#smth smth for all his faults xander was always representative of the part of buffy who both wanted peace for herself & to be a hero to those
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on a watsonian level, can i not fucking stand xander? yes, the 90’s teenage boy is misogynistic, surprise, surprise.
on a doylist level, is he a bag of sparkly stickers to me, which i am willing to shake like it is the most valuable thing in the world? also yes.
#he fascinates me#even just in s1e2 you get so many little hints of what he’ll come to be#him only remembering to bring a flashlight- ignoring the mind & admitting the consequences of it (though representing the heart & thus#unable to be bound by the mind in the way willow/the spirit-someone who exists in many ways as the conduit between the two both literally &#figuratively is)- only remembering to bring a light- the hope & optimism buffy wants to carry with her- only for her to tell him to put it#out- the hope can be there but not in a way that is palpable.#xander representing the way buffy’s heart holds hope buffy herself cannot always safely carry with her…#smth smth him being called buffy’s strength always made sense he narratively represents her heart & her hope#smth smth for all his faults xander was always representative of the part of buffy who both wanted peace for herself & to be a hero to those#who needed it smth smth his inadequacy issues parallels buffy’s feeling unable to attain that smth smth#xander & buffy#xander harris#buffy summers#btvs#buffy the vampire slayer
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