Anyone else really not like Kennedy?

POSTED BY: Melee
UPDATED: Monday, September 1, 2003 08:42
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MELEE

Wednesday, February 5, 2003 1:03 PM

Hrmph... I really doslike Kennedy, and I hate her and Willow being set up even more. I'm still a rabid W/T person ("The Killer in Me" made me all teary "I let her be dead..." *sob*). Anyone else feel the same way?

ALICIA

Wednesday, February 5, 2003 3:47 PM

Yeppers. I dislike Kennedy too and I REALLY hated the way the writers went on and on about her and Willow. I hope Kennedy bites it soon.

HJERMSTED

Wednesday, February 5, 2003 4:12 PM

She bugged me at first but I'm starting to like her.

She's strong and confident. I'd go as far as to say that Kennedy may be the most self assured non-evil character BTVS has had yet. I suspect this is what's throwing people off since all the main BTVS characters have a doubt or two now and then.

In the Willow/Tara dynamic, Willow was often the stronger and more confident one -- especially in the early days of that relationship. Kennedy appears to be the 'pillar of strength' in this new developing Willow/Kennedy dynamic.

Not the most exciting development from last night's episode (I think Amy being back and training the wicca-wannabes is much more intriguing), but the Willow/Kennedy thing didn't bug me as much as I thought it would.

mattro

MELEE

Wednesday, February 5, 2003 6:07 PM

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I hope Kennedy bites it soon

You and me both! I don't think I'd dislike her so much if the writers weren't cramming her and Willow together. I've looked at it... but to me, anyone besides Tara with Willow from now on just seems... wrong. I'm still praying to every deity I know that Tara will come back SOMEHOW.

BOBKNAPTOR

Thursday, February 6, 2003 10:16 PM

You know, I've wanted Willow to be happy so much that I'm trying really hard to like Kennedy. But her whole approach to their "date" in this week's episode annoyed me. I won't say I hate her, or wish her dead. But tricking Willow into their first date? Bad idea. And Willow kept walking away... and Kennedy pushed her into staying. It made me really uncomfortable. Willow has never been a weakling, even before she became one of the most powerful witches on the planet. So why cower before a wanna-be slayer when she never cowered before the real thing, be they Buffy, or even EvilFaith. I don't buy that Willow is suddenly a wimp incapable of making relationship decisions on her own just because a SIT happens to be queer. The entire thing... all of their interactions felt so forced. Like Kennedy was trying to force her to be interested, and Willow was forcing herself to stay. Even the first kiss didn't seem to fit.

I'm all for Willow getting a new love interest. I loved Tara, and the whole end guilt thing with Will crying that she felt it was her fault, that she killed her by letting her be dead for a moment absolutely broke my heart. I was crying my eyes out. But I wouldn't say I don't want Willow to have a new love interest because I loved Tara. It's been nearly a year. It's ok for her to start dating. But I'm just not feeling the Kennedy love. I'm trying to. But so far, she feels like a plot device.

Also, I'm not sure that she's a good enough actress to play opposite Our Aly. Couldn't they have found a better actress to play the largest SIT role? There are a lot of very beautiful, very talented actresses out there without jobs.

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Buffy: Willow, you're a gay woman - and he isn't.
Willow: This isn't about his physical presence. It's about his heart.
Anya: His physical presence has a penis!
Willow: I can work around it!

KOBAYASHI

Friday, February 7, 2003 12:39 AM

I don't dislike Kennedy... I dislike what they've done with her. It is completely forced.

Like Xander not marrying Anya, like Buffy working at DoubleMeat Palace, like Giles *not* giving Buffy a big hug when he came in the door with the SIT's... All of it is forced for the sake of the story. All of it is out of character for the characters.

JYNK

Friday, February 7, 2003 12:49 AM

*raises hand* j0.

I don't have a problem with Kennedy...I have a problem with how quickly Willow moves from one significant other to the next. Remember, it only took her, what, two weeks to decide she was gay and be all over Tara? And now Tara's body is barely in the ground and she's making moves with Kennedy.

And Warren's not evil! He was never evil! *pant pant*

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DARKANGELSLAYER

Friday, February 7, 2003 3:19 AM

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I don't have a problem with Kennedy ...I have a problem with how quickly Willow moves from one significant other to the next. Remember, it only took her, what, two weeks to decide she was gay and be all over Tara? And now Tara's body is barely in the ground and she's making moves with Kennedy.

I don't have a problem with Kennedy either, and Tara's been dead for 6 months, and it's taken other characters less time to get over themselves (Like Buffy w/ Scott after killing Angel) And the point of the epi was all about Willow's guilt over "betraying" Tara. I don't remember much of season 4, but it took a couple of epis between Oz leaving and Hush, and a couple of epis before Willow confessing to buffy that they were together.

JONSP

Friday, February 7, 2003 3:43 AM

I'd have to say I'm in the "I don't dislike Kennedy, I dislike what they've done with her," camp. Actually, I'd say I'm even a little further out in the woods, in the "I actually really liked Kennedy, and I liked the direction they were heading with her and Willow, until they actually got there," camp.

I'm not sure what it is. Chemistry? Tara and Willow clicked, Kennedy and Willow don't? Kennedy's approach? To put it in ... well, maybe not the most appalling way possible, but possibly the third or fourth, sometimes it felt like Kennedy was just trying to sleeze her way into Willow's pants.

So yeah, to put it simply: forced. Like the writers-director-producers are glossing over the non-chemistry between W and K just to shove Willow into a relationship.

Well, sorta. There is that conversation in the bar, when Willow asks Kennedy why she's so interested in her, and Kennedy gives a few cute answers, but Willow doesn't seem completely convinced. So there is hope. I mean, how many relationships really are like that? Two people who just don't have much in common, don't even seem to speak the same language sometimes, but they're attracted to each other and give it a shot. Sometimes it even works.

To make this work though, I think our beloved storytellers are going to have keep aware that Willow and Kennedy just don't quite fit together and actually address it in the story, make it an issue, not just give it a nod and then move on. Saying, "Oh well, opposites attract," just don't cut it.

So I'm willing to just wait and see. Give our writer-type folk a chance to work their happy-fun mojo.

LIVINGIMPAIRED

Friday, February 7, 2003 6:01 AM

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, "There are many kinds of love in the world, but never the same love twice."

In other words, those of you who are expecting Willow and Kennedy to be just like Willow and Tara, you are going to be disappointed.

Let me be the first to say, I'm a Will/Tara shipper. They are my second favorite Buffyverse couple of all time. But that wasn't always the case. Willow and Oz used to hold that coveted spot in my heart. When Oz left, I was really ticked at Seth Green, and was fixated on the idea that'd he'd be back. When Tara showed up on the scene, I read the rumors that it was a gay thing, and I blew them off. I ignored the signs, because Willow and Oz were the second greatest couple of all time, and Oz was comming back, gorramit!

But "New Moon Rising" came along, and my theory went down the drain. Many of my friends were quick to condemn the new relationship. ("Will and Oz forever!") To tell the truth, I personally didn't know what to make of Tara. I didn't like her. I didn't dislike her. I just didn't know what to make of her. But I gave her a shot. (Besides, when Riley's around, do you really need another character to despise?) And around "Family," I grew to like her. The depth of feeling between Willow and Tara was unlike almost anything I'd ever seen on film. And, eventually I grew to love her. I loved her not just as a companion to Willow, but for herself. When Buffy confessed to Tara about Spike, and the way Tara handled it... well, it cemented my affection for her.

When Tara died, I was simultaneously hurt and angry. I hated Warren like I'd never hated a character before. I wanted him dead. And as far as I'm concerned, if Willow was going to kill him, she should have done it more slowly. So yes, I've shed my tears over Willow and Tara. I almost lost my cookies last Tuesday, and during "Conversations With Dead People."

So what do I think of Kennedy? Personally, I think she kicks serious bootay. I like her a lot. Unlike most of the other protoslayers, she doesn't whine. All the other Slayers are like different versions of Dawn. Kennedy has serious spunk. And Rona's OK, too.

I'm going to give Kennedy and Willow a shot. I'm not going to expect Kennedy to be Tara, just like I didn't expect Tara to be Oz. In the end, I may wind up thinking the whole relationship blows, but you never know.

Tara was probably Willow's soul mate. But that doesn't mean Willow shouldn't ever be happy again.

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TARA: Every time I... even at my worst, you always make me feel special. How do you do that?
WILLOW: Magic.

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