It's Many Dear Friends Thursday, MKF 12/12/02

[wannabebad2]

As I watch the Entropy kiss come up on my screen, I think fondly of Willow and Tara's conversation at the episodes beginning.

My best friend an I quote it back and forth to each other all the time, and we always wonder, "Just how long have those two been broken up if our shy Tara has accumulated many dear friends?!" She went from just having the Scoobies to having a lot of close friends. Way to go Tara!

So, anyway, where do youu think Tara met all these dear friends?

And as for you, how many of your friends do you consider dear? How many with whom can you talk about W/T?

[SJ]

I think Tara met them at UC Sunnydale.
I have a few friends that I can talk to about W&T it's not quantity but quality

[wannabebad2]

My best friend is my W/T buddy. We quote them often, and in public!

I, too, think Tara must have met more friends at UCS, but just a year earlier her brother was commenting on how in high school she had very few friends. I guess her relationship gave her enough confidence and strength to go out there and make more friends.

[Mrs Vertigo]

Ah, wannababad2, you lucky bastard. My best friend's a Spuffer.

I think that Tara has gone through very deep changes over the summer between seasons 5 and 6. She seemed far more confidant.

[themagicpixie]

Tara stammers far less as the Seasons go on and her increase in confidence is indeed particularly marked between Seasons 5 & 6. So I would say that was around the time she began to make some new friends. I think they are the ones she spent some time with when she and Willow broke up early in Season 6. They were probably a far more mature and well-rounded lot than the Scoobies!

[Mrs Vertigo]

[i:d0f990004c]But...[/i:d0f990004c] I betcha they didn't do mourge time as often! What's a nightly gathering of close friends without a disembowled body to boot, eh?

[Dumbsaint]

I like to think of interesting, funny, kind folks chatting Tara up as she is sitting at the Pump procrastinating and downing mochas instead of studying for class. Or meeting fellow-minded Wicca set type people while she's helping out at the Magic Box. I see her as a mentor to people just starting out along those lines, though I doubt she'd see herself that way.

Sigh. I need to write some more fic. Anyone have a few spare hours for sale?

[Warduke]

Microsoft has yet another security update.

Ah the poor souls that use IE

[Jimmi Magnus]

I think that Tara had quite a few good friends from the Wicca group. I'm pretty sure that some of them where at her birthday party at the Bronze (frm the shooting script to 'Family').

[Rosenberg]

When she spoke of dear friends I was under the impression that she was referring to the members of the Scooby gang. Of course, we know that she had at least one other close friend, because we saw them make Willow jealous by embracing in the hallway at UCSD after class. I would think that she was also able to make friends from people in her classes and from the Wicca group, once that group changed leadership. Then again, she may have just been exaggerating and trying to get a reaction out of Willow when she used the term many.

[Dumbsaint]

I dunno... the Wicca group people never really were redeemed from Wanna Blessed-Be status. Even in the W/T comics there was an irresponsible Wicca group chick.

Just because I need a good spanking today.

[Wytchi Grrl]

I never read to much into what Tara said about many dear friends, I think she did make some new friends away from Willow but I think it was more about the nervousness of the convo as they made plans to see each other again-oh excited tummi at the thought

As for friends to discuss Willow and Tara with-humph not really, I have a friend who really likes Willow and Tara but basically he is a general BtVS which sometimes leads us into arguments lol, as for my other friends i have to keep reminding them who W/T are! Kitten board brings heaven for me

[Rosenberg]

Sigh. I need to write some more fic. Anyone have a few spare hours for sale?

Yes, you do! And I would be willing to spare a few of my hours for free; its the least I can do to contribute to the best interests of the kitten board and its members.

[darkmagicwillow]

Warduke, I upgraded to Mozilla 1.2.1 right after the move so I'm safe!

[bowieinberlin]

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rofl, Brian.

As for the Entropy exchange, you know, I never actually saw that part. We had severe weather or something and there was no sound. So I guess, I saw it but didn't hear it.

Sheesh now I feel like Tommy. I can't say nothin' to no one. Never in my life... anyhoo...

[Scout]

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Mrs Vertigo, my best friend's a Spuffer, too. We tend to have very short Buffy conversations.

As for Tara's dear friends, I assumed she was referring to the Scooby gang. After all, Willow wasn't her only friend amongst the Scoobies - she had Dawn, Anya, and Buffy, too.

Have a good one, all!

[wannabebad2]

Yeah... I remember watching Tabula Rasa and Anya and Tara were thumb wrestling in the Magic Box. How cute!

And of course, Tara was like another mother for Dawn.

Can I be Tara's dear friend?!

[FlereImsaho]

I think Tara met her friends at school. The Scoobies were more like family.

I have one really close friend and we can talk about W/T, but she doesn't share my enthusiasm - which I really can't understand!

[taralicious]

I spread the word about Willow/Tara to anyone I can whether they want to hear about them or not. The slightest chance to work them into a conversation and I run with it like a bloody sideline sprint.
I have to agree with the theory that even though Tara may have made these friends at uni, it was also partially to lessen the uncomfortable silence surrounding the alleged kiss/hug Willow witnessed between Tara and the other woman, that hussy!

[Pipsqueak]

I can't talk to anyone about W/T!! (except for you guys, of course!) sniff. sob. None of my friends are even fans of Buffy, let alone W/T. My dad watches Buffy with me occasionally and he semi-knows what's going on. But we don't talk about it that often, and when we do it's just basic stuff (e.g. "Whoa, that explosion was cool!") cause, you know, he's a guy. Not sure I'm ready for him to hear all about my obsession with lesbian witches. But I did explain the cliche to him one time and he didn't laugh or roll his eyes, so that's good.

Most of my dear friends are people that I met in college. We're a mixed group, guys and girls, and there used to be anywhere between 8 to 10 of us that hung out together. But people have moved away, gotten married, etc. and now we're down to a core of 5 people. The 5 of us are all pretty close, so I think that we'll still talk to each other even after we find spouses/life partners, which is more than I can say for *cough* some other people. There's also a girl that I was best friends with in high school, and we lost touch for a while there but I'd like to get to know her again.

As for Tara, I think she met her friends either through her classes, her dorm (cause remember, she moved back on campus after the breakup with Willow, so she probably got to know people on her hall), or the Wicca group. My feeling is that she got more involved with the Wicca club and eventually took over some kind of leadership role, and taught spells to the rest of the group, and turned it into more that just an excuse for a bake sale.