"Give me time, and I may be the first Wicca to do all my conjuring in pine-fresh scent." -Willow, "Bad Girls"
Born and raised in Sunnydale in a Jewish household, she and Xander Harris were best friends from a young age, playing literal "doctor" with real medical texts. She long carried a torch for Xander, but he never showed any real interest in her past friendship. Her computer skills have often been a great source of info for the Scooby Gang, and was one of only two students selected to be interviewed by a prestigious computer-software company("What's My Line?")(the other was Oz). Willow became fast friends with Buffy after Buffy arrived in Sunnydale, and Buffy has brought the shy Willow somewhat out of her shell, also leading her to Wicca. Willow has not had a very fast love life- she lusted for Xander for years, a period of time broken only by small romances, such as the on-line correspondence with Malcolm, who turned out to be the demon Moloch. Finally she met Oz, and their relationship, despite the fact he turned out to be a werewolf, lasted fairly long. But when Oz left, she fell for a fellow Wicca, Tara, and Willow's friends, although they at first had trouble with it, became pretty accepting of their relationship. However, especially following the spell she used to bring back Buffy, Willow seemed to grow more and more powerful and even almost... evil. Most recently, she went on a bit of a power surge magic craziness reminiscent of a drug addiction, causing her to lose Tara, and she's now struggling to recover. A far stretch from the shy teen she was when she first met Buffy.
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