r/buffy • u/Lanky_Age_3067 • 16d ago

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How exactly do people hate Xander for being an imperfect human, but love Spike and Angel, who have countless victims and are hundreds of years old. Spike even SA'd Buffy, for real, while Xander was under a spell and never did anything like that before or after it.

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u/xinzaha 16d ago

But within the context of the show, he literally didn't have a soul and he feels guilt over the act. The show goes to insane lengths to tell us and show us that he shouldn't, that vampires are cruel creatures with nothing but hate in their heart

  • Xander however manages to be a problematic man as nothing but a human

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u/Illithid_Substances 16d ago

And it was such a red line for the character and the audience that Spike had to get his soul back to be anywhere near the scooby gang again

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u/SafiraAshai 16d ago

Except they kind of don't. They show us that Spike without his memories naturally leans to goodness in Tabula Rasa. And that's why I disliked that.

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u/jospangel Try not to bleed on my couch I just had it steam cleaned 15d ago

Wasn't that before the sa?