I've heard that by this point in the series they decided to make one of the characters gay. This scene (and at least one next season) make me think it was supposed to be Xander before Actor Stuff got in the way.
Interesting. Some of Xander's lines would make that fit rather nicely - he does tend to be very aware of how attractive other male characters are.
Though I have heard that in the long term, they had quite a different plan for Xander romantically and that they ultimately didn't go there because of lack of chemistry between the actors.
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Date: 2008-05-04 01:56 pm (UTC)Interesting. Some of Xander's lines would make that fit rather nicely - he does tend to be very aware of how attractive other male characters are.
Though I have heard that in the long term, they had quite a different plan for Xander romantically and that they ultimately didn't go there because of lack of chemistry between the actors.