So I've wanted to add on to this post for a long time as I have been meaning to update the article, but I decided to write an add-on because I'm probably going to write a lot about Nick cancelling Winx Club.
I have changed my view of Nick cancelling Winx Club (because they didn't want it) because I thought for a moment and said: Wait, if they didn't want the show, why did they buy it? And here starts my rant. Nickelodeon probably purchased the show in 2011 with high hopes, probably thinking "We could turn this into the next Tinkerbell! GET JEFF BORKIN IN THE HOUSE!"
Seriously, Nick probably wanted this to be the next Tinkerbell. Fairies, Check. Cute and fashionable but not overly sexualized? Check. Friendly characters who NEVER fight (maybe...)? Check. You see a pattern? Nick wanted this to be a show with good enough ratings that it could shapeshift into Dora the Explorer. When I first discovered the show when the first special aired on Nickelodeon, I thought it was the greatest thing i'd ever seen besides Power Rangers. And I don't regret tuning in that day. I watched the specials, one by one when they came out, my eyes not lifting off the television. I don't have that thrill with Season 6 (I guess I get it with Season 7.. a bit) when I watch it. When I was watching some of the webisodes, I was bored out of my pants, switching tabs during ads and playing with my phone. It wasn't like that during the specials.
Thank you for reading this tiny add-on, and I appreciate your opinion, so please leave your comments below! ~Kat
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