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Post by Hexenwerk on Mar 8, 2018 19:19:38 GMT -5
This is going to sound awful but Piper. I loved Prue and Phoebe's bond as sisters the most in the original seasons and while I'd miss Wyatt and Chris, it'd be fun if they were Phoebe's kids. I always liked the idea of Phoebe/Leo if Piper did die. I think Prue and Phoebe's relationship was very realistic. Like most siblings, they don't always have to agree on everything and get along all the time. But I found them very fascinating to watch and grow over the course of Seasons 1-3. The biggest thing we missed out on was a Season 4 with Prue around during Phoebe's arc as Queen of the Underworld. Seeing Prue breakdown with Phoebe going dark, after already losing Piper would be very interesting to watch. The Charmed reboot looks on paper to have a Paige/Prue/Phoebe pairing with this new set of sisters. We'll see. I would have loved to have seen the situation you described. I bet there would be a lot of hurt on both Prue and Phoebe's parts, and poor Paige–still new to life with sisters and magic–being caught in the middle of this and probably miserable in her own right. |
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Post by Ruth Marie on Mar 8, 2018 21:24:22 GMT -5
I think Prue and Phoebe's relationship was very realistic. Like most siblings, they don't always have to agree on everything and get along all the time. But I found them very fascinating to watch and grow over the course of Seasons 1-3. The biggest thing we missed out on was a Season 4 with Prue around during Phoebe's arc as Queen of the Underworld. Seeing Prue breakdown with Phoebe going dark, after already losing Piper would be very interesting to watch. The Charmed reboot looks on paper to have a Paige/Prue/Phoebe pairing with this new set of sisters. We'll see. I would have loved to have seen the situation you described. I bet there would be a lot of hurt on both Prue and Phoebe's parts, and poor Paige–still new to life with sisters and magic–being caught in the middle of this and probably miserable in her own right. It would have been the most interesting to see how it plays out. Killing Piper I feel leaves them the most vulnerable out of any of them, because she was the mediator between Prue and Phoebe, and sometimes was the heart of the family well in S1-3. Might also be the most drama and great drama. I do think Prue would take to heart Paige replacing Piper in the power of three. It would take time for healing, and unlike the show, things were so unrealistic in how they handled Prue's death and Paige's introduction. If they were not witches, then Paige would have nothing to do with them and been like nice to know I have half-siblings, but I have my own life. Might talk every once in a while, but I don't see a strong bond forming so quickly. |
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Post by Hexenwerk on Mar 9, 2018 1:36:47 GMT -5
I would have loved to have seen the situation you described. I bet there would be a lot of hurt on both Prue and Phoebe's parts, and poor Paige–still new to life with sisters and magic–being caught in the middle of this and probably miserable in her own right. It would have been the most interesting to see how it plays out. Killing Piper I feel leaves them the most vulnerable out of any of them, because she was the mediator between Prue and Phoebe, and sometimes was the heart of the family well in S1-3. Might also be the most drama and great drama. I do think Prue would take to heart Paige replacing Piper in the power of three. It would take time for healing, and unlike the show, things were so unrealistic in how they handled Prue's death and Paige's introduction. If they were not witches, then Paige would have nothing to do with them and been like nice to know I have half-siblings, but I have my own life. Might talk every once in a while, but I don't see a strong bond forming so quickly. Yes, it's even funny because in the episode Once Upon a Time when Prue is trying to mediate between Phoebe and Piper, Phoebe says to Piper, "Now look what you did. You went and turned Prue into the middle child." Even the show acknowledges that it's Piper/the middle sibling's job to keep the peace and that anyone else trying to is uncharacteristic because it is Prue and Phoebe who are usually arguing and relying on Piper's mediation than any other combination. Ohhhhh, tooootally. Prue would be furious to just be expected to accept another sister and would probably cling all the more steadfast to Piper's memory. Piper felt lost without Prue but Prue? She's the oldest and always defined herself as provider and protector to her sisters; losing one would probably be traumatic to her sense of self. And then comes in this sister who has no idea what having sisters is like, who would likely reject Prue's authority as eldest as someone who grew up a single child and never learned that pecking order (which would in turn lead to some fascinating dynamics), who is supposed to repair the Power of Three? I agree, and I do get the sense in the beginning of season four that it was a relationship formed of necessity between Paige and the sisters. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Mar 9, 2018 9:02:53 GMT -5
It would have been the most interesting to see how it plays out. Killing Piper I feel leaves them the most vulnerable out of any of them, because she was the mediator between Prue and Phoebe, and sometimes was the heart of the family well in S1-3. Might also be the most drama and great drama. I do think Prue would take to heart Paige replacing Piper in the power of three. It would take time for healing, and unlike the show, things were so unrealistic in how they handled Prue's death and Paige's introduction. If they were not witches, then Paige would have nothing to do with them and been like nice to know I have half-siblings, but I have my own life. Might talk every once in a while, but I don't see a strong bond forming so quickly. Yes, it's even funny because in the episode Once Upon a Time when Prue is trying to mediate between Phoebe and Piper, Phoebe says to Piper, "Now look what you did. You went and turned Prue into the middle child." Even the show acknowledges that it's Piper/the middle sibling's job to keep the peace and that anyone else trying to is uncharacteristic because it is Prue and Phoebe who are usually arguing and relying on Piper's mediation than any other combination. Ohhhhh, tooootally. Prue would be furious to just be expected to accept another sister and would probably cling all the more steadfast to Piper's memory. Piper felt lost without Prue but Prue? She's the oldest and always defined herself as provider and protector to her sisters; losing one would probably be traumatic to her sense of self. And then comes in this sister who has no idea what having sisters is like, who would likely reject Prue's authority as eldest as someone who grew up a single child and never learned that pecking order (which would in turn lead to some fascinating dynamics), who is supposed to repair the Power of Three? I agree, and I do get the sense in the beginning of season four that it was a relationship formed of necessity between Paige and the sisters. Agreed with both of you totally. I think it would've been much more interesting, but I'll bet if it *was* what happened, they'd rush Paige into become a third sister and Prue and Phoebe accepting her so we could hurry up and get back to Cole and Phoebe's story. *roll eyes* It's why I'll continue to wish they had finished that story and got rid of Cole at the same time that Prue dies at the end of Season Four, with Prue saving Paige rather than the doctor so she'd come to the funeral to say thanks rather than due to a spell. That's what I have in my "Dream Charmed...with Children" and will continue to want. |
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Mar 9, 2018 21:11:33 GMT -5
I voted Paige to because you'd have no cosmic taxi then and the original three would still care about innocents.
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Post by fallingsnow6136 on Mar 9, 2018 21:27:42 GMT -5
Well Es, you'll be happy to know then in my alternate season 4, Prue and Phoebe don't accept Paige right away and the Phoebe-Cole story is shifted to the beginning of S5 while the S4 finale will just be Prue, Phoebe and Paige finally bonding as sisters and forming a new Power of Three within their hearts as well as vanquishing the Old Source.
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Post by Sasha on Mar 9, 2018 22:34:04 GMT -5
I'm very VERY happy to hear that. Not accepting her right away if the most realistic and the way you have handled the season looks great so far.
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Post by fallingsnow6136 on Mar 9, 2018 22:45:09 GMT -5
Of course it'll make the season a lot more dangerous without the Power of Three in full force.
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Post by Sasha on Mar 9, 2018 22:49:30 GMT -5
Exactly.
I always felt Shax died way too soon. It didn't make sense the new Power of Three could take him out almost immediately after the new power of three was formed. The threat of Shax being around for a number of episodes would have added so much to the season. I'd prefer him being the big bad for the first half of S4.
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Post by fallingsnow6136 on Mar 9, 2018 22:56:37 GMT -5
I was thinking that too. Vanquishing Shax would be when they formed a bond as sisters. I can imagine Leo and Cole playing mediators a lot. I was also thinking of having Bane return for Prue.
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Post by Sasha on Mar 9, 2018 23:04:20 GMT -5
I was thinking that too. Vanquishing Shax would be when they formed a bond as sisters. I can imagine Leo and Cole playing mediators a lot. I was also thinking of having Bane return for Prue. Exactly right. I can see Leo and Cole doing that. I like the sounds of Bane returning. I always thought he would return having finished his time in jail or got early release and came back for Prue, had she not died. |
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Post by Hexenwerk on Mar 9, 2018 23:48:50 GMT -5
I was thinking that too. Vanquishing Shax would be when they formed a bond as sisters. I can imagine Leo and Cole playing mediators a lot. I was also thinking of having Bane return for Prue. Exactly right. I can see Leo and Cole doing that. I like the sounds of Bane returning. I always thought he would return having finished his time in jail or got early release and came back for Prue, had she not died. Same! To be honest, at the end of Ms. Hellfire when I was first watching Charmed, I did not expect Bane to return at all because by that point I'd become used to innocents/other characters with potential just never showing up or even being mentioned again. So when he did reappear it felt like they were going to establish something more further down the line with him and Prue (especially when Just Harried revealed that Prue definitely has an attraction to more dangerous people). |
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Post by Esmeralda on Mar 10, 2018 10:25:03 GMT -5
Exactly. I always felt Shax died way too soon. It didn't make sense the new Power of Three could take him out almost immediately after the new power of three was formed. The threat of Shax being around for a number of episodes would have added so much to the season. I'd prefer him being the big bad for the first half of S4. I guess these type of questions are what inspires Fanfic writers. You're absolutely right about that. My favorite fanfics are "What Could've Been/Should've Been" stories. They've helped me remain a fan all these years more than just about anything else - even more than re-watching my DVDs. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Mar 10, 2018 10:28:05 GMT -5
Exactly right. I can see Leo and Cole doing that. I like the sounds of Bane returning. I always thought he would return having finished his time in jail or got early release and came back for Prue, had she not died. Same! To be honest, at the end of Ms. Hellfire when I was first watching Charmed, I did not expect Bane to return at all because by that point I'd become used to innocents/other characters with potential just never showing up or even being mentioned again. So when he did reappear it felt like they were going to establish something more further down the line with him and Prue (especially when Just Harried revealed that Prue definitely has an attraction to more dangerous people). That was always my dream - that once Bane finished his prison sentence that he'd come looking for Prue and they'd be lovers - not necessarily married or have kids - we saw Prue's reaction to that in 'Just Harried' - but lovers. The only other one I'd prefer more is Andy if he came back as a whitelighter, so he could accept her as a witch. I like to think that eventually Whitelighter Andy became the family's whitelighter after Paige proves that, like Chris, a living whitelighter does not make a good one. |
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Post by Ruth Marie on Mar 10, 2018 16:59:33 GMT -5
Yes, it's even funny because in the episode Once Upon a Time when Prue is trying to mediate between Phoebe and Piper, Phoebe says to Piper, "Now look what you did. You went and turned Prue into the middle child." Even the show acknowledges that it's Piper/the middle sibling's job to keep the peace and that anyone else trying to is uncharacteristic because it is Prue and Phoebe who are usually arguing and relying on Piper's mediation than any other combination. Ohhhhh, tooootally. Prue would be furious to just be expected to accept another sister and would probably cling all the more steadfast to Piper's memory. Piper felt lost without Prue but Prue? She's the oldest and always defined herself as provider and protector to her sisters; losing one would probably be traumatic to her sense of self. And then comes in this sister who has no idea what having sisters is like, who would likely reject Prue's authority as eldest as someone who grew up a single child and never learned that pecking order (which would in turn lead to some fascinating dynamics), who is supposed to repair the Power of Three? I agree, and I do get the sense in the beginning of season four that it was a relationship formed of necessity between Paige and the sisters. Agreed with both of you totally. I think it would've been much more interesting, but I'll bet if it *was* what happened, they'd rush Paige into become a third sister and Prue and Phoebe accepting her so we could hurry up and get back to Cole and Phoebe's story. *roll eyes* It's why I'll continue to wish they had finished that story and got rid of Cole at the same time that Prue dies at the end of Season Four, with Prue saving Paige rather than the doctor so she'd come to the funeral to say thanks rather than due to a spell. That's what I have in my "Dream Charmed...with Children" and will continue to want. I agree with both of your replies, going to take getting used too without a like button now That would have been great, to have Prue and Cole both die around the same time. Especially because S5 would really be a fresh new take, with Paige really being able to be the new sister and cast member who gets a proper introduction season, without having any existing backlog of storylines carried over. Like a new era of Charmed is born. Exactly. I always felt Shax died way too soon. It didn't make sense the new Power of Three could take him out almost immediately after the new power of three was formed. The threat of Shax being around for a number of episodes would have added so much to the season. I'd prefer him being the big bad for the first half of S4. I guess these type of questions are what inspires Fanfic writers. You're absolutely right about that. My favorite fanfics are "What Could've Been/Should've Been" stories. They've helped me remain a fan all these years more than just about anything else - even more than re-watching my DVDs.  It does make it easier and give me comfort for being so upset with a few decisions Charmed made. It lessens the anger and sadness of Prue dying too, seeing her alive in so many stories. |
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Post by Sasha on Mar 10, 2018 17:59:35 GMT -5
Exactly right. I can see Leo and Cole doing that. I like the sounds of Bane returning. I always thought he would return having finished his time in jail or got early release and came back for Prue, had she not died. Same! To be honest, at the end of Ms. Hellfire when I was first watching Charmed, I did not expect Bane to return at all because by that point I'd become used to innocents/other characters with potential just never showing up or even being mentioned again. So when he did reappear it felt like they were going to establish something more further down the line with him and Prue (especially when Just Harried revealed that Prue definitely has an attraction to more dangerous people). Your right about that, and feeling they wouldn't be seen again. It did feel like the beginning of something later down the track. Oh well, fun times for someone to write fanfic stories to do more with them. Exactly. I always felt Shax died way too soon. It didn't make sense the new Power of Three could take him out almost immediately after the new power of three was formed. The threat of Shax being around for a number of episodes would have added so much to the season. I'd prefer him being the big bad for the first half of S4. I guess these type of questions are what inspires Fanfic writers. You're absolutely right about that. My favorite fanfics are "What Could've Been/Should've Been" stories. They've helped me remain a fan all these years more than just about anything else - even more than re-watching my DVDs. Doesn't it help keep you more involved in the fandom, fanfics just add another layer to it. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Mar 10, 2018 19:04:53 GMT -5
Same! To be honest, at the end of Ms. Hellfire when I was first watching Charmed, I did not expect Bane to return at all because by that point I'd become used to innocents/other characters with potential just never showing up or even being mentioned again. So when he did reappear it felt like they were going to establish something more further down the line with him and Prue (especially when Just Harried revealed that Prue definitely has an attraction to more dangerous people). Your right about that, and feeling they wouldn't be seen again. It did feel like the beginning of something later down the track. Oh well, fun times for someone to write fanfic stories to do more with them. You're absolutely right about that. My favorite fanfics are "What Could've Been/Should've Been" stories. They've helped me remain a fan all these years more than just about anything else - even more than re-watching my DVDs. Doesn't it help keep you more involved in the fandom, fanfics just add another layer to it. *nods* Exactly so. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Mar 10, 2018 19:16:54 GMT -5
Agreed with both of you totally. I think it would've been much more interesting, but I'll bet if it *was* what happened, they'd rush Paige into become a third sister and Prue and Phoebe accepting her so we could hurry up and get back to Cole and Phoebe's story. *roll eyes* It's why I'll continue to wish they had finished that story and got rid of Cole at the same time that Prue dies at the end of Season Four, with Prue saving Paige rather than the doctor so she'd come to the funeral to say thanks rather than due to a spell. That's what I have in my "Dream Charmed...with Children" and will continue to want. I agree with both of your replies, going to take getting used too without a like button now That would have been great, to have Prue and Cole both die around the same time. Especially because S5 would really be a fresh new take, with Paige really being able to be the new sister and cast member who gets a proper introduction season, without having any existing backlog of storylines carried over. Like a new era of Charmed is born. You're absolutely right about that. My favorite fanfics are "What Could've Been/Should've Been" stories. They've helped me remain a fan all these years more than just about anything else - even more than re-watching my DVDs. It does make it easier and give me comfort for being so upset with a few decisions Charmed made. It lessens the anger and sadness of Prue dying too, seeing her alive in so many stories. So very glad that you guys feel the same way about fanfics that I do. |
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Post by Ruth Marie on Mar 12, 2018 3:51:22 GMT -5
I agree with both of your replies, going to take getting used too without a like button now That would have been great, to have Prue and Cole both die around the same time. Especially because S5 would really be a fresh new take, with Paige really being able to be the new sister and cast member who gets a proper introduction season, without having any existing backlog of storylines carried over. Like a new era of Charmed is born. It does make it easier and give me comfort for being so upset with a few decisions Charmed made. It lessens the anger and sadness of Prue dying too, seeing her alive in so many stories. So very glad that you guys feel the same way about fanfics that I do. Exactly, and here's to many more years of more fanfics from many members and fans. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 12:34:14 GMT -5
I was thinking that too. Vanquishing Shax would be when they formed a bond as sisters. I can imagine Leo and Cole playing mediators a lot. I was also thinking of having Bane return for Prue. I don't think they should've been able to use a Power of Three spell straight-away. Prue, Piper and Phoebe grew up as sisters so had a natural bond, despite their bickering. It made sense that they could use it from the off. They handled the early relationship between Piper, Phoebe and Paige quite awkwardly. Paige was a 24/25 year-old woman with a full-time job and an apartment. How believable is it that she'd start taking orders from two complete strangers who were barely older than her? They wrote her as if she was about 16-18. They should've waited until mid-Season 4 to vanquish Shax, which would've been their first use of the Power of Three. |
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