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CellarDweller:
I wasn't a faithful watcher of Bewitched, but I did enjoy it when I did watch it. I remember when little Tabitha joined the cast and became a witch as well.
I liked the more modern witches. ;D
although, this has me thinking of something.....
Before I mentioned Tabitha, and the show where Samantha announces her pregnancy, Darren wants a human boy or girl. Samantha's father wants a warlock, and Endora wants a witch. Samantha shrugs her shoulders and says "boy or girl....witch or warlock" implying the witch is female, and the warlock a male.
On "Charmed" it was explained that males or females could be witches. Warlocks were witches who choose to use their powers for evil.
I wonder which is more 'correct'?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on October 22, 2013, 03:40:49 pm ---Before I mentioned Tabitha, and the show where Samantha announces her pregnancy, Darren wants a human boy or girl. Samantha's father wants a warlock, and Endora wants a witch. Samantha shrugs her shoulders and says "boy or girl....witch or warlock" implying the witch is female, and the warlock a male.
On "Charmed" it was explained that males or females could be witches. Warlocks were witches who choose to use their powers for evil.
I wonder which is more 'correct'?
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I don't think I'd phrase the question that way. It appears to me that all these shows and movies with characters with supernatural powers create their own "rules." Per Webster, a warlock is male--so you could score one for Bewitched, I guess--but both were considered to practice black magic.
I guess the question really is, "Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?" ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on October 22, 2013, 03:35:46 pm ---
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There she is! :D
Thanks, Chuck. :-*
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on October 22, 2013, 03:40:49 pm ---I wasn't a faithful watcher of Bewitched, but I did enjoy it when I did watch it. I remember when little Tabitha joined the cast and became a witch as well.
I liked the more modern witches. ;D
although, this has me thinking of something.....
Before I mentioned Tabitha, and the show where Samantha announces her pregnancy, Darren wants a human boy or girl. Samantha's father wants a warlock, and Endora wants a witch. Samantha shrugs her shoulders and says "boy or girl....witch or warlock" implying the witch is female, and the warlock a male.
On "Charmed" it was explained that males or females could be witches. Warlocks were witches who choose to use their powers for evil.
I wonder which is more 'correct'?
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The word 'warlock' is a misnomer. It literally means "oathbreaker". The correct term for a male witch is 'wizard'.
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 22, 2013, 03:12:36 pm ---Where did Endora and Maurice and Uncle Arthur and Cousin Serena and dear, dear Aunt Clara (and her doorknob collection!) live, anyway?
A few months ago, when I was watching episodes on Me-TV, I was shocked to realize what an anti-witchcraft chauvinist Darrin was, actually ordering Sam not to use witchcraft, using the verb forbid. >:(
Endora was right about him all along, and Sam should have turned him into a toad and moved on. ...
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I've wondered about this, as well. And Endora and Maurice? Were they married and going about their separate ways, divorced, never married?
Yes, Darrin hated witchcraft, but I think he was more concerned about his wife being discovered and harm coming to her and their family. But I could be wrong about that! :)
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