How many of you rejoiced when the two of them were finally shown kissing after Buffy's mother died?
How many of you were pissed and/or cried when shots rang out and Tara was gone?
I raised my hand for every single one of those questions.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was one of the first shows I was ever obsessed with, and boy was I obsessed. My walls were covered in pictures from magazines, posters, and postcards. My bookshelf was filled with every single BtVS book there was (even now I am not missing many). I had the VHS box sets, I videotaped episodes so I could watch them over and over again. I pre-ordered the first season on DVD and bought all but one of the seasons as soon as it came out (my parents bought one for Christmas). I have three soundtracks, I have the original (kinda crappy) movie. I have some of the old comic books (and would still kill for the new ones).
BtVS was the first show in which I saw a happy lesbian couple, close to my age, that I could actually relate to. Neither Willow nor Tara were the prettiest or the most popular. Willow was a geek and Tara just seemed shy, kind of an outcast, even within the affectionately named "Scooby Gang", Tara was kind of an outcast until after Buffy died.
Tara and Willow were meant for each other though, no doubt about it. I mean, Willow went all dark and veiny after Tara was shot.
Even when the two of them broke up, due to Willow's excessive magic us and erasing Tara's memory (as well as everyone else's, have to admit, HILARIOUS episode), they got back together.
Tara: Things fall apart. They fall apart so hard.
Willow: Tara?
Tara: You can't ever put 'em back the way they were.
Willow: Are you okay?
Tara: I'm sorry, it's just... You know, it takes time. You can't just have coffee and expect...
Willow: I know.
Tara: There's just so much to work through. Trust has to be built again on both sides. You have to learn if - if we're even the same people we were. If you can fit in each others lives. It's a long and important process, and can we just skip it? C-Can you just be kissing me now?
These two showed that a relationship, even a lesbian couple, can survive the ups and downs (not counting the last down). Yes, they were fictional characters created by the genius that is Joss Whedon, but they had real problems and went through real-life situations. They showed me that love can really happen, that souls mates just may actually exist.
Willow and Tara restored my faith in the power of love.
Also, new poll at bottom of page. Who is your favorite tv lesbian couple, excluding all L Word couples?
Aw man I forgot how much I loved me some Willow and Tara, it was soo dumb to kill TAra off, like wtf!?
ReplyDeleteI got into BtVS late (thanks to parents that told me it was bad and I couldn't watch it, grr), but that totally didn't stop me from obsessing about Willow/Tara. They're adorable. And season 7 still doesn't exist to me. The moment Tara died it was like, "okay, that's it." I still hate the nerds. I see the guy who played nerd #2 in a movie, or Gilmore Girls, and I glare and say, "nerd #2." Mom looks at me weird. Oh well. And though I love W/T, I voted Jessie/Katie, 'cause I had a serious ERW stage (and I still love her, but not a fan of stuff she's been doing lately, but that's off-topic). And I know you know that, but just wanted to comment 'cause I love this post.
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