That's why when I see some good ol' fashioned "Xander-hate wank" (like on the Darkhorse Boards right this very second) it almost gives me a warm fuzzy because it's so...quaint.
I really shouldn't have gotten swept up into that, I know...*blushes*
Still, this past May was the tenth anniversary of the airing of Becoming Part II, the conclusion of Season Two, and oh yes, Xander's Lie (TM somebody over at TWOP). One of the muddled messages of the UPN years was supposedly about how Good People May Do Bad Things But They're Still Good People, Nothing is Unforgivable, and Redemption! Is! For! Everybody! (Just ask Spike, Willow, Andrew, Anya, etc.). And yet Ten. Years. Later. people are still seething with rage about "Kick his ass." Still waiting for Joss to have Xander "punished" for it. Still insisting that The Lie, or any of the countless things Xander said or did that people hate him for, is the sum total of Xander as a character and everything else counts for nothing.
Maybe Joss *should* have Xander turn evil, try to destroy the world, or try to kill/attack Buffy, because apparently those things can be forgiven by the audience.
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I really shouldn't have gotten swept up into that, I know...*blushes*
Still, this past May was the tenth anniversary of the airing of Becoming Part II, the conclusion of Season Two, and oh yes, Xander's Lie (TM somebody over at TWOP). One of the muddled messages of the UPN years was supposedly about how Good People May Do Bad Things But They're Still Good People, Nothing is Unforgivable, and Redemption! Is! For! Everybody! (Just ask Spike, Willow, Andrew, Anya, etc.). And yet Ten. Years. Later. people are still seething with rage about "Kick his ass." Still waiting for Joss to have Xander "punished" for it. Still insisting that The Lie, or any of the countless things Xander said or did that people hate him for, is the sum total of Xander as a character and everything else counts for nothing.
Maybe Joss *should* have Xander turn evil, try to destroy the world, or try to kill/attack Buffy, because apparently those things can be forgiven by the audience.