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image captionAlfea s got a look of Hogwarts - but with a lot less danger to your life
Let s face it - schools on telly always look more glamorous. The lessons seem more fun and the teachers a lot cooler.
Add in a bit of magic and it makes every other high school seem pretty dull.
Now term s started at the Alfea College for Fairies in the new series Fate: The Winx Saga on Netflix.
So we asked the cast which fictional school out of all on screen, would they like to go to?
And - spoiler alert - they didn t all say Hogwarts.
In the immortal words of Mean Girls Karen Smith, âWhy are you white?â Whitewashing, unlikeable characters and the uninspired inclusion of every teen trope under the moon make Netflixâs new âFate: The Winx Sagaâ an insult to the cartoon so many grew up on.
Even before airing, the show faced heavy criticism for its unnecessary changes to the source material. The 2004 âWinx Clubâ cartoon followed protagonist Bloom and her five friends Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Aisha (known in some dubs as Layla) as they studied at Alfea College for Fairies and fought threats against the world of Magix. In the cartoon, Musa and Flora are coded as East Asian and Hispanic/Latina, respectively, yet Netflix cast two white women to play them in the live action adaptation Although, in Floraâs case, the [show claims she isnât whitewashed, thereâs simply a new character named Terra (Eliot Salt) â who just so happens to have the same powers and pers