Xander and Willow

[buffymanic]

Ok so they finally hook up after years of Willow's love for Xander going unrecognised but they both happen to be cheating on their current partners!! Was the relationship bad just because they had other partners or was it always going to be dooned because they were such good friends?

[Beck]

I wouldn't have liked to see it happen. I love the friendship they had and feel it would have been ruined had it gone further. I HATED that they cheated on their partners.

[Allan]

I think it would have always been doomed, just because they are such close friends, almost like brother and sister (and for the purpose of that analogy, try not to picture them making out).

I think the fact that they were cheating on their current partners shows that it was illconceived on both parts - both characters are ordinarily better than that, and were they "meant" for each other, they would have ended their respective relationships before it went that far, rather than heat of the moment, um... moments.

[Glenn]

I think seeing them together would have given me the same problems as Angel/Cordy. Too close as friends to be anything more in my eyes.

[Nico]

Thats true Glenn, Im very glad they didnt have anything happen further with Xander/Willow and im glad they didnt show any bad atmosphere between willow/xander after it, it wouldve been horrible to see there friendship effected badly by it.

[Amber]

I think that they would have made a nice couple for a while, but not a very long time. I think that they would soon realize that they valued their friendship more and decide to breakup. I just can't see them lasting very long as a couple without having very awkward moments.

[Laura]

I think the Willow and Xander relationship was a good twist, but I also agree that it was wrong they both cheated. They both loved their partners, so it did make it just look like hormones than actual feelings. I think their friendship is much more important, and we know how relationships ruin friendships. Plus, if their friendship was ruined, it all could have hurt both their friendships with Buffy.

So, overall, I say that I'm glad the relationship never happened. However, I don't know if they would have even stayed together. They made great friends, and they would probably be the perfect at first couple, yet imo I feel like something would have eventually got in the way.

[Lexie]

I never wanted them to become a couple. Even when Willow was all doe eyed over Xander I never wanted to see them together. It would be ruining a very strong friendship. It's the problem I have with Angel and Cordelia (like Glenn said earlier)

I absolutely hated how Xander notices her after someone else has--it's awful and a little self-centered. I hated how they cheated on people who love them so they could indulge in a little homrones. Horrible. Even if they weren't dating people at the time I think it would have ended quickly. Willow was over Xander--more than she realized I think. And even if she wasn't they would probably end up feeling weird at some point.

[Nico]

I dont think Willow/Xander would have made a good couple for a minute, I hated how awkward they were around each othre during the whole kissing phase, I agree with the general consensus it was destroying a strong friendship, and like Lexie said, cheating on people they loved for hormones, was ridiculous, and out of character, Was almost as painfull as watching Xander ask Buffy out.

[Deleted]

I hate that they cheated. And under different circumstances I would have liked to see them try a relationship just to Willow some answers. But I don't think it ever would have worked or lasted for very long. They were so close as friends that I think having anything more for too long would have put that in jeopardy.

[Amber]

I think they were much better as friends. I just don't see them as a couple; I never have. I know Willow had a crush on him for the longest time, but I just didn't see anything happening there.

[Bre]

I thought their little "secret lovers" thing was cute for about two seconds, but then it just got annoying, and didn't seem right. They shouldn't ever hook up.

[buffymanic]

I understood why they we're doing it and it was very much a high school thing but I don't think they would have ever worked as a couple. Some people find that their best friends make the best relationships but I tend to think and it has been my experience anyway, that the deep rooted friendship gets in the way of a relationship because you work less hard at it.

[Allan]

ariensun said:

I thought their little "secret lovers" thing was cute for about two seconds, but then it just got annoying, and didn't seem right. They shouldn't ever hook up.

It got annoying for me quickly, because they were doing the wrong thing. It is a very high school thing, as Tash said, but it was still wrong.

Much as I love the characters, I really hated them during that period.

[shred]

They were too much alike to last as a couple. And based on that, yeah, I think their relationship was doomed for the start.

But for me, the main reason why I didn't like the idea of Willow and Xander because I loved Willow and Oz together. They were so much more appealing than Willow and Xander in my opinion.

And I prefer them as friends than lovers. The chemistry was there when they are best friends but it goes out of the window when they hooked up.