Wouldn't kill a vampire, but I bet a bullet to the face would slow it down enough for me to use the stake in my other pocket. It would be interesting to see if the crosses I'd scratched into the bullets would have any
By that standard of logic, swords would not work on vampires either. A more accurate way of stating it is that small bullets designed to make living creatures die of blood loss won't kill something that does not bleed.
But that doesn't make guns useless. A high caliber gunshot to the neck will frequently decapitate a human. If that doesn't dust a vampire, then beheading one with a sword wouldn't either -- and we know swords DO work that way.
But you wouldn't need to kill a vampire with a gun. Kneecaps are vulnerable spots, and it's hard to catch a running human when you can't even stand.
Also, that cross thing on the bullets? Don't. The idea is enough to make anyone who knows guns wince. The Catholic church once tried something similar, to see if guns were suitable for God's servants, or if they were tools of Satan. They hired a master gunsmith to make two guns as close to identical as possible. Into one, they loaded a standard bullet and regular gunpowder. The other was carefully consecrated by a team of priests, the powder was made using blessed water, and the bullet was cast out of purest silver, then inscribed with crosses.
When they had an expert marksman wield the first gun, he shot a bullseye. Then they had a priest, who had been trained for only a couple weeks shoot the holy gun. Not only did he entirely miss the target, they never found the bullet. Any modern student of ballistics could tell you why, and it wasn't Satan. But the church banned guns because the blessed version wasn't better.
I stared at her for a long moment and then shook my head, getting up."I know what you are doing. Humanizing yourself for me. I don't need your bullshit right now so put your shovel away. I need to figure out what to do now."
And he continues to damn himself. Choosing to be an evil, hateful person, who will ignore suffering because his heart is hard as stone is only going to end up in one place. Christ preached compassion for a reason, after all.
Tragically, he's still letting Taziel define him. Pushing so hard at "don't let her steer me" that the need to be contrary is, itself, steering him.
Exactly. He's so convinced she ALWAYS lies, that it allows her to manipulate him like a puppet. Just apply a touch of reverse psychology, and he will obey her every command. Well, assuming she's actually the hellbitch he thinks she is, anyway.
All he really knows about her is she was imprisoned forever, that she rebelled against God, and that Lucifer didn't want her in hell. Yeah, she may be a monster. Probably IS a monster. But those facts would also allow for a true champion of goodness, who DARED to stand up to God when she thought he was going too far.
Knowing he does the opposite of what she says, if she were a monster she would advise him towards goodness -- knowing he would then do the opposite, and damn himself.
The thing is, she doesn't talk much, aside from telling him things he needs to know. That actually argues against monster, because she's NOT advising him towards specific paths.
are no Fallen Angel's in Buffy, so that's a bluff since the research wouldn't pan out and they would chalk it up to a bad dream.
Just because none appeared on camera, does not mean none exists. I seem to recall a statement in one episode about everything but leprechauns being real.
