The Collected Musings of Shadowkat: Character Studies and General Themes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Tara.cast (ESSAYS!; character analysis, etc. of BTVS characters; so far I've thoroughly enjoyed the essay analyzing Spike and Willow's relationship with their 'Mother' figures, Dru and Tara. Scroll on down to see that one. Excellent read.)

.:marginalia:. by jaci *
Tara, T/W, T/S, T/F, T/O (author site with many drabbles and shorts; surreal, touching, moving, beautiful)

Nonsense by mystymidnight
Tara (pre-season 4, childhood; ongoing story about Tara as a very small child, the vulnerabilities and small joys of being a child, and her relationship with her momma, Miss Kitty her stuffed animal, Donnie, Bethie, and possibly more to come.)

Notions by gidgetgirl
Tara (pre-season 4, childhood; vignette about a sad five year old. :( poor baby.)

Out of Shadow Into Light by Dragonwriter17* site
Tara (pre-season 4; an insightful portrayal into how Tara escaped her home situation and gained her future; nicely done.)

Report Cards by sharp_thorns
Tara (pre-season 4; character study. Tara figures out what she wants.) Taraficathon 2004

Solving for X by L. Inman*
Tara (season 4, pre-Hush; excellent character study. Really nicely done.)

Such Is The Nature by Hans the bold*
Tara.other (post Seeing Red; a conversation about vengeance, with another dead person. A very insightful, valuable piece; read the story's feedback if you need a better understanding.)

Tara and the Kitty by Blixxt
Tara. Miss Kitty (humor fic, spoof of 'Pinky & The Brain'; cute and funny!)

Tara Inside by gidgetgirl*
Tara (pre-season 4, childhood; Tara and her momma share a moment within a man's world. vignette)

To Be A Woman... by s.a.
Tara.Dawn.Buffy.Willow.Anya (a '5 things' fic, 5 women, 5 stories, 5 words. Beautifully done.)

When Prophesy Fails by Imran Inayat
Tara.cast (Wishverse, alt.; This is Tara, Dawn (now Tara's sister), Faith (the latest Slayer), and Spike in L.A., pawns of the mysterious Powers for what failed, or succeeded to affect their universe thanks to Cordy's wish. It's an intriguing series, with Tara as the lead, but darn it, it's not finished. It's at Unintentional Tears, but this is linked to the author's site.)



Tara.Angel/us

Blame It On The Rain, and Rose Petals by Crimsom Jenn
Tara/Angel (relationship, pwp)

Lessons in Control by purplefeen
Tara/Wil/Spike, Tara/Angel (alt, still Buffyverse; this is a Willow/Spike story specifically, and Tara is a bi-friend. It's a very enjoyable romantic exploration of a curious Willow learning how to submit to a very considerate Spike. I enjoy his 'soft' characterization. Tara figures in towards the last 2-3 chapters as the Scooby friend who has an infatuation with them both, and is then introduced to Angel)

The Sanctuary Series by Crimsom Jenn
Tara.Angel, Tara/Angel (alt. season 6; romance, drama fic with angst and sweet bits)

The Tale of the Faerie and the Darkling Prince by Nyxie
Tara Fae/Angel (Dreaming crossover (Neil Gaiman's Sandman); incorporates canon Tara. A beautifully surreal, mournful, mythical tale. Not a tragedy, but a somber, lush portrayal that is characteristic of the eternal Dreaming.) Tara Ficathon 2004.

Tara/Angel.us challenge
(just listing the Princess Plum Jade challenge here, which resulted in the very enjoyable The Price, by Miss U.K., a vamped Tara/Angel romance)

Tara.Anya

An Indecent Proposal by Keswindhover
Tara.Anya (post Tabula; Anya-empathy means Anya-comfort. This one's alot of fun :) )

Anya And The Powers That Be by Keswindhover
Tara.Anya (post Season 7; comedy fic; Fairy Tara has to host Anya's soul until the PTB sort her out. Very funny. :) )

Deck The Shops by Jane Davitt*
Tara.Anya (smart little ficlet! I salute it!)

How to make friends and influence people by netgirl1
Tara/Anya (season 4; light comedy. Anya learns what's 'good touching' and what's 'bad touching')

If You're Gone by Ambrosia3
Tara.Anya (post Seeing Red; Anya privately reflects and mourns. In progress)

Insect Reflections and Four Other Mistakes by netgirlY2k*
Tara/Anya (alt season 4; there is T/W and A/X, but this wonderful little story shows how T and A can come together. There's Tara-goofiness, Anya-practicality and frankness--I just found it a delightful read, and am happy for this newly minted, potential romantic couple. :D) Tara Ficathon 2004

Killing Time by J.T. Langdon
Tara/Anya (season 4; Anya initiates self-pleasuring to pass the time)

Magical Fanlisting
Anya/Tara fanlisting site

Possibilities by s.a.
Tara.Anya (season 4; Anya propositions Tara. Like any Anya-interaction, it's funny. :) )

Someplace To Be by Rossi
Tara.Anya (season 4; Anya shares her 'belong' place with Tara. Good friendship fic)

This Time by Flurblewig*
Tara/Anya (post season 7; all's not perfect in heaven, and I don't know what more to say except what a beautiful, graceful story. :) A gentle, knowing tale.) Tara Ficathon 2004

Tickled Pink by TheAgonyofBlank
Tara.Anya (post season 7; Tara, Anya, and Cordelia are in a sort of heaven, but now have to sent back to earth for a certain purpose--help Buffy, of course. In progress)

Tomorrow the World, Today Your Love by McKay*
Tara/Anya (relationship, Sweet fic! done in the 'Alphabet' style, and with such ease, too.)

Warm Weather Proverb by SA
Tara.Anya (season 5ish; just a day at the beach. friendship) Tara Ficathon 2004

Why Do I Care? by Agent Alpo site
Anya.Tara (season 7, post evil-Wil; Anya the demon tries to make sense of her thoughts about Tara. Good character study).

The Wish by Wonko*
Tara.Anyanka, Tara/Anya (alt, season 4, Wil chooses Oz. Romance, bittersweet fic, beautifully done)

You Get Me by Ambrosia3*
Tara.Anya (season 5, friendship ficlet. Another nice one from Ambrosia. :) )

Tara.Buffy

A Kindness by Colleen Hillerup
Tara/Buffy (season 6, 'Dead Things'; Buffy returns Tara's kindness with sexual comfort)

Beyond Expectation by Agent Alpo site
Tara/Buffy (alt season 5; from the 'Hemry' challenge; Buffy used to be the 'Cordelia' to poor Tara's 'Willow' back at Hemry High. See how things work out when Buffy meets Tara at UC Sunnydale. Fun start, nicely written! Complete)

Change by Alison
Tara.Buffy (post-Seeing Red; Willow does it again. :O) Taraficathon 2004

Closed Circuit by Laura Shapiro*
Buffy.Tara/Willow (season 4, post 'Restless'; Wil invites Buffy to kiss Tara. Beautiful; this one has goddess Tara-earth! And Buff is pulled into her gravitational field. Wow, Lovely fic)

Death Of A Dove by Sandy
Tara.Buffy.Spike (season 7; Buffy tends Tara's grave, reunites with souled Spike. Sorrow, reflection, and some vestiges of hope)

Hands by DKG
Tara.Buffy (alt. season 5; angst, comfort, possible romance later. Tara knows Buf's secret about heaven. in progress)

Nine Lives by Miranda*
Buffy/Tara, Tara/Spike, B/T/S (alt. season 6, post Tabula; one of my favorites of this 3-ship--actually, it may be the only one of this 3-ship. Adventure fic, angst; Spike as homeless kitten for Tara; heroic, tormented Buffy, annoying, caring Spike, compassionate, shy Tara. A very good read)

The Please Trilogy (and More) by The Bear
Tara/Wil/Buffy (this is series one of three books with this three-ship, so explore the Bear Cave for more. Epic adventure fests with liberal helpings of smutful, loving-ship. bdsm)

The Power of Three by Dragonwriter17* site
Tara/Willow/Buffy (season 4; follows the events of season 4, but with a personal alt from canon, giving us a prophesy, snooping lawyer Lindsay, and a Buffy smittened with her best friend. Realistic angst as the 3 principle girls try to figure out who really loves who and can they make it work? in progress!)

Safe In Her Arms by the Rainbow Writers
Tara/Buffy (alt. season 6; a long drama/romance, plenty of angst for Wil, but resolves conclusively in the end--if you pick the T/B ending of the two conclusions given. Enjoyable portrayal of Buffy)

Saturday by CGB
Tara.Buffy (alt. season 5; soft grief/comfort; T/B implied?; Wil's gone)

Stay by Scoutfan22
Tara/Buffy (season 6, 'Dead Things'; comfort sex)

Sung To Sleep, and The Picnic by Technopagan21*
Tara/Buffy, and T/Buf/Willow (season 6, post Tabula; Buffy comforts Tara; some angst, Buf acting on a long time Tara-attraction/fantasy, and comfort sex. Sweetly done. The sequel, where T and Wil have reunited, has Wil and Buf execute a carefully planned Tara-seduction scenario. Sexy with Fuzzies)

Trio Fanlisting
Buffy/Willow/Tara fanlisting site

Wuffara
T/B/W lovin' fiction archive

Yes, Please Fanlisting
Buffy/Tara Fanlisting site


Tara.Cordelia

Everyone Does by Calle Dybedahl
Cordelia/everyone, C/W/T (one of those fun and funny 'everyone' smut fics. Tara and Wil figure in towards the end, briefly)

Five lovers Cordelia Chase never had by RozK*
Cordelia/ 4 others, Cordelia/Tara (romantic, bittersweet, so very Cordy, and you just have to read the whole thing. It's a Cordelia ff, but Tara figures into the story as one of her loves of course. A Keeper.)

Tara.Dawn

A Butterfly Dream of Sand and Sky by seraC
more than just T/D (Tara dreams and receives gifts for her coming battle; surreal, strangely wondrous ff. Read the prequel to understand who she is going to face.)

After by Lyra Jane
Tara.Dawn (post Seeing Red; Dawn hears Tara, and gets closure)

Belonging by Amber
Dawn.Tara (altverse after season 5; Buffy remained dead, Willow never recovered from the failed resurrection, Dawn is now 20 in L.A., and Tara visits her during Christmas. Promise of romance/relationship. A short story that ends on hope.)

Broken Girls Fanlisting
Dawn.Tara.Faith fanlisting site

Dawn's Dumb Wish by Keswindhover
Tara.Dawn.cast (post Seeing Red; comedy fic with Hilarious nekkidity :D. yay, nekkid Tara--in a ladies' macintosh!! *swoon*)

Five Things: Dawn by Pares
Dawn.Tara, Dawn/ 4 others (the '5 things' challenge always produces such admirable, moving ffs, and this is one of them.)

The Lights Came on at Sunset by SA*
Dawn/Tara (post season 7; Dawn receives dreams; lonely, ephemeral, and beautiful.) Tara Ficathon 2004

Longing by Scoutfan22
Tara/Dawn (Dawn has a wet dream; erotic fic)

Mapped by Kyra Cullinan*
Tara.Dawn (alt. season 4; Wil got brain sucked by Glory. A beautifully done story, with Dawn communicating in her own way to Tara. Bittersweet)

One Taste by glossolalia
Tara.Dawn (season 7; Dawn remembers one thing she wanted to know about Tara)

Shush by Pixie Child site
Dawn.Tara (poignant, emotional drabble)

Tears Like Sugar by Dana Woods*
Tara/Dawn (post Buffy's death; Tara, pot, Dawn, despair. The ambiguities of comfort sex. Angst and lost with a touch of dark and displacement. Good read. Personal wince factor? Absolutely none, actually.) Tara Ficathon 2004

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Tara/Dawn ff and writer's resource archive

Thumbwrestling
Tara/Dawn fiction archive

Whispers and Warmth by Tha Wrecka
Tara.Dawn (season 6; Dawn has a crush)



Tara.Drusilla

Coldfire by Shadowlander
Tara pet/Dru (altverse; Tara as vampire pet appears in the first part of the story. It's mainly Wil pet/Angelus. dark smut, dark politics, Dark fic. horror. unfinished)

Point of No Return (Chapter 11, part 8, onward) by Chimera Bloom
Tara/Dru (altverse; dark drama, big B/W angst; Dru meets/rescues Tara in chapt.11/part 8, and they slowly develop a romantic relationship from there. Dru is quite sane in this one.)

Tara.Faith

A Little Better by JaHo
Tara/Faith (season 7, Tara survives, W is with K; T finds comfort in Faith)

Bloodstained by Daneorange
T/W, Tara/Faith (season, unknown; W and Buf are being clueless/negligent, T and F fall together in comfort. angst. unfinished)

Quiet Thoughts by Pixie Child
Tara/Faith (no season; a first person drabble from Faith's point of view)

Hell Breaks Loose (Lost Scroll #9) by Gareth
Tara.Faith, Tara/Faith (Apocalypse; T and F survive; epic, action horror adventure, dark bits, lots of players. It's the end of the world, and you don't exactly end up feeling fine.)

Tara.Giles

Games People Play, and Stranger Things Have Happened by Gillian Silverlight
T/W/Giles, and T/G, W/G, T/W/G (in 'Games', the Scoobies are trapped in a mansion and end up uninhibited and with each other; in 'Stranger', Tara and Willow decided to make babies with Giles. :D)

Terror by Twinkledru J
Tara.Giles (post Seeing Red; contemplative fic, with dark history. Tara is a ghost who stays with Giles)

The Watcher and the Witch by Meg F
Tara.Giles (season 5ish; very promising adventure fic, with Ta and G thrown into the proactive, hero roles. sadly, unfinished.)

Watching You, Watching Me by Wardrobewitch
Tara.Giles (pre-Willow, or, alt; Tara ends up working for a British man and finds herself doing the unexpected. :O) Taraficathon 2004

Tara.Oz

Either/Or by Mediancat
Tara.Oz (between season 5-6; Tara and Oz don't like each other, but must work together to save a kidnapped Willow. Great tension, adversarial interaction, Tara has bite, Oz is not nice, and you can't be sure if the two are going to be able to pull off the rescue. T and O do not end up together, it's not that kind of story.)

Face to Face, and Rites of Spring by Matt*
Tara/Willow.Oz, Tara/Willow/Oz (epic adventure fic; AI and Scooby team combine to defeat a very scary Angelus. These are two of a trilogy. a very enjoyable big fic, lots of action/plot emphasis with just the right amount of attention to relationships.)

Familiar Smells by ElizabethScripturient
Tara.Oz, Tara/Oz (season 6; angst, comfort)

Family Romance by glossolalia*
Oz/Tara/Willow (Cordy vision altverse--where Angel ended up with the visions. Oz flees to L.A., then Tara flees as well, from her 20th birthday. They hook up together, and when Buffy dies for Dawn, Willow comes to L.A. Angsty, raw, soft, hard, Real--Oz, Tara, and Wil are so clearly and knowingly delineated in relationship to each other. This 'ship is very realistic. Excellent.)

Lie With Circumstance by Dana Woods
Tara/Oz (post-Tabula Rasa; two people, no Willow, no Sunnydale, and a physical encounter happens. Emotionally ambiguous or intriguing, take your pick.) Tara Ficathon 2004

Tied By Mary Borsellino*
Tara/Oz (wishverse, vamp willow appearance; a very beautiful fic with sweet t/oz interaction. Reminds you of why Wil loved Oz in canon. Tragedy. sobfest warning)

Twos and Threes by Tam Cranver
Tara/Wil.Oz, T/W/Oz (season 4; relationship fic, drama. Wil can't decide between boy and girl, angst for everyone, the Scoobs figure out that Wil, Oz, and T would make a good 3-ship (thanks to Anya), and set about matchmaking. A realistic attempt at 3-ship as, well, a 'realistic' relationship, with the uncertainty and unfamiliar emotional dynamics. Good read. It also makes you curious as to how it all worked out, and there is a sweet continuation: Morning Has Broken)



Tara.Spike

Tara.Xander

A Girl Made Of Light by Visitor* (site: The BuffyBot Adventures)
Tara/Xander (post season 7; Tara returns, and Xander is her friend. Just one of the loveliest T/X I've ever read. Well crafted narrative, beautiful characterization, lovely, mythical resurrection idea. Yay. :) ) Tara Ficathon 2004.

D by krisztina
Tara/Xander (alt season 6, secret relationship; erotic rendezvous)

The Dreaded Harris Demon by Eunoia
Tara.Xander (friendship, season 6)

Old Wounds by Don* site
Xander.Tara (friendship, season 5? post 'Troll' episode; Tara takes Xander out to dinner, and helps him deal with a very old, surpressed emotion wound of the past. Really nice story. One in a series about Xander)

Suicide Wings And Carnivore Pizza by Don*site
Xander.Tara (friendship, post Seeing Red; oh goodness. What can I say and not give the plot away? Brilliant. Beautiful. gosh.)

Xanderslut by Webrain
X/Anya, T/W/Xander, Xander/etc (season 4; I love the way this one is written, *every* sentence in the girl pairings is not innocent; it's gently smutty, cute, horny, funny, raunchy.)


Tara.Other

In Limbo by freelance spice* site
Tara/Kennedy (season 6, post Tabula; Tara has her entitled rebound sex. Such a well written story! An interesting play on events, with an intimate understanding of having a recent 'ex'. A satisfying read.)

Mine by Eris NEW
Tara/Surprise! (love this one, and I can't give it away. ;D Read to find out! drabble)

Parting Gifts by Netgirl1
Tara.Riley (season 4; Riley's point of view, as he too participates in Willow's girlfriend's birthday party.)

Peripeteia by glossolalia*
Tara/Veruca (alt season 4; Tara was with Veruca first, then Veruca disappeared. Like everything of glossolalia's this is pain and knowledge just *right* there, and you can touch it. Excellent.)