Positive Things from S5-S8
S5:
1. Phoebe getting closure with Cole, reverting her back to human from being a mermaid.
2. Piper overcoming part of her struggle with the uncertainties of being a good mother. (Thanks, Grams <3 )
3. Piper & Leo beginning to have pre-birth parental/marital obstacles, but leaning into magic to help conquer them.
4. All three sisters beating their fears and defeating Barbas, & Paige mastering Prue's animal conjuring spell.
5. Paige meeting Sam <3 & Her helping Sam heal himself and save her life.
6. The sisters overcoming their negative subconsciousness and beating their dreams; Paige realizing that its okay to celebrate the baby now, Phoebe trying to stop herself from holding herself back, Piper realizing that she'll always be sexy to Leo, and Leo being close to the baby through Piper <3
7. Piper and Leo's son's Birth <3
8. The baby's name being "Wyatt Matthew Halliwell" because of Leo and Paige <3
9. Piper and Leo having post-birth parental/marital obstacles, but leaning into magic to help conquer them.
10. Grams pulling the broomstick out her butt and hosting the wiccan gathering for Wyatt.
S6:
1. Phoebe gaining a third power.
2. Paige & fellow witch, Richard <3
3. Chris Perry <3
4. The sisters understanding that they can appreciate the balance they currently have; Piper appreciating magic, Paige appreciating some sense of non-magic, and Phoebe not focusing too much on others and leaning into her empathy to do so, so she can focus on herself. (My Three Witches, for reference)
5. Paige putting her life on the line to save a man from a contract.
6. The sisters being powerful enough to live apart <3
7. Paige's "nature vs nuture" argument, and Derek & his half-Manticore baby <3
8. Chris's past, dealing with the weight of Evil Wyatt and losing his love, but overcoming all of that and gaining some sense of trust with the family and respect from Leo.
9. The sisters meeting their grandfather, and peace-loving Penny xD
10. Phoebe's vision quest showing her that her perfect future is possible.
11. Phoebe finding out Chris is her nephew <3
12. Piper & Leo declaring their love, but fully comprehending that he has to leave and she has to move on. <3 (Though sometimes IDGAF...)
12.5. Piper discovering Chris is her son <3
13. Phoebe overcoming another fear with her long-time internal struggle of Good vs. Evil.
14. Leo discovering Chris is his son, Chris finally opening up to Leo about their future issues, and them reconciling their relationship.
15. Phoebe being reminded that even without active powers, she can still be a powerful witch.
16. Piper and Leo's second son's birth, bringing Chris back into their lives. <3 (No, but there needs to be a bigger discussion on what it must be like to lose a son you haven't had yet, and give birth to him hoping that he reshaped your timeline enough to not have to come back and die in the same cycle.)
S7:
1. Piper and Leo opening up to that grief, and allowing themselves to mourn adult past-future Chris, while welcoming their Chris.
2. Paige becoming headmistress of Magic School. (AKA "Gideon's School for the Gifted")
3. Wyatt overcoming his self-blame of why his dad went batshit after killing Gideon.
4. Kyle Brody <3
5. Leo becoming an Avatar, and gaining a newfound sense of strength and confidence in being powerful and having a family.
6. Piper & Leo patching things up. "There may be hope for you yet " <3
7. Kyra <3
8. Phoebe lowkey leaning back into her preminitons after she gained them back; focusing hard on the promising future.
9. Leo & Zankou teaming up to reverse the unfortold consequenses that come with having a conflict-free world.
10. Whitelighter Kyle <3 (Though we were robbed of him not being with Paige bc hello?! That was literally the plot of Leo and Piper, but this time it wouldn't have been forbidden, sh!t)
11. Drake <3 (Bite me, Drake-haters)
12. Leo struggling to determine if being welcomed by the Elders is a good thing, and ultimately choosing his family this time.
13. Zankou officially becoming the next big bad of LHS7.
14. Hope & Pandora's box - (A rarity that they had both a good idea and good execution!)
15. Paige having another charge.
16. Fellow witch, Speedster Mitchell
17.
Adult future Wyatt, who's presumably good
17.5. Leo becoming headmister of magic school
18. Zombie innocents <3
19. Zankou taking in the Hollow, and the sister's banishing it, vanquishing Zankou in the process.
S8:
1. Phoebe & Dex <3
2. Billie <3
3. Billie's storyline with finding Christy and defeating Dogann.
4. Paige leaning into wanting to help people, and her whitelighter side coming out more because of it, replacing the idea of going back to social work.
5. Paige & Sam <3
6. Henry <3
7. Phoebe's Condo
8. Coop <3
9. Paige overcoming the fear of being with a mortal man, by seeing how hard he fought for her love.
10. Henry proposing to Paige at "their spot", LOL. <3
11. Piper practicing divination; I love when they focus on witchcraft LOL.
12. Billie finding Christy
13. The family reunion in Forever Charmed <3
14. Phoebe finding love, Piper and Leo getting to grow old and officially overcoming their potentially last major magical obstacle, Paige mastering her craft & whitelighter role and getting to have the perfect balance with Henry & their kids.