The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, October 24

[nondenomifan]

ANGEL: I know you can't help me, but could you maybe not root for the other team?
SPIKE: Hey, I'll root for anyone with half a chance of taking you down a notch.
ANGEL: What is your problem?
SPIKE: You are, ya ponce! You're my problem. You got it too good. You're king of a 30-floor castle with all the cars, comfort, power, and glory you could ever want; and here I save the world, throw myself onto the proverbial hand grenade for love, honor, and all the right reasons, and what do I get? Bloody well toasted and ghosted is what I get, isn't it? It's not fair.
ANGEL: Fair?! You asked for a soul. I didn't! It almost killed me. I spent a hundred years trying to come to terms with infinite remorse. You spent 3 weeks moaning in a basement, and then you were fine! What's fair about that?!

~~"Just Rewards,"~~ Angel, Season 5, Episode 2 (Series Episode #90)

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

• None to report.

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Crumbs, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (25/?) - (S6 Canon AU; Buffy/Spike, Ensemble; FRMA) by Holly
• Sweeter El Paso, Texas, "Party, Party, Party - Part III" (7/?) - (BtVS/AtS Human Babyfic AU; Buffy/Spike, Amy, Andrew, Anya, April, Gunn, Cordy, Dawn, Faith, Fred, Giles, Jenny, Jonathan, Joyce, Lilah, Lorne, Oz, Sam, Tara, Wes; FRM) by rkm

Rating Info

• Fiction Rating Key Here
• "NR" = "Not Rated"
• Authors' given ratings usually trusted, but "general audiences" and "K" or "K+" are increased to "FRT" because of original BtVS/AtS series' ratings. Occasional stronger ratings given when chance glance shows they're needed. "F-bomb" and/or gratuitous coarse language marked as FRMA-AL, no matter how used. Graphic depictions of human-on-human violence and/or abuse deferred to next day's editor for private life reasons. Thanks for understanding. :-)

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• STILL: "The Zeppo" Stunt Doubles shared by Robosl0b in buffy subreddit
• ARTWORK: "Showtime"- for me one of the most inspiring episodes (Buffy w/Ubervamp) by dollheadpolka in buffy subreddit
• STILL: New fan here! Finished btvs and angel and I miss them already (shared fave Spike moment) by pobodysnerfect23 in buffy subreddit


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• VIDEO: “Behind Blue Eyes” fanvid for Giles (Giles, Buffy; T) by certified-diplodocus


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• MUSIC VIDEO: "It Doesn't Matter," by Alison Krauss, cover (WOW.) by Marty Eli Bower Music
• VIDEO: Xander Funny Moments by Faith Victoria

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• VIDEO PODCAST: Flunking The Written: "Ted" (AUDIO ONLY) by Megan and Kimberly ("Flunking The Written")
• VIDEO: Buffy! The Vampire Slayer, Reaction, S03E18, "Earshot" (NSFW-AL start to end) by SoraMiyano
• VIDEO: "To Shansu in L.A." (1x22) and One Year of The Sunnydale Review (1 AtS review, discussion of doing Buffyverse podcasts) by Wicked Good Podcasts (Jillian and Brian)
• VIDEO: Analysing Buffy | BTVS S01E10 "Nightmares" | "Buffy the Slaypire" (intro, fun summary, analysis) by What the Pop EDITOR REC!
• VIDEO: There's a Slayer Handbook? ("Ted" discussion; John Ritter credited as "Jason" Ritter) by Glitter Budget (Anjannette and Jess)

[Recs]

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• More Links Than a Bag of Sausages recced by petzipellepingo


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• My Tweets (James Marsters news, photos, links) by dontkillspike

[Community Announcements]

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• DoyleCordy is Moving to the AO3 by AO3 Admin


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• How Buffyverse Top 5's 2020 Session Will Run (NOW OPEN THROUGH NOV 3 2020!) by yourlibrarian in buffyversetop5

[Fandom Discussions]

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• Would Giles Have Killed Dawn in S5? by PurePotential6 in buffy subreddit
• What was the inspiration behind the "Go Fish" episode? by NorsacceBerlusconi in buffy subreddit
• "Once More with Feeling" (TRIGGER WARNING RE: Willow/Tara spell compared to assault) by binxlyostrich in buffy subreddit

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

• None to report.

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