Buffy Season Six...better than I remembered.

[Lonemagpie]

She was facing the window, with Tara in between them. Screencap. There was a line of sight from the window to Tara. The only issue with that scene is the bullet 'bending' from an upwards angel from the ground to a fairly horizontal angel to hit Tara across the room. Still fairly implausible, but it didn't have to 'dodge' Willow.

You can see in that shot the hole in the window and the (bullet) hole in Tara are lined up horizontally.

But the bullet was fired upwards and there's nothing for it to ricochet off... Whatever way you look at it, that bullet should be in the ceiling somewhere between the window and Tara

 

[Lindley]

You know that "foreground zoom" effect they use for dramatic moments, such as Sheridan realizing he has to make a stand against Earth?

Could be she's closer to the window than she appears in the still frame.

But that's all I've got.

 

[Forbin]

Plus, if the bullet had sufficient velocity to through-and-through Tara and pop out her chest, where did it go then? Did it evaporate without hitting Willow, who was directly in front of Tara?

 

[CorporalClegg]

Does anyone else find irony in an argument over the projectile physics on a show where people kill things with small wooden stakes?

I'm just sayin'...

 

[RoJoHen]

Let's just pretend they were magic bullets designed to hit the person closest to their trajectory. The one bullet hit Buffy. The other bullet flew up in the air, sensed Tara, and hit her.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Let's just pretend they were magic bullets designed to hit the person closest to their trajectory. The one bullet hit Buffy. The other bullet flew up in the air, sensed Tara, and hit her.

If they'd just said something like that I'd be OK with it

 

[Chrisisall]

Does anyone else find irony in an argument over the projectile physics on a show where people kill things with small wooden stakes?

I'm just sayin'...

Yeah, LOL, ME! It's the CHARACTERS that made Buffy work, not the precise attention to projectile trajectory.

 

[RoJoHen]

Let's just pretend they were magic bullets designed to hit the person closest to their trajectory. The one bullet hit Buffy. The other bullet flew up in the air, sensed Tara, and hit her.

If they'd just said something like that I'd be OK with it

Use your imagination!