Magic Metaphor

[Dub]

This bugs me so much to the extent I think its likely become a quote taken out of context originally. Or the writers yet again just pick and choose when they want the metaphor to be a metaphor which relinquishes the purpose of a metaphor.

Its the whole magic is a metaphor for love stuff.

Series 4 I see it but only between Willow and Tara in certain scenes. Otherwise Xander talking Latin in front of the books was him revealing his extra flame-y for Giles. Their love is a forbidden love.

Series 5 Giles buys a Magic shop. Now is this a metaphorical sex shop. Box is slang for female genitalia in some social circles, so is it the Love Vagina they are all hanging out in. When Tara's father is holding a large crystal is it actually a 12 inch toy? When he says magic in disgust at the end did he say a homophobic comment instead? Is Giles a pimp who took Mr Maclay's worker? Anya did say she was a working Gal and Giles did do a weird smile, is this playing into the metaphor? If it is I don't want to know what the unicorns were metaphors of that Harmony was collecting.

Series six. kind of maybe, relationship abused to an extent as it gets more toxic the addiction gets worse or vice versa. Its a stretch. But then Tara's comment of there was always magic gives the magic metaphor a different metaphor. So the magic that isn't actual magic in a show with witches was actual metaphorical magic making the metaphor a metaphor of a metaphor. One might say a metaverse (what? that's been taken, right ok, no law suit.) No not a meta verse. Anyone else confused? I'm confused and I wrote it.


Ignoring Pimp Giles, although it weighs heavily on my mind. In regards to Tara and Willow where does the Magic is a metaphor for love end?

I'm going series four it ends. likely after New Moon Rising. Then you have magic as magic and love as love, they can be open about it as they are official and out from then on meaning no need for the metaphor or Pimp Giles.

[Laragh]

Before New Moon Rising, I think. Willow didn't show up with an extra-flamey candle to do a 'spell'. That shit was overt.

[Dub]

I only say New Moon Rising because every time I watch it I have a different opinion but every time when Willow is talking to Oz it hits hardest because I cant decide if she was going to tell him about Tara or if she was just meaning she was practicing magic. So if I add the metaphor, then it makes me think Willow was going to do the decent thing but was interrupted. That's the limit for the love metaphor for me. If I don't the whole episode is Willow being a dick at the Pick'n'Mix.

Extra Flamey was overt but imagine if both were super dense just standing in the dark and Tara is just like "So what spell?". Willow says they cant read in the dark and then that's when they learn to properly use the tinker bell light. This was meant to be a joke about people who didn't know they were romantically linked before that episode but now I really like this idea.

[Laragh]

I only say New Moon Rising because every time I watch it I have a different opinion but every time when Willow is talking to Oz it hits hardest because I cant decide if she was going to tell him about Tara or if she was just meaning she was practicing magic. So if I add the metaphor, then it makes me think Willow was going to do the decent thing but was interrupted. That's the limit for the love metaphor for me. If I don't the whole episode is Willow being a dick at the Pick'n'Mix.

This is true as I definitely think she was going to say it.