#piper x andy

[charmed-1998]

☾harmed  ✓ 1x08 “ The Truth Is Out There… and It Hurts ”

- I wanted to know what Andy would think of me if he found out I was a witch. - Oh.

[phoebehalliwell]

Out of curiosity, (code: I want to drag someone into alt next gen hyperfixation hell with me and you are like the og alt next gen Charmed blogger, y'know?) do you have any thoughts on what kids of the following pairings would end up like? Piper/Coop, Paige/Andy, Prue/Drake, or Phoebe/Simon Marks? (110% fine if you don't wanna dream up some new kiddos, I'm just currently spinning around in circles yelling about alt next gen potential and it's been a minute since someone forcibly threw an alternative next gen thing at you, I think?)

wait omg awwwww 💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞 also yayyy fun okay okay

so i got to piper & coop and paige & andy. there's 1k words about it under the cut ❤️❤️❤️ but the long and the short of it is

piper/coop

juliet halliwell (temporal manipulation, beaming, sensing love)

esme halliwell (photokinesis, electrokinesis, pyrokinesis, beaming, sensing love)

venus halliwell (empathy, beaming, sensing love

paige/andy

clementine trudeau (empathy, premonition, orbing, telekinetic orbing)

sienna trudeau (orbing, telekineis, telekinetic orbing, healing)

ruby garcia trudeau (nyehehehehehehe)

piper/coop i think would def have three kids and i feel like would maybe be named after different iconic lovers? like coop is obvi a cupid and piper canonically loves rom coms and i think also romance novels so like. i think maybe in a world where we scrap the richard intro episode which was obvs a romeo and juliet allusion and instead create an episode where the pain shared by romeo juliet and everyone else in their families so on and so forth creates a Curse the lover's curse where whenever a feud akin to that form romeo and juliet are essentially reborn, destined to fall in love, and, ultimately, die (thus triggering the end of the feud). so these two spirits just keep getting born over and over again and they keep kind of unlocking the memories blah blah blah and idk maybe coop finds them bc love is his deal and they all save the day the point is we're naming the baby juliet. why tho? like. if she's really just a one off person we helped. i mean, yes, also, juliet of romeo and juliet, but, still, only a person we met once. so let's say that in this au they were witches. or maybe just juliet was. so she cast magic that caught coop or tco's radar. and idk maybe we're very worried about piper's baby. and there's a side plot about that. something bad has happened / is happening idk. and juliet after breaking the curse is thanking piper. then! we are attacked by piper's b plot! juliet saves piper. uses her final words to thank her bc now the curse is broken and i can finally move on instead of being reborn into this cursed life. also, i'm healing ur baby. or i'm seeing into the future about her or something. then idk she turns into butterflies whoosh magical death. and piper's trying to name her firstborn she's holding her and then a little butterfly lands on the baby's nose and the baby cooes as if in recognition BOOM welcome juliet halliwell. her power's included temporal manipulation (she can slow time down "to slip in between the heartbeats" as we see cupid do in heartbreak city and she can freeze time (kind of) like her mama. she cannot move backwards in time (yet)). she can also beam and sense love. the next daughter will be from the plot from piper's favorite book she read as a child that she and coop will get sucked into for an episode (maybe one where they're experience love troubles) and it will help reconnect piper with the concept of love and the first story that really had her wishing to be in love and will help coop understand piper's point of view. the next daughter will be named esme halliwell, after the name of the main charcter in that story. she has fire/lightning/light powers, fire as displayed by p russell (and phoebe) in the line and lightning by the evil enchantress who i do headcanon as a distant ancestor of theirs bc of the whole. you know. paige. is her. thing. and then light powers we sometimes see them do. idk. she can also beam and sense love. the third daughter is gonna conincide with an astrological episode where some demon is trying to warp some astral aligning for evil but the charmed ones stop them and save the day!! look at how beautiful. what's that one star rising so brightly right there? oh, it's venus. meet venus halliwell is an empath (with the empath extension pack ability to impact other people's moods by touching them / being close enough to them) who through that power also unlocks deflection and mimicry. can also beam and sense love.

paige/andy it's not gonna be as detailed as the pipercoop one lol. [a/n: as it turns out i was lying :3] this will be the base text we're using. first born we're going to do an episode tensions have been building between paige and andy because of paige's issues with motherhood and what it means to be a mom and maybe it's a muses episode or a trapped in a painting episode the point is there's something artsy paige is trapped in and she has to create something to get herself out of there meanwhile andy is on the outside fighting to get her out and realizing that they are always stronger together and their fight is stupid blah blah blah. paige makes. a painting. she has to find The Color that is the key to getting her out. it's the color that she uses painting one of her first moments with andy (a paige/henry knockoff) their first stakeout, which is also somewhat tied to a bet. they've been waiting in the car for hours, it's sunset now and the sky is tinged orange and andy's peeled her some baby oranges bc she's complaining about being hungry so on and so forth. paige is freed. andy sees her painting. and the daughter is named clementine trudeau. empathy, premonitions, orbing, telekinetic orbing (but really only on things in her line of sight. maybe we do a color theme for this one. their next daughter is named sienna trudeau. i can't reasonably tell you why so we'll say she pulled a chris and came back from the future, giving her her name. powers are. telekinesis. orbing. telekinetic orbing. welcome back, chris halliwell. except sienna can also heal. the third daughter will be an adopted witch that paige and andy found when she was young and idk on the run kind of a la tyler michaels. she's maybe seven or so when they find her, clem's maybe three and sienna's one. plotline plotline, we take her in. she becomes a part of the family quickly and clem and sienna view her as her older sister almost immediately lol. meet ruby garcia. first name color last name i'm stealing from jerry garcia bc my parents were just at a grateful dead show or whatever call it an homage (jerry was not there, he is dead. rip.) ruby might add trudeau onto her last name as well. tbd. anyways, as it turns out, she is a demon witch (omg!!) powers are. fireballs energy balls telekinesis and flaming. i am actually going to make her zankou's daughter. just for funsies.

[femmehysteria]

Best Character Named X Poll

FOLLOW @best-character-named-x-poll

I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day. New polls scheduled for 1:30PM GMT everyday.

ask box closed for now

WILL BE POSTING POLLS ON @best-character-named-x-poll FROM FEB 1ST

If your favourite character is not included in the poll very sorry i have either never heard of them or actively chose not to include them as theres only 6 characters per poll. Characters will only count of that is their first name, surnames do not count.

Round 85: David

Round 86: Tiffany

Round 87: Charlie

Round 88: Sandy

Round 89: Cody

Round 90: Amanda

Round 91: Jeremy

Past Polls and Poll Ideas under the cut

Names that I have a complete list for*

Caroline, Tyler, Louis, Leonard, Rebecca, Steve, Nicole, Isabelle, Victoria, Katherine, Jade, Alex, Sophie, Greg, Jake, Ellie, Isaac, Robin, Tony, Annie, Lisa, Margaret, Oliver, Clark, Kara, Phoebe, Emma, Ruby, Bart, Alfie, Beth, Julian, Nancy, Penny, Margaret, Tessa, Erica, Theresa, George, Kevin, Sebastian, Felix, Martin, Michael, Erin, Caleb, Helen, Charlotte, Kyle, Martha, Diana, Elsa, Gary, Zoe, Connor, Colin, Daisy, Eric, Maya, Adam, Andy, Magnus, Alma, Nora, Alice, Spike, Leon, Marcel, Kim, Juno, Sue, Chris, Otto, Donald, Daphne, Kate, Todd, Ned, Ken, Angel, Judy, Jo, Hazel, Naomi, Diego, Miranda, Joel, Lila, Duncan, Dexter, Meredith, Pearl, Lily, Malcolm, Napolean, Joan, Nico, Jamie, Nadia, Velma, Jill, Kiera, Rory, Evan, Tam, Klaus, Neil, Derek, Michelle, Luna, Laila, Cordelia, Zack, Imogen, Felicity, Cindy, Alicia, Kelly, Alan, April, Astrid, Delilah, Jodie, Claudia, Juliet, Karen, Jonas, Milo, Celia, Hannah, Joy, Ethan, Katya, Aria, Atticus, Ian, Cynthia, Faye, Frank, Boo, River, Corey, Gabrielle, Minerva, Ebony, Zia, Beverly, Rudy, Georgina

Names I have an incomplete list for (welcome to send character suggestions)

Richter, Sean, Troy, Cain, Agatha, Warren, Percy, Reggie, Mina, Ryan, Felicia, Dylan, Josh, Shirley, Debbie, Jared, June, Mabel, Ray, Chad, Moe, Hugh, Fearne, Christine, Joe, August, May, Scarlet, Alana, Leela, Manny, Dean, Francis, Mason, Oscar, Quinn, Guy, Ulrich, Wally, Yasmin, Tobias, Woody, Sabrina, Quentin, Margot, Alina, Matilda, Freya, Kendra, Angus, Ophelia, Leisel, Zelda, Adora, Piper, Scarlet, Sheila, Valentine, Laurie, Laurel, Fitz, Violet, Gabriel, Ford, Artemis, Owen, Bianca, Newton, Summer, Darcy, Noah, Taylor, Miriam, Hugh, Aurora, Hank, Henry, Dawn, Delia, Cosmo, Wanda, Zeke, Cecil, Aiden, Calvin, Ayesha, Beatrice, Parker, Chase, Hunter, Tina, Misty, Amaya, Amara, Harvey, Talia, Tatiana, Tanya, Orion, Eugene, Kit, Bo, Duke, Blue, Cameron, Rudolf, Mara, Marianne, Carl

Feel free to send more suggestions

*subject to change, you can still submit a character if there is no strikethrough if you think theres a character that its an absolute crime i dont add. Please don't suggest anything for the names with a strikethrough as they are polls that are already in my queue waiting to be published.

Past Polls

Round 1: Peter : WINNER: Peter Parker (Spider-Man)

Round 2: Elizabeth : WINNER: Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Round 3: Jason : WINNER: Jason Mendoza (The Good Place)

Round 4: Eve : WINNER: EVE (WALL-E)

Round 5: Fred : WINNER: Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)

Round 6: Rachel : WINNER: Rachel (Animorphs)

Round 7: Arthur : WINNER: Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)

Round 8: Amy : WINNER: Amy Pond (Doctor Who)

Round 9: Tom : WINNER: Tom (Tom and Jerry)

Round 10: Claire : WINNER: Clare Devlin (Derry Girls)

Round 11: James : WINNER: James (Pokemon)

Round 12: Max : WINNER: Max (Black Sails)

Round 13: Simon : WINNER: Simon Belmont (Castlevania)

Round 14: Jane : WINNER: Jane Crocker (Homestuck)

Round 15: Victor : WINNER: Victor Nikiforov (Yuri On Ice)

Round 16: Mary : WINNER: Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins)

Round 17: Will : WINNER: Will Graham (Hannibal)

Round 18: Laura : WINNER: Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks)

Round 19: Ben : WINNER: Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi (Star Wars)

Round 20: Chloe : WINNER: Chloe Price (Life Is Strange)

Round 21: John : WINNER: Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives)

Round 22: Lydia : WINNER: Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice)

Round 23: Mark : WINNER: Marc Spector (Moon Knight)

Round 24: Jess : WINNER: Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)

Round 25: Theo : WINNER: Theobald Gumbar (Dimension 20: A Crown Of Candy)

Round 26: Sarah: WINNER: Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who)

Round 27: Richard : WINNER: Richard Gansey III (The Raven Cycle)

Round 28: Cass : WINNER: Cassandra Cain (Batman)

Round 29: Edward : WINNER: Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Round 30: Carm : WINNER: Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?)

Round 31: Hal : WINNER: HAL9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)

Round 32: Sid : WINNER: Sydney Adamu (The Bear)

Round 33: Jack : WINNER: Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who)

Round 34: Stephanie : WINNER: Stephanie Brown (Batman)

Round 35: Ash : WINNER: Ash Ketchum (Pokemon)

Round 36: Veronica : WINNER: Veronica Sawyer (Heathers)

Round 37: Kurt : WINNER: Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler (X-Men)

Round 38: Eleanor : WINNER: Eleanor Shellstrop (The Good Place)

Round 39: Nathan : WINNER: Nathan Young (Misfits)

Round 40: Fiona : WINNER: Princess Fiona (Shrek)

Round 41: Gale : WINNER: Gayle Waters-Waters (Chris Fleming)

Round 42: Barbara : WINNER: Barbara Millicent Roberts aka Barbie (Barbie)

Round 43: Sam : WINNER: Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)

Round 44: Grace : WINNER: Grace Chastity (Nerdy Prudes Must Die)

Round 45: Barry : WINNER: Barry Bluejeans (The Adventure Zone)

Round 46: Raven : WINNER: Raven (Teen Titans)

Round 47: Dan : WINNER: Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

Round 48: Mia : WINNER: Mia Fey (Ace Attorney)

Round 49: Matt : WINNER: Matt Murdock (Daredevil)

Round 50: Rose : WINNER: Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)

Round 51: Robert : WINNER: Robbie Rotten (LazyTown)

Round 52: Lola : WINNER: Lola Bunny (Space Jam)

Round 53: Scott : WINNER: Scott Summers aka Cyclops (X-Men)

Round 54: Olivia : WINNER: Olivia Octavious (Spiderverse)

Round 55: Finn : WINNER: Finn the Human (Adventure Time)

Round 56: Emily : WINNER: Emily Charlton (The Devil Wears Prada)

Round 57: Elliot : WINNER: Eliot Spencer (Leverage)

Round 58: Sonia : WINNER: Sonia (Pokemon)

Round 59: Gideon : WINNER: Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb)

Round 60: Jen : WINNER: Jennifer Check (Jennifer's Body)

Round 61: Miles : WINNER: Miles Morales (Spider-Man)

Round 62: Lana : WINNER: Lana Skye (Ace Attorney)

Round 63: Spencer : WINNER: Spencer Shay (iCarly)

Round 64: Tracy : WINNER: Tracy Turnbald (Hairspray!)

Round 65: Luke : WINNER: Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)

Round 66: Natalie : WINNER: Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)

Round 67: Harry : WINNER: Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium)

Round 68: Lucy : WINNER: Lucy van Pelt (Peanuts)

Round 69: Damian : WINNER: Damian Wayne (Batman)

Round 70: Tabitha : WINNER: Tabitha Casper (Dan and Phil Games: Sims 4)

Round 71: Nick : WINNER: Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun)

Round 72: Gwen : WINNER: Guinevere (Merlin)

Round 73: Paul : WINNER: Paulette Bonafonte (Legally Blonde)

Round 74: Abigail : WINNER: Abigail Hobbs (Hannibal)

Round 75: Jordan : WINNER: Jordan Baker (The Great Gatsby)

Round 76: Donna : WINNER: Donna Noble (Doctor Who)

Round 77: Morgan : WINNER: Morgana (Merlin)

Round 78: Allison : WINNER: Alison Cooper (BBC Ghosts)

Round 79: Patrick : WINNER: Patrick Star (Spongebob Squarepants)

Round 80: Linda : WINNER: Linda Belcher (Bob's Burgers)

Round 81: Philip : WINNER: Philip J. Fry (Futurama)

Round 82: Clarisse : WINNER: Clarisse La Rue (Percy Jackson)

Round 83: Jeff

Round 84: Maria

[classicsapphicships]

The first round of preparations are finally complete, and that means the first round of the Classic Sapphic Ships bracket is almost ready to go! I'll be preparing the polls today and tomorrow to hopefully go live on Friday, and voting time for at least the first two rounds will run for a week. Check out the FAQ in the meantime, and feel free to send over any additional questions as well!

The full list of Round 1 Match Ups is under the cut!

Right side:

Franky/Bridget (Wentworth) vs Regina/Emma (Once Upon a Time)

Watson/Moriarity (Elementary) vs Lucy/Amy (DEBS)

Gina/Rosa (Brooklyn 99) vs Debbie/Lou (Ocean's 8)

Jo/Blair (The Facts of Life) vs Peyton/Brooke (One Tree Hill)

Piper/Alex (Orange is the New Black) vs Bering/Wells (Warehouse 13)

Xena/Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess) vs Trini/Kimberly (Power Rangers 2017)

Ripley/Annalee (Alien) vs Annalise/Tegan (How to Get Away With Murder)

Susan/Talia (Babylon 5) vs Chessy/Meredith (The Parent Trap)

Ann/Anne (Gentleman Jack) vs Scully/Reyes (X-Files)

Cat/Kara (Supergirl) vs Olivia/Natalia (Guiding Light)

Nikki/Helen (Bad Girls) vs Ola/Lily (Sex Education)

13/Cameron (House MD) vs Sara/Catherine (CSI)

Delphine/Cosima (Orphan Black) vs Emily/JJ (Criminal Minds)

B'elanna/Seven (Star Trek) vs Rachel/Quinn (UnReal)

Emily/Alison (Pretty Little Liars) vs Beca/Chloe (Pitch Perfect)

Carol/Maria (Captain Marvel) vs Raven/Abby (The 100)

Left side:

Grace/Frankie (Grace & Frankie) vs Shaw/Root (Person of Interest)

Callie/Arizona (Grey's Anatomy) vs Stef/Lena (The Fosters)

Eve/Mazikeen (Lucifer) vs Luce/Rachel (Imagine Me & You)

Tara/Pam (True Blood) vs Ally/Ling (Ally McBeal)

Alex/Olivia (Law and Order SVU) vs Miranda/Andy (The Devil Wears Prada)

Samantha/Janet (Stargate SG-1) vs Nomi/Amanita/Sense8)

Willow/Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs 13/Yasmin (Doctor Who)

Sharon/Brenda (The Closer) vs Kalinda/Alicia (The Good Wife)

Max/Anne (Black Flag) vs Petra/Jane (Jane the Virgin)

Eleanor/Tahani (The Good Place) vs Kelly/Yorkie (Black Mirror)

Rory/Paris (Gilmore Girls) vs Aneela/Kendry (Killjoys)

Quinn/Rachel (Glee) vs Jane/Maura (Rizzoli & Isles)

Nico/Karolina (Runaways) vs Serena/Bernie (Holby City)

Laura/Danny (Carmilla) vs Peggy/Angie (Agent Carter)

Hecate/Pippa (The Worst Witch) vs Bobbie/Chrisjen (The Expanse)

Bo/Lauren (Lost Girl) vs Bette/Tina (The L Word)

[winfleure]

i feel like no face w/ the way i'm hungry for more threads 😭 sm*utfishin' & face/shipchasin' here! u know da drill folks! also as a general psa, i'm not dropping any rps i've got so far, i just want more rps 😭

i’m a 25+F tumblr/discord rper currently interested in mxm, fxf & mxf (but it's muse dependent) potentially dark, mature rps on D*SCORD only!

formatting is v familiar to my last post but the content changed a bit so do take a look!!

please message me on d*scord (eboyzoro) if you're interested in the plots/faces/pairings!

ABT ME !

i’m VI ! twenty5+ & s/her ! i’m looking for twenty1+ (prefer twenty3+) rpers on D*SCORD (eboyzoro) ! i prefer chatting / being friends ooc as i’m a yapper (obvs we don’t need to talk 24/7 but my muse / interest dies down if there’s dry/short responses sawry yall TT) ! headcanons, character development and worldbuilding is also highly encouraged! activity is relaxed / low activity (hours to weeks) so it's usually snail mail on my end bc life responsibilities & general neurodivergency! my writing style is rapidfire/lazy lit to adv lit (novella is energy dependent), present/past tense & 3rd person, i can volley back & forth but it’s energy dependent, my wc range is 50-300+ words. i rp original characters & i'm open to canons & crossovers. also open to animanga faces as long as they have a real face counterpart! check my pinned for no-gos! as for ns//fw, it's not required but encouraged to double up! sawry fren but i don't want to be used for only my dom and/or top characters 😭

PLOT IDEAS I WANT TO DO RN:

* if applicable, age gaps should be legal and ages should be at least 22/23+!!

tutor/babysitter x tutee/babysat child all grown up!

best friend’s relative x sibling’s best friend (ex. best friend’s brother x younger/older sibling, father's best friend x son, etc.)

stalker/killer x celebrity (or! yandere trope x classmates/friends to lovers)

uni teacher x uni teacher / rivals ! (or! uni professor x student)

toxic dynamic!! like on & off, flirting w/ others, hatesex, cheating?? but we can see!! obviously not all bad, like there's good moments too but i want angst hehe

anything band/musician/celeb based

anything supernatural/fantasy based

also i'm fine of any dynamic (strangers to lovers, friends to lovers, etc. but i'm always down for any plot (dark or light themed) that features a enemies/rivals to lovers dynamic)

FACES I WANT TO RP AS/AGAINST:

bts jungkook (open to rping as / against this face — mxm, bottom position)

mackenyu (open to rping as / against this face — mxm, bottom position)

txt hueningkai (open to rping as / against this face — mxm, bottom position)

svt seokmin (open to rping as / against this face — mxm, bottom position)

PAIRINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN: the ships and faces listed below are all pairings i'd like to see happen! italics + bold is who i’m rly interested to play !! face 1 / face 2 / etc. = face alts. for the ship. open to suggestions too but i do have a preference for said pairings!

xolo mariduena / colin ford / jacob elordi x bts jungkook

olliemuhl x bts jungkook

alex fitzalan x bts jungkook

archie madekwe / michael cimeno x bts jungkook

bill skarsgard x bts jungkook

andy biersack x bts jungkook

olliemuhl x mackenyu

alex fitzalan / drew starkey x mackenyu

taz skylar x mackenyu

tbz kevin / tbz chanhee x mackenyu

andy biersack x mackenyu

drew starkey x txt hueningkai

nct jisung / nct haechan x txt hueningkai

aron piper x txt hueningkai

tbz sunwoo / xdh jooyeon x txt hueningkai

andy biersack x txt hueningkai

svt jeonghan x svt seokmin

nct jaehyun / astro eunwoo x svt seokmin

josha stradowski x svt seokmin

wolfgang novogratz / rudy pankow x svt seokmin

+ any 30s/40s males for any age gap plots x jungkook/mackenyu/hueningkai/seokmin (see bullet point for suggestions)

manny jacinto, lee pace, sen mitsuji, hayden christiansen, freddy stroma, theo james, manish dayal, shah rukh khan, ok taecyeon, gong yoo, eric dane, idris elba, dwayne johnson, shahid kapoor, colin firth, joe manganiello, oscar isaac, chase crawford, cody fern, winston duke, michael trevino, alexander skarsgard, zane holtz, michael b. jordan, akshay kumar, jeremy strong, glen powell

[angelvings-archive]

💕 :)

jocelyn x ryder . chloé x basil . daxton x natalia . bear x ayila . billie x stevie . odessa x jace . sawyer x piper . andy x vance . gia x sierra . emerson x bridget . leon x selin . nash x mason . wilder x jade . brody x richie .

send 💕 and i will tell you some muses of ours i think could work as a ship .

[oohnotvery]

Fan Review of the Year (2023)

Thank you for tagging me, @randomfoggytiger

1. Your main fandom of the year: The X-Files

2. Your favorite film this year: I don't really watch movies! I enjoyed Barbie but I can't think of a single other movie I saw.

3. Your favorite book this year:  Brandi Carlile's memoir, Broken Horses; also Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

4. Your favorite album or song this year: Absolutely 100% anything by Brandi Carlile (I name all my fics after her song lyrics), but also the Arkells.

5. Your favorite TV shows this year:  The X-Files, Selling Sunset (lolllll), White Lotus

6. Your favorite Tumblr community this year: I'm only on Tumblr for the X-Files, but was excited for the resurgence of Doctor Who content this year with David Tennant and Ncuti.

7. Your best new fandom discovery of the year:  how much I'm into the Stella/Scully ship

8. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year: that I feel like people dropped away from writing and reading XF fanfic this year. Maybe that's just my personal experience, but it didn't feel as exciting as 2022 was. I'll probably get a lot of hate for this, but I also wasn't super excited by G Spot either, but to be fair, I haven't had the chance to try it. I just wish GA had done something different than a drinks company.As

9. Your TV/movie boyfriend of the year: One day I'll stop salivating over David Duchovny as Mulder, but this year was not the year.

10. Your TV/movie girlfriend of the year: Dana Scully, obvs

11. Your biggest squee moment of the year: Meeting West Duchovny on the streets of NYC when I was there for a wedding. Absolutely wild stuff. She was so kind and nice and we got a picture together. My husband thought I was nuts. UM, and Piper finally sending me a piece I commissioned from her, along with several extra gifts and goodies she made just for meeeeee <3

[anotherlibrocubicularist]

Day 5 of #Prueweek2024 - Favourite Family Prue Relationship

Ngl, this is the most difficult part of #prueweek2024 for me. All the family dynamics and how they influenced Prue to become the person she was are dear to me.

I find it fascinating to think about how Penny instilled the responsibility of taking care of her sisters in Prue, so she could be sure that there was a strong-willed, go-getter demon fighter witch as the head of the family, much like Penny herself.

I also like to think about how Patty (and her death) had an influence on Prue's ability to express love to her family, friends and lovers.

And I can talk forever about how Victor influenced Prue's behaviour towards potential love interests (her hyperindependence, her need for stability and more importantly, reliablity in her partners, the way she takes steps back from any potential relationship the moment they seem untrustworthy like Andy with his ex wife and his reaction to her confession).

And last but not least, her sisters, Piper and Phoebe. Piper is Prue's rock, much more than Prue is Piper's. She is her confidante, the shoulder she leans and cries on when everything, all the (self-imposed) responsibilities become too much. And Phoebe is the person who challenges and inspires her. She is equally strong-willed and headstrong as Prue, but more unafraid to take what she wants, something Prue both envies and admires her for.

There's definitely something to be said about all family dynamics having the potential to be fan favourites. My favourite is and always will be

Prue x family.

[charmed-1998]

☾harmed  ✓ 1x07 “The Fourth Sister”

I like mirrors, they never lie to you. They always tell the truth whether you like it or not.

[femslashrevolution]

Popular Pairing List Update

The following pairings have more than 10 recent posts in their pairing tag, and are therefore too popular to be posted on Rarepair Thursdays:

Alex Vause x Piper Chapman (Orange is the New Black)

Aloy x Seyka (Horizon: Zero Dawn)

Barbie x Gloria (Barbie)

Becky Armstrong x Freen Sarocha Chankimha (RPF Actors)

Betty Cooper x Veronica Lodge (Riverdale)

Cassandra Cain x Stephanie Brown (DCU)

Celia St James x Evelyn Hugo (The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo)

Cherine x Meena (Show Me Love)

Cleo de Nile x Frankie Stein (Monster High)

Cleopatra Philopator x Frida Kahlo (Clone High)

Corky x Violet (Bound)

Cosima Niehaus x Delphine Cormier (Orphan Black)

Diana x Leona (League of Legends)

Elphaba Thropp x Glinda Upland (Wicked)

Esther Warner x Max Chapman (Amazon A League of Their Own)

Geeta x Rika (Pokemon)

Jane Rizzoli x Maura Isles (Rizzoli & Isles)

Jester Lavorre x Yasha Nydoorin (Critical Role)

Kitty Song Covey x Yuri Han (XO Kitty)

Laurie x Mira Harberg (Irma Vep)

Lottie Matthews x Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)

Misty Quigley x Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)

Paris Geller x Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls)

The following pairings have been posted less frequently recently, and have therefore been removed from the popular pairing list:

Alicia x Leighton (The Sex Lives of College Girls)

Amy Silva x Kirsten Longacre (Vigil)

Andi Agosti x Emília Alo (Rebelde)

Aneela x Delle Seyah Kendry (Killjoys)

Anissa Pierce x Grace Choi (Black Lightning; DCU)

Aster Flores x Ellie Chu (The Half Of It)

Bobbie Draper x Chrisjen Avasarala (The Expanse)

Bonnie Bennett x Nora Hildegard (The Vampire Diaries)

Carol Aird x Therese Belivet (Carol)

Clary Fray x Isabelle Lightwood (The Mortal Instruments)

Cristina Soto x Joana Bianchi (Skam Spain)

Dani Núñez x Gigi Ghorbani (The L Word)

Dina x Sydney Novak (I Am Not Okay With This)

Dorothy Gale x Ruby (Once Upon A Time)

Emily Prentiss x Jennifer Jareau (Criminal Minds)

Eve Polastri x Hélène (Killing Eve)

Fatou Jallow x Kieu My Vu (Druck)

Fleur Delacour x Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

Francesca Findabair x Fringilla Vigo (The Witcher)

Ginny Weasley x Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

Joann Owosekun x Keyla Detmer (Star Trek: Discovery)

Jules Thomas x Ophelia Mayer (Sweet Vicious)

Kaioh Michiru x Tenoh Haruka (Sailor Moon)

Lauren Bloom x Leyla Shinwari (New Amsterdam)

Mace Brown x Marie Schmidt (The 355)

Margaery Tyrell x Sansa Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire)

Mia Reed x Vada Cavell (The Fallout)

Nicole Haught x Waverly Earp (Wynonna Earp)

Nyssa al Ghul x Sara Lance (Arrow)

Raiden Ei x Yae Miko (Genshin Impact)

[maya-matlin]

From any fandoms, pick 3 of your favorite ships from each letter of the alphabet (based on their ship name) ex: A:(three ships) B: (three ships) and so on. If there’s only one that exists per letter that’s okay too! 😊

Uh.. I'll try! I can't promise anything for some of these letters.

A:

1.) Adam & Becky (Degrassi)

2.) Angel & Cordelia (Angel)

3.) Alex & Marissa (The OC)

B:

1.) Betty & Jughead (Riverdale)

2.) Brooke & Lucas (One Tree Hill)

3.) Brittany & Santana (Glee)

C:

1.) Chandler & Monica (Friends)

2.) Cory & Topanga (Boy Meets World)

3.) Craig & Ashley (Degrassi)

D:

1.) Drew & Bianca (Degrassi)

2.) Dan & Blair (Gossip Girl)

3.) Dawson & Jen (Dawson's Creek)

E:

1.) Ephram & Amy (Everwood)

2.) Elizabeth & Jason (General Hospital)

3.) Emily & Naomi (Skins)

F:

1.) Fred & Gunn (Angel)

2.) Faith & Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

3.) Felicity & Noel (Felicity)

G:

1.) Graham & Megan (But I'm a Cheerleader)

2.) Georgia & Joe (Ginny & Georgia)

3.) Ginny & Marcus (Ginny & Georgia)

H:

1.) Holly J & Sav (Degrassi)

2.) Hannah & Bright (Everwood)

3.) Henry & Alex (Red, White and Royal Blue)

I:

1.) Isak & Even (Skam)

2.) Iris & Miles (The Holiday)

3.) Isabel & Kyle (Roswell)

J:

1.) Jay & Manny (Degrassi)

2.) Joey & Caitlin (Degrassi)

3.) JT & Liberty (Degrassi)

K:

1.) KC & Clare (Degrassi)

2.) Kirsten & Sandy (The OC)

3.) Karma & Amy (Faking It)

L:

1.) Luke & Lorelai (Gilmore Girls)

2.) Logan & Veronica (Veronica Mars)

3.) Leo & Piper (Charmed)

M:

1.) Michael & Maria (Roswell)

2.) Marshall & Lily (How I Met Your Mother)

3.) Mike & Phoebe (Friends)

N:

1.) Nathan & Haley (One Tree Hill)

2.) Nancy & Steve (Stranger Things)

3.) Noah & Allie (The Notebook)

O:

P:

1.) Pacey & Joey (Dawson's Creek)

2.) Pacey & Andie (Dawson's Creek)

3.) Patrick & Kat (10 Things I Hate About You)

Q:

1.) Quinn & Santana (Glee)

2.) Quinn & Logan (Zoey 101)

R:

1.) Ron & Hermione (Harry Potter)

2.) Ricky & Gina (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)

3.) Riley & Maya (Girl Meets World)

S:

1.) Sean & Ellie (Degrassi)

2.) Shawn & Angela (Boy Meets World)

3.) Sam & Mercedes (Glee)

T:

1.) Tiny & Shay (Degrassi)

2.) Tristan & Miles (Degrassi)

3.) TJ & Cyrus (Andi Mack)

U:

V:

1.) Victor & Tea (One Life to Live)

2.) Veronica & Cheryl (Riverdale)

3.) Veronica & Betty (Riverdale)

W:

1.) Willow & Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

2.) Waverly & Smash (Friday Night Lights)

X:

1.) Xander & Sarah (Days of Our Lives)

2.) Xander & Anya (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Y:

1.) Yousef & Yana (Skam)

Z:

1.) Zig & Maya (Degrassi)

2.) Zoe & Grace (Degrassi)

3.) Zane & Riley (Degrassi)

[ryanatwoodenthusiast]

i have a question - does anyone else have those two random characters who only have like... 2 canon interactions but you love their platonic relationship so much? like you go feral about them as much as about your otp? you want them to have lots of interactions and want angst and happy scens and everything BUT definitely no romance?

for me, that's:

andi agosti & dixon alvarez (rebelde 2022)

piper mclean & hazel levesque (heroes of olympus)

ryan atwood & summer roberts (the oc)

leah rilke & raf (the wilds)

james maguire & claire (derry girls)

james maguire & orla (derry girls)

jenny & eric (gossip girl, haven't watched very much of that yet though)

rogue & bobby (x-men - i shipped them so much when i was watching the movies but then i found out he's gay in the comis so instead i just love their friendship)

somehow it's almost always girl/boy pairings and they have to be ones that hardly interact... like e.g. i love quinni and darren from heartbreak high but bc they're actually friends and have a fleshed-out relationship they don't have the same effect on me ?? idk

anyway, if anyone sees this, feel free to tell me your favs

[themomsandthecity]

Bryce, Jordan, Jude, and 200+ More of the Best Gender Neutral Baby Names

There are plenty of reasons you might want a shortlist of gender neutral baby names. For instance, if you're not finding out the gender of your baby before their born, but you want to have a name decided on ahead of time - picking a name that works for any gender is the perfect solve. Or maybe you just prefer gender neutral names to baby names that are more traditionally masculine or feminine (although, of course, we love using a baby boy name for girls!) Gender neutral baby names cut across categories. You can find gender neutral names amongst Victorian-era baby names, trendy names, and more unique picks, which means you can find the perfect gender neutral baby name no matter what "vibe" of name you're going for. And to get your creativity going, we rounded up more than 200 unisex names that will suit your baby no matter what. Ahead, find some of our favorite gender-neutral names for babies, from A to Z. A * Adair * Adan * Addison * Ade * Adrian * Aiden * Ainsley * Alby * Alex * Ali * Amari * Andy * Angel * Ari * Ariel * Aries * Ash * Asher * Aspen * Atlas * Aubrey * August * Austen * Avery * B * Baker * Bailey * Bali * Banks * Bellamy * Beckham * Berkeley * Billie * Blaine * Blair * Blake * Bobby * Bowen * Brett * Briar * Brighton * Briley * Brinley * Brooklyn * Bryce * C * Caelan * Cairo * Camden * Cameron * Campbell * Carey * Carson * Carter * Casey * Cassidy * Celyn * Chandler * Charlie * Chris * Cody * Colby * Cole * Collins * Corey * Cove * D * Dakota * Dale * Dallas * Dana * Dane * Darryl * Declan * Delta * Devin * Dorian * Drew * Dylan * E * Easton * Eli * Elliot * Ellis * Ellison * Ember * Emerson * Emory * Evan * Ezra * F * Fallon * Finley * Florian * Flynn * Frances * Frankie * G * Gabriel * Gale * Glenn * Grayson * Grey * H * Harley * Harper * Hayden * Hunter * I * Indiana * Indigo * J * James * Jamie * Jayden * Jaylen * Jesse * Jordan * Jude * Julian * Juniper * Justice * K * Kaden, * Kai * Keegan * Kelly * Kendall * Kennedy * Kerry * Knox * Kyle * L * Lake * Landon * Landry * Lane * Lee * Lennon * Lennox * Lincoln * Linden * Logan * London * Lou * Lucian * Lumi * M * Mackenzie * Madison * Marley * Mason * Max * Maxwell * Micah * Milan * Mina * Monroe * Montana * Morgan * N * Nash * Nevada * Nico * Noah * Noel * O * Oakley * Ollie * Ore * Ozzie * P * Palmer * Paris * Parker * Pat * Perri * Peyton * Piper * Phoenix * Q * Quinn * R * Reagan * Reed * Reese * Reign * Remy * Rey * Riley * River * Roan * Robin * Rory * Roux * Rowan * Royal * Rudy * Ryan * Ryder * Rylan * S * Sage * Salem * Sam * Santana * Sawyer * Saylor * Scout * Seven * Shannon * Shawn * Shiloh * Skylar * Sloane * Spencer * Sterling * Stevie * Sunny * Sydney * T * Tanner * Tatum * Taylor * Terry * Theo * Tony * Tory * Tracy * Tyler * U * Umber * Unique * Uri * V * Val * Vesper * * W * Wallace * West * Winter * Wrennyn * Wyatt * Wynne * X * Xoan * Y * Yael * Z * Zion https://www.popsugar.com/family/Gender-Neutral-Baby-Names-34485564?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[classicsapphicships]

Round 1 Polls are posted! Each poll will be up for a week, so good luck to everyone’s favorite ships!

Right Side:

Franky/Bridget (Wentworth) vs Regina/Emma (Once Upon a Time)

Watson/Moriarity (Elementary) vs Lucy/Amy (DEBS)

Gina/Rosa (Brooklyn 99) vs Debbie/Lou (Ocean's 8)

Jo/Blair (The Facts of Life) vs Peyton/Brooke (One Tree Hill)

Piper/Alex (Orange is the New Black) vs Bering/Wells (Warehouse 13)

Xena/Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess) vs Trini/Kimberly (Power Rangers 2017)

Ripley/Annalee (Alien) vs Annalise/Tegan (How to Get Away With Murder)

Susan/Talia (Babylon 5) vs Chessy/Meredith (The Parent Trap)

Ann/Anne (Gentleman Jack) vs Scully/Reyes (X-Files)

Cat/Kara (Supergirl) vs Olivia/Natalia (Guiding Light)

Nikki/Helen (Bad Girls) vs Ola/Lily (Sex Education)

13/Cameron (House MD) vs Sara/Catherine (CSI)

Delphine/Cosima (Orphan Black) vs Emily/JJ (Criminal Minds)

B'elanna/Seven (Star Trek) vs Rachel/Quinn (UnReal)

Emily/Alison (Pretty Little Liars) vs Beca/Chloe (Pitch Perfect)

Carol/Maria (Captain Marvel) vs Raven/Abby (The 100)

Left Side:

Grace/Frankie (Grace & Frankie) vs Shaw/Root (Person of Interest)

Callie/Arizona (Grey's Anatomy) vs Stef/Lena (The Fosters)

Eve/Mazikeen (Lucifer) vs Luce/Rachel (Imagine Me & You)

Tara/Pam (True Blood) vs Ally/Ling (Ally McBeal)

Alex/Olivia (Law and Order SVU) vs Miranda/Andy (The Devil Wears Prada)

Samantha/Janet (Stargate SG-1) vs Nomi/Amanita/Sense8)

Willow/Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs 13/Yasmin (Doctor Who)

Sharon/Brenda (The Closer) vs Kalinda/Alicia (The Good Wife)

Max/Anne (Black Sails) vs Petra/Jane (Jane the Virgin)

Eleanor/Tahani (The Good Place) vs Kelly/Yorkie (Black Mirror)

Rory/Paris (Gilmore Girls) vs Aneela/Kendry (Killjoys)

Quinn/Rachel (Glee) vs Jane/Maura (Rizzoli & Isles)

Nico/Karolina (Runaways) vs Serena/Bernie (Holby City)

Laura/Danny (Carmilla) vs Peggy/Angie (Agent Carter)

Hecate/Pippa (The Worst Witch) vs Bobbie/Chrisjen (The Expanse)

Bo/Lauren (Lost Girl) vs Bette/Tina (The L Word)

[oh-heartlessman]

A TLDR on what Anya's Closed Characters Are Up To in 2038

cw: illness

NAME: Jane Porter AGE: 46 FC: Still Felicity Jones

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Back in London, going through her first round of treatment for Huntington’s. :) Taking temporary leave from the RAS. Her husband Milo is by her side. 

—

NAME: Eva Grimhelde AGE: Immortal (idk something like 500?) FC: Still Krysten Ritter 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Publishes a series of best-selling dark romance sapphic erotica called Her Poisonous Kiss (other books are: Her Venomous Touch, Her Deadly Embrace, Her Painful Release — the fifth book, Her Torturous Denial is out in two weeks) under the pen name E. H. Grim 

—

NAME: Roger Radcliffe AGE: 46 FC: Still Sam Claflin 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Raising his two kids (William (19) and Anne (17))  alongside his wife Anita! And also his best mate Paul! And Perdita! And their giant brood of children. He works as a middle school music teacher and they all live on a big former farm, that Perdita pays for because she’s the one in finance making money for them. 

—

NAME: Daisy Canard

FC: Imogen Poots → Billie Piper AGE: 43

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Senior correspondent at Vogue UK. Married to Amelia Smollet. Raising two kids, Reginald (15) and Audrey (13).  

—

NAME: Callie Harper

FC: Zendaya —> Andy Allo Age: 40 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Owns a queer bookstore in Gainesville, Florida. Regularly volunteers at the soup kitchen and other community-oriented projects. Married to Kiara!! They have FIVE kids — two biological (Callie carried Kiara’s egg; Kiara carried Callie’s egg); three adopted; they take in foster kids and give them a steady place and hope for a family reunion, but if not they treat them like their own 

—

NAME: Jake Long

FC: Peter Adrian → Daniel Henney Age: 38 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Still the American Dragon!!! Day job is working at a nonprofit dedicated to helping Magicks. L Living in NYC with his wife Deb, who is an art teacher and their kids Dylan (10) and Luke (7)

—

NAME: Rob Triton FC: Still Max Minghella AGE: 48 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Responsible for a huge data breach that incriminated half of the United States senate… though no one knows this. Shows up occasionally for Triton family events with Andy, with whom he has an on and off again marriage/partnership. 

—

NAME: Lymantria Khan FC: Still Franciska Farkas AGE: 42 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Still in Swynlake! She and Meg have moved to the farmlands for a bigger cottage. They have a lot of cats, descendants of the original Ash. They also have three kids (two biological, one adopted)

—

NAME: Barrel Adamson 

FC: Charlie Plummer → Chad Michael Murray  AGE: 35

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

A zookeeper in Omaha, Nebraska at the Omaha Zoo! He got married two years ago and his wife is expecting their first child soon :) 

—

AND NOW, If you made it this far...

CW: DEATH

NAME: Bradley Uppercrust III 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? In 2025, after a stint in jail, Bradley decided to sign up for one of Elon Musk’s Space X flights — it exploded upon launch.

[sasslightertm]

I posted 143 times in 2022

101 posts created (71%)

42 posts reblogged (29%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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@winloseorcharmed

@sasslightertm

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@etcor-archive

I tagged 133 of my posts in 2022

Only 7% of my posts had no tags

#outoforbs ( ooc. ) - 38 posts

#yandere!anon - 32 posts

#anti charmed reboot - 15 posts

#dubcon cw - 14 posts

#lemon cw - 11 posts

#( bramble watches charmed 1998. ) - 7 posts

#look how you bring me to sin ( gideon x chris ; dark crackship ) - 7 posts

#charmed 1998 - 6 posts

#v. see these eyes so green ( werepanther!chris. ) - 5 posts

#( bramble watches charmed 2018. ) - 5 posts

Longest Tag: 127 characters

#[ like buddy. my guy. dude. did you even watch the og show or were you too distracted by the sexy clothing and flashy powers? ]

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

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#4

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6 notes - Posted February 6, 2022

#3

Charmed (2018) fans: This is a reinterpretation, a modern-day Charmed. You aren’t meant to sit there and compare it to the original. Harry isn’t Leo; Macy, Maggie, and Mel aren’t the original Charmed Ones. It’s a darker interpretation of the original Charmed. If someone is just gonna compare shows, they shouldn’t be watching them.

Okay, except here’s the thing: The reboot’s showrunners gave it the same name, the same basic concept, almost the same logo, and even use some of the original show’s mythology (Whitelighters, Darklighters, a Council of Elders, a demonic Underworld with a hierarchy, the Source of All Evil). There are numerous call-backs to the original show in the form of the Window of Opportunity, a split-second shot of Melinda Warren (the progenitor of the Warren line of witches and ancestress of the Charmed Ones) in the Veras’ Book of Shadows, Mel’s girlfriend being a police officer who gets tangled up in the Charmed Ones’ magical lives (a la Andy Trudeau), and Parker and Maggie’s relationship was directly inspired by Phoebe and Cole’s relationship in the original show, complete with Parker becoming the Demon Overlord in season 2 and asking Maggie for her hand in marriage as his queen. Not to mention Harry and Macy is the reboot’s equivalent to the Piper and Leo ship.

The network CANNOT do all of that, capitalizing on the original series’ name and fanbase, and then not expect people to compare the two shows. Especially not when Constance M. Burge, the creator of the original show, is credited in the reboot’s pilot despite having absolutely nothing to do with the reboot. (Legally, they had to credit her.)

As for this reboot being a darker interpretation of the original Charmed? Only in terms of the lighting, maybe. The original show’s pilot (“Something Wicca This Way Comes”) alone dealt with three estranged sisters moving back into their childhood home after the sudden death of their grandmother, discovering new powers and the fact they’re witches (all on their own, no less; Leo didn’t show up until the third episode and the sisters don’t find out he was a Whitelighter until 14 episodes into the 22-episode season), a serial killer who turns out to be a warlock (and Piper’s boyfriend) targeting female witches to gain their powers. He then tries to kill Piper before she freezes him and makes her escape, and then he goes after her in an attempt to murder all three sisters before they use the Power of Three to vanquish him (again, all on their own).

As for the rest of the season:

s01e02 “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” features a demon who poses as a photographer and targets beautiful young women to steal their youth, leaving them either charred skeletons or as old women (if the process is interrupted)

s01e03 “Thank You for Not Morphing”: Victor, the sisters’ long-lost estranged dad, suddenly comes back into his daughters’ lives after they’ve discovered that they’re witches, plays on Phoebe’s longing to form a connection with him, and is revealed to be working with shapeshifting demons to steal the Book of Shadows

s01e04 “Dead Man Dating” is essentially a supernatural murder investigation, with Mark enlisting the Charmed Ones’ help (as, being witches, they’re the only ones who can see him) in catching his killer before his soul is dragged to the Chinese afterlife by Yama

s01e05 “Dream Sorcerer”: the antagonist is a mortel incel asshole researching dream-leaping, using his abilities to kill women who’ve rejected him by invadng their dreams and murdering them in the dreamscape he’s created, which kills his victims in real life. He repeatedly targets Prue, and he dies before Inspectors Andy Trudeau and Darryl Morris can question him.

s01e07 “The Fourth Sister”: a lonely teenage girl with an interest in witchcraft is manipulated and preyed upon by an evil entity who presents itself as someone she can trust completely, all so she can be accepted

s01e10 “Wicca Envy”: Prue is framed for the theft of a valuable antique tiara by her boss in an attempt to blackmail the Charmed Ones into giving up their powers

s01e12 “The Wendigo”: the first episode where any of the sisters are transformed into another being against her will, played entirely for horror. Not to mention the serial killer Andy has been tracking down is the very FBI agent who came in to help with the case.

s01e13 “From Fear to Eternity”: aside from the first-ever introduction of Barbas the Demon of Fear, this whole episode revolves around the sisters’ worst fears come to life, and at least 10 other witches are already dead through the course of the episode. Phoebe faces her fear of losing one of her sisters, and Prue finally sees their long-dead mother’s spirit when Patty comes to help her. 

s01e14 “Secrets and Guys” a young black male witch (whose only living relative is his father, his witch mother having died of illness a few months prior) is kidnapped by thugs who want to use his powers for a bank heist, kidnap Prue when she comes to help the 13-year-old boy, and it’s heavily implied the robbers would have killed them to tie up loose ends

s01e15 “Is There a Woogey in the House?”: your childhood nightmares are very real. You’re welcome.

s01e18 “When Bad Warlocks Turn Good”: take away the supernatural aspects, and this episode is primarily about a man being pressured by his highly toxic family into a part of their life that he’s already cut himself off from and turned his back on for his own well-being and mental health.

s01e22 “Deja Vu All Over Again”: at the end of each time loop, at least one of the Halliwells has to deal with the pain of seeing a sister die, and on the final time loop Prue sees her boyfriend (who she’d finally opened up to only weeks prior about being a witch) die while he’s trying to protect her and her sisters.

All this while juggling jobs and trying to have a normal life, as well as living in fear of their powers being discovered. The only major emotional stakes in the reboot’s first season are Maggie wanting to get into the sorority, later suddenly discovering she’s half-Black with her and Macy having the same father, and starting a relationship with Parker when he’s technically still dating Lucy; Macy keeping her job at the geneticist lab, trying to start a relationship with Galvin after some mixed signals from them both, and finding out the source of her “darkness”; and Mel using a spell to rewrite reality to keep her police girlfriend Niko safe from demons without bothering to get Niko’s consent first or reveal to her girlfriend that she’s a witch, as well as something something the S’arcana, sticking it to the Elder witches (while secretly working for them), and finding out who murdered her mother. And something about stopping the apocalypse, which the Veras don’t take seriously half the time anyway.

All this in just the first season. The second and third seasons of the reboot aren’t much better, IMO, but if you like the reboot, fine, whatever, you do you. Just don’t get mad when fans compare the two shows, because it’s really difficult not to do so.

7 notes - Posted March 22, 2022

#2

Writing a witch based in the Charmed (1998) universe: Things to Know

magical witches are different from practitioners. Practitioners draw on outside sources of magic and can cast spells but are otherwise normal humans. Magical witches are a different humanoid species and have an internal spring from which they access their magic (Prose: Mystic Knoll)

witches are further categorized into lower-level and upper-level witches.

basic powers belonging to all witches are mediumship, scrying, potion-making, and spellcasting. Upper-level witches also possess the passive power of high resistance; lower-level witches do not.

Most witches have only one or two active powers. Melinda Warren having three powers was unusual, as she was the progenitor of her family line; the only other witch on-screen having more than two active powers is Richard Montana (conjuration, energy balls, telekinesis, fading)

Projection is an incredibly rare active power; the only witches seen possessing it on-screen are Wyatt Halliwell and Billie Jenkins, both of whom are upper-level witches with a major destiny and prophecy about them (the Twice-Blessed and the Ultimate Power, respectively)

witches can also be Firestarters (Christy Jenkins, Juliana O’Farrell) and empaths (Phoebe Halliwell)

Witches belonging to the Warren line possess one of the powers Melinda Warren carried down (premonitions, telekinesis, molecular immobilization) or a variant of the powers (cryokinesis, pyrokinesis, divination, molecular deceleration).

Male witches are witches. Witches (male or female) who kill another witch to steal their powers and turn their back on the Wiccan Rede in doing so become warlocks. A witch can also become a warlock by being magically bound to a warlock in a dark binding ceremony. (Warlocks can also be born to one or two warlock parents instead of being made.)

After receiving their powers, a newly-fledged witch must make the choice within 48 hours if they are going to use their powers for good or for evil. This is known as the window of opportunity.

Good witches are guided by a Whitelighter, sort of a guardian angel/guide/healer for good witches. Once a good witch turns evil, they have renounced their right to a Whitelighter.

A witch’s blood has magical properties and can pass the individual witch’s powers onto a mortal if the mortal is injected with the witch’s blood. Doing so will eventually cause the mortal to go insane and die, as humans are not meant to have magical powers. (TV: Astral Monkey)

Witches are the base for some demonic species, such as banshees (TV: Look Who’s Barking) and succubi (TV: She’s a Man, Baby, A Man).

Vampires and extremely powerful upper-level demons are immune to witch powers, with multiple demons only able to be vanquished through the Power of Three possessed by the Charmed Ones.

The Warren line is the most powerful line of witches, culminating in the arrival of the Charmed Ones: three sister witches, and the most powerful good witches of all time.

Witches can interbreed with humans, Whitelighters, Cupids, demons, and Darklighters. Whitelighter-witch relationships are forbidden, with the only exception being the eventual marriage of Charmed One Piper Halliwell and Whitelighter Leo Wyatt (their resulting children are all Whitelighter-witch hybrids).

8 notes - Posted January 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

re: Elders / Whitelighter rank/species confusion

Certain subsections of the Charmed (1998) fandom have the fanon that because Leo Wyatt was an Elder Whitelighter when his second son with Piper Halliwell was conceived, Chris is half-Elder as a result and therefore as or more powerful than his prophesized Twice-Blessed brother Wyatt. This fanon, however, is incorrect in regard to canon.

“Elder” is a specific rank of Whitelighter, one that can be earned (as we see with Leo becoming an Elder Whitelighter in the season 5 finale) or given to a chosen recipient (already destined to become an Elder Whitelighter) when the current Elder retires, as seen with retiring Elder Whitelighter Remus passing on his powers to the young male witch Kevin. All Elders are Whitelighters, but not all Whitelighters are Elders. The Elders are the elite of Whitelighter society, the rulers, and as such they have powers to go along with their higher rank that non-Elder Whitelighters do not have.

Common Whitelighter powers are the following: orbing, sensing, healing, omnilingualism, dream-walking, photokinesis, telekinesis, levitation, and invisibility. As a result of their higher ranking, Elders receive powers that ordinary Whitelighters do not have, namely electrokinesis, portal creation, force field, telekinetic orbing, and power granting/stripping. 

The closest comparison would be to Time Lords/Gallifreyans and the species/rank confusion there in Doctor Who. All Time Lords are Gallifreyans, but not all Gallifreyans are Time Lords. The Time Lords are the elite of Gallifreyan society, the only ones blessed with Rassilon’s gift of regeneration and the ability to time-travel in a TARDIS thanks to the Rassilon Imprimatur. (In the early days, regeneration was also granted to House priests as well.)

Now that that is established, let’s move onto the fanon surrounding Chris and him supposedly being half-Elder Whitelighter.

Since we’ve established that Elder is a higher rank of Whitelighter and Leo did not change species when he became an Elder, Chris is an ordinary Whitelighter-witch from the Warren line. Elder is a rank that Chris does not have, so his Whitelighter side is no more powerful than Wyatt’s. Actually, we see that Chris struggles with certain aspects of his Whitelighter side: he is unable to heal, and he doesn’t have the same language ability that Leo does.

There are other things to consider when taking into account Chris’s lower power level in comparison to Wyatt: Birth order and the prophecy of the Twice-Blessed. We see with Prue that the firstborn witch in a sibling set is always more powerful than their sibling(s). Wyatt was the firstborn out of Piper’s children, and he is the subject of the Twice-Blessed prophecy. Magic was out of commission on the day Wyatt was born, and he is the heir to Excalibur.

In comparison, Chris is not the firstborn and there is no special prophecy about him that says he’s destined to be super-powerful. Nor is he the heir to Excalibur. He was also not born in the Manor, so he doesn’t have the connection to the Nexus that Phoebe and Wyatt did. He is much less powerful than Wyatt, but he makes up for that in how he uses his powers: he’s honed his telekinesis to scary degrees, able to telekinetically crush a person’s heart within their body, scatter a Whitelighter’s orbs, and fling someone telekinetically across a room hard enough to make the individual briefly lose consciousness on impact.

Chris is nowhere near as powerful as Wyatt in both his witch and Whitelighter sides, but he doesn’t need to be. He’s the underdog, and making him as or more powerful as Wyatt due to him being “half-Elder” or somesuch completely undoes the entire point of why the fandom loves him so much in the first place.

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