I must admit I would have had less of an issue with Tara's death if it hadn't been done in such a ridiculously contrived manner as well, with that guy firing his gun at an angle that probably wouldn't have come anywhere near hitting her since she was out of sight, in a building on the first floor (second floor if you are American ). It had also come immediately after she'd made up with Willow after 15-odd episodes of them being separated and, as you say, it was when her name was in the credits for the first time.
I can see how he'd want to do it in a random, senseless, non-magical way, in order to set up Willow's further descent into darkness and in order to make the viewer rather conflicted at the moment she kills Warren - the bastard killed Tara on top of everything else, but otoh he didn't really mean to (while we're on the topic, retconning this in the Season Eight comics was idiotic and just not cool). Much like with Joyce's death the season before, her dying of "natural" (as opposed to supernatural) causes makes it more real and impossible to undo. But yeah, that does make it rather hard to swallow, and of course it does seem contrived that that bullet would hit someone on the first floor.
A heretic blasphemes St Joss of Whedon.
16/10/2009 07:03:29 PM
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I have two disagreements.
16/10/2009 07:20:49 PM
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(by which I mean a bunch of typing that somehow turned into 1.5 moderately relevant comments.) *NM*
16/10/2009 07:25:07 PM
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Well he does cite Firefly as the superior show.
16/10/2009 09:01:01 PM
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I agree with Seriana.
17/10/2009 05:42:33 AM
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I didn't say she was wrong or that feminists are right, I just presented what their position'd be
18/10/2009 12:11:25 AM
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So the guy hates Whedon as much as some love him.
16/10/2009 08:44:39 PM
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Actually, it suggests he likes Whedon's work, but hates Whedon's posturing & fan excesses. *NM*
16/10/2009 09:02:03 PM
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As far as I can have an opinion on them, I agree with all of his points *NM*
16/10/2009 09:50:30 PM
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Not having seen the movies he wrote scripts for...
16/10/2009 10:34:09 PM
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That was also the magic bullet episode.
16/10/2009 11:40:11 PM
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Re: That was also the magic bullet episode.
17/10/2009 01:27:32 PM
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Guns jerk up when fired, especially if you are a sissy poser like Warren. 1st Buffy, 2nd Tara
18/10/2009 12:13:44 AM
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You never saw Toy Story? *NM*
16/10/2009 11:55:55 PM
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I'd kind of forgotten he worked on that too, but no, actually. *NM*
17/10/2009 01:16:35 PM
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I strongly disagree with the Wash thing.
16/10/2009 11:54:16 PM
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Interesting tidbit.
16/10/2009 11:57:14 PM
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Huh. Neat.
17/10/2009 12:22:11 AM
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Wait, when do we learn about his past in Serenity?
19/10/2009 03:42:34 AM
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I don't actually mind the killing happy characters thing, but it IS JW's most noted trait *NM*
18/10/2009 12:15:00 AM
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It is what he's known for, though sometimes I wonder why. (General Joss spoilers)
19/10/2009 05:50:55 AM
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...Echo is the baddest ass Kung Fu Whore TV has ever seen... Lol! She IS a naughty little doll. *NM*
18/10/2009 01:36:57 AM
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the first thing is the only one that's really rational
19/10/2009 05:46:05 AM
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