Must have been difficult to watch the show at times, if you disliked Xander that much?
See? I actually like the character. I only disliked him when people online were using the character to bash another character I happened to like. I tended to be somewhat reactionary. You hate on my character? Watch me hate on yours! (not exactly the most mature response in the world, but what the hey). For example? lunasea, Mal, and scroll ironically made me hate Angel. I mean really hate Angel. They almost destroyed the series Angel for me. If it weren't for Arethusa, Masq, D'H, and CJL...I might have stopped watching Angel. I had to stop reading their posts. Mal and Doc made me hate Xander. If it weren't CJL who told me to ignore Mal (who I thought was female for the longest time), that may clouded my posts. CJL loved Xander.
I've always found it ironic how a fan's love of a character can destroy another fan's love of that same character. This happened with Spike shippers too - a lot of Spike shippers made other fans hate the character in reaction to their posts.
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Date: 2012-01-28 03:40 pm (UTC)See? I actually like the character. I only disliked him when people online were using the character to bash another character I happened to like. I tended to be somewhat reactionary. You hate on my character? Watch me hate on yours! (not exactly the most mature response in the world, but what the hey). For example? lunasea, Mal, and scroll ironically made me hate Angel. I mean really hate Angel. They almost destroyed the series Angel for me. If it weren't for Arethusa, Masq, D'H, and CJL...I might have stopped watching Angel. I had to stop reading their posts. Mal and Doc made me hate Xander. If it weren't CJL who told me to ignore Mal (who I thought was female for the longest time), that may clouded my posts. CJL loved Xander.
I've always found it ironic how a fan's love of a character can destroy another fan's love of that same character. This happened with Spike shippers too - a lot of Spike shippers made other fans hate the character in reaction to their posts.