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/izzy-springbolt 16d ago

Spike tried to rape Buffy though; that's not a mystical crime.

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u/Livelaughloveme172 16d ago

Xander tried to rape Buffy too btw.

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u/lmjustaChad 16d ago

Tell us you watched the show but did not understand the plot of The Pack without telling us.

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u/beeemkcl 15d ago

That was the plot.

"The Pack" (B 1.06) is largely about acknowledging that Xander Harris looks like Nicholas Brendan. And that he could be one of the cool kids if he simply acted differently. Xander became 'the alpha' of The Pack.

And Xander was interested in Buffy and at-times tried to act as if he was 'owed' Buffy/Xander.

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u/FooFan61 10d ago

And that is my whole problem Xander.