Prue

[charmedforlife28]

I am just wondering(not trying to be rude) What did people love so much about Prue? I think she's a great character I just want to get others feelings on her character and what you liked/disliked? It seems in many threads they would have rather Charmed just end with prue dying rather than introducing paige. I actually really enjoy paige and prue and I just wanted to see what it was that everyone loved. 

[Elle Em]

The bond between the original three sisters is my favorite part of the show. Through no fault of Paige, that just can't be imitated by anyone other than Prue, Piper, and Phoebe. Prue dying left a disjointed feel in the show. I didn't feel she was meant to die more than any of the others.

Something I really like about Prue is that she has this innate maturity that mostly comes from being the oldest. Her instincts were correct often, and she could usually see through to who someone really was. I always think back to the time when Andy was annoyed with her for not telling him her secret sooner, Phoebe was being bratty about not getting things done around the house, attacking Prue for her own insecurity about not having a job, and how Prue was also having a tough time at work, and how she just handled everything so well. She didn't yell back at Phoebe, or complain like Piper would have. She just took everything and handled it.

Another thing is that I really admire the type of person she was. I am now as old as Prue was when she became a witch, and my life is nowhere near as in order as hers. Even if Prue had her issues and avenues left to explore, her utter adultness is very impressive.

[adzpower]

I admire Prue a lot, she is strong, intelligent, fierce and has great instincts. Like Elle said the bond between the original P3 was irreplaceable, it was strong, powerful, sisterley.
I loved Paige, and the decline of the show was not her fault, it was the writing, BUT I do think given the choice now I would happily trade seasons 4-8 in for one more season with the original P3, giving the show a proper ending with the characters intact.

[Miranda Turner]

The bond between the original set cannot be replaced. They got the set of sisters and the personalities correct with this set. Unless Paige was raised with her sisters, it is something that is hard to do with the second set.

I like Prue so much more than Piper as the eldest sister. Even though Piper truly wasn't the eldest but only circumstantial, but I didn't like how they wrote Piper as the leading witch in the later seasons.

[charmedforlife28]

Absolutely, I think they work very well together and it seemed less forced than once Paige was brought in. Do you think you like her more because when she was on the show it focused more on sisters who happened to be witches rather in later seasons where it seemed to be witches who happen to be sisters. I think Prue handled being the biggest sister much better than Piper but Prue has always been the biggest sister where as Piper was forced into it.

[Elle Em]

I think there are many reasons to like the Prue seasons more than the Paige ones, although I don't mean any offense to people who think the opposite. In the Prue years, the sister bond was stronger and more realistic, the stories were more serious overall, the writing was better, the tone of the show was darker overall, their personalities were best suited to their birth order rather than after Prue died and things changed.

And this is another thing I thought of recently that explains why I love the Prue years so much more. In the later seasons, Piper is married with kids. Phoebe and Paige have quite a few boyfriends and move in and out of the house. Adult Chris comes back. We see Adult Wyatt on occasion. Then there's Billie and Christy.

Now I haven't done a count to see if there were more people overall in each of the latter seasons than the first few. It might be that overall there were more extra people in one of the Prue seasons than any other. But the Prue years feel like they contain less people, which gives them a more intimate feeling. Andy is around, Dan is around, Leo becomes part of the family, Cole begins to do so, and I'm sure there are other people here and there, but it doesn't feel as crowded. It's mainly just the sisters in the Manor together. It's not Paige's fault at all, but that intimacy was lost with Prue.

[charmedforlife28]

Very true, I think also in the earlier seasons they had a lot of material to work with and as the seasons went on they had to keep on creating demons or stories which got more unrealistic. I think having Piper have a family was not the worst decision the charmed creators made but I feel that a lot of fans don't like the later seasons because everything shifted to focusing on the kids. It was all about keeping Wyatt from turning evil.

[Melinda Halliwell]

And innocents second.

[ShadowCat]

I enjoyed all of the comments here. There are so many good points. In the later seasons there was a little too much magic and a lot less sisterhood. Perhaps that was because Paige was not and could not be part of that. No matter who was cast in the role it couldn't continue to continue the way things first unfolded.

We also saw how things unraveled. Piper was the glue that helped the other two form a strong bond. That doesn't mean she was prepared to carry off the lead. Then add in the difficulties of a complicated marriage and children and I think she was pulled in too many directions.

Some of the directions Phoebe moved in during later seasons (might) have gone differently if Prue had been around. I would like to believe that the relationship between Phoebe and Cole would have come to a totally different conclusion.

[sol]

Some of the directions Phoebe moved in during later seasons (might) have gone differently if Prue had been around. I would like to believe that the relationship between Phoebe and Cole would have come to a totally different conclusion.

I agree, Piper was never able to judge people without being influenced by feelings, Phoebe loved Cole, it was enough for Piper


I loved those three, they were charming together with their big difference, their arguments and the differences flattened without Prue: Piper had to be more similar to Prue, Phoebe to Piper

Prue was the big sister that I'ld never wish to have, too bossy but I liked her for her contradiction
Many fans see her as an angel fighter, not me

Prue has so many different aspects that with an extraordinary self-control she is able to hide : the seventeen Prue perpetually in trouble, the rebellious Prue of Piper's wedding, the woman fascinated by the richness of mrs Hellfire, the sensual woman with the blue sweater, the assertive woman with the pink sweater
The woman that without the bond that develops between the three of them because of magic, would become a rich and alone and egoist carrierist

While Piper is really the sweet, shy, affectionate person that she appears, while Phoebe is really the passionate, boisterous person that she appears, Prue shows up  with a mask, the one who had to wear to face her life as an orphan with two sisters

I like her complexity and her dedication
 

[Granny Charmed]

Feb 21, 2017 23:07:22 GMT -5 ShadowCat said:

I enjoyed all of the comments here. There are so many good points. In the later seasons there was a little too much magic and a lot less sisterhood. Perhaps that was because Paige was not and could not be part of that. No matter who was cast in the role it couldn't continue to continue the way things first unfolded.

We also saw how things unraveled. Piper was the glue that helped the other two form a strong bond. That doesn't mean she was prepared to carry off the lead. Then add in the difficulties of a complicated marriage and children and I think she was pulled in too many directions.

Some of the directions Phoebe moved in during later seasons (might) have gone differently if Prue had been around. I would like to believe that the relationship between Phoebe and Cole would have come to a totally different conclusion.

Especially because Piper would believe Prue on her instincts on not trusting Cole dear. Unlike Paige, who was new. 

[ShadowCat]

Feb 22, 2017 2:22:53 GMT -5 sol said:

Some of the directions Phoebe moved in during later seasons (might) have gone differently if Prue had been around. I would like to believe that the relationship between Phoebe and Cole would have come to a totally different conclusion.

I agree, Piper was never able to judge people without being influenced by feelings, Phoebe loved Cole, it was enough for Piper


I loved those three, they were charming together with their big difference, their arguments and the differences flattened without Prue: Piper had to be more similar to Prue, Phoebe to Piper

Prue was the big sister that I'ld never wish to have, too bossy but I liked her for her contradiction
Many fans see her as an angel fighter, not me

Prue has so many different aspects that with an extraordinary self-control she is able to hide : the seventeen Prue perpetually in trouble, the rebellious Prue of Piper's wedding, the woman fascinated by the richness of mrs Hellfire, the sensual woman with the blue sweater, the assertive woman with the pink sweater
The woman that without the bond that develops between the three of them because of magic, would become a rich and alone and egoist carrierist

While Piper is really the sweet, shy, affectionate person that she appears, while Phoebe is really the passionate, boisterous person that she appears, Prue shows up  with a mask, the one who had to wear to face her life as an orphan with two sisters

I like her complexity and her dedication
 

I enjoyed your descriptions of the girls, and don't think I have ever seen it put better. Very neat and right to the point. Loved it.

You also made me realized that I might have not wanted to be one of Prue's kids sisters, but I think this is a person I would have aligned myself to in school and would have remained close friends with until the end. She was strong and honorable and those are major tickets for me. Oh, as for the troubled teen years ... I suspect we would have taken turns being each others wing-girls. LOL!