Lady Calypso July 25, 2016 Share July 25, 2016 Oh, just one? Damn! Ok, um....Prue/Andy. Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 25, 2016 Author Share July 25, 2016 Piper/Leo Piper/Mark Chao Phoebe/Cole Phoebe/Drake Paige/Henry Awww, somehow I wasn't ready to say goodbye to Prue/Andy quite yet, but it's time to do so anyway :) The next round is open! My vote: Piper/Mark Chao...I liked them, but it was just one episode. On a similar note, Phoebe/Drake had better enjoy their dancing while they can, because I'm coming for them next ;) Link to comment
Not Beth July 25, 2016 Share July 25, 2016 Not Mark, not yet. :( I'm going for Drake again. Link to comment
Kohola3 July 25, 2016 Share July 25, 2016 I really liked Mark but he did have only the one episode so....Mark. Link to comment
Lady Calypso July 25, 2016 Share July 25, 2016 I also sadly have to go with Mark. If he had been Piper's boyfriend in season 1, then maybe. 1 Link to comment
Kohola3 July 25, 2016 Share July 25, 2016 Wouldn't you know that poor Piper's first boyfriend was a ghost! 1 Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 25, 2016 Author Share July 25, 2016 Wouldn't you know that poor Piper's first boyfriend was a ghost! Ha! Actually, the first of Piper's boyfriends was Jeremy, the warlock who tried to kill her. The next was Mark, dead by the time she met him. And then came Leo...yes, our sister who most craves normalcy hasn't had the best of luck finding 'normal' guys, has she?! :) Our final four: Piper/Leo Phoebe/Cole Phoebe/Drake Paige/Henry Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 26, 2016 Author Share July 26, 2016 I'll go against Phoebe/Drake, though I did really enjoy what little we got of them :) Link to comment
Lady Calypso July 26, 2016 Share July 26, 2016 I also am going with Drake, as much as I ended up enjoying them. Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 26, 2016 Author Share July 26, 2016 Our triumphant trio: Piper/Leo Phoebe/Cole Paige/Henry Link to comment
Not Beth July 26, 2016 Share July 26, 2016 I am going to go with Phoebe/Cole. Nothing against them. I shipped them as a couple in season three and the first half of season four, but then everything went wrong and neither were the same from then on. :( Link to comment
Lady Calypso July 26, 2016 Share July 26, 2016 I'm going with Piper/Leo....Cole was my first crush and he was easily Phoebe's best boyfriend, even if it got ruined after he got possessed by the Source. Plus, Piper/Leo was ruined once they decided to separate the two at the end of season 5. Link to comment
Kohola3 July 26, 2016 Share July 26, 2016 Paige/Henry. They were kind of bland to me. Plus the romance was so rushed that I could never see how they got together at all. Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 26, 2016 Author Share July 26, 2016 I'm so torn! Can I ramble to you guys about why? I can? Thanks ;) So Henry/Paige is definitely the remaining pairing that annoyed me the least, but that's no doubt related to the fact that we also saw far less of them so they weren't around long enough for the writers to destroy ;) And objectively this pairing just fits together so well for me---neither was raised by their biological families, both were searching for acceptance and belonging for parts of their lives, both care passionately about helping others, both can be snarky and tough but have surprisingly warm hearts, both are searchers and fighters. And yet Henry's demeanor is generally calm, level, measured etc., which is a great balance to how the more animated, extroverted Paige can get too neurotic, impulsive, etc. I feel like she'd add great energy, warmth, openness and fun to his life while he'd ground her and make her feel steady and secure. But, again, of the three remaining couples, Paige/Henry was given far less screen time and therefore arguably the the least essential to the show's overall plots, characterizations, etc....by far! As for Piper/Leo, I love the idea of two genuinely good, kind and relatively sane people (and by 'people', I mean whitelighter and witch, of course!) as the primary couple when TV is so dominated by troubled, nasty 'antiheroes' and toxic dynamics. And there are some Piper/Leo moments that I really do love. But I too often found myself indifferent to them at best and irritated with them at worst, and as we've chatted about elsewhere, I can't claim that I think their relationship made either character anywhere near as likable, interesting or happy as I would have hoped...and that's even BEFORE they split up at the end of S5 :) Phoebe/Cole is the one I'm most ambivalent about. In some ways they fit into that category I alluded to above as the toxic, far too problematic ship with the 'good' female trying to redeem the 'bad' guy she's so drawn to. In real life, I'd want to date and desperately want my friends to date a Leo or a Henry over a Cole, and that's even Cole when he was 'good', who, like Paige and Prue, I found too slick :) Phoebe and Cole had far too many issues that started ruining them for me a while before they were actually over and by the end I was really glad that they were done for good, which obviously is not the way I generally feel about the pairings I love :) The thing is, though, at their best they got to me like no other couple on this show and few other couples on ANY show. I totally bought what the show was selling---that these were two people fated to cross paths who connected on every conceivable level and were powerfully drawn to each other no matter what. It was cathartic to vent about all this, but I can't say it helped clarify my actual vote much :) For now, I'll cast it against Piper/Leo, but I may very well change that by the time you read that! Meanwhile, hopefully 4eva or other voters will return before I have to end this round! 3 Link to comment
4evaQuez July 27, 2016 Share July 27, 2016 I love your post, Amen. And can I say, I agree with every single word you said. Phoebe/Cole especially is a couple I would normally hate, but I can feel that they are just drawn to each other even when they don't want to be. As for now, my vote goes to Piper/Leo. While there were moments I liked, overall this couple does nothing for me. 1 Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 27, 2016 Author Share July 27, 2016 I really love the supportive, sweet and bright Charmed fans we have here...and especially how we can disagree so respectfully, which is definitely not a given in every fandom :) Our final two: Phoebe/Cole Paige/Henry Meanwhile, should we do non-romantic relationships next?! Link to comment
Kohola3 July 27, 2016 Share July 27, 2016 Paige/Henry We could do "awwww" moments, too. 1 Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 27, 2016 Author Share July 27, 2016 I love that idea...this show has a ton of classic awww-worthy scenes! Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 27, 2016 Author Share July 27, 2016 Meanwhile, I'll cast a sad vote against Paige/Henry as well. I love them for all the reasons I rambled about above, and they have the rather dubious honor of being the Charmed couple I'd be most likely to write a fanfiction about, but I can't get past how compelling and occasionally swoon-worthy I found Phoebe/Cole and how much more vital a role that pairing played in the overall series. Cole was around during the highest peak of the show for me, coincidentally or otherwise :) Link to comment
Lady Calypso July 27, 2016 Share July 27, 2016 Yeah, this is a somewhat hard one for me, but I'll go with Paige/Henry as well. Phoebe/Cole just became that Couple for me in seasons 3 and 4. They just managed to make it work. Rewatching some of the earlier seasons really shows me that they are two people that shouldn't have worked together, but they did. Cole was also just my first crush on the show. If Paige/Henry got two seasons together, I think it would have been an impossible choice. Link to comment
Not Beth July 27, 2016 Share July 27, 2016 Since it's clear that Phoebe and Cole will win anyway, I'll still cast my vote against them. xD It's not like it will make a difference whichever way I choose to vote. I guess I just have more of a soft spot for Paige/Henry, because they were the best part of a rotten season, and because there just wasn't enough screentime for their relationship to get tarnished. Meanwhile, I love season three and Phoebe/Cole's relationship within that season, but... it doesn't help that I'm currently in season five of my current rewatch where there is just nothing left between the two of them. Link to comment
Kohola3 July 27, 2016 Share July 27, 2016 But you have to admit, Cole is one sexy insane demon at the end. 3 Link to comment
Not Beth July 27, 2016 Share July 27, 2016 Oh yeah, that no one can deny. Also, in regards to platonic relationships (which I think should also include sibling bonds too), here are a few ideas if we need to start up a list: Prue/Piper, Piper/Phoebe, Prue/Phoebe, Leo/Cole, Leo/Victor, Phoebe/Kyra, Chris/Wyatt, Andy/Darryl, Paige/Cole, Phoebe/Paige. Those are just a few off the top of my head. Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 27, 2016 Author Share July 27, 2016 (edited) Quote But you have to admit, Cole is one sexy insane demon at the end. I never enjoy Cole more than I do in S5! I'm not sure quite what that says about me, but O'm sure it's nothing good ;) It looks like Cole/Phoebe is our winner! Starting our list of platonic relationships, after which we can do the sweetest and most "awww"-worthy scenes of each season.... Prue/Piper Piper/Phoebe Prue/Phoebe Piper/Paige Phoebe/Paige Leo/Cole Leo/Paige Leo/Prue Leo/Phoebe Prue/Victor Piper/Victor Phoebe/Victor Paige/Victor Prue/Grams Piper/Grams Phoebe/Grams Paige/Grams Leo/Victor Phoebe/Kyra Andy/Darryl Paige/Cole Prue/Cole Piper/Cole Darryl/Sisters (there's no real point in listing them separately, because he seems to have the same relationship with all of them!) Andy/non-Prue sisters Chris/Leo Chris/Piper Chris/Wyatt ...Did I leave out any that I should have included? Included any that I should have left out?! It's kind of tricky because, let's face it, our sisters don't really have very strong, well-developed relationships with anyone except various love interests and one another :) Edited July 27, 2016 by amensisterfriend Link to comment
Not Beth July 27, 2016 Share July 27, 2016 Lol at "Andy/non-Prue sisters". xD Funny way to put it. I can't think of any others at present. 1 Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 27, 2016 Author Share July 27, 2016 I can't think of any additional ones either, unless we include relationships involving Billie and Christy, which...why bother, right?! ;) Feel free to start voting against the three you most want eliminated :) Prue/Piper Piper/Phoebe Prue/Phoebe Piper/Paige Phoebe/Paige Leo/Cole Leo/Paige Leo/Prue Leo/Phoebe Prue/Victor Piper/Victor Phoebe/Victor Paige/Victor Prue/Grams Piper/Grams Phoebe/Grams Paige/Grams Leo/Victor Phoebe/Kyra Andy/Darryl Paige/Cole Prue/Cole Piper/Cole Darryl/Sisters Andy/non-Prue sisters Chris/Leo Chris/Piper Chris/Wyatt Link to comment
Kohola3 July 28, 2016 Share July 28, 2016 Prue/Victor, Andy/non-Prue sisters, Paige/Grams Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 28, 2016 Author Share July 28, 2016 (edited) Typing out this list reminded me that I have to ask you guys about Victor! I felt like the depiction of his character and his relationships with the sisters was so inconsistent. I'm feeling anti-Victor and am more apt to fast forward through his scenes/episodes than almost anyone else on this list, so I'll go with: Prue/Victor Piper/Victor Prue/Victor Edited July 28, 2016 by amensisterfriend Link to comment
Kohola3 July 28, 2016 Share July 28, 2016 I don't think it was inconsistent except for a couple of episodes in the first season. After that, he was supportive and took on raising the boys when the girls "died". I think he made up for ditching them as kids and, in all fairness, how much of that had to do with Patty having an affair? I'm not sure I'd do that well with a mother-in-law like Grams either, witch or no witch! Link to comment
4evaQuez July 28, 2016 Share July 28, 2016 Victor was a waste of a character. His relationship with Prue could have been much richer and mined for drama if they had explored it more. I also think his relationships with Piper/Phoebe could have been mined for good character drama. What if they finally had their dream father in their life, but he was a huge disappointment. Or they could have even explored a relationship where Piper was jealous of the Chris/Victor relationship (similar to Gilmore girls with Emily/Lorelai/Rory). And Victor meeting Paige should have been a big moment in the show considering her parentage. But nothing. I digress. Prue/Victor, Andy/non-Prue sisters, Victor/Paige Link to comment
Not Beth July 28, 2016 Share July 28, 2016 Victor/Paige, Andy/sisters that are not Prue, Prue/Grams. Amen, you sure do dislike Victor and Prue's relationship. So much so that you've put it twice. xD 1 Link to comment
Lady Calypso July 28, 2016 Share July 28, 2016 Victor/Paige, Andy/non-Prue sisters, Prue/Victor Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 28, 2016 Author Share July 28, 2016 Prue/Piper Piper/Phoebe Prue/Phoebe Piper/Paige Phoebe/Paige Leo/Cole Leo/Paige Leo/Prue Leo/Phoebe Piper/Victor Phoebe/Victor Prue/Grams Piper/Grams Phoebe/Grams Paige/Grams Leo/Victor Phoebe/Kyra Andy/Darryl Paige/Cole Prue/Cole Piper/Cole Darryl/Sisters Chris/Leo Chris/Piper Chris/Wyatt Prue/Victor, Paige/Victor and Andy/Non-Prue Sisters are history, and the next round is open! Just vote for the three that you most want eliminated :) Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 30, 2016 Author Share July 30, 2016 Prue/Piper Piper/Phoebe Prue/Phoebe Piper/Paige Phoebe/Paige Leo/Paige Leo/Prue Leo/Phoebe Piper/Victor Phoebe/Victor Piper/Grams Phoebe/Grams Paige/Grams Leo/Victor Andy/Darryl Paige/Cole Prue/Cole Piper/Cole Darryl/Sisters Chris/Leo Chris/Piper Chris/Wyatt I'll vote against Phoebe/Kyra, Leo/Cole and Prue/Grams as well, and those are now eliminated! (Leo/Cole actually could have been interesting and a lot of fun---a chance to develop both characters more outside of their roles in the supernatural world and as love interests. Alas....!) The next round is open, and we're still voting against three :) Link to comment
4evaQuez July 31, 2016 Share July 31, 2016 Piper/Victor, Piper/Grams, Darryll/Sisters Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 31, 2016 Author Share July 31, 2016 (edited) My votes: Paige/Grams, Piper/Victor, and Piper/Cole. Waiting a little bit for Lady C before ending this round! Meanwhile, someone needs to curb my temptation to just eliminate every item on this list other than the sisters' relationships :) Edited July 31, 2016 by amensisterfriend Link to comment
Lady Calypso July 31, 2016 Share July 31, 2016 I vote for Paige/Grams, Piper/Victor, and Darryl/Sisters! Link to comment
amensisterfriend July 31, 2016 Author Share July 31, 2016 Prue/Piper Piper/Phoebe Prue/Phoebe Piper/Paige Phoebe/Paige Leo/Paige Leo/Prue Leo/Phoebe Phoebe/Victor Piper/Grams Phoebe/Grams Leo/Victor Andy/Darryl Paige/Cole Prue/Cole Piper/Cole Chris/Leo Chris/Piper Chris/Wyatt Piper/Victor, Paige/Grams and Darryl/Sisters is history, and the next round is open! We're still voting against three :) Link to comment
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