#btvsposting

[orbleglorb]

started watching buffy the vampire slayer. despite all the talk about having crushes on boys i think Willow is a lesbian

[oddly-informed-raven]

what the fuck. this is like the reverse of the tom holland thing. why is james marsters not british.

[oddly-informed-raven]

[oddly-informed-raven]

So I saw someone on reddit asking why the First didn't take Tara's form to psych out Willow. And while I know the real answer (Amber Benson didn't want to portray her like that because she was such a cherished character) I think it makes perfect sense in-universe. I have two reasons. Keep in mind that this is going to be unedited like my Kennedy rant. Treat me as a gnome.

1. Willow would see right through it.

Willow and Tara spent every waking moment together for years (Two? I think) and Willow would know that it's not really her. I think she would get freaked out, but she wouldn't be fooled as long as the First would want her to be.

2. Seeing Tara would be too nice.

I'm not sure on this one, but it makes enough sense to me and I like it. The idea is that it would be more tortorous to Willow to convince her that because of the actions she took- because of the things she did that she can't take back- she will never be able to see or talk to Tara again, even in a beyond the grave situation. The choice she made made Tara truly lost to her. I think that's equally or more devastating than just making Tara tell Willow to kill herself.

[oddly-informed-raven]

okay. Finished Buffy. Moving on to the Willow comics and ao3.

Solid 9/10 show. Except for a good chunk of season 6. Seven was kind of shaky but I think that's just because I don't like kennedy as willow's girlfriend.

Okay, actually, let's talk about kennedy. Completely unedited, unserious rant incoming. Treat my ramblings like those of a small, maybe amusing gnome.

Kennedy was a bullshit character. She had really no reason to exist other than for them to be able to say "look, willow has a girlfriend, isn't that nifty?" She barely felt like a person, only a tool to move willow on from tara. She didn't have any chemistry with willow and we barely saw them on screen together unless they were kissing or in that one episode with the date.

Willow and kennedy's relationship seemed very rushed and out of place as opposed to willow and tara's. It felt natural and cute and they were both so enamored with each other. They fit together well and developed their relationship over multiple seasons. We see them working together, sharing interests, skills, and a cat. Willow and kennedy really have nothing in common besides being gay. I guess they might, but we never saw kennedy enough to know really anything about her.

Anyway, I think they introduced her way too soon. I feel like having willow move on so quickly kind of does a disservice to the deep relationship that willow and tara had. And for such a nothingburger of a person, too.

[oddly-informed-raven]

Crying. Screaming. Throwing up.

[orbleglorb]

watching btvs. angel creeps me out hella bad

[orbleglorb]

buffy's highschool is also the razorbacks lets fucking go!!!