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Fate: The Winx Saga Vol. 1: Dark Destiny

by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs

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Genesis Barrera Robles said: " Título: Fate: The Winx Saga Vol. 1 Dark Destiny
Autora: Olivia Cuartero-Briggs
Ilustradora: Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau
Editorial: Maverick Graphic Novels
Fecha de Lanzamiento: 31 de Julio de 2024 (Versión Digital)
Páginas: 111 Páginas
Puntuación: 1/5

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Oct 24, 2024 05:07AM · see review

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Once Bitten, Twice Dead (A Monster High YA Novel)

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Jul 16, 2024 08:51AM

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Fate: The Winx Saga Vol.1: Dark Destiny (Fate: The Winx Saga, #1)

by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs

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Genesis Barrera Robles said: " “Dark Destiny” is a completely original graphic novel written by author Olivia Cuartero-Briggs, and illustrated by artist Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau, the colors are by colorists Dearbhla Kelly and Linden Cahill, and the letterer in charge is Jus “Dark Destiny” is a completely original graphic novel written by author Olivia Cuartero-Briggs, and illustrated by artist Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau, the colors are by colorists Dearbhla Kelly and Linden Cahill, and the letterer in charge is Justin Birch. This first volume is considered a continuation, and a direct sequel after the events that occurred in the second season of the youth fantasy show, Fate: The Winx Saga. I really felt extremely disappointed after the fatal decision of the “Netflix” platform due to the cancellation of said series after the broadcast of just two seasons. But happiness returned to me when I found out some long-awaited and magical news; American publisher Mad Cave Studios and its youth label Maverick Graphic Novels had obtained the licensing rights from Rainbow S.p.A. to give life to this new graphic novel that was announced last year, at the event last October at the New York Comic Con 2023.

First of all, I want to offer my thanks to the publisher Mad Cave Studios, their youth label Maverick Graphic Novels, and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to have an advanced copy of the story long before the stipulated date of the official release to the public, whose Publication date will be July 31 of this year. It should be noted that the publisher kindly gave me an advanced copy in exchange for offering an honest review. And as always, all the opinions you will find in this review are entirely my own. Firstly, I want to emphasize that the entire creative team that has participated in the development and writing of this graphic novel was never part of the original writing team of showrunner Brian Young, who worked on both seasons of the Netflix series. And from now on I want to emphasize that this whole matter must be taken into account when reading said graphic novel. Next, and, first of all, I want to warn possible and potential readers that the story they will find in those 102 pages is going to take: “new directions and horizons” that I never ever imagined would occur within this franchise. So, as a viewer, consumer, fan, and reader, I want to warn the fandom that there will be changes, many changes.

Now, let's go directly to the review, obviously said review will not contain any type of spoiler. To begin with, this has been my first experience reading a graphic novel, and I must say that this book has pleasantly surprised me in some points, and badly in others, but we will break down each point of this review by its respective parts or sections.

1. Start: The beginning of our story is as follows: the story of “Dark Destiny” begins in the prestigious magic school, Alfea, where you can see a promising future for Aisha, but then we go back in time, and We learn that six months have passed since the disappearance of Bloom Peters and the Dragon Flame in the Realm of Darkness. Therefore, a new course has begun at the training school for fairies and specialists, and our five protagonists are still stunned by the loss of their dear friend. I was pleased that the story began its starting point with the plot of the Winx in Alfea, and that Bloom's narrative arc was left aside for its respective later development. Another positive point that I want to highlight is that from the first pages we already have some plots developing little by little: Terra has her own love conflict, Aisha as always is demonstrating her leadership to the whole school, Stella being a good friend with Sky, I liked it. the way she comforts him, and how the fairy of light uses her powers to carry it out.

2. Development, Characters and Plots: During the course of the entire book we will have several plots to develop, something that should be appreciated and emphasized in the work as another positive point, because each character has their own moment to shine and stand out. some more than others, it is worth mentioning. And having such a varied group of characters, I like that throughout the story there have been spaces dedicated to each of them. Although as another negative point, throughout my reading I felt that a certain couple had several extra panels to develop their narrative arc, and that instead of reflecting moments of sweetness in the romance section, they caused a great opposite effect on me; Its plot didn't really contribute to the main story, and each time I felt that this couple wasted pages that could have been used in a better way to explain a little more about the functioning of the Other World. But, as the story progresses in other directions, we will also meet some totally new and original characters planned for this new chapter of the story; characters that were obviously never planned to be part of this franchise, but here they are being introduced by the writer, surely due to creative license issues. From my point of view, and as another negative point to take into account, the characters that should have been present in this story from the first pages are really conspicuous by their absence, and the worst of all is that the author does not give us no explanation as to why they were completely omitted from this first volume. Now I want to talk a little more about Bloom, because in this graphic novel he will resume the role of protagonist in this first volume. From my point of view, the author portrayed Bloom's character with certain similarities to her animated counterpart, based on the decisions she will make throughout the course of the graphic novel. As fans of yesteryear will remember, the Dragon Flame fairy, during the course of the entire animated series, in some seasons, the character had a tendency to run away from her own problems, if they were to arise in her narrative arc. And the situation is similar in the story presented by the author. After all, Bloom is still a teenager.

3. Cohesion and Coherence: Likewise, I must mention that, as another negative point, the author has made modifications to the story (I will not say which ones so as not to spoil the reading for future fans) but that in one way or another they will affect the canon of the entire franchise. And it is because of this section that my rating of the entire graphic novel in general is going to decrease considerably. Unfortunately, this graphic novel was promoted from the beginning as “a direct continuation” of the events of the Netflix series, and frankly I have not felt that this story has been a direct continuation of all that information that the viewer of this franchise has already learned. known in advance through the two seasons. Rather, from my perspective, this graphic novel felt like some kind of soft-reboot. It seems to me that the only plot that the author rescued from the original series (broadly speaking) was everything that revolved around Bloom, her mother Marion, and the Kingdom of Darkness, at least from my perspective.

4. Denouement (Final): Now, I want to talk a little more about the ending. I feel very confused about this ending, because, from my point of view, this first volume did not present me with an ending. But rather, it left the story completely open to me to develop new plots in a second volume. But the story feels pretty unfinished in my opinion. But even so, I note that the author kept a character from the original lore of the original animated program, I won't say which one so as not to spoil the surprise. But we will have someone that old Winx Club fans will surely remember.

5. Artistic Style: Although at first I did not like the illustrations of the artist Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau because I felt that her artistic style would not fit at all with the dark atmosphere of the Netflix live-action adaptation, I must highlight I think I understand the reason why the publisher chose her as the ideal illustrator for the project. Because, once you start reading the story, the illustrator's artistic drawing style really becomes more and more familiar. The illustrations very easily evoked for me the expressions and feelings that the characters wanted to convey to the reader. I would define the author's illustrations as “extremely adorable and tender.” Anyway, a panel that was extremely pleasant to appreciate, at least for me, and the said panel was the one when the Winx were gathered in their suite having a normal conversation, and in said panel each of them was telling him their problems to the other. The coloring by artists Dearbhla Kelly and Linden Cahill gives the reader warm and welcoming feelings, especially in those panels where the element of fire gains its presence within the story. And the fact that the inner thoughts were contrasted in other tones was a nice touch by the lyricist.

6. Conclusion: Well, below, I will present my final thoughts and conclusions. So, if you are interested in reading this graphic novel, the best thing you can do is give the Netflix series a chance, or else take a look at the two novels linked to the series that were published in previous years. Because obviously the graphic novel will take up certain elements that were previously presented to us on screen. Although I must warn the future reader of the following: some events, characters and plots were evidently forgotten. Anyway, right now I'm looking forward to more news about the next volume that will go on sale next year, more than anything to discover how the author and her creative team are going to continue covering the story of Fate: The Winx Saga henceforth. At least, to know if there will be future plans to correct the enormous fallacies that were in this first volume. But before I finish with this review, I want to make it clear that, as a viewer, a reader, and a consumer of the Fate: The Winx Saga franchise, I have not been completely satisfied with how the writer of this project, Olivia Cuartero-Briggs has addressed certain plots that in the Netflix series would surely have taken a totally different direction.

But in short, I'm grateful that we have new Otherworld content scheduled to be released soon; Of course, it should be noted that the new adventures of our fairies will contain certain gaps, but at least one publisher was interested in rescuing Fate: The Winx Saga of the kingdom of darkness from the canceled franchises. Once again, many thanks to the publisher Mad Cave Studios, the youth label Maverick Graphic Novels, and NetGalley for giving me access to an advanced copy of this graphic novel in digital format. It seems to me that it is one of the longest reviews I have done as a reader, but I think my feelings regarding the entire development of the story are understood.

Thanks so much for reading.

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Aug 20, 2024 04:29PM · see review

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