135 Ficlet Call and Response (Tara)

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Title Call and Response
Author Bruttimabuoni
Rating G
Word Count 201
Prompt 135 The Scoobies react to Joyce’s death
Characters/Pairing (if any) Tara (with Anya, Xander and Willow)

Comments

[curiouswombat]

I am one of those who do tend to forget how familiar this must have been to Tara - but you have reminded me so beautifully.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thank you. I'm glad this fragment worked for you - Tara's so quiet, it's easy to overlook her in many scenes.

[ares132006]

Thank you for Tara's feelings here. I thought Dawn a bitch when she yelled at Tara, telling her she didn't understand, when she did. (If I recall correctly.) But that's not Dawn's fault, Dawn was hurting, grieving for her mother. I understand that, still, it hurt me to see Tara spoken to like that. Tara was only a teen when her mother died too.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I think everyone just bereaved gets a free pass, for at least a couple of days. And Tara's the person to understand that - I don't think the serene person we saw was without an understanding of how people act when they're hurting. But it's good to consider the quiet people too, sometimes.

[angelus2hot]

So sad but very beautifully written!

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thank you. Sad all round this week, but I'm glad you enjoyed it.