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Re: Re: Mad Hamlet's post





On Jan 15, 2005, at 8:06 PM, XxWillowDragonxX@xxxxxxx wrote:

So as loved by many as she is, Tara is Willow's girl, she does not make a good stand alone character. Faith on the other hand is a force of nature, She can and does stand alone, where Tara is light she is dark and can bring more angst and substance to a story (meat for the beast!)

Hmmm... not that I've ever done more with Tara in a fic than have Willow staring at her tombstone...

I think there is plenty of angst and gloom centered around her to provide story conflict/substance. The image of her as "sweetness and light" really happened after she died. She might have been the "moral compass" of Season 6 [which is where a lot of that comes from I think] but she had her own flaws just like the other characters.

It's just that people who WANT something sappy/romantic can latch onto the W/T thing. People looking for two powerful/conflicted women trying to work out how to have a relationship when their personalities are so different can look to B/F (with plenty of angst to go with).

Where does that leave B/W ?

Even though I'll read almost anything B/W, when writing them I MUCH prefer a post Season 5 Buffy and a Post Season 6 Willow. The broken people trying to put themselves back together. There is so much more emotion to tap into. And if they can help each other along the way... so much the better.


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