Prue: The Beloved Older Sister

[Esmeralda]

I somehow doubt that very, very much. Had they never had to get rid of a sister, I doubt if they would've considered the idea of another sister, especially one born of Patty and Sam. Besides, with them already Charmed, she truly wouldn't be a risk to their destiny and since she wouldn't have any Charmed powers before one of them die (I HATE fics that let her have the Charmed version of TK while Prue is still alive, the reason I HATE most Power of Four fics!), she could still be their whitelighter taxi cab, but not much more. Who knows? Had they not fired Shannen, all of the Charmed kids would just be pure witches no matter who their fathers are, just like their mothers, the way Melinda in Morality Bites was just a witch and not half-whitelighter. I can but dream...

Of course, they *might* have come up with her rather than Billie and Christy for S8, but somehow I very, VERY sincerely doubt it.

I'm definitely under the opinion that if all three actresses had stayed for the entire series, no matter how short or long it would have been, none of *us* would have even considered the idea of a fourth sister, outside of someone like Aviva from S1 or Chris' twin sister showing up from the future.

[~Andrew~]

it's true that prue was a amazing character. and i agree with Esmeralda, if the three sisters stayed alive, the writers would never have dreamed of putting another sister into the storyline. however i would not want phoebe to die for paige because even though all the characters had their faults they made the show we loved.

[Esmeralda]

I would also prefer all three sisters staying alive, especially because it means that we never would've even known Paige existed, and because more than likely, Phoebe wouldn't have become Freebie/PhoeME and Piper wouldn't have become Miss Whinealot and I would've enjoyed the show a whole lot more.

But IF the problem was truly a problem between Shannen and Alyssa, (I don't think it was; I think it was a problem between Shannen and Kern; but IF it was...) I would've prefered Shannen staying, because it would've been a lot more likely that as the middle sister, Piper would've remained the same wonderful, snarky loveable character she was in the beginning and I'd still remember Phoebs as the sister I loved best, not the one that I ended up hating the most (yes, I hated Freebie/PhoeME much more than Miss Whinealot! As Phoebe became more beautiful and more sexy on the outside, she became more hideous on the inside where it counts, and I think that was the WB's doing. I don't think Shannen would've let them do that to Prue. So who knows? Maybe one way or the other, we were simply destined to lose Prue and get to know Paige.)

But that's just my own opinion. Of course, every fan will have her/his own. And everyone is more than welcomed to that opinion.

[CharmedFaith]

I know the writers most likely wouldnt have thought of Paige if they kept the original 3 thats why I said if they were smart enough to in order to add some personal drama related to all 3 of the sisters. And since Warren witches inherit one of the 3 powers that Melinda possessed it would make sense for Paige to get one of them unless she had something else to cancel it out.

And ya the show wouldve been totally better had they kept to the original cast (can you imagine if they replaced one of the FRIENDS cast member with a new charecter?). Shannen wouldve most likely taken a more active role behind the scenes in S5 and the show wouldve been darker. But ofcourse I never liked the overall feel of the "Paige" era since it was such a departure of the "Prue" era.

[Esmeralda]

Nov 8, 2008 15:04:33 GMT -5 CharmedFaith said:

I know the writers most likely wouldnt have thought of Paige if they kept the original 3 thats why I said if they were smart enough to in order to add some personal drama related to all 3 of the sisters. And since Warren witches inherit one of the 3 powers that Melinda possessed it would make sense for Paige to get one of them unless she had something else to cancel it out.

Well, although Warren witches might receive a power (and we have no proof that ALL of them do), I don't think Paige did at the time of her birth. Piper made it very clear that the reason why Paige got her power to move things with her mind was because it was the power of one of the Charmed Ones and she had it because she was now a Charmed One--had Piper died, in order to reconstitute the Power of Three, she would've gotten the power to freeze things and had Piper died, she would've gotten the power to see the future. All of that seems to say that, no, she wouldn't get a Warren power until after one of the other Charmed Ones died. So Paige having TK while Prue is alive is totally illogical. (Also, so is Kern's idea that she would get the power after one died, since the sisters obviously had theirs when they were born, but then that's Kern for you!)

And ya the show wouldve been totally better had they kept to the original cast (can you imagine if they replaced one of the FRIENDS cast member with a new charecter?). Shannen wouldve most likely taken a more active role behind the scenes in S5 and the show wouldve been darker. But ofcourse I never liked the overall feel of the "Paige" era since it was such a departure of the "Prue" era.

Well, something like Charmed is a bit different than something like FRIENDS. Because they had the Power of Three routine, they couldn't continue the show unless they had another sister. The fact that what they did with her was totally illogical taking into account what had happened before never stopped Kern from doing it.

[patmos]

What else could I say. I've already said to other threads that.. If Shannen wasn't fired, Prue would'nt die and there will be no other sister. In my humble opinion after S3 in order to complete the Power of 3 just for the sake of completeting the Trio they have to add another cast and luckily the writters might have seen a spot during the P3H20 episode that they could bring in a half-sister (just my thoughts).

And it's just a matter of creativity in the writter's part or Connie to develop the storyline of the Original P3 they could have dig deeper into the Witch Craft side and come up with new plots, twist and conflicts enough to make the show exciting and thrilling even if it only lasted for 5 seasons with much better quality.

The reason we were all here still posting our opinion is because PRUE did make a huge impact on the show, she was a "Someone, Something" and it's unfair her character was'nt given a fair exit. Even after she left lots of fans still have something to discuss about her and I will always find her Era on Charmed as Golden Years and incomparable to other seasons.

Cheers ^__^

[ashbee]

Prue was the best in charmed.i wished they still were giving new charmed with prue in it.i love charmed.i have 3 books of charmed.i just love watching/reading charmed stuff!im their biggest fan!i used to watch it every day,not missing a show.when i saw the episode where you know prue died i actually cried.....i was like why why.....i only noticed that they replace shannen when in the last episode they said something about prue.after that day i rushed to see all the episodes with her in it. i cant bear to watch the one where shax killed prue.and that blonde -that killed piper but the time reversed---is crazy!i want to meet the charmed stars one day.

[ljones]

And since Warren witches inherit one of the 3 powers that Melinda possessed it would make sense for Paige to get one of them unless she had something else to cancel it out.

This isn't quite true. According to "Pardon My Past", the only one of the three cousins who did inherit one of Melinda's three abilities was P. Baxter, the sisters' great-grandmother. P. Bowen had Cryokinesis and P. Russell had Pyrokinesis. Melinda never possessed cyrokinesis or pyrokinesis. And if that was the case, there was no reason for Paige's power to be considered telekinesis, considering that it seemed obvious - at least to me - that it is teleportation.

[CharmedFaith]

I just tell myself that the cousins fathers/mothers are also witches, thus them gaining different powers. When it seems like majority of Warren witches possess tk or molecular stasis, it basically points to them inheriting it from one of Melindas three powers set. Ofcourse there is always that little chance that something else will slip in but 99% of the time it will be TK/MS/PM.

And I can see how you can see Paiges TKO as a teleportation power, but in the show, she moved things with her mind technically. Just like how Prues astral projection was different from Rex's astral projection but they called them both the same thing.

[x0pruehalliwell0x]

Prue was the best in charmed

i agree.
i think prue is way better then paige

[ljones]

Well, although Warren witches might receive a power (and we have no proof that ALL of them do), I don't think Paige did at the time of her birth. Piper made it very clear that the reason why Paige got her power to move things with her mind was because it was the power of one of the Charmed Ones and she had it because she was now a Charmed One--had Piper died, in order to reconstitute the Power of Three, she would've gotten the power to freeze things and had Piper died, she would've gotten the power to see the future. All of that seems to say that, no, she wouldn't get a Warren power until after one of the other Charmed Ones died.

This explanation would have worked if Paige had actually received telekinesis . . . like Prue, Chris and Leo. But her ability was teleportation, not telekinetic-orbing, or whatever the hell it was. And Paige had this ability long before she became a Charmed One. Unfortunately, the writers were too stupid to realize what they had done.

[evander]

I miss Prue in Charmed, but her death brought Paige up.. if she was alive it would be the Power of Four..

Prue is always the best Halliwell sister, natural born leader and a decisive one too..

[Esmeralda]

No, there would never be a Power of Four no matter if they would've found Paige or not--Paige would've never received her Warren power until one of the original Charmed Ones died, since the Elders wouldn't know which Charmed One is going to die, if any ever would. The whitelighter powers she never should've had, yes; Warren power? No. The Power of Three is something totally separate from the sisters; it's something they can access, not something that they are. There is no such thing as The Power of Four. In fanfics, yes; on the show, no.

Now some fics say that as the "possible-replacement sister", at birth Paige had "baby versions" of the three powers--ability to nudge stuff, ability to momentarily freeze something; a more heightened sense of deja vu that were never bound, since there Nicholas wouldn't know about her--and then at the the time that she and the other sisters stood under the chandelier, the power that was missing in order to access The Power of Three would become heightened. I like that idea.

Had I had my druthers, Alyssa would have been fired rather than Shannen, so we would've had Prue, Piper and Paige as the second Power of Three.

Had Phoebe died rather than Prue, Prue could've stayed the Oldest Child and Piper would've stayed the Middle Child, the Piper I love so much. She could've remained the heart of the family, and take care of and love her own family rather than continuing to throw her magical children at her non-magical father because she had to concentrate on leading the Charmed Ones, a role she stunk at, because it was SO not her, while Prue excelled at it because it WAS so her! We might not have had to tolerate "The Perils of Piper" and instead get to continue to watch "Charmed".

And had Paige NOT let them treat her like the baby she wasn't and when they tried, head-butt with Prue since an Only Child is so much like an Oldest Child, it would've been even more fun! And due to the closeness between best friends Shannen and Holly, Paige would've remained on the outside even more than Phoebe did, and longer. Unfortunately, compared with Shannen and Holly's acting skills, Rose's constant mugging would've been even more annoying, the only bad part about this, but I wonder if maybe Shannen would've straightened her out, especially in the episodes she'd direct...

And most important of all, then I'd still remember and love my Phoebs, the way I still remember and love Prue, rather than the Freebie/PhoeME Alyssa and Kern turned her into.

And getting to see what Cole would've been like without Phoebe would've been a lot more interesting than what happened to him in S4 and S5. Who knows? He might have ended up with Prue, (and imagine how guilty Prue would feel--falling for the boyfriend of the baby sister she failed to protect...) which would've been SOOO much fun since Julian and Shannen were dating at the time--Julian might have turned down Nip 'N Tuck in order to continue Charmed, meaing *his* character wouldn't have been screwed up either.

Firing Alyssa rather than Shannen would've made the show SOOO much better, especially if they had continued to concentrate on their relationships rather than the latest Ultimate Evil ( at Kern)! Maybe it wouldn't have been "fresher" ( at Kern), but it definitely would've been BETTER! Last 8 seasons? With Shannen's tendency to not stick with things, probably not. Have a better chance at five QUALITY seasons? Definitely!

[evander]

I somehow agree to the last point, I do not hate Pheebs but I dislike on how reckless she can be sometimes and how too carefree she is sometimes. I would be interesting to see Prue and Cole, but I think she would avoid that knowing Cole is Belthazor. Pheebs died and Cole would be devastated and disappear.

But you can hate Pheebs that much, she was the one who cast the spell and they retrieve their powers back.

[Esmeralda]

You kidding?? I LOVE Phoebs! She was my original favorite sister! And I loved her despite her being carefree and reckless because that was so her. And I missed those characteristics once Kern got a hold of her!

It's the PhoeME/Freebie that Kern and Alyssa turned her into during the last 5 seasons (once she tasted demon love..) who I can't stand, the way I can't stand what was done to Piper or Leo or Cole or Darryl or Sheila or...

But you're probably absolutely right about what Cole would've done, especially if he was the reason why Phoebe died.

[vampirebelle]

Piper & Phoebe!!

[ljones]

No, there would never be a Power of Four no matter if they would've found Paige or not--Paige would've never received her Warren power until one of the original Charmed Ones died, since the Elders wouldn't know which Charmed One is going to die, if any ever would.

Of course she would have received powers other than those belonging to a whitelighter. She simply would not have been a Charmed One, or part of the Power of Three. Her so-called "Warren" power was nothing more than teleportation, even if the writers got it wrong and called it "telekinetic orbing".

Who knows? He might have ended up with Prue, (and imagine how guilty Prue would feel--falling for the boyfriend of the baby sister she failed to protect...) which would've been SOOO much fun since Julian and Shannen were dating at the time--Julian might have turned down Nip 'N Tuck in order to continue Charmed, meaing *his* character wouldn't have been screwed up either.

If that's the case, then I feel that leaving CHARMED was probably the best thing that ever happened to Julian.

[Esmeralda]

Mar 16, 2009 11:11:57 GMT -5 ljones said:

No, there would never be a Power of Four no matter if they would've found Paige or not--Paige would've never received her Warren power until one of the original Charmed Ones died, since the Elders wouldn't know which Charmed One is going to die, if any ever would.

Of course she would have received powers other than those belonging to a whitelighter. She simply would not have been a Charmed One, or part of the Power of Three. Her so-called "Warren" power was nothing more than teleportation, even if the writers got it wrong and called it "telekinetic orbing".

Teleportation, as you called it, is what she did with herself; it's not what she did with other things. That was her form of moving things with her mind. (I don't use those long, fancy sounding-names that makes it seem more, more special than it is--neither did the show, just fans. In the spoilers based on the scripts, it always just said "uses her powers", never identified it with those weird-sounding names.)

Who knows? He might have ended up with Prue, (and imagine how guilty Prue would feel--falling for the boyfriend of the baby sister she failed to protect...) which would've been SOOO much fun since Julian and Shannen were dating at the time--Julian might have turned down Nip 'N Tuck in order to continue Charmed, meaing *his* character wouldn't have been screwed up either.

If that's the case, then I feel that leaving CHARMED was probably the best thing that ever happened to Julian.

LOL! You could very well be right about that, especially because I don't think Charmed with Shannen would ever have lasted as long as Charmed with Alyssa.

[meganhalliwell]

I'll never EVER forget her ;(

[sky1]

How great Prue is? It's very easy to prove this. Just compare the quality of S1-3 to S4-8. lol

May 28, 2015 9:11:17 GMT -5 meganhalliwell said:

I'll never EVER forget her ;(

Yes. Imo best character on the show.