Fate: The Winx Saga showrunner Brian Young teases what’s ahead for Bloom, Musa, and more.
Warning: This post contains spoilers forFate: The Winx Sagaseason 2.
Fate: The Winx Sagaseason 2 ended with a shocker.
Precious Mustapha as Aisha, Abigail Cowen as Bloom, Elisha Applebaum as Musa, Eliot Salt as Terra.Steffan Hill/Netflix
Bloom (Abigail Cowen) got one huge step closer to finding answers about her past.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Bloom is in the Realm of Darkness with her mother!
How did you decide where the season would end for her and how her mother would re-enter the picture?
Elisha Applebaum as Musa, Freddie Thorp as Riven.Steffan Hill/Netflix
BRIAN YOUNG:We knew pretty early on that we wanted Bloom to come face-to-face with her mom.
That’s always been part of Bloom’s big journey.
The goal is to answer what is the Realm of Darkness?
How is Bloom and her mom connected to it?
Beatrix’s path is complicated, even to her death.
What is her legacy and why was now the right time for her exit?
I love Beatrix so much, and Sadie [Soverall] is such an amazing actress.
She realizes, “Oh, I miscalculated everything,” and for Beatrix that’s the scariest thing.
That’s where we like Beatrix to be, in that gray space.
That’s the best part of her character, between hero and villain.
Will we meet them in season 3?
I would say if we get a season 3, expect Icy and Darcy.
Musa gives her magic away and gets it back at the end of the season.
Where is she in her struggle with her powers?
It’s always been a burden to Musa, her mind magic.
This was Musa trying to feel helpful and do something physical.
Being a specialist and fighting is something that will now always be part of who she is.
A storyline that was not as dramatic but very transformative is Riven’s.
How has this season, which includes his getting close to Musa, changed him?
For Riven, it’s been a different season.
Season 1, he was all tied up in his friendship with Sky and his relationship with Beatrix.
Finding Musa and being able to have a connection with her will further his journey.
Can you talk a bit about crafting Terra’s coming out arc?
It was all about Terra becoming a little more of a grown up.
I talked with Eliot about this in season 1 because we had been planning on this.
For me, it was a bit of coming out wish fulfillment.
I would have loved to have a big circle of friends to tell and hug me.
It’s one of my favorite stories.
Flora makes a bold sacrifice to save her cousin, new friends, and her new community.
What did her introduction add to the show and to fairies at the center of the series?
She’s a romantic, and that’s a nice perspective to have in suite.
For Flora, it was about figuring out where she fits.
How is that going to affect her moving forward?
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
Fate: The Winx Sagaseason 2 is now streaming on Netflix.
