Hooray for research! Ironic that it's from a movie I haven't and never would go to see in a million years. Unless you paid me and asked nicely, which obviously isn't going to happen.
I mean, I think that Tara, especially in her pre-Willow period, wasn't really aware of her own sexyness and so she dressed that way.
Well there are a lot of contradictions to Tara; fandom calls her "shy", which she is, but she's the one who pursues Willow, not the other way around. I've always assumed she's already been with at least one woman or like me, had an early awareness of sexual orientation that preceded actual sexual experience. Maybe she's like many lesbians who kissed their best girlfriend, who then denied it ever happened afterwards. We don't know.
Point is, I think that many times her clothes are more flattering in S4 than in S5. She looks lovely in Who are you; if anything her clothes seem to get worse - could they have come up with an uglier hairstyle and outfit than the one she has for most of Tabula Rasa? And she looks ok in OAFA, until she turns around and you see the back of her blouse and it doesn't even fit properly - it's hugging her torso too tightly. Ugh.
*glares at the OMWF dress*
I actually kind of - I don't know if I want to say "like it", but it reminds me of a dress my sweetie had, that pseudo-medieval sort that was in vogue in the 90's for a while; (Tara's is actually much nicer than my sweetie's was). I shouldn't have looked good on my partner but it showed off her breasts in that just-right way. And I have a thing for historical clothing, so I like the bodice.
Mainly though I think it suits the mood of the episode at that point - all lightness and fantasy until the walls come crumbling down; it has a satirical effect, and "Under your spell" is a satire of Disney cartoon musical numbers (and old-school movie musicals), with a terrible, dark underbelly. Tara still has an idealized ideal of Willow, which Willow is trying to maintain.
And I think the colors of the dress slightly echo the outfit she wears in the first part of Buffy's dream in Restless "Be back before Dawn"? I'd have to double check.
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Date: 2013-06-25 10:46 pm (UTC)I mean, I think that Tara, especially in her pre-Willow period, wasn't really aware of her own sexyness and so she dressed that way.
Well there are a lot of contradictions to Tara; fandom calls her "shy", which she is, but she's the one who pursues Willow, not the other way around. I've always assumed she's already been with at least one woman or like me, had an early awareness of sexual orientation that preceded actual sexual experience. Maybe she's like many lesbians who kissed their best girlfriend, who then denied it ever happened afterwards. We don't know.
Point is, I think that many times her clothes are more flattering in S4 than in S5. She looks lovely in Who are you; if anything her clothes seem to get worse - could they have come up with an uglier hairstyle and outfit than the one she has for most of Tabula Rasa? And she looks ok in OAFA, until she turns around and you see the back of her blouse and it doesn't even fit properly - it's hugging her torso too tightly. Ugh.
*glares at the OMWF dress*
I actually kind of - I don't know if I want to say "like it", but it reminds me of a dress my sweetie had, that pseudo-medieval sort that was in vogue in the 90's for a while; (Tara's is actually much nicer than my sweetie's was). I shouldn't have looked good on my partner but it showed off her breasts in that just-right way. And I have a thing for historical clothing, so I like the bodice.
Mainly though I think it suits the mood of the episode at that point - all lightness and fantasy until the walls come crumbling down; it has a satirical effect, and "Under your spell" is a satire of Disney cartoon musical numbers (and old-school movie musicals), with a terrible, dark underbelly. Tara still has an idealized ideal of Willow, which Willow is trying to maintain.
And I think the colors of the dress slightly echo the outfit she wears in the first part of Buffy's dream in Restless "Be back before Dawn"? I'd have to double check.