RIP, Nicholas Brendon

[sylvanwitch]

Wow…this one is hitting harder than most. I keep thinking of Xander’s line in “The Zeppo”: “I like the quiet.”

Rest in peace, man.

Comments

I feel old

[oldtoadwoman]

In my brain, the entire Buffy cast is still locked in place the way they were then. I mean, after all, Buffy just went off the air about five years ago, right? Right?! My brain just doesn't process time anymore.

Re: I feel old

[sylvanwitch]

This, too, for sure.

I just watched a clip with Xander and Dawn and it wasn’t until the end that I remembered we lost Michelle Trachtenberg too. Too young, too soon.

[out_there]

Oh, i can hear that line perfectly.
It does feel a bit unbelievable.

[sylvanwitch]

When my husband first told me, I couldn't actually process it for a second, like my brain skipped like the needle on a scratched record. It feels unreal. I mean, I hadn't given Nicholas Brendon much thought in years, beyond the occasional (usually unfavorable) news item, but that *Xander* is dead? That's just not possible. Man, what is time, anyway? And how do we just go back in it, so we can wallow in what were, relatively speaking, simpler days??? Ugh.

[oschun]

Aaw, so sad. Does make me feel very nostalgic about Buffy.

[sylvanwitch]

Me, too! I understand that his legacy is problematic both as an actor and in the character of Xander, but I was such a fan of the show back in the day, and I still quote lines from it. I used Cordelia’s “What’s your childhood trauma?” this past week, in fact. Anyway, yes on the nostalgia, for sure.

[cornerofmadness]

It definitely took me by surprise

[china_shop]

He was so young!

*hugs*