Paige's "it's alright to hate her" has stuck with me for years. I recently lost a close friend and there were some issues around it. Needless to say, saying how much I hated him for leaving me helped me and I was able to forgive myself for being unable to help him.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

💜💜💜

@Tbird0724

4 ай бұрын

Im so sorry for your loss, its similar with me, when my mom died i hated her at a point for leaving me, even though it wasn't her fault or choice, but that whole scene at the mausoleum really reflected how i felt. One of paiges other quotes stuck with me "itll never be okay that she's gone, but i promise it will get better" basically stating the hole will never go away, but it will get easier to cope which is true for the most part at least to me it is anyway lol

@charliecleveland18

3 ай бұрын

I think I really needed to see that comment. Thank you.

The way I look for your Charmed videos to pop in my notifications like they are brand new episodes.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Okay now that is the best compliment 😄😄

@suzygirl1843

4 ай бұрын

@@BetterWithBob You should watch Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

@karmAnonymous

3 ай бұрын

RIGHT?!!

@thepubknight6144

3 ай бұрын

​@@BetterWithBob I'm the eldest sibling and even though my parents are still alive, i definitely repressed alot of my anger, sadnesses, and my vulnerable side being a protective big brother until three of my siblings passed away and i only have my sister Like Prue , I always didn't express any anger out of fear of "looking weak" especially being a male eldest sibling It took me a few years of therapy to start breaking the shell i had up as it also affected my friendships and relationships where if i felt offended i used their insecurities and threw it back at them and would coldly walk away I definitely related to Prue and Piper after Prue passed away Great video btw

@JoseGutierrez-jd8ss

26 күн бұрын

It happens to me as well. I love how this channel keeps giving us new charmed content by its analysis

It’s crazy… I always say ‘if you’re gonna be a “TV parent” raise your kids on charmed’ because it taught me everything I needed to know… and this video is confirming that.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

I agree lol

@Tbird0724

4 ай бұрын

Not to mention it gives you a deeper appreciation for how strong women really are, it also helped that i was raised by strong women so this show basically made the respect I had for them stronger than it already was

I always loved how emotions were shown in Charmed. It really brought a sense of realism to an otherwise fantastical show. Particularly how Paige felt reluctant to call grams "grams" because she had a grandmother of her own growing up. And how Piper and Phoebe sort of took turns breaking down about Prue's death, I remember my mom and auntie's being the same way after my nan died.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Yes! Agreed. I love those touches. And that's actually one of my favourite moments from Penny: "I wouldn't dream of trying to replace someone as special to you as that. But isn't it possible that maybe there might be a little room left in your heart for me too? Someday."

@asnallar

4 ай бұрын

@@BetterWithBobPaige actually is very lucky. She has three sets of grandparents. She basically has three dads (including Victor who probably thought of her as a daughter) and two moms who could be summoned from afterlife if necessary.

@TCt83067695

4 ай бұрын

I'm still upset on her behalf for how readily she accepted Patty without also grilling her like she did Grams for basically abandoning her at birth.

@allisonkrapf5605

4 ай бұрын

@@asnallarVictor refers to Paige as “one of his girls” and calls her his daughter. Multiple times, and I love that he does that! It shows that he sees her not as his daughters half-sister, but as just their sister, his daughter. He might not like Sam, and he isn’t happy that his wife had an affair, but he never hated or resented Paige for their actions. And Paige never calls Victor “dad” but she accepts the love and care he gives her, and returns it, but she had a father, Victor never took his place.

@LilyRose8959

3 ай бұрын

​​@@allisonkrapf5605 Victor never called Paige his daughter. The closest he got to referring to Paige as family was in The Day The Magic Died, when he referred to his demon wife as "Your new step mother". Even though she technically wasn't Paige's step mother. He was never hostile to her and always seemed to accept her, but never referred to her as his.

In "Hell Hath No Fury" HOLLY MARIE COMBS GAVE A FULL ON EMMY AWARD WINNING PERFORMANCE HANDS DOWN BAR NONE !

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

You speak le truth

@OrganicSistah

3 ай бұрын

Yes!!! She still makes me cry with that scene!!!

I don't know if I agree that Piper's exploding power is triggered by fear. The first time she uses it is because she is angry at Leo having to leave - no fear there. In "once in a blue moon" her exploding power also manifests out of anger, not fear. I think the confusion between freezing and exploding symbolizes the ambiguity of fear and anger, defense of offense. In "look who is barking" she says Prue and Phoebe are the super witches, and she just goes along and freeze everything, and now she can't even do that. This new power comes in a time in the show when Piper needs to let go of her secondary position in the backstage, helping things happen, to actually become the oldest sister and sort of the leader and matriarch. She needs to master both fear and anger to step forward to that position. Compare her in the first season, as someone naive, romantic and idealistic, to her actions at the end of season 8, when she is detemrined to go up against Billie and Christie because this is what is supposed to happen. Well, those are just my 2 cents to the conversation. I think your charmed videos are incredible! Thank you so much for producing this kind of content!

@Junejane4

4 ай бұрын

Freezing that's fear. That's how it initially happened and was working. Exploding that's anger. That's also how it started and the nature of such ability represents rather this emotion than fear.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Good point

@awhallowmyth099

4 ай бұрын

I was about to agree with you but then I kept reading your reply and you mentioned anger and fear, which made me agree with Bob. Here's the thing, fear generates two reaponses from people (three, but I'll get into that later): fight or flight. Piper's freezing power is a flight response, freeze the enemy so you can get away. Piper's exploding power is her fight response. And while yes, when she first uses the power, she's mad at Leo for leaving, unless I'm not remembering correctly, the root of her anger I think has more to do with her persistent fear of not being able to have a "normal" life (I think she's trying to get him a birth certificate or something), rather than just anger. And if you think about other instances where her exploding power is wonky, in the following episodes she's afraid of hurting her sisters or people and that makes the power get even more out of control. In Look Who's Barking, she blows up the sewing machine after Prue is turned into a dog and Phoebe into a banshee and she's having to act alone for the first time (and is afraid too). Even in the Furies episode, her anger at Prue stems from her fear of being left unprotected by her big sister and having to put on the big sister pants. One of her earlier great feats with her exploding power is in the ep. with the kid who's a Firestarter and she blows up the gate despite a power of three spell failing to do so. And though they say "maternal instinct", what moves a mother to protect a child other than fear? The fear of your child being hurt is greater than your fear for your own survival and you respond, right? Or that's the theory. I know in the Power of the Three Blondes, they get Mitzy to blow things up when she gets angry, but Phoebe says "our powers don't work well when we're angry", so I think any emotion that's out of control in general will affect their powers, but that's not the same as the actual emotion that triggers each of the sisters' powers. This makes me think of Piper as being essentially the "Fear Master" (meaning it's the emotion she's most prone to feeling and fights to control the most): She is the only sister to defeat Barbas in her first encounter with him. Prue and Phoebe both lose their first encounters in the season one ep, and Paige is manipulated by him in season 5. And yet, when he preys on Piper over her baby, she's able to overcome her fear on her own. Heck, he even played Leo like a harp when he gets him to kill an Elder. Piper, however, is used to dealing with fear and defeats him easily. Phoebe, on the other hand, isn't, as out of the four sisters, she tends to be the most reckless (fearless) and, as a result, she usually fares worst against Barbas (he got her to kill her own sister). Now, for that third response to fear I mentioned earlier that rarely get any mentions: freezing (not your attacker but you) a.k.a. being paralized by your fear. Piper goes through this in the mermaid episode, and it's particularly telling that she resorts to magic to get rid of her fear because it's the first time she loses a battle with fear and is unable to control it or react properly to it. Also, I feel like Piper manifests anger in a way that's different to how most of us tend to associate anger/angry outbursts. Think of Prue's and Phoebe's more stereotypical displays of anger (Freebie, talking about Victor to Prue, etc) vs. Piper's real moments of actual anger like when Leo leaves, or when she gets her emotions back and becomes a Valkrye, or when Phoebe becomes the Queen of the Underworld or when the Elders take Leo away in season 3, or after Billie's betrayal. We tend to associate anger with more bombastic or fiery images and symbols, but anger can also be displayed cool, calm and collectedly, which is chilling and even more disturbing. Piper's anger is generally displayed like this. And notice how in all the examples above, she never blows up anything. In short, I think Piper would be more prone to blowing up the Manor out of fear than out of anger. That's my take on it anyway. 😂

@TCt83067695

4 ай бұрын

​@@awhallowmyth099that was a pleasure to read. Just gotta stick up for my girl Paige who was manipulated the same way Piper was manipulated by Barbas with fake tarantulas. Paige also defeated Barbas on her own.

Charmed will always be my comfort show. I binged it at the end of last year b/c there were some dark things occurring and I couldn't get out of the funk, yet this show continues to help.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

I know the feeling

@Tbird0724

4 ай бұрын

I get you, hope you're doing better now

The emotional side of the show made it so re-watchable. Also every single main character had a great emotional arc. I'm often fond of Piper and Prue's journey with it but in my actual life I'm relating to Phoebe the most. So many important lessons you don't absorb fully as a child. Thanks as always for unpacking another great part of the show.

Ok Bob, you really went there, straight into my heart. This is just another one of the billion reasons to why Charmed was the BEST show and I miss it so much! Thanks again

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Hehe mission accomplished

I have stated before on the channel that the first season I ever watched of Charmed was season 8. And because of that I have always viewed the episode Paige gets her healing powers as a favorite. And even when going back and watching her entire arch it made sense she didn't have them for so long. Paige's arch is very much about embracing both her witch and whitelighter sides. The witch side comes naturally but she fights the whitelighter side. It isn't until she finds Henry and fully embraces her duty as a whitelighter that she can fully be a whitelighter. Although I do always wonder if the only reason she ever got them was because Leo was gone and they needed someone who could heal.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Lol it can be both 😉

@mollypocrass4562

4 ай бұрын

@@BetterWithBob The Doyleist vs. Watsonian explanations.

@TCt83067695

4 ай бұрын

Good point. Though it's not like Leo was healing them anyway since he already fell from grace like a full year prior. I personally struggled with the idea that it would take her 4yrs to learn to heal considering she already started healing, a demon no less, alongside Leo in S4

I just wanna add this comment in case u see it. But I think Phoebe's hate and actions towards Cole make a lot of sense when you look at their relationship from the perspective of domestic abuse. In S4, Cole/the source makes it a point to isolate Phoebe from her family (a very common manipulation tactic), he continuously gaslit Paige about her suspicions towards him, and that scene where Phoebe locks herself in the bathroom with Cole trying to get in is honestly terrifying to me. It just makes sense how hostile she was in S5 (where he was still always violating her boundaries). But Charmed even showed how complicated this all is by showing how Phoebe still loved him (which is often the case as victims mourn their relationships)

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

And a lot of Phoebe's behaviour is quite abusive as well, which is unfortunately true to life. Hurt people hurt people, and many abuse victims go on to become abusers themselves sadly. She projects onto Cole because he has the face of the person who abused her, and then the whole "you're evil and always will be" is a tactic called baiting as well as gaslighting, where the abuser will try to get the victim to do something so they can be vilified

@briannarobinson8648

4 ай бұрын

Idk, I guess we just have different interpretation of it. I don’t really see her actions as abusive, but admittedly that may be bias from my own experiences. But thanks for having this mini-discussion with me 🙂

@Tbird0724

4 ай бұрын

@briannarobinson8648 I personally do agree with you, I also found cole abusive and found most of phoebes reactions towards him in season 5 were warranted, he just didn't get the hint lol. Maybe it's because I'm also biased and never liked his character, but I thought Julian McMahon was hot as hell though lmao

@lanatobasco1224

4 ай бұрын

@@BetterWithBobyour views on abuse and framing of phoebes character are…disappointing. Wow.

@queencerseilannister3519

3 ай бұрын

I agree. Phoebe was just as abusive. ​@@BetterWithBob

Charmed and Smallville was my favorite childhood series growing up, 🤗 especially charmed, Phoebes use to be my favorite as a child but as an adult Prue and Piper are my favorites

@TCt83067695

4 ай бұрын

🎶 Somebody SAAAAAAVE me 😅

@R_a_y_o_n_

4 ай бұрын

@TCt83067695 I use to sing along the theme 🎵 song 😅 miss my childhood

Buffy, Angel, Xena and Charmed im forever thankful i gtew uo with they have defined my life for all my 32 years ...thank you for this video

When i wasa child i was told to keep my emotions in check by adults when ever i was sad or angry because of that i still have problems telling people how i feel at times even though i am an adult now it's so important to feel the way you feel and Express them

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Oh I'm right there with you Angela

This video put into words the main reason why I love this series, thank you💕

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment :)

I experienced unhealthy anger yesterday, and a threatened a student because she was talking bad about me. And I tend to leave anger away from my head, so it's bottled up inside.

@matthewbates9629

4 ай бұрын

I have a pretty bad temper myself I tend to bottle it up cause it’s an emotion that scares me because it hurts people if we’re not careful

@KatsiYori-zk5gm

2 ай бұрын

Fun fact: My brother felt the way that Prue did as a child. My mom passed when I was 4, like a stereotypical 4 year old, I never understood death, so I was a Phoebe like child and barely have memories of my mom, like Phoebe.

In general Charmed is a well written series! and I love it so much!

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@Tbird0724

4 ай бұрын

Same! Out of curiosity Who's your favorite character? Mine is paige

@gamenaboy3288

4 ай бұрын

the show is ahead of its time that's why it lasted 8 season. my favourite character is Phoebe but power wise I'll go for Paige

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

For me, Paige is my favourite of the sisters. Billie is actually my favourite overall character though

@Tbird0724

4 ай бұрын

@gamenaboy3288 paige has awesome powers for sure, if I had to pick any of theirs to have it'd probably be hers

Brilliant video and very articulate about emotions and trauma😊. Should do one on Phoebe’s powers and emotions and how when she feels conflicted her premonitions levitation and empathy didn’t function properly like when she couldn’t read the Sharman in magic school or her premonitions was in bits and Pieces during the eyes have it and that she “can barely levitate”.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Yeah that ties into this as well, where she's so overworked her powers barely function anymore

Great video, i completely agree ! One of the many reasons why this show is not only one of my favorite shows, but my go to comfort show. I'm really into psychology & hope to one day become a therapist or counselor of some sort. so its no surprise the eps that dug deeper into their emotions & feelings & how if affected their powers and witchly duties was always interesting to me. I'm also glad im not the only one that sees the show as more than "women in skimpy outfits" its more than that to a lot of us, a whole lot more. For many years it was one of the things that kept a smile on my face when i didn't think it was possible to to be happy at that time. I'm also happy to hear that you continue as the years go by to find new things to love about it, that's always an amazing thing with a show ❤️ hope you're doing better these days with everything, im sorry to hear about that rough period, much love from a fellow charmed fan from the midwest :)

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment

@Tbird0724

4 ай бұрын

@@BetterWithBob anytime! appreciate you & your vids

Primrose Prue is one of my favorite episodes. Great commentary 👍.

@angelaholmes8888

4 ай бұрын

Yes it is 😊

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

It's a very fun episode XD

@BbuyTheStars

4 ай бұрын

one of the greatest Prue episode!! and Shannen’s acting is amazing and entertaining during this episode

I appreciate the inclusion of your personal life within your content and shouting out creators. I can see it being useful to people and I like that it’s not overbearing/doesn’t take away from Charmed! I enjoyed this video. I think another thing to realise when it comes to Prue was when she was being reckless, her power went AWOL, especially in Sin Francisco. I think anger and bravery/fearlessness drives her power and it’s easy to fall into being reckless or too prideful. She is courageous and it feeds into her accuracy and effect. I think it’s magnified especially in Morality Bites but it is for all of them! ☺️

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Oh yes, and it goes off in Morality Bites when she's agitated about saving Phoebe, since the book isn't in the house anymore

Yes I love how you’ve highlighted the expression of anger from women on screen. It’s still stigmatised and that needs to change. Charmed still holds up!

Great theme

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

think you are a genius. This is very well structured. You gave a first and last name to thoughts I had when watching the series. I saw the series as a child, then as a young man and now you give me the opportunity to see it as an adult. I must say that I ended up crying with this video, congratulations, you are a genius ( I speak Spanish)

I relaye mostly to Prue because I, too, was thrust into the patental role at age 9. Except, I was reslonsible for my siblings but couldnt discipline them; however, because I didnt have the authority to punish, it meant I was on the receiving end of punishment if they did something wrong. My patents berated me with "Why did you let your siblings do that?!" "how dare you tell your siblings what they can or cant do?! Youre not the parent!" and "if your sister (me) ever lays a hand on you, you have our (parents) permission to hit her" followed by "your siblings set the couch on fire and you didnt stop them?!" and a belt whipping. I carried those scars and trauma for decades and it came out in the forms of anger and temper. Unlike Prue, I dont care for my siblings; I'm not close to any family members. I'm estranged from my children, and, after I lost the one man I ever truly loved, I took a vow of celibacy and abstinence over 20 years ago. I'm content being by myself. Weirdly, I've been called a "people person" and a "truly compassionate person with a good heart". I guess when you learn to fake it, it's difficult to turn off.

YAYY! Been waiting for a charmed video

I like what you said about anger. I'm someone who practically never get upset or show anything more than annoyance. So people always say I'm "overreacting" when I'm really not. I'm just very angry. For once. Or very upset. Why must people always tell others that's it's not okay to at all express anger? I myself is guilty of that, but that's just because my husband express his anger (non-violent) a lot louder than I do. Neither way is wrong. Just because I am more quiet about what angers me, people think I am a much calmer person than I really am. People could see each one of us being angry and say that my husband must be violent, because he is so loud when he expresses his anger, but it was me - the quiet one - who was the one who grew up literally fighting with others. Don't people always say that? Fear the quiet ones. At least when someone is loud in their anger, you certainly know that they are angry.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

I cannot stand people who say 'overreacting'. Why should they decide how we ought to feel?

What a smart and interesting video! It's great you have the skills to recognize/the language to name some of these things. Kudos. I often thought the show was making a point about not over-indulging in your emotions (like when they turn into banshees/werwolves/furies or wreck something with their power due to grief etc. But your interpretation that it is not about overcoming bad/big emotions, but about expressing them in a healthy way and dealing with them is much more enjoyable. Will have to remember that when I re-watch some of the episodes :)

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

Thank you for this video❤

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching XD

Lovely, lovely video. Just two points that stood out: Piper's molecular combustion power was triggered by anger, not fear. Fear and uncertainty just made her powers whacky until she could control them. And while we could interpret fear as the trigger for Paige's orbing, I think it's more likely preservation. She could, theoretically, always orb, even before she was Charmed (as that's how she survived the crash that killed her parents) and I have to assume she was afraid more than once in that timeframe. However, only in life or death situations would her power trigger. Yes, Cole scared it out of her once, but remember, she didn't trust him as a demon yet, so you could still argue it was a sense of preservation. And that expands from self-preservation to preserving Good, which falls in nicely with the Whitelighter ethos. Thoughts?

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Well Cole said it was a fear response and she orbed out in fear when the Furies started attacking

Great work.

Such a beautiful and insightful video essay ❤❤❤

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

I love your Charmed videos. Thank you!

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Why thank you ^_^

@ROA1988

4 ай бұрын

@@BetterWithBob XOXOXO

Great video ❤

@BetterWithBob

3 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Thank you!

*So glad you are making Charmed videos again. it has been sad the past 3 months*

This might be your best video yet. Good job.

@BetterWithBob

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@MrHenrytheoctopus

3 ай бұрын

@@BetterWithBob they’re all really good, I subbed fairly recently, but your videos have just been improving with quality every time. Did you study feminism at all? Or do you just spend enough time with women that you never needed it?

Thank you again for another insightful and delightful Charmed video!

I love these videos, they really make me remember how much I love Charmed. Thanks Bob.

So much heart. Actors committed!

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

😁😁😁

Bob I love you and your videos so so so much! This was an excellent topic discussing the portrayal of emotions. You covered so much but there are still more things to cover and I feel you should do a part 2! Perhaps you can speak more on Leo, particularly the episode Blinded by the Whitelighter. We get to meet another Whitelighter Natalie and we finally see how working with the girls and falling in love with Piper has affected Leo all these years and why his character seems to be more of a doorknob prior to season 6. (Lol I’m using your words from a previous video, not mine.) I love Leo’s character but him allowing the girls to call the shots as well as his romance with Piper all contribute to him being a weaker Whitelighter than intended, or does it? Natalie points this out and we even see when he wants to rush off and save that witch not realizing its a trap. Also him feeling the witches pain and it damn near paralyzing him while Natalie acts like she doesn’t even feel it because she refuses to let herself be ruled by it. The show wants us to believe Natalie is the better Whitelighter because she refuses to have emotional ties with her charges, howeverrrr, Natalie dies in that episode and not only does Leo live he is eventually promoted to Elder status because of his emotional ties with the sisters. Its too late for me to analyze further but thats why we have you lol! You could also talk about Phoebe getting the power of empathy and the showrunners trying to force a redemption arc out of that but in the end it doesn’t do a damn thing because she ends up losing her powers and becomes a worse human/witch because of it. And also how her having the power of empathy allows her to tap into other people’s powers which is wrong that is a telepathy thing not empathy lol which can lead into a discussion of whether powers come from your emotions or are tied to your emotions because there is a difference and Charmed likes to bounce between these two notions lol My stance is powers are simply tied to their emotions they don’t just manifest because of a particular emotion the power is always inside of you it’s just a matter of what the trigger is thats the tricky part. They used the powers come from your emotions to give Phoebe a more active power but that is incorrect lol. There is even more emotions to explore, but for now, I’m done. 😅

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

I genuinely think Leo is terrible until about Seasons 3-4 lol. I keep procrastinating on a video on him because my poor head lol

@thejword0416

4 ай бұрын

@BetterWithBob Well I cannot wait until you release it 🙃

Thank you

More Charmed please, thank you. 😊💗

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

As in like you want a continuation? I have no power there but I can try and manifest ;)

@blueskythinking6674

4 ай бұрын

I mean more analysis of episodes, or other things to do with charmed. Thank you.😄💗

Thank you.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome XD

When I was young I could relate to all of the 4 sisters because I felt angry towards my father just like Prue, I also related to Phoebe cause I’m the youngest and I also related to piper cause I would be frozen by fear many times, they all helped me deal with my emotions in some ways. I also felt like Paige in the fact that I needed to affirm myself and my identity.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

I'm relating more and more to Paige and Phoebe as an adult myself

Charmed was a safe space for that part of me that identified more with the powerful female. I was do drawn to the storylines, even when it saw its decline in the latter seasons. I appreciate the breakdown of the episodes because it was so much more than a show about witches or female identity. It touched on a lot of topics that helped make more sense of a ‘non-magical’ world. Good job:)

One of the best shows ever and is still, one of my greatest comfort shows, besides Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I’m on season 2 of both, Buffy & Charmed on my rewatch. Thank you Bob for this video breakdown though I would’ve liked to hear more about, how Phoebe’s premonition powers/abilities along with, levitation, & empathy are also tied to her emotions. Along with individual struggles within her character also, like in one of my personal favorite episodes; The Eyes Have It, emotions are very important especially as someone who is grieving my beloved adopted mom.🌺❤️‍🩹🌺

I had a difficult childhood/adolescence when it came to emotions; it was extremely unhealthy. I couldn't show happiness because if I seemed to enjoy something too much, be it a favorite toy or book or tv show, that thing would inevitably be taken away. I wouldn't be allowed to watch tv at the time my show was on all of a sudden or that show would be declared inappropriate, my favorite toy would suddenly be "missing" and never seen again, etc... BUT because I am on the autism spectrum and don't show a whole lot of emotion on my face if i wasn't outrageously visibly happy when the powers that be WANTED me to look happy i was branded a bad child or a spoiled bitch. I couldn't be angry either because i saw my grandfather beat and kick the crap out of an animal screaming in anger and that became an emotion i felt constantly but was terrified to express because i didn't want to hurt people the way i saw the goat get hurt. I still remember hearing that goat bleating and crying to this day. When I TRIED to express anger in a healthy way as an older teen my stepmom always used it against me. She'd trick me into screaming and crying by saying things about my actual birth mother timing it so when my dad walked in the room i was pitching a fit. It has taken years for me to learn how to control my emotions without being completely closed off from them and its still something i struggle with. This video on how Charmed handles emotions honestly makes me want to sit down and give the whole show a try. It seems right up my alley.

As Patty said, “Love is the greatest of all powers.” Charmed is amazing in portraying all kinds of emotions.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Did she say that? I forget that quote

@asnallar

4 ай бұрын

@@BetterWithBob She says it to Prue when Barbas drowned her in Season 1 kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYCYwbaSg9XLl7g.htmlsi=LQ5E4oPfR6axrohN

@asnallar

4 ай бұрын

Patty told Prue to trust in the greatest of all powers, love, to defeat Barbas and save Phoebe. The series finale doesn’t explicitly repeat that but Piper used Cupid’s ring and followed love to save Phoebe and Paige.

@asnallar

4 ай бұрын

In another episode from Season 7, Cole helps Piper wake up from her coma by reminding her that love is powerful and transcends all kinds of existence. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYieyLmnqK2nidI.htmlsi=cRkCEKGfraWuodzu And it’s also why in the Charmed universe, evil can’t love (mentioned repeatedly) and why good can triumph over evil.

It made no sense to me how Paige was able to heal in season 4 but not the rest of the seasons until season 8 were there were so many times she could have healed them but I guess it’s to have Leo do something until season 7 that and maybe budget problems

@mitchc.2660

4 ай бұрын

Season four she only channeled and strengthened others' healing. She couldn't do it until she embraced both her whitelighter side and love.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

If you notice, up until about Season 8, Paige tended to favour going solo and taking things into her own hands, so she was still somewhat disconnected from the family even though she did love them. It's during that season that she finally learns how to do it. She's also 28-29 by that season and that's actually when the brain reaches full maturity so...

Love the video and your explanation of each sister and how emotions are a big part of every day life especially if you got powers lol .... I would love your opinion/review on two particular charmed episodes ... One being sympathy for the demon ... As a fellow Paige fan I truly could never totally forgive Phoebe for almost killing Paige and I would love your intake on that aswell .... And the second episode being power of three blondes .... I know you said you hated season 6 but I think it's one of the few good episodes to come from season 6 .... Good storyline , funny and a big guest appearance from Jenny McCarthy ...

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

I find Sympathy For The Demon very hard to watch because it feels so cruel and mean spirited. Phoebe is so cruel to Paige and Cole in particular, even with Barbas whispering in her ear Power of Three Blondes is fun. It's also quite interesting to see the power stealing spell resurface and how Paige was able to keep hers since the Stillmans didn't account for her whitelighter half. And with Melody Perkins in there we have a Power Rangers connection too

@joshfig4428

4 ай бұрын

@@BetterWithBob yeah when ever I feel like rewatching charmed I always contemplate about skipping sympathy for the demon because of what happens to Paige .... Like that scene were Phoebe is beating up Paige and almost kills her is so hard to watch 😭

*Holly Marie Combs did any amazing job when portraying grief when Prue died. I always used to think that maybe she tapped into to not been able to work with her best friend every day and now since Shannen's podcast we know it was more than that*

Charmed video, 🎉

charmed is so amazing

can you analyse seasons of Buffy and Charmed like "why Buffy season 3 is a perfect television " or " why charmed season 3 is a perfect television" . That just examples, you can take any season

I wish I could just express my emotions in a healthy way and be happy but it's way trickier in my case. My hypersensitivity doesn't always let me control what I feel and how much I feel it. Plus it gives me some kind of empathy (I don't kid when I say Phoebe's powers are like home). I am able to channel what others are feeling even if I don't want to; mostly anger. Usually, I can manage the emotions of other people but sometimes, I just can't and it's literally painful; I was once struck by someone else's anger as soon as I entered the room that person was in and I felt like I was hit in the ribs by a baseball bat for a few hours.

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

I'd recommend the Wellness Wednesday playlist I've linked to if you think that's something that might help :)

Each time when they get very emotional I also got emotional myself because I remember when Phoebe she feuded with Prue and Piper because the demons keep on messing with their emotions I start to get frustrated and emotional myself because I could feel that connection when they argue or in page lost her adoptive parents in the car accident so there was emotional times that I sent their feud when they start to argue between them because Phoebe when she went to Cole Turner I could understand her pain so it was it was it was it was too much for me to handle In Charmed it was not just magical abilities or Supernatural powers that starts to grow it was also family issues and emotional moments so this is what it was about pain and trauma and human emotions it was all about also about sins and everything like that so we could also relate to that in reality show in real life these things do happen 0:02

I’d be curious to see if you are interested in sharing your thoughts on the recent developments between Shannon Doherty, Alyssa Milano, and Holly Marie Combs? Specifically concerning the circumstances surrounding Shannon’s firing that were discussed by Shannon and Holly on her podcast “Let’s Be Clear”.

@BetterWithBob

3 ай бұрын

I don't pay attention to it anymore. None of them has come out of it looking great tbh

Omg 😳 my story with love is similar to phoebes journey with love

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

Hopefully excluding the Queen of the Underworld part :O

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please ??

can you please answer me , it's important to me

Hell hath No fury is my fav episode of the show....the utopia storyline is the best storyline should have lasted longer. Phoebe go to the book and remember all the losses.....at least they in a better place

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

It's mine too actually

Too bad Alyssa wasn’t like “Phoebe.” Rose called out Milano for being difficult to work with on charmed she said Milano of throwing a fit in front of the crew and yelling that she doesn't get paid enough she added I cried every time we got renewed because you made that set toxic af you bleeping fraud star Alyssa treated Rose like shit behind the scenes!! Holly Marie Combs said that Shannen was fire despite from the show saying she quit after its third season in 2001. Holly recalled a conversation she had with Charmed producer Jonathan Levin, who told her that Milano threatened to sue if Doherty wasn't fired from the show. He said, you know, We're basically in a position where it's Shannen or me ( Holly) and if you don’t fire Shannen I will sue. Shannen said she cried every night she went home in season 2. At the time this was going on Alyssa and Brian (Leo) were dating. Holly said about 20 years later Brian told Holly he was sorry for everything that happened.Brian said it was wrong and he apologized again Shannen wanted to be honest and tell her story about the situation because the rumors that has followed me regardless, she said My representatives, I remember them looking at me at the time and said, "No, no, no, your career won't survive another firing, so we're just going to say that you chose to leave."I remember I started laughing, going, "Who is going to believe that I'm crazy enough to leave a hit show Milano said I'm very laid-back and passive. I have my Buddha. I come in here and meditate. Alyssa writes a book called: Sorry Not Sorry. Almost everyone knows you're not sorry for what you did to Shannen and Rose in Charmed. Well, like my parents used to tell me "its not everybody else it's you!"So when Shannon, Holly and Rose have all come out and said Alyssa a B...l'm going to say that girl is probably a B. It appears the real Book of Shadows has finally been unveiled.

Controversial but Piper and Mark 9:18 were so much better than Piper and Leo. Sorry not sorry 😅🤷🏾‍♂️

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

At least she knew he was a ghost the whole time lol

Bro is killing the KZread game

Are you kidding me with this.

"Where men were allowed to cry" Yes! A hundred times yes. We need more of this now. All I read about in SM these days is boys that think showing any other emotion than anger is weak. If more shows embrace the fact that men have a huge range of emotions, too, maybe those guys will see how ridiculous their ideas are. 🫤

@BetterWithBob

4 ай бұрын

I got a start when rewatching Spartacus: Blood & Sand recently and saw how many emotional scenes the men got, and the actors were really going for it in the crying scenes. It was something I really appreciated Reminds me of a story from Russell Crowe when he was filming the scene in Gladiator of Maximus finding his wife and son dead. The script called for a stoic couple of tears down the cheek, but he felt that a man who came home to find *that* would be weeping "a full blown snotfest"