Bringing the Power Together: Willow's Four Personalities
Back in 2004, I was in grad school, and had the amazing opportunity to take a class on Buffy (this is what led to my thesis and book, but that's another story). I was recently reminded of this paper and decided to post it for anyone interested. Do keep in mind this was written many years ago, but it's still a fairly solid analysis. August 10, 2004 Bringing the Power Together: Willow’s Four Personalities Throughout the seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Willow Rosenberg evolves in stages: a shy and insecure high school outcast, a timid but enthusiastic computer nerd, a fairly confident magic user and girlfriend, and finally, through heartbreak and confusion a relatively balanced lesbian and a quite powerful witch. Upon losing Tara, Willow discovers yet another side to her personality: that of a pained, vengeful murderer. It is only in Season Seven that we see Willow begin to incorporate all of these aspects into her complete personality, finally stepping close...