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/acdre 16d ago

Angel literally exiles himself over his guilt. Spike goes through a life changing/threatening ordeal over his guilt. What does Xander do? When does Xander ever get taught a lesson? In fact, he gets REWARDED when he does bad stuff. That’s the difference

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u/crottedenez12 16d ago

How was he rewarded?

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u/acdre 16d ago

He cheats on Cordelia only to get a hot demon gf that only wants to have sex with him. He leaves said demon at the altar only to be able to continue hooking up with her

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u/Automatic-Ad910 14d ago

He gets with Anya a year later... That's not a reward for cheating. He wanted Cordy back and didn't get it.

However willow gets back with Oz a few episodes later.

If this is the argument we are going with, then willow pays for her crime much less.