Buffy: Okay, (Willow holds up one minidress) do I wanna appear shy, coy and naive or (Willow holds up the other) unrestrained, insatiable and aggressive?
Xander: Uh, y'know, Owen is a little home spun, he probably doesn't like that overly assertive look. Oh, hey, here's something. A nice comfy overcoat and a ski cap! The earflaps will bring out your eyes!
Buffy: Maybe I should mix and match. Okay, guy's opinion. (grabs two lipsticks from her desk) Which one do you think Owen will like better? The red or the peach?
Xander: Oh, you mean for kissing you and then telling all his friends how easy you are so the whole school loses respect for you and then talks behind your back? The red's fine.
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Xander: Uh, y'know, Owen is a little home spun, he probably doesn't like that overly assertive look. Oh, hey, here's something. A nice comfy overcoat and a ski cap! The earflaps will bring out your eyes!
Buffy: Maybe I should mix and match. Okay, guy's opinion. (grabs two lipsticks from her desk) Which one do you think Owen will like better? The red or the peach?
Xander: Oh, you mean for kissing you and then telling all his friends how easy you are so the whole school loses respect for you and then talks behind your back? The red's fine.
~~Buffy Episode #5: "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date"~~
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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

- Finding Direction (Xander, T, Elysium Cipher xover) by madimpossibledreamer

- Are You Satisfied? (Willow, G) by MadeInGold
- Shampain (Spike/Drusilla, M) by MadeInGold
- House of Slayer: Adopted (Buffy, T, Harry Potter xover) by BrennaLynn
- I Am Not a Robot (Angel/Spike, T) by MadeInGold
- Réunis par la musique (Ensemble, G) by Doxalys
- Anya and the Hell Bunny (Anya, T) by AJ Fields (myfanfiction)
- Salvage (Buffy/Spike, E) by HollyDB
- New World (Xander/Anya, G) by ChristinaK
- Rift Repairs (Cordelia/Xander, G) by ChristinaK
- welcome to sunnydale (Oz, T) by ElasticElla
- Podfic of ‟the sound of her‟ by verity (Faith, Buffy/Spike, G) by aethel

- Untitled (Buffy, Faith, unrated, SPN xover) by cookiedoughmeagain
- Toil and Trouble (Spike/Reader) by prose-for-hire

- Strengths and Weaknesses (Buffy/Spike, G) by womanaction
- Smoke and Mirrors (Buffy/Spike, E) by honeygirl51885

- I Wish You'd Left Me Wondering (Buffy/Spike, T) by Fancyflautist

- On the Matter of Illyria… (Ensemble, G, LotR xover) by Luna
[Chaptered Fiction]

- House of Slayer Ch, 1 (Buffy, Dawn, T, Harry Potter xover) by BrennaLynn
- Friendship with Vampires Ch. 1-4/4 (COMPLETE) (Spike/Reader, G) by RebeccaHaskell
- The Council Ch. 1 (Giles/OC, Buffy/Spike, Willow/Fred, M) by sonnywithachanceofrollins
- One Girl in All the World Ch. 32 (Ensemble, T) by BrennaLynn
- The Coven Ch. 5 (Willow, Giles, T) by heckate
- What It Felt Like Ch. 2 (Dawn, Spike/Drusilla, M) by shotgunSinner
- Ripper and Olivia Ch. 1-8/8 (COMPLETE) (Giles/Olivia, E) by DWEmma
- Second Chances Ch. 12 (Buffy/Faith, T) by Rosalind_or_Ganymede
- The First Apocalypse (Book Three of the Reunion Trilogy) Ch. Ch. 9 (Buffy/Angel, E) by MCorey1317
- Orvieto Ch. 8 (Buffy/Spike, M) by TuesdayGirl

- Walk Me to the Graveyard Ch 2 (Buffy/Spike, unrated) by spuffybot

- Dry Mouth Ch. 3 (Faith/Tara, T) by JustBrethe
- Fathers Ch. 16 (Faith, M) by Forgotten Conscience

- Tough Love, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, E) by EllieRose101
- Can Your Pussy Do The Vamp?, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Wojtekstan
- Heart's Apocalypse, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, T) by DeathTheKat
- Postcards and Snapshots, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, T) by FoolForSpuffy
- Randy + Joan: As Long As You Love Me, Chapter 17 (Buffy/Spike, M) by BewitchedXx
- do you wanna dance?, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, T) by sunshine-of-my-lifetime
- So One of Us is Living, Chapter 30-31 (Buffy/Spike, T) by violettathepiratequeen
- A Place in the Sun, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, E) by honeygirl51885
- Walk Me to the Graveyard, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Gigirose13
- Twice Broken, Thrice Burnt, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, E) by ClowniestLivEver
- Origins, Chapter 42 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Niamh
- When the World Went Cold, You Were Brighter than Gold, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Harlow Turner
- Spiderwebs, Chapter 23 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Willow25
- Awakening Of The Slayer, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, M) by PaganRose
- Rise, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, E) by CheekyKitten

- Anything We Want, Part 2, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by scratchmeout
- Baby Love, Chapter 33 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Niamh
- I'm Fine, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Grief Counseling
- Bloom, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, T) by ashcrashed
- Bring Him Home , Chapter 19-20 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Acb6293
- One Step Away, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, T) by flootzavut
- 105: Intro To Vampyre, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Desicat
- Encased in Sunshine, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Acb6293
- Sparks, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Dusty

- Echoes of Beljoxa Ch. 57: Crossing Rubicon (Buffy/Spike, M) by myrabeth

- Sons and Daughters of Sineya Ch. 26 (Ensemble, M, Chronicles of Narnia xover) by dogbertcarroll
- Healed By Love Ch. 16 (Buffy, E, The Originals xover) by Buffyworldbuilder
- Accidental Dark Lords and Ladies of Sunnydale Ch. 6 (Ensemble, E, multiple xovers) by AnimeRonin
[Images, Audio & Video]

- Manip:Banner based on thewiggins' story "You Must Remember" () by thenewbuzwuzz

- Artwork:BTVS “Every Outfit” “Normal Again” Xx () by whatshisfaceblogs
- Artwork:Giles () by defiant-art
- Artwork:Giles again () by defiant-art
- Artwork:BTVS “Every Outfit” “Seeing Red” Xx () by whatshisfaceblogs
- Icons: BTVS “Every Outfit” “Entropy” Xx () by whatshisfaceblogs
- Artwork:Drusilla () by stjoandearc
- Artwork:BTVS “Every Outfit” “Hell’s Bells” Xx () by whatshisfaceblogs
- Artwork:BTVS “Every Outfit” “As you Were” Xx () by whatshisfaceblogs
- Artwork:AtS Cartoon () by paulgadzikowski

- Video: The Buffyverse | Human () by Jess Wilson

- Manip:Spike by Dirtyaim
- Manip:Pierced Spike by Dirtyaim
[Reviews & Recaps]

- When She Was Missing But No One Noticed by havocthecat
- Prophecy (Remember When Everything Was) Grrl by havocthecat
- I Robot, You Hate This Online Life We Lead by havocthecat
- Some Foreshadowing Required by havocthecat
- Rewatch: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Witch” (S1Ep3) by mothman-rewatches
[Community Announcements]

- Oh hey, it's a Buffyverse Hanahaki Fic Challenge! by somekindofadeviant
[Fandom Discussions]

- the episode of Angel where Cordelia is shown how the world would be if she never crossed paths with Angel in LA by epiales06
- How do you deal with shooting scenes of abusive behaviour, such as Spike’s towards Harmony? by James Marsters via alfasou
- Cordelia and Willow by tuiyla
- what are your thoughts on Spuffy this season? by tuiyla
- I think a character we never talk about getting kinda narrativly assassinated is anya. by helpfulbug
- https://coraniaid.tumblr.com/post/717396973231243264/i-know-the-moment-is-played-for-drama-and-in by coraniaid
- Giles is often a lousy father figure by coraniaid
- I’m not big on hot takes by tuiyla
- I WANT ANGEL AND DAWN TO HAVE A BROTHER/SISTER RELATIONSHIP SO BAD by ann0yedpeach
- OH MY DEAR GOODNESS I AM LOVING THE NEW SPIKE by nestaenthusiast
- In Beneath You Anya mumbled "oh penis" by hero-adjacent
- Random but isn't weird that Anya got so good at hand to hand combat by nevergonnabemuchmorethanweather and itzniaok
- Dru in season 2 by epiales06
- the way wesley really saved lilah from the beast by gothamstreetcat

- In the flashback scene of Spike dying in "Chosen" why did they remove Buffy's "I Love You" to Spike? by Multiple Authors
- Spike on Angel Season 5 Was it worth it or a waste of time ? by Multiple Authors
- SoS: Willow's best qualities and what makes Willow great by Multiple Author
- Discussion of The Vampire Slayer #14 - Released 5/17/23 (Boom! Studios) by Multiple Author
- Despite a Beautiful Legacy, Buffy‘s Willow & Tara Were a Toxic Couple by Multiple Authors


- Any personal headcanons on what you think Willow called Xander here in this scene by Lobothehobosexual
- The two tales of who Buffy was vs. could've been by primal_slayer
- Angels curse by Ok_Nature2869
- What is the best Angel episode? by wallstreetliam
- Message Boards by surfsupturtle
- Anyone else find Buffy's crying in Triangle obnoxiously annoying? by jdpm1991
- Question about Faith from S4. by SatansAssociate
- Caught a moment in Angel where they forgot to edit a camera by mariacostoya
- The Beast massacring everyone in Wolfram & Hart is a very underrated scene by jdpm1991
- Do The Boys Watching Buffy Podcast Guys Ever Figure Out the Invitation Rules? by white_lancer
- LANFAR! Do the dance of joy! by Mitogi
- "Conversations With Dead People"--One of The Best Episodes. Do people hate it? by kipcarson37
- a couple of questions about s3e11 gingerbread by -zoo-wee-mama-
- Season 1 vs. Season 5 and Before by Kirrela
- About this incident….. by mugiwara-no-lucy
- Why did everyone lose all their braincells in 'empty places' S7E19? by ThrobbingHeadaches
- Powerful Demon Skip by MoreGull
- I Love AtS Season 4! by MoreGull
- Are these things headcanon or were they actually established in the show? by Suitable-Garlic5217
- Was Buffy reunited with Joyce while she was in heaven? by CleanUpOnAisle10
- The Body arc by huffgil11
- Puppet Show by BreakTacticF0
- Was this done on purpose? by jdpm1991
- “You’re Welcome” Ending by ginime_
- The Effect of Crosses on Vampires by ErrForceOnes
- We never got to know whether Dawn forgave Spike by aeryn1227
- Wes job at Sunnydale High by Cat_OHara
- Connor had a normal childhood by LightBlueSky55
- How would Spike react if Buffy lost her soul? by whimsiebat
- When Spike was "slaying" Buffy in The Bronze while watching her friends. by CharlieOak86868686
- Xander is so loathsome in Season 2 it’s mildly ruining my rewatch by ThatGumYouLikee
- Rewatching and it occurred to me. by WeeklyClimate8775
- What If Glory encountered Marcus Hamilton and Brain Sucked him, what would come of Her and Ben? by ComplexAcademic1231
- Angry rant about the pile on by URMythtaken
- Help me understand the Seal of Danzalthar by menlindorn
- Can you still be punk while [spoilers] by whimsiebat
- If you could talk some sense into one of the Scoobs in S6, who would it be? by Opening_Knowledge868
- Yes or no - Were The Initiative's experiments on supernatural beings unethical? by InfiniteMehdiLove
- Buffy's empathy S1 vs S7 by mazmataz
- Do you think what invisible Buffy did here qualifies as SA? by aeryn1227
- I just love JM's performance in Beneath You! by CellSation
- do vampires need to shower? by atlasshrugd
- What line in Buffy gives you goosebumps more than any other? by theredacer

- PUBLICATION: (Para)Normalizing the Patriarchy: How Supernatural Pregnancy Storylines Shape Perceptions of Motherhood and Bodily Autonomy for Women in Angel, 1999-2004 by Haley L. Strassburger (at the author‛s request, including her contact info for anyone who wishes to discuss the paper: spoonie.reads on instagram or haley.strassburger at gmail.com)