Which is, perhaps, the point. It was never addressed, so it's possible that Joss & Co didn't feel it needed addressing, that they condoned it. People who do bad things on Buffy get punished. Buffy indulges in forbidden love; Buffy loses her lover. Angel kills people; Angel is sent to hell. Faith kills people; Faith loses a year of her life to a coma, and then another few to prison. Wesley steals Angel's child; Wesley has his throat cut, and is abandoned by his friends. Gunn does something he knows is wrong to keep his mind implant; Gunn loses his friend, and is sent to a hell dimension. If you live in Buffyland, and you do something bad, you can expect to be punished. But Xander is never punished for his deception, which suggests that it is not considered a bad thing.
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Date: 2008-07-23 06:27 pm (UTC)we never got any more development.
Which is, perhaps, the point. It was never addressed, so it's possible that Joss & Co didn't feel it needed addressing, that they condoned it. People who do bad things on Buffy get punished. Buffy indulges in forbidden love; Buffy loses her lover. Angel kills people; Angel is sent to hell. Faith kills people; Faith loses a year of her life to a coma, and then another few to prison. Wesley steals Angel's child; Wesley has his throat cut, and is abandoned by his friends. Gunn does something he knows is wrong to keep his mind implant; Gunn loses his friend, and is sent to a hell dimension. If you live in Buffyland, and you do something bad, you can expect to be punished. But Xander is never punished for his deception, which suggests that it is not considered a bad thing.