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[doyle]

Buffy canon question: do we know what Tara called her mother? I'm leaning towards 'Momma' but I have a feeling I'm fanoning myself.

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[vampedvixen.livejournal.com]

I don't think we ever learned what she called her mother to her face, but when talking about her, Tara used 'mother' like in the following scene from The Body:

TARA: My mother died when I was seventeen.
BUFFY: I didn't know. I'm sorry.

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[darkpoole.livejournal.com]

Also, from Hush:

Willow: How long have you been practicing?
Tara: Always, I mean, since I um, was little... my, my mom used to,
She um, she had a lot of power, like you.

I think "Momma" sounds in character.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

From what others have already said about canon and from where we pontificated (way back when) Tara was from, 'mom' is how Tara would address her mother.

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Works for me, thank you!

[vampedvixen.livejournal.com]

Where do you think Tara is from? I've tried to figure this out in the past, but I'm always interested in other ideas.

[keswindhover.livejournal.com]

I had a discussion about this with some LJ friends and we thought she might be from one of the more rural and obscure bits of California - if only because they couldn't imagine how she could afford out-of-state university fees, given her dad's attitude.

[vampedvixen.livejournal.com]

Interesting. And sounds about right.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

We figured (very) Northern California to Southern Eastern Oregon to Central Oregon. Areas like Klamath Falls or LaPine or any of a dozen super tiny towns with no industry or growth since logging.