louislemon
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Piper & Prue are an Iconic Duo.
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Post by louislemon on Sept 4, 2023 12:20:51 GMT -5
I don’t know why they decided on this power to give Phoebe because let’s be honest- what could it be used for? How would it help? They barely used it and they didn’t really incorporate it with her fighting- except a few times but I’m always confused to an Almost annoyed level when they introduce her new active power.
What do you think the thought process was behind it?
What power would you have given her instead?
If someone has already created a thread about this- I did peruse the threads but couldn’t see a title with levitation in it. Sorry in advance.
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Esmeralda
Charmed
S2 "What If...?"
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Post by Esmeralda on Sept 4, 2023 14:03:55 GMT -5
I don't like any of the extra powers. I'd prefer they each just kept their own and Paige only got Prue's power that worked exactly like hers. The three original powers worked just fine -when saving innocents was their true destiny. Phoebe's power told them who was in trouble; Piper's power was defensive and Prue's power was offensive. No need for anything else.
I particularly hate Paige having all the whitelighter powers when she's still alive and Piper's explosion power which meant she no longer needed her sisters to vanquish a baddie.
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Post by Keeper Of Melinda's Locket on Sept 4, 2023 17:54:31 GMT -5
Not a fan of any of the extra powers. Once they got another new power, their original powers were used less. Half the time I found the extra powers didn't even do much and if they were not used it wouldn't really impact the story.
Showing growth with the original three powers over the course of the series was good enough for me.
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Aaeiyn
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✨The Amazing Phoebe✨
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Post by Aaeiyn on Sept 4, 2023 20:07:41 GMT -5
The subject of Phoebe's Levitation power (specifically) is scattered all around the board, that I wish it was all in one spot. I suppose we can make it this thread, since it's the ONLY thread, under the Phoebe Subforum (specifically) via "'Ask Phoebe': She's Got all the Answers", to ACTUALLY bring up Phoebe's Levitation power. The rest of the subforum likes to complain about her, but I digress. Other threads (that IK of) talking about Phoebe's Levitation Power:
All that being said and done, I can't remember nor find where I said Phoebe's Levitation just feels like a sad excuse for her to make a high jump kick move. There are rare instances where her Levitation power are used beyond the whole "Levitate & Kick" maneuver. I can quote all of my Phoebe Levitation GIFs, and you'll see what I mean: Phoebe's LAST known episode where she Levitates is in S6E11 "Witchstock". Her powers get "taken away" in S6E19 "Crimes & Witch Demeanors", and she NEVER gets Levitation, ever again!
TBH, it just felt like S3 of Charmed tried REALLY hard to be Buffy and just made Phoebe the "Buffy" who fights (along with the Buffy & Angel love story, too via Phoebe & Cole but I digress). 'Cause even without her Levitation power, later season Phoebe hardly uses her Martials Arts, as well. That being said, IK I liked that one person's post regarding why Levitation "makes sense" for Phoebe, but I still voted "no" merely because my vision for Phoebe (in the Power Progression - Could it Have Been Done Better? thread) does NOT have her utilizing Levitation (I gave it to Prue, actually): My IdeasPrue - Telekinesis/Levitation & Super StrengthShe's able to move things with or without her eyes or hands. She does this (with or without her eyes/hands) a couple of times (not a lot), in the show. She does this, in the following episodes: - S1E1 "Something Wicca This Way Comes" (she TKs the creamer, to her without actually looking at it, though it's within her line of sight)
- S2E13 "Animal Pragmatism" (she TK opens the door, to the Phoebe's classmate's dorm room without actually looking at it, nor used her hand and is actually talking to Phoebe, the whole time, as the door opens, despite it being within line of sight)
She move things that are in her line of sight or not (similar to Max, in S1E14 "Secrets & Guys"). We've seen some (not a lot) of her moving things that she couldn't see, like in the following: - S1E1 "Something Wicca This Way Comes" (she, unknowingly, strangle TKs Roger, with his tie)
- S1E7 "The Fourth Sister" (she TKs the door, to insinuate Aviva left, through them, so Andy and Leo don't suspect any oddity)
- S3E5 "Sight Unseen" (she's TKing herself free, from her restraints, that Abby put her, under, though she never did this with Bane in S2E15 "Give Me a Sign", in a similar situation, but I digress)
Prue should be able to "re-shape" things, telekinetically, for example, bending a spoon or crushing a rock. This would lead into her having "super strength". IMO, whatever she can do with her TK, she can do, herself without TK. Then, I'll concede that the narrative that Prue is "the strongest" will ring true. "Super strength" DOES follow her TK roots. In turn, her excuse for AP "if I can move things with my mind, why not body?" should be for Levitation, as it's the only power, that makes sense, for that line. Piper - Freezing & Keeper of TimeI like the idea of Piper being the "Keeper of Time" but (also) the one to freeze things. Instead of P. Bowen having the ice blowing breath thing, seen in S2E14 "Pardon My Past", it'll be P. Baxter, so Piper can evolve into that. That ability always fell more in line with Piper's "freezing" abilities, than Prue's "TKing" abilities. Piper will be able to shoot ice/coldness from her hands, similar to how P. Russell did with her fire throwing, instead of through her breath like P. Bowen. She can even freeze people in her typical way or how her "Warlock" self did, in S3E13 "Bride & Gloom", in ACTUAL ice! Or, "slow down" people like Cole does in S5E1 "A Witch's Tail, Pt 1", with the gunman, at the restaurant, Darryl was eating at. And, I like the idea that she can turn back time. She wouldn't need the silly brick wall, in S5E8 "Witch in Time", or Coop's ring, in S8E22 "Forever Charmed". Heck, she can even help save Prue! LOL Phoebe - Premonitions & EmpathyI've always wondered what ability Phoebe had, in the future of S2E2 "Morality Bites". Obviously, she DID have Levitation, even in THAT future, but she was able to shoot purple electricity, in Cal Greene's head. I think her Premonitions AND Empathy can work, similarly to the Furies' powers (in S4E3 "Hell Hath No Fury"), in a more active form. Basically, she can force her victims to re-watch all the horrors they caused, with her Premonition power and make them feel, through her Empathy, ALL the pain and agony. She can still have passive forms of these abilities, but this is my headcanon on how future Phoebe killed Cal Greene, in S2E2 "Morality Bites" future, and the purple electricity is just a visual effect, of her using this ability in an active manner. Making her line "what did I do, premonition the man to death?" that much darker. Paige - Telekinetic Orbing/Astral Projection & Healing/GlamouringSimilar to Prue's powers, minus the "super strength". In S4E2 "Charmed Again, Pt 2", when "evil" her called for the dude's heart, she could easily do this to a demon arm or something. Paige can ONLY TK-Orb things she can see (she can use her hand or head, to direct the objects, as usual), unlike Prue. She can ONLY "Go Away Orb" (like, when she sends Phoebe back home from Magic School, in S7E8 "Charmed Noir"), if she's been to that destination, before. Paige would be the one with AP (but only to places, she's been at, before), as its an "enhancement" to her "Glamouring" ability. Unlike canon Prue, she can be awake, as she's APing and can TK-Orb things in AP form. She just doesn't have "super strength" and can heal, too. Paige can only AP into one more duplicate, of herself. She'd be able to heal herself and others. She can't heal illnesses, though. She won't be able to heal Piper's Oroya Fever! Sticking with ONLY demon inflicted injuries, where the magic will PURPOSELY NOT heal a papercut nor illnesses and ONLY demon (or evil, like a bad witch/warlock) inflicted wounds. |
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