In Season Four of the series, it’s established that magic has returned to Earth, and the existence of fairies is now known. This was later reaffirmed in the Nickelodeon follow up when the pixies discovered they were now visible to humans in Season Six.

So, with all that in mind, I was a bit confused as to why the Winx were “undercover” in Season One World of Winx while working for WoW. I raised an eyebrow, but I chalked it up to people just not knowing their identities — despite them having run Love and Pet in Gardenia, and they’re in Gardenia, but ok, whatever. The show must go on.

Now, however, I’m really scratching my head. I’m on S2E7, and Stella, annoyed that being lowkey is inconvenient, says, “too bad Earth people aren’t ready to accept fairies yet.”

Um, what? 🥴