The demons looking more human in later seasons...

Ya. And I agree. The first 3 seasons were when the demons were actually scary like Barbas - The demon of Fear, The Source, original Triad, Tempus, Litvack, Raynor, Vornacc and even belthazar to name a few. These were the demons I liked that charmed came up with, and I'm sure they werent Kern's ideas. kern weakened the Source, Barbas, the triad and even Cole by getting rid of his demon half. Their believability and fear factor after kern took control of those characters disappeared.

Remember when they used to talk about the Upper level demons and them being members of scary demonic groups like The Ordo Malorum that Bane worked for and The Brotherhood of the Thorn. That's when demons were scary and they actually scared the charmed ones on some level. Somewhere starting midway through season 4 after Cole got stripped of his demonic powers and the Source showing his face everything started going soft and downhill on the show. Then season 5 on turns into storybook. Though a storybrook like theme wouldn't have been so bad if they had had someone like the evil queen on charmed. I'd give anything to see Regina and piper go at it in a battle or see the girls end up stuck in storybrook





Ordo Malorum

Commanding the demonic legions,
these generals lead the war
against the forces of good.

To ascend in the unholy hierarchy,
they must capture and conquer
those witches who protect
the innocent and value good.

The servants of these generals
(also known as Level Two Demons)
can be identified by the weapons
which they carry.

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What I complain about (constantly) is the fact that rather than The Demon of...they all turn into leather-wearing men who throw fireballs and shimmer.

Yeah, that got on my nerves. Being a demon was suppose to be a HUGE thing. While warlocks were equal to witches, demons were suppose to be something greater and scarier. While warlocks felt like threats, we could easily believe the Charmed Ones could stop them if they could figure out the plot quick enough. Meanwhile, when a demons show, we're a bit more fearful.

Its why in the earlier Seasons, the Charmed Ones face more warlocks than demons. The sister were greatly powerful but lacked so much experience. Meanwhile, the average warlock wasn't as strong as any of them but held so much more experience. Warlocks could get the upper hand on the naive Charmed Ones. But, if the Charmed Ones could figure out the game quick enough, they'd be okay. But, for demons, figuring out the plan wasn't enough. Demons were just as strong so it felt like a fight to win AND survive.

In Seasons 1 and 2, we'd get demons who looked human and then those who looked nothing like. But, that changed in season 3. I get why Season 3 gave us so many human-looking demons though. They were technically half-demons. But, I feel THIS was the start of the loss of unique demons and the rise of "Just put 'em in leather and have 'em throw an energy ball or somethin'." Seriously, remember when energy balls and shimmering were rare? Cole and his group were suppose to be rare, powerful and with exclusive powers. But, it's like the show said "Y'know, this is WAY easier to do!! Just make 'em ALL like that!! Only with LESS depth too!!"

Eventually, all we get is very obvious "Look at me!! I'm evil 'cause I'm wearing leather" demons. Their mannerisms were no longer eerie or foreboding. Rather, all we got was "GRR!!! I want to kill EVERYTHING without finesse!! No planning!! Just shimmer in and throw and energy ball!! And, I better make it quick too!! I need Piper to blow me up so we can get back to her hating Leo and Phoebe trying to find love with her crotch!! GRRR!!!!!"

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