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Xander and Buffy Vs Hoard mode.
Buffy: I don't think we're supposed to win this one.
Xander: Fuck it, I want to win this one.
Xander wins 1x time braid
Buffy wins Sweet Release
Xander: What the FUAOOOOOOOOOOOO
Fic starts.
2D72Xander and Buffy Vs Hoard mode.
Buffy: I don't think we're supposed to win this one.
Xander: Fuck it, I want to win this one.
Xander wins 1x time braid
Buffy wins Sweet Release
Xander: What the FUAOOOOOOOOOOOO
Fic starts.
3/7 c3 19nagiten
powers may fade but clearly the memories dont xander jus repress it all plus evne if he didnt over time it would stick reptation and all plus you have him answer things he shouldn't ask questions he shouldnt know so by the logic you have put in this he should over time gain the knowledge more so since it now been in the 100's of times since he first looped. the knowledge even if it fragmented should be useful. he could spend countless loops learning every book giles has.
train with buffy and while he won't get stronger, he can help her learn to improve faster.
19nagitenpowers may fade but clearly the memories dont xander jus repress it all plus evne if he didnt over time it would stick reptation and all plus you have him answer things he shouldn't ask questions he shouldnt know so by the logic you have put in this he should over time gain the knowledge more so since it now been in the 100's of times since he first looped. the knowledge even if it fragmented should be useful. he could spend countless loops learning every book giles has.
train with buffy and while he won't get stronger, he can help her learn to improve faster.
2/27 c21 Tyfli barda
And this stops for me! I know that this story is 600 thousand words, kudos for you. But enough with the simping and whining, chapter after chapter it just never fk ends. Just when you think there is some character, some spine - growth, it reverts into the sad and pathetic side-kick that is Xander loser Harris. Which in this case it's actually way worse than the original because of his numerous deaths and costume character point of views , yet he stays basically the same? For fks sake he even has Old man Xanders memories, how could he not change for the better? It baffled me at first then annoyed me then it just turned into anger at such wasted potential both as a character and story. This should be categorize as angst not romance or drama,or maybe both.
And this stops for me! I know that this story is 600 thousand words, kudos for you. But enough with the simping and whining, chapter after chapter it just never fk ends. Just when you think there is some character, some spine - growth, it reverts into the sad and pathetic side-kick that is Xander loser Harris. Which in this case it's actually way worse than the original because of his numerous deaths and costume character point of views , yet he stays basically the same? For fks sake he even has Old man Xanders memories, how could he not change for the better? It baffled me at first then annoyed me then it just turned into anger at such wasted potential both as a character and story. This should be categorize as angst not romance or drama,or maybe both.
12/23/2024 c22 Oddballzebra
He obviously has good chemistry with Cordelia. Just as it's equally obvious that he and Buffy just aren't meant to be. He should forget about Buffy and all of her baggage and and see the potential happiness in front of him. Stop trying to force something to work when it clearly doesn't.
He obviously has good chemistry with Cordelia. Just as it's equally obvious that he and Buffy just aren't meant to be. He should forget about Buffy and all of her baggage and and see the potential happiness in front of him. Stop trying to force something to work when it clearly doesn't.
12/23/2024 c18 Oddballzebra
His obsession with someone that clearly sees him as friend is kind of pathetic. It's not love, it's obsessive infatuation he feels for buffy. He needs to move on and find someone else.
His obsession with someone that clearly sees him as friend is kind of pathetic. It's not love, it's obsessive infatuation he feels for buffy. He needs to move on and find someone else.
12/18/2024 c74 DarkSouls246
Wow, just wow honestly! As a fellow Xander lover that was also disappointed in how he ended up by the end of the show this fic was exactly what I needed. I have a lot of thoughts all scrambled together after spending the last week binge reading this any chance I got. I’ll definitely need to time to think and sort it all out to know exactly how I feel about everything in this story, but I can say without a doubt this fic is going to leave a big entertainment void for a bit while I struggle to find something even half as good!
I think I’ll start off by checking out your other two stories it’s as good a place as any to start. I also just want to go ahead thank you for writing a story like this I couldn’t even imagine the amount of time went into something like this. I think I speak for most people that have finished this story that you created something truly special. Oh, and by the way curse you for making want to re-watch BTVS and Angel again lol!
Wow, just wow honestly! As a fellow Xander lover that was also disappointed in how he ended up by the end of the show this fic was exactly what I needed. I have a lot of thoughts all scrambled together after spending the last week binge reading this any chance I got. I’ll definitely need to time to think and sort it all out to know exactly how I feel about everything in this story, but I can say without a doubt this fic is going to leave a big entertainment void for a bit while I struggle to find something even half as good!
I think I’ll start off by checking out your other two stories it’s as good a place as any to start. I also just want to go ahead thank you for writing a story like this I couldn’t even imagine the amount of time went into something like this. I think I speak for most people that have finished this story that you created something truly special. Oh, and by the way curse you for making want to re-watch BTVS and Angel again lol!
9/28/2024 c61 george17
I really liked this fic for bit more than halfway through it and then I ended up hating it so much, that even though I tried to stick it out till the end, I couldn't. It's become like all the most boring chick flicks you ever got dragged into watching all rolled up into one.
I finally had to give up. There's nothing happening anymore except a rehash of canon with an overpowered yet completely useless Xander who can't do anything because he's constantly whining about being heartbroken.
In the beginning it was much more than that. There was an actual plot and a lot more going on besides constant wall to wall relationship bs. Having relationship concerns as part of the story is fine, but that and only that becomes incredibly boring.
The writing is still well done but there's no plot anymore besides drudging through canon and repeating over and over and over again Xander's same relationship problems. It was balanced and fun at first but that ended.
I really liked this fic for bit more than halfway through it and then I ended up hating it so much, that even though I tried to stick it out till the end, I couldn't. It's become like all the most boring chick flicks you ever got dragged into watching all rolled up into one.
I finally had to give up. There's nothing happening anymore except a rehash of canon with an overpowered yet completely useless Xander who can't do anything because he's constantly whining about being heartbroken.
In the beginning it was much more than that. There was an actual plot and a lot more going on besides constant wall to wall relationship bs. Having relationship concerns as part of the story is fine, but that and only that becomes incredibly boring.
The writing is still well done but there's no plot anymore besides drudging through canon and repeating over and over and over again Xander's same relationship problems. It was balanced and fun at first but that ended.
9/22/2024 c4 12MacMan3679
Did you ever think about having him be James Bond for a few loops? Surely, Ethan wouldn't consider 007 a mere pop-culture reference. He started out as a novel.
12MacMan3679Did you ever think about having him be James Bond for a few loops? Surely, Ethan wouldn't consider 007 a mere pop-culture reference. He started out as a novel.
8/31/2024 c74 DarthPrince
Thank you for writing this, I enjoyed it a lot. Binged in several days and got quite invested.
I do have a lot to say about things that irked me though, but I'll try to be concise.
I believe that the first... part? arc? is way too long and overcooked. You got really into breaking your Xander down. As a consequence Buffy's character and reception greatly suffered, because you needed for her to make worse and worse mistakes to push Xander further. This part should have been like 3 times shorter.
I remember being excited about what you were building up, and getting confused at people saying simping was getting annoying, but then at some point caught myself at the end of almost every chapter starting asking "Again?" "AGAIN?". It felt like you were repeating story beats just to torture Xander by bashing his head into the wall of same mistakes without progressing anywhere. To then resolve his problems with a goddess.
Secondly, while your antagonists surprised Xander fairly often, I felt that his friends were way more static. Considering he felt they were his true family, I expected a bit of fluff there, but they were often borderline abusive at points. I would have loved more pleasant surprises from them, more warmth, more everything.
Lastly, it was not just the ending, the whole last loop felt like it was rushing Buffy to her conclusion (love for Xander). It wasn't jarring per se, but under cooked, and not very satisfying. It needed either longer time in the oven and more scenes, or something like memory bleed from timeloop to timeloop. Slayer visions were sorta it, but I felt it wasn't nearly enough. Buffy's speech in one of the loops "please don't give up on me" I feel could have been more and lead to more in that sense. But I understand you wanted to focus on Xanders growth and for him to "defeat" Buffy without much crutches, so she needed to stay "unmodified" as possible. But then you used a goddess, so I feel you cheated the game still.
I also would have liked a longer victory lap, but it is what it is.
Anyway, don't take this as a hate, this fic ate several days of my life and I loved the experience, that's why I have all these thoughts floating in my head. I wish you the best and will be waiting for more of your stories.
Thank you for writing this, I enjoyed it a lot. Binged in several days and got quite invested.
I do have a lot to say about things that irked me though, but I'll try to be concise.
I believe that the first... part? arc? is way too long and overcooked. You got really into breaking your Xander down. As a consequence Buffy's character and reception greatly suffered, because you needed for her to make worse and worse mistakes to push Xander further. This part should have been like 3 times shorter.
I remember being excited about what you were building up, and getting confused at people saying simping was getting annoying, but then at some point caught myself at the end of almost every chapter starting asking "Again?" "AGAIN?". It felt like you were repeating story beats just to torture Xander by bashing his head into the wall of same mistakes without progressing anywhere. To then resolve his problems with a goddess.
Secondly, while your antagonists surprised Xander fairly often, I felt that his friends were way more static. Considering he felt they were his true family, I expected a bit of fluff there, but they were often borderline abusive at points. I would have loved more pleasant surprises from them, more warmth, more everything.
Lastly, it was not just the ending, the whole last loop felt like it was rushing Buffy to her conclusion (love for Xander). It wasn't jarring per se, but under cooked, and not very satisfying. It needed either longer time in the oven and more scenes, or something like memory bleed from timeloop to timeloop. Slayer visions were sorta it, but I felt it wasn't nearly enough. Buffy's speech in one of the loops "please don't give up on me" I feel could have been more and lead to more in that sense. But I understand you wanted to focus on Xanders growth and for him to "defeat" Buffy without much crutches, so she needed to stay "unmodified" as possible. But then you used a goddess, so I feel you cheated the game still.
I also would have liked a longer victory lap, but it is what it is.
Anyway, don't take this as a hate, this fic ate several days of my life and I loved the experience, that's why I have all these thoughts floating in my head. I wish you the best and will be waiting for more of your stories.
8/30/2024 c56 DarthPrince
I love this chapter a lot from an emotional standpoint.
I kinda hated the implications though. That for Xander to be the best version of himself he needs at least 3 divine miracles. 1 was the 100 year long time braid, 2 was goddess Cordelia direct intervention into his psyche, 3 was her giving him some celestial juju to "keep up". Do you see the problem? If it was just the braid, it would be okay (even though, again, I feel it's very insulting implication that Xander needs more than 100 years of a groundhog day to find himself, I can stomach it). Talking with goddess Cordelia itself is not a problem, but it would have been better for Xander to figure himself out by himself.
The whole thing with "literally destined for greatness but held back by circumstances" is also grinding my gears, his circumstances are not supernatural enough to break some form of prophecy or destiny, it's just horrendously awful parents.
I like the angle of him being inherently good despite everything he suffered though. I think it would have been better if instead of some destiny Cordelia just spoke of unrealized potential.
Anyway, I'm glad he can move forward finally. I hope.
I love this chapter a lot from an emotional standpoint.
I kinda hated the implications though. That for Xander to be the best version of himself he needs at least 3 divine miracles. 1 was the 100 year long time braid, 2 was goddess Cordelia direct intervention into his psyche, 3 was her giving him some celestial juju to "keep up". Do you see the problem? If it was just the braid, it would be okay (even though, again, I feel it's very insulting implication that Xander needs more than 100 years of a groundhog day to find himself, I can stomach it). Talking with goddess Cordelia itself is not a problem, but it would have been better for Xander to figure himself out by himself.
The whole thing with "literally destined for greatness but held back by circumstances" is also grinding my gears, his circumstances are not supernatural enough to break some form of prophecy or destiny, it's just horrendously awful parents.
I like the angle of him being inherently good despite everything he suffered though. I think it would have been better if instead of some destiny Cordelia just spoke of unrealized potential.
Anyway, I'm glad he can move forward finally. I hope.
8/30/2024 c49 DarthPrince
Lol, he's gone for the full Slayer set. One dick to rule them all. I wonder if they'll update rules for Slayers after that. Like, you have to sleep with Xander to finish your training, sorry, it's in the rules book.
Lol, he's gone for the full Slayer set. One dick to rule them all. I wonder if they'll update rules for Slayers after that. Like, you have to sleep with Xander to finish your training, sorry, it's in the rules book.
8/30/2024 c47 DarthPrince
I'm a bit struggling here, what is the horrible betrayal exactly? And why Xander compared it to Spike moment? Like, sure he lied. But it's not like Nox was a villain hurting them, he was an ally that saved them again and again. At best you can argue he played with their feelings, Buffy especially... But to be honest the more believable reaction instead of anger would be confusion - like "what was this masquerade even for" (we know, they don't).
I'm a bit struggling here, what is the horrible betrayal exactly? And why Xander compared it to Spike moment? Like, sure he lied. But it's not like Nox was a villain hurting them, he was an ally that saved them again and again. At best you can argue he played with their feelings, Buffy especially... But to be honest the more believable reaction instead of anger would be confusion - like "what was this masquerade even for" (we know, they don't).
8/29/2024 c42 DarthPrince
Shadowman huh? I guess it's time to PLAY RAID: SHADY LE-
I'm sorry, I'll stop.
Pretty interesting strategy for Xander, though I'm still confused on a few details. But I have to say, I like more playful, bit whimsy vibes.
Shadowman huh? I guess it's time to PLAY RAID: SHADY LE-
I'm sorry, I'll stop.
Pretty interesting strategy for Xander, though I'm still confused on a few details. But I have to say, I like more playful, bit whimsy vibes.
8/29/2024 c39 DarthPrince
Surprisingly a very nice chapter. Talking heart to heart with sexy granny Buffy. It's such a difference with usual teenager Buffy that is astounding, very nicely done author. Them (her and younger version) giving sorta-old-man-teen-Xander advice on how to get on their visual novel route was very funny.
Surprisingly a very nice chapter. Talking heart to heart with sexy granny Buffy. It's such a difference with usual teenager Buffy that is astounding, very nicely done author. Them (her and younger version) giving sorta-old-man-teen-Xander advice on how to get on their visual novel route was very funny.