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I don't agree that keeping Joyce in the dark actually protected from danger. For example, her ignorance of Angelus' true nature in Passion exposed her to unnecessary risk, she stood her ground when she should have run for the house. The dark forces Buffy fights never seem to have any trouble identifying her or her friends and family and have often used them to get to her. If those who are close to her are unaware of the danger they face, as Joyce was in Passion, they will be more likely to fall foul to the demon's plots and harm Buffy and be harmed as a result.
Having said that... I believe it was Buffy's prerogative to tell Joyce or to keep her ignorant. She's a girl under incredible pressure, if she wishes to preserve some semblance of normalcy in her life by trying to have a non-supernatural home life then she should have that right. But she should also bear the consequences of her decision to lie. Joyce overreacted because she found out in circumstances that did not allow Buffy to treat her with proper respect (but would this have been the only circumstances in which she would have accepted it?). Buffy must also take responsibility for the rift that must have emerged between them when Joyce discovered that she had been lying to her for the past few years. It's always hard for a parent to accept that their children are no so reliant on them anymore and to discover that in a way that also implied that her daughter didn't even trust her made it far worse. As it is the point is now somewhat moot as Joyce knows (and seems to be doing a remarkable job of repressing/adapting Gingerbread). But what if Angelus had killed Joyce in Passion? An act he certainly could have committed. What if she died because she wasn't aware of the level of the threat she was facing? If he had done, the entire issue of Buffy's responsibility to those she cares for would have been brought into sharper focus. Go to Masquerade's
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