So I know this isn’t the outfit she wore during the song, but they so frequently made Tara super frumpy that I really wanted her to have her flattering (if inexplicably Renfaire-y) clothes for this moment. The quote works on both levels for me; the big, brave, sad decision she makes in ‘Once More with Feeling’, but also Tara’s eventual fate. Maximum sads! I THRIVE ON YOUR TEARS, apparently.