"I'd rather set myself on fire / Than burn in your house of love."

Nice.

I like Rory, myself, but then I also (in reference to another comment of yours below) liked Xander.

I don't even begin to get this.

Maybe because they're the most believable sort of everyman hero -- not the chosen one, not the Frodo; more the Arthur Dent.

Well, that explains it. I've never much cared for the mundane everyman (though one could argue Frodo was a reluctant everyman).