I did know that. That's one of the reasons he was forced to wear those baggy cloths. XH was legit in better shape than Angel, and like five inches taller than Spike. Joss wanted him to be the clown. The clown wasn't supposed to be hotter than the bad boys. Joss was toxic to everyone.

The shows not big on consequences. I knew he'd get a when they wrote him doing something heroic. They did the same on ER.

Personally, I was hoping for death. He's not my favorite.

I honestly can't see NB returning. Because of the issues you pointed out. And right there, 1/3 of the Scoobies is down. Both DB as Angel and JM as Spike are too old to play vampires anymore. So either they can't return or they return as normal guys.

This reboot just seems like a return or SMG. And that just isn't good enough.

I gotta agree. Xander canonically comes in second with world saves, behind Buffy. Yet he has no character arc. After high school , he was the one character that received no storyline.

They foreshadowed, they implied, they set the ground work for many storylines involving him. But it never developed. I actually wonder what Joss's issue was with him. It seems purposeful.