The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, December 16

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Olivia: "All the time you used to talk to me about witchcraft and darkness and the like - I just thought you were being pretentious."
Giles: "Oh I was. I was also right."
Olivia: "So everything you told me was true."
Giles: "Well no, um, I wasn't actually one of the original members of Pink Floyd. But the monster stuff, yes."

~~Hush~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• Five Stolen Things (Spike&Willow, G) by spikesgirl58
• 3-sentence fic for the prompt "stars" (Spike/Drusilla, not rated - worksafe) by autumnia
• Re: 100 Words of What Is In My Pocket (Angel/Cordelia, Dennis, not rated - probably worksafe) by an anon
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• Five Stolen Things (Spike&Willow, T) by spikesgirl58
• Chosen Summer (Kendra&Willow, G) by maat_seshat
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• Gifts (Tara/Willow, NSFW) by boredstudent-blog

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Enchanted Evenings Chapter 4 (Angel, Cordelia, Connor, T) by ConstantCommentTea
• Of You I Love Day and Night Chapter 9 (Spike/Buffy, William/Buffy, M) by AvocadoMillennial
• This side reflected Chapter 3 (Faith/Buffy, Kennedy/Willow, T) by Jinxgirl
• Mortal Allies Series - Episode 2: Spike's a Good Boi Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Passion4Spike
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• Mortal Allies Series, Episode 2: Spike's a Good Boi, Chapter 15 (Spike/Buffy, PG) by Passion4Spike

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• Icons: Buffy vs. Dracula, Into the Woods, The Body, Intervention (worksafe) by monstargraphics
• Icons: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 100 x 100 icons dump 005 (Willow, Glory, Buffy, Bangel, etc., worksafe) by monstargraphics
• Artwork: Digital artwork (Buffy, ?, a dog, worksafe) by valiantllama
• Artwork: Welcome to Sunnydale (Buffy, Angel, Spike) by harebrained
• Artwork: In The Flower Bed (Spuffy, worksafe) by iseetheyelloweyed
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• Manips: "Introspection Expectation" and "Doomed II" (Cordelia; Buffy; worksafe) by Priceless
• Artwork: In the Flower Bed (Spike/Buffy, worksafe) by buffylover
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• Artwork: Spike (worksafe) by Twinkles
• Photo: Schoolgirl!Darla cosplay (worksafe) by con_qween
• Artwork: Sexy Librarian Giles sticker pack (mildly NSFW) by emmaart (emmamunger)

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• Positives and Negatives: "Dear Boy" by Stoney
• Positives and Negatives: "Blind Date", "To Shanshu in LA" by Dipstick
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• PODCAST: 707 – Conversations With Dead People by buffy speak
• Book review: David Bushman and Arthur Smith – Buffy the Vampire Slayer FAQ review by Pip Ellwood-Hughes

[Recs]

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• AtS-BtVS crossover "Childish Things" by ELG recced by an anon
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• [Links to academic articles about Buffy fanfic] via TriBel
• Spuffy fic All Is Calm by joycometh recced by Priceless
• Wesley&Spike fic Cast me Not Away by Enigmaticblue recced by GoSpuffy
• Spuffy poetry and artwork "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and "Inky Drabbles" by Twinkles recced by multiple people
• Podcast "Pop Culture Roll Call" recced by bespangled and others

[Community Announcements]

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• CornerofMadness' Stocking at fandom-stocking
• Signups are open for The Crossover Shipping Exchange X-Ship until December 22nd
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• Fanart Challenge 78: Reflect and Rewind is open till January 20th

[Fandom Discussions]

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• Best Heroic Sacrifices by multiple participants
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• [Against Amy] by kyliafanfiction
• [The best Faith moment] by dgcatanisiri
• Willow Rosenberg is, to this day, the most relatable character by random-thoughts-i-had-at-work
• So I keep thinking about The Pack by buffy-ask-me-how
• Fuffy singing headcanon by regenderate
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• Demon souls discussed by multiple participants
• I was thinking about the theory of ‘affect’ and how it worked in relation to the concept of the vampire by American Aurora

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