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.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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Vortex - Apr 12, 2004 4:42:07 am PDT #7473 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Mariposa - Apr 12, 2004 9:33:44 am PDT #7474 of 10001
"Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn't suck." -Joss Whedon
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.
victor infante - Apr 12, 2004 12:43:05 pm PDT #7475 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Tara was my girl, and the one whose value system I most identified with.
Glamcookie - Apr 12, 2004 12:50:08 pm PDT #7476 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Tara was great.
I most identified with Willow during New Moon Rising. They captured that scenario really well.
Atropa - Apr 12, 2004 12:54:31 pm PDT #7477 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Gris - Apr 12, 2004 1:17:15 pm PDT #7478 of 10001
Hey. New board.
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."
Mala - Apr 12, 2004 3:32:29 pm PDT #7479 of 10001
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.
Rayne - Apr 12, 2004 4:31:58 pm PDT #7480 of 10001
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
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.
Daisy Jane - Apr 12, 2004 7:29:09 pm PDT #7481 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I was thinking about this on the way home (I had a post, but then it was time to get off work).
At first I would have said Buffy during Innocence until Becoming, but then I thought because of current events, Willow during Triangle, then there was several Xander moments.
You know, I think that's where much of the love comes from. I can identify with all of them several times, and sometimes all at once. Sure my best friend's ex wife isn't an ex-demon (though I won't say that for sure until someone can prove it), and my ex boyfriend wasn't a creature without a heartbeat, but the situations were certainly close to home to be so fantastical.
Even the vampires weren't completely unrelateable. I'm sure that was the main appeal of Spike and Dru, underscored by The Judge's line. They were the first ones (besides Angel who had is own metaphor on) to be more than Muahhahaha evil.
Atropa - Apr 13, 2004 8:14:51 am PDT #7482 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Ow. Ow, ow, ow. Yeah, that would have to be one of the biggies for me, too. But wasn't it Willow finding out about Xander & Cordy, not Faith?