The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, June 28

[rahirah]

Xander: So. Here it is. The latest in state-of-the-art combat technology. I gotta say it doesn't look that complicated.
Buffy: So can you repair it?
Xander: Sure. Just as soon as I get my masters degree in advanced starship technology.
Willow: Well, why don't we experiment? Press some buttons, see what happens.
Giles: Uh, I-I'd like to veto that.
Xander: Second. It's called a blaster, Will. A word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now if it were called “the orgasminator” I'd be the first to try you basic button-press approach.

~~Buffy Episode #71: "This Year's Girl"~~

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The Sunnydale Herald is looking for at least one new editor! Contributing to the Herald is a great way to get your Buffy on! Find out more here. If you saw the phrase "HTML template" in our previous calls for editors and that was what made you decide that Herald duties aren't for you, you may be glad to hear that we've set up an alternative posting process!

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• Intelligence in Violence (Spike, T, Yakuza xover) by madimpossibledreamer
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• going to bed (Jenny/Giles, T) by The_Eclectic_Bookworm
• [Podfic]A Gift by ChokolatteJedi (Buffy, G) by Ravin_Pods (Ravin)
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• Enlightenment (Buffy/Spike, E) by gwennie

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Anything We Want, Chapter 20 (Buffy/Spike, T) by scratchmeout
• The Silence is So Loud, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, E) by HappyWhenItRains
• Next Time Won't You Sing With Me, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Willow91
• Willing Slave, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Sigyn
• The Best Laid Plans, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, M) by lex_hex
• The Slayer and the Vampire, Chapter 36 (Buffy/Spike, T) by violettathepiratequeen
• Unforgivable, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Jws1993
• First Alternate, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Soulburnt
• Possessed, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Brooke724
• The Time We Had, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Dusty

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• Tying Up Loose Ends - Review/Meta of Spike Comics (Parts 6-8: "How Spike Lost His Soul & Drusilla Gained Her's, How Spike Got his Soul Back, & How Spike Got the Bug Ship"") () by shadowkat67

[Community Announcements]

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• New home for Spuffy fanfic! by www.Sunnydaleafterdark.com
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• We’ve been thinking about ways to make Heralding easier and less time-consuming. by sunnydaleherald

[Fandom Discussions]

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• What was your initial, very first reaction to Buffy? by Multiple Authors
• Anyone else love Doyle more than Wesley? by Joshua
• Discussion of The Vampire Slayer #3 - Released 6/29/22 (Boom! Studios) by Buffy Summers
• How Warren's character would be written today? by afanofbuffy
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• Why are the Fanged Four so middle class in terms of dress and appearance? by American Aurora
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• Me when someone says ‘Riley and Xander were right in Into The Woods’. by purplemackem
• Anyone else love Doyle more than Wesley? by jdpm1991
• If Buffy had been a male protagonist, do you think the mutiny scene in “empty places” would have been written differently? by Excellent-Durian-509
• Agree or disagree - Buffy Summers is *not* my favorite character from Buffy The Vampire Slayer by InfiniteMehdiLove
• Who was the hottest potential? by 71 Avalon
• I loved Spike and Andrew’s CRAZY friendship by buffyangel468
• Watching For the First Time — Questions by Darthmunky
• Who is the most talented artist in the Buffyverse? by HummusOffensive
• What are your unpopular opinions of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? by Vannysh

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

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• PUBLICATION: Buffy '97 #1 Preview: The Return of Millennial Nostalgia by Bleeding Cool

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Good news for people who loathe HTML, don't know who HTML is, or love Python/JavaScript

[thenewbuzwuzz]

As you've probably heard if you're reading this, the Herald has been at least one editor short for a few months now.

This isn't a guilt trip post, though. (We'll do that later.)

Instead, we've been thinking about ways to make Heralding easier and less time-consuming, in case that helps someone who may be on the fence about volunteering.

If you saw the phrase "HTML template" in our previous calls for editors and that was what made you decide that Herald duties aren't for you, you may be glad to hear that we've set up an alternative posting process! It's much less reliant on the ability to find one's way around HTML formatting tags, and it involves less copy-pasting and more clicking. It's pretty cool. If you're curious, we'll be happy to show you what this posting process looks like!

Or, perhaps there's someone out there who doesn't have an interest in making a weekly newsletter post but DOES have programming skills? Someone who could set up a more efficient way to get links from point A (a collection of feeds) to point B (a formatted list)? We think it might involve Python or JavaScript and maybe the Pinboard API. Everything we do here is on a volunteer basis, though, so you'd be lending us your expertise out of the goodness of your heart. [ETA: we found someone for this.]

As always, everyone, please feel free to ask us stuff and find out more about what volunteering for the Herald would be like! We don't expect anyone to commit to any duties before you're ready (or at all, if you talk to us and then decide it isn't for you). :)

If you'd like to contact us, sending me a message on Dreamwidth or emailing thenewbuzwuzz@protonmail.com are two good ways to do that. Commenting on this post should work fine too, but if I haven't replied within 24 hours, assume that spam protection ate your comment and you should try another way.