furries and K-Pop stans. I know them well. So she takes his advice and goes
out into the forest area around the school so she can stare at the camera for a while with
the face you make when you eat like two day old Taco Bell for lunch and then you have to read
your book report about My Antonia in front of the whole class while the rage of Poseidon himself is
just boiling inside of you ONE WRONG MOVE AND IT'S ALL OVER. Ahem. Not that I would know.
Now her fire powers get a little out of control because she really has no idea what she's doing
but thankfully our resident water fairy Aisha followed her into the forest and helps her put the fire out.
However, that's when we come to find out something a little interesting about Bloom.
You drew on a good deal of magic without even trying. It's hard to believe you're from a dormant bloodline.
Is there any chance you're adopted? No. No I-I've heard the story of my birth a million times.
Had a heart defect in the womb but a day after I was born it was gone.
Oh god-you're a Changeling. A Changeling is a fairy baby that's switched with a human one at birth.
BWAAAAA.
So as you can imagine Bloom's feeling a little bit confused about all this because like yeah
she hates her parents like any self respecting leather jacket wearing teenager would but like
it's no fun if they're not even her parents 'cause then she just sounds like a jerk. So
feeling all confused about everything she sneaks out that night to go back and visit
her parents just to see them and try to make sense of what may or may not even be true.
I just wanted to check in 'cause we got cut off before
Is everything okay Bloom? Yeah I'm-I'm okay.
You know you don't have to be okay. You're only 16.
I couldn't have done it when I was your age. But then on the way back to the magic school something spooky happens.
Don't stop now.
Now this thing she ran into is called a "Burned One" 'cause y'know it just wouldn't be YA fiction
without needlessly dumb names for everything. But anyway the episode ends with a scene between
the headmistress and another teacher talking about the Burned One and how it may or may
not be connected to Bloom, the fire fairy. I need to get in it's head. We need to know if
this is an isolated incident or something more. Something more?
I found a Changeling. A Changeling?
I've not heard of one of those in centuries. Yet there she was. Left 16 years ago. Right around
the time the last Burned One was spotted. OH EM GEEEEEE
Yeah so this show's real dumb. I mean I've seen a lot of teen drama/YA stuff over the years and let
me tell you right now okay this show is trying really hard to check like every box it possibly
can. A relatably attractive girl with a weird name finds out she's special. But also turns out
she's special special. A tall lanky handsome guy who has witty comebacks for everything but also
he has feelings. I mean it's basically like Shadowhunters meets Twilight meets Divergent
meets Harry Potter meets Riverdale? Like I said, how could I not make a video about this show?
So there's not really much else to say about this show really I mean it is pretty short it's
only like 6 episodes long. Just videos I've seen around y'know on Youtube and stuff it seems like
no one likes the show not very much everyone's like apparently it's totally different than the
book and the fans don't like it and it's not what people wanted so it's basically a Netflix
adaptation y'know what I'm saying? Seems to be how it goes. Remember when Netflix did Death
Note? Remember how that turned out? That was...that was somethin' that was a thing that they
put out there. It's kinda the monkeys paw of adaptations that people always get right it's
like oh we really want a live action adaptation or some kind of adaptation of our favorite whatever
whatever and then someone's like okay I'll do it and then it comes out and you're like not like
that no please not at all like that anyone else c'mon remember Avatar the Last Airbender? Maybe we
should stop doing adaptations of things. Remember every video game movie ever? Yeah maybe we should
just cut that out. But anyways so coming up soon let's see Riverdale finally started season 5 is
going uh that video's coming next and then of course of course To All the Boys 3 is coming
this month and I believe it's the final movie I think I think Kissing Booth has 4 movies After
has 4 movies I think I'm pretty sure about that and then To All the Boys has 3 so finally we're
getting the end of the trilogy can Peter and Lara Jean's love withstand whatever dumb thing
montage is gonna happen this time? Probably I guess I don't know that'd be cool if they broke
up at the end though just be like love is dead bwaaaa y'know. Anyway hope you all enjoyed the
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