Reality Bites

[Reality Bites]

Hello, my username is Reality Bites because on occassion...it really can!

I have been a fan of Charmed since it premiered in Fall 1998, I heard Shannen Doherty had a new show and couldn't resist checking it out! I have been hooked ever since.

I believe the idea behind this board is fantastic, as there is few places where you can examine Charmed in such a way. So many want to categorize it as an attempt to be "Buffy" when really it is a cult hit in its own right!

I look forward to some of discussions I can and hopefully will have while at the Charmedverse.

[Scott]

Wow, a fan from the get go. Since you were obviously drawn to the show by Shannen, I am wondering how you took her departure? Did you ever really warm up to Paige?

[Reality Bites]

Better late than never!

I was extremely sadden by Shannen/Prue's departure from the show. The character had so much potential, and never even got a proper exit! She was, after all, my favorite of the sisters. I related to her a lot, being an older sibling myself.

However, I also LOVE Paige. For one I was a fan of Rose McGowan before she joined the cast of Charmed (she first wow'd me as Tatum in the first of the Scream trilogy). So when she was cast as the fourth sister I was excited. True, I see remnants of Prue in Paige, but Paige is still very much her own character who've I grown to enjoy watching and even writing for (in fan fiction). Although I hold seasons 1-4 in much, much higher regard than seasons 5-8 (funny how IMO Charmed can be split right down the middle as the "good" and the "bad"), Paige throughout was a character I wholeheartedly adored.

[vandergraafk]

I liked Rose in Jawbreaker too. And, as you may have guessed, I am a Paige head!