I loved how Nerissa was more than just a villain for the girls, but a mirror, a cautionary tale and possible future, showing that even the guardians aren’t free of being corrupted. It could happen to any of them if they lost control of their ambitions. Morality is a very thin thread, and they could lose that balance. How scary is that?
It’s really scary, I mean It’s such a power. It would be awesome if we saw an evil side from Will. I mean okay she’s the good girl but everyone could have been corrupted by such a power.
@jayrock8788as a little girl back in 2000s i honestly consider WITCH tv series as one of the things that made me realize the atrocities of a real word. i’m so thankful that i started being a fan of this franchise
I agree. Nerissa was a well written villain in an animated shows and was a perfect aspect of W.I.T.C.H. ‘s second season. I wish we had more well written female villains for animated shows. I feel like The Trix should take notes from her.
@@alexander.tahtadjian Trix in season 1 and 2 were actually decently written. They started a full on war with an army of darkness. Season 5 on, they're a train wreck.
It's really disappointing that the collaboration between the creators of W.i.t.c.h. and Marvel Comics didn't happen. See back in the mid to late 2010 when Disney bought Marvel Comics they actually tried to use Marvel Comics to not only redistributed W.i.t.c.h. but even tried to make W.i.t.c.h. part of the Marvel Universe. The creators of W.i.t.c.h. being fans of Marvel Comics wanted the opportunity to have crossovers with iconic Marvel superheroes, while Disney wanted to basically continue make money from W.i.t.c.h. which was (and frankly still is) a popular franchise, as well as try to salvage relations with the creators of W.i.t.c.h. following series of debacles in the past. However, the writers of W.i.t.c.h. had trouble coordinating with Marvel on how to go about the integration process. Also a lot of disagreements and creative difference between the writers ultimately lead to the whole integration not happening.
This is really sad because it really would have been cool to see W.i.t.c.h. crossover with Marvel Comic characters/legends like Spider Man, Doctor Strange, the X-MEN, The Avengers, and the Fantastic Four. Some proposed ideas include making the previous Guardians C.H.K.Y.N. having some history with Charles Xavier and Magneto. Which frankly sounds awesome. Apparently, Nerissa was meant to have formed a bond with Magneto due to their shared bad experiences as Nerissa's grandparents were planned on being Slovenian Partisans who were sent to concentration camps for opposing Nazi Germany and Magneto was a Holocaust Survivor. As well as making the guardians related to the other Marvel characters. For example, Will and the Vandams would have been related to Norman and Harry Osborne; Cornelia and the Hales would have been related to Emma Frost; and Hay Lin and her family would have been related to The Mandarin. I'm not exactly sure who they were planning to make Irma and Taranee related to but some ideas included them being related to or full on members of Apocalypse's family Clan Akkaba.
I actually like Caleb being Nerissa’s son because while YES it is creepy, the show shows that despite only making him to give Rebellion a leader and her evilness and thirst for power, Nerissa actually LOVES Caleb. Even at the very end in her illusion she envisons Caleb and her lover coming to see her point and ruling with her and saying that they love her. In the end Nerissa did love her family, just not enough to redeem her
Nerissa is just such a great examlple on how to write a villain. She's power hungry and smart, but too prideful to see her own mistakes and flaws which is ultimately why she loses. Greay vid as always.
What's even more disappointing is the fact that the collaboration between the creators of W.i.t.c.h. and Marvel Comics didn't happen. See back in the mid to late 2010 when Disney bought Marvel Comics they actually tried to use Marvel Comics to not only redistributed W.i.t.c.h. but even tried to make W.i.t.c.h. part of the Marvel Universe. The creators of W.i.t.c.h. being fans of Marvel Comics wanted the opportunity to have crossovers with iconic Marvel superheroes, while Disney wanted to basically continue make money from W.i.t.c.h. which was (and frankly still is) a popular franchise, as well as try to salvage relations with the creators of W.i.t.c.h. following series of debacles in the past. However, the writers of W.i.t.c.h. had trouble coordinating with Marvel on how to go about the integration process. Also a lot of disagreements and creative difference between the writers ultimately lead to the whole integration not happening.
I agree. Nerissa was a well written villain in an animated shows and was a perfect aspect of W.I.T.C.H. ‘s second season. I wish we had more well written female villains for animated shows. I feel like The Trix should take notes from her.
@@racheljackson4428 i wouldn't say way better but they do tend to get more characterization than their evil male counterparts, motivations and such and tend to have at least half a redemption
@@alexander.tahtadjian honestly, the Trix were a threat in Season 1, but sadly they were reduced to comic relief villains in the middle or the end of Season 2. Many shows and animes do this and I’m not sure why. It’s probably to keep the season/arc focused on one main villain instead of having two big threats or a “just cause” situation, but it’s still sucky either way. Like those three ripped power from someone’s heart but in season 3 they’re pining over Valtor like c’mon😭
I always loved how Nerissa would manipulate both her enemies and her allies, like how she pretended that she cared about helping characters like the tracker only to dismiss them once they'd outlived their usefulness towards her goal. Loved the fakeout where she believes she's screwed over the others that were trapped in the heart of Kandraka and taking over the world with Caleb and his father at her side only for it to be revealled that everyone else had escaped while she was left behind with nothing but her delusions. It would've been nice to see a third season and to see them adapt their new guardian forms but I guess it's not going to happen seeing as the second season aired in 2006 and we're near the end of 2021. Be kind of cool if another studio decided to resurrect this series someday.
It's the shame there's no third Season of W.I.T.C.H. because back in Season 2 in "U is for Undivided" we learn why Hay Lin and Cornelia were chosen to be guardian of Air and Earth by the oracle but never explained by Will, Irma and Taranee why their choesn to be guardians exccept for a hint for the next Season which never happened.
I think the most tragic thing about Nerissa'a character is that she loved Cassidy. (As confirmed by Greg Weisman) Cassidy and Nerissa were in a relationship together and Cassidy's murder showed just HOW FAR Nerissa would go to get the power she wanted
Nerissa was a well written villain in an animated shows and was a perfect aspect of W.I.T.C.H. ‘s second season. I wish we had more well written female villains for animated shows. I feel like The Trix should take notes from her.
Honestly she was pretty amazing when she was old, but she was just way less intimidating after becoming younger. Even when she absorbed the other guardians and had the power of two hearts and the guardians within her staff, she still never reached the sense of threat level that she had before forming her team and becoming younger lookin ant-guardians. Bummer becuz that should have been an epic upgrade moving forward. Maybe they couldn’t figure out any other way taking her down besides making her weaker. Like even her quintessence you can just feel how powerful that electricity was in her first few episodes. By the end she felt barely even stronger then Will.
You didn't mention the Knights of Vengeance. She manipulated characters who were hurt by Guardians (I mean, one of them lost his hand, and the other was framed). She used them to make everyone busy, while she was getting closer to Elyon and getting trust of her, Guardians, Council and literally everyone.
It helps that she had been planning everything _long_ before WITCH was even born. IIRC, she even once said that Meridian never would have overthrown Phobos if she didn't create the revolution and give it a leader(Caleb).
I wish there was a season three. I haven’t read the comics and don’t know if they continued from there, but a new season with a new threat that not even the previous guardians knew about would be cool.
Narissa was pretty good, but my all time favorite was Shagon. M for Mercy cemented him in my mind as a villain who could have been a big bad on par with Cedric and Narissa if he hadn't been stuck as a henchman. In one episode he did more damage to the guardians, both physically and psychologically, than the other two combined on his own. When he reappeared in W for Witch, I was genuinely terrified for a second, since Shagon was not only being powered by the heart of earth but also could potentially take Narissa's heart without her permission from being a creature born from not only Matt's hate, but also her own hatred for Kandrakar and, deep down, herself.
0:00 "Season 2 of WITCH is a masterpiece." As someone who started to watch WITCH and to looking for the comics thanks to Seasons 2 episodes, I only can be fully agree with this sentence. ^u^
Did like the whole narissa is caleb's mom thing even if it wasnt in the comics. Even when she dreamt of ruling the world, she still wanted her son and husband to be by her side. Layers she has
Have you ever considered making a "how powerful is" video about the characters from Winx or Witch? Considering your considerable knowledge of either franchise I think you could do the characters justice. You could even take the opportunity to collab with a content creator with a skillset in mathematics to calculate things like speed, reaction time, and kinetic energy output. It would also allow you to break down the connections between the characters powers and their personalities/ how their characters are written.
2:30 You could make a great origin by fusing both versions of Caleb's creation. He was on of Phobos' plant people (forgot the name), and nerissa made him self aware with her power. Then the rebel leader takes him under his wing and becomes his adoptive father. Easy stuff.
Kath Soucie, who also voiced the twins Phil and Lil from Rugrats, does a fantastic job as Nerissa in season 2. I look forward to your WITCH season 2 video. No rush. Take your time because I prefer quality over quantity
That's the writing of Greg Weisman for you. His other work Gargoyles has aged wonderfully too. And he created Young Justice. It's a shame producers hate him and keep canceling his stuff.
Such an insightful analysis as always, please keep posting videos about it, W.I.T.C.H is a legitimate masterpiece! There must be a third season! It' s a shame that the series ended on a cliffhanger
I love this whole break down and makes me wish that other villains (the first that come to mind being the villains of Legend of Korra) were written with this much attention to detail
Greg Weisman the head writer of season 2 loves his bastard archtype characters. You can thank him for season 2. Although it helped that the comedic elements of season 1 were toned down.
Really happy to see a W.I.T.C.H. video in 2021, I didn't think anyone really cared about the series anymore which is a shame since it's one I really loved. And Nerissa is a much better villain than Phobos since she's actually intelligent, unlike the spoiled prince who never learns in either the show or the comics while she's always an intelligent and powerful villain. One thing from the comics I wish they used for her in the show was how she tricked Will into giving up the Heart by possessing Matt.
How much I was hoping there would be another season of WITCH I really enjoy this show. Also know it from childhood I wish Will had discovered her powers early on (in S1) but oh well Sure there were some changes in the show compared to comics, but it was still a good cartoon Good video btw 🙂
Just like Will and Irma, Nerissa and Cassidy were best friends, but her power hunger made her commit such a horrible act. One good thing that came out of Nerissa's revenge was that she revived Cassidy, at least she gave her a chance to live again after stealing 40 years from her life. I wonder if Cassidy would go Sheffield as a student with the girls or did she finished her studies?
I doubt she would go to Sheffield. Mainly because when Cassidy died, they were already older than the current guardians. The former guardians all seem to be in their mid-sixties or so and Nerissa told Cassidy it's been 40 yeras since her death. So they would have been in their early twenties when Cassidy died and so she would physically be that age after resurrection. Also after they got their young-again makeovers, they seemed older in their civil outfits than the current guardians.
@@spaceparrot8702 Now that you said it I remembered Hailyn's comment: "Grandma? You look like in your wedding photo" or something like that, so most likely Cassidy was in her 20s.
I loved WITCH. I wished it didn’t end so soon. Nerissa was a villain I was excited for in the TV Show. In the comics, Nerissa terrified me. I will say she did not have that same scare factor in the TV Show. What made her so fearsome in the comics was she seemed stripped of all humanity and became only capable of rage and hatred. She was a symbol of fear for Kandrakar, a dark cloud upon its pristine majesty (home girl literally had her own insignia which was left out of the show.) To me she was purer evil than Phobos ever was. She looked like the kind of villain who was unhinged and could snap at any moment while also looking calm and collected. In the show however, the one thing that terrified me about her was her patience and that she was a master strategist. She knew her friends so deeply that she could calculate every move until they sold their wills to her. She knew what to do to get a young queen to give up her power. And she counted on the ego of an impatient and power hungry man to ultimately be his doom while she worked in the shadows to perfect her master plan. Yes she was power hungry too but she was far more careful and collected than Phobos was. She impressed me in the tv show, but it’s only in the comic book medium where I was truly afraid of her. She remained a symbol of fear for Kandrakar and they really played on that. Her main strengths in the show were her mental capabilities but her downfall was that she was ultimately human (and I also think it made her defeat less WOW) But either way, Nerissa was a great villain and others should learn from her.
I first saw the swamp mermaid story in the comic where they fight this father who abused this mermaid after offering him a wish to save his ill child, yet he traps her until WITCH arrived
Oh Yes! S of W.I.T.C.H was so AMAZING and very well written. And Nerissa was an excellent villain. This just makes me wish we had gotten a S3 but I am happy for we got.
It is nice to know that in the comics, the Aultemeres are living a normal and peaceful life until they are needed by Kandrakar again. Makes the scene @ 9:05 less painful. Also, the fact of Caleb being Nerissa's son is less creepy if you just take his origin story in the comics as your baseline the entire time and just ignore that fact in the show, LOL!!!
Great video, and fully agree. I remember watching this season in my early 20s and thinking that the plot and intentionality of characters made pretty much every episode important.
There was one between Gargoyles and Atlantis: The Lost Empire called "The Last". It was going to be an episode of the cancelled Team Atlantis cartoon, and was performed as an audio play by the cast at one of the Gatherings of the Gargoyles. Turns out the Praying Gargoyle statue that Demona used in "Hunter's Moon" was an Atlantean creation.
I remember when season two came out. I was so into it, then Disney moved it to way after my bedtime. They had the audacity to sue Iginio because of similarities yet did W.I.T.C.H dirty!
there was a planned season 3&4 but it got unfairly canceled. (this is the divergence point where the series no longer would follow the comic book seires. season 3 was suppose to be about them trying to hide their powers from government agents who were possessed by a cursed book. ( the book would have taken there loves one. but in the battle Corniela's sister starts to get her powers back as the heart of earth. this triggers a major shift in power and reveals the secret. Taranee's mother and Will's get hit and gain magical abilities. so does irma's father. corniela's father does too. and hay lin's boyfriend join in the magic. Season 4 is back to the main plot. Civil war in kandacar. even the guardians are divided. but instead of phobos who it was in the book was Nerissa,
I love W.I.T.C.H season 2 , it was perfect and Nerissa was just so evil and threatening and when I watched season 2 for the first time I wondered how they would stop and defeat Nerissa and she made me fall in love with the old witches and wizards out for revenge stereotype, I just love season 2.
I'll be honest, I've never watched W.I.T.C.H., mostly because I was focused on what they showed on TV and no channel I had broadcasted it. Anyways, your videos and the comments did really explain why the show had (and still has) a dedicated and strong fanbase who believes they deserved more (and from what I saw, that's something I would have to agree). Anyways, THIS! is what I want for a villain in a magical girls (or any where there needs to be an evil enemy). I need someone conniving and manipulative with their own recent strength be an actual threat! Oh! And a good and sensible backstory! The antagonist is ALWAYS one of the reasons why a show is a hit or not!!
Please do more on this! Besides Sailor moon, and Powerpuff girls this was a great show to me for girls with superpowers growing up! I hated that it was canceled!
Happy Halloween 🎃 l love winx videos as much as your videos about Witch even though I just watched this in few seconds and watched the other one completely I love both Winx club and Witch.
I watched both your W.I.T.C.H videos today. You've got me seriously considering looking it up on Netflix. Also in the first one you mentioned discussing She Ra & the Princesses of Power, I'm in full agreement. Not enough RU-vidrs are in my opinion & i truly believe you'd do it justice.
Konečně W.I.T.C.H.!!!!!!! Moje dětství, miluju W.I.T.C.H. seriál a komiks. V seriálu W.I.T.C.H. mi přijde Nerissa víc děsivá než trochu v komiksu, děsiví je i Cedric, Merida a Shagon. Taky su překvapená že si udělal W.I.T.C.H. video...protože vždy dáváš jen Winx Club videa, tak jsem překvapená a ráda su za to že si udělal W.I.T.C.H. video a bude další W.I.T.C.H. video? jinak boží video :-D :3 ;-) Finally W.I.T.C.H. !!!!!!! My childhood, I love W.I.T.C.H. series and comics. In the series W.I.T.C.H. Nerissa seems more scary to me than a little in comics, Cedric, Merida and Shagon are also scary. They are also surprised that you did W.I.T.C.H. video ... because you always give only Winx Club videos, so I'm surprised and happy to have you made W.I.T.C.H. video and there will be another W.I.T.C.H. video? otherwise God's video :-D: 3 ;-)
I've watched this show on TV when i was a kid, just because it was the *first* animated show i've ever seen that had actually smart character writing and plot. Nerissa was *amazing*, and nothing was even close to the dark moments of the show on the entire channel back in the day.
I sure hope Tessa Thompson would play the live-action version of Kadma in the live-action movie adaptation of Disney's W.I.T.C.H. 2: Nerissa's Revenge.
When I was akid I was kinda in love and at the same time terrified of Nerrissa... Now as an adult I am more terrified. This is a woman obsessed by power, and a genius strategist.She was so deadset on uniting the universe under her rule that she sacrificed her former guardians , bound them by using their weakenesses against them. I havent read the comics to see how she was there but here I am assuming she used to be good friends with them and betraying them like that is just pure evil imo.
