oz

Clouded Moon

NAME: Daniel Osbourne “Oz”

AGE: 20

HEIGHT: 5’ 5”

SKILLS: Guitar, Understating the Situation

HAIR: Variable

CASE HISTORY:
Lead guitar. Succinct speech. Mr Test Scores. Willow kissage. Got bit.

I'm tempted to end the description there. Oz, who's usually *such* a chatterbox, would probably approve. But it doesn't do justice to him. He's funny, he's smart, he's cute, he's nice, he expresses computer geek solidarity in the most wonderful way. He's done wonders for Willow's self-confidence, something she badly needed. When bad stuff happens (like getting turned into a werewolf), he deals with it. When good stuff happens (like Willow dating him), he appreciates it. Only twice have we seen him upset: when he thought he'd killed someone, and when he discovered Willow's infidelity. And even then, it was kinda hard to tell.

The whole Xander-Willow thing has been hard for Oz to deal with, but it's wonderful to see his capacity for forgiveness and patience. He knew when he first started dating Willow that she had the hots for Xander, and it's something he's always been aware of. It hurts him. But he deals with it. And to the delight of the show watchers, ever since "Gingerbread" Oz and Xander have started making tentative motions of friendship -- friendship with each other as people, unrelated to their comradeship as fellow Slayerettes and their mutual friends, which were the things that had brought them together before. Maybe it's because Oz feels that anyone who cares so deeply about Willow can't be all bad. Or maybe he just likes having a friend who knows the difference between red and gold kryptonite.

SPECIAL NOTES:
Continuing a series... I have a story for Oz, too. Wolf-boy goes wild!


Number of groupies Oz lives free of (other than Willow):





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Buffy & the Slayerettes
Buffy ][ Xander ][ Willow ][ Oz ][ Giles ][ Spike & Dru

Gone But Not Forgotten
Angel ][ Angelus ][ Cordelia ][ Memorial Garden



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