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My two cents about it is Xander's standout trait is his loyalty -- you can plausibly set him up with pretty much any of the girls in the early cast, but once you do, it's very out of character for him not to stick to that relationship with tenacity. I can see him not handling conflict within a...

Well, part of the problem there is that if you take the series seriously, Buffy's mandate as a Slayer comes from a British organization that has no lawful authority in the United States, although they apparently have enough soft influence to muddle through to a degree. The meta-plot makes it...

IMO, the really massive failure point for most Xanderwank fics is that the authors decide that making Xander the main character means Buffy and/or Willow need to be made into villains via horrible flanderization.

It's worth pointing out that Whedon's own statements do not actually deny that these things happened. He's just making very weak downplaying statements -- "I don't remember that happening.", "That doesn't sound like me.", "I was having affairs, but I don't *think* I had those particular affairs."

I think you could certainly handwave that the physical enhancements and fighting instincts that come with being the Slayer lend themselves best to hand-to-hand combat with stakes and primitive weapons, whereas modern weapons are just as out-of-context for the Slayer as they were for demons...

Darla pulled pistols on Buffy and specifically mocked her for using a crossbow, and the Council's tactical teams were equipped with firearms. Given the way the Council treats Slayers, it's heavily implied that the lack of access to modern weapons is one of the ways they ensure that Slayers have...

I think it's less "Evil Patriarchy" and more "of course the rich, centuries old, semi-hereditary shadow organization with no accountability is corrupt". The modern day Watcher's Council values the Slayer being *under their control* a lot more than minor performance improvements. Otherwise...