Secret of the Wings

The 2012 installment of the Pixie Hollow franchise was released August 31. Entitled Secret of the Wings, everyone once again came back to voice their characters, adding Lucy Hale and Timothy Dalton. It had a limited theatrical release, in which it grossed $51.5 million worldwide, giving it a $30 million profit.

As winter comes, the fairies are preparing to help the Winter Fairies bring the eponymous season to the mainland. But Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman) wants to go to Winter Woods, which is forbidden. She goes anyway and finds her wings glow. Heading deeper in, she discovers that she has a sister, Periwinkle (Hale).

Once again, Tinker Bell’s curiosity and impulsive rebelliousness get the better of her. And once again, it is both beneficial and endangering. She has a sister finds that she has a sister, who shares nearly every facet of her personality. But her attempts to be able to bring a Winter Fairy, who can’t be in heat or warmth, put the entirety of Pixie Hollow in danger. And it’s her observations in how Periwinkle’s frost worked that helped save everything. There’s also what the secret of the wings actually is. Since the two have the same wing pattern, they glow when they’re near each other. And in the latter half of the film, Tinker Bell’s wing breaks, which has been established that there is no cure. Three guesses as to what the glow can do.

On the other hand, fairies having siblings is treated as rare and special. And it’s actually good, because Tinker Bell and Periwinkle are the first fairy siblings the films have seen, which means they actually are rare. But the method in which siblings are produced is odd. Fairies are born of a baby’s first laugh. Siblings occur when the laugh splits. If there’s a pause in laughter, shouldn’t what comes after be the second laugh?

Unfortunately, by this time, Disney realized they had a cash cow with the fairies and decided to milk it. And while it’s not as bad as many of the sequels they put out, it still isn’t as good as all the ones that came before.

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