Hi I want to talk about power scaling, power growth, and time travel and just rant about witches for a second.
So as some of you may know, I'm currently in the middle of rewatching the entirety of Charmed and I just have so many thoughts. Seriously, I could talk about this show and these characters all fucking day. But something hit me when I was going through season 1, specifically 01x17, "That 70's Episode". In it, Prue, Piper, and Phoebe have to travel back in time to defeat a warlock. They get the help of their mom and grandmother to help them bc in the past, they don't have powers. So, once they've done what they need to, their grandmother tries to send them back to their own time with a spell, which initially fails despite her being an incredibly powerful witch herself, so their mom helps out.
Unfortunately, even with the two of them, the spell doesn't have enough power and the sisters are only moved ahead in time 10 seconds.
(Don't worry, they eventually make it back to their time)
And practically every time we see the Charmed Ones attempt to time travel, it's required all three of them to make the spell work
So, time travel spells are exceedingly difficult to even start without an incredible amount of power behind them. Even the most skilled witches can't work them alone, and it seems to require the Power of Three.
Chris is able to pull off a time travel spell, on his own. He not only traveled back the same distance Prue, Piper, and Phoebe did in "That 70's Episode" (about 25 years), but he was able to keep his powers when he went back too. In fact he's the first witch to be able to travel back in time and keep his powers that we see on the show. We see him able to do something by himself that his grandmother and great-grandmother couldn't do together, something even his mother needed help with
Idk I just have a lot of feelings on the Halliwell family bc of my re-watch and I truly adore them. Also, have some respect for Matt's little brother. Chris might not be as powerful as Wyatt but that boy is still a terrifyingly powerful witch.