If there is anything I've learned from a ME show is that nobody (not even us viewers) get to be happy.
See, I was still new at this. I watched Season 5 first, then Seasons 6 and 1 simultaneously, so I hadn't seen the worst of "happy == death." Therefore, the death was a shock.
A very very painful shock.
In Angel, though, when
Fred and Wesley got together, I knew that was a bad sign
Oh man did I ever.
(not sure that needed to be white-fonted, but it is a Buffy thread, and this is pretty recent Angel gossip. Better safe than sorry.)
Slightly weird identification moment - Oz Larry conversation. 'You've really mastered the single entendre.' I just have this whole theory about what's going on behind the deadpan, based mostly on that.
And I identify strongly with Buffy almost all the way through(up until halfway through season 6). I don't know why though, we have virtually nothing in common.
I really identified with Tara when Buffy was confiding in her about Spike, and you could see her praying to the Goddess to let her say the right thing, please let her help her friend in need. I've been there, when someone you love desparately needs your love and support and all you want to do is make it better.
A very very painful shock.
Somewhere, Joss Whedon is a total state of "SQUEE!" He is truly evil and that's the way I like it.
Tara was my girl, and the one whose value system I most identified with.
Tara was great.
I most identified with Willow during New Moon Rising. They captured that scenario really well.
I identified with Buffy in "Lie to Me"--the
my God, could you have a dorkier outfit?
line, because I have thought that many a time at a gothy club. Plus Buffy & Giles' exchange at the end, because there are times when I want to be told a comforting fiction, even if I know in my heart it's not true.
I guess I'm boring. I identify with Willow in the high school years. Shy, smart, and painfully cute.
Okay, maybe not painfully cute. But, y'know, shy, smart, nerdy.
Plus, like Willow, I really grew in my junior and senior years. Blossomed, even. Especially senior year. I guess making good friends was my "magic."
My biggest moment of identification was Willow crying in the bathroom after finding out about Xander sleeping with Faith. *sigh* Every unrequited crush I ever had was suddenly painful to remember all over again.
After S3, I mostly identified with Anya as the funny outsider who some people find too honest.
I didn't really care for Tara until "Restless." But then she became instantly intriguing to me. Through time, she became one of my favorite characters, and I felt her death was a loss to the show. I didn't feel that the Dark Willow arc was worth the loss of Tara.
