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Buffy Tuesdays! Season 6 Episode 16 Reaction! (Patreon)

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2025-06-24 15:53:37
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####### EPISODE SPOILER REVIEW BELOW! APPARENTLY SOME OF YOU ARE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME ALONG SIDE ME, SO PLEASE DON'T READ BEYOND THIS POINT UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN THE EPISODE YOURSELF! ######

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C5VZgahRz3sPGaZu82IAlPRDXw0PYC3Y/view?usp=sharing

We are FINALLY back to Buffy! So sorry about the wait on this, we had a bunch of Angels to get through as well as me missing a week.

But good news, Buffy fans! We will have a group of 6 episodes back to back in a few weeks! :)

I am so annoyed at Xander at the end of this one. I probably shouldn't, but it doesn't feel right (so I basically feel the exact opposite of Willow XD).

Very cleverly done episode! Genuinely upsetting in places, but also hilarious with Buffy trying to manage everything. XD

Hope you guys are having a great week!

As always, if you click the video just after this post, you may need to  download it first.  This should be fixed in a couple of hours!

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Buffy 6 16 Done small.mp4

Comments

Alicia P

Hi Veggie! At the time this aired, although it was a sad episode, I was actually a bit relieved that the wedding fell through. I didn't really enjoy Xanya as a couple. It always seemed like she was more invested than he was. The proposal felt like it happened on impulse and wasn't actually built on a super strong foundation. I do still believe they weren't ready for marriage, but now it is just sad. And yes, Xander had so many opportunities to discuss this with Anya, seek counseling, call things off, whatever, before getting down to the actual day. Totally fair to be mad at him. I do excuse all of the characters' bad behaviors more now than I did back then, however, as they were actually so young and it was hard to break out of dysfunctional patterns in an era where seeking therapy was still looked at as a 'weakness'. Also, Anya, you just became human again -- date around a bit and see what you might be missing before settling down!

Jake M

Reason #7 - This whole episode. Feels like everything happens just to illicit character development, or to reinforce how big a prick Xander can be. Poor Anya 😢 After everything they've seen, we're expected to believe Xander falls for a "future him" trick? I think he just uses it as an excuse.

Madikuma95

I think the word you're looking for is "amiable" or "amicable." :P When I first watched this episode as a kid I was very confused and angry with Xander, now I'm just angry at the writers, lol. Seriously though, upon re-watching this past season I've noticed Xander and Anya's relationship slowly growing more tense and reluctant on Xander's part, so it's been leading up to this disaster for a while. I think back when Xander agreed to marriage he knew there was a chance they might be killed by Glory, so he rushed into it, but now that there isn't a big threat he's had time to think it through and decided it's not what he wants. He's scared that their marriage will end up like his parents', and the demon's vision certainly didn't help with that anxiety. Leaving Anya at the altar was a horrible way to do it, though. It's one of my least favorite moments in BtVS.

thompur

Once again, Xander did the right thing in the worst way. Both people should be all in. But part of the problem was that Anya rushed things, and Xander needed to mature a bit more. If they could have waited a year and/or eloped, they could have been very happy together.

CeNedra

1313 Cota Avenue in Torrance, California is the house they used for the external shots for the Summers house. It's a private residence though so no knocking on the door or peering through the windows 🤣

Maia Brodsky

I actually feel worse for Xander (and for the Stewart Burns demon guy) than I do for Anya. Xander's dealing with childhood trauma and Anya is dealing with repercussions of centuries of evil that she hasn't even made the barest attempt at atoning for or even expressed any guilt about. I love Anya, but it was her past as a vengeance demon that triggered a lot of this chaos.

Lime Pie

I’m not mad at Xander for not figuring out that he wasn’t ready to get married because he is still quite young and probably assumed the fears he had were natural (I’m basing this off of his talk with Buffy in ‘All the Way’ and him reassuring Anya in ‘As You Were’). One thing I really like about this episode is how it highlights how much his parents’ relationship has affected him and I remember really appreciating his character after I first watched this one. I do feel bad for Anya because there’s nothing she did wrong (in terms of her relationship with Xander, not all the evil she did in her past), but leaving her at the altar is the most mature decision he could have made if he’s realized he’s not ready to marry her imo. Xander’s decision is also consistent with what I think this season is all about. We’ve already seen Buffy and Willow lose part of themselves because they felt unfit to be a grown up, and now we’re seeing Xander go through the same thing.

jolt45

I think it is deliberate plot advancement and I think it is a mistake in writing. They've shown Xander mature so much the last 2 seasons. It would be within his character to overcome his parents influence after returning to the wedding but they wanted them single for what is to come.

Janis Hope

I feel sorry for both of them. I agree that Xander should have talked to Anya about his worries before the wedding day but I'm not convinced that she would have either listened or understood. I also think that Xander ploughed on thinking things would work out once the wedding was over and I like to think that would have been the case if not for the actions of his abysmal father and Anya's demon. The part at the end with Anya walking up the aisle on her own is the most unrealistic part of the whole episode in my view as I'm pretty sure that in real life it would have been left to one of the officials to tell the guests.

Hanneli Norrgard

This is an episode that I just don't like. It's been clear for a while that Xander has second thoughts about getting married, and he should have already talked to Anya about that. However, people in relationships in Buffy don't really ever talk to their partners about things. They always just let things go to the last minute and blow up. It does show how much his traumatic family life has affected his adult life, but I hate how the show just ignores all of that 99% of the time and brings it up just to ruin things. As someone who suffered from a traumatic childhood, at 39 it is a huge driver of my personality to this day. However, it can be seen in A LOT of my life, not just the 1% where it is a nice bow to ruin things. What is super sad to me is that Xander thinks of himself of being that horrible of a husband/dad in the future. He's become such a contributor, great friend, great supporter, etc., but he doesn't see that.