The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, April 29th

[fatalfae]

Angel: I don’t know about you, but I had a nice day. You know, except for the bulk of it, where I was nearly tortured to death.

Doyle: Yeah, well, you stood up.

Angel: Oh, god. I was this close to telling him everything. I mean, one more hot poker and I was giving him the ring, your mom, everything... How is your mom?

~~In The Dark~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

• I Can't Feel a Thing (Crossover w/ Blake's 7, Jesse/Xander, T ) by madimpossibledreamer


• Milestones (Connor, Spike, T ) by Greensword101
• Shared Skin (Faith/Buffy, Angel, Giles, E) by Sting99
• scars (Connor, Dawn, T) by Greensword101


• I wish I’d never gone / I wish I’d never come (Multi-Fandom, Xander, FR21) by jarinmyheartinmyjar

[Chaptered Fiction]

• so I'll be everywhere that you'll be, Chapters 1-2 (Spike/Buffy, Tara, Giles, Willow, E) by ForASecondThereWedWon
• No Rest for the Wicked, Chapters 1-4 (Faith/Buffy, Spike, Riley, Giles, Oz, Angel, Wesley, Willow, Unrated) by TargaryenPug
• They Know Exactly What We're Here For, Chapters 1-14 (Angel/Riley/Spike, Willow/Buffy, Maggie Walsh, Giles, Xander, Anya, Cordelia, Doyle, E) by MadeInGold
• Here Be Monsters, Chapters 1-4 (Angel/Spike, Harmony, Fred, Wesley, Gunn, E) by girlpire
• Don’t You Know You’re Playing Pretend?, Chapters 1-2 (Jenny/Giles, Willow, Tara, Buffy, Anya, G) by Ihavenoconsistentinterests
• Stolen Moments, COMPLETE (Spike/Buffy, Joyce, Xander, Buffy, G) by flootzavut
• Red Xandra: Season One, Chapters 1-24 (Xander, Willow, Buffy, Giles, Joyce, Amy, Cordelia, Johnathan, Andrew, T) by Kickaha


• so I'll be everywhere that you'll be (Buffy/Spike, E) by forasecondtherewedwon


• Camaraderie, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, Ensemble, NC-17) by scratchmeout
• The Watcher, Chapter 45 (Buffy/Spike, Willow, Xander, Angel, Angelus, Cordelia, Darla, Dawn, Drusilla, Faith, NC-17) by In Mortal
• Getting Caught, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, G) by cd85, The Danish Bird


• Sojourns in Heaven, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, Angel, Anya, Dawn, Tara, Willow, Xander, NC-17) by elements
• The Watcher, Chapter 45 (Buffy/Spike, Angel, Angelus, Cordelia, Darla, Drusilla, Faith, Willow, Xander, NC-17) by In Mortal


• feels like we ought to have known (Spike, Angel, Buffy, T) by mongooseking

[Images, Audio & Video]

• Video: Angel: The Line (Angel, SFW) by mycatismyfriend
• Artwork: Multi-Fandom Art (Multi-Fandom, Angel, SFW) by noroomtohatethedevil
• Artwork: I picked up my pencil, blacked out for two hours, and this happened. (Spike, SFW) by doodlejoops
• Artwork: buffy summers more like buffy snork mimimi <3333 (Buffy, SFW) by youhavethesun
• Artwork: I understand the crying, you cry because you're human. But you weren't always. (Willow, Dawn, SFW) by wykart
• Artwork: What something against vampire boyfriends? (Spike, Giles, Buffy, SFW) by yarboyandy
• Artwork: “I made a promise to a lady…” (Spike, SFW) by petridishbabydesigns
• Artwork: Quick lil Buffy. (Buffy, SFW) by glitterswitchcraft
• Icons: Buffy Icons (Buffy, SFW) by editshit


• Tattoo: Sharing my Buffy ink (Tabula Rasa Tattoo, SFW) by DickJames19


• Podcast: Major Slayage BTVS S1E5 "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" by Major Slayage - A Buffy Rewatch Podcast

[Reviews & Recaps]

• Season 2, Episode 5, “Reptile Boy.” by violettathepiratequeen
• ReWatch Review: Angel - S4, E22 by sweetcritique
• ReWatch Review: Angel - S4, E21 by sweetcritique
• ReWatch Review: Angel - S4, E20 by sweetcritique

[Fandom Discussions]

• No cause Anya was 100% right Buffy should definitely charge for slaying. by vic-tori-ous
• I feel like one of those rare fans that shipped both Buffy/Angel and Spike/Buffy. by clairedelune-13
• In addition to the fact that Buffy having to get a job is a pretty core part of Season 6's wider themes by coraniaid
• I think Buffy's relationship with Angel is a hugely important part of her character by coraniaid
• I know some people like it but I don't really get the appeal, honestly. by coraniaid
• reason why i love spike and buffy by professeurm
• Not my preferred ship for either character by coraniaid
• OK, for the record I like at least one of these ships by coraniaid
• lord I cannot take Buffy as seriously after her haircut in season 6 by femmedefandom
• Do we wanna talk about how Buffy's daddy issues culminated in an initially toxic fling with Spike by mandala-lore
• been thinking a lot about the original script for season 7 episode 9 “Never Leave Me”. by loseremzo
• you know in 6x04 when anya suggests that buffy should charge people for saving them by diellim
• both jenny owens young and now trixie mattel being riley stans has me going... by smallboyonherbike
• it's funny because every time I do a buffy rewatch I see early S4 Riley by averycutemoose
• Spike, seeing Tara’s shitty family trying to tear her down and take her away by femmedefandom


• The Amulet- Somone make this make sense by Btvs fan


• I have no title for this. Oh, and Sarah acts this perfectly. But I also want to give credit to Amber by Big-Restaurant-2766
• Oh no! I wanted to make a new tierlist so I could re-rank the characters since it's been awhile by Big-Restaurant-2766
• Musical tastes of the Scoobies by redskinsguy
• “I slip” by No-Iron5889
• Conner: the bastard son of two demons. by Blue_Watermelon420
• Which reactors do you watch? by tinypabitch
• Calgary Expo 2025 – Any updates from James Marsters' panel? by Calm-Section-5393
• A good while back when I showed my friend Buffy The Vampire Slayer for the first time by Big-Restaurant-2766
• I’m alive because of BTVS by paper_people_eater
• Do you have any headcanons for the slayer before Buffy? by No-Resolution-5927
• What if... the bullet hit Willow instead? by Tellgraith
• Genuinely the scariest moment in the series by inconspicuous2012
• If you could transform any Buffy episode into a musical so that the series had two musical episodes by WerewolfBarMitzvah09
• Lorne and Tara are kind of parallels by itsapocket
• Fan Theory: A new slayer was called after The Gift, the entire slayer line was erased by WriteImagination
• I can't stop thinking how things would have been so differently if Angel hadn't shown up in Amends! by Acceptable-Kiwi-9251
• What is one storyline or episode you can't decide whether is dumb or great? by foreseethefuture
• Was graduation day too ambitious for its time? by bratpack1

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

• Podcast: ATS 316 - Sleep Tight by Another Buffy Podcast
• Event: Buffy Trivia Tonight in NYC! by veronica_outlaw

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