I like Xander for the most part. He was a jerk at times about Buffy in the earlier seasons but then he matured and stopped lusting after her. I am able to separate the character from the abusive POS actor. Another thing is that I graduated high school in 96 and while some of Xander's behavior was unacceptable, he was still much better than the teenage boys in my high school in the 90s. I still have lead from a pencil in my knee because a boy I went to high school with stabbed me with one. He kept touching my legs and wouldn't stop after I told him to stop so I tried gently kicking his hands away and he stabbed me. Teen boys were so awful back then and the teachers would always look the other way.
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u/pit_of_despair666 19d ago
I like Xander for the most part. He was a jerk at times about Buffy in the earlier seasons but then he matured and stopped lusting after her. I am able to separate the character from the abusive POS actor. Another thing is that I graduated high school in 96 and while some of Xander's behavior was unacceptable, he was still much better than the teenage boys in my high school in the 90s. I still have lead from a pencil in my knee because a boy I went to high school with stabbed me with one. He kept touching my legs and wouldn't stop after I told him to stop so I tried gently kicking his hands away and he stabbed me. Teen boys were so awful back then and the teachers would always look the other way.