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Post by pheebs on Sept 12, 2020 17:30:46 GMT -5
I love this thread! Here are some of mine: 1. I don't really like Leo as a boyfriend/husband. I liked them better as their Whitelighter, although I would have preferred the sisters to have a female Whitelighter (NOT Natalie). Maybe the actress who played Sandra the Elder could have been their Whitelighter instead. If they were going to go with Leo as a boyfriend, I would have liked to see them develop more of a relationship and "hold off" on them dating for longer. 4. I didn't like Andy as Prue's boyfriend - honestly, I just thought Prue could have done better. In fact, I hated all of her boyfriends, especially Jack the twin - awful. Prue needed someone more strong in the way Bane was - only he was sortof messed up and not really available... I definitely agree with these. I thought Leo was better as their whitelighter as well. But if he and Piper were going to end up together, I wish they'd waited a lot longer to even have that happen. Maybe the sisters were so far off the radar when they first got their powers and the elders couldn't sense when they used them, so it took a while to even find them and assign them a whitelighter. Then Leo is their whitelighter for a year or so before he and Piper start dating. We could push their story back by maybe two or three years and have their story go much slower, and then end it with them just married or a few months after. I love Andy, but I don't know if he and Prue are the best fit for each other. However, I did think that he was the best option for her of all the guys she did date. But I think he was a much simpler person than Prue and that she had a lot of growing to do as a person, and that they were destined to end up as much too different. I can see him and season 1 Prue together, but thinking of how Prue's personality changes in season 3, I can't see them together at all. I believe that if she had lived to see season 4 she would have settled a little bit eventually, but I still think she had moved on from Andy and that she'd never be happy ending up with a guy she loved in high school. They really could have delayed the Piper/Leo story, since by the time S5 came, their whole story already reached completion with being married and having their first child. They should have delayed their arc, so when they got together, it was during the end of S2, so they could are just be dating in S3. Then perhaps saved them being married for much later, like Season 5, and let Piper get pregnant and have her first child when Holly was really pregnant, so Piper has her first child at the end of season 6. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Sept 12, 2020 17:54:13 GMT -5
I decided to bring my unpopular OPINIONS forward, since I haven't changed my mind about any of them: Not sure if mine are unpopular here, but they have been very unpopular elsewhere. 1. Although they were my favorite couple the first time I watch the show with Leo as my favorite male character, I now can't stand Piper and Leo together, except in Season One - think that Piper could never love the angel, just the magical taxicab/doctor. Think she'd be much better with Mark the Ghost or Henry, and Leo would be much better with either Phoebe or Paige. 2. Can't stand Phoebe and Cole together - think that Phoebe could never love the demon (and even without powers, Cole was more Belthazor than the human since he had been Belthazor for almost 100 years), just the lawyer. Think he'd be a lot better with Prue or Paige (if he was never obsessed with Phoebe - I don't think either of them truly loved the other, but was just infatuated and then obsessed), and she'd be a lot better with Drake or Leo or Kyra. 3. Despite the comics, think that Chris is the reincarnation of Prue - all of the parts of him that I can't stand I love in her. 3. Think the series should've ended when Shax said "The end" and that Season 4-8 is the alternate universe spin-off, "The Perils of Poor, Poor Pitiful Piper" - where the only thing similar between that and "Charmed" (S1-3) are the names of some of the characters. 4. Think the series would've been much, much, MUCH better if Phoebe had died rather than Prue and even BETTER if Piper had stayed dead during "Awakened" and that's when we met Paige who would have no whiteligher powers! ESPECIALLY if she was played by Jennifer Love Hewitt rather than Rose McGowan so she wouldn't be such a ditz. 5. Think that there should've never been such a thing as witchlighters/half-whitelighters - hate the idea of dead men being able to sire children. Also hate the idea of demons and humans being able to mate. Would've preferred both Cole and Drake as warlocks. 6. Think that warlocks should've remained the bad guys of the series and the Source never should've been introduced - the idea of being able to vanquish the Source of All Evil makes absolutely no sense, just like the Demonic Wasteland. 7. Think the idea that a half-demon who was raised by his demonic mother and had been a mercenary demon for more than 70 years could fall in love rather than just being obsessed just because half of him is human is the stupidest idea the show came up with. Had he been raised by his non-magical father and was truly in his '30's, I'd feel totally differently. 8. Liked Billie a lot more once Christy showed up and wished that they had won the final battle rather than the Charmed Ones - although *really* think that Zankou should've won the battle in "Something Wicca This Way Goes" and would've if the writers hadn't cheated by letting the Charmed Ones learn how to perform magic after astral projecting - anyone can astral project, but being able to be seen and do something was part of Prue's power to move things with her mind and shouldn't have been able to been taught any more than Piper and Phoebe could be taught to orb. 9. Think that Leo should've stayed away after "Love Hurts" and Prue and Andy should've been the couple who was together (but never got married and never had kids) during all 4 seasons (Had it been those two, I don't think Charmed would've lasted more than 4 years, which would've been just fine with me.) 10. Think that the worst episode was "Sleuthing with the Enemy" - the death of my favorite character, Phoebs, and the birth of my least-favorite character, PhoeME/Freebie - and think that when Phoebe lied to Prue and Piper about vanquishing Cole, the Power of Three should've vanished right then and never come back, hence no need to find Paige. 11. Despite the comics, think that "Forever Crap", I mean "Forever Piper", I mean "Forever Charmed" is Piper's delusion as she dies after the explosion in 'Kill Billie, Vol 2' and Paige is the one who survived by panic-orbing and then getting out of Dodge, finally ridding herself of her selfish, self-centered half-sisters who only gave her lip service as a sister but let her stick around in order to complete the Power of Three. But these are all just my own opinions - hence why I kept saying "Think". Other fans are more than welcomed to have their own. |
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Post by forbuss on Sept 12, 2020 18:16:33 GMT -5
I love this thread! Here are some of mine: 1. I don't really like Leo as a boyfriend/husband. I liked them better as their Whitelighter, although I would have preferred the sisters to have a female Whitelighter (NOT Natalie). Maybe the actress who played Sandra the Elder could have been their Whitelighter instead. If they were going to go with Leo as a boyfriend, I would have liked to see them develop more of a relationship and "hold off" on them dating for longer. 4. I didn't like Andy as Prue's boyfriend - honestly, I just thought Prue could have done better. In fact, I hated all of her boyfriends, especially Jack the twin - awful. Prue needed someone more strong in the way Bane was - only he was sortof messed up and not really available... I definitely agree with these. I thought Leo was better as their whitelighter as well. But if he and Piper were going to end up together, I wish they'd waited a lot longer to even have that happen. Maybe the sisters were so far off the radar when they first got their powers and the elders couldn't sense when they used them, so it took a while to even find them and assign them a whitelighter. Then Leo is their whitelighter for a year or so before he and Piper start dating. We could push their story back by maybe two or three years and have their story go much slower, and then end it with them just married or a few months after. I love Andy, but I don't know if he and Prue are the best fit for each other. However, I did think that he was the best option for her of all the guys she did date. But I think he was a much simpler person than Prue and that she had a lot of growing to do as a person, and that they were destined to end up as much too different. I can see him and season 1 Prue together, but thinking of how Prue's personality changes in season 3, I can't see them together at all. I believe that if she had lived to see season 4 she would have settled a little bit eventually, but I still think she had moved on from Andy and that she'd never be happy ending up with a guy she loved in high school. Amen!! *claps* I decided to bring my unpopular OPINIONS forward, since I haven't changed my mind about any of them: Not sure if mine are unpopular here, but they have been very unpopular elsewhere. 11. Despite the comics, think that "Forever Crap", I mean "Forever Piper", I mean "Forever Charmed" is Piper's delusion as she dies after the explosion in 'Kill Billie, Vol 2' and Paige is the one who survived by panic-orbing and then getting out of Dodge, finally ridding herself of her selfish, self-centered half-sisters who only gave her lip service as a sister but let her stick around in order to complete the Power of Three. I'd buy this. After all, Piper didn't even look for Paige and we didn't see her in the manor. I decided to bring my unpopular OPINIONS forward, since I haven't changed my mind about any of them: Not sure if mine are unpopular here, but they have been very unpopular elsewhere. 5. Think that there should've never been such a thing as witchlighters/half-whitelighters - hate the idea of dead men being able to sire children. Also hate the idea of demons and humans being able to mate. Would've preferred both Cole and Drake as warlocks. But these are all just my own opinions - hence why I kept saying "Think". Other fans are more than welcomed to have their own. I agree about the witch-whitelighter thing. I think it wouldn't be so annoying if they had just done it once - maybe there was some anomaly with Sam that allowed him to father children. It doesn't make sense that the Elders wouldn't want witches and Whitelighters to have kids together if their children resulted in being super powerful. Maybe they were scared witches wouldn't need Whitelighters anymore if there were so many hybrids walking around? If we are going with the premise that Piper and Leo have to be together, I would have preferred them to ADOPT a magical baby somehow OR - maybe Piper is the one who went to the sperm bank and not Phoebe. It would have actually been really cool to see Piper and Leo have a child this way and struggle with that instead of letting dead Whitelighters father children like it's an episode of Jerry Springer. Imagine if Piper and Leo became the parents of the half-manticore baby we saw in S6 (if the father couldn't or if he had died). This would have been far more interesting to me than Chris or Wyatt. Plus, it would have been cool to see Paige relate to the baby as someone who was adopted herself. And if this were true, the storyline of "Piper's kid being evil in the future" would have made actual sense, because he was half-demon. OMG I am totally writing this fanfic. |
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Post by Granny Charmed on Sept 12, 2020 18:21:29 GMT -5
I definitely agree with these. I thought Leo was better as their whitelighter as well. But if he and Piper were going to end up together, I wish they'd waited a lot longer to even have that happen. Maybe the sisters were so far off the radar when they first got their powers and the elders couldn't sense when they used them, so it took a while to even find them and assign them a whitelighter. Then Leo is their whitelighter for a year or so before he and Piper start dating. We could push their story back by maybe two or three years and have their story go much slower, and then end it with them just married or a few months after. I love Andy, but I don't know if he and Prue are the best fit for each other. However, I did think that he was the best option for her of all the guys she did date. But I think he was a much simpler person than Prue and that she had a lot of growing to do as a person, and that they were destined to end up as much too different. I can see him and season 1 Prue together, but thinking of how Prue's personality changes in season 3, I can't see them together at all. I believe that if she had lived to see season 4 she would have settled a little bit eventually, but I still think she had moved on from Andy and that she'd never be happy ending up with a guy she loved in high school. Amen!! *claps* I decided to bring my unpopular OPINIONS forward, since I haven't changed my mind about any of them: I'd buy this. After all, Piper didn't even look for Paige and we didn't see her in the manor. I decided to bring my unpopular OPINIONS forward, since I haven't changed my mind about any of them: I agree about the witch-whitelighter thing. I think it wouldn't be so annoying if they had just done it once - maybe there was some anomaly with Sam that allowed him to father children. It doesn't make sense that the Elders wouldn't want witches and Whitelighters to have kids together if their children resulted in being super powerful. Maybe they were scared witches wouldn't need Whitelighters anymore if there were so many hybrids walking around? If we are going with the premise that Piper and Leo have to be together, I would have preferred them to ADOPT a magical baby somehow OR - maybe Piper is the one who went to the sperm bank and not Phoebe. It would have actually been really cool to see Piper and Leo have a child this way and struggle with that instead of letting dead Whitelighters father children like it's an episode of Jerry Springer. Oh yes, as witch-whitelighter and dead Whitelighters being able to have children dear, really took away what made them special, something that was earned after death, if anyone can get powers. Piper did have some problems in S4 with having a child, but then suddenly once Phoebe lost her baby, then Piper was suddenly able to have a child soon after. |
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Post by Jean on Sept 12, 2020 18:23:28 GMT -5
Imagine if Piper and Leo became the parents of the half-manticore baby we saw in S6 (if the father couldn't or if he had died). This would have been far more interesting to me than Chris or Wyatt. Plus, it would have been cool to see Paige relate to the baby as someone who was adopted herself. And if this were true, the storyline of "Piper's kid being evil in the future" would have made actual sense, because he was half-demon. OMG I am totally writing this fanfic. That is quite an interesting idea for a fanfic. I'd love it if you wrote it. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Sept 12, 2020 19:16:05 GMT -5
I definitely agree with these. I thought Leo was better as their whitelighter as well. But if he and Piper were going to end up together, I wish they'd waited a lot longer to even have that happen. Maybe the sisters were so far off the radar when they first got their powers and the elders couldn't sense when they used them, so it took a while to even find them and assign them a whitelighter. Then Leo is their whitelighter for a year or so before he and Piper start dating. We could push their story back by maybe two or three years and have their story go much slower, and then end it with them just married or a few months after. I love Andy, but I don't know if he and Prue are the best fit for each other. However, I did think that he was the best option for her of all the guys she did date. But I think he was a much simpler person than Prue and that she had a lot of growing to do as a person, and that they were destined to end up as much too different. I can see him and season 1 Prue together, but thinking of how Prue's personality changes in season 3, I can't see them together at all. I believe that if she had lived to see season 4 she would have settled a little bit eventually, but I still think she had moved on from Andy and that she'd never be happy ending up with a guy she loved in high school. Amen!! *claps* I decided to bring my unpopular OPINIONS forward, since I haven't changed my mind about any of them: I'd buy this. After all, Piper didn't even look for Paige and we didn't see her in the manor. I decided to bring my unpopular OPINIONS forward, since I haven't changed my mind about any of them: I agree about the witch-whitelighter thing. I think it wouldn't be so annoying if they had just done it once - maybe there was some anomaly with Sam that allowed him to father children. It doesn't make sense that the Elders wouldn't want witches and Whitelighters to have kids together if their children resulted in being super powerful. Maybe they were scared witches wouldn't need Whitelighters anymore if there were so many hybrids walking around? If we are going with the premise that Piper and Leo have to be together, I would have preferred them to ADOPT a magical baby somehow OR - maybe Piper is the one who went to the sperm bank and not Phoebe. It would have actually been really cool to see Piper and Leo have a child this way and struggle with that instead of letting dead Whitelighters father children like it's an episode of Jerry Springer. Imagine if Piper and Leo became the parents of the half-manticore baby we saw in S6 (if the father couldn't or if he had died). This would have been far more interesting to me than Chris or Wyatt. Plus, it would have been cool to see Paige relate to the baby as someone who was adopted herself. And if this were true, the storyline of "Piper's kid being evil in the future" would have made actual sense, because he was half-demon. OMG I am totally writing this fanfic. LOL, can't wait to read it! That was also my thought when I watched that episode. |
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Post by Too Much Coffee on Sept 12, 2020 19:43:28 GMT -5
forbuss I can't wait to read your fanfiction. It will be a fun story to see done. When is the story going to be set, alternate universe story set after S4, ignoring Piper's pregnancy?
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Post by forbuss on Sept 12, 2020 22:27:51 GMT -5
forbuss I can't wait to read your fanfiction. It will be a fun story to see done. When is the story going to be set, alternate universe story set after S4, ignoring Piper's pregnancy? I didn't even notice, I'm now a Familiar, and have more than 100 posts now. My instinct is to actually set it in season six, only ignoring everything about Wyatt and Chris until then. I actually don't think they had to make Piper pregnant just because Holly was pregnant - I honestly don't understand this. The actress can be pregnant and the character not be. Two examples of this are Sarah Jessica Parker in season five of Sex and the City, Debra Messing in season six of Will & Grace, and Marcia Cross in season three of Desperate housewives - all leads, all pregnant, and the show made it work in different ways. Wardrobe choices, angles, frames, and having the characters pregnant belly "blocked" by set pieces in the camera all can make this work. I'm not sure if anyone saw these shows, but you couldn't really tell. It would have be easy for them to re-work the scenes so that Piper was wearing a big coat, sitting down, behind the book of shadows, only shown from behind, did profile shots, etc. There's literally a million ways to do it and all these shows existed in the same period as Charmed and made it work. In some cases the actresses appeared in less episodes. I honestly wouldn't have cared at ALL if the WB had put out a statement saying "Holly Marie Combs is pregnant and will be appearing in a reduced capacity in ___ seaoson/episode". Yes, women play characters on TV - but that is their job. If they get pregnant, who cares? They should get paid time off if they want it, or be given a voice in the discussion of whether or not this character is pregnant now, or if we are going to get creative and conceal the pregnancy within the realm of the TV show. Who the heck knows what the WB/Kern made Holly do while pregnant? I hope they treated her well. |
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Post by Too Much Coffee on Sept 12, 2020 22:45:21 GMT -5
forbuss I can't wait to read your fanfiction. It will be a fun story to see done. When is the story going to be set, alternate universe story set after S4, ignoring Piper's pregnancy? I didn't even notice, I'm now a Familiar, and have more than 100 posts now. My instinct is to actually set it in season six, only ignoring everything about Wyatt and Chris until then. Good choice, really excited to see what you do with it, and especially ignoring Wyatt and Chris I never did either, especially when Piper was made pregnant in the show six episodes before the end of S6 (and were going to park her character to magic school anyway soon after), like they couldn't figure out a way around it for that little bit longer, or just shoot the episodes out of order, to work around things. So many ways they could have worked around it like the shows you mentioned they just were not creative enough to figure it out. I mean, Holly was already in a reduced capacity near the end of S6, with Piper staying at magic school, so like they couldn't have done something like who knows, maybe they could have pushed Seven Year Witch a year earlier, and had Leo become human in S6 or something, and put Piper into a coma for a couple of episodes like that episode, to give Holly more time off, or just shoot episodes out of order. I think I remember Holly said something about that in a Instagram live, where she mentioned she told Kern she was pregnant, he said, you are a year too late, and she said no you were a year too early So they had to change their plans with whoever Chris was supposed to be, I don't buy he was always meant to be the second son, that isn't what I thought watching the first parts of S6, where he was made out to be a bad guy, and maybe big bad of S6, then suddenly that changed when Holly was pregnant. |
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Post by forbuss on Sept 12, 2020 22:47:16 GMT -5
Yay! Another Paige/Glenn fan! <3 I seriously *LOVE* Glenn (is there really 2 "n's" or am I making that up?) and thought Paige and Glenn were just so great. He saw her for what she was, a punk rock free spirit who has been through it. I seriously hated that woman he married, like didn't he really love Paige? DIDN'T HE? Haha. |
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Post by forbuss on Sept 15, 2020 22:35:02 GMT -5
I love this thread! Here are some of mine: 1. I don't really like Leo as a boyfriend/husband. I liked them better as their Whitelighter, although I would have preferred the sisters to have a female Whitelighter (NOT Natalie). Maybe the actress who played Sandra the Elder could have been their Whitelighter instead. If they were going to go with Leo as a boyfriend, I would have liked to see them develop more of a relationship and "hold off" on them dating for longer. 2. Prue is my least favorite sister - this one is definitely unpopular. I like Paige better individually, but preferred the Charmed Ones with Prue rather than Paige. 3. I liked all of the sisters power growth. 4. I didn't like Andy as Prue's boyfriend - honestly, I just thought Prue could have done better. In fact, I hated all of her boyfriends, especially Jack the twin - awful. Prue needed someone more strong in the way Bane was - only he was sortof messed up and not really available... 5. I thought Paige should have ended up with Glenn - sure I like Henry, but I loved the episodes with Glenn. Especially early Paige - she was subversive, smart, and lived a non traditional life like Glenn. Alas, he got married to that awful blonde woman (I don't think we were supposed to like her). 6. I think season four is the best the show as been in terms of storytelling - the chaos and emotions Prue's death caused led to some really great moments of grief and self-destructive behaviours amongst the sisters, something that is very human, and something that we didn't see in the same capacity until season four. 7. I generally like 'Forever Charmed' - Honestly the only thing I dislike about this episode is the epilogue at the end with old Piper (and of course the omission of Prue). 8. I really did like Jason and Phoebe in season six although it was a very doomed relationship. 9. I think that Prue was the correct cast member to kill off - if they had to remove anyone, I agree Prue was the best choice dramaturgically. 10. I don't mind that Shelia started to hate the sisters in season seven - I feel strongly about this one. Yes, we saw in the past that Shelia was encouraging Darryl to help the sisters (namely with Chris). However, I think the sisters were really starting to take advantage of Darryl and were putting him in danger that we didn't see them put him in the first couple seasons. I'm glad that Sheila stood up for Darryl, because she had to - the sisters would always drag him back in. Aren't they the most powerful witches of all time? Why did they need to screw him over so bad? In short - Sheilia stood up for the safety of her husband and the father of her children. Can't hate on her for that! Of course I am sad that Darryl wasn't in season eight, but he could have still been in it with some storyline (if the budget had of allowed it). I really wish that he was in S8 and they gave Sheila more of a role. I would LOVE to see Sheila tell off the sisters for messing with her family the way that they did. Also, Sandra Prosper is really a great actress. I want to add to mine: 11. I really like the infamous mermaid episode - A Witch's Tale Pt 1/2. I always view it in my head as eons between seasons four and five. The show had a different feel and was being filmed with different lighting or cameras or both, or something. It looks more modern. But I like how much Phoebe hates Cole in this episode, and then get's closure. True - I wish he had only appeared as a cameo in this episode and then left Phoebe alone. He should have not come back until Centennial Charmed. I like how Cole made Phoebe escape her life by becoming a mermaid. I always liked when there is a rhyme or reason to these transformations. Also: I love Paige getting promoted! I know this is short lived - I wish she had stayed at her job. Piper's fear spell is probably my least favourite aspect of this episode... |
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Post by BriannaWarren2.0 on Sept 16, 2020 1:14:53 GMT -5
1: Prue was hypocritical, for multiple reasons, the one that always gets me is that she wanted to save her ex-boyfriend from becoming a demon however she was all over vanquishing Cole. The difference is, Cole didn't chose to become a demon but Tom Peters did, basically Prue was ready to go on a suicide mission to save someone who wanted to be evil verses someone who was born evil that truely wanted to be good. I could also bring up her leaving a sable job and how stupid that was.
2: Speaking of Cole, all of his powers shouldn't have been removed, he should have kept; energy balls, shimmering and sensing since they were his mother's powers.
3: Paige shouldn't have received her whitelighters powers until after her death.
4: Billie should have been Phoebe's daughter from the future to help her mother realise her feelings for Drake and within saying that Phoebe would be married to Drake, who would have remained a demon.
5: Chris the recarnation of Prue not some random person in Massachusetts. Mostly because I don't see the comics as canon and never will.
6: Phoebe should have received energy balls.
7: Wyatt is too overpowered and Chris isn't powered up enough. Why is that Wyatt is so powerful and Chris couldn't even heal someone? And if your going to mention that it was because Wyatt was born in the manor, I would state, then Phoebe should be more powerful than Prue and Piper combined.
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Post by Esmeralda on Sept 16, 2020 7:55:01 GMT -5
6: Phoebe should have received energy balls. what does energy balls have to do with seeing the future? Unless you mean as her original power, but since she misused that power in the past no way I think she should have it now. I still think they should've gotten their original powers, but as their second one, I think Prue should've gotten levitation, Piper should've gotten the ability to speed time so she could see the near future, Phoebe should've gotten astral projection, and Paige should've JUST gotten regular witchy telekinesis, just like Chris got and neither they or Wyatt should've gotten any whitelighter power. |
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Post by Elle Em on Sept 16, 2020 8:13:16 GMT -5
I didn't like the focus on romance, and I would have preferred if that had been left out of the show entirely, or included as little as possible. Making the show have fewer seasons coupled with the idea that being a witch gives them less time for things like boyfriends, and I think it could have been realistically handled.
I want at least one season with no romantic interests whatsoever, aside from perhaps Clay coming back for that one episode. I would really like if Andy only moved back to San Francisco at the beginning of season 2. I loved the feeling in the first season of the sisters against the world, only able to trust each other. If Andy and Leo were absent (because Andy hadn't moved back yet and because in my ideal scenario whitelighters wouldn't exist), I think the season would have been much stronger with an even more intimate feel.
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Post by BriannaWarren2.0 on Sept 16, 2020 8:26:02 GMT -5
6: Phoebe should have received energy balls. what does energy balls have to do with seeing the future? Unless you mean as her original power, but since she misused that power in the past no way I think she should have it now. I still think they should've gotten their original powers, but as their second one, I think Prue should've gotten levitation, Piper should've gotten the ability to speed time so she could see the near future, Phoebe should've gotten astral projection, and Paige should've JUST gotten regular witchy telekinesis, just like Chris got and neither they or Wyatt should've gotten any whitelighter power. I guess you could come to the conclusion that energy is more psychic based if you think about it enough. |
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Post by Too Much Coffee on Sept 16, 2020 8:38:42 GMT -5
I didn't like the focus on romance, and I would have preferred if that had been left out of the show entirely, or included as little as possible. Making the show have fewer seasons coupled with the idea that being a witch gives them less time for things like boyfriends, and I think it could have been realistically handled. I want at least one season with no romantic interests whatsoever, aside from perhaps Clay coming back for that one episode. I would really like if Andy only moved back to San Francisco at the beginning of season 2. I loved the feeling in the first season of the sisters against the world, only able to trust each other. If Andy and Leo were absent (because Andy hadn't moved back yet and because in my ideal scenario whitelighters wouldn't exist), I think the season would have been much stronger with an even more intimate feel. The first season is the only one with limited romance, not like it was from S2 onwards. Prue and Andy had a major arc, but both only dated for the first seven episodes of season 1, and never again after, unless you count all the tension and Prue not telling Andy the secret as a romance arc even if they are not officially dating. Leo was recurring in only seven episodes of season 1, so Piper's romantic story wasn't that many episodes, oh wait, I forgot about Josh, and Mark. But, I do wished they did what you suggest Elle Em. From what I heard, a show like Supernatural (which I never could get into, but I know many of my friends like it, say the show has survived 15 seasons, without neither lead being in a long term relationship) but Charmed couldn't, I know love interests as part of a show, and we have to have them, but like you, it could have been great if we got a season without a major romantic arc, or it not been so central. When you think of Piper, outside of S1, her entire character is driven by Leo, and vice versa, and her series arc is always tied to her relationship with some solo arcs, but not as many as the others, but I guess Phoebe too was like that too later on. And I wouldn't have minded if Andy was introduced in Season 2. But, I wonder if Darryl could still take the place of Andy with the secret keeping arc for S1, minus of course being a romantic love interest of Prue or the sisters. But, actually, maybe you could still keep Andy even in S1, but keep him as the childhood friend of the sisters, who never has a romance with any of the sisters. My ideal scenario is no whitelighters either, and Leo is introduced, but he isn't a whitelighter but a doctor, who Piper falls in love with, so he could treat the sisters injuries the human way, and the sisters could use potion to heal wounds like that witch innocent did in Season 3. I think I'd prefer that, than whitelighters healing, and orbing, and taking all the suspense out of everything. |
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Post by forbuss on Sept 16, 2020 9:47:08 GMT -5
what does energy balls have to do with seeing the future? Unless you mean as her original power, but since she misused that power in the past no way I think she should have it now. I still think they should've gotten their original powers, but as their second one, I think Prue should've gotten levitation, Piper should've gotten the ability to speed time so she could see the near future, Phoebe should've gotten astral projection, and Paige should've JUST gotten regular witchy telekinesis, just like Chris got and neither they or Wyatt should've gotten any whitelighter power. I guess you could come to the conclusion that energy is more psychic based if you think about it enough. Do you mean she should have gotten the "psychic blast" power we saw her use in Morality Bites? I'm not sure what to call this power, but it seemed to be energy based. |
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Post by BriannaWarren2.0 on Sept 16, 2020 10:12:41 GMT -5
I guess you could come to the conclusion that energy is more psychic based if you think about it enough. Do you mean she should have gotten the "psychic blast" power we saw her use in Morality Bites? I'm not sure what to call this power, but it seemed to be energy based. Yes. |
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Post by forbuss on Sept 16, 2020 11:17:51 GMT -5
Do you mean she should have gotten the "psychic blast" power we saw her use in Morality Bites? I'm not sure what to call this power, but it seemed to be energy based. Yes. I've never really understood how this power actually worked. In my mind it was likely based on some advancement of Phoebe's empathy power - she used his mental/psychic energy against him to fry his brain. Do we think the reason they rose into the air was Phoebe's levitation? Or is this part of the new power? |
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Sept 16, 2020 13:01:00 GMT -5
The power future, Phoebe had was called Pathokenisis I think where she overloaded Cal Greene's brain with emotions which fried that obviously.
In season 9 comics if you believe that it is they revisited this storyline where it was said the person he killed would've been Elise who being Phoebe's boss and friend would be emotional for her of course.
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