The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, July 19

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TARA: Willow's good at all that computer stuff, but me not so much. Do you really understand all that?
ANYA: Oh. Well, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like, "Whoa, I'm eleven hundred years old. I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans."
TARA: I go online sometimes, but ... everyone's spelling is really bad, and it's ... depressing.
ANYA: But you have to try online trading, it's great! The secret is avoiding the tech companies everyone was jumping on, and, and going with the smaller firms that supply the basic components.
TARA: Uh-huh.
ANYA: Anyway, I took the money from working for Giles, and I tripled it.
TARA: Tripled? Like, first money, then money money money?
ANYA: Yes. I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.

~~I Was Made to Love You~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• Metamorphosis (Giles, members of the Devon Coven, not rated, gen) by sparrow2000

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Another Kind of Sunnydale Chapter 12 (Jenny, Scoobies, Angel/Darla, 18+) by braxen
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• this cold heart never bleeds Chapter 1 (crossover with Sherlock, Sherlock/John, Drusilla/Spike, E) by Mentalguerilla
• Alexia The Vampire Slayer Chapter 137 (Faith, Tara, OC, M) by chadmaako
• As You Are Chapter 3 (Spike/Buffy, Spike&Dawn, Riley, not rated) by Serenitey
• A chaotic love Chapter 51 (Giles/Ethan, T) by Jaspergirl
• Fred and Wesley: In the Good Place Chapter 6 (crossover with The Good Place, Fred/Wesley, T) by Fitzsimmons_Forever
• The Others. Chapter 26 (ensemble, T) by steeleye
• regarding honor and honesty in the workplace Chapter 22 (Jenny/Giles, Jenny/Lilah, Jenny&Faith, Faith/Tara, Willow/Buffy, T) by The_Eclectic_Bookworm
• Save the Last Dance For Me Chapter 57 (Spike/Buffy, E) by Passion4Spike
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• The Journals of Rupert Giles Vol 2 Chapter 14 (Giles, Scoobies, T) by CPO Backstreet
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• Hungry Hearts Chapter 4 (Spike/Buffy, R) by Callie8M

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• Artwork: btvs ladies’ calendar | july (buffy summers) (worksafe) by bisummers
• Artwork: Re: Buffy/Faith #7 please (probably worksafe) by plastic-pipes
• Artwork: “Do you love my insides? The parts you can’t see?” (Drusilla, worksafe) by jealousangelus
• Artwork: Spike and Buffy chalk drawing (worksafe) by thatcreativefan
• Artwork: i’m not supposed to have boys in my room. #willow (worksafe) by tarastheory
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• Artwork: Spike (worksafe) by Z. Grimm (@Spookeriffic)

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• MTVS Epic Rewatch #204: BTVS 7x18 Dirty Girls by marshmallow-the-vampire-slayer
• Buffy rewatch: The Replacement (5.03) by elsalapizza
• Buffy rewatch: Out of My Mind (5.04) by elsalapizza
• Buffy thoughts- rest of S3 and up to 4x08 by thebigmick284
• BtVS 12.02 (*with Spoilers*) by mrsgordo84
• Okay, so I got an Anon ask about Buffy Season 12, Issue #2… by lilyginnyblackv2
• I’m just exhausted by S12 by sunalsolove and lilyginnyblackv2
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• Buffy Season 12 #2 Recap & Review by idkmybffjill730
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• Thread: Buffy S12:The Reckoning # 2 Issue Discussion Thread(Full Spoilers. (cont'd) by Priceless, SpuffyGlitz, and others
• Hell's Bells by debbicles
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• PODCAST: Still Pretty #41. I Robot, You Jane (S1.08) by Lani Diane Rich and Noelle LaCroix
• PODCAST: 79 ReVisiting Sunnydale: Buffy vs. Dracula S5 E1

[Recs]

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• More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages by petzipellepingo
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• Fic "The Book of William" by Lizerrrbeathan recced by flow

[Community Announcements]

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• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Discord channel to talk about Buffy, find friends who enjoy Buffy... by wholockiandalek
• Looking for 2 fics (one baby, one reincarnation) by Mikkalenko at the Spuffy Find-A-Fic Forum

[Fandom Discussions]

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• Buffy and Faith have a very complex and layered relationship by dingoes8myrp
• Commentary on fic "And If the Grave Be Now Thy Bed" by rahirah
• For DVD commentary: the Spawn fake dating scene in The Road to Byzantium by rahirah
• Re: Spill the tea on Fuffy as a romantic ship by we-pay-for-everything
• The arguments I’ve seen against writing unsouled Spuffy fan fiction by rahirah with discussion by willowrosenboob and lilyginnyblackv2
• Meta on character development by lol-jackles
• Tara is a trans lesbian and TERFs aren’t allowed to claim her by otahkoapisiakii
• DVD commentary: Tales From a New Body Chapter 5 - The Fundamentals of Oral Communication by iamoffyourbird
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• Personaly I never saw Xander as a toxic male by MarieVampSlayer
• [Missed opportunities to show Xander and Willow mourning Jesse] by DeepBlueJoy and others
• Wasted Potential: Greatest Characters Who Didn't Last? hosted by CharlieGunn1
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• For me, "Hells Bells" (B 6.16) and "Selfless" (B 7.05) both greatly suffer from the primacy of Buffy/Spike and Spike by MikeB
• Spuffy fic "Dark Kisses" by Sigyn discussed by multiple participants
• Thread: Angel telling Buffy about Connor and Cordy by multiple participants
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• Misheard lyrics in OMWF. Who else? hosted by Ouchdaddy
• Is there a explanation for Christian relics/iconography having negative effects on vamps? hosted by hopesdead

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

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• COMICS: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 12: THE RECKONING #2, Georges Jeanty variant cover, Phil Noto ultra variant cover at darkhorse.com. Publication Date: July 18, 2018.
• COMICS: BUFFY SEASON 10 LIBRARY EDITION VOLUME 1 HC at darkhorse.com. Publication date: July 18, 2018.
• PUBLICATION: I love Joss Whedon, and I’m done with Joss Whedon by Mary Elizabeth Williams at salon.com
• PUBLICATION: Scene Stealers: 20 On-Screen Supporting Characters Who Outshined The Leads by Shaun Stacy at CBR.com
• PUBLICATION: From ‘Buffy’ to ‘Battlestar Galactica,’ 17 TV Shows That Live on in Comics (Photos) by Jennifer Maas at thewrap.com

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