Hey guys, I know it's been aaaages, but I never really seem to have anything of interest to say beyond the random stuff I put on twitter
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I'm not saying that it was the only reason, however, what we know about the negative energies of the hellmouth increased the likelihood of it. It's all about factors. I guess. Of course, he could just as easily grown up in LA with drunk parents, run away from home at 14 and joined a gang/become a street kid/etc.
I agree that Xander felt tied to Sunnyhell because of Willow & Buffy, so if Willow had gone to Oxford (for example) and Buffy had never been there, chances are Xander would have got out too because there'd be nothing keeping him there. And this is where my thoughts started at, it's only then they started to spiral deeper lol.
But, as I said, if you then strip it back further you remember that Sunnydale only exists because of the Mayor wanting to harness the Hellmouth (so far as irc). And since Sunnydale was the convergence point for him knowing Cordelia, Willow & Jesse...
I mean, if we take another step back down the chain, we don't know if Xander's parents met in Sunnydale, if that's the case maybe they would never have met if it wasn't for the supernatural and therefore Xander would never have existed. And yes...this has broken my brain! lol. This is the reason that I can't see Xander in a 'verse without the supernatural (unless he's dumped there through a portal etc) because his entire identity is tightly tied together with it in one way or another.
Also, I'm fond of military!Xan too, but I also kinda like carpenter Xan & brainiac Xan. Oh...maybe in a 'verse with no supernatural Xander would have been Kevin Lynch! lmao
I agree that Xander felt tied to Sunnyhell because of Willow & Buffy, so if Willow had gone to Oxford (for example) and Buffy had never been there, chances are Xander would have got out too because there'd be nothing keeping him there. And this is where my thoughts started at, it's only then they started to spiral deeper lol.
But, as I said, if you then strip it back further you remember that Sunnydale only exists because of the Mayor wanting to harness the Hellmouth (so far as irc). And since Sunnydale was the convergence point for him knowing Cordelia, Willow & Jesse...
I mean, if we take another step back down the chain, we don't know if Xander's parents met in Sunnydale, if that's the case maybe they would never have met if it wasn't for the supernatural and therefore Xander would never have existed. And yes...this has broken my brain! lol. This is the reason that I can't see Xander in a 'verse without the supernatural (unless he's dumped there through a portal etc) because his entire identity is tightly tied together with it in one way or another.
Also, I'm fond of military!Xan too, but I also kinda like carpenter Xan & brainiac Xan. Oh...maybe in a 'verse with no supernatural Xander would have been Kevin Lynch! lmao
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