A small random observation.

[elisi]

Just watched the very end of 'Potential' (Xander's speech to Dawn) and noticed something that never really registered before:

XANDER: "Seven years, Dawn. Working with the slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful. A witch. A demon. Hell, I could fit Oz in my shaving kit, but come a full moon, he had a wolfy mojo not to be messed with. Powerful. All of them. And I'm the guy who fixes the windows."

Did Xander just include Spike on a list of his friends? I can't think who else would fit the 'demon' description. It just made me happy! :)

ETA: Well since everyone seems to have answered the same way, I'm just going to answer everyone at the same time (I know, lazy!).

The reason I thought about Spike was that Xander used the words 'demon' and 'powerful'. Anya was a demon of course, but in the time she knew Xander she was only Anyanka for a short while (post-Hells Bells - Selfless) and when she was human, she never had any powers (except a great knowledge of demons). It just struck me as odd that he'd describe her as someone 'getting more and more powerful'.

And I wish there had been more Xander/Spike bonding in s7 as well. I liked when they worked together in 'Him' although the funniest scene by far was Buffy with the bazooka! :)

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[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

I, too, have to come down on the side of him meaning Anya. However, just as with Buffy in S7, Xander did seem to have reevaluated Spike. The way he gave that encouraging/sympathetic pat on the shoulder in LMPTM, varying looks he gave to Spike where you could see Xander evaluating what and who he now saw. He noted lack of snarkage at certain moments (such as First Date, he did not say a word about Buffy going to check on Spike while he, Xander, was the one stabbed and not ragging on Spike when he took on Faith after they drove Buffy out.).

I will always regret certain things that were left undone by there not being a S8. Xanders progress towards maturity and thoughtfulness was one of them.

I think he always liked Spike, just refused to admit it because he didn't want to like him. Xanders issues were with vampires and males who Buffy was attracted to, in that order. Spike, as a being, didn't factor in. When Buffy was dead he and Xander seemed to have reached a form of friendship (same with Giles and Spike). Xander couldn't see a vampire as being of worth because of his regret over his friend Jesse, and the whole Angel/Angelus situation.

Kathleen