Post by vandergraafk on Jun 29, 2009 10:48:58 GMT -5
In Oh My Goddess, Part 1 - the first of a dramatic two part season finale that introduces to Chris - "he's from the future" - Chris explains to Piper that he had to drop everything and orb in just in time to save Paige from certain destruction had Maite made off with the statuesque Paige Matthews, whitelighter and power source for the resurgent Titans. Wait! What did Chris assert? He "orbed in".... How does that work exactly?
Until now, orbing had been a means of navigating between planes of existence such as the earth and places such as the Underworld or "heaven". It had also been used to move objects or people across space without traversing that same space. Now, it is supposed to be a means to travel from, say, 20 years in the future to a time in the past. Hmmm.
One might just dismiss this as an egregious error on the part of the writers. Lord knows that Season 6 will see many such errors crop up. Why not view this as a prelude to a future Charmed which will mess with Charmedverse in unpredictable ways?
Of course, Chris states this rather off-handedly and matter-of-factly and hopes - perhaps - that neither Piper nor Phoebe will notice. They don't, and Chris doesn't dwell on the point. The mechanics of how he has arrived from the future pales before the natural paranoia of Piper: friend or foe - that Phoebe is unable to answer, despite Chris's effort to "save" Paige.
Still, this is a bold claim by Chris, one that cannot be lightly dismissed, but can be excused in light of the half-truths and withheld information that Chris will employ until he is outed by Phoebe as the second son of Piper Halliwell.
Until now, orbing had been a means of navigating between planes of existence such as the earth and places such as the Underworld or "heaven". It had also been used to move objects or people across space without traversing that same space. Now, it is supposed to be a means to travel from, say, 20 years in the future to a time in the past. Hmmm.
One might just dismiss this as an egregious error on the part of the writers. Lord knows that Season 6 will see many such errors crop up. Why not view this as a prelude to a future Charmed which will mess with Charmedverse in unpredictable ways?
Of course, Chris states this rather off-handedly and matter-of-factly and hopes - perhaps - that neither Piper nor Phoebe will notice. They don't, and Chris doesn't dwell on the point. The mechanics of how he has arrived from the future pales before the natural paranoia of Piper: friend or foe - that Phoebe is unable to answer, despite Chris's effort to "save" Paige.
Still, this is a bold claim by Chris, one that cannot be lightly dismissed, but can be excused in light of the half-truths and withheld information that Chris will employ until he is outed by Phoebe as the second son of Piper Halliwell.