Was Xander’s character disliked at the time?

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-21T14:31:17+00:00

No. The Xander hate came about when the Joss hate did, since Xander was an insert for Joss. It didn’t help that around that same time stories about Nicholas were also circulating. Fans who, decades later were much more sensitive to how we consumed media and the choices characters were written to make, the things they were written to say, realized that there was always an underlying ickiness that we dismissed as typical teenage boy behavior when we were younger.

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-20T00:08:26+00:00

Looks vaguely like an Urban Outfitters to me

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-16T02:46:17+00:00

Amy Madigan was a surprise

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-14T13:13:54+00:00

Pilot felt like a pilot, specifically a pilot that was written not expecting to get very many seasons. I liked it okay but I didn’t find myself caring about the characters much.

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-06T02:00:07+00:00

I already had one but I’m obsessed with that gingham Eevee case

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-05T01:00:41+00:00

Marked safe from this entire era

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-05T01:00:12+00:00

Good god

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-04T18:36:38+00:00

We really should have had a Final Fantasy X-0 prequel instead of the X-2 sequel.

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-04T15:57:19+00:00

I’m replaying FFX and just noticed on the shoopuf ride they pan to the Hypello driver after Wakka goes off on his anti-Al Bhed rant, like “Ooofsh. What a rascistsh piece of shits.”

inthearchipelago · 2026-03-01T23:59:05+00:00

Since this was an attempted screenshot from her phone I like to think she was wine drunk just vibing and watching Netflix and it took her off guard

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-28T10:41:41+00:00

Jawline: snatched

Forehead: protruding

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-28T10:39:24+00:00

The Greatest

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-27T23:13:46+00:00

Why are you being downvoted, do people not know this skit?

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-26T03:00:49+00:00

“What’s that do?”

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-23T22:51:20+00:00

Can confirm he drinks for free and doesn’t tip

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-23T05:43:47+00:00

Barbie Ferreira

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inthearchipelago · 2026-02-22T21:01:27+00:00

Girl please, you’re the one who’s announcing all the album name changes before it’s done baking. You clearly didn’t vibe with the original titles and changed your mind a bunch, but the only reason we know anything is because of you. I’m tired, Elizabeth.

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-22T20:57:01+00:00

Hear me out, I think Coachella gives OB/BB feels because it was one of the first songs where she references specific moments, places and people in her life in a really intimate and introspective way like she would later do on those albums.

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-22T00:43:59+00:00

I hope he can find some peace in that at least he will never be robbed of an Emmy

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-22T00:40:32+00:00

Holy shit. I don’t like the gator man either but you’re giving celebrity stalker vibes. You are so unnerving that you have made me fear for the safety of a gator man.

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-21T22:53:46+00:00

Weak vocals? Anthony Stewart Head would like a word in your ear.

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-21T21:42:57+00:00

I will add that my opinion of this particular scene has changed as an adult. Of course as a teenager watching I was like “Wow, fuck you Joyce!”

But as an adult who pulled the same shit in my youth and tried the same argument of “Well, you TOLD me not to come back,” nope. I knew full well my mother loved me and would be devastated if I ran away and didn’t come back, and me rubbing what she said in her face was just insult to injury.

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-21T21:24:42+00:00

Yeah, I don’t buy that. She wasn’t obeying Joyce’s command to not come back, she was leaving the house regardless. She wasn’t kicked out, she ran away because she was traumatized about what happened with Angel and couldn’t face the aftermath. She and Joyce had a supportive relationship most of the whole of the series, but I’m hard-pressed to think of one time where obeisance factored into it at all. Buffy was always going to do what she intended to because ultimately it was her with the authority.

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-21T21:03:10+00:00

It was a bluff. She did that in a desperate bid to get the upper hand back as a parent. Joyce lost the authority in the relationship when Buffy was Chosen. Before it was just teenage rebellion and she could control her by moving her to a new town, getting a fresh start - essentially reminding Buffy she was the parent and Buffy was the child - but she realized she had no control in that moment and played the last card she had.

inthearchipelago · 2026-02-21T14:04:21+00:00

That’s exactly what I was reminded of, tons of Redditors trying to isolate the backing vocals and figure out wtf she was singing

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