posted 10-11-2000 04:59 PM            

Nick “Xantastic”?

Do you know what a *bap* is yet?

posted 10-11-2000 05:06 PM            

Nick Fantastic job!!! And, Kelly, too!!!

Monique This site is terrific!! You're doing a marvelous job!!!

posted 10-11-2000 05:08 PM         

Thanks for stopping by. Good luck with the rest of the season! And thanks a whole heckuva lot for getting the Snoopy Dance song stuck in my head All. Day. Long. My coworker (also a fan) and I were humming it in the hall on the way to lunch.

posted 10-11-2000 05:19 PM            

Monique, I registered! This is an accomplishment for me, since I'm, you know, a slacker And I like how this board scrolls from top to bottom. i think it's easier to read when it's like this - harder when reloading, but simpler to begin with. But maybe that's just me. Anyway...

Oh, my goodness. Was there anything I didn't like about last night's ep? Nope. Double Xander, twinnish(?) goodness the first time I saw Kelly was on a Saturday morning show, and I was facing away from the screen, and heard Xander's voice. Vaguely trippy. Must be really interesting to grow up with a twin. But I digress, interesting plot lines, funny remarks, and the SNOOPY DANCE!! There is no bad there.

I did spend some moments trying to tell who was who (it was Kelly on the left, right? ), but for the most part, I was just fascinated watching these two sides of Xander interact. I agree with the person who said that the Scoobies should've known something was up when Xander showed up in khakis. To the construction site, too. I thought it would've been cool if Kelly had played Xander in that last scene when Xander was back to his whole self...unless he did do that. In which case though I highly doubt it I'd have to say "good idea me!"

I really hope that this glimpse into suave, cool, romantic, has-his-own-apartment Xander is really the start of him being shown becoming a grownup. I've so missed the Xander-centric eps in the past season, and this was an extremely welcome change. I loved how suave Xander was soo good with the gun, showing the remnants of military take-charge guy as one of his best attributes. And Polgara, Is it possible that Pack Xander had qualities about him that non-Pack Xander didn't? It seems kind of a bit frightening if that was true, but it's interesting to think about.

I do love the Xander/Buffy friendship, and I agree that he is always doing something to save her in one way or another. I can see how it wouldn't look it from Xander's point of view, but he was the one who took her from scared freshie to Slayer with her own dorm room in The Freshman. Neither Giles nor Willow accomplished that. In a way, it's almost like Xander's in Buffy's life partly to remind her what she's fighing for, and partly to help her fight. I suppose that's true of all the Scoobies, but it seemed particularly evident with Xander tonight. And that ended up being on the rambly side. Hmm.

All in all, fantastic, wonderful, spectacular, a work of art. Bravo!!!! to Nick and Kelly!

posted 10-11-2000 05:24 PM            

Hi Nick!!!! Again, congratulations to you and Kelly on a fantastic ep!!!

posted 10-11-2000 05:29 PM            

Me? Moi? Okay, no more *bap*ping Nick, but if, and only if, you get these morons off my phone.

Please?

Polgara No, I don’t think he’s worked his way up to *snerk* yet. *bap*

posted 10-11-2000 05:31 PM            

I'm in England though, so I have to wait till next year to see this highly talked about episode!! D'ya feel sorry for me?? Sob - I can't wait!!

Good luck with the rest of the season - hope you are enjoying yourself!!

posted 10-11-2000 05:48 PM            

I have to say that I thought it was Nick doing most of the scenes, only when both were on screen could you really tell them apart. And after hearing both Nick and Kelly on KROQ, I could definately tell the differences in their voices.

The Replacements is one of my all time favorite episodes. The SNOOPY DANCE is now an instance classic for me.

This only strengthens my resolve for MORE Xander on Buffy this season.

posted 10-11-2000 06:08 PM            

Great show and I too LOVED the Scobby Dance! But my TV went out in the best part where Xander and Xander come face to face in the appartment, at least it wasn't out long and I saw the rest.

So what does Xander think about Riley's comment at the end?

posted 10-11-2000 06:32 PM            

Polgara, Lady of Buffdom well, that raises an interesting point. Xander's been evil before. Was Pack Xander really just another part of Xander as a whole?

If you've seen "The Mask" you know that magical object just makes your innermost and often hidden nature out (if you're a love god, it makes you that. If you're uberevil...well you get the gist). Put the spirit of a hyena into a person, and you do get just a human-shaped hyena, or does the person just get the attributes of a hyena added to their personality?

Who's to say that Pack Xander (evil but also cooler and quieter than regular Xander) wasn't simply one part of the regular Xander? Xander remembered everything he'd done when the spell was broken. He wasn't possessed, those were his actions. How do we know it wasn't just bringing out a part of him (I recall the huge debate about why Xander became the leader of the Pack in taht episode and what that meant for his character)

Also in "The Wish" EvilXander was evil and dangerous and making with the whole leather thing, but he also said, "Slap my hand, good soul man" which was totally the regular Xander. If EvilWillow and regular Willow shared a lot of attributes, so would EvilXander and regular Xander.

Which means Pack Xander, and EvilXander, and SuaveXander, and MeekXander ALL are part of the character. Which means the danger, the badness, the power and the menace of the first two/three are all inside him. Waiting to be unleashed.

Before anyone else says it, I'll tell myself, "You have too many thoughts." it's the cold medicine, really

Leather Jacket *BAP* It's Brendon. B-R-E-N-D-O-N. Brendon. Sheesh! And you've been watching the show longer than I have!

Monique aw, give Marc Blucas a break. After that speech, it's so obvious that Riley's going to die and soon. Xander we know will still be with us for the rest of the season (and hopefully being given more to DO than he has been). Riley, on the other hand, is "doomed as doomed can be." And really what made that moment was the look on Nick's face in that last shot. The sudden realization of the truth. All along he'd been envying Riley, and now he knows, he should be pitying him.

posted 10-11-2000 09:24 PM            

TaraR : They say you always remember your first.

Trickster : Clearly, now Xander is hoping that Buffy will leave Riley and that that will draw Angel back to Sunnydale because it's been so hard on Xander being without his one TRUE love for over a year now.

posted 10-11-2000 10:13 PM            

Oh goody I'm not the only one here who likes A/X.

Although just for good measure I kinda like the idea of A/X/B, I mean come on the three of them are my favorite Buffy characters so naturally I'd love them together. Of course I like many other couplings as well, that would just be my favorite.

posted 10-11-2000 10:21 PM         

Fantastic episode - thank-you to both Nick and Kelly, and to the creators of this site. I've been a HUGE BTVS fan since day one, but have only recently gotten online. Seeing a post from Nick, who has always been my favorite character on the show, warmed my heart. It makes me feel as though he just might read what I'm writting now, and I finally have a chance to thank him. So:

NICHOLAS: Thank you for your great and dedicated work on this show over the years. You and all of the superbly talented people who work on BTVS have made me laugh and cry, feel dread and hope and joy. The great thing is that watching you makes me feel these things not only about what's going on in the show. It helps me to feel them in my own life too, in a world where its not always so easy to stop and experience your emotions. I think that cathartic aspect is a big key to the success of the show. Thanks again, and know what you do is appreciated.

posted 10-11-2000 10:33 PM            

Mesuvius: Aww...my twinlet's got the sniffles, too? It must be in the cyber-related blood I, unfortunately, was getting out of a cold, just when I got my current one As for my Buffy/Xander-craziness...it was not a bone...it was a sign!

Monique: Glad to see that everything's rockin! Awesome job on the site, but what else can I expect from you?

-Charity aka Taygeta