House of Anubis, on Netflix (originally Nickelodeon), sounds like one of those "school of magic" series that proliferated in the wake of Harry Potter. They are basically the same, with a girl who didn't even know that she had magic powers until she discovered that she was the Chosen One. Her classmates include an irreverent scalawag, an annoying social justice warrior, a Mean Girl, a Gay-Vague Drama Queen, and a hunky Love Interest. The opening to this House helpfully tells you who the character are upfront. Let's see if I get the roles right:
1. Nina, the Chosen One (Nathalia Ramos). Right. She is the focus character, raised in America, and enrolled in the Anubis House Prep School in England. She discovers that she is the Chosen One, who can re-assemble the broken Cup of Ankh. Later she has to find the Mask of Anubis.
2. Mick the Irreverent Scalawag (Bobby Lockwood). Right Apparently it's been awhile; the actor is 29 years old. He is not one of Nina's scoobies, apparently in the cast for comic relief, and to fall in love with every girl in sight.
3. Amber Social Justice Warrior (Ana Mulvoy-Ten). Wrong. She's actually a "girly, sweet, beautiful, naive girl" (according to wikipedia, one of Nina's scoobies.
4. Patricia the Mean Girl (Jade Ramsey). Right. She's a mean-tempered Goth girl who hates Chosen One Nina and blames her for her bestie's disappearance.
5. Jerome the Gay Vague Drama Queen (Eugene Simon). Right. He has a gay-subtext relationship with his best friend Alfie, although it's just queerbaiting: eventually he falls in love with a girl.
6. Fabian the Love Interest (Brad Kavanaugh, left, shown with his boyfriend, I assume). Right. He's in the cast so Nina will have someone to fall in love with.
Not by JKR is already a plus.
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