The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday & Wednesday, June 6 & 7, 2017

[chasingdemons]

DAWN: You wanna know what I'm scared of Spike? Me. Right now Glory thinks Tara's the key. But I'm the Key, Spike. I am. And anything that happens to Tara is 'cause of me. Your bruises, your limp, that's all me too. I'm like a lightning rod for pain and hurt and everyone around me suffers and dies. I must be something so horrible, to cause so much pain and evil.
SPIKE: Rot.
DAWN: What do you know?
SPIKE: I'm a vampire. I *know* something about evil. You're not evil.
DAWN: Maybe I'm not evil. But I don't think I can be good...
SPIKE: Well, I'm not good. And I'm okay.

~~Tough Love (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 5, Episode 19)~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• Anticipation (Giles, PG-13) by feliciacraft
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• hey! i was gonna eat that! (Faith/Buffy, Mature) by buffylovesfaith
• you call that music? (Faith/Buffy, Mature) by buffylovesfaith
• you think you could do better? (Faith/Buffy, General Audiences) by buffylovesfaith
• Choices (Tara/Willow, Mature) by DarkWiccan
• Glasses (Tara/Willow, Teen) by DarkWiccan
• Graffiti (Faith/Buffy, General Audiences) by DarkWiccan
• Black Wonderbra vs. Designer Stub (Faith/Wesley, Explicit) by dutchbuffy
• Five things that never happened in Sunnydale (Angel/Xander, Mature) by dutchbuffy
• Secret Green (Dawn/OC, Mature) by dutchbuffy
• Entering Channel Awesome (Crossover, Mature) by LLN3dseestheLight
• Quietly Pass Me By (Spike/Buffy, Teen) by MixItUp
• Californian Reunion (Oliver Pike, Buffy, General Audiences) by Sabis_dream_world
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• born of violence (Faith/Anne, Not Rated) by buffylovesfaith
• The stronger the wind is, the stronger the tree. (Not Rated) by cosmictuesdays
• au where spike’s a vengeance demon dawn summons but he actually takes a liking to the girl (Not Rated) by zeeotheraxe

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Time and Again (Spike/Buffy, Explicit) by crimsinsky
• All the King's Men (Crossover, Teen) by Dollar_Day
• Time After Time (Crossover, Mature) by greenfairy5760
• Forget Me Not (Spike/Buffy, General Audiences) by Les_MiserableAtBest
• A Nice Little Business (Buffy, Giles, Faith, Not Rated) by Lilachigh
• The Mystery of Laughing Hill (Mature) by MA7
• Be Held (Faith/Buffy, Teen) by PhoenixEgg
• They Had Crossbows (Crossover, Mature) by PurpleMoon3
• Forward Without Seeing (Spike/Buffy, Mature) by queen_insane
• Book One: The Key and the Carpenter (Xander/Dawn, Mature) by ReverendKilljoy
• Past Comes Crashing In (Oliver Pike, Buffy, Teen) by Sabis_dream_world
• Tension in the Air (Oliver Pike/Buffy, Teen) by Sabis_dream_world
• Taking Chances (Spike/Buffy, Mature) by sandy_s
• Insecurities (Angel/Buffy, Mature) by SecondFromTheRight
• Bad Moon Rising. (Crossover, Teen) by steeleye
• Imperfections (Jenny/Giles, Teen) by The_Eclectic_Bookworm
• Slings and Arrows (Giles/Buffy, Teen) by TheGoodTwin (ProtoNeoRomantic)
• Someday (Spike/Buffy, Explicit) by sunalso
• If You'd Still (Oz/Willow, Mature) by mille_libri
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• Hellmouth Chronicles (Buffy,Spike, M) by lilbreck
• Heaven's Gate (Buffy/Spike, M) by Rezol
• Don't Wake Me Up (Buffy/Faith, M) by otaku137
• Paper Dolls BTVS (Buffy, OC, K) by Lil-Randomer

[Images]

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• Icons: Giles (WS) by hermionesparkle
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• Artwork: Buffy/Willow (WS) by lesbidar
• Artwork: Buffy (WS) by tricksterangelgabriel
• FanMix: But I Just Want To Feel (WS) by kimothyschma
• Artwork: Spike (WS) by thefrizzkid

[Reviews/Recaps]

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• the best (and worst) of Season One of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (podcast) by returntothehellmouth
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• 607: Tiny Fences: The Musical! (Once More with Feeling) by Tiny Fences: A Buffy Podcast

[Recs]

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• More Links than a Bag of Sausages by petzipellepingo
• More Links than a Bag of Sausages by petzipellepingo
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• Dutchbuffy is uploading her entire catalogue of works by rahirah

[Community Announcements]

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• Weekly review over at dreamwidth at summer-of-giles

[Fandom Discussion]

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• Sum of My Parts - fandom retrospective by crazydiamondsue
• The vampires on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel don't have a culture by hannah
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• I'm curious about your thoughts on Dru x Spike/Dru by flaminganakin
• One of my favorite things about Buffy is that her boyfriends are never really full characters on the show. by spuffybot
• Opinion on "death is your gift" speech and how it acted out by sulietsexual
• on buffy x willow by lesbidar
• Opinion on Buffy Summers, season 5 of Angel and summer? by sulietsexual
• Squee! is shooting a Whedon fandom epsiode! by squeefangirlproject
• A Jekyll/Hyde Deal: Vampire Morality in Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Multiple Participants
• Angel/Angelus by womanaction
• If you could change one element of Buffy/Angel's relationship, what would it be and why? by buffy-angel-and-co
• Lani’s review - Still Pretty #9. Seeing Red (Video) by spikesjojo
• My take on “geeky” Willow vs “insecure” Tara by wackynotionofspells
• Buffy wouldn’t have made it this far without Xander and Willow. by Multiple Participants
• What if Buffy left Sunnydale for good after Dead Man’s Party? by Multiple Participants
• did y’all know that faith’s tumultuous relationship with buffy is a direct result of her mommy issues by neonbars
• And… here’s Tara’s side of things by wackynotionofspells

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