Hmm. Reading through the comments on this post, it tends to look as if one's view of Buffy vs Dracula is also rather tied up in one's view of Xander.
Which, like I said above, is understandable but I disagree that he's JUST comic relief in this (and besides, all of the Buffyverse characters are comic relief at times). Yes, it's the episode where he's reduced to a bug-eating man-bitch, but it's also the one where he decides to start working at NOT being a bug-eating man-bitch. And for the most part, that's what he does over the next season or so. As with all things in the Buffyverse, you have to hit bottom before you can start turning yourself around; that's what both Buffy, Xander and to a lesser extent Giles does here.
Him fighting back to back with Buffy doesnt' mean a redemption story. It just means they have something they both want and combining forces is the best way to get it
I hope that's all it is, yes. I'm just a bit worried because of the line about rescuing him. From what, exactly?
in this comic, the simplest explanation is usually the right one
:-) Too true. I'm starting to think the Scythe is actually Occam's Razor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor).
As for the Japanese vampires sharing Dracula's powers, I believe they are suppose to be vampires from Japanese mythology and have all sorts of powers
I dunno about that. I'm not all that well-read in Japanese vampire mythology, but so far their powers seem to follow Dracula (written by an Irishman about a Romanian character and popularized by Americans) to a T.
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Hmm. Reading through the comments on this post, it tends to look as if one's view of Buffy vs Dracula is also rather tied up in one's view of Xander.
Which, like I said above, is understandable but I disagree that he's JUST comic relief in this (and besides, all of the Buffyverse characters are comic relief at times). Yes, it's the episode where he's reduced to a bug-eating man-bitch, but it's also the one where he decides to start working at NOT being a bug-eating man-bitch. And for the most part, that's what he does over the next season or so. As with all things in the Buffyverse, you have to hit bottom before you can start turning yourself around; that's what both Buffy, Xander and to a lesser extent Giles does here.
Him fighting back to back with Buffy doesnt' mean a redemption story. It just means they have something they both want and combining forces is the best way to get it
I hope that's all it is, yes. I'm just a bit worried because of the line about rescuing him. From what, exactly?
in this comic, the simplest explanation is usually the right one
:-) Too true. I'm starting to think the Scythe is actually Occam's Razor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor).
As for the Japanese vampires sharing Dracula's powers, I believe they are suppose to be vampires from Japanese mythology and have all sorts of powers
I dunno about that. I'm not all that well-read in Japanese vampire mythology, but so far their powers seem to follow Dracula (written by an Irishman about a Romanian character and popularized by Americans) to a T.