Every season step by step? I don't think so. I find your claims that Xander has lied to and manipulated his friends in every season a (to use a quote from the show) "radical interpretation of the text." One so radical I find it ridiculous and insupportable. Especially since you fail to articulate what evil and nefarious end he's striving for achieves with his "manipulations" that would make him the greatest Machievellian character since Dr. Doom; unless you just object to him still being friends with Buffy, Willow, and Co.?
It's possible to criticize Xander for something you dislike, or even to just dislike Xander, without demonizing him, reducing him only to the sum total of those things you dislike, or refusing to give him any credit for positive character traits or motivations. I've seen it done. Unfortunatelty, this pretty much fails at that.
As for the amount of college you had or haven't had, I find that irrelevent to the discussion.
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Date: 2008-07-24 12:54 am (UTC)It's possible to criticize Xander for something you dislike, or even to just dislike Xander, without demonizing him, reducing him only to the sum total of those things you dislike, or refusing to give him any credit for positive character traits or motivations. I've seen it done. Unfortunatelty, this pretty much fails at that.
As for the amount of college you had or haven't had, I find that irrelevent to the discussion.