The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, March 23rd - Monday, March 24th

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Guy#1: Beer. Had the earliest morality developed under the influence of beer there would be no good or evil. There would just be kinda nice and pretty cool. Everything would be different.

~~Beer Bad~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• The Only One by badly_knitted (Willow, PG)
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• Defenseless by apachefirecat (Buffy, Joyce, G/K)
• Bang-Up Job by veronyxk84 (Buffy/Spike, Angel, PG-13)
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• thrill of knowing by anonymous Buffy/Giles Valentine's Exchange participant (Buffy/Giles, Faith/Wesley, Graham/Larry, Spike/Larry, Anya/Oz, M)
• Keeps On Turning by Nicnac (Giles & Spike, G)
• Mad King Lear by anonymous author (Angel/Wesley, not rated)
• mirror image - mistyintherivers - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) [Archive of Our Own] (Willow & Giles, T)
• Reunion - Chapter 1 by heste (Buffy x Faith, G)
• The Past, Again by waterintheshadows (Willow/Faith, T)
• Beer Bad by Sdhuskerfan (Buffy/Giles, M)
• Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Welcome to My Dark Side) by ItCouldBeBunnies_OrThemAliens (Spike/Drusilla & Buffy, Xander/Willow, T)
• Тазики, бассейны и океан by B_E_S (Buffy/Angel, T, in Russian)
• Winning a Battle, Losing the War by CoffeeMilkLuvr (Giles & Wesley, not rated)
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• A Buffy/Spike/Drusilla ficlet by selkiemaidenfae (not rated, brief sexual reference)
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• Shot of Jack by Serenitey (Giles & Buffy, Buffy/Spike, PG)
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• Domestic Dispute by Miss Kitty (Buffy/Spike, PG)

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• necesse est aut imiteris aut oderis by madimpossibledreamer (Crossover with Blake's 7, Teen)
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• Spare Rib - Chapter 1 by maizula (Faith & Dawn, Buffy/Faith, other relationships, M)
• we have not touched the stars - Chapter 1 by tenderjock (Spike/Drusilla/Buffy, T)
• More to Life - Chapter 1 by HaleKent (BtVS s5 ensemble, canon relationships, M)
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• Chapter updates
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• Wherever Life Takes You, Ch. 1 by VioletMoon (Buffy/Spike, PG)
• Chapter updates

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• Buffy Summers S5 icons by comeontaylorspeaknow (worksafe)
• Gifset: ✦ Favorite Outfits Meme ✦ Willow Rosenberg by lovebvffys (worksafe)
• Kendra Young icon pack by onegirlinallthewrld (worksafe)
• Video: Buffy & Deacon by savagebynaturecustoms (Blade crossover)
• Vidlet: Oh. What a waste... by star-collapse (Spike, Anya, Tara, worksafe, character deaths)
• Drawing: I've only had Dru for one season... by dont-leafmealone (worksafe, some blood)
• Early days Willow by gothamsgaygirlgang (worksafe)
• Drawing: I think Spike would like Crass by leeechtherapy (Spike, Buffy, worksafe)
• "You did it. You killed me" by maloops (Buffy x Faith, worksafe)
• Drawing: made them both lesbians by mistyintherivers (Willow/Oz, worksafe)
• Buffy/Spike screenshots captioned by satinsafefromreality (some NSFW text)
• Sketches by zodelydraws (Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Xander, Willow, worksafe)
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• Vid: Forbidden Fruit by William Pratt (Buffy/Spike)

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• the reason buffy summers is a much better protagonist... by comradesummers
• Part of the problem with sympathizing with the Potentials... by confusedguytoo
• Buffy Slays: Season 1, Episode 9, “The Puppet Show.” by violettathepiratequeen
• More Buffy rewatch thoughts (Pangs) by disquietiswhatitis
• More Buffy rewatch thoughts (Something Blue) by disquietiswhatitis
• Buffy 1.05 (Never Kill a Boy on the First Date) by theinheriteddutchess
• Comics: their angelus design slays. he's cool as fuck... by xaeyrnofnbe
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• Season 5 just hits all the feels! by Callilunasa
• Underrated Episodes… by AmbitiousOutside7498
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• Buffy vs. Dracula by Buffy the Vampire Straya
• BTVS 614 - Older and Far Away - Another Buffy Podcast
• Episode 61 - Hair: Emmy-Worthy and Burning (Beer Bad) Featuring Tony from Up the Buff Pod | The Sunnydale Diaries

[Recs & In Search Of]

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• chasingfictions' Spike & Dawn story ‘do you wanna break bread with me?’ recced by pearlofthewoods

[Community Announcements]

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• Welcome to the Buffy book club, lets choose a book! at r/buffybookclub

[Fandom Discussions]

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• Re: opinion on Faith by becomingpart2
• one of my favorite ways that spike chafes against the fundamental underpinnings of the show... by nicollekidman
• the summer between season six and season seven by nicollekidman
• the funniest way spuffsilla could happen by selkiemaidenfae
• Willow Rosenberg befriended a girl at 15... by duckwnoeyes
• The few times that Angel calls Buffy "Buff." by oveliagirlhaditright
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• Question - How Do We Revive Cordelia? by AlphaFoxtrot and others
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• Buffy episode dirty girls season 7 by Smithge and others
• Cordelia's outfits in Angel by PJLo1609 and others
• Buffy's thoughts vs her words by FallenAngel00 and others
• Bringing back Angel and Spike in the reboot [sequel] by Astolphe and others
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• Imagine all of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel seasons have... reappeared as books! by Big-Restaurant-2766

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, March 25

[rahirah]

D'HOFFRYN: I get the sense that your talents are not fully appreciated here, Anyanka. We'd like you to join us.
ANYA: Why do you keep calling me that? My name is Aud.
D'HOFFRYN: Perhaps, but Anyanka is who you are.
ANYA: What would I have to do?
D'HOFFRYN: What you do best. Help wronged women punish evil men.
ANYA: Vengeance.
D'HOFFRYN: But only to those who deserve it.
ANYA: They all deserve it.
D'HOFFRYN: That's where I was going with that, yeah.

~~Buffy Season 7 Episode #127: "Selfless"~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

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• You Rock (Faith/Tara, G) by kla1991
• Keeps On Turning (Spike, Dawn, Giles, G) by Nicnac
• Winning a Battle, Losing the War (Giles, Wesley, unrated) by CoffeeMilkLuvr
• Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Welcome to My Dark Side) (Spike/Drusilla, T) by ItCouldBeBunnies_OrThemAliens
• Beer Bad (Buffy/Giles, M) by Sdhuskerfan
• The Past, Again (Willow/Faith, T) by waterintheshadows
• One Loop at a Time Ch. 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by hydranjenna
• Roadtrip! Ch. 5 (Buffy/Faith, M) by Deviantelfguy
• Inside Man//Чоловік, що всередині Ch. 2/14 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Uraniya
• The Only One (Willow, G) by badly_knitted
• mirror image (Willow, Giles, T) by mistyintherivers
• Obedience (Buffy/Faith, T) by maizula
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• Untitled (Buffy/Faith, unrated) by btvs3x21

[Chaptered Fiction]

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• Place in the Universe ch. 15: reformatio in peius (Ensemble, T, Blake’s 7 xover) by madimpossibledreamer
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• Dawn the Vampire Slayer Ch. 22/23 (Willow/Tara, M) by wastedperfume
• On the Run Ch. 13 (Buffy/Spike, T) by zinjadu
• Shadow Over Hellmouth Ch, 127 (Buffy/Tara, E) by Tuxedo_Mark
• My (love) Kill Ch. 4/7 (Buffy/Spike, G) by scared_worm
• Where are you? Ch. 15 (Buffy/Riley, M) by RotBlau
• Orpheus Ch. 2 (Buffy/Faith, T) by maizula
• Xander Harris and the Incredibly Unhelpful Gamer System Ch. 2 (Xander, M) by aug_sky
• If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... Ch. 6 (Buffy/Spike, T) by zinjadu
• The Right Swipe Ch. 24 (Buffy/Giles, E) by DancingAngel0013
• Accidentally in Love Ch. 4/8 (Buffy/Giles, E) by AddieH
• The Choice To Stay Ch. 33 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Spikelover4ever for CheekyKitten
• Perfect Clarity Ch. 20/30 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Joan963z
• Glimpses of the Key's Guardians Ch. 19/31 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Maldorana
• who could ever leave me, darling – but who could stay? (you could stay) Ch. 13/18 (Buffy/Spike, E) by MillennialCryBaby
• More to Life Ch. 1/? (Buffy/Spike, M) by HaleKent
• Red Xandra: Season One Ch. 9 (Xander, Ensemble, T) by Kickaha
• Dear Journal Ch. 9/9 (COMPLETE) (Buffy/Spike, M) by
• Undead Ch. 13/14 (Buffy/Spike, M) by noripori
• Corrigendo Tabulam Ch. 23 (Willow/Tara, unrated) by lyrical_echoes
• Reunion Ch. 1/2 (Buffy/Faith, G) by heste
• Undying Lights Ch. 13 (Buffy/Spike, E) by desicat
• My Girlfriend, the Big Bad Wolf Ch. 7/7 (COMPLETE) (Spike.OC) by DragonOfIceAndSnow
• Incarnate Ch. 31/38 (Buffy/Spike, M) by TheSigyn
• no one loves the light like a (wretched creature) Ch. 13 (Buffy/Spike, E) by SaintMarySunshine
• One Girl in all the World Ch. 10 (Buffybot, Ensemble, M) by wi11der
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• Lil' Ripper Makes a Friend, Chapter 48 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Soulburnt
• Where We Went From There, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Pyewacket
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• Ocean Eyes, Chapter 25 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Maxine Eden
• Multiplicity, Chapter 24-25 (Buffy/Spike, M) by simmony
• Strong Anthropic Principles, Chapter 22-24 (Buffy/Spike, E) by acekoomboom
• Key Point of View, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, T) by VeroNyxK84
• Orotundity, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Behind Blue Eyes
• Spit To See The Shine, Chapter 11-25 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Annyankers
• Forgotten but Not Gone, Chapter 25 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Rea
• Queen of Everything, Chapter 19-20 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Dusty
• Picture You, Chapter 22-25 (Buffy/Spike, E) by scratchmeout

[Images, Audio & Video]

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• Artwork: Spike () by 0-pepites-0
• Artwork: Wesley & Lilah () by artsying-ifer
• Artwork: Angel & Spike () by coffeehunt
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• Video: My guitar cover of the Buffy theme. () by goforharlow

[Reviews & Recaps]

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• Season 1 Episode 6 by genZcommentary
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• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: High School Is Hell by Jordie Bellaire (Italian language) by lukish25
• Blood Ties (BTVS 5.13) by buffster

[Community Announcements]

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• March, Tuesday 25 - Promotion Day by fic_promptly
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• Fan fiction! Is what we do! by Twisting the Hellmouth
• The The Buffy/Giles Valentine’s Exchange is revealed! by Buffy/Giles Valentine’s Exchange

[Fandom Discussions]

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• buffy and faith are adam and eve in paradise lost by btvs3x21
• by btvs3x21
• rolling my eyes at btvs 2x10 with the scoobie gang waxing poetic about how angel is a good guy now by femmedefandom
• thinking about spike-willow dynamics again… by camellcat
• one thing that bothers me about Buffy by creamcheesy
• a character detail i love by sunflowermp4
• buffy would be such a good show if it wasn’t for the racism by sunflowermp4
• havent quite been able to put all these thoughts together but. by mouseplaid
• season 6 of buffy is so frustrating to me by mouseplaid
• I re-watched Buffy’s “Once More with Feeling” episode and holy shit by dancingwerewolf
• Years later I’m still on my headcanon that Tara is significantly stronger than she’s shown in the show by not-playable-character
• I finally decided to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer by jiwoosify
• I'm never totally sure what counts as an unpopular opinion about Dawn, actually. by coraniaid
• Hot take: Buffy should have ended with season 5. by not-playable-character
• i don't think anya is correct in her assessment of buffy's status as slayer making her "luckier" than the rest of the scoobies by moistvonlipwig
• But what drives me insane is a general consensus [in r/buffy] that Spike is hanging out with scoobies out of pure selfishness by mangio-formaggio
• do you think there's magic HRT in the buffyverse? by xaeyrnofnbe
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• Where to read the comics by turquoisestar
• West of the Moon, East of the Sun fanfic by KetoLurkerHereAgain
• Database of Buffy Pods? by AllHandlesGone
• Can this season chill for like, one second?? by Possible-Poetry3832
• Rare Buffy form!! by diegzs
• How strong do you think senior partners are? (BtVS subreddit) by Easy-Distribution223
• How strong do you think senior partners are? (AtS subreddit) by Easy-Distribution223
• Just watching Becoming and noticed Xander (Nicholas Brendon) looking into the camera. by loveisabird
• What were the script writters on? by dunno-my-name
• the way to my heart: buffy themed tumblr posts by Classic-Carpet7609
• My partner is watching Buffy for the first time. They wanted to share. by BCKPFfNGSCHT
• What's the most appropriate age to watch every seasons? by GamerKev451
• Am I the only one on this subreddit/fandom that understood Riley's dilemma and felt sorry for him? by Passion211089
• Would Buffy have become faith had she killed her? by shadow_spinner0
• Who’s your favorite Angel character and why is it Lorne? by Imaginary-Oil-9984
• Has the show actually been green lit yet? by Equal-Charity-8515
• Does Fred get more tolerable? by walkedlikeadog
• I say it every time but it’s soooo crazy how all of Buffy’s classmates definitely think she’s gay by femslashspuffy
• What if after Spike dies Buffy and Dru have grief sex and when Spike comes back he really wants them to reenact it by selkiemaidenfae
• I love Tara so much in this episode. by Big-Restaurant-2766

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