Tuesday, December 10 - Wednesday, December 11

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[Short Fiction]

• "Not A Kid" (prompt at comment_fic) filled by swan_secrets Faith/Dawn. G.
• Buffy - broken bones (prompt at the Three Sentence Ficathon) filled by eternal_moonie and anxietygrrl Buffy. G.
• Joyce - alternate career (prompt at the Three Sentence Ficathon) filled by redsilverchains Joyce, Giles, Spike. PG.
• Conflagration by vampmissedith Spike/Angel, Spike/Buffy. NC-17.
• A Femslash Resource Guide recs Sympathetic Magic by gloss Buffy/Faith. Explicit.
• Desperate Measures by Glassdarkly Giles/Spike. Mature.
• Secrets by Glassdarkly Giles/Spike. Mature.
• Full Circle by Glassdarkly Giles/Spike. Mature.
• The Gift That Keeps On Giving by joidianne4eva Xander/Spike. Mature.
• The Vampire by OpenPage Giles/Spike. Explicit.
• Frosty Christmas Eve by seductivembrace Xander/Spike. Explicit.
• Computer Fun by seductivembrace Spike/Buffy. Teen.
• Kyrie Eleison by Kyra Cullinan Angel. PG.

[Chaptered Fiction Updates]

• Service Unit Chapter 21 by hulettwyo Spike/Buffy. Explicit.
• Midnight in the Garden of Evil Chapters 1-16 by seductivembrace and spikesdeb Spike/Buffy, Ripper/Willow, Angelus/Xander. Explicit.
• ardent for some desperate glory Chapter 7 by curtaincall Spike/Buffy, Drusilla/Spike. Mature.
• Portrait of Evil Chapter 32 and Chapter 33 by Darker_Fae Spike/Xander. Explicit.

[Images & videos]

• Art (Scoobies) by ladysummers
• GIFs: Buffy - "How long was I gone?" by beltaina
• Banner: He Glowed and My art is evolving... by comlodge
• Buffy Summers Icons by debris4spike
• Icons: 52 btvsandatsicons by misstress_tink
• Screencaps: Some Assembly Required by effulgent_girl
• 12 ~ Icon dump by sietepecados
• Icons: 079. by wickdshy
• Banner: Buffy Family by AmberM-Tinkerbell

[Community Announcements]

• Challenge 17 Reminder at slayerstillness
• Fic of the week at watcherjournals
• challenge #392 ~ last at femslash100
• Day Eleven of the Advent Calendar at sb_fag_ends
• Reminder--Challenge #78: Landscapes at whedon_elite

[Fandom Discussion]

• Review: Angel & Faith, issue 15(a) by harsens_rob
• The Dreaded Plot Twist by shadowkat67
• Why I am so besotted by this character that is Spike... by comlodge
• Picking potential fictional friends (or not...) by lycoris
• High-Tweeting Buffy 5x12, "Checkpoint" by wickedbish
• "anchovies, anchovies, you're so delicious" by shinyjenni
• Favorite Buffy things by hondagirll
• 30 days of vidding, days 9 and 10 (...what are your favorite pairings to vid?) by bradcpu
• Talking meme 6 & 7 (How about vidding in Buffy fandom: Likes & dislikes?) by gwyn_r
• upfront villainy by deird1
• Teacher thoughts while binge-watching Buffy by everyfiredies
• 30 Days Of Buffy: Least Favorite Romance by listener
• Stack Exchange: How did Buffy's glitch allow the First to enact its plan? by Izkata

[Articles, Interviews & Other News]

• Newly Human and Strangely Literal: Fool for Love and Reliable-Dog-Geyser-Person: Family
• BigTallWords: "Be Not Afraid Of Greatness." An Analysis Of The Third Season Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• StudentBeans.com: 24 reasons we need Buffy back in our lives
• fashion limbo: The world needs another Buffy
• BBC: Front Row Special on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• The Esoteric Sunnydale: Feminism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• USA Today: What do Jimmy Stewart, Buffy and Orlando Bloom have in common?
• 411mania.com: Top Ten Dysfunctional TV Siblings
• americana texicana: We need more ladies on TV
• The Nerds Of Color--NOCs of the Roundtable: The Darkest Timelines
• 95.7 Ben FM: Top 5 Greatest Musical TV Episodes
• Hey Don't Judge Me: Nightmares
• Critical Viewing Buffy: Why Can't You Just Masturbate Like the Rest of Us? and Angel: A Turgid Supernatural Soap Opera
• Snark Squad Buffy the Vampire Slayer S07 E03 -- Finger lickin' good and Angel S04 E03 -- Child of destiny
• Shangel's Reviews: "Surprise", Once More With Extreme Prejudice: The Girl's So Hot, She's Buffy, and Critically Touched: What's My Line (revisited)
• Count Geekula: Smashed and allmyfriendsarefictional--Angel Review S1E17: "Eternity"
• Michael Hicks: Reopening the X-Files, and Other Tales of Adaptations (Comics)
• H-Net--Buffy to Batgirl: Women and Gender in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Comics (Interdisciplinary Conference)
• CBR: Buffy's Back in Dark Horse's March 2014 Solicitations
• Quickflix: The Top 10 Female Performances in 2013 (Amy Acker in Much Ado About Nothing) and EW--'Grimm': Alexis Denisof teases 'charismatic' new villain