Another Thought on Willow's Sexuality

[itsnotmymind]

So there's a lot of conversation as to whether Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer is gay or straight. I'm on the fence myself - I think both interpretations required a bit of fanwanking. But something just struck me

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[rogueslayer452]

I know it's deemed a controversial issue, especially in the fandom because there's still so much debate about this, however here are my thoughts

[itsnotmymind]

Yeah - in New Moon Rising there's no indication that she isn't attracted to men. By Triangle she is "gay now". We never find out when/what changed.

[rogueslayer452]

I have my own interpretation of when it happened, but it it sad nonetheless that we never actually got a scene where we saw this transition of her discovering her sexuality. While it wouldn't have stopped the countless debates had about her sexuality, I do think it would've at least lessened how heated and "controversial" the topic is whenever it's brought up.

[itsnotmymind]

What is your interpretation?

[rogueslayer452]

I personally interpret that it was either at the end of the fourth season or in between season four and season five is when Willow finally was confident enough to self identify as a lesbian. I also think that during the time of her getting to know Tara and discovering her feelings for her was when she was in her questioning period, especially once Oz reentered the picture briefly to make her truly examine herself with these conflicted feelings with her previous relationship versus her newfound one. It just seems like a more natural progression of how we got to the fifth season, imho.

[itsnotmymind]

That strikes me as a very valid interpretation of canon.