The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, August 23

[veronyxk84]

ANYA: Do you think we should set up lots of candles for Buffy's party tomorrow?
XANDER: Not if they're that horrible slug kind you keep trying to unload.
ANYA: I don't know why people get so turned off by slug.
XANDER: Honey, slugs get turned off by slug.

~~BtVS 6x14 “Older and Far Away”~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• Spike’s Groove (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by veronyxk84
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• Collide (Angelus/Darla, E) by Higgystar
• Peach Feast (Angelus/Darla/Drusilla/Spike, E) by Higgystar
• two hundred years and five thousand miles (Halfrek|Cecily/Spike, G) by Pencilled
• two weddings and a funeral (Drusilla/Spike/Buffy, T) by tenderjock
• sunlit. (Buffy/Spike, M) by tenderjock
• Final Respects (Gunn, Anne Steele, G) by Aadler
• A Random Day in August: From the Inside (Gunn, Leverage xover, collection rated T) by Alittleauthor
• On the Right Track (Angelus/Spike, M) by Higgystar

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Shadowed Suspicion Chapter 388 (jojo's bizarre adventure xover, T) by madimpossibledreamer
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• All That We've Burned, Chapter 13/? (Buffy/Faith, M) by killakay125
• I’ll Be Your Mirror, Chapters 1-7/7 Complete! (Buffy/Giles, M) by Janis70
• Buffy and the Slayer, Season 2, Chapter 6/12 (Buffy/Spike, Buffy & Dawn, T) by SunnydaleSentinel
• The Return of Oz, Chapter 1/? (Buffy/Oz, Willow/Tara, G) by Buffyworldbuilder
• This Cheer’s Girl, Chapter 3/? (Buffy/Faith, Bring It On xover, M) by QuillBard
• Like A Feather, Chapter 8/8 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, Faith/Wesley, T) by Willow25
• always gray, never simple, Chapter 9/? (Wesley/Lilah, M) by welcometocaritas
• Birthing Point, Chapters 13-14/? (Giles/Faith, M) by SchrodingersKatInABox
• see your shadow (i see it even with the lights off), Chapter 2/7 (Buffy/Faith, Angel & Faith, T) by smallblueandloud
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• What Stars Are For, Chapter 23 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Pesseyer
• A Bond Of Blood, Chapter 6 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, R) by Geliot99
• What Love Looks Like, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only) by DeamonQueen
• Can't Remember to Forget You, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, R) by LadyInQuest
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• A Bond Of Blood, Chapter 6 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, R) by Geliot99

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• Artwork: Drusilla (digital painting, worksafe) by superpantsverified
• Artwork: [Buffy/Spike digital painting] (worksafe) by nehart82
• Gifset: favorite cordelia chase looks -> season 3 (worksafe) by lovebvffys
• Artwork: in a crooked state of mind where all that matters is whats mine. (Faith, worksafe) by sundayroadkill
• Artwork: Tara for this month’s portrait! (worksafe) by yinza
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• Fanvid: Perfect || Jagged Little Slayer || a Buffy fanvid by Tafadhali
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• Artwork: Sketchbook: sketches for SAD 2024 Pen and Paint awards (Buffy, Spike, Tara, Giles, Anya, Xander, worksafe) by JSBirsa
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• Fanvid: Perfect [Fanvid] (Buffy & Dawn & Joyce) by periru3, Tafadhali

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• I have a love-hate relationship with s6 by angrysandwichphantom
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• Buffy Rewatch Anne by Btvs fan
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• PODCAST: Like Winona Ryder, She Has Cash! (BtVS S6E14) by It Stakes Two

[Recs & In Search Of]

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• "Darkling is my day" by wrenrambles (Buffy/Angel, G) recced by iwillrememberyoumarathon

[Fandom Discussions]

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• Fred being gone forever is so fucking awful by ornitharts
• [Hulu Sequel] i don’t want either angel or spike on the buffy reboot by cantstandlosingyou
• Random thing I want to see is the aftermath of all the potentials becoming slayers, specifically how it impacted the watchers by scar-talks-a-latte
• Spike and 1630 Revello Drive by mangio-formaggio
• I’m having a lot of odd feelings about Spike and how he was intended to be written. I can’t pin them down or really explain them but he’s just so odd? by antlerz-blog
• Goddd there’s something so good about s6 of buffy in that it feels like everything is scrambling for purchase by duckwnoeyes
• [ask by loisfreakinglane] i keep seeing the discourse coming back up surrounding empty places and kick-buffy-out-gate. what's your take on it? answered by moistvonlipwig
• I generally know the out-of-universe reasoning for the soul stuff and Angel Vs Angelus, but I wanted to make my own Watsonian theories on why Angel’s identity depends on a soul and Spike’s does not by weirdnesslieshere
• i love that buffy needs a bit monster in her man by professeurm
• It’s peak comedy to me that buffy has a whole speech to xander [...] by witchinthewindows
• A lot of what I really dislike about Willow post-s3 comes down to the fear she has in Restless by to-be-loved-by-death
• Willows arc throughout the second half of Season 6 is the only thing saving this Buffy seasonal arc by tenacious-one
• while xander and willow might not have always been the bestest of friends to buffy, somtimes people put too much shit on them by cantstandlosingyou
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• What did you guys think when you saw Dawn for the first time? continued by ILLYRIAN
• Question: For those who saw Episode 1. What did you think on seeing vampire Darla? by ILLYRIAN
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• [Hulu Sequel] WHAT IF THEY BRING BACK FAITH by dommdizzle
• [Hulu Sequel] I Hope The Sequel Series Keeps The Story Structure Of The Original Series Intact. by ProperChance7498
• [Hulu Sequel] More Revival Set Pictures by More_Tumbleweed_8191
• Buffy in her History Course by PowayMermaid2005
• How do the watchers know who the next potential slayers will be? by Tru_79

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

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• CONVENTION: ICYMI James Marsters & Charisma Carpenter Nightmare Weekend Cleveland 2025 Schedule by dontkillspike

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