The Willow Buffy Controversy: Is It All Hype Or The Real Deal?

When buffy gets upset, her mother and xander begin to lecture her on her behaviour, but it's willow's sideline taunts that border on creepy. According to the strange and incredible saga of willow and tara on buffy the vampire slayer, there was initially at least some backlash from some fans about the relationship. The storyline received a great deal of attention in the press and sparked a controversy that divided the shows most loyal fan base. Willow is a great character and to her credit pretty much all of these negative qualities that she has have gone away by season 7. Saying that i do find it annoying that she has a reputation for being a really shy and sweet girl when she always had an ugly side to her.

The characters had been dating for a year before the audience even got to see them kiss. That should tell you all you need to know about the climate at the time around same sex couples on tv. The finale of joss whedons buffy was controversial because of a consent issue, but willow's powers could have been used to easily avoid it. I'm late to the party, but. If you read the comics, willow tells buffy she thought it was a real possibility that she was in heaven. She then proceeds to tell her that she feels she chose buffy over tara. Due to the apparent violation of the bodily autonomy of women all around the world, the episode's approach to consent is one that's caused buffy the vampire slayer's ending to remain controversial nearly two decades after its release.