In Season 2, earth fairy Terra (Eliot Salt) comes out as gay — first to her cousin Flora (Paulina Chávez), then to the rest of her friends. Winx Club, the animated series from which Fate is adapted, is known for attracting a strong queer fanbase, especially young viewers struggling with their identity.
Dane has somewhat of a crush on Riven, saying he finds him hot. The two also join with Beatrix in A Fanatic Heart after freeing her from a paralyzed state.
Despite it all, Musa and Riven are seen as friends in Season 2, after Riven had properly redeemed himself, and later become a couple by the season finale after Musa kisses him while under the impression that she had lost him to Lord Darkar's attack.
He was never mind controlled, which makes his actions even more despicable as he willingly betrayed his real friends on his own. It was only until he was told by the Trix themselves of their main goal of taking over Magix did he finally realize what he had been doing and gets jailed after he outlived his usefulness.
Musa in The Winx Club actually starts a relationship with Riven, who also exists in Fate: The Winx Saga. However, in the live-action series, Musa ends up dating Sam, Terra's brother who is also a fairy.
Riven is a short, slim woman with an athletic build, tanned skin, dark golden eyes, and platinum white hair tied up in a bow.
In season 2, Musa started using her powers on Sam to control his emotions messing up their relationship. After Sam left Alfea with his dad, Musa and Sam broke up.
We catch up with Riven, whose real name is Sherlyn Koh, to learn more about her.
Helia, who is introduced in the second season, is an artistic Specialist and the nephew of Red Fountain's headmaster Saladin. Helia is a pacifist who cares about nature and his friends. He is Flora's boyfriend and is very romantic.
Chatta - is the Pixie of Gossip. Her hair is dirty blonde and styled in long pigtails and she wears a green tank top, miniskirt, and boots. She is Flora's bonded pixie. Rebecca Handler voices Chatta in the 4kids version and Perla Liberatori in the Original version.
Helia is a feminine name of Greek origin that possesses an irrepressible aura.
Riven Age. Riven is both the name of an Age and the main island in it. Gehn referred to this age simply as his 'Fifth Age'. A lot of references to the number five can be found on the islands, including pentagonal-shaped architecture, for Gehn believed that the number five had some sort of magical power.
Conversation. The broken blade that Riven carries was once a massive enchanted sword. She tried to destroy it when she was betrayed by Noxus and now carries the fractured hilt as a reminder of the past.
Riven was distributed on five compact discs and released for Mac and Windows personal computers on October 31, 1997, in North America; it was later released on a single DVD-ROM in 1998. Riven was also ported to several other platforms. The story of Riven is set after the events of Myst.
Tune believes in being ladylike, as opposed to Musa who is known for being outgoing and tomboyish in behavior.
In their first year at Alfea, Sky and Stella shared a romantic relationship.
Jared is a Specialist who attends Red Fountain. He appeared in Season 1, and had a big crush on Musa at first, but at the end of the season, he developed a relationship with Alice.
Story. Riven was one of the highest ranking female soldiers in the Noxian army. She rose up through the ranks of the Noxian army due to her amazing conviction and strength. As a young child Riven had such a desire to join the Noxian army that she pushed herself into perfecting her skill with the long sword.
"The dawn will triumph." "This world balances on the edge of my blade." "Chaos begets chaos." "Order and virtue guide my blade."
Riven has 10 eyes set up in a specific pattern.
Stella. Stella is Sky's ex-girlfriend. The two had a relationship during their first year, ending in a bad break-up.
Fans have since expressed their excitement over the little moments the fairy and the specialist shared in the latest season and how deeply Riven has fallen for Musa. Undoubtedly, he has been a "sweetheart" to her.
Tecna and Timmy also break up in the comics, specifically during Issue 41 due to Timmy being too preoccupied with a surfing contest which also counted as a major grade thanks to Codatorta. This caused a distressed Tecna to fall for Jonas, completely unaware of a bet he made to win her over.
Riven is an excellent swordsman, wielding a scimitar-styled purple phantoblade and a bolas. He is also very good at dragon wrangling and is a very skilled thief and lock picker.