Does that make Andrew "not-Xander"? Or is there more to the Andrew hate? Part of why I couldn't stand the twerp was the feeling that he was supposed to be a Spike-friendly, non-threatening replacement for Xander in the role of comic relief, except that a) Xander was still there, and b) after Him or so, ME weren't even trying to figure out what Xander's role/place was. Which leads to the question of how long was the plan to kill Xander in place before Joss changed his mind?