What I know about the play could fit on the head of a pin, but from what I can recall, you managed to make some great points. And you verbalized quite well my issues with the way Xander saw and sometimes treated Buffy - as somehow his, who needs to be punished for making the 'wrong' choice of the vampire. He not only uses the group to punish Buffy in Revelations, he also stokes Faith's anger and sense of betrayal before aiming her at Angel, wanting a front row seat to the staking. Then in Dead Man's Party, after the shattering events of Becoming II send Buffy into a three month tailspin, he again leads the group in punishing Buffy for making the 'wrong' choice, for not being able to handle killing Angel.
He is Cassio, using others to right his sense of being wronged, and no one sees him as anything other than a good friend. Excellent comparison.
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Date: 2008-07-23 07:12 pm (UTC)What I know about the play could fit on the head of a pin, but from what I can recall, you managed to make some great points. And you verbalized quite well my issues with the way Xander saw and sometimes treated Buffy - as somehow his, who needs to be punished for making the 'wrong' choice of the vampire. He not only uses the group to punish Buffy in Revelations, he also stokes Faith's anger and sense of betrayal before aiming her at Angel, wanting a front row seat to the staking. Then in Dead Man's Party, after the shattering events of Becoming II send Buffy into a three month tailspin, he again leads the group in punishing Buffy for making the 'wrong' choice, for not being able to handle killing Angel.
He is Cassio, using others to right his sense of being wronged, and no one sees him as anything other than a good friend. Excellent comparison.