If I Wrote CHARMED
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Mine would be an (adult) animated series. Why? Unlimited budget for powers, spells, demons, monsters, locations, fight scenes, and whatever else I feel like adding to the story.
Oh yeah, and I would change the name to CHOSEN. Yes, this is an intentional Buffy shout-out.
Origin
Once upon a time, when the world was much, much, much younger than it is now, there were three sisters who were witches. The oldest could move almost anything with her mind, the one in the middle could (usually, only temporarily) stop time, and the youngest had frequent glimpses of the future. Obviously, each sister was quite powerful on her own, but they were much more powerful when they cast spells together.
Unfortunately, after several years of fighting them and banishing them from the mortal realm, their town was overrun with demons.
So they prayed to Hekate, who granted them a spell that allowed them to borrow a burst of power from every witch on the planet, which they used to incinerate the body of every demon in their village and then banish their spirits back to whichever hell dimension they came from. Their spell was so powerful that it didn't stop at their village - it banished every demon in their hemisphere (yes, specifically only one half of the world, because there were fewer witches alive back then). Hekate knew that her daughters would need to save the world from demons for far longer than these three would be alive, so she let them keep all that power until they died of old age.
This was the birth of the Power of Three, which goes to a new set of sisters whenever the old ones die. They're not always literally blood sisters, but that happens a lot. The same three individual powers always repeat as well, not necessarily in the same order. Sometimes the oldest sister has the premonitions, sometimes the youngest can stop time, whatever. There have been a lot of sisters over the millennia.
World-Building
The sisters are not the only witches alive, of course. I'm not sure exactly how many, but let's say less than a hundred thousand (not including the mortal "dabblers" who are drawn to the craft, but haven't unlocked any "actual" superpower magic yet). Witches are very powerful, but their powers are not unlimited. One witch might have a talent for turning into one specific animal, her sister could be able to shapeshift into anyone or anything. One witch might get her powers from fire, another will be connected to water. With enough power, experience, and imagination, most witches can cast spells to do pretty much anything. The Power of Three is pretty much unstoppable, although more than one demon might have some sort of long-term plan to challenge that.
In this 'verse, it's quite common for witches to cast prosperity spells on themselves, or conjure cash that may or may not be stolen from a billionaire, or otherwise attract a lot of money so that they don't have to rely on "work" to survive. Many of them also throw a splash of financial luck on at least three mortals every time they manifest money for themselves, because why not? Most witches live at least a few hundred years, so they are rather confused by capitalism, since they can snap with one hand and just have a pile of cash in the other.
Since they have more free time, some witches focus some of their magic on making the world a better place in little ways and big ways. Homelessness hasn't been a thing for at least fifty years. And, well, I wasn't kidding about some witches conjuring cash from billionaires.
And it is a very good thing that other witches work on slowly saving the world in "smaller" ways, because the Chosen Three are constantly saving it from demons and other malevolent magics that want to end it, take it over, unleash Hell's nastiest monsters, and so forth. When the whole world isn't in danger, their lives still are. Many demons are stupid enough to try to kill them and steal their powers (individual powers only, although killing one sister will sever the Power of Three).
The House
I don't have a perfect mental picture yet, but it's another big house. This one is dark green with bright white double doors and a roof as black as midnight. And a wraparound porch (with several pieces of furniture, including at least three that are intended to lounge and read). And a backyard with a few trees and a garden. And a chimney (which is connected to, hell yes, a fireplace!).
It's a two-story house (technically more if you count the basement & attic) which needs at least four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, kitchen, garage (might be one of the bedrooms - witches don't need cars to get around), solarium, living room, and I'm not sure what else.
I am sure that The Book of Shadows appeared in the attic when the sisters were Chosen. The attic is also where their Mom and Grams did most of their spellcasting, and the sisters keep that tradition alive.
The Sisters
As of right now, I feel good about naming them Hallie, Hannah, and Hazel. No idea what their surname should be. Their mom was killed by a demon when they were young, which led to Hallie growing up fast to help Grams raise her sisters. Grams died of old age approximately six months before they were Chosen.
HALLIE, the oldest sister, is 26/27 in season one. Her main power is telekinesis. Now, this is one of the most common powers in the world, and she's had a knack for it since birth, before she even had sisters, but after being Chosen she gets such a boost that she is by default THE most powerful telekinetic in the world. She's always been an excellent artist, but by season two she has enough control to re-create Starry Night without moving a muscle. If she wanted to. She'd rather paint her own stuff. Painting is how she attracts her money, but she's very talented in many kinds of visual art. Photography, illustration, sculpting her own action figures, making her own plushies, pottery, mixed media sculpture, basically whatever she feels like.
Her power will eventually expand to teleportation. Partly because Paige could orb, but mostly because telekinesis & teleportation just go together, when you think about it. They're not quite opposites, but like, the same idea from different angles. Or something.
This is an animated series, but she looks a bit like Tati Gabrielle. Specifically, with that amazing short white hair she had (in at least two distinct styles I can think of right now) as Prudence on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. I can't describe her style beyond "hair is usually white" because she changes it all the time. Like, so often that she has learned how to instantly change into any outfit she can think of. She's NOT a goddamn fashion designer, but she does really enjoy expressing her feelings through what she wears.
HANNAH, the middle sister, is 24/25 in season one. Her main power is stopping time. Her range is approximately three blocks, and it doesn't work on other witches unless they want to kill her.
Like Piper, she's a chef. Unlike Piper, she's actually a chef. Who owns some sort of restaurant. Their mother was also a cook who ran her own place, so Hannah has been planning this for many years.
Obviously, she is a kitchen witch. The actual kitchen is her domain at home and at work, and woe betide her sisters if she asks them to do some sort of chore in there and they don't do it. Or do it wrong. The garden is also hers. She has always had a knack for potions.
Her second power is BLOWING SHIT UP. This really makes more sense as something for Hallie to do, but Piper did it and I loved it, so it stays. (Hallie can still do it occasionally.)
She looks a bit like Sasheer Zamata. She usually wears a black chef shirt, but her pants and shoes tend to be bright colors. At home she wears a lot of jeans, t-shirts, sneakers, and other stuff that's easy to bake in.
HAZEL, the baby sister, is 17/18 in season one. Yes, a high school senior! Becoming One of the Chosen Three kind of disrupts her plans to go to college and become a lawyer. Her main power is premonitions, and I am too tired to type any more right now!
Mine would be an (adult) animated series. Why? Unlimited budget for powers, spells, demons, monsters, locations, fight scenes, and whatever else I feel like adding to the story.
Oh yeah, and I would change the name to CHOSEN. Yes, this is an intentional Buffy shout-out.
Origin
Once upon a time, when the world was much, much, much younger than it is now, there were three sisters who were witches. The oldest could move almost anything with her mind, the one in the middle could (usually, only temporarily) stop time, and the youngest had frequent glimpses of the future. Obviously, each sister was quite powerful on her own, but they were much more powerful when they cast spells together.
Unfortunately, after several years of fighting them and banishing them from the mortal realm, their town was overrun with demons.
So they prayed to Hekate, who granted them a spell that allowed them to borrow a burst of power from every witch on the planet, which they used to incinerate the body of every demon in their village and then banish their spirits back to whichever hell dimension they came from. Their spell was so powerful that it didn't stop at their village - it banished every demon in their hemisphere (yes, specifically only one half of the world, because there were fewer witches alive back then). Hekate knew that her daughters would need to save the world from demons for far longer than these three would be alive, so she let them keep all that power until they died of old age.
This was the birth of the Power of Three, which goes to a new set of sisters whenever the old ones die. They're not always literally blood sisters, but that happens a lot. The same three individual powers always repeat as well, not necessarily in the same order. Sometimes the oldest sister has the premonitions, sometimes the youngest can stop time, whatever. There have been a lot of sisters over the millennia.
World-Building
The sisters are not the only witches alive, of course. I'm not sure exactly how many, but let's say less than a hundred thousand (not including the mortal "dabblers" who are drawn to the craft, but haven't unlocked any "actual" superpower magic yet). Witches are very powerful, but their powers are not unlimited. One witch might have a talent for turning into one specific animal, her sister could be able to shapeshift into anyone or anything. One witch might get her powers from fire, another will be connected to water. With enough power, experience, and imagination, most witches can cast spells to do pretty much anything. The Power of Three is pretty much unstoppable, although more than one demon might have some sort of long-term plan to challenge that.
In this 'verse, it's quite common for witches to cast prosperity spells on themselves, or conjure cash that may or may not be stolen from a billionaire, or otherwise attract a lot of money so that they don't have to rely on "work" to survive. Many of them also throw a splash of financial luck on at least three mortals every time they manifest money for themselves, because why not? Most witches live at least a few hundred years, so they are rather confused by capitalism, since they can snap with one hand and just have a pile of cash in the other.
Since they have more free time, some witches focus some of their magic on making the world a better place in little ways and big ways. Homelessness hasn't been a thing for at least fifty years. And, well, I wasn't kidding about some witches conjuring cash from billionaires.
And it is a very good thing that other witches work on slowly saving the world in "smaller" ways, because the Chosen Three are constantly saving it from demons and other malevolent magics that want to end it, take it over, unleash Hell's nastiest monsters, and so forth. When the whole world isn't in danger, their lives still are. Many demons are stupid enough to try to kill them and steal their powers (individual powers only, although killing one sister will sever the Power of Three).
The House
I don't have a perfect mental picture yet, but it's another big house. This one is dark green with bright white double doors and a roof as black as midnight. And a wraparound porch (with several pieces of furniture, including at least three that are intended to lounge and read). And a backyard with a few trees and a garden. And a chimney (which is connected to, hell yes, a fireplace!).
It's a two-story house (technically more if you count the basement & attic) which needs at least four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, kitchen, garage (might be one of the bedrooms - witches don't need cars to get around), solarium, living room, and I'm not sure what else.
I am sure that The Book of Shadows appeared in the attic when the sisters were Chosen. The attic is also where their Mom and Grams did most of their spellcasting, and the sisters keep that tradition alive.
The Sisters
As of right now, I feel good about naming them Hallie, Hannah, and Hazel. No idea what their surname should be. Their mom was killed by a demon when they were young, which led to Hallie growing up fast to help Grams raise her sisters. Grams died of old age approximately six months before they were Chosen.
HALLIE, the oldest sister, is 26/27 in season one. Her main power is telekinesis. Now, this is one of the most common powers in the world, and she's had a knack for it since birth, before she even had sisters, but after being Chosen she gets such a boost that she is by default THE most powerful telekinetic in the world. She's always been an excellent artist, but by season two she has enough control to re-create Starry Night without moving a muscle. If she wanted to. She'd rather paint her own stuff. Painting is how she attracts her money, but she's very talented in many kinds of visual art. Photography, illustration, sculpting her own action figures, making her own plushies, pottery, mixed media sculpture, basically whatever she feels like.
Her power will eventually expand to teleportation. Partly because Paige could orb, but mostly because telekinesis & teleportation just go together, when you think about it. They're not quite opposites, but like, the same idea from different angles. Or something.
This is an animated series, but she looks a bit like Tati Gabrielle. Specifically, with that amazing short white hair she had (in at least two distinct styles I can think of right now) as Prudence on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. I can't describe her style beyond "hair is usually white" because she changes it all the time. Like, so often that she has learned how to instantly change into any outfit she can think of. She's NOT a goddamn fashion designer, but she does really enjoy expressing her feelings through what she wears.
HANNAH, the middle sister, is 24/25 in season one. Her main power is stopping time. Her range is approximately three blocks, and it doesn't work on other witches unless they want to kill her.
Like Piper, she's a chef. Unlike Piper, she's actually a chef. Who owns some sort of restaurant. Their mother was also a cook who ran her own place, so Hannah has been planning this for many years.
Obviously, she is a kitchen witch. The actual kitchen is her domain at home and at work, and woe betide her sisters if she asks them to do some sort of chore in there and they don't do it. Or do it wrong. The garden is also hers. She has always had a knack for potions.
Her second power is BLOWING SHIT UP. This really makes more sense as something for Hallie to do, but Piper did it and I loved it, so it stays. (Hallie can still do it occasionally.)
She looks a bit like Sasheer Zamata. She usually wears a black chef shirt, but her pants and shoes tend to be bright colors. At home she wears a lot of jeans, t-shirts, sneakers, and other stuff that's easy to bake in.
HAZEL, the baby sister, is 17/18 in season one. Yes, a high school senior! Becoming One of the Chosen Three kind of disrupts her plans to go to college and become a lawyer. Her main power is premonitions, and I am too tired to type any more right now!
