2025-04-12

2025-04-12

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Friday, April 11th

ANDREW: Spike? It's you. It's really you!
(hugs Spike, sobbing)
My therapist thought I was holding onto false hope, but... I knew you'd come back.
(sniffles, releases Spike from the hug to look him in the eyes)
You're like... you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever.
(hugs Spike tightly around the neck)
Ohh... he's alive, Frodo.
(sobbing)
He's alive.

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Get Through (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by veronyxk84

Big Bad Wolf by Kittenwritings (Angel/Cordelia/Doyle, G)
They Say the Family You Choose is Better by Greensword101 (Tara/Vampire Willow, T)
Packing Up Memories by TheClowniestLivInExistence (Janice/Dawn, G)
Pretty, Pretty Dolly by unendingwanderlust (Darla/Drusilla, E)
Comfort by Descended_from_Hufflepuffs (Cordelia/Doyle, G)
The Coffee Budget by TheClowniestLivInExistence (Fred/Lorne/Wesley, G)
Drusilla by X59 (Drusilla, G)
Those Summer Nights by MollyPollyKinz (Spike & Dawn, T)
conspicuous and relatively abrupt. by tenderjock (Halfrek/Anya, T)
one more time by ripslayer (Buffy/Faith, T)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Potential Friend: Season Two, Chapter 17 by srmcd1 (Buffy/Angel, T)
The Buffy Chronicles: Life After Sunnydale, Chapter 49 by sweetmelodykiss (Buffy/Spike, E)
Lost and Found, Chapter 28 by sixofstakes (Willow/Tara, T)
Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning: Rise of Faith, Chapter 3 by era30 (Faith, Kingdoms of Amalur crossover, M)
Buffy and the Slayer, Season 1, Chapter 2 by SunnydaleSentinel (Buffy & Dawn, T)
Here Be Monsters, Chapter 2 by girlpire (Angel/Spike, E)
always gray, never simple, Chapter 1 by welcometocaritas (Lilah/Wesley, M)
There for you., Chapter 2 by SidneyPrescottFan (Buffy/Faith, G)
Goodnight Blue Eyes, Goodbye Green, Chapters 1-2 (complete!) by xaeyrnofnbe (Buffy/Spike, Supernatural crossover, G)
Drusilla Black, Chapter 1 by Lou16A03 (Drusilla, Harry Potter crossover, M)
the Scholar, the Spirit, and the Witchqueen, Chapter 9 by perfectlyGoodInk (Willow, T)

The Plan, Chapter 4 by NotYourGrave (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
The Pryce of Tyme, Chapter 3 by Joan963z, Ragini (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
Multiplicity, Chapters 13-14 by simmony (Buffy/Spike, R)
Have a Little Faith, Chapter 3 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
Sojourns in Heaven, Chapter 2 by elements (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)
Can't Get No Satisfaction, Chapter 1 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Seeing Clearly, Chapter 228 by JoeB (Ensemble, multiple crossovers, FR13)
X-Heroes, Chapter 4 by JoshuAB (Xander, multiple crossovers, FR18)

The battle of the rhymes, Chapters 20-21 by JSBirsa (Buffy/Spike, R)
The Zeppo In Time, Chapter 3 by CheekyKitten (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: Family Portrait by TheClowniestLivInExistence (Angel, Darla, Drusilla, Spike, Buffy, worksafe)
Artwork: Down, Riley! by MadeInGold (Maggie & Riley, worksafe)

[Reviews & Recaps]

[Recs and Search]

Fic rec: My, she was yar... by fortes775 (Buffy/Spike, R) recced by Priceless

Fic search: Does anyone have a link to that spuffy fic where the nerd trio tries to kill Buffy by trapping her inside a horror movie, but... by lierdumoa

[Fandom Discussions]

Given that everything, everyone or deity ages [what age could The Master have been?] by ILLYRIAN

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, April 12

LORNE: Room service. Hey. I brought you some nice O-positive here, freshly nuked for that right out of the jugular taste.
ANGEL: Just put it on the table.
LORNE: Mmm. Good likeness. You wouldn't mind if I ran screaming from the room, would ya?
ANGEL: Shut the door on your way out.
LORNE: Oh, all right. You want to play it this way, we'll play it this way.
ANGEL: Play what?
LORNE Angel, sweetie. Why so down? (with a deep voice) Don't interrupt me, I'm brooding.
ANGEL: I'm not brooding, I'm researching.
LORNE: The apocalyptic Beast who's turned our city into his personal abattoir? Yeah, so's everybody else. Wesley included. Downstairs. Together.
ANGEL: I work better alone.

~~AtS 4x09 “Long Day’s Journey”~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Another Night (Buffy, PG-13) by veronyxk84

Sappho and Dion (Darla/Tara, G) by TheClowniestLivInExistence
the poet's first rough draft (Buffy & Spike, T) by tenderjock
an immaterial essence (Buffy/Spike, T) by tenderjock
Knot (Buffy/Spike, T) by Deb1989
is it abandondment or just self-preservation (Buffy & Tara, T) by CamellCat

[Chaptered Fiction]

Shadowed Suspicion Chapter 370 (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure xover, T) by madimpossibledreamer

Undying Lights, Chapter 16/16 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, E) by desicat
The Right Swipe, Chapter 27/27 Complete! (Buffy/Giles, E) by DancingAngel0013
Уві сні й наяву, Chapter 3/3 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Riley, M) by VladaSama
My Girlfriend, the Big Bad Wolf, Chapter 18/18 (Spike/OC, G) by DragonOfIceAndSnow
To Step into the Same River Twice:, Chapter 49/90 (Willow/Oz, Willow/Tara, E) by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer)
Miss Edith, Chapter 13/? (Drusilla/Spike, Drusilla/Angelus, E) by BeppiGirl
A Reincarnation in Sunnydale, Chapter 71/73 (Buffy/Angel, M) by DracoRim98
Spare Rib, Chapter 2/? (Faith & Dawn, Buffy/Faith, Buffy/Angel, M) by maizula
Forever, Chapter 3/4 (Buffy/Spike, not rated) by DreamsofRomance
Fine Wines and High Steaks, Chapter 9/? (Buffy/Faith, M) by QuillBard
The Night We Met, Chapter 12/? (Spike/OC, M) by TheSadPoet
Corrigendo Tabulam, Chapter 35/? (Willow/Tara, not rated) by lyrical_echoes
Chasing the Light, Chapter 4/? (Angel/Lindsey, E) by CloudSeeker
Aisling, Chapter 3/4 (Buffy/Angel, M) by Liana_Medea
With Sprinkles, Chapter 52/? (Xander, multiple xovers, M) by dogbertcarroll, Narsil
There for you., Chapters 3-4/? (Buffy/Faith, G) by SidneyPrescottFan

Curious Case of Spike Pratt, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325
The Phoenix Act, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325
This Saturday (and Every Subsequent Saturday for All of Eternity), Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden

Enchanted Dawn, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by VeroNyxK84
This Saturday (and Every Subsequent Saturday for All of Eternity), Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden

[Images, Audio & Video]

Comics: An alternative universe where Buffy season 7 ended differently and ats season 4 never happened. (Buffy/Spike, Angel/Cordelia, Angel/Spike, worksafe) by djmanemihi
Artwork: Alright calm no one is taking him from you brothea (Giles/Ethan, worksafe) by yarboyandy
Artwork: offended the bun( (Spike, worksafe) by 0-pepites-0
Artwork: Behold, the Fanged Family, which is just Fanged Four + Buffy (worksafe) by boopsterliv
Artwork: First ever Buffy. She’s got the most unique features and that makes it a little easier, but it’s still a work in progress (worksafe) by glitterswitchcraft
Artwork: Just poke em with the pointy end! (Buffy, worksafe) by foundinthevoid
Artwork: spike from buffy for my homie :) (worksafe) by babygirlkylo
Fanvid: Cute Dawn Summers edit by me (worksafe) by juli-2004
Gifset: “I’ll make it quick. Won’t hurt a bit.” - “No Spike, it’s gonna hurt a LOT.” -> 2x03 - School Hard (Buffy/Spike, worksafe) by victoria-dankenstein
Text posts: calendiles text posts part 1 (worksafe) by anothersideblogwithoutagoodname
Text posts: calendiles text posts part 2 (worksafe) by anothersideblogwithoutagoodname
Artwork: A little preview but I’m happy how this Tara is going (worksafe) by blue-star-charmer-art
Text posts: buffyxfaith textposts (worksafe) by anothersideblogwithoutagoodname

Artwork: A drawing of Buffy I made! (worksafe) by saga1my
Artwork: Quick drawing of a tattoo idea (Vampyr text, worksafe) by Coochie_Von_Moochie
Cross Stitch: This is a cross stitch I made from a comic book cover by Kevin Wada (Giles, worksafe) by Negative_Ad_5709

[Reviews & Recaps]

Happy Anniversary (ATS 2.13) by buffster
ReWatch Review: Angel - S4, E7 by sweetcritique
ReWatch Review: Angel - S4, E8 by sweetcritique
ReWatch Review: Angel - S4, E9 by sweetcritique
ReWatch Review: Angel - S4, E10 by sweetcritique
More Buffy rewatch thoughts: “Restless” + some extra thoughts on “Primeval” by disquietiswhatitis
More Buffy rewatch thoughts: “Buffy vs Dracula” by disquietiswhatitis
i like [AtS] but imo it makes multiple missteps that really limit my enjoyment of it by faithandbuffy

Some thoughts on rewatching season 7 so far by Lobothehobosexual

PODCAST: Not in the Romance Way (BtVS S5E21) by It Stakes Two
PODCAST: S5. Ep10. Soul Purpose by Investigating Angel

[Community Announcements]

Ultra-Rarepair Bingo: Works Submitted So Far by otherworldlychemistry

[Fandom Discussions]

“You know I started it. The whole having a soul.” Really, Angel? Really? Did you start it? by femmedefandom
buffy summers was sixteen and she died and saved the world [...] by automatonwithautonomy
it’s just - buffy was never afforded any kind of leniency or understanding by automatonwithautonomy
Buffy getting kicked out of school before the series even begins and wanting to quit slaying then [...] by 5bi5
that raw physical way of expressing emotions is completely lacking in the buffy-riley dynamic by diellim
if we can give buffy grace then i think we should give her mother grace too. buffy certainly does by moistvonlipwig
rewatching Buffy I really see how Angel and Buffy have kinda a rushed, almost underdeveloped relationship [...] by yourfandomfreak

Soulless vampire Buffy continued by Nothing13

What is your favorite quote from Rupert Giles? by Big-Restaurant-2766
Happy Birthday Joel Gray [Doc] S5 Ep 17 Forever by Techelife
Should Buffy had came to Sunnydale as a New Slayer or do you like that she had already experienced dusting vampires? by jdpm1991
The horrifying unspoken detail in Normal Again by Eldon42
Do you think Willow correspond to the "girl-next door" trope ? by Cailly_Brard7
What did you all think of Kendra? by Jamieo1111
Restless is one of the best episodes by sj_vandelay

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

Interview with the Costume Designer S1 – Susanna Puisto Part 2 on camera by Re-Vamped with Juliet Landau

CONVENTION: James Marsters & David Boreanaz Calgary Expo 2025 Schedule by dontkillspike
CONVENTION: FYI Seth Green will be joining James Marsters & David Boreanaz at FANEXPODallas 31 May-1 Jun! by dontkillspike
CONVENTION: ICYMI James Marsters' Comic Con France schedule by dontkillspike
CONVENTION: FYI Juliet Landau's meet & greet tickets are now available for presale by dontkillspike

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