#OUT WITH PRUE IN WITH PAIGE

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CHARMED: SEASON 3 FINALE

Title: ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE

Prue (SHANNEN DOHERTY) and Piper (HOLLY MARIE COMBS) are both killed after The Source resets time by The Source's assassin Shax (MICHAEL BAILEY SMITH) meanwhile Phoebe agreed to stay in the underworld in order to save Piper.

When Season 4 premiered Shannen had been fired and Rose McGowan hired to replace her. Rose took on the role of long lost sister Paige Matthews.

And Prue and Dr Griffiths were killed but Leo was somehow able to heal Piper. So the CHARMED ONES were reconstituted with PIPER, PHOEBE & PAIGE.

Shannen and Prue never appeared on CHARMED again. A true lost.

I respect Paige and her portrayer Rose McGowan. She quickly gained a following making some forget Prue and embrace the new CHARMED ONES.

But me and many liked me moved on, but we never forgot SHANNEN DOHERTY or her iconic character of Prue Halliwell.

[paigemathews]

Charmed Characters & Driving

Prue Halliwell - great driver, v responsible and all. Never got a ticket or anything! The default driver of the sisters. Her car is tidy and organized, like there's a little trash can in there and everything.

Piper Halliwell - she's a good driver, but goodness she gets road rage sometimes. People will do something stupid, and she'll be yelling in the car. She's not a fan of letting other ppl drive. Her car is clean, but full of cooking materials, toys, and other stuff that comes with having a restaurant and small children. Y'know the portable DVD players? Yeah, there's at least one in there.

Phoebe Halliwell - no. She has flirted her way out of multiple tickets. It doesn't help that she ran off to New York relatively young and as an inexperienced driver and then when she came back, she got premonitions that made driving a challenge. Her car is disorganized as hell, full of lipglosses, newspaper copies, and whatever else she puts in there.

Paige Matthews - surprising to most people, Paige is actually the most responsible and cautious driver. She was the DD a lot during college, and she does not play with car safety. (It clicks for her sisters after the events of a Paige in the Past.) Also has a super disorganized car, but in the way where she can find exactly what she's looking for and you're like wtf.

Andy Trudeau - look at him being responsible and all- Andy, you missed the turn again. (Great driver! Terrible at actually paying attention to where he's going bc he's focused on a case. Darryl tries to drive most of the time.) It's not that his car is a mess, but this man is constantly toting his files back and forth with him. There's probably like three occult books in the backseat that he's studying for this case. That said, he can have a bag with food wrappers in the passenger floodboard when he's highly focused on a case.

Darryl Morris - excellent driver and can switch between police chase and civilian driving extraordinarily well. He has a very organized car, but the back has DJ and Michael's extracurricular activities, Sheila's gardening supplies, and whatever else they have going on.

Leo Wyatt - genuinely, he's actually a good driver. He's fascinated by cars in the modern era. That said, he drives Piper insane bc while he's a good driver, he is very cautious and slow. He follows the speed limit to the letter. The car is organized, but they mostly use Piper's bc he does a lot of restoring cars that aren't practical for their family.

Cole Turner - technically never actually learned how to drive, so he kinda speeds everywhere. Has super nice cars, and it very much fits the hotshot demon lawyer persona. Surprisingly does not have as much road rage as you'd expect, but he isn't a fan of other people driving. His car is empty, what the fuck are you supposed to put in a car?

Coop - does not know how to drive. Big fan of walkable cities, bike rides, etc. bc it's more romantic. Very little about driving is romantic. He eventually learns, but still. Not really a big driver.

Henry Mitchell - for law enforcement, he sure as hell speeds a lot. He may have done some slightly illegal racing when he was younger. Tries to make sure that he's following all the laws in front of his parolees, but he still slips up sometimes. He doesn't want to talk about the speeding tickets. His car is a mess, but it gets slightly better after Paige calls him out on it. Not intentionally messy, but it's just like... what else is he supposed to do with those receipts?

Chris Halliwell - so, fun fact: the world ended when he was a teenager. He learned to drive on the run through stealing cars. Piper asked him to pick something up for her one time, and never again. (See here.) An absolute menace on the road, and definitely had caused multiple wrecks in the future. (It's okay though, it was witch hunters and Wyatt's forces.)

Billie Jenkins - lowkey shitty driver, but not like. dangerously shitty. Probably has a speeding ticket and way too many parking tickets. Can't parallel park to save her life. Her car is kinda messy, but more like typical college girl mess with textbooks and clothes and this is why she never studies bc all of her textbooks are just in the backseat somewhere.

[vicontheinternet]

Can I bring up my prue would’ve worked better as patty’s sister point again? No okay. Than can I bring up my Paige should’ve been written as the eldest sister and patty’s first child because in my mind how I rationalize it to make more sense to me instead of “i didn’t want them to take you sisters destiny away” excuse it would’ve been because Patty wasn’t ready to be a mother yet and it would explain away how she had a child after phoebe who was her miracle baby that she got pregnant with after being told she could never have anymore kids. Also that’s actually a nice parallel between Patty and piper they both had two kids after being told they’d never have kids (not including mel from the comics)

[ishizzle]

I'm almost done watching Charmed and i don't want to be

[witchhalliwell]

If we could have gotten one Christmas episode of Charmed...

I had written out a whole explanation for this poll and the different options and then lost all the changes I made...

Basically each of these episodes aired in November/December before the break, so I figured these would've/could've been the season's Christmas episode. If so, I included which characters could be in these episodes based on the episode itself as well as main/recurring/guest stars of the season.

Obviously the plots for these episodes would be different if they'd been a Christmas episode, so it's more about choosing which season/episode you'd have enjoyed as a Christmas episode based on the vibes of each season and the characters that might have been in them that I listed below the cut.

*There was also a planned Christmas episode for season 4 ("Home for the Halliwells") that was supposed to happen which you can read about here and here.

1x09 - The Witch is Back

Prue, Piper, Phoebe.

Andy, Melinda Warren, Leo, Victor?

2x08 - P3H2O

Prue, Piper, Phoebe.

Leo, Darryl, Dan, Jenny, Jack, Sam?

3x08 - Sleuthing with the Enemy

Prue, Piper, Phoebe.

Leo, Darryl, Cole, Victor?

4x09 - Muse to My Ears

Piper, Phoebe, Paige.

Leo, Cole, Darryl, Victor, Glen?

4x10/11 - Home for the Halliwells*

Piper, Phoebe, Paige.

Leo, Cole, Darryl, Victor, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews?

5x09 - Sam, I Am

Piper, Phoebe, Paige.

Leo, Darryl, Sheila, Sam, Grams, Glen?

6x10 - Chris-Crossed

Piper, Phoebe, Paige.

Leo, young Wyatt, adult Chris, Darryl, Sheila

Richard, Jason, Elise, Grams, Victor?

7x10 - Witchness Protection

Piper, Phoebe, Paige.

Leo, young Wyatt, adult Wyatt, young Chris, Darryl, Sheila

Patty, Grams, Victor, Kyle, Elise?

8x10 - Vaya Con Leos

Piper, Phoebe, Paige.

Leo, young Wyatt, young Chris, Billie

Henry, Victor, Grams, Patty?

[subartifical]

̸̳̔̎​̎̎ ̿̿̅̅/ ̔̅̅ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿̿̅̅ ̿̿ | Subartificial aka S

⌖ she/they

⌖ mainly supernatural, but also teen wolf, vampire diaries, and an assortment of other dramas.

⌖ lover of nuance & maker of bad art

⌖ side blog so don’t expect a follow back on this blog!!!

SUPERNATURAL (2005)

⌖ destiel/deancas, deancassie, deanbenny, sameileen, samtherapy shipper

⌖ mary whinchester defender

⌖ I don’t ship wincest literally at all but idc if wincesters interact; it doesn’t truly affect me just don’t expect me to indulge in it

TEEN WOLF (2011)

⌖ multi-shipper of the highest regard

⌖ not necessarily a derek hale apologist but simply put he did do that. and I am okay with it.

⌖ It’s not that I don’t ship sterek, I just don’t care the much. Like I read the fics but in the show, I just don’t see it. Kudos to yall tho.

CRIMINAL MINDS (2005)

⌖ jemily shipper for sure, there is definitely tension between erin strauss and alex blake and you cannot convince me otherwise, Morgan and Garcia have like an… unlabeled queer platonic relationship idrk.

⌖ I have not actually watched all of criminal minds, nor am I watching the current episodes coming out. I like to watch criminal minds on cable, so I just watch random episodes/arcs in no necessary order. I do however have an undeserved amount of confidence in my takes. This is my special copaganda show, thank you

⌖ elle greenaway I’ve never stopped thinking abt you.

VAMPIRE DIARES (2009)

⌖ someone set Elena free of all these horrible old vampires. get her a lesbian or something, I beg of you.

⌖ I spent all the hate I have within me on november 6th, 2024, but if I had more I would use it to bash Damon in the skull. But seeing as I don’t, idrc abt him.

⌖ On a more hypocritical note, Caroline and Klaus have a type of tension that I couldn’t possibly begin to explain. I’ve never felt this way about a heterosexual couple and I have no defense nor offense regarding it.

CHARMED (1998)

⌖ Leo and Piper are like my parents, if my parents still loved each other and were significantly better people. Oh, Phoebe and Cole what you coulda BEEENNNNN.

⌖ I did watch Charmed (2018) but I was raised on Charmed (1998) so it feels like cheating on my high school sweetheart.

⌖ I love you, Paige Matthews. I love you, Prue Halliwell. Please never make me choose.

To Be Watched

⌖ True Blood (Currently Watching)

⌖ Buffy

⌖ Merlin

⌖ !!Taking Recommendations!!

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#s/ speaks <- all original posts

#subart <- all orginal art, memes, etc.

#s/ watches true blood <- watching and reacting to true blood!!!

[lottiesboy]

agere ! halliwell sisters headcanons

i love being the first person to post agere content about a fandom it’s like a reward … but not really :c no paige in this one, im sorry !!!

to me, all sisters are flips and have different regressed age ranges.

prue being the oldest when big, is also the oldest when regressed. 8-10 at most, she's very independent and is very protective over her sisters. and she really loves stuffed animals, her bed is literally filled with them.

piper gets younger, but her age range is pretty big. from a toddler to around prue's age, but she regresses smaller when she's scared or stressed out. she uses gear like sippy cups and maybe a pacifier.

phoebe probably stays around 2-3 and she finds it so hard to regress because of college being in the way. but with a little help from her sisters, she gets some time to relax and be comfortable enough to be small. she uses the same gear as piper, but is really attached to pacifiers.

prue loves being a cg and much as regressing. looking after her sisters while they were small almost felt like they were kids again. prue has the biggest bed and they all snuggle together (prue in the middle) as she reads them a story before bed.

piper has to have a mandatory nap when she's small or she will ruin your day ... prue and phoebe spent 30 minutes trying to stop piper from crying before realizing the little one was just sleepy.

they all call each other "sweetie" or "honey" like they do when big... i love when they do that its the cutest thing :3

they all color together while watching cartoons. prue gets a little frustrated when piper or phoebe starts to color on her drawing unannounced, but nicely tells them to stay in their own paper.

[phoebehalliwell]

In terms of conspiracy theories... i strongly dislike the one that says that bc Leo was an Elder when Chris was conceived the second time around, changed future!Chris has better/stronger/more powers

Like I literally prefer to swing in the opposite direction of "Leo became an Elder in the Titan attack regardless" bc he is the only person that would actually turn the sisters into gods. I'm sorry but none of the other Elders would ever

In fact (because its another one of those popular headcanons/theories that bug me when used seriously): Chris didn't break his parents up on purpose. Their marriage was already on the rocks per canon and in his past the only reason they stuck it out long enough that Wyatt's kidnapping ended it is because there wasn't another whitelighter to step in for Leo during the s6 time period. Chris's presence broke them up by accident bc he was there and could take over (which was admittedly the plan but how the hell was he supposed to know that that would end his parents marriage when in his past it takes like 18 months longer for them to call it quits)

On the flip side I love the one that says that Paige's active power was only telekinesis once Prue died and her weird dreams and instincts about things are an afterimage so to speak of the premonition power she could have had and that if it had been Piper of Phoebe that had died then she would have had their respective power instead.

for the first one i agree i don't think becoming an elder gave leo anything in supernatural to tap into that whitelighter leo couldn't already pass down you know? i personally do like the headcanon/theory that chris will develop lightning powers i think leo becoming an elder gave leo the necessary power boost to wake up dormant powers he got somehow in his magical whitelighterification. you know? imo, lightning!chris exists both in the light and dark timelines.

and then follow up also yes! so it is a moot point that i think both timeline chrises would have lightning powers because i think both timeline chrises had leo as an elder! you have converted me into this belief bc you're so right actually. the elders would never! they don't even like those girls! and it does make such sense from a narrative point that leo would leave And makes further sense when you realize chris's conception is meant to align with wyatt's birthday party which would probably be leo's like first time returning to earth like for wyatt but he and piper just have this connection yada yada yada. and they conceive. that darklighter bullshit was entirely chris's fault.

oooooh and i love this too! literally because it's always kind of bugged me that paige didn't have her Main Power for her Entire Life she only had orbing but this kind of all makes sense like it was destined that One would die but it was never clear which one. i also really like this as an explanation for paige's unexplained dream visions about the titans. like the only other option i think is all three sisters Could have been receiving these omens but phoebe's subconscious was too full of jason in hong kong subconscious thing to tune into and psychic waves and piper doesn't remember her dreams. i like premonition Potential wayyy better

[paigemathews]

Melinda deniers are very possibly the worst of the Charmed fandom.

Honestly, I think that they're tied with the Cole apologists/Phoebe haters for me, but both have similar sources of sexism/misogyny! Also, nonnie, I am so sorry because you did not ask for this rant, but you'll be getting it anyways. The one thing that Mel deniers always get stuck on is that Piper doesn't explicitly mention her, but that doesn't actually mean that she doesn't exist! Phoebe doesn't explicitly mention forgiving Billie, but we get the idea with the fact that we see her watching Phoebe and Coop's oldest two daughters. Paige doesn't explicitly mention that the twins are girls, but we can see that they are. Piper doesn't explicitly mention Melinda, but we can see that she exists. I have actual categories for my reasoning on why she exists in fact.

Practicality

Firstly, there's just the element of conservation of detail. We don't see Piper's restaurant because it's more effective to just tell us. In contrast, Phoebe doesn't explicitly tell us that she continues working at the Bay Mirror because they can just show us that she does. Generally the same setup for both sisters but different executions bc of sets they already have and what fans will recognize on screen.

Additionally, a lot of the voiceover is dedicated to the way that the sisters' lives change or stay the same. Both Phoebe and Paige mention their kids because none of them were born during the show's run. Nothing about any of the individual kids are really discussed, as much as it's "I'm a mom now!" (Ironically, Paige shares the most about her kids with Henry Jr.'s name and the girls being twins, but that's still it. (Probably because Paige was forever shafted on storylines, so her entire flashforward is basically the kids and her still being a Whitelighter.) We don't know shit about Phoebe's kids.) Piper doesn't really refer to the kids specifically at all. She transitions into her voiceover by saying that Paige passes knowledge down to more than her own, Piper's, or Phoebes, but Piper doesn't actually talk about her kids literally at all. (Even the Chris and Wyatt flashforward is meant as a general the next generation taking over, not specifically Piper's kids.) Because Piper was already a mom! It's not a change that she needs to discuss.

Also most important, it's pretty well known that the show has some severe budget cuts for the last session. It's why Leo was frozen and Darryl was written off! It's why they don't show us Piper's restaurant, because another set would be more expensive. It's why we don't have a picture of Prue, because allegedly, it would've been too expensive. (Idk for sure on that, heard mixed things about that.) It's probably even why we see Phoebe going into labor instead of her third daughter because another actress would've required money.

But they hired an actress for Melinda. If it was a cousin like some people want to argue, they would have reused one of the other actresses (because she's clearly too old to be Phoebe's last daughter). It makes no sense to have another actress just to be a neighbor's kid (the other argument I see). They very specifically decided to put money in the budget toward hiring an actress for Melinda, even though they didn't for Phoebe's third daughter. No, they didn't show her in the flashforward with Chris and Wyatt taking over, but that was specifically because... well, why would they? None of the next gen kids are shown as adults other than Chris and Wyatt, and while we can easily figure out who Mel is from the scene she's in, it'd be more complicated to add in other characters as adults in that scene. (Plus, while I don't know if they ever seriously considered doing a spin-off, they definitely had to know that it was a popular idea, so it would make more sense to avoid depicting any of the other next gen characters as adults so that they wouldn't have to worry about keeping them for continuity for a spin-off bc obviously Chris and Wyatt had already been cast.)

Thematically

Look, obviously Chris and Wyatt are basically the most known legacy of the sisters because they're born during the show. However, it is really uncomfortable to have the legacy of a (90s) feminist show and empowered female characters be two white guys. (The Morris brothers, however... (As always, love phoebehalliwell's stuff and everyone should go give her love, especially bc Tumblr is being dumb as hell and shadowbanned her.)) But it's kind of unavoidable that Wyatt and Chris are the legacy bc a) Piper is the heart of the family and b) they're the ones we've met. However, at the very least, it's slightly mitigated by having a sister bc at least then the legacy isn't just men.

Additionally: this is Charmed. It has to be a trio of protagonists?? Like Charmed does a lot with trios across the series, it's magically powerful and a key element of the lore. There has to be a third one. Which you can tell they were thinking about in the flashforward bc every sister has three kids. (It's on the nose tbh but eh.) It doesn't really make sense to have Chris and Wyatt be the only ones when they're doing this pretty obviously.

But mostly that it looks less bad if there's a sister also carrying on the legacy.

Character

Okay, so this isn't actually a reason why it's definitely wrong, but it's a reason to want Mel around. Namely, that a) she's virtually a blank slate and b) already has some interesting storylines prebuilt in?? The funny thing is that Mel is actually the one next gen kid who doesn't have an archetype as far as I've seen. Obviously, Chris and Wyatt have canon personalities, but the other next gen kids are all kinda slotted into similar archetypes, even if they're portrayed differently from author to author. (Which, I'm not dissing anyone for that bc it makes sense! And hell, while my depiction of Phoebe's oldest daughter doesn't actually fit the typical archetype for her, my depictions of the other two definitely do lmao. Plus probably the twins.) But every author has a completely different approach to Melinda, which is cool.

Plus, there's the fact that Melinda is the only pure witch of her generation. All of the others are hybrids, so there's the difference in powers and approach to fighting (because if you can just teleport out if you get in over your head, you'll have a different approach than if you have no option of escape without fighting your way out.) Plus, the interesting dynamics that you can play with Wyatt as the Twice-Blessed, Chris as the time traveler (if you want to bring in him having memories or the sisters sharing this), and Melinda's dynamic with both of them. (Mel and Chris having different responses to being the younger sibling of the Twice-Blessed or Mel being the only true blank slate of her siblings with no real expectations about who she'll become.)

Genuinely, part of why it's infuriating is just that it's such a waste of potential. Because there isn't a genuine reason to dislike her as a character. She doesn't have one. But her specific space in the narrative offers so much potential, and people want to waste it bc they want this feminist show to become a boy's club. And they don't even realize it.

[shanastoryteller]

🌈 Happy Pride! I would love to see more of Charmed The Once and Future King, Chris.

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"You lied," Piper says, the derision in her voice something that he should be used to hearing but he still has to force himself not to flinch.

"I didn't," he says, trying not to come off as defensive because that will give them something to rail against. "I am a whitelighter and I never said I wasn't a witch."

Paige raises an eyebrow but he doesn't give in. He is lying to them, about lots of things, but he's going to cling to his moral high ground where he can.

"Do some magic," Phoebe demands.

He stares. "I'm not a magician at a child's birthday party. Besides, most witches only have ambient magic."

"I think I'm getting the hang of your whole lying thing," Paige says. "I'm assuming your mother was a witch and your father was her whitelighter, which means she has a hell of a lot more of ambient magic, and you probably do too. Besides, you're King Arthur. You must have enough magic to pack a decent punch."

Telekinesis isn't an uncommon witch power. But it was Prue's. They're going to make a connection between them.

"I've frozen you before," Piper says. "You can't be a witch."

He shrugs. "Are you sure about that?"

Her eyes narrow and he's expecting it when her hands splay out. He feels her magic brush against his skin but this time he just shrugs it off, which is actually far easier than going against his instincts and letting it work.

He spreads out his arms in demonstration. "That enough proof for you?"

"No," Leo answers, eyes narrowed. "Use your power."

Some powers specific to evil. He's clearly expecting Chris to throw fire, and Chris can't help the irritation in his voice when he says, "If I was evil, I'd be a darklighter, and it would be really obvious."

"Maybe," he replies. "The only half whitelighter, half witches are Paige and Wyatt. Maybe it works differently."

He narrows his eyes and jerks his head up. Leo shouts as he's ryised several feet into the air. The sisters are staring at him, just like he was afraid they would. He pretends he doesn't notice. "Sorry, Leo. Telekinesis is a neutral power. If I start throwing fireballs, that will be a surprise to the both of us."

Piper's frown deepens. "When - is that why you're so worried about Wyatt?"

For a moment, Chris doesn't breathe. Has she finally figured it out?

Phoebe snaps her fingers. "They did describe him as the second coming of Merlin - I didn't think they were being literal."

They've skipped over the most obvious truth and hit on a much deeper one.

"Yeah," he says, mouth twisting. "Wyatt is Merlin the same way I'm Arthur. But something went wrong. There is an evil so great that I can't defeat it on my own and it's the reason that in the future Wyatt isn't by my side. Saving Wyatt puts both our destinies back on track."

He was supposed to be the king. Wyatt was supposed to be his friend and his guide and his knight and, most importantly, his brother.

The Wyatt of his future is right about one thing.

They were always meant to rule together.

[the-forest-library]

September 2024 Reads

Never Date a Roommate - Paula Ottoni

Love and Other Conspiracies - Mallory Marlowe

My Salty Mary - Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows

In the Orbit of You - Ashley Schumacher

The Beast's Heart - Leife Shallcross

At First Spite - Olivia Dade

The Wall - Marlen Haushofer

The Book Swap - Tessa Bickers

Someone You Can Build a Nest In - John Wiswell

A Daughter of Fair Verona - Christina Dodd

Given Our History - Kristyn J. Miller

Fall for Him - Andie Burke

I'll Have What He's Having - Adib Khorram

Lips Like Sugar - Jess K. Hardy

The Grandest Game - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Such Charming Liars - Karen M. McManus

The Champions - Kara Thomas

Jupiter Rising - Gary D. Schmidt

Splinter & Ash - Marieke Nijkamp

Knight Owl - Christopher Denise

Young Hag and the Witches' Quest - Isabel Greenberg

Mismatched - Anne Camlin

The Truths We Hold - Kamala Harris

The Third Gilmore Girl - Kelly Bishop

The Striker and the Clock - Georgia Cloepfil

But Everyone Feels This Way - Paige Layle

Ambition Monster - Jennifer Romolini

Body Work - Melissa Febos

Rage - Lester Fabian Brathwaite

The Joy of Connections - Ruth Westheimer

Everyday Dharma - Sunned Gupta

Over Work - Brigid Schulte

Nothing to Fear - Julie McFadden

100 Ways to Change Your Life - Liz Moody

More, Please - Emma Specter

How to Piss Off Men - Kyle Prue

Shitty Craft Club - Sam Reece

Simply Julia - Julia Turshen

Bold = Highly Recommend

Italics = Worth It

Crossed Out = Nope

Thoughts:  I'll be thinking about The Wall by Marlen Haushofer for quite some time. It's a feminist, dystopian, survivalist tale with some truly harrowing moments.

Goodreads Goal: 334/400

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[malin-moon]

We've been having a tough time in QL fandom as of late, so I thought I'd throw out another one of my random asks to perhaps lighten things up! If you could recast one of your favorite non-ql dramas and turn it into a QL with your favorite ql actors, which drama would it be and who would you cast as the main characters?

Oh fun!

Okay, so, I'm going to go with Charmed because who wouldn't want a Yuri version of Charmed? I'm going to give it to Thailand and GMM. Hear me out for a minute lol I just have an undying need to feature their amazing female talent that they tragically ignore. And it's my show now so HA!

Here we go!

Thank you @hallowpen for the Thai language help!

Ciize Rutricha as Prue Halliwell

Prue doesn't die in our Yuri version of Charmed OR if she does, it certainly won't be permanent or for very long, we've got magic for heaven's sake. She gets to meet Paige and be the older sister we know and love! Ciize sold me on her ability to play an older sibling with her emotional scene in 23.5. I loved Prue and Andy in the show, so they'll be the pair I put together in my GL world. Same death rules apply to Andy! No exceptions!

Milk Pansa as Piper Halliwell

Piper was always my favorite of the sisters. The middle child with so much responsibility on her shoulders. Milk would EAT. Piper and Leo were the staple couple of the show and they'll remain the same in this version💚 Be still my MuvMuv heart.

June Wanwimol as Phoebe Halliwell

June was the first actress I thought of for this. I think she'd be the perfect fit for Phoebe. Our first divergence from endgame show-canon relationships. I think almost everyone who saw Charmed was rooting for Phoebe and Cole. Well in Charmed Yuri, they end up together. Sorry, not sorry, Coop. After all, "You're not really one of us until you've dated a demon." 

Film Rachanun as Paige Matthews

Paige! Welcome to the power of FOUR! My show, my rules lol Film felt like a no brainer for this, as well. She can bring that unique dichotomy of innocent and badass that exists within the character. We're going to take some liberties with her pair in the show, too. We already have a witch-human love story with Prue. I'm going to give Paige a different relationship dynamic! Sorry Henry. It's nothing against you, I swear!

Kapook Ploynira as Andy Trudeau

I haven't really seen Kapook in anything, but I thought her and Ciize made a cute looking pair. I'm trusting GMM's call on this one. I have a soft spot for high school sweethearts and first loves. Andy and Prue were so good together and Andy won't die! They will get their happy ending if I have anything to say about it!

Love Pattranite as Leo Wyatt

Everyone's favorite whitelighter! The love of Piper's life. "I have to lose you to save you." Come on! They were relationship goals. They had ups and downs, but they never gave up on each other. Love as Leo? No question! MilkLove would knock this dynamic out of the park!

View Benyapa as Cole Turner

I think it'd be fun to see View take on a villain turned love interest. She and June have so much potential! I need more of it. In my world, Cole stays redeemed! None of this Source of All Evil business and doing terrible things to Phoebe. They are a demon-witch power couple on the side of good, kicking ass and loving each other the right way!

Namtan Tipnaree as Richard Montana

Ha ha! I bet you all forgot about Paige and Richard. I actually really liked where the show was going with them. There was a lot of untapped potential. Namtan would nail the psychology and emotion of a character resisting temptation while being in a relationship with someone who uses magic when she can't for fear of losing control. Succumbing to the temptation, finding a balance, stripping powers? There's so many ways this can go and have it be an important part of their relationship with Paige. This way we get a witch-witch love story, too.

Thank you Sammi! This was so much fun thinking about who I would cast and what I would change about the original story to have it fit my gl whims lol We'll probably NEVER get something like this, but it will live on in my imagination! LONG LIVE CHARMED YURI! new character names pending

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mappers this is me asking for you to yap about the charmed au 🎤🎤🎤

(from @mister-peregrine :))

oh, god, will I definitely yap about the charmed au I have planned. and if you have watched charmed and would like to yap about it and help me with plot stuff, I would love you forever. this goes for @mister-peregrine as well as anyone else who knows about charmed.

putting under a read more because spoilers and I dunno how long this is gonna get... also, this discussion will assume some basic level knowledge of charmed, but for the fic, I will definitely be explaining more to make the charmed universe clear to non-charmed fans.

ok ok, so the charmed ones will be charles, raven, and, at this moment, jean - but I am totally, totally up to changing that if another character seems better. jean will be the oldest, charles middle, and raven the baby, of course. brian xavier will be a witch like patty halliwell, and he will die before passing on the coven and family knowledge to the charmed ones. haven't figured out specifics of how everyone comes together - probably going to be a family death like in the show - but I'll hammer that out later. (open to suggestions!)

charles' characterization will be a mix of piper and phoebe, but I'm thinking mainly a piper-like characterization with charles floating throughout. not very ooc, but he'll have make some questionable decisions. his abilities will start with premonitions, then level up to empathy, and then finally telepathy with probably another ability after that. phoebe had levitation at the end, but I dunno if I like that, lol

jean's characterization will be 100% prue, which can either be a good thing or a bad thing. prue was very grating to me at times, so jean will be the bossy big sister who just wants to protect her family at all times. haven't hashed out her abilities (sort of like raven's), but I think it'll start with a lower-level ability (suggestions please!), then telekinesis, followed by another ability higher than that (more suggestions!). maybe astral projection like prue, but honestly, that's boring to me, lol

raven's characterization will be a mix of phoebe and paige, I think, leaning more into the impulsivity and childish-ness of phoebe from time to time, especially early on in the series. raven will be the stereotypical little sister, probably like 20 or 21 (charles like 25 and jean like 29). her abilities will evolve into full-body transfiguration like her x-men ability, but I think she'll have object transfiguration to start, and maybe have piper's abilities too - freezing and exploding - just because they deal with matter manipulation? dunno if that's a stretch to have her have those abilities, so once again, open to suggestions!

their whitelighter, if I keep jean as the sister, will be scott, of course, which I think will just be funny. never really written a good dynamic with those two before, and certainly never written scott in anything more than a few lines. but I think he'd be the perfect fit for a whitelighter - fiercely loyal, willing to jump in front of a train for his charges, but also will get his ass yelled at by jean if she deems fit. I think their relationship will be more fiery than piper and leo's, but I do think they'd be a good pair to include. so if there are suggestions away from jean for the other sister, I'd need a whitelighter to match; some things to consider.

basically, the plot will be bits and pieces from the series. I'm currently looking through some of my favorite episodes and just adapting them to fit my needs or just take inspiration from them. probably going to have a lot of world-building to start, but it'll be well-worth it in the end. and as for how erik becomes involved...

it seems fairly obvious that erik would be like cole - if you know, you know - I really don't wanna spoil more than that. dunno if charles will meet erik in a similar manner like phoebe and cole, but they will fall in love, charles will be none the wiser, and erik will slowly develop feelings for charles and then quickly fall face-first into love. then, for those of you who know how charmed went... you can see where I might be going with this.

BUT. I'm going to change a lot of phoebe and cole's love story because charles and erik are going to be different characters and have different motivations. I do think that the climax of the story will be something to do with the source, who I'm thinking would be a figure like apocalypse. might take some plot points from the show for those climactic moments, or I might spin off with an entirely different idea. I still have quite a bit to map out with this, but I'm kind of excited to see where it will go.

honorable mentions though will be emma and azazel, who will be assistants pretty much for erik. cue ridiculous interactions between the three of them and emma always chastising erik for doing nothing as planned. azazel will just sit back and watch them bicker all the time and then come in whenever he is needed most, probably to always fish erik out of trouble.

I want to include some warlocks, demons, creatures from the show because I loved them so - so we'll have barbus, I'm sure; tempus, definitely; darklighters; and probably other demons that I hold near and dear to my heart. probably will have to change their names to fit other characters in the xmcu, so here is another place where I'm open to suggestions! who would be a good demon of fear and a demon of time?

ALSO. if you've read this far and you understand what I'm talking about and you wanna talk to me about this fic, I will take any and all conversations. this fic is kinda gonna be my baby because I loved charmed so, so much growing up. so if there are things that you wanna see happen, like certain episodes or tropes, let me know. if you think some characters/ideas should be changed, also let me know. and if you just wanna yap and brainstorm and flesh out the plot with me, I'd love that very much a lot.

okay, I'm done (:

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My Charmed (1998) Hot Takes

*Spoilers* (Even Though It’s Been 25 Years- Just Saying)

1. Prue was overpowered

I know that Prue is the oldest and the oldest sister is supposed to be the most powerful, but the development of their powers was just very all over the place with how fast they learned to use them. Prue seemed to master her powers exponentially faster than the other sisters.

For example in the very first episode Prue moves cream from a cup into her coffee. This is moments after she finds out about her powers- yet it takes Paige an extended amount of time before she is able to orb liquids even though she and Prue have basically the same power (and due to the yelling and orbing aspect of Paige’s power it seems like it should have been easier).

There’s also the episode of ‘Secrets and Guys’ in the FIRST SEASON where we see Prue cleaning with her powers and controlling multiple different tools at one time without difficulty- she is literally talking to Phoebe and Piper and is preoccupied and is still able to do this.

Before we even reach the end of the first season Prue has already discovered her ability to control her powers through her hands as well as her eyes. And by the 9th episode of the second season she discovers she can astral project. Which she is already capable of doing intentionally within a few episodes- even though she can’t do it while awake (until episode 5 of season 3).

While the sisters did all develop their powers well I feel like in terms of weaknesses they did not really give Prue that many. There was the whole thing with her being prideful but as a whole her powers didn’t seem to have any bounds after a certain point.

The only time we really see her powers not working well is when there is something blocking their powers all together. Vs with Piper things don’t stay frozen forever, she can only freeze inside a certain range, her freezes can be fought through, etc.

And obviously Phoebe didn’t have an active power until she developed the ability to levitate.

Idk feel free to disagree but I feel that Prue was a little overpowered

2. Cole Deserved a Redemption Arc

Don’t get me wrong I’m not excusing Cole’s behavior in the later seasons. However I do wish that the Cole storyline had gone slightly different and that Phoebe and Cole ended up together.

I personally never was able to get into the Coop storyline- it felt very unemotional to me. And it may have been because Cole was around much longer.

“But Cole was evil! He never changed!”

I beg to differ, up until around the last season he was on the show almost everything that kept Cole evil was out of his control.

He tried to give up his powers originally but was tricked into killing a witch (or he was possessed, I don’t remember). He never wanted to become the source, he was manipulated by The Seer. And even after the source took over we still see Cole inside fighting to be good like when he saves Paige.

And he even tried AGAIN to give up the powers of The Source but Phoebe was manipulated into stopping him.

He genuinely was trying to be good so often and I feel like a lot of it was just that he was dealt a shitty hand.

I think that up until the point where he clearly stopped caring about Phoebe’s wellbeing (like when he is willing to let Paige die and keep Phoebe mummified) he deserved a redemption arc and I wish he had gotten one,

However I think the storyline was ended due to Julian wanting to leave the show and not because of the writers.

(Also I just loved Cole as a character and I cry every time they vanquish him in the apartment)

3. I Didn’t Like Dan

This one is short and sweet

I didn’t like Dan

He’s not an asshole, He was super good to Piper

I just didn’t like him 🤷🏻‍♀️

4. Leo and Piper Shouldn’t Have Gotten Back Together

This one is going to sound kind of hypocritical after the Cole take but I feel like after Leo left to become an elder he and Piper shouldn’t have gotten back together.

Like you’re telling me after all the shit you two went through to be together you’re going to just fuck off to become an elder????

And this is never fully explained honestly; it’s just that “oh it’s not that simple it’s not my choice.” But they never really explained WHY it just seemed like a stupid excuse.

And honestly after all of that shit I know they wouldn’t have had time to give Piper another love interest (which she deserved) and I loved Chris but idk I feel like Piper and Leo shouldn’t have gotten back together-

They can keep Leo around but I don’t think after all of that shit that they should have ended up together

5. Billie and Christy Should Have Had a Different Ending

This is a one or the other kind of thing.

I think Christy should have gotten a redemption arc OR they should have given Billie a bigger corruption arc and killed them both.

I don’t think the ending was BAD I think it was tragic that Billie lost her sister after trying so hard to find her and finding out that she wasn’t who she used to be which made for a good plot point-

But I feel like if they had had more time and things were written a little differently I would have liked to see Christy eventually get redeemed (I mean the girl was brainwashed by the Triad from the time she was a kid cut her some slack). But I know there wasn’t really enough time for that.

However the other option is I think to stick with the strong sisterly love thing that Billie should have had a bigger corruption arc and went down with her sister- or at the very least accidentally died with her or refused to leave her or something.

I will definitely be posting more Charmed content

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Rewatching 3.01 of Original Charmed bc why not, and an AU thought struck me:

What if Prue and Phoebe tried to contact Piper via the To Call A Lost Witch spell because they were getting worried about how long she'd been gone in Earth-time, and because Piper was on another plane, they accidentally activated Paige. Piper did do it trying to use the same spell to resurrect Prue, so obviously when something's out of whack the spell's effects are unpredictable.

I mean, I don't know what would happen, the Power of Three presumably can't expand to Power of Four, but a) maybe it can and b) even if it can't, I'm sure interesting things could happen.

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My fellow Prue and Prudeau fan! I have to start a blog that features them and it's kind of your fault for so eloquently capturing how special Prue is and why Andy is her perfect match. A couple of questions if you feel like answering:

How would you rank the Charmed romances from your favorite to least favorite with no ties - Prue/Andy, Piper/Leo, Phoebe/Cole, Paige/Henry, Phoebe/Coop, Phoebe/Jason, Piper/Dan, Prue/Bane and any others you feel like including!

I would love to hear more about your theory that Prue and Andy once considered eloping! That scene where he bluntly says "we had sex, it's not like we have to elope" and her reaction and the looks they exchanged convinced me that you're right!

In order - also no ties just to make this challenging!- rank the Charmed males from who you personally would most to least want to date: Andy, Darryl, Leo, Cole, Coop, Henry, Jason, Dan, Bane, Jack. any other guy I missed

Ranking the couples listed, fave to least fave:

Prue/Andy

Prue/Bane

Paige/Henry

Piper/Leo

Phoebe/Jason

Phoebe/Coop

Piper/Dan

Phoebe/Cole

Re: Prue and Andy eloping, tbh, there's not much more to the theory! I reckon it probably happened right out of high school, maybe as a way for Prue to rebel against her family duties. And it's more than likely what caused them to break up, as we know they weren't together in college.

Ranking the Charmed males I would be most to least likely to date:

Andy

Darryl

Henry

Jason

Jack

Coop

Leo

Dan

Bane

Cole

Thanks for the ask! This was fun!