Re: OT re: "Popular" fanfic couples

["Koos van Winden" <koosfanfic@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ebailey140" 
<ebailey140@a...> wrote:
> --- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Koos van Winden"
> <koosfanfic@h...> wrote:
> > 
>
> > 
> > Oh, sorry, I missed the UC label. Yeah, well. I can understand 
the 
> > same problem with you with Tara/Willow. It's very sweet too. But 
Tara 
> > grew alot in S6. And she has shown potential that never got out. 
> > Point is that despite that Buffy and Willow are perfectly capable 
of 
> > being nasty, bitchy; they act so sweet around each other.
>
> But, the difference is that Buffy and Willow are allowed to have
> faults.  B/W fic, for the most parts, allows them to have 
relationship
> problems, based on the characters.  Tara, in canon, quickly 
developed
> the problem of being something of a token.  She started as this
> mysterious, and layered, figure, in Season 4.  She spent Season 5
> being an attachment to Willow, not really being a full character. 
> Season 6 saw her develop a backbone when it came to Willow, and
> developing ties with the other characters.  But, her Season 6
> development, and interaction with other characters, made her lack of
> development over the previous two seasons that much more 
noticable.  
> I think I have to credit my love for Tara almost entirely to Amber
> Benson, who took what was essentially a cypher in the role of "Token
> Lesbian" and made her genuinely lovable.  Amber didn't get much help
> from the writers until Willow started screwing things up.  Anyone 
with
> less charisma, and Tara would never have caught on.  Look at 
Kennedy.  
> What they should have done was develop Tara as a person, first and
> foremost, who just happened to be gay, rather than defining her as
> "Willow's Girlfriend".
Oh, I completely agree with you on that Amber was fantastic. She has 
an incredible bodylanguage. 

With Kennedy the writers made some very big mistakes. They 
underdeveloped Tara, but Kennedy they made real errors. First mistake 
is that Willow got involved way to early. Second mistake is that 
Kennedy got Willow over the backs of other characters (something 
like, oh, only Kennedy is left to care for me). (Like they did with 
Spuffy). Third. Kennedy looks way to much like Faith. And Faith is 
played by a more talented actress and is much better developed.
Then comes the real question: why would Willow need another 
girlfriend? Isn't it time that she got to work on her identity and 
her issues? Kennedy was a waste of screentime. (I do like her 
though :))

But, to come back to the point of discussion. It's not their faults 
what is my problem, it's the image I have when Buffy and Willow are 
together and when they are friendly.





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