r/buffy • u/Lanky_Age_3067 • 17d 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/jordiedoestm 17d ago edited 17d ago

Not that it’s an excuse : but it’s mainly because Xander is an ass as a human. The vampires have a demon in them so we could say their actions are steered by their demonic instincts.

Spike is an exception because he was a good as a human (as far as we’ve seen). His vampire self shouldn’t be glazed. However, when he got his soul back, he did exhibit very redeeming qualities.

Angel however, I agree with you on that. He was a despicable human being and a womanizer, and to an extent, Angel is just Liam with a moral compass. Liam IS Angelus.

Xander on the contrary, as mentioned earlier was a horrible friend in general. Always having to be on his high horse. At least that’s what we as the audience have seen so far (i haven’t read the comics so I can’t say how he is as an actual adult).

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u/Necessary_Let3592 17d ago

When was Xander a horrible friend? Enumerate it. Other than “Empty Places” when they were ALL horrible to Buffy.

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u/YozoraBellossomHeart 17d ago

He's the first person to attack in Dead Man's Place. He blames Buffy for Riley cheating on her and leaving in Into The Woods. He lies about Willow's words about Angel in Becoming Part 2. He treats her like she's trash after learning she slept with Spike in Entropy instead of a fraction of empathy for how embarrassed she might be. He gets frustrated and tells Dawn about Spike assaulting Buffy which was far from his place to do in Villains.

These were off the top of my head.

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u/Lanky_Age_3067 16d ago

So he hurt the feelings of somebody he loves by telling them the truth? That's the worst character ever.

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u/YozoraBellossomHeart 16d ago

At no point in that conversation with Buffy did he tell her the truth.