text: Spike - The ultimate bad boy. The conflict of the character over the feelings he had for Buffy was terrific. How many of us have struggled with liking someone that we know we shouldn't.\n\nXander - The boy next door. Most of the time he was a nervous wimp but let any of his "family" be threatened and he was the first one on the way to help. Plus, the boy's love life sucked..first Willow, then Buffy and when he finally finds Anya; she gets killed....I really felt for him.\n\nGiles - The father figure. No matter how he tried to hold himself aside from the group emotionally, he could never keep his feelings at bay. No matter how digusted or disappointed he was with one of them, he still had their backs in a crisis.  The true father feelings that he developed for Buffy were wonderful.