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lirazel ([personal profile] lirazel) wrote2010-10-05 09:14 am

Hey, y'all!

Get your Xander!hate on! [livejournal.com profile] eleusis_walks is doing his 30 Days of BtVS, and even though there are many, many topics I strongly disagree with him on, he is always thoughtful and awesome and interesting. And the things I do agree with him on? I agree violently.

Like our mutual hate for the ultimate Nice Guy Xander Harris. He basically lists every single hateful thing that Xander ever says/does and I am glorying in my hate. He also has a love-post devoted to Anya, which I haven't gotten to read yet, but I know is wonderful because anything involving Anya is wonderful. And [livejournal.com profile] eleusis_walks loves Dawn and Cordy and Jenny and basically a ton of awesome ladies, so I forgive him for not loving my boy and my girl enough. ;D

So join the hate fest! Or if you like Xander...well, I would like to hear why. Because it is beyond my understanding.

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2010-10-05 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I think another one of my problems is that I feel like the text wants me to feel sorry for him...and I don't.

It's just that he's finally outgrown his more petty and selfish qualities.

I wish they'd shown how and why, though. Spike's transformation makes complete sense. Buffy's does as well. Some of the weaknesses of the Dark Willow stuff aside, Willow's fall to darkness? Yeah, makes total sense. But I just don't see an arc for Xander.