History Headscratchers / SabrinatheTeenageWitch

* Why was Sabrina living with Hilda and Zelda to begin with? I know the volunteered and loved having her there but why was her dad not dealing with her training at first? I know later on they came up with an excuse for it but at first he was just living in the magic book with no real reason to not be helping or taking care of his daughter.

** I have a theory that full witch children are granted powers by their parents, which is why Marigold's children are semmingly powerless after she loses her powers but Amanda appears later on with her full powers, likely ater she reached the age she could us them herself. We have seen instances where Sabrina granted her powers to others before, though usually by accident (both her teacher and Valerie at least).

* I know [[AlphaBitch Libby]] comes from this show and I was certainly tortured by enough girls like her in high-school, but I could never feel any satisfaction whenever Sabrina defeated her with magic. To me, bullying comes from an imbalance of power and since Sabrina is a pretty much an omnipotent goddess, it was her that came off as the bully when she used this advantage against a mortal high-school girl. On ''TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' Alex, too, had magical powers but she refused on principle to use them for petty revenge against her AlphaBitch (The decent thing to do.) You know, in general, it just bugs me that on this show (following ''{{Bewitched}}'') witches have god-like powers like time travel and without the need for spells or potions or anything like that. Not only is it not like that in folklore, it's really boring dramatically.

** Every series has it's own mythology. And the show is a Sitcom, unlike The Secret World of Alex Mack. I also think it'd be unrealistic for someone who has supernatural powers NOT to use them on the bully because of 'principles'. And from Libby's perspective, she still has more power than Sabrina (She's popular, Sabrina isn't). And Libby isn't always the bad guy, and Sabrina has from time to time used her powers to help her. Such as the time that her aunts made her a man out of man dough. She told Chad Corey Dillon that he should dance with Libby, when she didn't have to at all. And that's what makes her victories satisfying.

* I know TheLibby comes from this show and I was certainly tortured by enough girls like her in high-school, but I could never feel any satisfaction whenever Sabrina defeated her with magic. To me, bullying comes from an imbalance of power and since Sabrina is a pretty much an omnipotent goddess, it was her that came off as the bully when she used this advantage against a mortal high-school girl. On ''TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' Alex, too, had magical powers but she refused on principle to use them for petty revenge against her Libby (The decent thing to do.) You know, in general, it just bugs me that on this show (following ''{{Bewitched}}'') witches have god-like powers like time travel and without the need for spells or potions or anything like that. Not only is it not like that in folklore, it's really boring dramatically.

*** No, Mr. Kraft was obviously brought in because they really wanted to annoy the audience without end. How else can you explain that Mr. Kraft dated BOTH ANTS ? They soon felt this wasnt enough, so they started making more stupid changes about the show.

* Hilda was punished by the Witches Council by having her take care of Salem and keep him worm free for a century but when she leaves after getting married Salem stays with Sabrina. Why would the Witches Council drop her punishment.

* How was Sabrina supposed to solve the rebus about her family without any clues? They were all treating her as if she was lazy (which, granted, she actually was), but there wasn't anything she could have done. It's not like it was just a riddle, and she could ask for another hint. You can't solve a rebus without pictures! And I wasn't under the impression that they would have just given her pictures if she had asked nicely.

In the Season 4 (or 5 maybe) episode "The Whole Ball of Wax", Sabrina looks at her mom by accident and causes her to turn into a ball of wax, supposedly in accordance with the curse she's under. However, the curse is only supposed to last for a two year period and this episode takes place after that amount of time has passed. What gives?

** She did become less busy, she stepped down as editer of the paper and other things. And they didn't really break up so much as she had to see less of him. She just go things under control and ended up with more spare tim for him.

** Odds are Dreama fixed her magic problem and just went home, she was there for tutoring, not school or anything so once her problem was fixed there was nothing keeping her there.
** As NightmareFuel -y as it sounds, this is one of the few series were it's safe to say "A Wizard did it"... or a Witch...

* Why did Hilda and Zelda never warn Sabrina about any of the dangerous magical problems and loopholes until after she'd already caused them? At the very least the pancake addiction should have been adressed as soon as it became clear she was a witch
* I know TheLibby comes from this show from and I was certainly tortured by enough girls like her in high-school but I could never feel any satisfaction whenever Sabrina defeated her with magic. To me, bullying comes from an imbalance of power and since Sabrina is a pretty much an omnipotent goddess, it was her that came off as the bully when she used this advantage against a mortal high-school girl. On ''TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' Alex, too, had magical powers but she refused on principle to use them for petty revenge against her Libby (The decent thing to do.) You know, in general, it just bugs me that on this show (following ''{{Bewitched}}'') witches have god-like powers like time travel and without the need for spells or potions or anything like that. Not only is it not like that in folklore, it's really boring dramatically.
** This is probably why they brought in Mr. Kraft and made him so unfairly biased towards Libby. With the legitimate authority against her Sabrina's magical payback seems more acceptable as she really doesn't have any other avenues to deal wth it. I thnk as the series goes on Sabrina uses her magic on Libby less and less for mere petty revenge. It was mostly in the first season, which was also the season that had Hilda ready to chop Libby up and eat her when Sabrina accidently turned her into a pineapple.

** When your choices are either do things the slow and hard way, or to just use your magical powers to make a problem disappear instantly, which would you choose? Also, you have to take into account that Sabrina is a teenager, and considering how wreckless most teenagers are with mundane things, imagine how much more wreckless they'd get if you let them magical powers to use in any way they see fit?