#im not the biggest xander fan but i know i used to love him even if i cant remember why

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Xander is not exactly a popular character in fandom these days, but is there something you like about him?

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Buffy 7x19 Thoughts (IT GETS RANTY AND IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW.)

THEY. KICKED. HER. OUT. THOSE ASSHOLES KICKED BUFFY OUT OF HER OWN DAMN HOUSE. THE POTENTIALS AND HER SO CALLED FRIENDS AND EVEN HER OWN FATHER FIGURE. HER SISTER. I AM LIVID. THE NERVE, THE ABSOLUTE NERVE FOR THEM TO KICK BUFFY OUT OF HER OWN HOUSE. SHE DIDN’T DIE, GET TAKEN OUT OF HEAVEN AND BACK TO LIVING JUST TO BE TREATED THIS WAY. (read more cause this gets long)

BUFFY TOOK THOSE UNGRATEFUL LOT IN. EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN’T PREPARED FOR IT. GILES BROUGHT THEM TO HER, THEY HELPED THEMSELVES INSIDE RIGHT AWAY AND MANY MORE OF THEM FOLLOWED. YES, THEY ARE SCARED BUT BUFFY HAS BEEN THERE AND GETS IT. SHE WASN’T PREPARED TO TAKE IN LOADS OF YOUNG POTENTIALS WHO JUST FOUND OUT WHO THEY ARE MORE THAN THEY WERE FOR THEIR DESTINY. SHE TRIED TO MAKE THE ROOM FOR THEM TO STAY SO THEY WOULDN’T BE EASY TARGETS FOR THE HOODED GUYS TO KILL THEM. SHE GAVE THEM A SAFER HAVEN. THEY HAD SHELTER AND FOOD. THAT THEY DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR. YES, THEY AREN’T PREPARED FOR THE BIG FIGHT AND NEVER WILL BE BUT BUFFY MADE IT SO THEY HAD A CHANCE TO SURVIVE AND FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES INSTEAD OF BEING TAKEN OUT BY THE HOODED GUYS. ITS A CRAPPY SITUATION BUT BUFFY TRIED. SHE GETS IT. SHE’S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 15. THE WAY THEY ALL SIDED WITH FAITH AFTER KNOWING HER 5 MINUTES AND CAUSE SHE TOOK THEM OUT CLUBBING, WHINING ABOUT HOW BUFFY WOULDN’T LET THEM DO ANYTHING FUN...YEAH SHE HAS A LOT OF CRAP TO DEAL WITH AND SHE’S TRYING TO KEEP YOU ALL ALIVE FOR AS LONG AS SHE CAN...

NOW FOR THE SCOOBIES AKA THE SO CALLED NOT FRIENDS OF BUFFY’S. XANDER AND WILLOW JOINED HER BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ALWAYS SAW IT AS AN ADVENTURE. FUN. SOMETHING TO DO BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING BETTER TO DO, LETS FACE IT. BUFFY WARNED THEM ABOUT THE DANGER YEARS BACK. THE CHANCES OF DYING AND YES INJURIES THAT INCLUDE A MISSING EYE. BUFFY DOESN’T GET TO LEAVE HER SLAYER DUTIES. THE ONLY WAY SHE ACTUALLY CAN IS HER DEATH (AND EVEN WHEN SHE DIED THE SECOND TIME SHE WAS BROUGHT BACK, TAKEN FROM HEAVEN) AND THAT SUCKS. THEN SOME OTHER POOR SOUL TAKES THE JOB. THE FACT HER OWN FRIENDS WHO CLAIM TO CARE ABOUT HER JUST DON’T HAVE HER BACK AND SIT THERE, LET EVERYONE TALK SH** ABOUT HER AND AGREE WITH THEM. THE NERVE. ESPECIALLY FROM WILLOW. LIKE, YOU MADE HER HOUSE YOURS AND TARA’S HOME, SPENT ALL OF THE MONEY HER MOTHER LEFT HER AND DAWN AND BROUGHT BUFFY BACK AND LEFT HER TO PAY FOR ALL OF IT, WHILE NOT HELPING AND STILL LIVING THERE, EATING ALL THE FOOD SHE WAS PAYING FOR. EVEN WHEN WILLOW PUT DAWN IN DANGER WHEN SHE WENT POWER MAD WITH HER MAGIC, NEARLY KILLING HER, BUFFY STILL ALLOWED HER IN THE HOUSE, DIDN’T EVEN JUDGE HER OR GIVE HER A HARD TIME. EVEN AFTER SHE TRIED TO DESTROY THE WORLD. SHE LET HER IN. WILLOW HAS GOTTEN OFF EASY. HECK, EVEN XANDER. BUFFY HAS NEVER GIVEN THEM A HARD TIME. GOD, IT WAS LIKE DEAD MAN’S PARTY ALL OVER AGAIN WITH THESE TWO. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WITH THAT IN MIND, IT’S NOT EVEN THAT SURPRISING. THEY ARE SH*T FRIENDS. HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SH*T FRIENDS. THEY BASICALLY USED HER. I SAID WHAT I SAID. 

AND ANYA. EVEN THOUGH I LOVE ANYA (AND STILL DO) SHE WAS OUT OF ORDER IN THIS EP TOO. BUFFY DIDN’T ASK TO BE THE SLAYER. SHE DIDN’T ASK TO BE THIS KIND OF SPECIAL. BUT SHE IS THE SLAYER AND SHE’S BEEN SAVING EVERYONE’S ASSES SINCE SHE WAS CALLED. SO YEAH, ANYA I LOVE YOU BUT YOU WERE OUT OF LINE TOO.

GILES. GILES OH GILES. THIS ONE SUCKS. LIKE, IT MAKES NOOOO SENSE FOR HIM TO BE SO AGAINST BUFFY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. NO SENSE. HE HAS ALWAYS HAD HER BACK BUT SINCE EP 17 AND THIS EP...

THIS ISN’T GILES. I LOVE GILES, NOT THIS IMPOSTER IN HIS SKIN. 

IF TARA WERE ALIVE, SHE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN DOWN FOR THIS. AT ALL. SHE TREATED BUFFY BETTER THAN WILLOW AND XANDER PUT TOGETHER. SHE DIDN’T JUDGE HER. SHE WAS KIND AND SOFT AND WHY THE HELL DID THEY KILL HER?

AND YOU KNOW CORDELIA WOULD’VE DEFENDED BUFFY. AND CORDY ISN’T THE BIGGEST BUFFY FAN. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, SHE HAS HER BACK AND WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DEFENDED HER BACK IN DEAD MAN’S PARTY IN HER OWN WAY. 

DAWN. SEE, I NEVER GOT THE DAWN HATE, I COULD UNDERSTAND, BUT DAWN HOPPING ON THE BUFFY HATE TRAIN...REALLY?! THE ONE TOO ACTUALLY KICK HER OUT... DAWN, YEAH IT’S YOUR HOUSE TOO BUT BUFFY OWNS IT. AND TO TAKE THE SIDE OF EVERYONE ELSE AGAINST YOUR OWN SISTER...REALLY? (AND NO JUST CAUSE SHE TOLD RONA TO SHUT UP AFTER SHE SAID “THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD” DOESN’T COUNT. RONA THE NERVE...)

THE WAY ALL THESE PEOPLE, ALL OF THEM, NEWBIES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY JUST WENT AGAINST BUFFY AFTER EVERYTHING SHE HAS BEEN DOING FOR THEM...

SHE’S BEEN TOLD SHE HAS A DUTY TO SAVE THE WORLD, HAS SAVED IT SO MANY TIMES, SINCE SHE WAS 15. EVERYONE ALWAYS LOOKS TO HER TO LEAD AND GILES TOLD HER IT WAS UP TO HER TO SAVE THEM AGAIN AGAINST THE FIRST AND YET WHEN SHE TAKES UP THE LEADER ROLE EVERYONE PUSHED ON HER, THEY GET MAD WHEN SHE’S CALLING THE SHOTS WHEN THEY LOOK TO HER TO DO SO AND THEN DECIDE THEY COULD DO BETTER...

SHE HAS ALL THE PRESSURE ON HER SHOULDERS AND SHE’S TRYING TO SAVE THESE GIRLS, TEACH THEM TO FIGHT IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND EVERYONE IS GANGING UP ON HER CAUSE STUFF WENT DOWN. WELL IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A PICNIC IN THE BIG FIGHT EITHER. BUFFY IS AGAINST SOMETHING THAT IS SO MUCH HARDER TO FIGHT SINCE IT DOESN’T HAVE A PHYSICAL FORM. NOW THERE IS A CREEPY SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH PRIEST IN THE MIX. SHE IS TRYING SO HARD. SHE IS THE ONE MAKING ALL THE DECISIONS AND WHAT DOES SHE GET IN RETURN? KICKED OUT OF HER OWN HOME THAT SHE’S BEEN LETTING THE POTENTIALS STAY IN AND EVEN THE SCOOBIES WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN HOMES. 

SHE WAS CRYING. HOW COULD THEY JUST SIT THERE AND PUSH HER OUT OF HER HOME. 

THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO FIGHT WITHOUT BUFFY AND HONESTLY SHE SHOULD JUST GO OFF AND TAKE A HOLIDAY BUT SHE WON’T CAUSE SHE CARES AT THE END OF THE DAY EVEN IF THEM ASSHOLES DON’T.

OK. I GUESS IM DONE. AKA IM ENDING IT HERE CAUSE I COULD RANT FOREVER.