History YMMV / Charmed1998

** Prue - kickass and badass feminist icon that stands up for what she believes in? Or a massive {{hypocrite}} who is too powerful and a blatant WishFulfillment character?
** Piper - whiny and wangsty broken record, always craving a normal life? Or StoicWoobie that has a right to want happiness after everything she's been through?
** Phoebe (mostly in later seasons) - broken cutie that's finally had enough and just wants to find happiness? Or CreatorsPet that has forgotten her true destiny and become the very thing she feared against in "Morality Bites"?

** Overall, this is best known as that show with the three sexy witch sisters.

** Season 7 is much like Season 6 in terms of reception, with many lamenting the ongoing {{Flanderization}} of the sisters, one too many [[AbortedArc AbortedArcs]] and unnecessary [[RomanticPlotTumor Romantic Plot Tumors]], over-reliance on big name guest stars, [[ArcFatigue even more emphasis on the Piper/Leo drama]], and continued sidelining of Paige and Phoebe. It is however praised for MagnificentBastard BigBad Zankou, one of the best received villains on the show, numerous {{Continuity Nod}}s that almost feel like an apology for the goofs in the previous season, a return to the darker procedural format resembling Season 1, and a season finale so epic that many fans would have been content with it being the ''series'' finale instead.

* SpecialEffectsFailure:

** In general, Phoebe's character derailment in the later seasons is a result of the show failing to acknowledge her TraumaCongaLine in Season Four. Her behaviour includes: distancing herself from her sisters and magical heritage, [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming increasingly self-centered, jaded]] and [[BrokenBird less bubbly]], being obsessed with her sister's baby first and having her own baby at all costs later, and [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking becoming disillusioned about love]]. This is pretty consistent with depression over losing her sister, her love/husband and her unborn baby in a short span, as well as her guilt over betraying her family and frustration over her dead husband trying to force his way back into her life. Jason breaking up with her because of magic not long after was the final straw, seeing how faster and further her derailment went afterwards. Had the show truly addressed her mental state, Phoebe would have come off as more sympathetic and could have had a character arc about healing, redeeming herself, reconnecting with her sisters and magic, and balancing her new-found maturity with her earlier optimism and carefreeness, rather than just focussing on solving her "love block" by [[StrangledByTheRedString shoehorning a love interest at the eleventh hour]] as if ''that'' were the solution to everything.

* DesignatedVillain: The Wizard who sought to kill the Source and take his powers, intending to use it to resurrect his near-extinct brethren. He's immediately declared ''evil'', despite coming across more as a desperate individual, tired of being the LastOfHisKind. Then again, he literally is trying to become ''the Source of All Evil'', which doesn't exactly help his case.

* WTHCastingAgency: Kaley Cuoco as Billie. Why would you give the comedic hip young actress the inconsistently-written melodramatic role from hell?

* DesignatedVillain:
** The Wizard who sought to kill the Source and take his powers, intending to use it to resurrect his near-extinct brethren. He's immediately declared ''evil'', despite coming across more as a desperate individual, tired of being the LastOfHisKind. Then again, he literally is trying to become ''the Source of All Evil'', which doesn't exactly help his case.
** Savard in "Repo Manor", whose evil plan amounted to training three demons to impersonate the Charmed Ones, siphon off their powers, vanquish the Slave King and free his people from ''enslavement''. Likewise, he earns himself an AlasPoorVillain moment when the Charmed Ones blast him in the face, causing him to fall and be impaled in the head by a strategically placed, pointy rock. Of course, it's highly unlikely that he and his followers would give up the sisters' powers, or release them for that matter, somewhat mitigating how sorry you should feel for him.
** Greg the fireman in Season 6. While not presented as a villain, he's an obvious RomanticFalseLead. And since Piper and Leo need to get back together to [[spoiler: conceive Chris]], the relationship is doomed. Rather than let the guy down gently, Chris just lets him think that Piper was cheating on him with Leo[[note]]A spell caused Piper and Leo to fall asleep next to each other and Greg walked in on that, Chris using his powers to make it look like they were cuddling[[/note]]. The guy is clearly heartbroken over it. Somewhat resolved with his brief reappearance in Season 8 as he and Piper appear to be on good terms.

** Fans have a quote that's often attributed to Piper that goes "Life ain't a garden, so quit being a ho". While it is something she probably would say, she never says it at any point in the series.

** And for that matter, which era is better? The Prue years or the Paige years? A lot of it can depend on when someone first started watching the series. Living TV in the UK originally could only air Seasons 4-8 for ages due to the same rights issues that prolonged the first three seasons coming out on DVD.

** "The Eyes Have It" has a surprisingly positive depiction of Romani, in contrast to ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'' (which villified them) and ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (which had a sympathetic but still very dark portrayal). While they are MagicalRomani and the unflattering slur 'gypsy' is used, they're shown to be sister species to witches, the HotGypsyWoman trope is averted with powerful matriarchs like Teresa and Lydia (and while Ava is certainly attractive, she's not exoticised).

** Phoebe is frequently accused of this in Seasons 5-7. Some other seasons also give her priority in the storylines. One of the things fans find positive about Season 8 is that this levels off.
*** There are several reasons to call this favoritism into question, though: for one, Phoebe is the only sister ever shown to suffer serious and long-lasting consequences for abusing her magic, something all the sisters tended to do more and more as the seasons went by. Also, in the last three seasons, not only is she increasingly OutOfFocus, relegated to her own side-plots with little bearing to the general storyline, she's also the only one with no full resolution to any of her character arcs: finding love and starting a family get at least a rushed mention in the flash-forward scene, but balancing personal and magic life, as well as gaining all her active powers back are both left completely hanging. So much for favouritism!

* SeasonalRot: Fans are divided on where the show started to go downhill.

** Season 5 is arguably the most despised for the return to episodic storytelling after two seasons of arc-driven stories, the obvious GenreShift towards LighterAndSofter fantasy that [[FantasyKitchenSink throws in any fantasy element on a whim]], Phoebe [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass and selfishness]], contrived situations and [[CuteMonsterGirl cute monster girls]] being written in solely for {{Fanservice}}, and the mishandling of Phoebe and Cole’s storyline (which featured the fan-favorite Cole being written as a DesignatedVillain). It does however have some defenders and supporters for the higher production values and some solid standalone episodes, and those who found the [[NarmCharm sillier aspects part of the show's charm]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** The eighth season greatly toned down the skimpiness of the sisters' everyday clothing, by protest of the three actresses.
** The eighth season also gives more prominence to Paige in the storylines after she's kept largely disconnected from any other major arcs in previous seasons (except maybe the seventh). She's the one to bring Billie into the fold, it's her who tries to fix the problems with the press, she's given a focus episode about reconnecting with her father and her romance with Henry (culminating in a WeddingEpisode) takes up more airtime than Phoebe's with Coop and Piper's attempts to get Leo back.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Paige's tarot reading for Phoebe and Cole in "Marry-Go-Round". For starters there is no Despair card. The Nine of Swords can mean despair and anxiety but there is no 'Despair' in the Major Arcana. And an experienced tarot reader like Paige would know that the Death card is nothing to get freaked out about. The card means sudden change - so it appearing in the Future part of the spread is pretty logical for a Charmed One.

** [[Series/JustAddMagic This won't be the last time there's a trio of girls who protect the power of magic and fights evil.]]

** [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]] with Cole in Season 5. On the ''magical'' side of things, he's treated more harshly than he deserves. After he comes back with a plethora of demonic powers, the Charmed Ones keep panting him as an irredeemable villain no matter his actions or their context, [[HeelFaceDoorSlam disregarding his attempts at redeeming himself]], and ignoring his [[SanitySlippage clearly deteriorating mental state]] which is very likely magic-induced[[note]]Season 2 established that {{Muggles}} can't handle being infused with magical powers without going insane; the Season 4 finale established that, with Belthazor and the Source both gone, what was left of Cole on the Astral Plane was his human soul, which accidentally absorbed demonic powers; you do the math[[/note]], or that his final FaceHeelTurn is made out of [[SelfFulfillingProphecy utter]], [[CannotSelfTerminate multy-layered]] [[ThenLetMeBeEvil desperation]]. On the ''human'' side, Phoebe has made it ''very clear'' that, redeemed or not, she ''does not'' want to get back together; yet, Cole acts EntitledToHaveYou, most of his worst magical actions are made in [[{{Yandere}} pursuit of her]], and even worse, he fully embraces evil once it's clear he won't get her back. This puts into question how genuine his best behaviour was to begin with, and partly justifies the Charmed Ones' attitude. The poor handling of this plotline has roots behind the scenes: Phoebe's sudden abrasiveness and Paige's [[DependingOnTheWriter flip-flopping attitude]] are an OrphanedReference to a rejected storyline[[note]]Paige and Cole having an affair[[/note]]; [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Julian McMahon wanting to leave the show]] nixed any possible plans for a redemption arc and forced the writers to make him fully relapse into villainy to write him off the show more easily.

** [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]] with Cole in Season 5. On the ''magical'' side of things, he's treated more harshly than he deserves. After he comes back with a plethora of demonic powers, the Charmed Ones keep panting him as an irredeemable villain no matter his actions or their context, [[HeelFaceDoorSlam disregarding his attempts at redeeming himself]], and ignoring his [[SanitySlippage clearly deteriorating mental state]] which is very likely magic-induced[[note]]Season 2 established that {{Muggles}} can't handle being infused with magical powers without going insane; the Season 4 finale established that, with Belthazor and the Source both gone, what was left of Cole on the Astral Plane was his human soul, which accidentally absorbed demonic powers; you do the math[[/note]], or that his final FaceHeelTurn is made out of [[SelfFulfillingProphecy utter]], [[CannotSelfTerminate multy-layered]] [[ThenLetMeBeEvil desperation]]. On the ''human'' side, Phoebe has made it ''very clear'' that, redeemed or not, she ''does not'' want to get back together; yet, Cole acts EntitledToHaveYou, most of his worst magical actions are made in [[{{Yandere}} pursuit of her]], and even worse, he fully embraces evil once it's clear he won't get her back. This puts into question how genuine his best behaviour was to begin with, and partly justifies the Charmed Ones' attitude.
*** The poor handling of this plotline has roots behind the scenes: Phoebe's sudden abrasiveness and Paige's [[DependingOnTheWriter flip-flopping attitude]] are an OrphanedReference to a rejected storyline[[note]]Paige and Cole having an affair[[/note]]; [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Julian McMahon wanting to leave the show]] nixed any possible plans for a redemption arc and forced the writers to make him fully relapse into villainy to write him off the show more easily.

** Paige was brought onto the show to replace Prue but she was fleshed out into a completely different character than Prue and is quite popular among fans. Most people who say they prefer the episodes with Prue and dislike the later seasons don't have a problem with Paige herself but rather the difference in tone.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: Many of Phoebe's outfits (including the CostumePorn of the week) fall into this category, like wearing skimpy clothes not appropriate for workplace, several mismatched pieces or even dresses or blouses that border the ImpossiblyTackyClothes and RummageSaleReject territories. Alyssa Milano herself hated these outfits and one of the conditions of returning for Season 8 was for Phoebe's clothes to become more modest.

** Darryl Morris in Season 6 and 7. It’s pretty clear that the show tries to frame his refusal to help the sisters anymore, especially when he won’t help drop the charges against Chris for [[IdiotPlot stealing a car in a demon hunt]], as irrational stubbornness – they go as far as having his wife Sheila argue with him for not helping the Halliwells out. Fans however don’t blame him, considering his close brush with death when the Cleaners tried to scapegoat him to protect magic from exposure, and the sisters taking him for granted over and over again, from stealing his soul to enter Valhalla, to forgetting to reverse a half-baked spell they put on him (which they never get called out for). In Season 7, when he partly comes around, he swaps roles with Sheila, who is now presented as a bitch and fake friend for demanding that he stop helping the sisters. Again, fans sympathise with her, considering that Inspector Sheridan flat-out tells her that Darryl’s career, life and freedom are at stake if he continues covering up for whom she suspects to be serial killers. Can you blame either of them for putting the well-being and unity of their own family first?

* IdiotPlot:
** The demons know where the sisters live. They can teleport in at any time. They could easily teleport into the house in great numbers at night, when the sisters are sleeping, and kill them in a matter of seconds. Instead they come up with long plots to shame, divide, frame, or otherwise inconvenience the sisters outside the house.
** Or since they can create spells, why they never bothered to figure one to ''prevent'' anyone from teleporting in! It's somewhat sad that the only one savvy enough to do this was Ludlow, who protected his demonic training academy with spells to make it both untraceable unless you already knew its location, as well as impossible to teleport into!
** The sisters, for all their offensive abilities, do not possess any natural shielding or particular resistance to damage. Demons wouldn’t even ''need'' to use demonic abilities to kill them. They could just put a bomb in the house with a ten second fuse and then they’d all be killed before they even found out about it. Also, given how often the sisters were in public (and Phoebe especially had her whereabouts in public known) the demons could even have just had them shot by a human assassin/sniper from a distance (or a demon assassin) rather than following their standard practice of teleporting before them and waiting for the sisters to kill them. If they wanted to kill them by their own hands, they could have just slipped a tranquilised/sleeping potion into their food when the sisters were on one of their many public dates and then taken them captive. Instead all demons seemed to apply the strategy of deciding they needed “more power” to face the sisters and then, when the fight finally came, failing to duck when the vanquishing potion was thrown at them.
** Many episodes stress TheMasquerade, yet everyone teleports in broad daylight and in severely populated areas. At one point Leo casually orbs out of a diner, doesn't even go to the bathroom or anything, just orbs from his seat.
** Wyatt has near-godlike powers and Piper constantly goes on about how she wants to give her kids a normal life. Yet she absolutely ''refuses'' to bind his powers, even though they could easily give them back to him once he's older, when he'd be able to control them better. It becomes ''especially'' ridiculous after the Dragon incident, where numerous people ''must'' [[InferredHolocaust have been killed]] as it rampaged across San Francisco. Another layer of idiocy is added to this considering that an earlier episode had Piper meet a pre-pubescent boy who hated having [[KillItWithFire uncontrollable magic powers]]. The episode ended with her binding his powers for him, then concluding that Grams had done the right thing by binding their powers, giving them (in ''her own words'') "the gift of a normal childhood- the gift of innocence". [[spoiler:Plus, Gideon probably wouldn't have come to the conclusion that Wyatt needed to die for the greater good if not for incidents like the aforementioned Dragon summoning]]. This became even more glaring after the comics showed Paige binding her daughters' powers, with full intention of unbinding them when they were old enough to control them, after one of them set the house on fire, which was far less destructive than the dragon incident.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

** Was Penny Halliwell a loving grandmother who invented the [[BroughtDownToNormal power-stripping potion]] to give her granddaughters a chance at a normal life, or a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]] who was bumped off by the Elders for attempting to ScrewDestiny? It seems far too [[ContrivedCoincidence coincidental]] that she died ''just'' before she could use it... Considering she cursed her wedding ring yet allowed it to remain a family heirloom, has a [[DoesNotLikeMen clear disdain]] for men and was romantically involved with demons herself... there's a serious argument to be made for her being an EvilMatriarch. Particularly since she later reveals that she regularly mind-wiped them and used magic to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy stop them]] from [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry fighting]], instead of simply ''disciplining'' them.

** Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] with the introduction of [[LongLostRelative Paige]], in no small measure thanks to a fortuitous InnocuouslyImportantEpisode establishing that Patty had an affair with her Whitelighter Sam already in Season 2, way before it could become vital for the continuation of the series.

** Fans seem to never fail to bring up that Phoebe once strongly opposed Piper's idea of moving out of the Manor after her marriage to Leo, but then proceeded to move out herself one season later afte her own marriage to Cole, as if that's the apex of Phoebe's [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]]. Never mind that the circumstances were completely different: by the point Phoebe moved out, there were ''two'' married couples plus one sister living in the Manor, they now had two people capable of [[FlashyTeleportation orbing]] and, most importantly, they believed they had vanquished [[FinalBoss The Source of All Evil]] and absolved their Charmed destiny.

** Prue, the oldest and most powerful sister, was McLeaned thanks to backstage drama.

* RonTheDeathEater: Phoebe in particular gets this worse than the other sisters, with her moments of selfishness being held against her; such as drifting away from her Charmed responsibilities, and obsessing over dating and finding the father of her baby. In actuality, her actions are shown as bad in-universe - when she loses all her powers as punishment for shirking her duties, gets dumped by Jason for not coming clean about being a witch, and is usually the one to suffer the most consequences from misusing her powers. She's also the only sister to be sympathetic to Billie even when they find out she's the Ultimate Power, and the DistantFinale shows she forgave her and dedicated her life to helping others find love.
** This is especially evident when she's pitted against Cole's DracoInLeatherPants: it's not uncalled for, as she is exaggerately harsh and distrustful of him before he even does anything wrong after he comes back, but the boundaries she sets, namely her final decision not to get back together with Cole, get regularly trampled over by him. It's hard not to sympathise with her frustration at her ex still acting [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to have her]] on a good day, or plotting to destroy her whole life to get her back on a bad one, when she's trying to move over with her life.

** In general, Phoebe's character derailment in the later seasons is a result of the show failing to acknowledge her TraumaCongaLine in Season Four. Her behaviour includes: distancing herself from her sisters and magical heritage, [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming increasingly self-centered, jaded]] and [[BrokenBird less bubbly]], being obsessed with her sister's baby first and having her own baby at all costs later, and [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking becoming disillusioned about love]]. This is pretty consistent with depression over losing her sister, her love/husband and her unborn baby in a short span, as well as her guilt over betraying her family and frustration over her dead husband trying to force his way back into her life. Jason breaking up with her because of magic not long after was the final straw, seeing how [[UpToEleven faster and further]] her derailment went afterwards. Had the show truly addressed her mental state, Phoebe would have come off as more sympathetic and could have had a character arc about healing, redeeming herself, reconnecting with her sisters and magic, and balancing her new-found maturity with her earlier optimism and carefreeness, rather than just focussing on solving her "love block" by [[StrangledByTheRedString shoehorning a love interest at the eleventh hour]] as if ''that'' were the solution to everything.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Paige's tarot reading for Phoebe and Cole in "Just Harried". For starters there is no Despair card. The Nine of Swords can mean despair and anxiety but there is no 'Despair' in the Major Arcana. And an experienced tarot reader like Paige would know that the Death card is nothing to get freaked out about. The card means sudden change - so it appearing in the Future part of the spread is pretty logical for a Charmed One.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Phoebe in Season 7 was entertaining a rather bland love interest Leslie, who's considered forgettable. In one episode, she makes a much more significant connection with the demon seer Kyra. They understand each other because both have premonition powers, and Phoebe of all the sisters understands demons that want to embrace humanity.

** Cole Turner, to a degree. This is mostly due to the actor being Julian [=McMahon=] who greatly [[MrFanservice appeals to the predominantly female audience]], but his character arc does genuinely invoke sympathy even when it doesn't mean to, as detailed in the DesignatedVillain and JarkassWoobie entries above.

** Cole. He was an [[TheDreaded infamous]] agent of evil for many years and genuinely tried to kill the Charmed Ones on multiple occasions. However, come Season 5 the sisters constantly denouncing him as "irredeemable" becomes rather hypocritical given the sheer amount of times one of them has turned evil or gone off the rails. And unsurprisingly it's usually Phoebe who goes AWOL but ''always'' finds [[EasilyForgiven swift forgiveness]]. At this point Cole actually became more sympathetic to the general fandom, by virtue of the heroes being characterized as selfish jerks.

* RonTheDeathEater: Phoebe in particular gets this worse than the other sisters, with her moments of selfishness being held against her; such as shirking her Charmed responsibilities for dating and obsessing over finding the father of her baby. In actuality, her actions are shown as bad in-universe - when she loses all her powers as punishment for shirking her duties, gets dumped by Jason when he finds out she's a witch, and is usually the one to suffer the most consequences from misusing her powers. She's also the only sister to be sympathetic to Billie even when they find out she's the Ultimate Power, and the DistantFinale shows she forgave her and dedicated her life to helping others find love.

** [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]] with Cole in Season 5. DependingOnTheWriter, we were either meant to sympathise with Phoebe and view Cole as the problem[[note]]''Witches In Tights'', ''Sam I Am'', ''Y Tu Mummy Tambien''[[/note]], sympathise with Cole and see Phoebe as irrational for not realising his demonic powers were a SadisticChoice[[note]]''Sympathy For The Demon'', ''A Witch In Time''[[/note]], or [[TakeAThirdOption find a middle ground]] with Cole genuinely trying to be good but Phoebe being right that his powers cause more harm than good[[note]]''Siren Song''[[/note]]. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Julian McMahon wanting to leave the show]] precipitated the situation: even though Cole had a genuine FaceHeelTurn, he did so out of desperation after being unable to get the Charmed Ones to [[SuicideByCop vanquish him]] or [[CannotSelfTerminate do so himself]], while Phoebe became increasingly abrasive and aggressive against him, even in the face of his [[SanitySlippage obvious meltdown]]. This led many viewers to sympathise more with Cole and see the Charmed Ones, Phoebe in particular, as needlessly cruel to an already broken man who [[ThenLetMeBeEvil embraced evil]] only because that's what [[SelfFulfillingProphecy everybody saw in him]]. Cole also initially planned to accept Phoebe's rejection and leave for good, but after Paige cast a spell on his mind to persuade him to stay and help save Phoebe, he became convinced that Phoebe still wanted him and [[EntitledToHaveYou downright ignored]] her unambiguous refusal to get back together, resorting to increasingly toxic, manipulative and controlling means in his relentless pursuit of her--raising the question of whether Cole had become a genuine {{Yandere}} villain, or if his SanitySlippage started when Paige forced him to feel emotions that weren't his.

** Cole Turner tried to kill the sisters multiple times in between having a HeelFaceTurn in Season 4. He's driven to villainy in Season 5 when Phoebe continues to reject him, and this results in him doing several things to wreck the Charmed Ones. But because Phoebe TookALevelInJerkass that season, she tends to get more hate; since she refuses to help him at first and doesn't accept any responsibility for her own actions in the previous season, fans tend to sympathise with the evil acts Cole commits. Phoebe was never more than a little self-centered, got frequently called on her actions and was actually punished for a while by being de-powered - but she was one of the most despised things about Season 5.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Cole Turner is this. This is mostly due to the actor being Julian [=McMahon=] who greatly [[MrFanservice appeals to the predominantly female audience]], but even without that his story is a fairly good cause. He spent most of his life working for the forces of evil but [[HeelFaceTurn became good]] because he [[ThePowerOfLove fell in love]] with Phoebe Halliwell. After a [[EarnYourHappyEnding great deal of work]], he became a normal human. Which in itself may have been his biggest mistake because [[BadassDecay following that point he lost total control of his house of cards]]. He ended up being corrupted by the powers of the Source of All Evil and the Charmed Ones had to vanquish him. (After [[IdiotBall Phoebe killed a wizard]] who could have taken the Source's power from Cole.) After he came back, the sisters just [[HeelFaceDoorSlam flat out dismissed him as evil]] and didn't trust him from the start. They didn't even bother finding out if he was influenced by evil from an entity that had possessed humans before (even though said wizard and Cole's assistant had practically told them as much). Cole tried over and over again to prove that he was good until he [[AxCrazy snapped]] and became evil [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor again]] (although, to be fair, this was after ''three'' separate characters--Paige, the Siren, and Barbas--used various magics to mess with his head and trick or force him to commit increasingly villainous actions). This caused a lot of Phoebe fans to hate Phoebe and feel sympathetic to Cole. Further made worse in retrospect when one realized Cole never would have been infected by The Source if he didn't have to take his powers to save the sisters who were going to be killed, and was only evil due to the source controlling him. And how many times they get to choose between good and evil and have evil actions reversed after becoming good again, but Cole is somehow irredeemable.

** Jenny Gordon was important enough to get a spot in the Season 2 opening credits - before getting written out after only four episodes. WordOfGod is that they realized she served no purpose. Jenny's role could have served as a way to give Dan some more characterization beyond Piper's SatelliteLoveInterest.

** With the [[Series/Charmed2018 reboot]], of all series, fuelled also by the online feud between the old and new casts and crews. Fans of the original are outraged that the network would piggyback off the recognisable name after all the ExecutiveMeddling and [[NoBudget budget cuts]] the series had to endure, resent that none of the old personnel were involved at any point, were alienated by the radical changes in lore / lack of continuity with the original, and found the initial press release describing the reboot as a "fierce, funny, feminist" take on the original as disrespecting and missing its entire point and legacy. Fans of the reboot retort that the original was not FairForItsDay in regards of inclusivity or minority representation, and often accuse the old fans of disliking the reboot out of sheer racism / not wanting to let [=PoC=] audiences have their own ''Charmed''. The reboot ending with [[spoiler:the Vera/Denso Charmed Ones travelling to a parallel universe only to find themselves at the doorstep of Halliwell Manor, thus establishing that the two shows take part in the same multiverse (without consulting any of the original producers)]], escalated the feud and wrecked any hopes of reconciliation for the majority of both fandoms.