While I'm all in favour of redemption arcs, if there's one character who should never be redeemed, it's Dracula.

Favour? I'll say old chap... :D

Ah well, I sometimes think Xander is the worst Buffyverse character ever because he's the one who doesn't really believe in redemption.

The whole universe seems structured sometimes around the idea that everyone is redeemable, why not Dracula?