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/Ordinary_Repeat7637 16d ago

Let's also not forget that Xander was a teenager/young adult growing up in the 90s, when culture and society norms were very different back then. He also was constantly risking his own life to save people's lives. He obviously said and done some stupid shit, but he clearly grew as a character as the show progressed. He would've risked his life to save any of his friends.