Why Bloom From Fate: The Winx Saga Looks So Familiar

Netflix continues to be a beacon of light for serialized genre fiction, as they are now readying new seasons of hit series like Stranger Things and The Umbrella Academy, and adding explosive new treats on a near weekly basis. For those on the lookout for a fresh fantasy offering, Netflix's latest is a live-action drama based on a beloved animated series.

Indeed, the Nickelodeon series which inspired this new show is Winx Club, which follows the adventures of five gifted teen fairies who attend a magical boarding school and fight evildoers in the magical realm of Otherworld.

However, fans of Winx Club should know that Netflix's Fate: The Winx Saga is a very different beast than its more kid-friendly inspiration. Perhaps taking a cue from the recent successes of adult-oriented teen dramas like Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the new Netflix venture delivers a wild mix of bombastic action, brooding teen angst, and saucy romance, along with an inspiring journey of self-discovery.

The series is centered around the teen-aged Bloom, a fairy raised by humans and sent to the Alfea school so she can learn the ways of fairies, and also to control her dangerous magical abilities. And if Abigail Cowen looks familiar to you, it's likely because you're a fan of teen dramas with an adult bent.

As it happens, another series which Cowen appeared in also turned some heads for its slightly twisted take on considerably tamer source material. That series was Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which told the tale of a teenage girl as she nobly, and sometimes not-so nobly, struggled to balance her everyday life amongst humans with her more exciting life as a witch, who just so happens to worship at the altar of a certain dark lord. Essentially posited as a classic teen drama with heaping doses of magical mirth, gory horror movie camp, and some seriously sinister action, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina debuted on Netflix to great reviews in 2018, and has just wrapped an equally lauded four season run on the platform.

Cowen appeared in three of those seasons as one of the Weird Sisters, a trio who frequently tormented and occasionally teamed up with Sabrina. If you're wondering why Cowen didn't appear in all four seasons of the supernatural series, it's because her character Dorcas tragically didn't survive the third, having been turned to stone, then later killed.

Needless to say, the Weird Sisters were never really the same after Dorcas' death. Likewise, Cowen's presence was sorely missed throughout Sabrina's wonderful fourth season. Although, Dorcas fans were treated to a brief resurrection during one emotional episode.

If you haven't had a chance to watch Chilling Adventures of Sabrina just yet, it's still entirely likely you noticed Cowen's face on Netflix before her roles as Dorcas and Bloom, though you would have had to do so through a waft of wavy eighties hair. You also would have needed to keep an exceedingly sharp eye out for her ginger locks, as Cowen made only a couple of brief appearances in the troubled town of Hawkins, Indiana.

That's right, Stranger Things fans: one of Cowen's first appearances came in the second season of Netflix's sci-fi sensation. Cowen actually appeared in two episodes, but there's little question she made a far bigger impact in the first. And as far as that first appearance goes, it came in the season 2 premiere, round about the time bad boy extraordinaire Billy Hargrove made his infamous first trip through the parking lot of Hawkins High School.

As you might recall, a small group of Hawkins girls watch the chain-smoking hard rocker as he walks, commenting on his ... ahem, posterior region. Cowen was one of those gawking girls. And while we don't learn much about her character, Vicki, we do know she had at least a fleeting encounter with Hawkins' baddest of bad boys, as she's seen leaving school with him a couple episodes later. She was never again spotted in Hawkins High though, possibly because Cowen moved on to bigger roles, like in Sabrina.

Whatever the case the may be, it's nice to see Abigail Cowen is continuing her already fruitful relationship with Netflix: The streamer is reportedly eyeing a second season of Fate: The Winx Saga after it debuted at #1 on their coveted Top 10 chart.

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