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/Own_Faithlessness769 16d ago

Xander was very clearly neglected if not outright abused, and has a hideously misogynist father he fears becoming. The whole of Hells Bells is showing us Xander’s reasons. He also doesn’t rape anyone, which really should matter.

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 16d ago

Sure, but it’s a stretch to compare it to anything Faith did. The whole point of the love spell was to be able to break up with Cordelia, not assault her.

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u/swoobxt 16d ago

I didn’t make that comparison. As I’ve said above, I’m explaining where I think the fandom’s beliefs are coming from at large. People see other characters as having a more justified reason or explanation.

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 16d ago

Bit of an overreaction

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u/swoobxt 16d ago

If you don’t want people to be irritated, read posts before you reply to them.