isn't there anyone else left besides me, who would, upon occasion, like to slap Willow across the face?

t hand up Oh, my, yes. She's got so much faith that her cuteness will get her out of any problem that she could almost be a Cordette. "But I'm cute and I'll pout and I'll make cookies! Doesn't that make up for playing with your minds and nearly getting us killed?"

YES! And she can be so petty, mean and selfish.

I still have dire suspicions that Willow used some sort of spell on Tara to get Tara to agree to bring Buffy back. Tara was so adamant against bringing Joyce back that it should have taken lots of very convincing arguments to even get Tara to concede that it might even be a good idea to consider it.

Oh, my, yes

It's so cool when I'm raring to answer and I can scroll down and find that Connie has once again done my job for me.

Happy to serve.

Tara was so adamant against bringing Joyce back that it should have taken lots of very convincing arguments to even get Tara to concede that it might even be a good idea to consider it.

I think Buffy's death hit Tara a lot harder than Joyce's did. And note she was fully aware that what they were doing was both wrong and immensely dangerous, and voiced those concerns to the assembled group to make sure everyone was going in with their eyes open. I think she made the grief-based decision to ignore her principles and common sense . There probably were a lot of convincing arguments over that summer, but Tara probably really, really wanted to be convinced, too.

There probably were a lot of convincing arguments over that summer, but Tara probably really, really wanted to be convinced, too.

And don't forget -- the post-S5 summer they all continued to patrol without Buffy (though with the Buffybot), so Tara probably had a good idea of what hell (literal) would descend on Sunnydale if the Buffybot ever broke/malfunctioned/etc. She knew that they needed the Slayer back.

Were there fics written where the plan was to, instead of resurrect Buffy, kill Faith?

Whoa.

ita's mind works in twisted ways.

Tara probably really, really wanted to be convinced, too.

I don't buy it. I see her as too invested in the natural order of things to be swayed just by grief. I don't think Buffy meant all that much more to her than Joyce did, Tara hadn't known Buffy all that long. Willow's grief would have upset her, but I don't think it would have been enough to push her to the idea that resurrection was a good thing. The "we can't do this without her" argument would have been a good opening position, but I think the idea of resurrection would still have come as a shock.