You're correct; I could have gone through every season step by step, and didn't. Perhaps I'm shortsighted, but I don't really view Xander as a character who changes very much, so I chose to narrow my focus.
And no, I don't believe that Angel was going to make it out of season two alive. I don't even believe that, had Buffy known about what Willow was doing, things in "Becoming II" would have ended differently. What I do believe is that it was wrong of Xander to not trust his friend with the complete truth, to not believe that she deserved to know everything that was going on.
Additionally, if my essay led you to the conclusion that I thought Xander deserved to be "cast out and killed," I apologize, as this was not my intent. But, as as I was discussing with a_white_rain, when characters do bad things in the Buffyverse, they are punished. Buffy indulges in forbidden love; Buffy gets that lover taken away. Angel tries to bring about hell on earth; Angel goes to hell himself. Faith kills somebody; Faith falls into a coma, and then goes to prison. Et cetera. The fact that Xander is never punished for lying to Buffy in "Becoming II" leads me to the conclusion that his lie is not considered (by Joss & Co) as a bad thing, which worries me given the sexual politics of the Buffy-Xander relationship.
But perhaps I've had too much college. In any event, thank you for reading, and I appreciate you taking the time to leave me with your opinions.
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Date: 2008-07-23 08:21 pm (UTC)You're correct; I could have gone through every season step by step, and didn't. Perhaps I'm shortsighted, but I don't really view Xander as a character who changes very much, so I chose to narrow my focus.
And no, I don't believe that Angel was going to make it out of season two alive. I don't even believe that, had Buffy known about what Willow was doing, things in "Becoming II" would have ended differently. What I do believe is that it was wrong of Xander to not trust his friend with the complete truth, to not believe that she deserved to know everything that was going on.
Additionally, if my essay led you to the conclusion that I thought Xander deserved to be "cast out and killed," I apologize, as this was not my intent. But, as as I was discussing with
But perhaps I've had too much college. In any event, thank you for reading, and I appreciate you taking the time to leave me with your opinions.