Buffy and Xander: Married Couple?

[funkyguitarbabe]

I can see the married thing in part in Season 7 - but then again, Xander playing the husband role should [although not always in practice] mean that he is willing to defend her no matter what, the way Spike did in Empty Places. But then again, maybe he was in the right for calling her out; it is, I think, quite a complex relationship by this stage, but the old married couple thing is definitely there.

 

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

I would also like to make the point that (forgive me if this has already been mentioned) that Xander is not the only person Buff trusts with her sister; there's also Spike.

 

[Mommatis]

I'm sure there are little moments here and there, but the most obvious one must be that Buffy doesn't trust anyone with Dawn but Xander. She trusted no one to go away with Dawn but Xander, if they all died, she preferred that Xander would raise Dawn alone and no one else. In Chosen, she paired Dawn with Xander, knowing that Wood and Giles are much better fighters, but she still trusted no one with her but Xander.

The thing about that is Buffy couldn't break up her fighters. She was fighting for the world not just her little sis so if they failed it really didn't matter who Dawn was with cause everyone was going to hell. So it would be natural to group her lessfighty people together.

(Tis runs from the flying tomatoes):whistle:

 

[sosa lola]

Xander playing the husband role should [although not always in practice] mean that he is willing to defend her no matter what, the way Spike did in Empty Places.

Xander just had a serious enjury and suddenly Buffy wants to repeat the exact same plan, not to mention Giles saying to everybody in the room that Buffy didn't trust them. I'll cut him some slack, the impostant this is that he stuck by her side in the very end.

I would also like to make the point that (forgive me if this has already been mentioned) that Xander is not the only person Buff trusts with her sister; there's also Spike.

Yeah, Buffy also trusts Spike with her life. But she wants him all for her, Xander, on the other hand, is stuck with the parental role for Dawn. :lol:

The thing about that is Buffy couldn't break up her fighters. She was fighting for the world not just her little sis so if they failed it really didn't matter who Dawn was with cause everyone was going to hell. So it would be natural to group her lessfighty people together.

I'm not talking about the A fighters that went down with her.

Buffy could have left Dawn with Willow, where she'll be with a powerful witch that can protect her better than Xander would. Or pair her with Giles or Wood, who are better fighters.

In the end, she chose Xander. 'Cause she trusts him the most out of all of those.

 

[SpuffyFan4Life]

I'm sorry but I'd see that as more of a reason to hope for Buffy/Xander than Buffy/Spike. Faith was right in 'Touched' when she called Spike whipped, "I think it's cute, how she's got you whipped." He wasn't there in 'Empty Places' and barged into that house automatically defending Buffy without viewing the situation objectively. He did whatever Buffy wanted him, agreed with her no matter what. It was silly. I always respected how Xander wasn't afraid to stand up to Buffy when he thought she was out of line.

What Buffy asked of Xander was pretty unreasonable. She wanted to go back into the vineyard just like last time with no evidence just a "hunch." Why would any of them want to risk their lives again on a hunch? Buffy did exactly the same thing in 'Dirty Girls' when she her "I'm going in anyway" attitude with no evidence Caleb was in fact keeping anything of hers. She didn't learn her lesson from last time and everything was entitled to want more than just an idea as a reason to go back into that place.

Xander may have not defended her in "˜Empty Places' but he's the guy *Buffy* credits as being "the reason she made it this far" and says she trusts him with her life. He's been by her side for seven years, Spike defending her in "˜Touched' doesn't suddenly override that.

I'm not trying to take credit from Spike for what he did in 'Touched' he gave her strength *that night* but Xander's given her that the entire series and Buffy says this in 'End of Days.' If we were going to base on who's more right for her based on that, Xander would win hands down over any other romantic interest Buffy has had.

I actually had a little fight with a friend of mine about Spike being whipped. I don't deny that he was, but at the same time I think they were kind of assholes. Buffy was irrational, but not entirely wrong.

Spike was the same way. He didn't take the time to know the facts but everything he said was true. Even if Buffy was entirely wrong, after everything she's done for them, they just kick her out? Uncool man, lol. Plus, she's out there on her own? At that point it's probably good that Spike was whippped, he helped a lot, she says so. She apoints him for the reason she got the scythe. Also even if that weren't the case, someone should be there with her so she's not alone.

That being said, Buffy and Xander do have some married couple vibes, but not necessarily in a romantic way. I wouldn't be upset if they got together now, but I don't think it was anything like that in season 7. I think he was one of her best friends and they took care of each other (I say one of because I disagree that Buffy didn't feel close with Willow or even Giles anymore. She and Giles fight but it's kind of like father-daughter in that way and they do work it out as non-verbally as she and Xander do).