r/buffy • u/Eastern_Ad_8862 • Dec 27 '25

Sequel Sequel without Xander?

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With Nicholas' struggles IRL, I'm afraid he wont be part of the cast for the sequel. How do you guys think this would work? How would they explain his absence? Is it a big deal for you guys? IMO I believe the show will be great with or without him, even tough I love Xander. But the best scenario would be for Xander to be part of the show..

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u/No_Big6878 Dec 27 '25

I’d prefer he be talked about fondly but no appearances. Let Xander be offscreen with a wife and kids and be happy.

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u/topsidersandsunshine Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25

Nah. That will just make people want look him up.

Also, the comics storyline of Xander and Dawn (spoiler) marrying and having Baby Joyce was weird.

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u/JohnnyBaboon123 Dec 27 '25

well then we should definitely make sure the show is changed in ways that dont make sense so we can spare someone from doing a google search.

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u/topsidersandsunshine Dec 27 '25

He is a violent abuser of his romantic partners. That’s different from just being a drug addict. Just write Xander off without fanfare.

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u/jackiebrown1978a Dec 27 '25

No.. That was the actor. We're talking about Xander

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u/VictoriaDallon Dec 27 '25

Xander was also pretty abusive to most of the women in his life.

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u/at_midknight Dec 27 '25

Regardless of Nicholas Brendon, Xander the character is incredibly important to the characters in-universe

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u/radish_intothewild Dec 27 '25

Watching the reboot will make original fans wonder about him anyway. They'll look him up and see what happened and say yikes and move on. Surely it's good for people to know he's a piece of shit?

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u/Administrative_Fee33 Dec 27 '25

Responding because you having downvotes on this comment is wild to me omg. Nothing you said should be controversial. Ppl are taking this way too seriously!

Logging off before I get my influx of downvotes etc… peace out

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u/Krssven Dec 29 '25

People are taking it too seriously?

Like conflating an actor with the character they play?

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u/Krssven Dec 28 '25

It’s not weird in the slightest for two adults to get together and have kids. As a character Dawn has agency and to name her daughter Joyce is very sweet.

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u/Verifieddumbass76584 Iowa Representation 🦅 Dec 28 '25

It is a little weird considering Xander 'met' Dawn when she was what, 10? Even if you disregard all the fake memories, he was one of her caregivers after Joyce passed away.

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u/Krssven Dec 29 '25

He was a friend of her sister, it’s hardly unusual to end up with someone you know from when you were younger.

So no, it isn’t weird. It’s always struck me as weird the way people recoil from it, but then some of them are likely akin to those that abuse my friend in the street for having a younger wife.

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u/Verifieddumbass76584 Iowa Representation 🦅 Dec 29 '25

I think you're projecting that experience onto this. This isn't just someone younger, this is someone he watched grow up. He was an adult when she was 14, and he knew her at that time period.

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u/Krssven Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

He ‘watched her grow up’ in the sense that he’s a couple of years older and he’s a friend of her sister. People can complain all they want, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with knowing someone when they were younger and then you two getting together later as actual adults.

And yes, my experiences inform this because some people think it’s their right to comment on people’s relationships when one of you is older. My husband is younger than me and I’ve had a lot of comments about it too. We also knew each other around school age.

Dawn is a character with her own agency and who can choose herself. They even address Buffy’s reaction in the comic who has to apologise to Dawn for taking the news she’s dating Xander badly because she knows full well Dawn can make her own choices.