"I had this plan to bring Tara back and I pitched it to Amber and was very excited about it and it was going to be beautiful and heartwarming and she basically just said "No, Joss." So then I did this thing with Kennedy turning into Warren instead."

I am actually really glad she said no, if that's true. Not that I adore Kennedy, but it would have made the whole Dark!Willow storyline meaningless if Tara came back in the end. And that storyline was one of the best things about S6.

I treasure the occasions when dead means dead.

I am actually really glad she said no, if that's true.

On this topic, Lyra Jane is me.

but you've got Glory down as 'g'

D'oh. I noticed that earlier, but I thought I fixed it before I put it up. Yeah, Glory should have an E. But Ben should, too. Glory talks him into trading Dawn's life for his own in Weight of the World. He's probably more utterly selfish than evil, but I'd never call him a good guy.

It's true. Joss specifically mentions it in the Chosen commentary - he says after that he decided to go for the anti-Tara; as in Kennedy. which would have been fine had he been around to stop her being an annoying posh remake of S3 Faith without the grit or the sex.

annoying posh remake of S3 Faith without the grit or the sex.

So what bits of Faith did he keep, other than the brown hair?

So what bits of Faith did he keep, other than the brown hair?

The Want take have attitude springs to my mind.

I read somewhere, in some interview, something to the effect of "I had this plan to bring Tara back and I pitched it to Amber and was very excited about it and it was going to be beautiful and heartwarming and she basically just said "No, Joss." So then I did this thing with Kennedy turning into Warren instead."

I saw somewhere recently, and I cannot remember where, that Joss said he planned on doing a story that would involve Buffy getting one absolute wish fulfilled, and at the end of the episode we'd see Buffy in a new pair of shoes and Buffy would be raving about how they're what she's always wanted her whole life, and Willow would go "you wasted your wish on shoes?" and Buffy would go, "no silly, turn around" and there would be Tara.

I saw that too, Wolfram. It may have been from a convention report.

Buffy would pick Tara over her mom? Or over a life with Angel? Or, if she's not going to use it on herself, over a long and happy life for Dawn? I'm not sure I believe Our Girl is such a martyr.

But it would have been sweet, in a sickly sort of way.

And SURELY Buffy of all people would leave anyone she had reason to believe was in heaven well enough alone.....