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** She was standing in the middle of the room on the ''second floor''. Unless a sniper was framing Warren, that shot was one-in-a-million.
** She was standing in the middle of the room on the ''second floor''. Unless a sniper was framing Warren, that shot was one-in-a-million.
** Worse. The bullet would either have had to materialize in mid-air, or come through the wall and not the window, for that shot to be possible. But we saw the killing from the bullet's POV, and so we know neither happened. In other words, Tara was killed by a "Magic Bullet".
** Worse. The bullet would either have had to materialize in mid-air, or come through the wall and not the window, for that shot to be possible. But we saw the killing from the bullet's POV, and so we know neither happened. In other words, Tara was killed by a "Magic Bullet".
*** Doubly magic, given that Willow, who was standing directly in front of Tara at almost touching distance, didn't get hit by anything despite the fact that Tara had an exit wound on her front. (Willow visibly caught a blood spatter; that means that either the bullet made an exit wound on that side or else Tara's lungs were full of blood and she was aspirating it -- and since she could still talk clearly afterwards it wasn't the latter.) So, that's ''two'' right-angle turns in mid-air the damn thing would have to make. The magic bullet that killed President Kennedy was an outright slacker compared to this one.
** Tara's death being the cause of Willow's [[Face Heel Turn]]. Reducing such a beloved character and relationship to a [[Morality Chain]] and, indeed, [[Disposable Woman]] is appalling in itself.
** Tara's death being the cause of Willow's [[Face Heel Turn]]. Reducing such a beloved character and relationship to a [[Morality Chain]] and, indeed, [[Disposable Woman]] is appalling in itself.
* Xander leaving Anya at the altar. Totally [[Out of Character]] and contrived for the sake of <s>drama</s> "[[Melodrama|draaaaamaaaaaaaaaa!]]".
* Xander leaving Anya at the altar. Totally [[Out of Character]] and contrived for the sake of <s>drama</s> "[[Melodrama|draaaaamaaaaaaaaaa!]]".
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