I don't see it as Xander having a chat with a buddy. If Angel had been around during the time when I can see Xander being in the mood to tell (which he wasn't) and if Xander had told, I think it would have been purely out of a desire for revenge against Spike, not because he wanted a heart-to-heart with Angel. Realistic or not, there are plenty of pop culture tropes about men ganging up to Avenge The Honor Of Their Wimmin, and I think it would fall into that area, if it had happened, which I don't think it did. Not that I think Buffy's honor needs avenging, and if it does, she can do it herself.
I think this is a totally different hypothetical situation from Spike and Angel discussing the AR - I agree that it's very unlikely that Spike would ever bring that up. (Though I would not have expected Spike to discuss his mother's death with anyone, either, and yet he blurted it out in public to Wesley.)
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Date: 2012-02-01 11:38 pm (UTC)I think this is a totally different hypothetical situation from Spike and Angel discussing the AR - I agree that it's very unlikely that Spike would ever bring that up. (Though I would not have expected Spike to discuss his mother's death with anyone, either, and yet he blurted it out in public to Wesley.)