Wednesday, July 10

[oni_9]

[Short Fiction]

• Fade to Black by forsaken2003 Spike/Xander. R.
• Welcome Home, Rupert Giles by brutti_ma_buoni Giles. PG.
• Name Games by clockwork_hart Buffy/Faith. NC-17.
• tenyearsgone by spuffy_luvr Spike/Buffy. G.
• Tired of Living; Sick of Dying by kerkevik Dawn, Ensemble. R.
• A Shower of Ash by eurydice72 Buffy, Angel, Spike. Teen.
• The Road to Return by eurydice72 Spike/Buffy, Xander. Mature.
• El Santuario by eurydice72 Faith/Wesley. Teen.
• A Slate Not So Clean by eurydice72 Wesley, Angel, Faith. G.
• The Chosen by ChokolatteJedi Buffy. Teen.
• All I Taught Her by bobina Faith, Buffy, Angel. Mature.
• For Him by Gilescandy Giles/Tara/Willow. Teen.
• Ted Talk by Kathryn Merlin Giles, Buffy. PG.
• Dark Dates: What Happens when a vampire and an angel watch Supernatural and Buffy by traceysinclairconsulting OCs. PG.

[Chaptered Fiction Updates]

• rebcake recommends Sunshine Parts 1-2 by euro_fics Spike/Sunshine. NC-17.
• Coming Up in the World Part 1 by shapinglight Buffy/Spike, Giles. PG.
• Gray Chapter 28 by lit_gal Spike/Xander, SPN Crossover. R.
• Valinor Trail Chapter 14 by curiouswombat Dawn, LoTR Crossover. R.
• Feel Again Chapter 2 by kally77 Angel/Spike. Mature.
• Broken Boys - a sponnor ficlets selection Chapters 2-10 by kally77 Connor/Spike. Mature.
• Away From the Numbers Chapter 6 by EntreNous Xander/Spike. Explicit.
• Betrayal Chapter 24 by waddiwasiwitch Spike/Buffy, Angel/Buffy. Mature.
• Wishes Chapter 22 by celesteavonne Spike/Buffy. Teen.
• Tell Me a Story Chapter 3 by Roses for Ophelia Drusilla/Spike, Miss Edith. Teen.
• She's Out of Her Mind Chapter 13 by Beneficial Addiction Buffy/Spike. Teen.

[Images & videos]

• Photoset and commentary: Favorite Characters of ALL TIME-Rupert Giles by erimari
• Banners: Watching You - Giles by theladymerlin
• Spike Icons by debris4spike
• Icons: round 12, Spike (BTVS) by rua1412
• Icons for Round 252 over at btvs_hush and Art: Meanwhile here's a little fanged four I've prepared earlier by comlodge
• Icons: 025.Multifandom by zombie_sexpot
• Manips: Zombie Slayer by Mistress_Ashley
• Inspirational Buffy Posters by Leona Ryder
• Video: [B]uffy & Angel; Never Be the Same by ButtnJamz323
• Video: Sh!t Xander Harris Says by MrMorda898

[Community Announcements]

• Reminder Challenge #62: HBIC at whedon_elite
• Challenge 08 - Tiebreaker Voting at slayerstillness
• Extension: Challenge 253 at btvs_hush
• Fic of the Week and Calling for fic Recs at watcherjournals
• FAQ, Rules and Regulations, Schedule (Round 5) at polybigbang

[Articles, Interviews & Other News]

• SpoilerTV Roundtable: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1.01 and 1.02
• Iconic--Film Friday: Joss Whedon
• Buzzfeed: Reasons Buffy Made Your Adolescence Seem Just Plain Uneventful
• A Little More Juju: What I Think Made Buffy So Great
• Jspace--Favorite Fictions Jews: Willow Rosenberg from 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'
• L.B. Gale: The Real Problem with Mythology in Television
• Critical Viewing--Final Thoughts: BtVS Season 6
• Virginia Pettis: Finding Sunnydale
• NerdcoreMovement: The Legacy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode "Once More With Feeling"
• Previously.TV: Why Giles Is The Best
• Mock the Geek--Ten of the Best: My Top 10 TV Shows of All Time
• Baltimore Post-Examiner: Top 10 best TV relationships of all time and pitch dark: Leigh Fallon's Top 10 Forbidden Romances
• The Weird Button: TV Episodes that could be Excerpts from my Life
• Snark Squad Buffy the Vampire Slayer S05 E09 -- Ground control to Major Tom and Angel S02 E09 -- Holy syphilis, Batman!
• Count Geekula--Buffy The Vampire Slayer 6.4: Flooded and Sweaters for Days: The Big Damn Buffy Rewatch S02E01, "When She Was Bad"
• Shadowlocked--Complete Buffy Reviews: Nightmares, Bane of Kings' Writing Blog: Buffy the Vampire Slayer S1x03-"Witch"-TV Review, and Leftover Popcorn: Buffy Season One Retrospect
• Critical Viewing: Maybe You're Growing as a Person (AtS S3E22) and Once More With Extreme Prejudice: Want. Take. Have. (BtVS S3E14)
• A selection from the first chapter of Anne Billson's Book Buffy the Vampire Slayer Before Buffy: The Scarcity of Female Role Models in 1960s British TV
• Now Read This! Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bad Blood
• Jhaeman's Detritus--The Buffy Comic Project: "Night of a Thousand Vampires"
• The Course of the Force: Behind the Saber with Alexis Denisof