[ SECRET POST #2000 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2000 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 110 secrets from Secret Submission Post #286.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - posted twice ].
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Comments

[still_twitching]

I definitely agree that the show tended to prop Prue up quite a bit, but I still enjoy her half of the show. Nothing against Paige - when all was said and done, her character was one of the few I still liked/gave a damn about - I just prefer the dynamic that existed between the original girls, largely because of the amazing chemistry they had. I liked what Paige brought to Charmed, initially, in s4. The new sisterly roles (Piper becoming the eldest, Phoebe becoming the middle sister that had to mediate between the two) was great. But from about season 5/6 on, the show, to me, felt like it shifted more towards being about witches who just happened to be sisters rather than the other way around, and that bothered the hell outta me.

With you 100% on Cole, though, OP. To this day, the way the sisters treated him doesn't make much sense to me. Why were they even holding him responsible for what happened in season 4, in the fist place - was he not possessed? Add that to Phoebe acting as if helping Cole went hand in hand with getting back together with him, and I just don't get it.

[mfirefly10]

I definitely agree that the show tended to prop Prue up quite a bit, but I still enjoy her half of the show. Nothing against Paige - when all was said and done, her character was one of the few I still liked/gave a damn about - I just prefer the dynamic that existed between the original girls, largely because of the amazing chemistry they had. I liked what Paige brought to Charmed, initially, in s4. The new sisterly roles (Piper becoming the eldest, Phoebe becoming the middle sister that had to mediate between the two) was great. But from about season 5/6 on, the show, to me, felt like it shifted more towards being about witches who just happened to be sisters rather than the other way around, and that bothered the hell outta me.

ITA completely. I hated the lack of sisterly bonding in the later seasons. I can't remember exactly when I stopped watching (though I do think it was sometime in season 5) but I've seen most of the later episodes thanks to re-runs and they never really had the same (albeit incredibly cheesy) magic the earlier episodes did.

[still_twitching]

Saaame. I ended up sticking with it, to the end, but it was out of habit at that point. It's like they knew people dug the cheesiness of it all, and cranked that up times 10 and prioritized it over the sisterly dynamic. Hello painfully on the nose Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, Insert Movie of Your Choice spoof episodes.

[darkmanifest]

I just prefer the dynamic that existed between the original girls, largely because of the amazing chemistry they had.

I really missed that in the later seasons. I mean, you would think Piper and Phoebe could have maintained that closeness, but it was like Prue was the glue keeping them so tight together and Paige was cool, but she wasn't enough to repair the damage.

[still_twitching]

Mhm. It would have been something else entirely if that had been an actual plot point that eventually got resolved, but it really felt like we were meant to believe they were as close as ever.

And yes to Prue being the glue. As disappointing as it is that there seemed to be a disconnect with the sisters, it unintentionally makes Prue's tenure as head sister look all the better.