Why Ianto's death was ultimately pointless and stupid in an article here comparing his death to that of Tara on Buffy. The writer says everything that I felt was wrong way better than I could ever hope to.
I stopped watching Buffy after season 5. Buffy was just way too annoying for me to deal with anymore, so I didn't really get to know Tara that well. The important part though is how the characters were dealt with. Annoying as she may have been, she got a proper send-off and her death actually had a point. Whereas Ianto's did not.
I have been meaning to respond to your comment to me on switch's journal (I think we should just friend each other lol) I just wanted to say I mildly agree. I was a HUGE Oz/Willow shipper and while I will always wave my gay friendly flag loud and proud I always felt Joss made Willow and Tara gay because what show doesn't have a gay person on it? He figured they needed one too. There was no reason for Willow to be made gay. I liked Tara and accepted her but ultimately I wanted my Oz back. :)
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Date: 2009-07-28 04:09 am (UTC)I just wanted to say I mildly agree. I was a HUGE Oz/Willow shipper and while I will always wave my gay friendly flag loud and proud I always felt Joss made Willow and Tara gay because what show doesn't have a gay person on it? He figured they needed one too. There was no reason for Willow to be made gay. I liked Tara and accepted her but ultimately I wanted my Oz back. :)