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But didn't she move to Hilltown where Galvin was already living? So, she followed him? Lmao.

A picture is a picture, not a character. Yes, it's a nod, or an Easter egg for older Charmed fans. That is not an actual insertion of the character from the OG show. It is, again, this show's version. They included the reference for fun, not for any actual intention of having that actress appear or to have this series literally connect with the original one. They don't exist in the same universe. If they had Tyler Layton appear and bring with her references to Prue, Piper and Phoebe then the show's become one whole. As it stands, they're two separate adaptations of the same idea.

Tbf, Phoebe WAS pregnant and the influence of the Source's unborn spawn cannot be discounted. We saw that foetus eventually take complete control of her body at a later stage, so it influencing her decisions and her feelings from the moment of conception is canon. The only issue is, it doesn't help that they didn't talk about the similar thing for Cole, being possessed by the Source himself.

Oh absolutely. There became no depth to it, it became caricature much like Phoebe wanting a child. It wasn't written normally and they would parrot the same lines over and over because the writer was not very adept. The Manic Episodes reviews of the show on youtube point it out where they have the sisters learn the same lessons multiple times. Like, after Cole's death Phoebe has a disastrous date or short relationship that concludes with her realising losing Prue and Cole has led her to have a "closed heart" and she had now learned to let go and open it up etc. Then the next episode would act like it didn't happen. The same with Piper, in season 4 she's acting like binding her child's powers is an outrage despite it going against everything the character believed at that point. In the later seasons she flips from having embraced it all to hating it constantly, coming to the same epiphanies and resetting episode after episode.

I've been watching the dailies on youtube recently. Love stuff like that. Even though there's minimal footage of them "between takes" it's still interesting to watch. Shannen reciting Mirror Piper's lines for Holly in Coyote Piper was cute. I wish we had more behind the scenes stuff and DVD extras for the show.

I agree about them not really needing them all to have the same amount of kids, but heteronormative? None of the sisters were ever gay so did you want a finale storyline involving one of them coming out as gay or something? Saying the show was heteronormative would be kind of valid, I think we had one reference to a lesbian couple in the whole show but the finale itself, meh.

Well, she got it in the end. Lmao.

It did make sense in terms of it being her neurosis. Like in the real world, our neuroses are rarely logical but they're there nonetheless. In regards to the demons and stuff, Piper was thinking more of being a Charmed One who is an actual target for these demons. Kind of in the same sense as being a police officer. You can be a regular citizen and be assaulted, murdered etc but as an officer you're actually putting yourself out there in more dangerous situations and thus the likelihood of you being injured or killed is significantly higher. So, as a Charmed One she and her family were in significant more danger than if they were nothing but mortals and there was only a "chance" they may become victims to someone or something. Having no powers takes the bounty from their heads.

I remember there being loads of moments where Piper talks about normality casually and Phoebe or Paige laugh and point out "Erm, Wyatt/we are not normal!!". I remember early on (obviously before the writers bothered to actually settle on who Chris was and he says Piper is a really optimistic and carefree or something and Paige laughs. Lmao.

Separation anxiety is a real thing and the episode you refer to had demons trying to kill/kidnap the baby because of a prophecy. Yeah, can't imagine why she was overreacting.

I don't understand this. Prior to getting pregnant at the end of season 4, Piper only sporadically mentions children and even then not very much beyond planning to have a child at some point. Are you confusing her with Phoebe who spent the final 3 seasons of the show obsessed with getting pregnant?

It did. Piper never froze time. She froze objects and people. When she froze a room, the world beyond that room continued as normal. Nicholas notes that it was Noon but he only heard five chimes of the clock in "That 70s Episode" precisely for this reason.

But the entire point is their magic is inherited from their bloodline. Just like Grams and Patty had TK and freezing before TCO.

Well, I never suggested the show was 100% feminist or perfect. By merely existing it was feminist. Again, the show itself and the system that created what was the show are two separate things. Did it have major flaws related to and unrelated to feminist ideas; GOD yes! Does that mean the show was not feminist? No.