Bianca

[lordumbrex]

Does anybody else wish they would have given Bianca a more of a phoenix homage in Chris Crossed? Instead of energy balls, I wish they would have given her fireballs akin to the ones that Aviva had in the "Fourth Sister". Instead of reconstituting herself like the Source via black particles, I wish they would have done it in the manner of the Lazarus demon, ie: ashes. Those two things would have been subtle, but I would have enjoyed her character more if so.

[Assassin Witch]

I wanted more Bianca and more about the Phoenix in general.

I like the ideas of teleporting via ashes. The shimmering was a demonic power, which would be explained with procreation with demons down the line. But it was made a point that the Phoenix are witches, not demons. They had a bit too many demonic powers for my taste.

She had a lot of abilities, but things weren't flowing with the mythology of the Phoenix. It would have been interesting if they actually utilized more about actual mythology. Besides reconstructing.

The only "witch" aspect seemed to be the immunity to Piper's freezing.

[sol]

Bianca's character was linked to a possible spin-off, however, I'ld have liked, in the season 7, see a Piper's interest in the life of the little Bianca:keep your enemies even closer it's a good politics and Piper is that kind of very suspicious mother who cannot forgive the wrongs suffered by a son

[Melinda Halliwell]

If Phoenix witches were portrayed like the mythical bird then instead of reconstituiting themselves they could die and rise from the ashes like the legends say giving them a unique power making them immortal essentially and maybe even have an additional power instead of energy balls which could turn people to ash to.

Perhaps Phoenix's could've been linked to the birds some way physiologically speaking.

[lordumbrex]

My personal head canon, and I do not expect anyone else to like this, is that the Phoenix witches are descended from a woman that was wrongfully hanged (or burned at the stake in Charmed-verse) for being a witch when she was a regular human. A sorcerer, feeling the hatred in her heart and her thirst for revenge as the woman was dying, made a deal with her that in exchange for her being made into a real witch with actual magical powers and allowed to gain her revenge, the woman would sell her soul and serve as the sorcerer's assassin/bodyguard/servant. Eventually the woman had a child with a human father, and passed down her powers, creating the line of witches that became known as the Phoenix coven.

The Sorcerer's name in my mind is Flereous, so it's something I've thought about deeply before.

[Esmeralda]

Aug 29, 2016 16:23:42 GMT -5 lordumbrex said:

My personal head canon, and I do not expect anyone else to like this, is that the Phoenix witches are descended from a woman that was wrongfully hanged (or burned at the stake in Charmed-verse) for being a witch when she was a regular human. A sorcerer, feeling the hatred in her heart and her thirst for revenge as the woman was dying, made a deal with her that in exchange for her being made into a real witch with actual magical powers and allowed to gain her revenge, the woman would sell her soul and serve as the sorcerer's assassin/bodyguard/servant. Eventually the woman had a child with a human father, and passed down her powers, creating the line of witches that became known as the Phoenix coven.

The Sorcerer's name in my mind is Flereous, so it's something I've thought about deeply before.

I really like this, but I like how Scififantasychic (Scifi to her friends) did it in her fantastic novel, "The Witch And The Assassin" better - for me this will always be head canon, the way her entire series is, especially because that means I ignore "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad World" and everything that comes after it.  I also like how Scifi writes the first Phoenix's words with the "Hooked on Phonics" type spelling that was used back in the day - it just makes it seem so much real. 

Chapter Thirty-Two: Literary Lessons

It was a relief for Bianca to have her apartment to herself again. Her aunt had finally decided to send the others to various parts of the Underworld to try to find what their books had failed to reveal -- the secret to uncovering Leo’s whereabouts. For Bianca she left a more tedious chore, but one that at least wasn’t directly tied to the mission. As heir to the position of Matriarch, Bianca had to hand copy Tess’s grimoire, the contents of which had been passed down from one Matriarch to the next in this same time-honored manner. Every spell or potion that any of the members of the Phoenix had ever written in their own grimoires had automatically found its way into the Matriarch’s book, so that after more than three centuries, it was so bloated with dark magic that Bianca figured she would need the better part of a year to transcribe everything.

The task might not have been so grueling if Bianca’d had a heritage she could be proud of. The first hundred pages read like any witch’s book of shadows -- after all, the first Matriarch, Elizabeth Perry, had once been good. But during the witch trials, everything changed.

My harte did ayke when they toke Goody Warren for to be examyned. Of all womyn in Salemtown, shee hath don least to desearve such a fate. Indeed, I did purpos to release her from the Prison, she & the divers Innocents ta’en in this maddness, yet Melinda will’d that I shold not, for to use our Powers so openly wold expose us as Wiches & give credence to the Children’s acusations against the Innocents. I sate in the Assembly & hard Justice Hathorne pronounce hur a lyar & a bryde of Satan to the grate vexation of my spirit, yet I sed no thing in her defence. For a tyme, I could rejoyce that hur good name mite save hur, for the Jurye did conclude hur innocence to the consternation of the Judges. But for Justice Stoughton, shee mite have ben returned unto the bosom of her dear Prudence. He wold recall now the honour of Matthew Tate & Melinda’s malisious chastisment of the whole of Salem. Justice Stoughton, ever a pernicious man, did Impose upon the Jurye to consider hur words against hur, and when they did wish to examyne her further, shee wold but sit as Ded, so full of grief was she that no words escap’d hur lips. To no man wold shee speek againe, for a sevennite after hur conviction, she did burn as a Wich. Yet I did see hur but hours before hur deth, & she did there bequeth me a Locket with which she had wreaked her vengeance on the warlock Matthew, & I have worn it about my neck these many years, for it brings to rememberance the revenge I have yet to exact.

Bianca had known from her childhood the story of what followed next, yet reading it for herself, in Elizabeth’s own words, sent chills through her body. In her own fall from grace, Elizabeth had taken her descendants with her, so that Bianca was destined to be born in a hell and to die there, too.

Not a fortnite had past ere I myself was ta’en to stand at the feet of the Counsell Justices & was told dispite my protestations of innocence not to begin my statement with contemptible Lyes. Were I indeed guilty of harm to those Children, I wold have confessed it with all my harte, but to the Prison cell was I sent to endure the dayly mercyless inquiry of the selfsame clergymen whose Fellowship I had heretofore enjoyed. I wold burn as Melinda Warren had burned, & Satan wold be bereft of another of his minyons to the satisfaction & gloryfication of God & His Angels. Presently, I grew weary of there prattle, for indeed had all mention of Heaven and Hell become bothersom to me. If I were to be consigned to Melinda’s fate, I wold have reason to warrant this Condemnation. In the dark of the midnite, I summoned the demon lord of the Savages, whose Pow’r &Wrath there wiches fear & seeke ever to apease. I did there offer him my help in plaguing the English & herding them from this land shold he consent to free me from the Flames that would consume me with the rising of the Sun. This he did, but with the warning that I must taste of deth ere I cold be reborn in his service. So it was that I was led by the arm to the stake amid the cryes of my onetyme friends & hard the Counsell pass jugement on my Sins against Heaven & Earth, & I knew full well that my bargaine with Hell was in earnest when I cared not that the torches ware set to the pire, & the Extreame Agony of the flames served only to sear my hatred of these people into my harte.

I lay among the remaynes of my bodye, aware but without form, until the Sun mite set & Darkness mite conceale me. As a Phoenix from the ashes, I arose anew with power I had ne’er known possible. Was I Wich or Demon? I knew not, nor do I wish my children to dwell upon the question. For with the Mark that defines us as having ben touched by Evil, I saye unto thee there is in the world no Goodness, no Loyalty, no Mercye, no Justice, & yea, no Love. Remember well, my children, there is only Vengeance.

“No, Elizabeth,” Bianca corrected with the mantra Tess had driven into her. “There is only survival.”

[sol]

The Witch And The Assassin!

I read and loved it, Scififantasychic did a great job drawning Bianca!

[Chrisaholic]

Bianca was a great person and the sisters may have watched over her and her mother. After all, Piper's son Chris was once in love with her. Why not in the new future again?

[Darkhorse Christian]

Sept 1, 2016 9:16:05 GMT -5 Chrisaholic said:

Bianca was a great person and the sisters may have watched over her and her mother. After all, Piper's son Chris was once in love with her. Why not in the new future again?

Not sure about the "great person" part, given she was still cowed back into King Wyatt's service. But she did rebel against both that and the typical Phoenix life (as little as we know about it) to help Chris change the future, meaning she's one of those people that an apocalyptic or dystopian situation brings out the best moreso than the worst of. So that points in her favor.

That said, I can see Piper thinking of the possibility that Bianca and Chris could find their way to each other in the new future and looking after present-day Lynn and Bianca from time to time to help make sure the kid turns out well enough to be good for her son even without an end-of-the-free-world scenario.

Oh—hey guys, it's been awhile!

[Melinda Halliwell]

Definately Darkhouse it's good to see you back again which's been a while certainly.

[ShadowCat]

I didn't jump on this thread as I felt I wasn't savvy enough to chat about the Phoenix and the mythology attached to it, but .... on the way to the candy store I was time warped back to the mid 60's. My oldest friend in the world since 1955 is a "Dark Shadows" freek. She loved the show, I thought it was interesting until I started a full time job. The afternoon soap started in 1966 and ran until 1971. Well I just finished the section with Laura Murdock Collins, a Phoenix that rises from the ashes every 100 years.

For the most part she is not a wonderful person. Seems she generally comes back to claim her children and turn them into what she is. Gee, thanks mom.

What caught my eye was the fact that she could cast spells. Now I hadn't viewed this in almost 50 years, so please forgive me if I sound confused. You wait, some day you will get there too.

What I know about the Phoenix never had anything to do with witch craft that I could relate to. Then again, what do I know. Anyway, I had to wonder since I have been back at The Cafe, where the writers came up with a Phoenix Witch. Perhaps Bianca's inception haled from Laura Murdock Collins who was introduced to Dark Shadows sometime in 1966 or 67. She was a Phoenix that fit some of the myth, but a number of things did fit. Does the Phoenix have the ability to cast spells. If that is not part of it, than is Charmed taking a lesson from a TV show that has become a legend? Is this clever or just an accident?

[Esmeralda]

Sept 4, 2016 20:56:06 GMT -5 ShadowCat said:

I didn't jump on this thread as I felt I wasn't savvy enough to chat about the Phoenix and the mythology attached to it, but .... on the way to the candy store I was time warped back to the mid 60's. My oldest friend in the world since 1955 is a "Dark Shadows" freek. She loved the show, I thought it was interesting until I started a full time job. The afternoon soap started in 1966 and ran until 1971. Well I just finished the section with Laura Murdock Collins, a Phoenix that rises from the ashes every 100 years.

For the most part she is not a wonderful person. Seems she generally comes back to claim her children and turn them into what she is. Gee, thanks mom.

What caught my eye was the fact that she could cast spells. Now I hadn't viewed this in almost 50 years, so please forgive me if I sound confused. You wait, some day you will get there too.

What I know about the Phoenix never had anything to do with witch craft that I could relate to. Then again, what do I know. Anyway, I had to wonder since I have been back at The Cafe, where the writers came up with a Phoenix Witch. Perhaps Bianca's inception haled from Laura Murdock Collins who was introduced to Dark Shadows sometime in 1966 or 67. She was a Phoenix that fit some of the myth, but a number of things did fit. Does the Phoenix have the ability to cast spells. If that is not part of it, than is Charmed taking a lesson from a TV show that has become a legend? Is this clever or just an accident?

Wow, I was also one of those teenagers who would run home from school each day so I could watch another episode of "Dark Shadows" - the show that introduced me to the idea of ghosts and witches and vampires and werewolves and parallel timelines and traveling to the past and...yes, I'd totally forgotten..phoenixes! I'd totally forgotten about Laura. But now you do have me wondering whether Laura was the inspiration behind Bianca. The way Charmed borrowed from so many other sources, it wouldn't surprise me, although had they, I wonder if they would've made Bianca more like Laura - someone who comes back to claim her children through her painting as compared to an assassin witch. And since she was often called a Phoenix witch, yes, I do believe Bianca could've cast spells and make potions.

Keeping in mind that unlike Charmed, Dark Shadows was pure soap opera (and a fun one at that, even at its scariest, especially because it was in black-and-white - unlike Charmed's Season One, it never gave me nightmares) for those who never watched this show, here's what Wikipedia says about Laura. But first, a quick intro to the characters mentioned here and who were introduced before this story arc - like most soap operas, keeping characters straight could get awful confusing - couldn't tell a player without a scorecard!):

Elizabeth Collins Stoddard - mistress of Collinwood
Roger Collins - Elzabeth's younger brother
David Collins - Roger's young son.
Victoria Winters - David's governess
Maggie Evans - waitress at the Blue Whale, a bar in the nearby town of Collinsport, and friend of Victoria's.
Sam Evans - Maggie's father who paints portraits
Josette Collins - a ghost from the 1700s who died by jumping off the cliffs near Collinwood, scared by something, and who befriends David and Victoria

The rest of the characters were introduced during this story arc.

Roger's estranged wife, Laura Collins, returns to Collinsport after a ten-year absence. She tells Maggie Evans that she has returned to town after being away for a long time in Phoenix, Arizona. Laura points out that the Phoenix is a mythic bird that rises from the ashes of fire and is reborn. While drunk, Sam Evans paints a portrait of Laura in flames, but does not remember painting it the next day. Laura shows up at Collinwood and announces she wants custody of David Collins. David has a nightmare about his mother in which he sees her engulfed in flames. Victoria Winters brings Sam's unfinished portrait of Laura back to Collinwood, David is awakened by his mother’s face coming out of the portrait. The ghost of Josette Collins appears before the portrait and completes it to show David’s face is in the picture. The sheriff questions Laura after the Phoenix police claim they have found the burned body of Laura Collins. Victoria and Frank Garner, the Collins family lawyer, discover a crypt containing a Laura Murdoch Stockbridge—who died by fire 200 years earlier. At the Old House, Josette’s portrait turns into the portrait of Laura and David in flames that Sam had painted. Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, fearing Laura's mental stability, orders her to leave Collinwood without David. Laura looks into the fire, and Elizabeth falls down the stairs. Laura visits Elizabeth and puts her in a deep trance to keep her from getting in the way of her plans to take David with her.

Dr. Peter Guthrie, a parapsychologist, arrives to assess Elizabeth's condition and has her moved to a hospital. A séance is held; Josette speaks through Victoria, warning there is an evil presence at Collinwood. Dr. Guthrie tells Laura he is aware of her powers, and will expose her for what she is. Laura Murdoch Stockbridge’s coffin is exhumed and found to be empty. David sees himself burning in the fireplace. An old newspaper article reports that a Laura Murdoch died in a fire with a boy named David in her arms. Dr. Guthrie confronts Laura, accusing her of being the “undead.” She causes his car to crash and burst into flames, killing him. David goes to the old fishing shack to wait for his mother. Laura arrives and causes the shack to start to burn. Josette's ghost helps Victoria to figure out where David is. As the fishing shack burns around Laura, she beckons David to join her in the flames. Victoria arrives at the shack begging him not to follow his mother into the flames. Laura has David recite the story of the Phoenix; as he finishes the story, Laura calls him to the flames. Elizabeth comes out of the trance as Laura starts to burn. Victoria keeps David from going to his mother as she burns to death.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows_(televised_storylines)

Like I said, quite a bit different than Charmed's version of a phoenix, but could've been a lot of fun.

[erikamarie]

Sept 5, 2016 2:28:19 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Sept 4, 2016 20:56:06 GMT -5 ShadowCat said:

I didn't jump on this thread as I felt I wasn't savvy enough to chat about the Phoenix and the mythology attached to it, but .... on the way to the candy store I was time warped back to the mid 60's. My oldest friend in the world since 1955 is a "Dark Shadows" freek. She loved the show, I thought it was interesting until I started a full time job. The afternoon soap started in 1966 and ran until 1971. Well I just finished the section with Laura Murdock Collins, a Phoenix that rises from the ashes every 100 years.

For the most part she is not a wonderful person. Seems she generally comes back to claim her children and turn them into what she is. Gee, thanks mom.

What caught my eye was the fact that she could cast spells. Now I hadn't viewed this in almost 50 years, so please forgive me if I sound confused. You wait, some day you will get there too.

What I know about the Phoenix never had anything to do with witch craft that I could relate to. Then again, what do I know. Anyway, I had to wonder since I have been back at The Cafe, where the writers came up with a Phoenix Witch. Perhaps Bianca's inception haled from Laura Murdock Collins who was introduced to Dark Shadows sometime in 1966 or 67. She was a Phoenix that fit some of the myth, but a number of things did fit. Does the Phoenix have the ability to cast spells. If that is not part of it, than is Charmed taking a lesson from a TV show that has become a legend? Is this clever or just an accident?

Wow, I was also one of those teenagers who would run home from school each day so I could watch another episode of "Dark Shadows" - the show that introduced me to the idea of ghosts and witches and vampires and werewolves and parallel timelines and traveling to the past and...yes, I'd totally forgotten..phoenixes! I'd totally forgotten about Laura. But now you do have me wondering whether Laura was the inspiration behind Bianca. The way Charmed borrowed from so many other sources, it wouldn't surprise me, although had they, I wonder if they would've made Bianca more like Laura - someone who comes back to claim her children through her painting as compared to an assassin witch. And since she was often called a Phoenix witch, yes, I do believe Bianca could've cast spells and make potions.

Keeping in mind that unlike Charmed, Dark Shadows was pure soap opera (and a fun one at that, even at its scariest, especially because it was in black-and-white - unlike Charmed's Season One, it never gave me nightmares) for those who never watched this show, here's what Wikipedia says about Laura. But first, a quick intro to the characters mentioned here and who were introduced before this story arc - like most soap operas, keeping characters straight could get awful confusing - couldn't tell a player without a scorecard!):

Elizabeth Collins Stoddard - mistress of Collinwood
Roger Collins - Elzabeth's younger brother
David Collins - Roger's young son.
Victoria Winters - David's governess
Maggie Evans - waitress at the Blue Whale, a bar in the nearby town of Collinsport, and friend of Victoria's.
Sam Evans - Maggie's father who paints portraits
Josette Collins - a ghost from the 1700s who died by jumping off the cliffs near Collinwood, scared by something, and who befriends David and Victoria

The rest of the characters were introduced during this story arc.

Roger's estranged wife, Laura Collins, returns to Collinsport after a ten-year absence. She tells Maggie Evans that she has returned to town after being away for a long time in Phoenix, Arizona. Laura points out that the Phoenix is a mythic bird that rises from the ashes of fire and is reborn. While drunk, Sam Evans paints a portrait of Laura in flames, but does not remember painting it the next day. Laura shows up at Collinwood and announces she wants custody of David Collins. David has a nightmare about his mother in which he sees her engulfed in flames. Victoria Winters brings Sam's unfinished portrait of Laura back to Collinwood, David is awakened by his mother’s face coming out of the portrait. The ghost of Josette Collins appears before the portrait and completes it to show David’s face is in the picture. The sheriff questions Laura after the Phoenix police claim they have found the burned body of Laura Collins. Victoria and Frank Garner, the Collins family lawyer, discover a crypt containing a Laura Murdoch Stockbridge—who died by fire 200 years earlier. At the Old House, Josette’s portrait turns into the portrait of Laura and David in flames that Sam had painted. Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, fearing Laura's mental stability, orders her to leave Collinwood without David. Laura looks into the fire, and Elizabeth falls down the stairs. Laura visits Elizabeth and puts her in a deep trance to keep her from getting in the way of her plans to take David with her.

Dr. Peter Guthrie, a parapsychologist, arrives to assess Elizabeth's condition and has her moved to a hospital. A séance is held; Josette speaks through Victoria, warning there is an evil presence at Collinwood. Dr. Guthrie tells Laura he is aware of her powers, and will expose her for what she is. Laura Murdoch Stockbridge’s coffin is exhumed and found to be empty. David sees himself burning in the fireplace. An old newspaper article reports that a Laura Murdoch died in a fire with a boy named David in her arms. Dr. Guthrie confronts Laura, accusing her of being the “undead.” She causes his car to crash and burst into flames, killing him. David goes to the old fishing shack to wait for his mother. Laura arrives and causes the shack to start to burn. Josette's ghost helps Victoria to figure out where David is. As the fishing shack burns around Laura, she beckons David to join her in the flames. Victoria arrives at the shack begging him not to follow his mother into the flames. Laura has David recite the story of the Phoenix; as he finishes the story, Laura calls him to the flames. Elizabeth comes out of the trance as Laura starts to burn. Victoria keeps David from going to his mother as she burns to death.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows_(televised_storylines)

Like I said, quite a bit different than Charmed's version of a phoenix, but could've been a lot of fun.

I don't know the show but it must have been interesting

I have always thought that the speech of the birth from the ashes was only symbolic, the Phoenix are witches who have taken a firm stand, but always witches, able to pronounce spells, in fact Bianca tossed a powerful spell on the sisters

[Esmeralda]

Sept 5, 2016 3:30:57 GMT -5 erikamarie said:

Sept 5, 2016 2:28:19 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Wow, I was also one of those teenagers who would run home from school each day so I could watch another episode of "Dark Shadows" - the show that introduced me to the idea of ghosts and witches and vampires and werewolves and parallel timelines and traveling to the past and...yes, I'd totally forgotten..phoenixes! I'd totally forgotten about Laura. But now you do have me wondering whether Laura was the inspiration behind Bianca. The way Charmed borrowed from so many other sources, it wouldn't surprise me, although had they, I wonder if they would've made Bianca more like Laura - someone who comes back to claim her children through her painting as compared to an assassin witch. And since she was often called a Phoenix witch, yes, I do believe Bianca could've cast spells and make potions.

Keeping in mind that unlike Charmed, Dark Shadows was pure soap opera (and a fun one at that, even at its scariest, especially because it was in black-and-white - unlike Charmed's Season One, it never gave me nightmares) for those who never watched this show, here's what Wikipedia says about Laura. But first, a quick intro to the characters mentioned here and who were introduced before this story arc - like most soap operas, keeping characters straight could get awful confusing - couldn't tell a player without a scorecard!):

Elizabeth Collins Stoddard - mistress of Collinwood
Roger Collins - Elizabeth's younger brother
David Collins - Roger's young son.
Victoria Winters - David's governess
Maggie Evans - waitress at the Blue Whale, a bar in the nearby town of Collinsport, and friend of Victoria's.
Sam Evans - Maggie's father who paints portraits
Josette Collins - a ghost from the 1700s who died by jumping off the cliffs near Collinwood, scared by something, and who befriends David and Victoria

The rest of the characters were introduced during this story arc.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows_(televised_storylines)

Like I said, quite a bit different than Charmed's version of a phoenix, but could've been a lot of fun.

I don't know the show but it must have been interesting

I have always thought that the speech of the birth from the ashes was only symbolic, the Phoenix are witches who have taken a firm stand, but always witches, able to pronounce spells, in fact Bianca tossed a powerful spell on the sisters

Oh, since I haven't watched ChrisCrossed that often (like all of S6, not amongst my favorite episodes, even though it's part of one of my favorite TNT Charmed marathons that I have taped - all of the time-travel ones - when I rewatch that, I don't watch ChrisCrossed or Forever Charmed), I"d forgotten that she actually cast a spell. But I checked the fanmade script and found this:

[Scene: Apartment. Biana walks over to a cupboard and starts searching through it. The woman shimmers in.]

Woman: Who are you and what do you want?

Bianca: Where's the Grimoire?

(The woman creates an energy ball.)

Woman: One more time. Who are you?

Bianca: Who do you think I am? (She holds up her wrist to show the birthmark.) Mother.

Woman: Bianca.

(The energy ball disappears.)

Bianca: In the flesh. Now where's the Grimoire? I have to get the Charmed Ones off my tail fast, I need a spell to do it.

Woman: I don't understand, how is this possible?

Bianca: Look, I don't have time for reunions, okay? And I'm not about to make the same mistake a thousand other demons have made. Now where's the damn book! (The woman waves her hand and the Grimoire appears on a table.) Thanks. (She picks it up.) Do you know where the inhibitions spell is?

Woman: How is that gonna help?

Bianca: Look, I know the Charmed Ones, I studied their history. This is when they all want their separate lives. If I can release their inhibitions, maybe I can get them to pursue them.

Woman: The spell won't last long.

Bianca: It doesn't have to. Just long enough to distract them so I can get what I came for. (She rips a page out of the book.) Got it. Thanks.

Woman: Wait, do you have to leave so soon? Can't I help?

Bianca: Yeah. Someday when I ask you what it feels like to kill, don't lie to me. Don't tell me you don't feel a thing.

(She shimmers out.)

Source: charmedscripts.tv/chris_crossed.htm

So that definitely answers that question - yes, she's a witch, and yes, she can cast spells.

[magena]

Maybe you'ld give a chance to Chris Crossed, I find it one of the best Charmed episodes!

Bianca is a stimulating character, she is a witch, not a warlock, a mercenary as Cole or Miss Hellfire, independent in her opinion, not totally seduced by evil


Every time I watch the episode I wonder about her: was she A Wyatt ally, perhaps following her family?

Why she changed side?

I don't think only for love as Cole, exactly because of what she told her mother:Someday when I ask you what it feels like to kill, don't lie to me. Don't tell me you don't feel a thing.

I'd bet that it was Bianca carryng the plan out,that she studied with Chris in which moment coming back and what to tell the sisters
Chris is uncertain and frightened, Bianca is headstrong and determined, the opposite of the classical couple

[sol]

Interesting the parallel with Cole: also the Phoenix are mercenary, but they are human, witches who use their powers for their own benefit, then also free to choose between good and evil without conditions of "gender" as Cole influenced by Belthazor

[unakite]

The love story between Bianca and Chris, perhaps because we can barely imagine it, is the love story that I prefer in Charmed

[unakite]

What kind of powers was Bianca able to drain from Chris?

[Melinda Halliwell]

All of them hence why he needed to say the spell to return them.

[lordumbrex]

Personally, I always felt that was the weakest part of the episode, the spell to return his powers. If that's all it took, what would stop Chris from writing his own spell to return them? He could have done it right there in the attic. The sisters writing it was unnecessary, as it wasn't the power of the Charmed Ones that did it, it was literally just them writing it. I think a potion should have been used instead, that way it would actually make sense for Chris needing their help: he wouldn't have the opportunity to brew a potion and hide it before confronting Wyatt, whereas they would.