Spoilery article

[drlloyd11]

Very Interesting article, esp about Tara http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?17976

What do you all think? The window into Willow?

[BBOvenGuy]

It's an interesting observation. I hope Amber's wrong about Tara never being fully explored, but she's right about Tara giving us a better look at Willow. Very insightful of her, I think.

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Remember the Kitten Board Mantras:

"Joss is nuts about Tara, Willow/Tara and Amber!"

"Willow and Tara are the most romantic couple on the show, and that's exactly how Joss is treating them."

[tommo]

This was the quote that really got me though:

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"I think she's the window to Willow's soul and I don't think [creator Joss Whedon] really focuses on who she is," says the actress. "I don't think it's a bad thing. Tara hasn't really been explained and I don't know if she ever will be."

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For someone so young and relatively inexperienced in love, that is such a beautiful way of putting it. Damn. That woman...sigh

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"It doesn't matter, really, if I don't see Willow tonight, she knew. Willow was in her life, for keeps. That was what mattered." ~ Tara, Unseen: The Burningquote:

[Rane]

i dont know but just the beginning sentence made not want to read it. Season four?! hello?! how did THAT get past the editors?

[Beautiful Tara's Girl]

Funny; it read Season Five to me. Huh.

[Dr.G]

Rane, maybe they have edited it, because it says season 5 now.

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"I wish I could [talk about it]," says Benson, "but my tongue would be taken out of my head. The 'Buffy' Mafia could come and kill me."

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Ew much? Working on Buffy is starting to affect her sense of humour.

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[xita]

Anyway, I don't think Amber is right. I think recently, Tara has had more character development than Anya, Xander and Giles. But ultimately she may be right about how Tara allows us to see right into Willow's soul.

[tommo]

Listen, I spotted a spelling mistake in this article so, you know, it's not like they're Big Knowledge People or anything...heh heh. Yes, my weak attempt at humour on this sad day.

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"It doesn't matter, really, if I don't see Willow tonight, she knew. Willow was in her life, for keeps. That was what mattered." ~ Tara, Unseen: The Burning

[Rane]

lol. i KNEW once i posted it up they would switch it on me! i was even going to cut an paste but i was like *nah*... it's just when they get one *teeny* thing like season FIVE wrong i wonder about the rest of the article.

and, again, i agree with xita.

[Willows Puppy]

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"I just know that fans are going to be dismayed, but they're ultimately going to enjoy it."

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I wonder what she's referring to - does she mean the brainsucking or the (rumored) death ?
I'm really getting dismayed now ....
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[GODisTigger]

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Originally posted by Rane:
lol. i KNEW once i posted it up they would switch it on me! i was even going to cut an paste but i was like *nah*...

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LOL, I saw it too. It DID say Season 4.

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[Beautiful Tara's Girl]

Either that or you were hallucinating.

[Dorkfish]

The line about "dismayed" fans strikes fear into my heart... that doesn't sound like one of those "bad things happen but then it gets better" lines... noooo, this sounds like a "Uncle bob got his leg cut off, but in the end it brought him closer to his kids" things..

But on the brighter side, I had a dream and willow and tara stayed together. But but but...

They haven't started shooting S6 yet, right? Because then, the dismayed bit could be NOW where we're all like "eek, willow and tara need to be together and lovey" which means we'll be happy in the next ep, right? RIGHT?!?!

But but but... what if tara never gets better?

And to think if it wasn't for my stupid friend who got me into buffy, I wouldn' be agonizing over this.

[Shaniezak]

I'm wondering how long ago they conducted the actual interviews with Nick and Amber. For all we know, they could have spoken to them a good while before the article made it to publication, and Amber could be referring to the events of "Tough Love."

Of course, that could just be my defensive reaction kicking in . . .

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"Oh, baby, want me to rub your tummy? She likes it when I . . . stop explaining things."
-- Tara, "The Body"

"No, she likes what I do . . . I think she likes what she's doing."
-- Gabrielle, "A Day in the Life"

[Dazey]

I was wondering just when these interviews were conducted as well. They should really tell you that stuff.

I have to say I was a bit dismayed by the article itself...I certainly see Tara as much more than a foil for Willow. I mean, I think I can see where Amber is coming from--Willow is a core character, and, much as we might wish otherwise, Tara is not. There is even the slight possibility--may the Goddess Thespia forgive me for what I am about to say--that she might one day be written off the show, though I cannot express how highly I doubt it. Really, really highly. Like, think of something that's really high (don't say Robert Downey Jr.)...got it? Okay, higher than that. Joss originally created Tara so that Willow would have someone to explore magick with...but of course, they ended up exploring so very much more...and Joss himself said recently that he thought Tara had become a big part of the heart of the show, which I totally agree with of course and now I'm just confusing myself.

Is Amber just being self-effacing here? That wouldn't surprise me. Or is this a sort of detached, actor's-point-of-view assessment that I, being unabashedly in love with the character, am simply incapable of assuming?

In any case I disagree with the statement that "Tara hasn't really been explained." Nearly everything she says or does explains a little more about her, and certainly "Family" gave us a much deeper insight into her psychology than we've ever been given with some of the other secondary Scoobies--Anya or Oz, for instance.

Well...that's my 57 cents.

[xita]

Yes I think Amber is trying to downplay herself here. Let's remember it was Joss the man who said, "she's a big part of the heart of the show," even she wasn't together with Willow.