Fate: The Winx Saga has a touching mid-season moment when Bloom’s suitemates rescue her from a Burned One, but the scene has a plot hole that stretches suspension of disbelief. When Bloom senses a Burned One in the forest in episode 3, “Heavy Mortal Hopes,” she texts her roommates for help. Soon afterward, they come to her rescue at a critical moment. The episode never explains, however, how Stella, Aisha and the other fairies manage to find her.
Bloom’s call for help comes several minutes before her encounter with the Burned One. After sensing it in the woods, she sends a text to the entire group writing that there’s an emergency at the stone circle. Bloom’s actual encounter with the Burned One, however, happens deep in the woods beyond the barrier. So how do the fairies know where to go to help?
Bloom’s rescue is an important moment for the group of fairies in Fate: The Winx Saga. Even though Bloom is on shaky terms with some of them, they all still respond to her text. In addition, all of them are critical to defeating the Burned One — without the powers of each, Bloom or someone else could have been killed. It’s a great moment for the group dynamic and character development, but the plot hole takes some of the emotional weight out of the scene. Without a viable explanation, the audience can’t buy into the events as they occur.
Before they encounter the Burned One, Bloom and Sky travel a fair distance from the stone circle. They not only track it through the forest but also cross through the barrier at a point that’s not in view of the stone circle. Assuming the two took the shortest possible path, they could have run in a straight line from the stone circle to the barrier, making it easy for Bloom’s suitemates to guess where she was headed. But Bloom is following the Burned One using her unique senses, meaning that she and Sky also could have tracked the Burned One along the edge of the barrier before crossing into the forest.
Bloom’s senses, possibly stemming from the Dragon Flame, also allow her to track the Burned One through the woods, meaning that she could have followed it in any direction. Unlike other fairies, Bloom isn’t just guessing when it comes to the location of the Burned One. She isn’t following tracks or other signs, but her own mind. Despite this, her suitemates turn up out of nowhere to help. One possible explanation is that Musa uses her empathy to track down Bloom and Sky. The duo’s emotions are likely running high as they prepare to fight a Burned One. Musa’s ability to find people using her powers is also shown earlier in the series as she looks for Sam.
The fairies’ willingness to rescue Bloom is sweet. Even though they’re all in the middle of their own lives, they don’t hesitate to leave what they’re doing. Stella and Terra are enjoying themselves at a party, but they ditch it to help Bloom. Musa is in the middle of a romantic moment with Sam, but she too leaves him behind to help the fire fairy. As a concept, the mini-narrative works, but its execution is lacking since it offers little explanation to build plausibility. The fact that Bloom’s suitemates help her Fate: The Winx Saga is heartwarming — but the circumstance is still unlikely.
