r/CharmedCW

They finally turned things around slowly imo, yes

-it took way too long literally to the last few eps to give Macy own demon powers back like truly wtf that was actually evil to do that to her character on the WRITERS behalf

And ofc Mads had to leave so I assume things were bad bc you could tell she loved the show but yea writing got so bad dont blame her

BUT

- not perpetual dark lighting

- more sister scenes

- family lore

-mel got a handmade book of shadows back

- Maggie actually like a 21 y/o college student

- her curls

-Hacy even though I can't stand Harry, it's what macy wanted

- family scenes the 4

- giving Macy a friend in Jordan

- science Macy/hacy

- great magic causes some giant debacle how will they solve it and learn emotional lessons, episodes like the OG

-them defending women/innocents which yea all seasons but loved the narcissis episode etc

-macy got to go to nerdy Paris

-the eps had a good feeling often, ending with TCO hanging out like in the OG

Until the end ):

Hello. I'm an OG fan on the real! I'm trying to get into the New Class but I'm struggling. Please help me appreciate it. What should I be looking for in the new series? Any tips or suggestions are appreciated 👏🏼. Thanks in advance😘

Compared to others endings on the cw charmed was so sad tbh like

Supergirl-karas finally free to be herself to the world, surrounded by family & friends, career stuff new exciting what she wanted, some people move or whatnot but overall

And roswell- main characters have like very many friends & family to lean on now that annoying max decided to safari another planet & michaels on honeymoon but other than that there are so many people to lean on eachother good life things good healing new relationships new careers i tbh dont remember what Liz is doing career wise but like I think shes good yes roswell was an exceptionally larger cast but like good ending story arcs wrapped up mostly besides maybe Maria but she had good stuff going too

Then theres charmed..

Their sister TCO freaking di*ed and mel is now ALONE in the manor with literally no one but her new kinda sister who lives in the backyard lmao and is like a friend at best imo

And the situationship she kinda friend zoned is ASLEEP for 7 years in the queer coded magic bar she is running for her, and only if she improves her time witch powers MAYBE can she see her

Career took a turn to just that atm (maybe leading the magical community)

Her ex almost fiancé who shes at least friends with works above the basement where mel & maggie have to spend part of their time literally working/living sometimes out of a basement in a corporate hippy hybrid workspace thing

Literal nightmare

Bc Maggie her closest sister moved out & also only has one person jordan at least a whitelighter (who we hardly got to see do that for her) nearby (the man whos been into her since she was 20 & he 26 which will never not be odd to me i see a 20 y/o & think thats a child but i digress) who she had a rocky at best relationship with but now moving in with we dont even see her graduate

The sisters not even living together and

Harry is off who knows where he spent so much of this series moping tbh like ill never think thats not dumb they spent 3 seasons of him being like "nooo i don't wanna become a bad whitelighter "*progressively becomes a bad whitelighter and if not that an annoying boyfriend to macy*" but I love TCO so much "

THEN when macys sisters, macy who he loved so much, the sisters who he loved so much WOULD NEED HIM THE MOST in season 4 he's off on another identity crises & says weird af shit to them like comparing their love for her

Like rude to all 3 of them imo
Complaining aside yes we saw a lot of character growth but ultimately not a lot of conclusions

But to be fair the last moments of the series I suppose turns that all on its head as they walk into the presumed halliwell manor so who knows

(And prue or macy or both shut the door)

& the inara alternate reality was a cool finale i did enjoy that

Not to get too ya know but I think its fascinating how both charmed series can be representative or not of the times they were in & moreso the money & society that allowed or didnt allow things

At least in the OG as traditional & pretty rushed to get the women all wed & with babies, as it was, there was stability & wrapped up plots and the sisters were in those ways set in their lives , traditions & all. But their careers were cool & continuing the charmed tradition. Ages like 28 to maybe 33? Or whatver age they are in the last montage

The reboot as the cast even said shows the current times uncertainty chaos, like of the economy & current affairs tbh its sad but realistic like so few women i know have economic or otherwise complete stability until like maybe 40 these days its crazy

& especially they wouldn't be at 22-28ish (wide range estimate)

Jobs, housing & relationships becoming so uncertain & scarce tbh

ALSO as "with the times" as they are WHY and HOW would Jordan & maggie, 2 students AFAIK be able to afford such a nice apartment , if it really were about the working class they may have to wait & stay home

But then again moving in with your romantic partner you fight with often to save on rent is very 2020s indeed

Seasons 2-4 just felt like intense character growth & stress with some moments of happy family ness

But no satisfying ending besides imo meeting the halliwells which ofc we couldn't see

Ironic bc as they said in season 1 via galvin, years of hardwork not paying off, blows

Yes there were some great scenes & ofc I loved the characters so much i still watch & complain all these years later

I was thinking about a comment I heard while watching S3 when Macy was crying in Harry’s arms about what she went through with the woman in the Shea board. Someone said Macy based one bad experience off of everyone in the world and that’s not true. Macy stated in S1 that her dad sent her to a predominantly white school with only one other black kid and basically the kids told her what kind of black girl she was supposed to be. In the episode where the angels came through the tv, Macy admitted to being bullied so bad and it was probably by those same kids. In college the guy who grabbed her and told her to “twerk” for him. When Macy and Jordan were in the backyard talking about other experiences they have dealt with being light skinned. Macy didn’t just go through one bad experience with racism. No Macy didn’t mean she would just stop helping people even when people have been bad to her and not everyone in the world is a bad person. Hearing things like that from the time you are a kid to a present is not easy and I just think some people shouldn’t speak on things they don’t know about.

Maggie & therapy: realizing she wanted to be one via Parker then trying to heal him then jordan healing her later mentally & in his should have been more utilized actually for tco- whitelighter plot

Macy & harry: bugs 😂

Harry fear of bugs macy taken by a bug demon by her date , in s3: macy invents bug ear buds to communicate across magic

Macy: every season some sort of plot about letting her loved ones in & her demon side

Also s1 was great with foreshadowing

Harry:being a whiny British man either too afraid he's going to not be able to protect them or actually does not all bc his whole dual man schtick both making him do dumb things that mainly hurt Macy no matter how many times she asks him to be honest with her

Ya know what id love that tbh

Tied with mel to maggie

Macy adored her from the start

Where they can finally hug in schrodingers future was a cute moment

Macy imo bc of the age difference and maybe just height lol she had an almost motherly dynamic towards maggie sometimes or ofc older sister

Mel had that too but also bc of their shared upbringing a v distinct older sister dynamic

These were similar to the halliwells imo