DaddyCatALSO wrote:
We have never been told Xander's birthday was in January;
I didn’t think so either, until I started looking into it. Turns out, in ‘Innocence’, Xander says he’s 17. Since the episode takes place a day after Buffy’s 17th birthday, he must’ve been born sometime before she was (
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DaddyCatALSO wrote:
There is no real conflict in Buffy's birthday; the things in S-1 are just filler. Her birthday episodes were were always in January so I go with that.
I mean sure, the early episodes were…early and a little rough, canon or not, hence the year switching until they settled on 1981. But at least January has already been consistent!
DaddyCatALSO wrote:
Willow specifically says she and Xander were 5 at the same time, so the difference has to be less than a year, no telling how much.
Ahh, the first time they dated. Young love XP
If Xander’s born in January, you could push her birthday as far as December of 1981, so they’re both still 5 but at opposite ends of it. Them both being five also blows a hole in the “Willow skipped a grade” theory.
There’s never going to be a way to come up with a canon answer, because without knowing a year, there’s nothing we can do! 1982 from that website contradicts the ‘we dated at 5’ thing, but along with the other Scooby birthdays, could’ve changed repeatedly as well XP
Suffice to say they’re within a year or two of each other is the best we’re gonna get
Laragh wrote:
I've moved Tara's birthday around in fics and would never do it again, I prefer to try keep things as close as possible to keep it believable so being able to insert Willow's where it works best has been beneficial. I'm thinking it's one of those things that's going to have a lot of conflicting clues around it because the writers never actually imagined a date in their head.
I also stick to canon as closely as possible. Aaaaand yep on the second point. Come on, writers/props department! XD