Prophecy Girl: Entre Act

Quick note about something I forgot to mention earlier: In the very last episode, as Buffy is sending Xander away to keep Dawn safe (which doesn't work), Xander says something like, "I always thought I'd be there for you (with you?) at the very end." There's an implication, if I remember correctly, that he expected to have her back, to be able to pick up the flag, in a sense.

In "Prophecy Girl," this attitude surfaces but is not made explicit by Xander's insistence that he is following her to the Master, and his forcing Angel to go also (would Angel have gone anyway? Probably--if he had known. He doesn't know until Xander shows up at his door, and Angel insists that neither Buffy nor Xander know how overmatched they are).

NOt sure what I'm going to make of that, or if that's going to fit in definition of manhood, or Xander's infatutation with Buffy, but I wanted to mention it. Buffy is only alive because Xander followed; does he think he can be her savior again, or is it just needing to know she wouldn't die alone? Gotta see as this all transpires.