Oh absolutely agreed. Xander has serious problems and a dark side, as pretty much all the characters do. (Even Tara. There, I said it. Though Tara's are admittedly less than Xander's.) As I said to norwie below, I think Xander is a little overly maligned in this segment of fandom, but one person's overly is another person's underly, so...should be fun!

P.S. I'm done on IRYJ. I feel bad writing so much on such a weak episode, but it's hard to get me to stop talking about Willow once I start!