Elder
Witch
"I'd still take 'good' that's not always good, over 'bad' that's NEVER good"
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Post by Elder on Nov 1, 2007 14:31:25 GMT -5
From what we know of in the Charmed world, Charlotte Warren did not have any active powers. She was basically a wicca that dealt with nature as her magic.
Her daughter, Melinda suddenly picks up (apparently out of nowhere) three kick-butt active powers. Where did these active powers come from? Was Charlotte aware of these prior to Melinda's birth?
Melinda has a daughter named Prudence. Which of the "Charmed" powers does Prudence get from her mom? All three? One? Two? If not all three...why not? And why must we deal with only those three?
Could it be possible for A Warren/Halliwell to not have the freeze power and actually have the explosion power instead? They are different sides of the same power, right?
Grams has the ability to move things with her mind and Patty has the ability to stop time (or whatever the deal is with that power).
To me it would make sense to have the first-born of Patty with the abilty of the seeing into different times.
It doesn't seem fair to have to wait for who knows how long to get a baby to have the premonition skill.
And why does it appear to be that once a power is used, it can't be used again?
Prue gets the move things with her mind power. What's stopping Piper from getting that skill also?
And why should Prue have the stronger power if Patty never had it by herself.
Piper is not considered as strong as Prue even though she has her mom's power and is a direct lineage. Prue's magical gift skipped a generation and it exceeds Piper's? Huh?
Too many questions! ;D
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ljones
Whitelighter
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Post by ljones on Nov 1, 2007 17:21:07 GMT -5
Perhaps Melinda had inherited her abilities from her dad. Who knows?
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Post by whitelightertony on Nov 1, 2007 18:14:01 GMT -5
Yes. Wyatt develops the power of combustion before he ever freezes anything...I'm assuming he'll develop the ability to freeze matter, as he grows older.
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piper123
Familiar
Charmed= Piper + Leo
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Post by piper123 on Nov 7, 2007 13:35:28 GMT -5
The three sister having the three powers always seemed to be connected melinda and not to their closer family. The order olderst to youngest and the powers go most powerful to least.
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Post by ArchAngel on Nov 21, 2007 5:35:21 GMT -5
From what we know of in the Charmed world, Charlotte Warren did not have any active powers. She was basically a wicca that dealt with nature as her magic. Her daughter, Melinda suddenly picks up (apparently out of nowhere) three kick-butt active powers. Where did these active powers come from? Was Charlotte aware of these prior to Melinda's birth? Melinda has a daughter named Prudence. Which of the "Charmed" powers does Prudence get from her mom? All three? One? Two? If not all three...why not? And why must we deal with only those three? Could it be possible for A Warren/Halliwell to not have the freeze power and actually have the explosion power instead? They are different sides of the same power, right? Grams has the ability to move things with her mind and Patty has the ability to stop time (or whatever the deal is with that power). To me it would make sense to have the first-born of Patty with the abilty of the seeing into different times. It doesn't seem fair to have to wait for who knows how long to get a baby to have the premonition skill. And why does it appear to be that once a power is used, it can't be used again? Prue gets the move things with her mind power. What's stopping Piper from getting that skill also? And why should Prue have the stronger power if Patty never had it by herself. Piper is not considered as strong as Prue even though she has her mom's power and is a direct lineage. Prue's magical gift skipped a generation and it exceeds Piper's? Huh? Too many questions! ;D The powers are actually granted by the Whitelighters or other "powers that be" above them blessing a witch with "active " and "passive" powers. You can be a witch (of the magical variety like the girls,not Wiccan practitioner) without having any active or passive powers granted to you. Being born a Magical Witch is also granted and may not even happen for whatever reason (Eg. Melinda could be a mortal now that the "Charmed Destiny" is fulfilled, and the power of the Nexus is gone) For example, since there is no need for the Halliwell family members to have any sort of power neither Paige's or Phoebe's children nor Piper's daughter need to have active or passive powers nor will they neccisarily even be born magical witches. |
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Post by whitelightertony on Nov 22, 2007 2:20:42 GMT -5
I doubt the whitelighters or Elders "granted" Paige her powers in "Charmed Again - Part 2"...they didn't even know about her!
I was under the impression that the magic passed down from a witch to their child is genetic...hence the magic in the Halliwells' blood samples from "Astral Monkey."
Piper's daughter will inherit magical witch genes from her mother. Phoebe's daughters will inherit witch powers from their mother and cupid powers from their father. Paige's children will inherit a combination of witch and whitelighter powers from their mother.
Magic is passed down genetically. I don't see what's so complicated about that.
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Post by lorickhalliwell on Nov 25, 2007 4:14:02 GMT -5
I think you wonder too manyquestions^^  In fact, how Melinda get her powers since her mum Charlotte did not have one, or rather did not have actie powers! I think the answer is that it was written like that! It's a prophecy! Things are pre-established. Some speak of fate, others of destiny! Same thing for Patty's daughters' powers! and I think that their power-abilities are in relation with their inner I! Prue got the power to move objects with her thoughts! She's the elder, she has a work and so she has lots of things to think! Same thing for the other sisters! |
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Post by ArchAngel on Dec 7, 2007 8:14:42 GMT -5
No, the White nexus gave her her Charmed Power boost, she was always a Whitelighter that instictively orbed out of danger when the Truck hit her famil car
Their power is "in there blood", but the fact that the power can be stolen by demons or stripped them put back under good behavior like how Phoebe's powers were by the Tribunal still suggests that powers are granted,not inherited.
No, Piper and the girls are genetically Human and "witchdom" is actually granted as are the active and passive powers though that (the powers) can be detected in the blood if you are screening the blood for certain abnormalities (such as radiation poisoning)
Being a Cupid is actually a "template" and Cupid's "powers" are more associated with the ring they carry.
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ljones
Whitelighter
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Post by ljones on Dec 7, 2007 11:48:55 GMT -5
I think that their powers or "psi abilities" were inherited.
I find the idea of the Elder Whiteligers or guardian angels granting witches "powers" very hard to accept. That's like elevating them to the status of deities, which we know they are not.
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Post by whitelightertony on Dec 9, 2007 19:41:08 GMT -5
Then who exactly "grants" them their powers and witch status?
So I do. I think Leo's reference to Piper's power advancement, in "Exit Strategy," was simply Leo doing a poor job of explaining why/how Piper came to acquire the power of combustion at that point in time.
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Post by ~.:Alysha:.~ on Dec 11, 2007 6:06:08 GMT -5
Charlotte practiced the craft yes? Doesn't the prophecy say that each generation gets stronger and stronger leading to three sisters? Well maybe since Charlotte practiced the craft as was quite good at potions etc it was passed though stronger to Melinda creating an active power?? I'm not sure if that makes sense but I understand what i mean lol. Perhaps Prudence (Melinda's Daughter) had the ability to move things with her mind then her daughter would freeze then hers would be able to see the future etc as you say Grams had the ability to move things with her mind then Patty could stop time then that leads to the three sisters whom each have one individual power! Again I'm not quite sure if that makes sense to you but it does to me! Like starting from Melinda Warren she has these 3 powers then each generation receives one of them starting with her most powerful!! Just a thought anyway..tell me if you understand what i am saying..if not ill try and explain it better!
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Post by whitelightertony on Dec 12, 2007 5:26:25 GMT -5
Except I'm not so convinced that telekinesis, freezing, and premonitions were the only powers that Warren women could inherit throughout the years.
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Post by claygee on Dec 13, 2007 14:18:52 GMT -5
i do believe in the evolution of powers over the generations. I mean Wyatt was meant to be even stronger and more powerful.... i suppose that we should consider this as one of those mysteries which is hard to explain
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