Willow/Tara

Willow/Tara is a popular canon femslash pairing in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom between Willow Rosenberg and Tara Maclay.
==Canon==
Willow and Tara's relationship was not introduced until season 4 of Buffy, alongside Tara's characters. The two meet at college and quickly bound over both being witches and their interest for magic in general. The relationship comes to a head when Willow's ex-boyfriend Oz comes back to Sunnydale after claiming to be able to control his werewolf side, a problem that had previously lead to breakup. Faced with her growing feeling for Tara, Willow chooses not to get back together with Oz and instead starts dating Tara.
The two remain a stable couple throughout the seasons, however they do break up for a time after Willow is seen to be abusing her magic, something that Tara strongly disagrees with. Once Willow works through her addiction to magic she and Tara get back together, only for Tara to be killed by a stray bullet in front of Willow.
==Fannish Opinion==
From the Willow/Tara shipper's manifesto:
In stormwreath's What people were saying about Willow/Tara back in 1999... post, they searched archives for alt-tv-buffy-v-slayer for 1999/2000 to see what the fannish opinion was when season 4 was first airing.
This back and forth trend continued until the relationship became canon, which was met with much celebration from fans of the ship and of the show alike.
In 2017, Juliet Bennett Rylah wrote How Buffy the Vampire Slayer Depicted One of TV's First Lesbian Relationships for Nerdist, and reached out to Buffy fans for their recollections of the relationship. 
Another fan on Tumblr reminisces about the significance of the Willow/Tara relationship for queer fans at the time:
==Fandom==
Willow/Tara became the most popular femslash ship on Buffy, a position previously held by Buffy/Faith. 
==Notable Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
* Terra Firm by Tulipp
* I Wish by BiJane
* The Lamb by Tara the Phoenix
===Fanart===
* I am. by batlesbo
* Coffee by aliceazzo
* willow rosenberg as the high priestess tarot card by dear-nikolai
* Fanart: Willow/Tara by foxycasbones
===Meta===
* What people were saying about Willow/Tara back in 1999... by stormwreath
* It's Not Homophobia, But That Doesn't Make It Right by Robert A. Black.
* Girl on Girl Politics: Willow/Tara and New Approaches to Media Fandom by Judith L. Tabron.
* The Death of Tara, the Fall of Willow and The Dead/Evil Lesbian Cliché FAQ
* , The Shipper's Manifesto by calliopes_pen (2005)
===Podcast===
* Under Your Spell: A Willow/Tara Fanfiction Podcast 
==Archives & Fan Sites==
* The Kitten Board the main Willow/Tara archive Different Colored Pens is hosted on a The Kitten Board message board
*Eternal Lovers fansite
* Willow/Tara works at the Buffy Fiction Archive
* Willow/Tara Fiction Archive
*Witches' Compendium rec site
* Through the Looking Glass an archive of Willow/Tara Uber fiction
* Willow and Tara works at Fanfiction.net
* Willow/Tara works at Archive of Our Own
==Communities==
* The Kitten Board a Willow/Tara message board.
* willowtara livejournal community.
=== Mailing Lists ===
* Willtara
* Willow Tara
* willtarasocial
*willowtarafanficstation
*wtcollective
==References==
Category:Femslash Pairings
Category:Buffyverse Relationships