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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
forever charmed

when i think back on those times i think about where ive been and what ive done and i think to myself what a life ive lead. and what a life i have led but to follow the lives of people i never thought i would get to know but grew to love all the same, even if these people arent real.

charmed was phenomenal tonight. and it's really surreal what an amazing journey it's been, and how it ended all in one episode. i rmbr i didnt even fancy the show when prue was still alive but season 4 started and it was kind of fitting that as it began on a fresh note i started watching it too. and what a magical experience these four years have been. i never quite saw smthing like that before- what with energy balls and psychic visions and time stopping and orbing and spell casting...the list goes on. i seriously didnt know how to feel when everything was wrapped up in the last 15 minutes, flashing forward to their futures and how they all got their peaceful happy endings with children and love and how the future generations took on the mantle. it didnt seem right that all the past eight years should end just like that- because for the past few seasons everyone thought that the finales were good endings to boot, but they kepy coming back for more.

thank god for that. today's episode was one of the best, even though i didnt think so at first. what i was looking for was some emotional dramatic finale with lots of grieving and magic manouevring. that happened, but not to the extent i wouldve preferred. but then now i look back on it and think, was that what i really wanted? that wouldve made it like all the other finales, and there wouldnt be enough time to address the emotional issues of the characters. this show did just that- it went deep down into the characters and showed us how after all these years the family bond prevailed all odds to survive at long last. the book of shadows was a comforting familiar sight to behold, and the last scene where all three of them wrote in it was just a tear jerker- voiceovers and a glimpse into their futures. piper finally got her restaurant and leo to play scrabble with, phoebe found true love with coop published her book on finding love, and paige had a successful balance of marriage and magic, embracing her inner whitelighter and teacher. it was nice to see how all three of them had children of their own too, and how leo went back to magic school to teach, and grams and patty coming back to help. one sad ending was billie's however- when she vanquished her sister the anguish that overcame her was extremely unimaginable- cant imagine how it mustve felt. it looked as if she cried blood. at times we have to wonder if what christie said was right- were the charmed ones really too selfish? i guess after all that christie put them through she deserved to die- but not at billie's expense? that's smthing that will never be resolved i suppose. i guess it was a sister that billie was never destined to have.

the travelling back in time was made less cool by the silly cupid ring, but it made us realize that what binds us ultimately is love, and that put simply, everything starts somewhere. going back in time was great in observing how so many things have changed in the charmed ones' lifetime. the deaths, the losses, the separations and strifes. there's nothing to measure what they've accomplished all this time. and i might sound extremely silly treating this like it's some real story- well it isnt, but suffice to say it has inspired me all the same. it wldnt have been the same without all the hocus pocus, and im so thankful that i embarked on this journey, which was lonely most of the time, with not many others watching it as well.

when the old piper and leo walked past the new photos on the wall and the really sad music played, it was just that lingering feeling of soaking up the last moments for what they were worth. i liked how they showed piper cooking again with the port, just as she did and froze time with in the first episode ever. and how her granddaughter closed the door with her mind, just as prue did at the end of something wicca this way comes. one thing to note was they didnt really use their powers in this episode, but that didnt really matter. for once it wasnt about their powers, but as the showmakers have been trying to tell us all the time- they too are humans, and this gift can sometimes be a curse- this time it was about their lives, and what it was living them. if they were real they would have touched so mant lives. i only wished prue and cole and darrell returned, but alas it wasnt meant to be. but really at the end of the day it truly didnt matter. the end was just a mess of tears inside that made us the viewers appreciate it for what it was and how it was. it was a simple affair, a happy ending that was not cheesy, that they so deserved.

perhaps i have to thank charmed for making this whole thing so real to me. because you gave me strength to believe that there is a little kind of magic in all of us, and that like them whatever magic we do in our lives, hopefully we will live to see the fruits of it and enjoy life happily ever after. the charmed ones got the chance to revisit the past and travel to the future (and perhaps that makes it all the more emotional- can u imagine seeing yourself when you were little, like how piper saw herself with grams? or in the future, your kids coming to visit you like chris and wyatt?)- well, we cant really do that, so im just reminded of how much i have to cherish the now. charmed...forever. thanks for the ride of a lifetime. i really dont know how to compare you with just shoot me but let's just say last episodes always find me in a soppy mood. why oh why do good things have to come to an end? well, i just felt i needed to pay tribute to this hellagood show. no more fantasies for me now. it's the cold hard reality of life. how i wish i could stop time.

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