the original plan for Xander to be killed and the First Evil to take his form
That would have been interesting. At least if I'd given a shit about the First Evil.
I don't think Xander was a badly written character, though. He seemed pretty flawed and realistic—not so much a role model but a template for self-insertion the way Willow was for women in the audience before she took a level in badass. And I liked having someone with zero powers to ground the show when everyone else had some sort of supernatural knowledge or ability.
I'm between Riley or Kennedy for worst characters on Buffy. Kennedy was more objectively a terrible and pointless character, but Riley annoyed me more on a personal level.
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Date: 2013-06-02 04:04 pm (UTC)That would have been interesting. At least if I'd given a shit about the First Evil.
I don't think Xander was a badly written character, though. He seemed pretty flawed and realistic—not so much a role model but a template for self-insertion the way Willow was for women in the audience before she took a level in badass. And I liked having someone with zero powers to ground the show when everyone else had some sort of supernatural knowledge or ability.
I'm between Riley or Kennedy for worst characters on Buffy. Kennedy was more objectively a terrible and pointless character, but Riley annoyed me more on a personal level.