Dawns reaction to taras death was unbearable to watch.
I wouldn't say it was unbearable, but it definitely was heartbreaking. I remember seeing that scene the first time around... When the camera pans around and you see Dawn sitting huddled up against the wall, my heart felt like it was crumbling and I sobbed like a baby. 🙁
My current biggest grievance still til this day with the show is Joss' decision to kill off Tara. She didn't deserve to go out the way she did and it breaks my heart every time I watch it. I can even admit I even shed tears when I see her die and once again when Dawn refuses to leave her side. Saddest moment in the entire 'verse IMO.
Whedon needs to rectify this travesty by bringing her back to life. Joss already mentioned possibly bringing her back to life back when the series finale was being filmed but complications arose and it didn't happen. At some point in the comics, Tara must come back to life or I'll be sad forever over the loss of one of, if not, the sweetest character to ever grace the Buffyverse.
I wasn't a big fan of Tara, but it did piss me off that her reunion with Willow lasted all of about 15 minutes. It's like they brought her back just to kill her.
I do, for the record, think that tara will return in season nine or ten perhaps. I don't think shes gone forever. Joyce on the other hand, i think she has a very small chance of returning. I think i would prefer it that way...she had a human death, she died of an aneurysm, not of being bitten by a vampire or mauled by a demon. Humans unforetunately don't come back from the dead so yeah, joyce is better off dead than alive imho.
Tara's death was human, too. Or, it was inhuman, but definitely not magical. I don't think I want to see her revived.