RoyoNobus wrote:
I think I have a sort of weird view on this so bear with me. I didn't really get a chance to check out most of the replies to this thread so I don't know exactly how unique my opinion is. I acknowledge that the lesbian cliche is still around as unfortunate as that may be. I also understand how easily Tara's death could be construed as fitting into this cliche. I think ME made the wrong decision and I'm certainly not in favor of it but I don't think that it should be viewed as falling into the category of the cliche. I will try to make this as comprehensive as I can..
Hi RoyoNobus,
I will certainly love to discuss this, and I when I return home I will have a much longer and detailed post that I hope you find interesting..and perhaps some background.
But for now let me present a recent quote by Joss
http://www.joeutichi.com/profile/joss-whedon-interview/an excerpt
Buffy fans have wondered whether Whedon is cursed for an
especially egregious act of cruelty against one of the show’s characters in its sixth season. Tara Maclay, Willow’s gentle Wiccan love interest played by Amber Benson, had recurred for three seasons before Whedon added Benson to the show’s main cast credits. And at the end of that very same episode she was suddenly and unexpectedly shot and killed. No character, main cast or not, was safe in the “Whedonverse,” as the world of his creations has come to be known.
[“I realised, just the other day, that I have this terrible reputation for killing people not just because I killed Tara, but because I was such a
dick about it,” he laughs. “[Adding her to the credits] was just mean. Tara may be dead, but she haunts me still, because now all anybody ever talks about is the fact I kill characters off, and I think, ‘I do other things as well!’”