Thursday, December 15th, 2011

[emelye_miller]

Xander: So, you doing anything special?
Buffy: Tree. Nog. Roast beast. Just me and Mom and hopefully an excess of gifts. What are you doing for Christmas?
Willow: Being Jewish. Remember, people? Not everybody worships Santa.
Buffy: I just meant for vacation.
Willow: Mm. Nothing fun.

~~Amends~~

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[Stand-alones, Ficlets and Drabbles]

• Porny Advent Drabble #15 “Dickens” by hello_spikey, Dawn, Spike, R.
• Burn All The Maps by bayloriffic, Buffy/Spike, R.
• What We Did Last Night by telaryn, Faith/Eliot, PG-13, *crossover with Leverage*. Written for angst_bingo’s Round 3, for the prompt "roofied".
• Festive Ficlet #16 “Big Shoes” by brutti_ma_buoni, Snyder, Wood, G.
• On the prompt “I Declare” by coalitiongirl, Buffy/Spike, PG. Written for open_on_sunday.

[Chaptered Fic Updates]

• No Light, Chapter Three by guardian_erin, Giles/Spike, R.
• Connection, Chapter 1 by lusciousxander, Dawn/Xander, Spike/Xander eventually, R. Written for fall_for_sx.

[Icons, Graphics, Wallpapers and Vids]

• Seven Spander Icons by Consumedly.
• Four ATS, ten BTVS, four Dollhouse and eight Firefly icons by sweetiepebbles.
• Fifty Faith icons by telaryn in winter_of_faith.

[Community Updates]

• Reminder the free choice challenge ends Friday at btvsats_guys and more icons are needed.
• Voting is now open for challenge #209 at btvs_hush.

[Fandom Essays and Discussion]

• Review of Angel #30 by harsens_rob.
• Review, notes and spoilery speculation on Buffy #4 from moscow_watcher.
• Review of Buffy #4 from buffyfestblog.
• Observations on BTVS season seven from quinara.