I'm not much for negative meta, either. I know reactions were strong and feelings ran high to a lot of storylines, but I tried to avoid any analysis that opened with: "Buffy is such a bitch!" There was still plenty of insight to be had. ;)

Have you read all of the Xander posts before? I don't agree with everything single thing in every single one (and that's the fun!) but there was a lot of good stuff there.