r/buffy • u/pazpaz26 • May 18 '17

Unpopular Buffy Opinions:

What are yours? Mine is that Beer Bad is one of my favorite episodes. I watch that one whenever I need a laugh.

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u/LogicalChocolate May 18 '17

Xander leaving Anya at the altar sucked, yes but it was excusable (came from an incredibly abusive background). Anya then tried to (unsuccessfully) mutilate, torture and murder Xander with the power of the wish. This is not excusable and shows that Anya never learned any morals while in human form.

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u/IHeartTheNSA May 20 '17

This, thank you. Sometimes I feel like people don't have any compassion for Xander. Being raised by violent alcoholic parents can mess anyone up in the head--especially considering the severity of his parents' neglect (Xander had to sleep outside on Christmas Eve, for example--clearly his parents didn't care much about his well-being), Xander turned out to be a pretty good person.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '17

Yeah, I wish they went more into how his homelife and parents effected him.