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See the thing is, I really think they are planning on bringing her back. But the thing is she can't come back and have things go right to being happy... that would be lame... before I found out about the comics, I read... well I actually do still read it because it's ongoing... anyways... this AMAZING series called The Chosen... which is Buffy Season 8-10... they're halfway through with 9 right now... anyways... there is a subplot in which Tara was revived... but the way she did it was very warped and very disturbing.

And... very long long long story but the short version is Tara was ressurected by a group of people (*read the major villains*) she had no idea and shown repeatedly what Willow had done after Tara's death and told that she was too powerful and would subcomb again and the only way to save her soul would be to kill her before it could happen again. So Tara spends all this time trying to determine for herself whether or not she really had to kill her... and lots of craziness and fighting and militant Buffyness and this huge culminating fight that ends with Tara nearly killing Willow. (They really wanted Willow out of the picture seeing as she got beaten to within an inch of her life a few months before) and anyways... it spirals into this sludge of Tara being unable to forgive herself for nearly killing Willow, and Willow being afraid of infecting Tara with her propensity for eviltude, and Kennedy getting really fed up with all this dancing around... so she finagles things so that she's alone with Tara on a car trip for 16 hours trying to play matchmaker in her own kinda ******** up way.

It's... quite amazing.

Plus hey, the fun thing...later on Oz and Tara get to meet at the Sunnydale High 5 year reunion... hehe.

They do get back together eventually but they have to face down a lot of stuff first... plus that whole car trip deal... oh my that car trip... the link to it is in my siggy.

Augh, I knew I came off super snobby. Not just came off. Was. Bleh. My apologies. Hope I didn't make an awful impression of myself.

I do respect the opinion of others. Guess I was just caught up with someone who agreed.

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Sorry, I prob made a bad first impression there. I hope you don't think I was getting at you it just annoys me when it feels like people aren't arguing against a point of view but the whole way you look at things/judge things. I don't think I'm making myself clear but can't think of a better way to put it at the mo.

I feel like I might have been kinda on the side of bitchy earlier in my rabid defense of W/T. Now I did like Willow and Oz. They were cute, and he clearly was good for her. But Oz made a stupid mistake. He slept with Veruca, and while yes he was a wolf at the time, I feel that in the Buffyverse a loss of self is not an excuse (something I will address later). Not only did he sleep with another girl, but afterwards he up and left, he wouldn't wait around to try to talk things through. While Willow did have an indescrecion (she kissed Xander) it was not nearly as severe as Oz's and she was there and willing to work through it. It was Oz who disengaged. Oz disengaged both when he was the victim and the instigator, which must be something about his personality. In the end, when he's in pain he isolates himself, which is something that conflicted with Willow's personality. Yes they cared but in the long run, Oz did run out, without really considering the impact or the desires of Willow, which most likely would be to try to work things out as she tried to do when she kissed Xander. Oz from the beginning to the end of the Woz relationship, didn't grow much. Willow did though.

Now onto Willow and Tara. It's clear that they weren't looking at trying to make a romantic relationship from the start. They made a mystical connection with each other from the very start and had a large common ground with which they could work together and bond. Something that Willow and Oz lacked, despite the fact that they were both very smart. So they really were attuned to each other which made their relationship that much more powerful. Also, I think the fact that they were heavily censored by the WB meant that the show people had to find other ways for Willow and Tara to interact beyond showing kissing and making out and sex, at least through seasons 4 and 5. They were mostly shown sitting, talking, watching tv, star gazing, playing with miss kitty, cuddling, performing spells. Very sweet romantic stuff, which generates more bonding than lust, which is what I find to be most endearing about them. Don't get me wrong, I was insanely happy when they got their smoochies on the UPN and were shown in bed together, but they were closer than any other couple I've seen on TV in any genre and it's a kind of relationship I would like to have myself. The show clearly set them up to be the most romantic, sweetest, and closest of Willow's relationships, clearly meant to be the best, just like Angel was the best for Buffy.

Plus you know what Joss Whedon said when Seth Green up and bailed on the cast saying he would come back for one more episode. Joss replied "Fine! Well that episode will be about how Willow loves Tara and NOT YOU!" Though Seth did agree to stick around for Restless.

Now what I was saying earlier about Oz, despite the fact that he was all wolfed out, he should have been able to maintain a certain sense of self that seems to be present throughout the Buffyverse. For example, when Angel lost his soul, he still retained his sense of self. As was pointed out Buffy was still all he thought about. When everyone lost their memory, Willow and Tara could still recognize their love for each other. Even when Oz was the wolf, he should have recognized that he loved Willow, not Veruca, which means he must have voluntarily given in to it. This is further exemplified when later on we find out Willow brings out the wolf in Oz. The Wolf is tied to his emotions, The Wolf wants what Oz wants and vice versa. So part of Oz must have cast Willow to the back of his mind.

Very good points, 'Tulip. Willow and Tara's love was extremely believable due to the way their relationship was presented in the series. You could see that they were both very good friends, due to their casual interactions and conversations, and that they were even better lovers. They just seemed more real, I suppose.

Seriously when Willow became a Lesbian everything changed...for me she was not a lesbian she was bi.
Tara was a sweetheart, but she was like too quiet and soft, I must admit I cried when she died, but Oz was freaking OZ the one.

i love them both. they were beautiful relationships. i hate kennedy though