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Date Posted: 23:01:53 08/05/02 Mon
Author: UHC
Subject: Time for BX to return
In reply to: Wolfy 's message, "Xander and Buffy Ships Analyzed" on 10:08:57 08/05/02 Mon

Well I've ranted one way on this and I've ranted the other way. BX deserves its day in the sun. I would love nothing better than to have the show finish with BX being the spotlight relationship. And honestly I could really see this as happening. Nick Brendon was hired as the male lead in the show. Maybe there was a method to the madness.

I've got theories from here to Zanzibar on why they might go bx and differnt kinds of foreshadowing or whatever.

Will it happen? I agree with some of the sources I've heard. Its 50 50. They can go either way. But for me they have to do one thing to retain me as a veiwer and its not to put B with X. I want it really bad. But they need to simply not ignore Xander as a character this season and to not turn him into the most hated character on the show. Personally I think the rapist stalker should take that role but the world is fucked up like that.

Sorry need to stop myself or I'll go Spike hata rant on you.

BX to me, means Xander in a good storyline role. Not pushed to the side with just whatever they can think of. It allows him to be interesting cause it means they actually do something with him. If I see another episode next season like they did in Gone and Smashed where the only thing Xander does is call in some info to Buffy. Well then I'm pretty much gone. There is a lot of potention for powerful storylines that dont involve turning the heroine into an evil sex whore who can't stand her friends and they don't dragging her through the dumps of dispair. They can do drama without it being always depressing. Drama dne sad.


ok ranted enough.

BX 4 Ever

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[> [> Church, you can Spike rant .................... -- Phae, 07:35:09 08/06/02 Tue [1]

.......it's not my thread .... ;-.) And I KNOW Wolfy wouldn't mind!

I agree with you ... not the wanting to see B/X part .....the Xander storyline part. They sorely overlooked a key character this past season for whatever reason (Joss wanted it that way, Marti wanted it that way, writers ran out of normal storylines, NB needed some time away from the set, whatever). We may never know the real reason. The three key characters (Willow, Xander and Buffy) should be in every ep in some fashion. The story should involve one of them in every scene. I think in the past, they were doing this. In Angel, or Friends, or any other TV show where there are more than one main character, each character has screen time. Granted, sometimes the show will focus on one or two of them each week, but it then rotates to the others the next week. S6 really did not do this. The show really struggled to give the audience an equitable view of all their lives.

S6 focused on Willow (addiction storyline, coming into her own with the magic, and her relationship with Tara, then her breakup and her recovery from the addiction ... oh, and her friendship with Amy, relationship with Dawn, and showed some friendship moments with Buffy); Buffy (well, of course, the show is about Buffy); Spike (a very important character in my mind, but hasn't been there since the beginning was a central character in most every ep since OMWF - relationship with Buffy, personal struggles with his demons). S6 had a smattering of Giles, Dawn (but enough whining already!). The rest of it was leftovers for Xander (relationship with Anya, some interaction with Willow/Buffy/Dawn/Spike). It was pretty apparent that the focus was not on the third key player.

What would I like to see in S8 .... more balance, and some answers to questions. I'd like to see a decision made about the Spike character (is he bad, is he good - and STICK with it!!!). I'd like to see Dawn (and Xander) whine less, become stronger, more confident. I'd like to see Buffy smile, bitch less, appreciate her friends more, tell people what she means and thinks and not keep it all inside. I'd like to see a lot more of Giles. He brought some balance to the show, he was like the center of a wheel, all spokes led to him (ok, now THAT was lame! hahaha). I'd like to see less focus on the relationships, more on the story and the action. There! That's my wish list.


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