Favorite Lesbian Sidekicks [Willow #2]

She may have started out as a doe-eyed, bookish sidekick, but Willow Rosenberg didn't stay that way for long.

Willow was the beginning of a new order in Slayer history, in more ways than one. She befriended Buffy from nearly her first moment at Sunnydale High, and went on to test the theory that a Slayer should face the world alone.

When she wasn't restoring souls and studying magic and protecting Buffy and erecting magical barriers, she actually managed to fall in love — with another witch.

You could argue that her turn as Dark Willow should push her further down the list of sidekicks, but at the end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's TV run, Willow did perform a spell to save the entire world. We'll just call it a wash.