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Willow Rosenberg | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Reserved
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Character
Name: Willow Rosenberg
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Gender: Female
Age: 21/22
Time Period: After episode 7.07, “Conversations with Dead People”
Wing Color: Dark green
History: http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Willow
Willow Rosenberg | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Reserved
Willow is the character who changes possibly more than anyone else in the series. Her personality is in almost constant progression from season to season, and her experiences with Buffy and the other Scoobies have made her the woman she is today. Beginning the series as a shy, nerdy girl who questions her place in the Scooby Gang, Willow becomes not only a mature young woman, but an immensely powerful witch. And in spite of all that, the core of who she is remains the same: a light-hearted and compassionate person who cares for her friends practically more than herself, and is always striving to better herself. She is also a woman who struggles with her own sense of identity: Is she still the nerd who dressed like a child and was such an easy target in high school? Is the assertive and confident witch she’s become only a cover, a costume? Ultimately, her personality is interwoven in her usage of magic and her relationships.
Early on, Willow is timid and shy around others except those closest to her, and is considered by many, including herself, to be more or less unremarkable. She is a bit socially awkward, and has a tendency to ramble when nervous, especially if she realizes she just said something inappropriate to the situation and just goes with it anyway. And while she does possess a light sarcastic and suggestive sense of humor (though not to the degree of, say, Xander), she’ll often end up being the last person to get risqué jokes, song lyrics, etc. anyway. She is nonetheless happy to be of help to Buffy, offering her computer hacking, and later magical, skills to help fight the good fight, and shows kindness and loyalty to her friends.
Willow’s interest in witchcraft is, at least initially, not religious—it is simply a tool, an outlet for her inquisitiveness, and practically the same as hacking. And as is, perhaps, appropriate for someone with her intellect, she is ambitious with it: her first major spell is performing the Ritual of Restoration to return Angelus’ soul, late in season two. She shows a determination in performing this spell that someone who didn’t already know her well wouldn’t expect: She attempts it not once, but twice. And the second time (having been interrupted by vamps the first time), she is still in the hospital.
Willow doesn’t truly come into her own until meeting fellow witch Tara. After the two fall in love, they bring out the best in each other, and Willow gradually becomes more mature and assertive. However, it is when she’s with Tara that Willow begins using her magic for personal reasons rather than to help her friends: after Glory (temporarily) causes Tara to go insane, Willow lies to Buffy and goes off alone seeking revenge against the hell goddess. She is also unwilling to admit to misusing magic around her friends…proceeding to misuse it further by erasing Tara’s memory after they have a fight on the topic. She doesn’t want to control people, per se, but the situation: she wants her relationships to be happy and free of confrontation.
While magic represents much of the positive aspect of Willow’s life, it also continually hangs over her as a threat, and while it was once a source of great pride for her, it now also contributes to her insecurities. The truth is, saying Willow’s self-esteem is not in a good place would be an understatement, and the expectations others have placed on her makes her feel more pressured than they might guess. From early on she considers herself too much of a pushover compared to her friends, in spite of her contributions to the Scoobies. This isn’t helped when she finds out that she ripped Buffy from heaven after resurrecting her (instead of saving her from a hell dimension as they previously thought). What self-respect she does have is reinforced for Willow in Tara’s presence...though she also becomes more unstable whenever their relationship is strained. And after Tara’s abrupt death, Willow’s quiet, kind-hearted demeanor dissipates, and she snaps. Once she absorbs the texts of all the black arts books in the Magic Box, her appearance changes drastically and she becomes the aggressive “Dark Willow.” In this state she uses any means necessary to get revenge against Warren and his accomplices—threatening her friends’ lives without a second thought, even taking pleasure in the prospect of fighting and killing. It is then that she affirms her feelings about herself to Buffy—as nothing but an addict who was only worth anything when she was with Tara. After killing Warren, attempting to kill her best friend and very nearly destroying the world, it is only her other best friend, Xander, who is finally able to reach her and bring her back in touch with her humanity.
Her time immediately before arriving in Luceti has been spent in rehabilitation with Giles in England, and reintegration into life in Sunnydale. Having accepted that she is irrevocably connected to a massive power, she is still wary of using magic too much, fearing she’ll lose control and return to her darker self. She deeply regrets her actions after Tara’s death (from which she still hasn't quite moved on) and feels she deserved a harsher punishment than she received; when she meets Anya again after returning, she wants Anya to rip into her. However, she’s also aware of yet another “dark power rising in Sunnydale,” and hasn’t lost her desire to be there for Buffy when the fight comes to them, no matter how scared she may be.
Willow Rosenberg | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Reserved
Physical: Willow can’t do much in a physical fight, that being more Buffy’s department. However, she has been seen magically infusing her body with super strength as Dark Willow, in order to fight on par with Buffy. Otherwise, she’s fairly weak.
Mental: Extremely intelligent, Willow is initially the academic and computer wiz at Sunnydale High. In earlier seasons she uses her hacking skills to help the Scoobies while researching for their cases. After the death of Jenny Calendar, she takes over teaching her classes for the rest of the year, and she is one of two students (the other being Oz) who is selected for prospective employment by a high-end software company during Career Week. And though she ultimately decides to enroll at UC Sunnydale to stay with Buffy, she is also accepted at several prestigious universities.
In order to be of more help to the Scoobies, Willow begins dabbling in witchcraft and discovers she is quite skilled at it. Magic is her main strength that she continues to excel at throughout the series. When she goes after Glory in season five, she is able to actually harm the goddess before being defeated, something not even Buffy had been able to accomplish. And when Buffy goes catatonic after Glory kidnaps Dawn, Willow enters her best friend’s mind to bring her back to reality, which Giles remarks is extremely advanced. She would go on to resurrect Buffy herself in a harrowing ritual the following year. As Dark Willow she is seen healing Buffy’s gunshot wound, draining the magical energy from others, and flaying Warren Mears alive. And in the series finale, Willow activates Potential Slayers the world over, creating an army of Slayers and disrupting the traditional line of succession for good.
Emotional: Self-esteem issues aside, Willow is fairly emotionally stable. She can be very determined and has a definite stubborn streak, as seen when she decides to reattempt the Ritual of Restoration for Angel in spite of the fact that she is still very weak. And though her self-esteem is lacking, she makes up for it through her concern for her friends. For instance when Faith comes out of her coma in season four; Willow knows she wouldn't be of much use against the other Slayer, but she's obviously ready to fight her anyway to help Buffy. Of course, if she feels her friends deserve a good talking-to, she also won’t hesitate to give it, as seen in season three when Buffy returns to Sunnydale after leaving the Scoobies with no word.
Weaknesses:
Physical: At the end of the day, Willow is pretty much useless in a fight that doesn’t involve magic. She’s fit, but before she gets seriously into witchcraft, she helps Xander and Oz patrol in Buffy’s absence and, well, the results are pretty funny.
Mental: Willow does have an addictive personality, as seen in season six with her magic addiction—Buffy remarks on this, saying after Willow kills Warren that she now has a “taste for blood” and would definitely kill again. And at times she’ll “accidentally” cast spells simply by willing something into being: first after Oz leaves her, and she casts a spell that has the unintended effect of making everything she says come true. And even after she returns to Sunnydale in the beginning of season seven (i.e. when she should be more aware than ever the effect her powers can have), she can be careless with her abilities: she creates a situation where she can’t see or hear the Scoobies and they can’t see her in “Same Time, Same Place.” She accomplishes this simply by thinking while on the plane to America that she isn’t ready to face her friends yet—no ritual or incantation required.
Emotional: Willow suffers from a bit of self-loathing, seeing herself, at first, as the timid nerd who lets people walk all over her and is always the one who needs saving; and later, a junkie worth absolutely nothing without her lover, who only causes larger problems with her magic (ex. inadvertently taking Buffy out of heaven). She also shows difficulty with confrontations: As she grows in power and Tara begins showing concern that she might be abusing magic, she lies and covers up to make it seem like she doesn’t have a problem. In addition, when her relationship with Tara is in its earlier stages, Willow keeps Tara away from the Scoobies, not introducing her to Buffy and co. until much later. She explains this is because she wants to have something that is simply “hers,” so that she doesn’t have to share everything with them.
Samples (ALL samples must be set in Luceti-verse.)
First Person: Q&A, please!
Third Person:
She had been there for almost two weeks now.
It wasn’t as bad as she had thought at first, but she still couldn’t help but feel like she was floundering here. At the end of the day, there just wasn’t that much to do. She was trying to get to know people as best she could, and there were friends here, but…she needed a purpose. Guess I’ve been fighting evil too long, huh. She smiled as she quietly made her way out of the village. Of course, those evil scientist-types…the Malnosso…they pretty much qualified as evil in her book, but what could she do about them? At the moment, nothing, beyond learning more.
So the past two weeks had been spent getting acclimated to her new surroundings (the wings were a definite adjustment), meeting new people (she did have to admit the idea of bringing people in from so many different worlds was fascinating), and learning the ins and outs of life in Luceti. One of the things she learned, she had been completely unsurprised about: there were spirits here. Once she’d been told about that, she realized she could feel them.
She hadn’t performed any magic since she arrived; no real need had presented itself, and she had the suspicion that these mad scientists were maybe hoping she would do just that. Why else kidnap her, after all? So she had refrained. A sharp pang went through her heart as she thought that maybe Tara would have been proud of her. Right. Proud of you for plain ol’ stubbornness? Give me a break, me.
Finally, she found a place she liked, far from the buzz of the village; just a small clearing in the forest. It wasn’t where she had personally arrived, but she wondered if others hadn’t woken up with wings in this very spot. She sat down with her legs crossed, and closed her eyes. Deep breaths, Willow. Forget everything. She wasn’t going to work any magic, not now. She simply wanted to see if these spirits could be reached, to see what, if anything, they could teach her. Everything is connected.
Some time later, she was seen walking back into the village, a small smile on her face. Someone asked if she was okay; she probably looked a little dazed. She looked the man in the eyes and nodded, thanking him. For the first time, she felt she would be just fine.
Q&A
Re: Q&A
2. What would you call your greatest strength? Strength? No, no, I—I’m not a, a strong person. That isn’t me. I might have said my magic, once, but I’ve more than proven I can barely handle that. No, I’m not strong. Weak is pretty much the definition of Willow.
3. Name three of your most favorite memories. Hmm, only three? I have so many good ones! Okay, well, in no particular order, um…oh! The first time I saw Xander’s Snoopy Dance while watching Charlie Brown…God, how old were we?...well, anyway, it became a tradition.
Next, let’s see. When I was just starting to get into magic, I learned how to conceal zits using a glamour. The first time I did it successfully, I felt like such a rebel, like I’m so bad, I’m cheating and getting away with it. Dumb, right? But I was so proud of myself.
And third…playing with Miss Kitty Fantastico, with Tara. It's a pretty simple memory, but…well, I guess it just reminds me of when things between us were simpler.
4. What is your greatest regret? …Last year, I…I don’t even know where to begin. I hurt Tara, I lied to her, and all my friends. I was abusing magicks, and Tara left me…it was bad, really bad. And just when I thought things were better, when they were returning to normal, Tara was…was killed and…I did some really awful things. I flayed Warren, and I tried to kill Giles, and Dawn, and Buffy. God, if Xander hadn’t come up to that bluff when he did…I wouldn’t be here. Nothing would.
But you know, when I look back and think about it I just wish….I wish I could have saved her. We could have gone downstairs earlier, I could have…done something so that stupid bullet wouldn’t have…[Her voice breaks.] I’m sorry. Can’t cry during the interview, Willow. Okay. I’m fine. I…I’m fine.
5. How much do you value power? What is the limit of what you'd do to possess it? I tried that “power” thing once, not too long ago. Veiny and homicidal me, remember? And I went all the way with it, too: I tried to destroy the world. I’ve already been in that place where people value power too much; it’s a scary place.
But even now that I’m, well, me again, I still have this power, and I'm trying to learn as much about it as I can. It’s not going away any time soon, it’s a part of me. But a “limit” is very much what I have in mind, yeah. Not killing my friends would be the obvious one, but really, I just want to help them. The personal gain thing really doesn’t turn out well; take it from someone who knows.
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