February 2021 – I Think Thinks

Spoilers for the early seasons of Winx Club and all of Fate (or just the first season if they get renewed).

To be honest, I did not want to watch this show. It was an edgy remake of a beloved 2000s childhood cartoon. I didn’t expect that it to be good, but a coworker convinced me to give it a try. I only listened because she gave me this piece of advice on how to approach the show.

Don’t look at it like a remake. Look at it like it’s loosely inspired by Winx Club.
A cool chick I work with!

This is great advice to approach any remake with, honestly. Nostalgia can be enlightening in some ways, but in others, it is a hindrance. Luckily, this wouldn’t be much of a problem for me with Fate.

I can barely remember the original Winx Club. I remember little things like Bloom being a long-lost princess, that the three villain witches went to a different school, and the fact that the boys went to a third school. I also remember the style and the flair of the original costumes and how diverse the original cast was.

…And that’s about it.

So, I went in with fresh eyes and an open mind.

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(Spoilers for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure parts 3, 4, and 6.)

When watching Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, a couple of things stuck out to me as weird. And I don’t mean in the standard JoJo’s way either. The narrative flow is what seemed a bit off to me.

Avdol’s double death was odd, the focus on Polnareff over Jotaro seemed out of place, and in all honesty, some people’s Stand changed abilities partway through the story. (I’m looking at you, Hermit Purple.) But for me, the most bizarre in about Stardust Crusaders is Anne, The Runaway Girl, who leaves, returns, and leaves again.

I believe it is likely that this part of Jojo’s had its beginning and ending planned, but the middle was whatever Araki came up with along the way. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it led to the weirdness I mentioned earlier. Araki probably just wanted to use her and couldn’t think of a way to make her relevant, so he wrote her out.

In this post, I want to throw out a couple of ideas for how Anne could have been vital to Stardust Crusaders instead of a bizarre footnote. (I promise I’ll stop using this pun.)

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Month: February 2021

The Reason Fate: The Winx Saga Struggles

An Unofficial If I Could Rewrite: A Runaway Character