I forgot to link the supposed original scene from Conversations With Dead People with Tara in it. Here we are below: slayalive.com/showthread.php/2942-Conversations-With-Dead-People-original-script

I loved Tara and Dawn's relationship. Tara really was the only constant figure in Dawn's life that actually paid attention to her, and Dawn's reaction to her death was so heart-breaking.

She is kind with EVERYONE , even Spike .She is more than an witch . Tara is a pure light . A miracle for Dawn , for Willow and mostly for us . She is so strong and fragile in the same time . God i love this beautiful woman.

Every fandom has a seemingly innocuous line that means nothing to outsiders but is emotionally devastating within the fandom. “Your shirt” is one of those lines for Buffy fans. 😢

Oz and Tara are very similar characters (quiet, reserved, etc) so I have a hard time genuinely believing that Willow liked Kennedy. She’s so abrasive and rude. Not to mention that Willow never got to grieve Tara before she was forced into a relationship with Kennedy.

*I never understood why Amber Benson was never in the opening credits until her last episode. she was in half of season 4. all of season 5 and 6. that always annoyed me*

I think the reason fans never forgave her death was because in a show where every character had some kind of toxic tendencies Tara was a soothing balm on our souls, she had the ability to make you go ☺️☺️☺️ and that was a big relief

I absolutely ugly cried over Tara's death. Like far more than for any other deaths in the series.

To be honest, I saw Willow and Tara's breakup as a divorce, with Dawn as their child. Tara was continuing to see Dawn, similar to custody visits.

Tara was one of, if not the, most important character in the series. So beaten, broken and abused. She was SO kind.

Let me just say people didn't dislike Kennedy because she replaced Tara. They didn't like her because she came in trying to run everything as if she had been there from the beginning. Case when they kicked Buffy out of her own home while they all stayed there. That scene to this day really makes me want to hit Rhoda and Kennedy upside their heads with a table. Tara really became my favorite because she gathered a relationship with everyone. I think when they all stood up for her against her family when they tried to take her back home against her will made her loyal to them all but most of all Buffy because she was the first to have her back. She made herself understand Buffy and the fact she really was only human with a gift she didn't want. Watching the show over and over again all these years made me realize I liked her over Willow and I thought she was a better friend to Buffy than both Willow and Xander.

Tara and Anya for me are the two main character deaths that they never should've done. Anya just got shafted for no reason. Tara on the other hand at least led to the interesting Dark Willow thing and felt emotional at the moment but after the gag wore off felt like they just punched a hole in the show that they couldn't fill.

I always thought Tara as a character outside of the Willow&Tara Couple™ was so underrated.

do I need a 25 minutes video telling me that Tara was the best character? no.. am I still gonna watch, like, comment and love it with all my might ? yes. 😌

Something I always notice with Tara and Willow that usually seems glossed over because it was off screen between seasons 5 and 6 is that they ended up in the role of Dawn's parents, moving in to take care of her. That reframes a lot of Dawns actions later after they break up since shes now had 5 parental figures- Hank, Joyce, Buffy, Willow, Tara- all either leave, die, or become so caught up in their issues (Buffy/Willow ) that they may as well have abandoned her. Tara tried to make a connection after she breaks up with Willow and her scenes with Dawn end up being a wonderful exploration of both Tara's character and a parent/child relationship talking about why her parents are separated and the child trying to get them back together.

Could you possibly do a video about Cordelia? I’ve always hated how wrong they did her on Angel. I know Joss wrote Chrisma out because she got pregnant but he just ruined the rest of Angel in my opinion. I also hate how she went from being kind of a side character in Buffy, to part of the squad when she was with Xander, than back to a side character again once they broke up. They did her wrong and I would’ve loved more of her.

In season 6, when Tara and Willow break for a brief time, I wish they explored more of the friendship with the gang with just Tara. While she was there, once she moved out there was no real reason to have her there. It would have been good to have the gang turn their backs on Willow and use Tara as more of the gang.

I'm glad they introduced Tara, she was the only character that listened completely, could keep a personal secret and the only one that wasn't abusive emotional or physically towards her girlfriend Willow.

Something everyone always forgets about with Tara is how strong of a character she has. When Glory was threatening her, and then threatened every one around her, she sacrificed herself to keep so many strangers safe along with Dawn. So many fans see strength as just power, when Tara shows us that strength can be shown in so many ways.

I loved Amber Benson as Tara.

damn, I cried. Tara is such a wonderful and cherished character.

Tara's death served the story well, but the episodes that followed in that season barely gave enough time to mourn her aside from Dawn. You mentioned Buffy's connection w/ her, yet it didn't really look like the former was devastated about it. Hence, her death felt like a plot device. At least when Anya also randomly died, it was during the final battle of the entire show.

OMG TARA WAS THE HEART OF THIS SERIES!!! Such an amazing character and performance! Great video ❤

I loved how Tara also filled the gap left by Giles, as the level-headed voice of reason, with a history of knowledge behind her.

I’ll never buy Tara’s death being a good thing. I do love the Corrupted Willow concept, I love the idea that Tara and Willow were themselves a balanced representation of Light and Dark. But Amber was right, the story choice of Tara’s death was the absolute wrong choice. It added far less to the story than it took away with her loss and what little it did add for Willow could have been achieved in other ways. Season 6 really should have centered on Tara and Willow as central figures, replacing the screen time the trio got, with a greater focus placed on the dark magic Willow had tapped into corrupting her throughout. Given how unerringly and fiercly protective Willow’s always been of those she loves, you could easily have a different inciting incident for the final Dark Willow arc. Just having Tara, Xander or Buffy Badly injured would be enough. Tara was a wonderful character both by herself and as Willow’s other half. She had so much more to offer the story than that rather cheap shock factor death. Even just resurrecting her in S7 would have been better.

Im 33 and I still Remember I was like 12 when I saw on TV the death of Tara. I still remember the emptiness in my stomach and the profound feeling like something had changed, not just in the series, but in me. In the next episodes I rooted for willow, I still do, kill the fuckers, make them pay, just don’t destroy the world, that’s a bit too much.

Wesley fans explained easy - those people watched "Angel" 😆 Tara is sweet character and never annoyed me one bit, even though I liked Oz. You made me think that it's time to finally rewatch "Buffy" past season 3, thank you 🙃

I wasn't a fan of Wesley in Buffy, but in Angel?? Yeah. He won me over hard.

I think Tara was so like cause she represented softer strength and power. Something a lot people can relate to even if they haven't a protagonist personality

It's weird, I always saw Oz and Tara on the same level. BtVS has issues throughout the series, of course. But those two characters are what other writers should aspire to create. Willows voyage, starting as a shy wallflower nerdy sidekick up to the point she could destroy the freaking earth was good, but I would make the case it was because of Oz and Tara we loved Willow. Also, they didn't portrayed Oz as some toxic, abad man.. he was just Oz. You know, realistic. Also the Tara-Willow relationship never felt forced. I watched it when it aired and I never even thought about same sex couples or asked if Willow was bisexual or gay. I just was along for the ride and enjoyed it. To me, that was how characters and relationships should be written and portrayed. It felt subtle, realistic and was beautiful acted by Amber, Seth and Alyson. Only now, looking back, I truly appreciate those moments, seeing how rare on screen or TV we see something like this. In the end, I can say it made it for me not only acceptable to see same sex couples, I even started to empathize and understood a bit better. And for that alone I have to say Tara and Oz were the best characters of the show

Im so thankful for your summarization of the characters at the end. Tara is genuinely such a well written character and just warms my heart. I think Willow Anya and Faith are my favorites but Tara is for sure a cherished character.

5:30 "bloody hell' in Giles. Tara was such a treat in this show and Family is one of my favourite episodes, especially the end when they all stick up for her and say she's family. And I love her relationship/friendship with Buffy, especially in Season 6. I also LOVE how much Dawn loves her and how she loves Dawn. Great video! You highlighted everything about Tara perfectly. She is a fantastic character and her death is truly gut wrenching.

*I loved Willow. I would have loved to see a Willow spinoff or even have Willow as the lead for a season or 2. I also loved Tara. so pissed they killed her off*

not me sobbing through this whole video 😭

I also love season 6 and how dark it gets, yet still continues to have heart

One of the many reasons I love Buffy is the acting. Whether you love or hate a character, I feel that everyone on this series did a phenomenal job acting. Season 2, 5, and 6 bring some of the best acting performances I’ve ever watched (in my opinion)

Wow, this is a great video. Tara was a wonderful character, and her relationship with Willow was absolutely beautiful (most of the time!). Brilliant and thorough explanations of everything Tara & Willow, thankyou! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Oh, and Kennedy? Eurgh 😤😠😡😂😂

The Bewitching Hour is a book that shows Tara’s background before coming onto Buffy and I loved it!

Willow was my favourite character before Tara appeared, and gradually Tara became my favorite over the seasons. I don't personally like season 6 as a whole and I think they did Tara dirty by killing her even if it led to Dark Willow and a powerful season finale. I love her and I feel she deserved better.

I have been waiting for this video since you announced it and enjoyed every minute of it.

I love that comically over large hammer, it tickled me pink when they brought it back for the season five finalé.

Wow. This video is so much better than I expected it to be. Great analysis. I’ll check out more of your videos.

"If they were going to pair her with anyone other than *me*..." Oh, I know that feeling!

Very well done. Just a beautiful and insightful analysis ❤❤❤❤❤

Very well-done analysis of probably my favorite female character in Buffy.(I would say in the whole Buffyverse but Fred exists so there's that. Another one who died painfully) I love that you compare her storyline to Sansa as it really does work in reverse. As much as we hate Tara's death, it directly caused my favorite final scene of any season of the show, the one of Willow and Xander. I wish that, rather than have Willow move on with Kennedy, they would have kept her single until after the show ended and when, in Angel s5, Andrew talks about where everybody went post-Sunnydale, he could have just causually mentioned she bumped into Oz and let the audience just fill in what happened then. Willow was blessed with two great loves and Kennedy ruins that.

Tara will always have a special place in my heart, and your video only reminded me of why. Thank you for the good memories ❤

Great analysis, thanks for the video!

I love this video so much! Tara and willow were a huge part of my childhood. Great work on the video!

I have binged all of ur vids in a couple days i love ur content sm💙💙💙

I am so happy to find somebody making this video for us Scoobies to see. This is every reason why I love Tara Maclay so much, and the development she had is definitely at the top of the tier list, even if it's not as obvious as the development for characters such as Spike or Willow's own character arcs. Have you had a chance to read The Bewitching Hour by Ashley Poston, it delves deeper into the reasons behind Tara's relationship with her family being so bad.

thank you for taking the time to do this video 🤓 made me happy

Please do more character breakdowns about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I love your style of video essays ❤

Loved your video and Tara, it was amazing seeing her growing up, the way her character showed strength in a new way, was really eye opening. I would have highlighted that scene with Glory a little more, in where she refuses to tell her about Dawn and saves all that people at the fair. She was so scared of Glory from the beginning, calling her a "brain sucker god" (in episode 5x13), but she stood up to her. I really loved her for that and Amber for not coming back as the first in season 7. Thank you for the memories!

Poor Tara... She really was the BEST. I'm so glad that Amber Benson is involved with the new Audible show! I've only heard a preview of it thus far, but am about to purchase and binge all of what's available!

We need a video on why Buffy s3 was so great. It’s my favorite too.

Tara was my favorite character from episode one. I am still hurt by her death.

Although I agree Tara and Willow's relationship is by far my favorite, I am a Kennedy fan too. Kennedy gave her the support and grounding Willow needed, especially in her recovery when Amy tried to knock Willow down, Kennedy was there to pick her up again.

I absolutely loved tara she was a good character for the show she never should had been killed off to me because she had so much potential as a character joss made a dumb decision doing that tara was willows soulmate

I disagree on the "asumned straight" part. Willow was straight or at least bisexual all along, which needs more representation especially seeing as whedon initially wanted her to be bisexual but received backlash

I love your videos! Thank you so much! Also, I'm a Willow fan myself :) well I'm gonna shut up now and enjoy the video :p

Tara was sweet. I liked her and her and Willow together was great. Amber is smart and has a heart, thank God she declined to come back as the first in season 7. I never knew she had drama with anyone on Buffy. It's great that she made peace with that person. I also never knew that she was such a strong supporting person that when she left everything crumbled. I never looked at it that way.

I loved this! I always loved Tara and I like this format of one video about the complete arch of one character! I would love to watch one on Anya and one on Cordelia because they became two of my characters due to their overall characters arch’s and they’re interesting because they both start off on the more “unlikeable” side.

I loved Tara and will always be bitter that they killed her off.

I remember I used to watch Buffy every week with my friendsand we all were brainwashed religious. We did the mental gymnastics that a supernatural show was fine but I was the only one not squicked out by WillowxTara. Years later, I came out and I swear they helped me as a teen know being gay was okay (even if I wasn't ready to come out)

Awesome video! Tara is an incredible character ❤

Great job 👍🌟

Great vid!! Would love to see the same done for Anya, who is my favorite character.

Love Tara! This one's for the algorithm because it makes no sense how little attention your Buffy videos get

I fell in love with Tara from the moment I saw her. I immediately thought "Yes. This one ❤️"

Dude you forgot to mention how amazing Amber Bensons voice is shame on you.😂

I loved Tara coming into her own as an empowered equal with her own talents and qualities. As much as Willow was a favorite character, she also had this jealousy underneath her--that she couldn't stand anyone else being close to Buffy and or them giving Buffy solutions out of her (Willow's) relm. Willow always seemed threatened that Tara had the experience of losing her mom,or dealing with family problems and Tara sharing her knowledge with Buffy to help. Tara was always more mature, I thought. I'm glad when they stopped using Tara as Willow's 'accessory.'

I fully agree! Great video!

Well, you found it. A Kenndey fan. I even got her autograth. However, I adored Tara and Amber. So much so I wrote in my first novel a character Amber. I've even read Amber's writing. You are correct: Tara is the best.

I always though Tara made a better "early Willow" than Willow. Loved the character, and truly saddened about her death.

So many people underestimate the power of someone just being there for someone else. Silently being there and listening to them in moments of despair, grief, worry or even anger. Not responding in any audible way or rarely. Not interrupting. Not making their prescence known other than in body language. In their ability to just BE THERE for and with that someone. Especially in TV it is shown that a character just being there for another character that is going through a tough time for whatever reason is incredibly powerful. The human connection given just on body energy alone is powerful. It's one of the main things I love about Xena and Gabrielle. And most recently, it's also one of the main things I love about Tara and Willow too, although in different ways and for different reasons. To just BE THERE is a POWER. So it may not be supernatural or spiritual. There's one thing it is that matters far more than any of that. It is HUMAN. It's a power all humans possess. Perhaps that's why it's so undervalued. We know it too well. We're too familiar with it that we're bored with it or desensitized to it in moments where we don't exactly need it. But by the gods is it powerful for us when we do need it. When we go through a tough time ourselves. We don't so quickly just shuck it off then. So we shouldn't underestimate or undervalue it at any point because human power is necessary for human healing. It's absolutely crucial in fact. It saves lives. It changes lives. It is the power of unconditional love that is represented in just BEING THERE empathising and sharing the pain of a person who is going through the pits.

OK, so I spent the video smiling and sobbing...

I’m not sure if it’s “gloomy, 90’s, life sucks, do what you can with it vibe.” Or just making death meaningful on the show. For example if they kept bringing back Buffy’s mother as a ghost, in the same way that Charmed does then the episode the Body wouldn’t hit the way, or relate to people the way it does. It would lose its realistic element to it

Such a great video! I often think about how transformative it would've been if Xander had gotten the gay story line. I often think he was shafted so much and was never really allowed to become a better person because the vehicle Joss saw for his redemption was his sexuality. So once that was given to Willow, Xander basically went down in history as the 90s male douche we all thought he was. But whenever I go down that rabbit hole, and now because of this video, I remember how important Tara was to the group. I'd choose her over Xanders redemption any day.

I'm watching Buffy for the first time and I've been procrastinating watching the episode of her death for 6 months now. Well i have been watching Buffy for almost 2 years now cause when i know something bad is going to happen i procrastinate like Evil Angel, Joyce's death but Tara is probably one of my favorite characters and i really don't want to see her die. Like it's not real and the show is 20 years old but for my brain if i dont see her die she's still alive.

Man this makes me feel so old

Tara was softly spoken, but she wasn't really soft, at least not after season 4. When Buffy admitted that she'd been shagging Spike, Tara was the one that gave Buffy understanding and no judgement. It was a great moment.

25:00 YES. FINALLY. SOMEONE ACTUALLY SAID THAT IN A REVIEW. Been said in fanfics. But never outright.

Tara was always one of my favorite characters, and as much as I loved oz I was rooting for her and willow since she was introduced. I loved her death and a part of me is glad they didn’t taint it by bringing her back. I almost feared for a situation like in supernatural- (spoilers for a character death!!) Where they killed off Rowena in a very touching and beautiful moment with Sam, only to have her apparently come back as ‘technically’ being dead, but around still for a few quick moments. Which felt awkward, because the death scene isn’t as meaningful imo & the times when she’s not there afterwards, while she definitely could be & would normally would have been, felt weird. I hate and could rant on about this happening on shows forever given the opportunity lol There’s a part of me that loves when my favorite characters die. The scene always hits harder (prue, Tara, ect…) I’m not sure what it is about it, but having them come back always feels wrong or cheap, like their sacrifices were for nothing. Side note- i wish they made willow bi and kept the idea of xander being gay tbh would have been very interesting to see, and given a nice story about masculinity & the biphobia people face both from straight people and from inside the community as well. It also would have left us with a full collection haha with buffy the straight rep, Tara lesbian, willow bi, and Xander gay.

Im fairly certain I've seen at least 1 interview with Alyson Hannigan where she said that Joss Whedon had told her before introducing Tara that she was going to be her girlfriend. So it was planned.

Bob would you ever do videos on these characters 🤔 Glory Dawn and Xander

Tara has the best development? I don’t know if I can agree with that. She was used as a plot device for most of her character arc. But in saying that… I’ve had a revelation of sorts regarding Willow putting Tara under that ‘forget’ spell in ‘All The Way’ when she was fighting with her about abusing magic when watching the episode ‘Tough Love’ just now. And I’m not too sure how to feel about it at this present moment in time. Part of me thinks it’s clever. But another part of me thinks it’s cruel. And I don’t know which part of me should win out over the other. My head or my heart. 🥺 But anyway - my revelation: Part of the fight they had in ‘Tough Love’ had to do with Tara being frightened of Willow’s rapidly growing magical power, and then Willow changes the context of it to trust and commitment. Interpreting what Tara said as her not being able to trust Willow about her declared sexuality. That she would switch to straight (only Willow would think in black and white terms like that) and realizing that it’s because of the fight that Tara was left alone at the multi-cultural fair while Willow sat in the Magic Box moping. Leaving her vulnerable to Glory. Willow likely blamed herself for what happened to Tara. And she was so anxious about it happening again that she resulted to drastic measures to prevent any sort of fighting between them that would separate them. That would leave Tara alone to be targeted by their many enemies. Thus, choosing to erase Tara’s memories about any fights so that Tara would remain physically close to her - at her side. That way she could prevent her from being physically harmed. She likely thought of it as a safety measure. The only thing is - she never counted herself as the potential danger to Tara. Of course she wouldn’t because at that point she believed herself to be Tara’s protector. Not losing Tara’s love in any way, shape or form was something she always made sure of. But Tara losing her life and permanently was Willow’s worst nightmare. The anxiety likely doubled in intensity after losing Buffy. And so she did what she did to protect them. In her mind - that’s how she thought of it. Protecting Tara. But the sad thing is that she pretty much ends up doing exactly what Glory did. Messing with her mind. True, she only erased her memories whereas Glory erased her sanity. But the principle is still the same. It’s abuse or violation whichever way you look at it. And knowing this as the potential source behind Willow’s abuse - this also provides logical standing that it likely happened well before we were shown it. That she was erasing memories of them fighting from as early as the start of Season 6. Or even in the wake of Buffy’s death. It all comes back to the old adage of “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” So in a sense - the themes of power corruption and vengeance were always apart of the whole arc for Willow. Just in a less obvious way. It is constant anxiety that plagues Willow all throughout the show - in various ways and to various degrees. The anxiety of loss, of inconsequentiality, of failing. Of being unable to control everything that happened around her. And so the moment she knew she could - through magic - I don’t think it really mattered to her that she controlled Tara so long as it was a means to an end. So long as it could protect her and their relationship because, as far as she saw it, it was one in the same. That to separate physically would be the end of Tara. Well, it ended up being the opposite. It is their physical closeness that is what killed Tara. It’s the worst sort of painful irony any writer could come up with. I would have rather it been BECAUSE OF IT and not IN SPITE OF IT. I’ve said that before but it really does pull at the heart strings to an extremely uncomfortable amount every time I think about it. That what put Tara in the crossfire of a bullet was not Willow abusing Tara - but just wanting to be with her. But at the same time - I cannot deny the tragic poetic-ness of it. I cannot call it bad writing if the intention by the writer was for it to come full circle. That a lover’s death was always the inevitability of Willow’s insistence to take matters into her own hands without informing the ones it would affect all because she had the constant anxiety of losing them. It’s like some people have already said - of which I always scoffed at until now - if it wasn’t Tara, it was going to be Oz or even Xander. Someone with an extremely strong emotional bond with Willow. Someone that knew her better than she knew herself. Someone that could pull her from her personal abyss. It just really hurts that that someone had to be Tara. But - I get it now. And truth be told, maybe I always did, I just didn’t want to admit it. For admitting it would mean having to admit that Whedon was right. The storytelling does outweigh the tragedy. There is a point that justifies the pain. And I’m grappling with the weight of that revelation at this very moment. I still don’t like it, but I am coming to terms with it. I will not ever say that Willow’s abuse of Tara is not out of love. True love. It is. It’s just she wasn’t willing to accept that she was falling into her Greek tragedy. That in the effort to be the hero of her own story, she actually became the villain in other people’s stories. There is poetry in that when you consider the actions and choices the character would result to earlier in the show. But what happens when there is no external monsters to fight? Where can the fight go other than back into the very vessel it began in? Into the internal.

4:54 I am a Kennedy fan! So be surprised! She was the best Potential. She didn’t whine like most of the others. She was a badass and beautiful. Suck it, Kennedy haters. Anyway. Great video. Tara is one of my all-time favorite characters. I love her so much! The kindest, sweetest Buffyverse character, only rivaled by Fred.

Lol, a Kennedy fan. That would be a rare finding

I didn't like season 4 Tara any more than Riley. Both felt too thinly written (and I thought both love interests could use a season learning to be comfortable on their own). It makes you forget the good qualities (only one to spot Faith in Buffy etc.). Yes Riley had them too (saved and supported Willow etc.). But season 5 made me love her. I only wish they had done that for Riley's character. Too often it felt like they didn't know how to write him and that got worse in season 5. But Tara stood out more and more, and almost felt like she filled the hole Joyce left behind in The Body. In some ways she became a fully realized character earlier than most, but at times those are needed (Iroh from Avatar being a good example of a well written version). And while I'm angry they underwrote her in her last season (perfect season for more screentime), she was still done well when they bothered to put her in. On the magic drug metaphor. Sometimes we are addicted to good things (food and in light of Buffy that season sex), but yes they hammed it up at times. On Tara's death and even Xander leaving Anya at the alter. I hated both because at that point it felt Whedon went from ending the happy ever after trope, to starting his own not ever after trope, in the latter case willing to undo character development, even cause discrepancies in characters to do it. But both led to amazing arcs. Can't deny that. I wished they had brought Tara and Oz back together in some way. And yes, glad she didn't do the first episode. And yeah, Kennedy... Anywho Giles is my favorite but Tara is up there.

Still the best example ever put to screen of one of the best tropes, "good character absolutely losing it when their love interest is hurt"

tara was allways my favourite character in the show, and i watched this show as a 10-17 years old kid

Kennedy is actually a bad ass with a great personality I liked her

I heard that’s SMG had issues with Whedon and wonder if her reasons for not returning were along those lines…

one of my favorite things about the Tara/ Willow arc is that despite (seemingly) being the less powerful witch of the two, Tara always maintained her integrity to magic as a worldview/ value system/ religion, which makes sense given she had practiced it from a young age. Whereas Willow saw magic as a means to power --to my mind kind of paralleling her affinity for technology in early seasons, magic as a simple means to an end-- and it corrupted her because she had no respect for it. Even though Tara had less magical "strength" than Willow, her relationship to magic reflected the power she was able to wield in the other parts of her life-- as a source of groundedness, supportiveness, and kindness.

Interesting that Willow wasn't the first option for characters to turn out gay. When they were still in high school, I remember vampire Willow making some comment about being into one of the girls which was dismissed by Willow because once they're a vampire it's not really them and Angel was like, "weeelll...". That was all the foreshadowing I needed lol

Tara is the best being ever. Explained it in several comments on current Buffy reaction videos, so i didn't need to do it here again, so i can point out two other things: 1. I like Kennedy. She was excatly the kind of partner Willow needed in that moment. I like her way of being sassy. Additional, in my countrys dubbed version she has a more smoother, deeper and confident voice than the actress herself. May make a difference. But since Tara is the best, Kennedy couldn't reach her at all. 2. Taras death is one of those TV -losses, you carry with you and is unacceptable. Bringing her back wouldn't minorise her death. It would just stop the suffering. TV can undo this, that makes it different from physical life and is a big strength and sometimes it is done. And if it is done carefully, it is a win. Another TV-Show did this just a few days ago, after 29 years. I want an onscreen Scooby reunion, a small one, it would offer several options for developments, and in the end, there should be this shoestory, so that when the credits are rolling we see the happy patchwork family Willow with Oz an their son and Willow and Tara with their daughter. You gave a precise decription how smart Tillow was established, opening the path for many and i think, it would be able to do some groundbreaking work in a nonannoying way more time.

I love Buffy but yeah Willow is the bomb and I did love Tara she just fit so well. As a gay man it has absolutely nothing to do with my sexuality, I loved Willow with Oz but Tara just made Willow so freaking happy in such a different way.

You're awesome.

Huge Wesley Wyndam-Pryce fan here. 👋🏻Of course, I fell in love with him on Angel, not Buffy.

WOW! I may disagree with some Charmed takes, but THIS video sums up a lot of my feelings, too! I hated, Hated, HATED that Giles left for England, I kinda liked the "magic as drugs" metaphor, too, and found her death meaningful as well. I didn't mind Kennedy so much, but thats bc her character unfolded SLOWLY for me, as I tuned in every Tuesday night to watch a new episode in the 90s/00s. Tara's death was so shocking and was a huge pay-off after trying to figure out the lame Trio all season! Well done👏👏