The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, September 6

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Announcer into microphone hanging in the middle of the pit: “Winner, Ladies and Gentlemen, Tom Cribb, official time 6 minutes 22 seconds. (Fight pays out 2 5 ?) If you are keeping track that was Cribb’s seventh career kill. Our next contest features one of the more popular fighter’s we’ve had the pleasure of presenting, a rare find. Hailing from the barren wastelands of (Treshok ?) (Doors in the pit open and a new demon walks in) A true champion that has it all: skill, speed and strength! Let’s give it up for the menace of (Venice?) the titan of terror, the (?) of agony, the one, the only – Val Trepkos!”

~~The Ring~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• Xander Harris and the Email Forward of Doom (Xander, T) by allyndra
• Follow Me Down To The River (Ripper/Randall, T) by CantSpeakFae
• Because Even the Impending Apocalypse Doesn't Stop the Rituals of High School (Xander, G) by allyndra
• Three People No One Expected Xander to Keep in Touch With (Xander, Cordelia, Riley, Oz, G) by allyndra
• Petals in the Wind (crossover with Bleach, Scoobies, T) by Vathara
• Special Hell (AtS crossover with Firefly, Lindsey/Jayne) by allyndra
• pretty blue dress (gold backed mirror) (Drusilla/Willow, T) by summerdayghost

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Turn of Events Chapter 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (crossover with The Walking Dead, Buffy, Faith, T) by mirrored-illusions. COMPLETE!
• Blast from the Past Chapter 1 and 2 (crossover with NCIS: Los Angeles, rated "Het." (probably worksafe)) by mirrored-illusions
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• All Except One Chapter 8 (Spike/Buffy, M) by EllieRose101
• Loyalty Chapter 6 (Spike/Buffy, Spike/The Flying Dutchman, M) by zabjade
• My Kind of Love Chapter 13 (Faith/Buffy, T) by Chlo88
• Ripper, The Vampire Slayer Chapter 9 (Ripper/Randall, E) by CantSpeakFae
• Save the Last Dance For Me Chapter 96 (Spike/Buffy, E) by Passion4Spike
• Support Chapter 11 (Willow&Spike, Xander&Spike, Buffy/Spike) by SosaLola
• Transdimensional Boggarts Chapter 1 (crossover with Harry Potter, Oz, Tara, G) by JellyfishOnACloud
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• Support Chapter 11 (Willow&Spike, Xander&Spike, Buffy/Spike, G) by sosa lola

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• Artwork: Immortal Aphrodite of the broidered throne (Willow/Tara, borderline worksafe) by marasatilu
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• Video: Spike & Kathryn [BTVS, Cruel Intentions] (NSFW) by Katie Marie
• Video: Angel and Buffy - Can't Pretend (Bangel, worksafe) by Paradise for young
• Video: Buffy + Spike | Love me like you do ❤ (NSFW) by Emptymoon 19
• Video: Kobra and the Lotus--Light Me Up---Unoffical music video (Bangel, worksafe) by channel patchster
• Video: Buffy & Angel | Guys My Age (NSFW) by kc blossom

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• Buffy rewatch: Grave (6.22) by elsalapizza with discussion about Xander in Hell's Bells
• Buffy rewatch: Lessons (7.01) by elsalapizza
• Buffy rewatch: Beneath You (7.02) by elsalapizza
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• Episode by Episode Buffy Season 3 Part One by Joe Julians
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• Positives And Negatives - Season 2 [AtS] (Over the Rainbow, Through the Looking Glass) by Priceless
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• PODCAST: Still Pretty #47. Some Assembly Required (S2.02) by Lani Diane Rich and Noelle LaCroix (Chipperish Media)
• PODCAST: Buffy 5x21&122: The Weight of the World/Belonging by Unspoiled
• PUBLICATION: Sunnydale Looks Adorable in the New Buffy the Vampire Slayer Picture Book by Frannie Jackson at Paste (includes excerpts)

[Recs]

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• "Not Dead" and "Closure Is A Silly Word" by Herself_nyc recced by Priceless and flow
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• AtS podcast "Angel on Top" recced by Elisabeth Janette Jondahl

[Community Announcements]

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• Prompt: Picture of the Day: September 6, 2018 (Fuffy, worksafe image) at sunnydalescribe
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• The theme for Thursday, September 6th, is Autumn at fic_promptly

[Fandom Discussions]

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• Seeing Red is perhaps the first time, as a soulless vamp, Spike feels genuine remorse by friendshipsaremasterpieces and elsalapizza
• i love all of the gang equally by veronicamarsbars
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• Best Riley Moments by spikenbuffy
• [After many rewatches of BtVS, now I like Riley more than before] by spikenbuffy
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• Spike and Buffy's relationship in season 7 by multiple participants
• Thread: Madness in BtVS by SpuffyGlitz and others
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• Reference video: Buffy & Angel (S1) | Scene Finder (AtS) by What's the Scene?
• Buffy & Angel Viewing/Reading Order by Novel Novel Strip Show

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

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• Call for papers: Vampire Studies. Popular Culture Association, National Meeting, Washington, DC, April 17-20, 2019 via Lisa Nevarez. Additional information about the conference.

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