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What are you guys on about? Xander started helping Buffy because 'hot blonde with tits'. :p
 

Jeopardizer

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GiantMonkeyMan said:
What are you guys on about? Xander started helping Buffy because 'hot blonde with tits'. :p
Wich would have likely rapidly stoped if Jessa didn't go all vampity-vamp.
 

crazyfoxdemon

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Jeopardizer said:
GiantMonkeyMan said:
What are you guys on about? Xander started helping Buffy because 'hot blonde with tits'. :p
Wich would have likely rapidly stoped if Jessa didn't go all vampity-vamp.
Guys have done stupider and more important things while dazzled by breasts and the woman who wear them.
 

Jeopardizer

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crazyfoxdemon said:
Guys have done stupider and more important things while dazzled by breasts and the woman who wear them.
Wich is sadly true. But isn't Buffy supposedly lacking in that departement?
 

Prince Charon

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Jeopardizer said:
crazyfoxdemon said:
Guys have done stupider and more important things while dazzled by breasts and the woman who wear them.
Wich is sadly true. But isn't Buffy supposedly lacking in that departement?
Her legs are very nice, though, and she tended to go for shorts and short skirts in S1.
 
Prince Charon said:
Jeopardizer said:
crazyfoxdemon said:
Guys have done stupider and more important things while dazzled by breasts and the woman who wear them.
Wich is sadly true. But isn't Buffy supposedly lacking in that departement?
Her legs are very nice, though, and she tended to go for shorts and short skirts in S1.
which I think we all here won't ever be complaining about but still -back to Xander- Do remember this is the same guy who threatened BUFFY'S life if anything happened to Willow because of her.

And his original stumbling INTO said encounters with the demonic-kind are apart of his "oh look boobies!" fault; still though, you honestly think he would have stuck getting himself into those sorts of messes on purpose if his best friend hadn't died by his own hand or if his other best friend didn't seem to hero worship Buffy?

Lets get real, Xander is like Greed from fullmetal alchemist in a way. He wants what he wants, but what he considers HIS he'll fight tooth, nail, and 2x4 to keep. Really his character was (slowly) progressing I think into one of the most <a href='http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassNormal' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Badass Normals</a> around.

*sigh* if only Joss Whedon had stuck with it or at least outlined something for Xander I might have got my wish. Honestly I can see it now, Xander developing into a Cpt. Reynolds 2.0 would have been BAD ASS.

Actually that's not a bad idea to model him after for a story idea... but how to get him their without actually fighting in a out-and-out war? More importantly, how to do it without using Halloween?
 
war, war and more war? or ignoring the not-character developement done to him beyond the fight with the Mayor, post-S7 as various fics are doing, time/dimension-travel and finally (i believe) future flashbacking.
 

Jeopardizer

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The Eromancer said:
Actually that's not a bad idea to model him after for a story idea... but how to get him their without actually fighting in a out-and-out war?? More importantly, how to do it without using Halloween?
Well without using the crutch of halloween, it's a little harder!
(Even if you could go with the original Soldier: he uses these memory to become more badass and even if the memory themselves fade he could keep some skills by the simple virtue of using/training them.)

Hyena incident? Even after the exorcism, he keeps getting some urges and yadda yadda.

In a world of super-powered beings, only the Batman can stand a chance? (Hyper-prepared Xander)

Or you can base him on What's-his-name Death from Anita Blake (basically, the scariest motherfucker around isn't one of the supernatural being or the girl for whom the universe bend but a simple human, because of that very reason). He goes against the night, and because of guts and shrewdness he comes out on top. (See the fic <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6942921/1/He_Who_Fights_Monsters' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>He who fights monsters</a>, where the normal guy in a setting of monsters becomes a crazy psychopath to survive)

Make him gay? (I'm not really on the bandwagon for that, but it worked for Willow :D)

Or for the superpower way (even if it would defeat the purpose of Xander): A random-vamp dry him during Halloween, the soul of Xander goes AWOL with the soldier persona and the demon his kicked at the end of the spell. results? Vamp-Xander, with no soul but his personnality intact. (Don't know if it's possible or what it would entail, but whatever).

Finally you could make him the artificer: He has no superpower but can and know how to use magical weapons and shit to maximum effect.
 

yorath

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squeeing fangrrlz of course. the justification is some of the interaction with spike when xan was forced to house him in s4 as well as the fact xan's a comfortor and protector as opposed to the typical gung-ho protagonist.
 
To be fair there were some awkward moments between Spike and Xander that were purposefully played that way for laughs. I'm not going to begrudge some people for finding it 'cute' or whatever. Fanfiction is just wishfulfillment after all.

I prefer my Xander to be that awkward nerdy human guy who can throw a decent punch but really just flukes his way through danger. It's hard to write it that way and there are only a few that I would say truly capture that. I always kind of cringe when I read a particularly serious Xander because even in his most serious moment (when he confronts Willow to stop the end of the world) he still harkens back to his childhood days. Still, some good stories with OOC!Xander... :huh.:
 
Does anybody know any Xander/harem or Xander/Buffy/Faith fanfics I haven't found too many of either.
 
<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-16860/MMcGregor+I+Am+What+I+Am.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>the most functional trio i'm aware with that pairing</a>
 
shioran toushin said:
<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-16860/MMcGregor+I+Am+What+I+Am.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>the most functional trio i'm aware with that pairing</a>
correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the same fic where its pointed out early on that Xander cheated on Faith with Buffy in his original timeline?
 

crazyfoxdemon

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The Eromancer said:
shioran toushin said:
<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-16860/MMcGregor+I+Am+What+I+Am.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>the most functional trio i'm aware with that pairing</a>
correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the same fic where its pointed out early on that Xander cheated on Faith with Buffy in his original timeline?
I thought Faith was dead before Buffy came into the picture?
 

MTing

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Any Good Buffy Crossovers? I don't care who the main is.
 

datenchi

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MTing said:
Any Good Buffy Crossovers? I don't care who the main is.
<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Michaelsuave+Spark+of+Genius.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Micha...k+of+Genius.htm</a>
 

The Eromancer

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datenchi said:
MTing said:
Any Good Buffy Crossovers? I don't care who the main is.
<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Michaelsuave+Spark+of+Genius.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Micha...k+of+Genius.htm</a>
this is more along the lines of "you mileage may vary"
 

Lost Star

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<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-18314/CousinMary+Gotham+Slayer.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-18314/Cousi...tham+Slayer.htm</a>

Batman/buffy crossover. Pretty good IMO
 
For some reason the Buffy fandom is inundated with Stargate crossovers even though Stargate is a show pretty much primarily about disproving religions through scientific and military deduction. I blame Tassos and <a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-3138/Tassos+Bridges.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Bridges</a> for being so good.

My favourite crossover is dogbertcarrol's <a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-16127/dogbertcarroll+Lacking+an+Anchor.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Lacking an Anchor</a> which is a fic crossing over with DC comics (though the most recent chapters have been a bit weird, the initial ones are always worth coming back to in my opinion).
 

Seed00

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Dogbert completed at least one of his fics. Let's hope dodogma can light a fire under his butt and get him back to Lacking and Anchor.
 

Prince Charon

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The Eromancer said:
datenchi said:
MTing said:
Any Good Buffy Crossovers? I don't care who the main is.
<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Michaelsuave+Spark+of+Genius.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Micha...k+of+Genius.htm</a>
this is more along the lines of "you mileage may vary"
Yes. Starts out good, then Xander ends up banished from his home universe, apparently never to return. I stopped reading after that.
 

crazyfoxdemon

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Prince Charon said:
The Eromancer said:
datenchi said:
MTing said:
Any Good Buffy Crossovers? I don't care who the main is.
<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Michaelsuave+Spark+of+Genius.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Micha...k+of+Genius.htm</a>
this is more along the lines of "you mileage may vary"
Yes. Starts out good, then Xander ends up banished from his home universe, apparently never to return. I stopped reading after that.
Why must every other Buffy fic be a crossover?
 
crazyfoxdemon said:
Prince Charon said:
The Eromancer said:
datenchi said:
MTing said:
Any Good Buffy Crossovers? I don't care who the main is.
<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Michaelsuave+Spark+of+Genius.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Micha...k+of+Genius.htm</a>
this is more along the lines of "you mileage may vary"
Yes. Starts out good, then Xander ends up banished from his home universe, apparently never to return. I stopped reading after that.
Why must every other Buffy fic be a crossover?
It's because one of the most popular Buffy fanfic sites, twisting the hellmouth, has a rule where you must post a certain amount of crossover fics before you're allowed to post a pure Buffy fic. Which sucks ass.
 

crazyfoxdemon

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GiantMonkeyMan said:
crazyfoxdemon said:
Prince Charon said:
The Eromancer said:
datenchi said:
MTing said:
Any Good Buffy Crossovers? I don't care who the main is.
<a href='http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Michaelsuave+Spark+of+Genius.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-24364/Micha...k+of+Genius.htm</a>
this is more along the lines of "you mileage may vary"
Yes. Starts out good, then Xander ends up banished from his home universe, apparently never to return. I stopped reading after that.
Why must every other Buffy fic be a crossover?
It's because one of the most popular Buffy fanfic sites, twisting the hellmouth, has a rule where you must post a certain amount of crossover fics before you're allowed to post a pure Buffy fic. Which sucks ass.
Wait... Seriously?
 
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