Oh, yes, Willow should not have gotten over Tara so quickly. At the very least--granted, I didn't watch S7 as closely as I watched others--someone should have been annoyed with Kennedy for slithering in so blatantly.
That was a conscious decision by Joss and the writers to repair/address some of the Dead Lesbian Cliche of Tara's death. They purposefully wanted to show that Willow being with a woman
wouldn't
be punished by killing off the character. They had contemplated her mourning for Tara all year, but then feared that kind of mopeyness would drag the show down and be the wrong arc for her character for storytelling purposes.
I agree with those decisions. I thought Willow's arc through S7 was handled pretty well considering it didn't get a whole lot of time. She mourned for Tara, she tried to learn to control her powers instead of just being cold turkey, they went away from Crack!Magic, there were checks on her power (the FE acting through her), she explored a new relationship (and significantly it was initiated by somebody else) and when the chips were down she was able to do mighty Mojo without corrupting herself.
But... but... did it have to be Kennedy?
Couldn't it have been Vi?
She was grieving. Didn't have her head on straight. and partway wanted to be punished.
But... but... did it have to be Kennedy?
Couldn't it have been Vi?
Vi would've been good, but she started off tentative. The character had to be assertive because they didn't want to make it look like Willow was past grieving, but that the other character pushed it to make it happen. Hence, Kennedy was pushy.
Especially now that I've been watching Freaks and Geeks, I wish they hadn't killed Amanda (Millie on F&G, Sarah Hagen). She was just gloriously fierce in battle in an unexpected way. Now
that
could have been an interesting combo with Willow, because she was already a little aggressive, but not bratty like Kennedy.
They thought Willow mourning her lost love would drag the show down? Did they see the rest of the plot lines?
t /heavy sarcasm
They thought Willow mourning her lost love would drag the show down? Did they see the rest of the plot lines?
Xander: "Willow feeling sorry for herself...so tired of it.. Oh yeah, I remember."
See? They already knew back in S4.
Now that could have been an interesting combo with Willow, because she was already a little aggressive, but not bratty like Kennedy.
And she was supposed to be 15. I'm not so into that.
I still don't think anything was especially wrong with Kennedy -- she just had the misfortune of being an okay character taking the place of two truly beloved ones.
re: Willow mopeage
There's endless whining, then there's a bit of dignified "Look, you're cute, but I'm not in a place were your aggressive come-ons are appealing."
Plus there was the "My new girlfriend needs to be part of the inner circle" thing.
Especially now that I've been watching Freaks and Geeks, I wish they hadn't killed Amanda (Millie on F&G, Sarah Hagen). She was just gloriously fierce in battle in an unexpected way. Now that could have been an interesting combo with Willow, because she was already a little aggressive, but not bratty like Kennedy.
Especially since Kennedy seemed like such a Faith wanna-be (as in the writers wanted her to be like Faith) who is exactly the type of person I could NOT see Willow with. And so unnecessary since they were bringing back the real thing anyway. Maybe Eliza wasn't a lock when Kennedy came on board?
eta - but yeah, Amanda wouldn't work because she's supposed to be Dawn's age. Feh.
