Tara resurrection - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) Discussion

[–] IMDbGigalo 8 years ago

It would depend on the machinery of it. If it was Joss's stupid "Buffy gets a wish for anything in the world and it's Tara" failapolooza? No way.

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[–] austin-pearce 8 years ago

They shouldn't have killed her off in the first place.

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[–] lferrigon-1 8 years ago

I agree but they needed her to be killed her off to turn Willow dark.

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[–] IMDbGigalo 8 years ago

Don't agree with that at all. Willow was a power hungry character with control issues from S1. She was Faith with witchcraft.

The only reason they had Tara be the trigger and turned magic to a drug was so fans can feel sympathetic about it.

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[–] elena-28 8 years ago

Don't agree with that at all. Willow was a power hungry character with control issues from S1. She was Faith with witchcraft.

I disagree strongly on this. I feel Willow is hungry for acknowledgement and affection, which is a very different characteristic from power. The outlet for this eventually manifests in the control issues, but the heart and soul of this is the lonely pre-Scooby life she led and the very real lack of appreciation for her worth until the Scoobies formed.

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[–] blondiebear_17 8 years ago

Nah I think Tara was better off dead than back with Willow.

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[–] Samson_Lee 8 years ago

I would rather Anya survives and get's back with Xander than Tara resurrected. Are we sure it was planned in the last episode. No time to do it justice - unless the final was longer, or was it just one of the last 6 episodes?

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[–] stargazer_1682 8 years ago

I'd like to find out that Tara's mother was actually a pixie princess, making Tara part pixie. And when the human part of her died, she woke up on Avalon, having transubstantiated into a full on sprite.

"I'm in it for the power and the free robes." - Harry Stone

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[–] poem 8 years ago

IIRC it was planned to bring back Tara in the S07 finale, as a sort of divine reward for twating the schemes of the First.

Unfortunately Amber Benson was unavailable, so these plans got dropped.

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[–] IMDbGigalo 8 years ago

That's what Joss claimed. That doesn't mean it was true. If that was ever a plan, it was dropped very early when she refused to come back as The First.

I'm glad she did and Joss got stuck. That'll teach him to kill characters for nothing but dramatic effect.

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[–] poem 8 years ago

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There is much anger in you, young padawan.

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[–] sparklehorsette 8 years ago

No.

And I hated Tara was killed in the first place. But it happened, the rules were set up in the universe- her death was 'natural' and not supernaturally- caused, therefore she could not come back. Changing lore and mythology would be irritating.

Plus- if it happened, I get the feeling that some fans may find it creepy. Like, Joyce approaching the house at the end of Forever creepy.

Tara died. Shows should remember the characters they killed, but not get stuck in a rut over it.

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[–] burun100 8 years ago

Plus- if it happened, I get the feeling that some fans may find it creepy. Like, Joyce approaching the house at the end of Forever creepy.

God that scene scared me so much as a child. So unnerving its not true the way you just see the head by the window. What do you think Joyce would have looked like if they had opened the door.

As for the OP's question I am glad Tara was not brought back as it would have undermined the power of her death scene, just like it would have done with Jenny and yes Joyce.

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[–] Joxerlives 8 years ago

Yes, what is left to the imagination is always scarier, see Tabula Rusa.

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[–] messiah1012 8 years ago

I don't think Tara would be happy if she would be brought back to life. I am very certain Buffy wouldn't want her to be all depressed as she was in S6.

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[–] Phillip Marlowe 8 years ago

My suspicion, based on absolutely nothing but a gut feeling and years of observing Joss Whedon, is that the Tara resurrection was something that may have been kicked around by the writers at one point but was never seriously considered. However, I wish it had been; it might have been enough to redeem the mostly awful Season 7.

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[–] Angelus1727 8 years ago

Willow brings this very point up to Andrew in the comics. Buffy was gone for a summer and bringing her back left her severely messed up, Tara has been gone much longer and bringing her back would only hurt her. That's why Willow will never resurrect Tara unless she gets substantial proof that she's in a bad place. She's finally reached a point of acceptance and is even able to forgive Andrew for his part in what happened.

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[–] Speasha8 8 years ago

As much as I loved Tara, I usually prefer for dead characters to stay dead, not every character should be resurrected like on Charmed or Vampire Diaries. It takes away the impact that death has within the world of the show.

That's also why I am hesitant about the new Buffy/Angel comics (aside from absolutely hating season 8). Whenever I read about them, I hear about characters dying and being resurrected.

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[–] Meganium 8 years ago

who was resurrected one Charmed?
Prue, Andy, Piper's Chinese boyfriend, the mother and grandmother, Paige's parents stayed dead... What important character came back? Or what unimportant character?

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[–] Angelus1727 8 years ago

well the mother and grandmother appeared constantly as ghosts and even took physical forms now and then so death was pretty meaningless regarding them.

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