The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, December 15th

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SHARK DEMON: You're an odd duck, Mister Spike. Fighting your own kind ... palling around with a Slayer. (Spike turns to face him) And whoa, that suit! Chutzpah must be your middle name. (chuckles weakly) Uh, hey, look, um ... about our little debt problem, it's okay, I don't need the kittens.

~~Tabula Rasa~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• One Girl by apachefirecat (Spike/Buffy, OCs, PG/K+)
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• Two new BtVS works in the Mind The Gap Flash Exchange 2024 (Buffy/Maggie Walsh, Buffy/Drusilla, rated E and T)
• that soul thingie by farewellswords (Buffy x Cordelia, T)
• Pausing at the Bus Stop on a Snowy Day by spikesgirl58 (NCIS crossover, Buffy/Spike, G)
• Mating heat by Fanlifemiracle (Xander/Oz, Explicit with multiple archive warnings)
• My, what big teeth you have... by BloodyEll42 (Spike/Teeth the loan shark, G)
• Your Blood by EnInkahootz (Spike/reader, T)
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• Let's Just Breathe by scratchmeout (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
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• Tangled Up by veronyxk84 (Buffy/Spike, T)
• No Secrets by AbbyWatson4 (Buffy & Dawn, not rated)

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Incarnate, Ch. 26 by Sigyn (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
• Be Back Before Dawn, Ch. 20 by Blissymbolics (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
• Comin’ to Town, Ch. 5 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
• This Is How We Say Goodbye (it's how we say goodnight) Ch. 1-2 by bunniesarebad (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)
• Oh, Christmas Tree, Ch. 1 by feedingthefire (Buffy/Spike, Spike & Dawn, Clem, G)
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• Heavy Truth by Rea (Buffy/Spike, PG)
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• The Slayer That Got Away - Chapter 2 by asylumina (Spike X OC, not rated)
• Buffy & Yu-Gi-Oh 2 - chapter 3 by AbbyWatson4 (crossover, Giles, not rated)
• Buffy and The Demon Council - Part 20 by Saltandpepper22 (Buffy, Slayers, ensemble, not rated)

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• Gifset: Buffy and Spike in season 6 by clarkgriffon (Buffy/Spike, includes canon sexual situations)
• Moodboard: BUFFY BROKE UP THE COVEN (but make it gay) by tenderjock (Darla, Drusilla, some blood, sexual Christian imagery)
• Collage #270 (drop everything now / meet me in the pouring rain) by thedecadentraven (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)
• Collage 271 (We walk with death and crash towards each other in a legion of sparks) by thedecadentraven (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)
• Vid: Ma meilleure ennemie by willnotacceptalifeundeserved (Faith Victoria) (Buffy/Spike)
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• Comic: All We've Ever Done by cd85 (Buffy/Spike, G)
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• Lego Buffy pt. 2 (extras) by mu.d_brick (Buffy, Giles, Xander, Willow, Spike, Joyce, Dracula, Ben, other characters, worksafe)

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• Welcome to the Hellmouth by maylilithreign
• Watching Buffy and Angel concurrently…. Crying. [BtVS s7, AtS s4] by rock-and-compass
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• My Favorite Episodes! by Quiet_Share7125
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• Lies My Parents Told Me S7 E17 (Buffy and the Art of Story Podcast

[Recs & In Search Of]

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• Multifandom: Fandom Recs by apachefirecat (stories and art: Buffy/Spike, Xander/Cordelia, Buffy)
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• Buffy season 4 fan fiction (Assassins Creed crossover that rewrites the Initiative arc) recced by Bukowski1234
• David Graeber's paper Rebel Without A God: The Anti-Authoritarian Attitudes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer recced by crumbchunks
• SparkGri seeks to identify a song in S4 E14 Goodbye Iowa

[Community Announcements]

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• I Will Remember You Marathon 2024 fic superlatives winners

[Fandom Discussions]

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• I love the fact that Buffy gets the training room in the back of the magic box right at the same time she moves back home by 5bi5
• I was thinking that a breastplate would be a handy vampire accessory... by aphony-cree
• Buffy herself acts in a way that is [inconsistent].... with recent memories of being sent off to "a clinic" for talking about vampires by coraniaid
• Buffy - severe abandonment wounds - Summers gets to have her boyfriend chained up - by raisedbythetv89
• Spike’s automatic assumption when Buffy points out the Trio’s van by thequeenofsastiel
• Cannibal Faith is my ultimate headcanon by popeisahotsoup
• Spike is the most unreliable narrator in the Buffyverse (in School Hard) by targaryenvampireslayer
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• Who would win in a fight, Marcus or Caleb? by Prior-Assumption-245
• Buffy and Riley (If the roles were reversed, I believe the man would not be framed as responsible...) by brwitch
• Is Buffy pretty much sleep deprived for the whole show? by VictoryResponsible36
• Willow and Google by fabe1haft
• SMG in Person by TheGlaze86
• Another vague af description from Freevee. via GHBoyette
• Cordelia Chase is the realest, most relatable AND best written... by southernfirefly13

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

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• Want to know where James Marsters will be in 2025? Then check out this handy pic! by jamie_marsters

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