Buffy and Willow's Relationship

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Was anyone else saddened by the lack of Buffy/Willow interaction in this season? One of the greatest strengths of the series is Buffy's great friendships with both Willow and Xander. I felt like there was much more Willow/Xander and Xander/Buffy action going on in the final season than the three core scoobies sharing moments together.

There were many times this season when I kept expecting a scene in which Buffy and Willow share pertinent information about their personal lives with each other, but it never came.

Any explanations/thoughts?
 
There was a nice scene in Same Time, Same Place when Willow came back from England and they both meditated together. I would have liked to see more of that.
 
I felt sad because they distance more and more in season 7. That was inevitable because there had been much more charcters who had to get shown. They got older and scared and that made me sad. I missed the hopefull, happy, always a cool saying on the lips trio!
 
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There was a nice scene in Same Time, Same Place when Willow came back from England and they both meditated together. I would have liked to see more of that.
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I could not agree more. This episode tricked me into thinking that they were going to become more close than ever...but alas, no. 🙁 The potentials really stole the show. Grr.
 
I don't think that they grew distant. They were adults and they had to take charge in an important situation. They were still friends like they were in the early seasons, but they understood that there was no time to to friend's stuff because really big things were at stake. They showed their friendship and their love by trusting each other in a way that they didn't trust anybody else.
 
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I don't think that they grew distant. They were adults and they had to take charge in an important situation. They were still friends like they were in the early seasons, but they understood that there was no time to to friend's stuff because really big things were at stake.
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There was no time? Barely anything of importance happened in many of the episodes and they lived in the same house. It's not like they were fighting monsters 24/7. And funny how there was plenty of time for Buffy/Spike or even Andrew.
 
The writers had to develop storylines, they simply can't make 7 seasons all about the awesome friendship of Willow/Xander/Buffy. As the seasons progressed their friendship was placed a bit in the background but only in terms of storyline, it didn't become less intense. I really believe that. There's no way they would have survived through season 6 if their friendship wouldn't have so strong.
After all those things they did together, saving the world and each other from their personal monsters and fears, they became like siblings who share the deepest bond but are no longer "16yrs old BFFs". So in season 7 every one of them had to deal with their issues and grow as an adult (and they had to grow fast!). They looked at each other like equals and the only ones that could understand each other, something that they didn't share with other characters. They weren't living in symbiosis like in earlier seasons but they weren't surely detached from each other. And that's a sign of maturity to me.
 
They weren't living in symbiosis like in earlier seasons but they weren't surely detached from each other.
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Well, they looked quite detached to me.

There's no way they would have survived through season 6 if their friendship wouldn't have so strong.
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Well, call me crazy but for me trying to kill each other does indicate a weakened friendship (at the very least). And in any case your argument relies on an assumption, not on what was shown on screen. I am sure the intention wasn't to show Buffy and Willow (or Buffy and anyone who wasn't Spike for that matter) as people who barely stand each other but that's how it came across to me due to sloppy execution.

The writers had to develop storylines, they simply can't make 7 seasons all about the awesome friendship of Willow/Xander/Buffy.
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So S1-3 had no other storylines then? You are fighting a strawman here. Willow being friendly to Buffy and vice versa isn't a storyline anyway, it's characterization. And yes, they aren't obliged to keep Willow and Bffy as friends forever but if they do I want them to show it on screen not tell us they are great friends but have them act as perfect strangers.
 
I think that it's only logical that Buffy and Willow don't spend as much time together now as they used to. In fact, it makes perfect sense to me that the whole Scooby gang has more or less drifted apart. That's what happens when people, no matter how close they were as teens and young adults, grow up and have to face the world and deal with things like jobs, homes, and starting families of their own. The friendship doesn't stop, but it almost certainly changes, and what changes the most is the simple ability and opportunity to associate. They have different jobs, different goals, even different life styles, and those differences make it more difficult for them to get together as much as they did in the past.

Certainly, what happened in Season 7 put a definite strain on their mutual bond, but the relationship was able to Evolve rather than DISSolve, so the mutual respect and trust are still there. They're still friends, just friends that don't see each other as often as they once did, and almost certainly never will again.
 
I would have loved to seen more interaction between not only Buffy and Willow but Buffy and the other Scoobies. It was The Spike Show in Season 7 most of the time, which got old pretty quick for me.
 
Willow felt like half a person in S7. She defined herself so long by magick and the adoration of her lovers (Oz, Tara) that she didn't know who she was. She reverted back to S1 Willow but with the guilt of everything sorceress Willow had done.

It didn't help that Willow started dating someone (Kennedy) that thought very badly of Buffy.
 
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