The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Wednesday, May 22

[veronyxk84]

BUFFY: At least let the other people go.
CHANTARELLE: Why are you fighting this? It's what we want!
DIEGO: It's our chance for immortality.
CHANTARELLE: This is a beautiful day. Can't you see that?
BUFFY: What I see is that, right after the sun goes down, Spike and all of his friends are going to be pigging out at the all-you-can-eat moron bar.

~~BtVS 2x07 “Lie To Me”~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• The Wreckoning (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by maxineeden
• Treasured (Buffy, Angel, PG) by badly_knitted
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• Hangover (Spike, Dawn, PG-13) by veronyxk84
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• MedWhump May 2024 Day 21: Exhaustion (Riley/Graham, G) by MadeInGold
• The Other Way of Stopping (Angel/Darla, T) by Octavia_Octopus
• Care & Feeding (Riley, Spike, G) by reader304
• Not So Wrecked (Buffy/Tara, E) by RavenclawSlayer
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• Something Like What He Was (Xander, Buffy, Spike, G) by JayeMaru
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• Death, In Quiet Tread (Buffy/Spike, PG) by Desicat

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Object of Affection, Chapter 4/? (Spike/Xander, E) by felixsfishnets
• Elseworld Buffy - One Bad Night, Chapters 1-10/10 COMPLETE! (Buffy, Diagnosis Murder xover, M) by Owen
• Responding to Intel, Chapter 9/9 COMPLETE! (Xander, multiple xovers, T) by arcanedreamer
• In the Company of Witches and Slayers:, Chapter 43/200 (Willow/Tara, E) by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer)
• Infinitely, Chapter 53/? (Willow/Tara, M) by Laragh
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• [French language] Recommencer, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Faith, M) by Friday Queen
• [French language] Do as Romans do, Chapter 28 (Dawn/Spike, T) by OldGirl-NoraArlani
• Return of the Hellmouth, Chapter 2 (Buffy, Giles, G) by WannabeWriter89
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• A Ripple In Time, Chapter 36 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten
• Something Lingers, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by goodbyetoyou
• Deliverance From Destiny, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Ragini
• East of Nevada, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Blissymbolics
• See You Yesterday, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, R) by all choseny
• Written in the Stars, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by RavenLove12
• Love Lives Here, Chapter 66 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Passion4Spike
• So It Goes..., Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout
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• Trick AND Treat, Chapter 5 COMPLETE! (Xander, Supernatural xover, FR15) by Lostmind
• Old Fashioned Romance, Chapter 10 (Xander/Steve Rogers, Marvel xover, FR21) by calikocat
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• Blood and dust, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, 18+) by Blackoberst
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• The Kitten That Killed Slayers, Chapters 15-17 COMPLETE! (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Desicat
• Bruises, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only) by hulettwyo
• What the Drabble? Vol. 2, Chapter 27 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by VeroNyxK84
• See You Yesterday, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, R) by all choseny
• Love Lives Here, Chapter 66 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Passion4Spike
• So It Goes..., Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• Artwork: some old lilah art (worksafe) by genericaces
• Icons: Buffy Summers — Buffy the Vampire Slayer, S02E01 (1998) (worksafe) by slashericons
• Comic: drusilla turning william (worksafe) by spikedru
• Artwork: [Coffy drawing] (Buffy/Cordelia, worksafe) by spikes-left-eyebrow
• Artwork: Late night what-if Discord spuffy server shenans (Spike, worksafe) by isevery0nehereverystoned
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• Video: buffy & angel | espresso by lostlcve
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• Manip: Chasing Away Insanity (Buffy/Spike, G) by honeygirl51885
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• Artwork: ChiBangel: Enemies (Buffy/Angel, G) by MamaBewear

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• Buffy vs Dracula by buffster
• Mothman’s Buffy Rewatch, Season 3, episode 6, “Band Candy” by mothmans-wedding-photographer
• Just finished “Lies My Parents Told Me” and woof, that was rough by nicnacsnonsense
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• 3x10 'Amends' and the joys of being blindsided by jm_leviathan
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer ruined television for me by Cailly_Brard7

[Recs & In Search Of]

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• Recco/Reposts itmustbetuesday recced by teragramm
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• [ask by fezwearingjellybananas] In This House We Are Home recced by kitkatt0430
• One of the fun bits of In the Company of Witches and Slayers as an AU recced by lightdancer1
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• ISO: Any good discords for fanfiction writers on btvs and angel requested by Sharp-Rest1014

[Fandom Discussions]

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• I think it’s a shame that we never had any sort of flashback to or mention of the Slayer immediately before Buffy on the show by coraniaid
• I think a lot of btvs fans dismiss the degree to which Xander and Faith genuinely did have a connection by turing-complete-mammal
• SlayerFest ‘98… another amazing concept by reality-schmality
• [ask by badwolfwho1] Top 5 episodes in which Kendra should've been mentioned in? answered by coraniaid
• It’s weird that none of the Potentials that come to Buffy’s house in s7 have their Watcher with them by nicnacsnonsense
• [About the activation of all the Potentials in S7] by nicnacsnonsense
• With every rewatch of this show, and every year that passes, I grow more feral and protective of [Faith] by takaraphoenix
• The thing with Dawn’s peanut butter banana quesadilla confuses me by nicnacsnonsense
• So I just read a quote from Joss saying Kennedy was designed to be the “anti-Tara” and I just… by nicnacsnonsense
• I personally believe that Rupert Giles came to terms with the unhealthy attachment between himself and Buffy Summers throughout Once More With Feeling by xandersrailcrash
• about what Buffy said in Seeing red after Spike’s speech about what real love is (it burns and consumes) by nightvisionsofthepast
• [About the Council and their tratment of Slayers] by theredpharaoah
• I wish someone would do a more detailed and hyper-realistic drawing of Illyria by theredpharaoah
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• how they dressed continued by multiple posters
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• What ending for Cordelia would you have preferred? by vampmogs, multiple posters
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• In many vampire lores, a crucifix will burn, hurt or repel vamps. What do you think happens if someone with a crucifix tattoo is turned? by phishezrule
• Did anyone else read these? They were my favourite Buffy books even though they were unofficial. by CommanderFuzzy
• Not including the musical episode, which dances or references to dancing come to mind when you think of these characters? by InfiniteMehdiLove
• Over the years Xander should have become a serious fighter by QuaPatetOrbis641988
• Unpopular? Opinion: I enjoy episode 6x17 Normal Again! by Excellent-Durian-509
• What's something that you think had the opposite effect of what the Buffyverse writers were going for? by PristineSituation498
• Cordelia should be traumatized beyond repair by Squeaky_Pickles
• Do you think Buffy would have told Angel about Dawn [being the key]? by Usernamelesses
• 23 years ago, Buffy sacrificed herself to save the world on BtVS's fifth season finale "The Gift" by OptionNo1672

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