I'm probably far too predictable. Start me talking about Willow and the only problem is getting me to shut up again. :-)
I do have one thing to add, though. The most important person in Willow's life isn't Tara, and it isn't Kennedy (and it wasn't Oz). It's Buffy. Always has been, always will be.
It's not a mindless devotion; I'm sure that in 'Choices', for example, Willow thought rationally through her future career options before deciding that staying in Sunnydale with Buffy would be the best decision. But if Buffy had gone to Cleveland instead, I'm sure Willow would have found a way to justify following her there too. :-) And yes, part of her resents having to be 'the sidekick'; it's a big reason why she learned magic, so she wouldn't be just the useless follower. And all that resentment came boiling out in 'Two To Go' when she no longer cared about restraining or hiding her negative feelings. But most of the time, Willow is ashamed of her darker side.
"It's pathetic -- she [ie, herself] lets everyone walk all over her and then she gets cranky at her friends for no reason."
In fact, Willow sometimes seemed to treat her relationships with Tara and Kennedy as a temporary source of refuge - where she could draw support and comfort to recharge her for her main life's work, which is being with Buffy...
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I do have one thing to add, though. The most important person in Willow's life isn't Tara, and it isn't Kennedy (and it wasn't Oz). It's Buffy. Always has been, always will be.
It's not a mindless devotion; I'm sure that in 'Choices', for example, Willow thought rationally through her future career options before deciding that staying in Sunnydale with Buffy would be the best decision. But if Buffy had gone to Cleveland instead, I'm sure Willow would have found a way to justify following her there too. :-) And yes, part of her resents having to be 'the sidekick'; it's a big reason why she learned magic, so she wouldn't be just the useless follower. And all that resentment came boiling out in 'Two To Go' when she no longer cared about restraining or hiding her negative feelings. But most of the time, Willow is ashamed of her darker side.
"It's pathetic -- she [ie, herself] lets everyone walk all over her and then she gets cranky at her friends for no reason."
In fact, Willow sometimes seemed to treat her relationships with Tara and Kennedy as a temporary source of refuge - where she could draw support and comfort to recharge her for her main life's work, which is being with Buffy...