there did also seem to be the assumption that because Xander was set up as the good guy then that was enough to excuse anything shady he did.
Yeah, I think that could be it or it's possible the writers just didn't see it as a problem. When you take into account that we were supposed to agree/side with Riley? It's one of those things where something is clear to those who see the problem and we're assuming the writers had some subversive point to doing it when in actuality they're just portraying what they think is the way things should be.
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Date: 2013-06-22 03:36 pm (UTC)there did also seem to be the assumption that because Xander was set up as the good guy then that was enough to excuse anything shady he did.
Yeah, I think that could be it or it's possible the writers just didn't see it as a problem. When you take into account that we were supposed to agree/side with Riley? It's one of those things where something is clear to those who see the problem and we're assuming the writers had some subversive point to doing it when in actuality they're just portraying what they think is the way things should be.