Anya & Xander Scene?

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In S5 there is a scene between Anya & Xander which is quite moving and loving between the two of them, but can I think of what episode it is, NO. Can any of you help me out?!?!
Thanks it would be even better if you could even post the whole conversation they have here! Thanks once again.
 
Can you tell us anything more about that conversation? Cuz I can think of two moments in particular right now, and I don't know which one you mean.
 
Maybe its from "Into The Woods". After talking to Buffy about Riley Xander goes back home and says to Anya something along the lines of "I do you know, love you." and then carries on.
 
I think it must be the one from Into The Woods, it sounds like what I am on about. Is Anya like in a nightie, ready for bed?!?!
 
I agree with Into the Woods is it this speech:

Xander: (to Anya) I've gotta say something, 'cause I don't think I've made it clear. I'm in love with you. Powerfully, painfully in love. The things you do, the way you think, the way you move... I get excited every time I'm about to see you. You make me feel like I've never felt before in my life. Like a man. I just thought you might wanna know.

Or it could be from the next episode Triangle when they are in bed together:

XANDER: You ever have that feeling where there's something you know you're supposed to do and you forgot what it was?

ANYA: Nope.

XANDER: I've been having that feeling, I just realized what it was. (looks at Anya) Like three weeks ago Riley asked me to borrow a crescent wrench. (shakes his head) I keep having this feeling like I'm supposed to give it to him.

ANYA: Well, that's not going to happen unless he comes back. You know, not to get the crescent wrench. Just to come back.

XANDER: I just mean, sometimes I sort of forget that he's gone. It's like, "where's Riley? Oh wait, the central republic of Where-in-the-hell."

ANYA: (softly) Xander?

ANYA: If you ever decide to go, I want a warning. You know, big flashing red lights, and-and-and one of those clocks that counts down like a bomb in a movie? And there's a whole bunch of, of colored wires, and I'm not sure which is the right one to cut, but I guess the green one, and then at the last second "No! The red one!" and then click, it stops with three-tenths of a second left, but then you don't leave. (pause) Like that, okay?

XANDER: Check. Big bomb clock. (She smiles) Come here.

ANYA: Maybe it's her.

XANDER: Huh?

ANYA: Well, maybe it won't happen to us because it's all about *her* messing things up. She couldn't make it work with Angel, and then she let Riley go away.

XANDER: Yeah, relationship debris is kind of piling up on the Buffy highway.

ANYA: Hmm. Humans make the same mistakes over and over. I saw it when I was a vengeance demon. Some guy dumps a girl, she calls me, I exact vengeance, blah blah blah, the next year, same girl, different guy. I mean, after you smite a few of 'em you start going "my goodness, young lady ... maybe you're doing something wrong here too."

XANDER: I don't think it's a pattern with her. No, it's just ... you know, now that it happened again ... man number two ... I wonder how she's dealing with it.

Hope this helps 😀
 
Thanks a billion, it was Into The Woods speech I wanted, thanks for posting the one from Traingle too because that was good too. Is there anything else to the speech of Into The Woods?!?!
 
Well here is the speech he gave to Buffy:

XANDER: Take this, for instance. You don't wanna deal, so you hide? It's not very slayer-like.

BUFFY: Just leave me alone, Xander. You have no idea what's going on.

XANDER: No? Good, so you and Riley *aren't* imploding? (Buffy turns to face him in surprise) It doesn't take a genius. What I can't figure out is how you never saw it coming.

BUFFY: What? Who told you?

XANDER: Nobody told me anything, Buffy. It was right in front of my Xander face. The guy would do anything for you.

BUFFY: The guy got himself bit by a vampire! (Xander is surprised) He lied to me. He ran around behind my back and almost got himself killed! And now he tells me that he's leaving with some covert military operation at midnight unless *I* convince him not to. Now tell me that you understand. Because I sure as hell don't.

XANDER: You gonna let him go?

BUFFY: (sighs) It's not my decision to make.

XANDER: Of course it is.

BUFFY: Well, it's not fair.

XANDER: Who cares if it's fair? In about twenty minutes, Riley's gonna disappear, maybe forever, unless you do something to stop him.

BUFFY: What am I supposed to do? Beg him to stay?

XANDER: (in disbelief) Why wouldn't you? To keep Riley here-

BUFFY: I don't even know who he is any more. I mean, I thought he was ... dependable.

XANDER: Dependable? What is he, State Farm?

BUFFY: You know what I mean.

XANDER: Yeah. I think you mean convenient. I think you took it for granted that he was gonna show up when you wanted him to, and take off when you didn't.

BUFFY: Look who's talking. Look who has Anya following him around like a lovesick puppy.

XANDER: Oh boy, is this *not* about me.

BUFFY: Is she more than a convenience? 'Cause that would kinda be a surprise.

XANDER: (angrily) If you don't wanna hear what I have to say, I'll shut up right now.

BUFFY: Good, 'cause I don't.

She starts to walk off. Xander intercepts her.

XANDER: I lied. See, what I think, you got burned with Angel, then Riley shows up.

BUFFY: I know the story, Xander.

XANDER: But you miss the point. You shut down, Buffy. And you've been treating Riley like the rebound guy. When he's the one that comes along once in a lifetime. (Buffy looks dismayed) He's never held back with you. He's risked everything. And you're about to let him fly because you don't like ultimatums?

Buffy's eyes begin to water as Xander's words finally get through.

XANDER: If he's not the guy, if what he needs from you just isn't there, (shakes head) let him go. Break his heart, and make it a clean break. But if you really think you can love this guy ... I'm talking scary, messy, no-emotions-barred need ... if you're ready for that ... then think about what you're about to lose.

Buffy looks up at him, then looks around anxiously. There are tears in her eyes.

BUFFY: Xander...

XANDER: Run.

Otherwise after his speech to Anya she goes up to him and kisses him, then it fades to Buffy sitting on the stairs in shock and alone.
 
This is one of Xander's shinning moments, when he leaves behind his role as comic relief and becomes a hero, not by doing anything superhuman or becoming evil and trying to destroy the world, but by being a man in love and being brave enough to say it. It almost completly overshadows the Bufy/Riley romance that is supposed to be the episode's centerpiece.
 
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This is where he becomes the Heart and The One Who Sees in IMO
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I agree that in a sense it was one of Xander's best moments, but I still think he should have kept his mouth shut and his nose in his own business for that one.
Buffy did not love Riley enough to spend the rest of her life with him. When a woman loves her man enough for that, she doesn't need her best friend to give her the dramatic speech to go after him. She did love him, but not as he deserved, not completely, not as she should have and *not* enough to commit for the rest of her life. So that means that in all aspects that matter, she didn't love him.
And it turned out great for both of them. He married a great girl, and she moved on to the next stage in her growth as a person.
 
Those episodes make me love xander so much more. He can be so sweet.
"Kill us both Spawk" Ok so I know that is a different episode, but so funny, I say that line atleast 2 times a week, I'm a dork I know!
 
phoenixrising said:
This is one of Xander's shinning moments, when he leaves behind his role as comic relief and becomes a hero, not by doing anything superhuman or becoming evil and trying to destroy the world, but by being a man in love and being brave enough to say it. It almost completly overshadows the Bufy/Riley romance that is supposed to be the episode's centerpiece.
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I agree. Xander really stepped in to his role as the person in the background that "sees" everything that's going on. He proved, with his speech to Buffy, that he's deeper and smarter than anyone gave him credit for. I think, up till that moment, he was kind of taken for granted. I felt a deepening of the friendship between Buffy and Xander after this.
 
Not only a deeping of the friendship, but a lot more respect was given as well. I've noticed that at this point, Xander is trusted with more jobs than he was typically up to that point, with the exception of heroics in the end of season four.
 
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