not even a nod to the losses in Chosen, for instance.
Oh but there is! Xander was so upset after losing Anya that he went to stay with Dracula for a whole year (apparently in a thrall, more or less). He taught Drac to ride a motorbike! See?

(I still cannot believe that they want us to think of it as canon. Every time I try to make it work my brain just starts giggling uncontrollably.)