I used to like Tara a lot more at the time, she was the character I related too the most (it's since become Buffy). But looking back now, she really didn't have much of a personality. It seems her main purpose was to agree with Willow. I liked her more in season 6, during the period when she and Willow had broken up, and she was bonding with Buffy in Dead Things. Oh and in Older And Far Away she was pretty cool. Otherwise it was mostly all snuggling with Willow, and adoring baby talk
It's a shame because I think they did a good job with making Anya more than just an arm decoration for Xander, but without Willow, Tara's character really had no point at all. Just as Seth Green partly left because Oz's scenes mostly consisted of saying, "As Willow goes, so goes my nation".
I loved Tara for the gentleness she displayed in a violent world, and thought she had a ton of potential. I wish the character had been developed more fully.
I used to really like Tara because I could relate to her being so shy, but now looking back, IMO they really didn't do a lot with her. I think the relationship with Willow held her back quite a bit if anything, and it seemed they only really began developing her in season 6. And of course that was most likely just so viewers would mourn her death more.
I would have liked to have seen more of a friendship with Buffy developing, it was there so briefly. More Tara/Dawn scenes would also have been good. They were adorable in Smashed
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Date: 2006-08-15 09:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-08-15 09:10 pm (UTC)I used to like Tara a lot more at the time, she was the character I related too the most (it's since become Buffy). But looking back now, she really didn't have much of a personality. It seems her main purpose was to agree with Willow. I liked her more in season 6, during the period when she and Willow had broken up, and she was bonding with Buffy in Dead Things. Oh and in Older And Far Away she was pretty cool. Otherwise it was mostly all snuggling with Willow, and adoring baby talk
It's a shame because I think they did a good job with making Anya more than just an arm decoration for Xander, but without Willow, Tara's character really had no point at all. Just as Seth Green partly left because Oz's scenes mostly consisted of saying, "As Willow goes, so goes my nation".
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Date: 2006-08-15 11:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-08-15 11:36 pm (UTC)I would have liked to have seen more of a friendship with Buffy developing, it was there so briefly. More Tara/Dawn scenes would also have been good. They were adorable in Smashed
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Date: 2006-08-15 11:42 pm (UTC)