Hyena!Xander is not here to remind us what kind of darkness exists within Xander (because, that's a given: That we all are able to commit the worst imaginable atrocities given the right circumstances), but to show us that Xander is not like this. He's different from the male teenage jerk, he's Buffy's "girlfriend" (instead of "boyfriend"). So, in a way, hyena!Xander is the mirror "this could be Xander - let's be glad he's not".
About lying about remembering: I'm of the opposite school of thought: Unveiling the circumstances is what brings civilisation forward.
Since we are back to the surface level of this story, i don't hold that against Xander - he's a teenager! No need to act more mature than Snyder. *snicker*
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Date: 2010-09-09 01:30 pm (UTC)Hyena!Xander is not here to remind us what kind of darkness exists within Xander (because, that's a given: That we all are able to commit the worst imaginable atrocities given the right circumstances), but to show us that Xander is not like this. He's different from the male teenage jerk, he's Buffy's "girlfriend" (instead of "boyfriend"). So, in a way, hyena!Xander is the mirror "this could be Xander - let's be glad he's not".
About lying about remembering: I'm of the opposite school of thought: Unveiling the circumstances is what brings civilisation forward.
Since we are back to the surface level of this story, i don't hold that against Xander - he's a teenager! No need to act more mature than Snyder. *snicker*