The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, May 10

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BUFFY: That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, bingo!
SPIKE: (to Willow) What's with the Dadaism, Red?
TARA: Yeah, she says that pie thing every time she stakes a vamp now.
WILLOW: I-I don't know, I was trying to program in some new puns and I kinda ended up with word salad.
BUFFYBOT: I think it's funny.
WILLOW: It's a glitch, I'll fix it.
GILES: We just can't have her messing up in front of the wrong person. Or the wrong thing. We, we need the, the world and the underworld to believe that Buffy is alive and well.
WILLOW: And I will therefore fix it. I got her head back on, didn't I? And I got her off those knock-knock jokes.
BUFFYBOT: Ooh, who's there?

~~BtVS 6x01 “Bargaining, Part One”~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• Scratching the Itch (Angel/Spike, G) by SomeKindOfADeviant
• Rescue Me (Buffy/Faith, M) by thisyearsgrrl
• help me smoke just one more cigarette (Buffy/Spike, M) by clarissadalloway
• Illusions, Hallucinations, and Lucid Dreams (Drusilla/Riley/Spike, T) by MadeInGold
• Whiskey in the Jar (Buffy/Angel, G) by DawnmistSky
• Sunshine in the Moonlight (Buffy/Spike, not rated) by Distant_Echo_Of_The_Past
• Crushing (Giles/Jenny, M) by mabm121
• They’d given her back, but not to keep. (Buffy & Dawn, T) by tenderjock
• [Russian language] Прости за всё (Buffy/Angel, G) by B_E_S
• [Russian language] ЗППП (Buffy/Angel, T) by B_E_S
• [Russian language] Щедрая душа (Angel, M) by B_E_S
• [Russian language] Температурный режим (Buffy, Angel, T) by B_E_S
• [Russian language] Украшение для честной женщины (Buffy/Angel, T) by B_E_S
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• Playing for Keeps (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by VeroNyxK84

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Shadowed Suspicion Chapter 374 (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure xover, T) by madimpossibledreamer
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• Restore to Backup, Chapter 16/18 (Buffy/Spike, T) by AnnieDolnar
• Buffy & Angel: the Series { Part One }, Chapter 4/? (Buffy/Angel, M) by angelsummers
• Drawn to you., Chapter 4/? (Kennedy & Dawn, Buffy/Faith, Willow/Tara, M) by SidneyPrescottFan
• Once More Without Failing, Chapter 5/? (Willow/Tara, Buffy/Faith, M) by storiwr
• The Sunnydale Imp, Chapter 14/77 (OC, ensemble, nor rated) by Bloodredtiger
• And some roommates (don't worry we're cool), Chapter 19/19 (Xander, Ensemble, T) by Grianbui
• Corrigendo Tabulam, Chapter 52/? (Willow/Tara, not rated) by lyrical_echoes
• undone with you, Chapter 4/8 (Buffy/Giles, E) by guin_ramble, TheScholarlyStrumpet (equipoise)
• The Alchemist, Chapter 5/? (Buffy/Spike, Drusilla/Spike, E) by noripori
• Road to L.A, Chapter 1/? (Buffy/Angel, M) by EllaBella93
• Cherry Teeth, Chapter 7/8 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Splitterregen
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• This Saturday (and Every Subsequent Saturday for All of Eternity), Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden
• Fake It 'Til You Make It, Chapters 1-2 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Cazzy
• Camaraderie, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout
• Restore to Backup, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Annie Dolnar
• The Watcher, Chapter 46 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by In Mortal
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• Camaraderie, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout
• The Watcher, Chapter 46 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by In Mortal
• As In a Dream Upon Waking, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by In Mortal

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• Artwork: So I finished angel recently. (Fred vs Illyria, worksafe) by househaunterz-art
• Artwork: [Close-up portait of Anya] (worksafe) by mistyintherivers
• Text posts: [Text posts about Anya] (worksafe) by satinsafefromreality
• Artwork: happy two year selfship anniversary to me and Mr. Giles (Giles/OP, worksafe) by presidentpoppy
• Artwork: Tara doodle (worksafe) by squashberri-art
• Vidlet: Queen quite literally never gets a break (Buffy, worksafe) by innit1
• Gifset: “Crazy, like a two-hundred-and-forty-one-year-old being jealous of a high school junior?” (Buffy/Angel, worksafe) by bangelgifs

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• Buffy finally faces Angel! 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Season 2 finale | 'Becoming, Part One' by All Bronze, No Brains
• MAJOR SLAYAGE BTVS S1E6 "The Pack" featuring KIM BURNS! by Major Slayage - A Buffy Rewatch Podcast
• MAJOR SLAYAGE BTVS S1E7 "Angel" by Major Slayage - A Buffy Rewatch Podcast
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• PODCAST: Angel S4E17: Inside Out by Booze and Buffy
• PODCAST: S5. Ep14. Smile Time Ft. Prophecy Girls Podcast by Investigating Angel
• PODCAST: They Got Me, It's the Bot! (S6E1) by It Stakes Two

[Community Announcements]

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• Hellmouth Con 2025 is happening!!!by zodiggity33

[Fandom Discussions]

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• Spike must be such a funny character to people who only watched Angel and not Buffy, because [...] by genderfluidluna
• why didn’t Buffy get a replacement watcher when Giles returned to England? by femmedefandom
• thinking about the unseen moment in bargaining pt1 of spike having to keep the buffybot at revello when she wants to search for willow by slugessence
• [Meme] [Cat vs Spike parallel "evil creature experiences remorse"] by angelic-chu
• I know everyone has been clamoring to find out wtf I mean by season 6 is about itself so it’s time to spill by sexcromancy
• [Sequel] Nobody asked us to write the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot. But if they did, here’s what we’d do [Buffy asks Faith to take on the mentor role, but she refuses] by majorslayagepod
• [Sequel] Nobody asked us to write the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot. But if they did, here’s what we’d do [How would a de-powered Buffy and a mortal Spike relate to each other in 2025?] by majorslayagepod
• I don’t get why in “Fool for Love” Spike would a) even have a gun or b) try to kill Buffy with it by femmedefandom
• Hot take: so I think we can all agree that both Buffy and Spike are held to infinitely higher moral standards than their counterparts/peers [...] But what if I say that I kind of like that? Hear me out. by muchbuffy
• [Sequel] I started thinking about ways witchcraft in btvs could be woven into modern youth culture by pearlofthewoods
• I recently saw a post that says Anya knows she’s not normal and refuses to be normal. And is that like common sentiment from the fanbase? by confusedguytoo
• oh my god the pain in 7x02 when Spike makes it abundantly clear he thinks his only use for Buffy is to be her punching bag or sex toy by femmedefandom
• Buffy makes him feel, not just love, but makes him feel weak and powerless because when she died it was because he couldn’t do his job by femmedefandom
• it’s interesting to me how during Willow’s “will be done” spell, there are certain…time discrepancies at play by femmedefandom
• god it can be so annoying to watch btvs without having seen ats sometimes by femmedefandom
• random thing I love about btvs is the series opens with darla immediately smashing the “girl down a dark alley” trope wide open and ends with spike blowing everything to all hell by mollspeak
• I’m so glad people still love and get into Buffy but I also feel like the Children (ie everyone younger than me) have no idea how influential it was by seraphtrevs
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• SMG & Alyson on NBC’s Today by Cohen, multiple posters
• Buffy/Angel vs Supernatural continued by Anyanka Bunny Slayer
• Is there a moment/scene/episode that hooked you? continued by multiple posters
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• Favorite OOC moments by FallenAngel00
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• What is a song(s) that you think sounds like it should belong in the Buffy The Vampire Slayer and/or Angel soundtrack, but isn't actually in the shows? by Big-Restaurant-2766
• I think it’s the final portrayal of Willow going Rogue that comes to fruition that kind of leaves something to be desired by KENZOKHAOS
• I just watched episode 20, Go Fish. My heart broke for Cordelia in this episode by ElevatorOk6675
• Fred or Illyria? by SamTheMarioMaster2
• Show me your action figures, because I lost mine! by CoureurOiseau
• If a Turok Han has Buffy on the ropes, how will a group of inexperienced Slayers defeat an army of Turoks? by FoxIndependent4310
• Most Terrifying Villain? by Revolutionary_Key325
• Was there a particular reason why the college setting only lasted one season? by HomarEuropejski
• Buffy Revival: Can Nicholas’ twin play Xander? by WishfulBuffy
• Does this mean he [James Marsters] is involved in the reboot? by UnderstandingIll9673

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

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• Interview with The Master – Mark Metcalf Part 1 by Re-Vamped with Juliet Landau
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• PUBLICATION/PODCAST: James Marsters Talks Buffy, Spike, Slayers & Star Trek Dreams on the Geektown Behind The Scenes Podcast by Dave Elliott, GeekTown
• PUBLICATION: Did Sarah Michelle Gellar Just Tease the Return of a Fan-Favorite Character for the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Reboot? by Britta DeVore, Collider
• PUBLICATION: Buffy fans convinced Sarah Michelle Gellar post “can only mean one thing” as she reunites with OG star [Alyson Hannigan] by Ritika, Instander

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