Rule 63 Look-Alike: Amber Benson

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Amber Benson by Luigi Novi (promoting Serpent's Storm on 2011, March 5th, at Midtown Comics Downtown) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3.5.11AmberBensonByLuigiNovi1.png

I've always thought that Amber Benson (who played Tara Maclay on Buffy) was a look alike for young Albus. Her natural hair colour is actually auburn - brown with red hues. She is tall and willowy in built, with a long and slender face and features, except her eyes is more gray-blue than bright blue. Amber Benson is like, "beautiful in a bookish way":




2006:

Photo Credit: Ian McRob

Her character's storyline in Buffy also have some parallel, albeit with the significant difference of her Family Burden being a family that was actually evil-controlling (keeping the family witches under the control of the patriarch with lies) instead of understandably needy controlling (need Albus to be home caring for Ariana). Tara's tragic romance was that the witch she fell in love with, Willow, was power-hungry and controlling, possessive of Tara as the object of affection to the point where Willow actually wiped Tara's memory of the fight they were having over Willow's overkill of power-use! I can't remember if she actually did it, but at one point, Willow suggest that they could look for Dawn easier if she could temporary spell everyone who was not in Dawn's age group to a different dimension.

...and then even if you are not a Buffy fan, you might know what happened next - Tara reconciled with Willow just in time to join the Dead Gays Club, something which drove Willow fully to the dark side, outrage ensued. Frankly, I wish they had gotten the Buffy-Angel treatment instead - eternally starcrossed due to one partner's evil baggage.

ETA I'm Under Your Spell

This song is sweet and romantic until you remember that Tara was literally under Willow's spell, and then "you just took my soul with you" is just plain creepy - but um, there are still some stuff in there that is romantic.


I lived my life in shadow
Never the sun on my face
It didn't seem so sad, though
I figured that was my place
Now I’m bathed in light
Something just isn't right

I’m under your spell
How else could it be
Anyone would notice me?
It's magic, I can tell
How you set me free
Brought me out so easily

I saw a world enchanted
Spirits and charms in the air
I always took for granted
I was the only one there
But your power shone
Brighter than any I’ve known

I’m under your spell
Nothing I can do
You just took my soul with you
You worked your charm so well
Finally, I knew
Everything I dreamed was true

You made me believe

The moon to the tide
I can feel you inside

I’m under your spell
Surging like the sea
Wanting you so helplessly
I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my willow tree

You make me com-plete
You make me com-plete
You make me com-plete
You make me -