Should we have seen Tara use magic more?
I don’t know. You have witches in this series and you hardly let them use their magic? Seems like all they’re there for is tropes & stereotypes then (magic as sex, magic as addiction, jokes about witches as lesbians, etc). I’m not saying having her use her magic all the time for trivial everyday things, that doesn’t fit her personality and her belief system. But she cares about people and I don’t see why the writers couldn’t have had her use her magic more to help people out of danger. If Tara hardly ever gets to use her magic and we never get to see the other “good” witches, all we’re left with is the stuff I mentioned before plus Willow’s world-destroying magic at the end of season 6.No. I think her use of the magics fell well into Mr. Giles theory on the use of it. Not seeing her use the magics sorta reinforced his theory it shouldn't be haphazardly used.