Yes, I can absolutely see that. In fact, it would be very much like me (for differing reasons) - I basically wouldn't have friends for a few years there (puberty was a real bitca) if they didn't basically make themselves a pain in the arse by not going away. They really did the work while I was being anti-social (alas, I've fallen back into that pattern now, too).
I can see Willow as so painfully shy that she wasn't willing to get close to anyone, leaving Xander to really push their friendship (maybe because he recognized that sense of isolation he saw - considering his home life... I'm guessing there wasn't a lot of friends coming over to his place). I can also see Jesse as more being Willow's friend by osmosis because she's Xander's friend.
Very much like how both Cordelia and Anya became a Scooby confidant because they were Xander's girlfriend, rather than because they were friends of Buffy in their own right. Tara, too, in fact, though I think that changed in S6 and she became more of a Buffy-friend, herself.
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Re: Willow and Jesse's relationship.
Date: 2010-08-18 09:32 am (UTC)I can see Willow as so painfully shy that she wasn't willing to get close to anyone, leaving Xander to really push their friendship (maybe because he recognized that sense of isolation he saw - considering his home life... I'm guessing there wasn't a lot of friends coming over to his place). I can also see Jesse as more being Willow's friend by osmosis because she's Xander's friend.
Very much like how both Cordelia and Anya became a Scooby confidant because they were Xander's girlfriend, rather than because they were friends of Buffy in their own right. Tara, too, in fact, though I think that changed in S6 and she became more of a Buffy-friend, herself.