#/ drusilla verses *

[mikaels0n-elijah-writing]

@6unish starter

With fresh flowers and a slight smile, he approached Drusilla, as it was a nice gesture to meet in a park and chat a little, even if they were being watched with suspicion. He handed Drusilla the flowers and bowed his head in greeting. “It is a pleasure to see you again, my lady.”

[dearyvicious]

@dcmnhr continued from (x)

she knew she should be afraid, that she should keep her pretty mouth closed and not confront him, because, since their first meeting, ludovic had kept every damn promise. but she just couldn't, it was an impulse stronger than her. that need to feel the adrenaline that derived from fear. damn, it was moments like that that made her feel alive. " looks fucking like it, after all, you're the one who dragged me here, aren't you? " injected brown eyes seemed to search their surroundings for something before rising to his. " funny, i don't see your fucking name anywhere… what's the matter, dog, did you go pissing around and claim it as your own? " he'd taken everything from her. fuck, he'd stirred the shit out of her. she'd had the misfortune of catching his eye a long time ago and he'd made sure her boyfriend found out about them only to kick her a while later. pathetic, she knew. a groan of pain zapped from her lips when she'd felt the brutal touch crushing her soft skin. delicate hands bouncing against his chest, trying futilely to push him off her. yes, she should do as he commanded. back off. be the obedient little fucking animal, but she couldn't stop herself. there was a warmth curling into a tight knot between her legs and melting, making her gasp against his lips. a hysterical laugh lit up her lips. " you're pathetic with your empty threats… what are you going to do? kill me? oh, ludo, you're just a little boy playing at being a fucking man! " she did exactly what she wasn't supposed to do: she provoked the beast. her knee came up against his pelvis hard and harsh, pushing him back. " oh, you pretend… pretend to be a smarter one. " she looked at the darkness of the alley in front of her and then, at him. fuck. " hide and seek, monster. come and get me if you can. " clattering feet running to her death.

[l0nglives]

majority of her looks , abilities & soft-spoken nature comes from drusilla. the prominent cheekbones & eye color & proclivity towards music comes from spike. for the most part , she is drusilla's dead ringer , but at heart , even if he never raised her , she is william through-&-through.

[dearyvicious]

" i don't know, okay? i don't know! " the scream rang out from her trembling lips, the feeling of exposure making her sick in front of dawson's eyes. it was confusing. they were confusing. the 'actual issue' was that, yes, she had feelings for him and, no, she wasn't saying. that was the first rule established between them: never cross that line. " why do i… what makes you think that is? " she crossed her arms below her breasts, her countenance turning to displeasure. " i don't… i feel uncomfortable when i see you with someone, okay? it's a sense of loss that seems to tear me apart… i'm here, why do you need to talk to them anyway? "

“why can’t you just explain what the actual issue is?” dawson wasn’t ever this demanding or upset, but he couldn’t help his reaction. every time he got close to someone else, things got bad between them and he didn’t understand it. he was so sure his feelings for them were unrequited, but the way they were behaving had him asking a question he thought he’d never utter. “are you jealous, is that it?” 

open to f/m/nb plot: argument turned admission of feelings turned intense smut? thanks that’s what i want 

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, November 9

WILLOW: By the way, are we hoping to find a body, or no body? XANDER: Call me an optimist, but I'm hoping to find a fortune in gold doubloons. GILES: Um, body would mean flesh-eating demon, no body would point towards the, uh, army of zombies thing. Take your pick, really.

~~BtVS 2x02 “Some Assembly Required”~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Red Moon (Darla & Drusilla, not rated) by SeleneBlue

speaks volumes (Buffy/Faith, M) by storiesfortravellers

Surprise (Buffy/Angel, E) by MeTheMermaid

Chemical X (Fred, Maggie Walsh, E) by Kittenwritings

[Untitled] (Giles/Reader, M) by romeactivelycries

[Chaptered Fiction]

Okay Dad, Chapter 1/6 (Ensemble, T) by Work

Tears of the Slayer, Chapter 1/? (Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Spike, E) by MadMaster

You're a Beautiful Person, Chapter 3/? (Willow/Tara, M) by firagasauce

The Comedown, Chapter 2/2 (Buffy/Angel, T) by Descended_from_Hufflepuffs

Maps, Chapter 4/6 (Buffy/Faith, E) by thisyearsgrrl

The Right Swipe, Chapter 15/? (Buffy/Giles, E) by DancingAngel0013

The Phoenix, Chapter 1/? (Buffy/Spike, ensemble, E) by OffYourBird

Firebell in the Night:, Chapter 50/150 (Willow/Tara, E) by TheLightdancer

With Sprinkles, Chapter 44/? (Xander, anime xover, M) by dogbertcarroll, Narsil

Little Light, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325

Oh My Goddess, Chapter 11 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden

Incarnate, Chapter 21 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Sigyn

Oh My Goddess, Chapter 11 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden

[Images, Audio & Video]

Gifset: Cordelia Chase + Outfits (Season 2) (worksafe) by clarkgriffon

Artwork: “She’s cold, she’s dark, she’s cynical (Buffy/Spike, depiction of blood, mostly worksafe) by o-cm-draw-o

Artwork: Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, S3 Ep8 “Lovers Walk” (worksafe) by nightheartcomics

Artwork: Collage #228 (Buffy/Spike, worksafe) by thedecadentraven

Artwork: Collage #230 (Spike, worksafe) by thedecadentraven

Video: Drusilla's Diary Entry 1 by Slayin It with Juliet Landau

Crafts: Fun little embroidery project I made for my friend’s birthday [Scenes from Gile’s slide show in ‘Hush’] (worksafe, depiction of show-typical violence/blood/death) by littlethingstitching

Crafts: I’m creating an art piece for every episode of Buffy and Angel: BTVS 601. Bargaining Pt. 1 (worksafe) by tmcarlee

Nail art: My friend did Buffy nails for Halloween and I finally get to show them to this sub! (worksafe) by Confident-Smoke-6595

[Reviews & Recaps]

Season 4 first time viewing! by Specialist-Orchid-80

I am SUFFERING through Angel season 4 by Anna3422

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[Fandom Discussions]

i just finished watching buffy s1-s7 for the first time and like. s6 is good. not perfect, but still by beets-are-not-green

Look I’m just saying if we got to see Spuffy have explicit sex multiple times we deserved to get to see when Spike and Angelus did by thequeenofsastiel

i do find it immensely boring when your interpretation of spike’s complexity involves dumbing him down to some variation on “human good, demon bad” the same way the show tried by slugessence

I don’t think we give Cordelia enough credit for driving a car through the school by aphony-cree

more on Faith and dog parallels! by juanabaloo

[anon ask] So, apart from how it happened, what’s your take on the Spike soul thing? answered by thornfield13713

Were the slayers a good idea? continued by multiple posters

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Lilah and Cordelia were Outstanding by Nostromo87

Very minor criticism that drives me crazy whenever it happens by Agvahl

The Beast is by far one of my favorite baddies/demon/monster of the Angel verse by moses616

S7 E6 "Him" by distortionisgod

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Angel finale by anthonycaruana

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[bambimanifests]

BYVS DR ~ intro !! 🧛🏻‍♀️

This DR is new, I took a shifting break to focus on my CR, as that needed, but now i am back, cause I started watching Buffy and want to shift there!

So for some basics I’m shifting around s2, I haven’t seen the whole show yet, currently I am on s3 & I will continue to watch it, hopefully even after I shift as I want to watch it to the end. My name is same as my CR and I just chose a last name, i’m 16, same grade as Buffy and others, I live with my mom only and she works on the outskirts of Sunnydale, as a nurse I believe…

For relationships, I’m friends with the whole Scooby-Team or whatever, Buffy, Xander, Willow, Oz, Cordelia & Giles (+ honourable mention to Jenny Calendar).

My s/o will either be Buffy or Spike, at least that’s the plan, I gotta say I like them both a lot, even though I feel like there is so much more Spike to see and probably a lot of development for both characters I enjoy them both, but I am leaning towards Buffy.

And lastly my backstory, so I didn’t want to be a random person that just stumbled into Buffy, I like having powers and such in my supernatural DRs, so as I am on s3 I don’t know if anything like this exists in the Buffy-verse, with the exception of Drusilla who does have visions, so I scripted I’m a seer, basically I have predictions of the future that mostly if not always come true, I dream of the future, but I also read tarot (as I do here), I scripted that I’m really good at it, cause even though I would say I’m good at it, I have my weak spots when it comes to readings in my CR.

So I essentially can read the future or see it, or both.

Some helpful basics to script if you plan to shift to BTVS:

— your homework is always done, you always pass every test, you have enough grades and been to enough classes to pass (you may miss a lot, so just so you pass this can be helpful!)

— you cannot be possessed by any demons (unless you want to be a vampire I suppose? but it’s not really you in that case…i think)

— good stamina, you’re fit, win every/most fights,

— your parents/guardians are chill, they don’t mind if your grades slip, they don’t notice if you sneak out, they won’t find your stakes or anything vampire/supernatural related etc.

— vampires won’t feed on you, you can’t be mind controlled by the Master, Drusilla can’t get into your head or any other vampire for that matter.

^ pretty sure there is more, but i’m too tired to think, remember to shift safely 🩷

[giftedeath]

there’s  this  odd  yet  familiar  feeling  that  buffy  gets  around  drusilla.  it’s  adrenaline  that  starts  from  her  fingertips  and  rushes  through  PURPLE  veins,  but  it’s  also  something  confusing,  too.  it’s  envy,  and  it’s  this  sense  of  fear  that  comes  with  an  idea  ;  that  maybe  drusilla  understands  her  …  more  than  buffy  wishes  were  true.  it’s  all  of  that,  wrapped  into  one,  and  it’s  what  brings  her  here  in  the  first  place  …  speaking  of  secrets  and  truths  that  buffy  wasn’t  ready  to  𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒍  just  yet.  ❛  i  was  hoping  you’d  get  the  ball  rolling,  actually.  ❜

she  wouldn’t  be  buffy  if  she  didn’t  deflect  automatically.  something  of  a  𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆  𝒎𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎  at  this  point.  upon  the  realization,  she  softens  …  mimics  drusilla’s  movements,  and  tilts  her  own  head  to  the  side  in  thought.  ❛  do  i  really  need  to  say  it  ?  don’t  you  …  can’t  you  see  it  ?  ❜  this  is  the  closest  to  vulnerable  buffy  was  able  to  manage.  it  doesn’t  just  eat  away  at  her,  it  gnaws,  it  consumes  her  whole.  maybe  her  life  would  be  different  if  it  hadn’t.

❛  do  you  think  about  it  a  lot  ?  ❜  the  question  seemingly  comes  out  of  left  field,  but  it  had  been  on  her  mind  this  entire  time  …  ❛  him,  i  mean.  angel  …  or  angelus,  i  guess.  what  he  did  to  you.  ❜  sometimes,  it’s  the  only  thing  on  buffy’s  mind.

@giftedeath sent: “ we all have secrets, don’t we ? ”

HEAD SLOWLY AND SLIGHTLY CANTS TO THE SIDE when she looks upon the slayer, hand wanting to rise and reach out to touch her face for a split second though she resists the urge to do so. She's more curious than anything else, wondering why Buffy would say such a thing regardless of knowing how true it is. They all held secrets, yes, and she's wondering what secrets Buffy has specifically. But she knows too that the woman won't be so easily willing to share them, not with Drusilla of all individuals. It doesn't stop her from asking though, ❝ what secrets do you have, lil' dumplin'? What goes on in that head o' yours? ❞

Oh, is she curious. To know the amount of torment that comes with being the Chosen One at such a young age and having that weight layered upon precious shoulders. Dru can only imagine and she's salivating at the mouth just thinking about it. But the blonde is the one who presented this small bit of information in the first place and made its presence known so of course, she can't help but indulge further as much as possible and poke into it like a stick pressing into a dead animal carcass.

❝ Do they eat away at you? They do, don't they? Just like they eat at me. From the inside, out. ❞

[fairydust-stuff]

As someone who wrote Slayer & Rose Bride. I feel so oddly validated that Utena & Buffy fans are like Saionji Kyouichi is kinda Spike shaped.

and Angel and Akio are very similar.

Because yeah that is on my mind when I write any scenes with these two pairs.

Saionji is so revolted by Spike because this is the kind of adult he could of very easily grown into. The bullying matcho attitude, the casual violence. That he's just started growing out of.

and it straight up explains a lot about Angel being weird towards Saionji. I've never been big of Spangel but I can see it on Angel's side.

(I mean some of it is he low-key can't stand that the comic relife bully character sidekick being the one to grow a sword. Since Angel wants to be the champion but sucks for him cause this is the Utena verse. Where fools who believe in true friendship suceed. And you know soulless Angel being a cruel motherfucker who gets off on sadistic torture and his issues with love period.)

And Akio & Angel oooh boy....

But Nanami & Drusilla similarities came to me recently. Which oh my gosh their both so calf shaped. Their both so afraid of being weird. Nanami is afraid of ostracization Dru is scared of being evil. At their core they are so fearful of not being proper women.

Then these powerful men come into their lives and gaslight, manipulate them. Both were even forced to witness the powerful guys trying to break them have sex to traumatize them.

Angel honed in on Dru as something to consume and reshape for his pleasure. And both Nanami and Drusilla fight back. They try to run from this awful future laid out for them.

Drusilla goes to join a convenient, Nanami tries to transfer. But everything is rigged aginst them. They never had a fair shot and their still trapped by the end.

And I just straight up make things worse for Nanami in this fic. Since soulless Angel decides the student council are his grand gallery opening piece.

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

muffin muffin i have to know -- how would the cullens fare as buffyverse vampires?

Caveat

Who knows?

Buffyverse vampires are entirely different as they do, truly, lose their souls and are piloted about by demons. The demons take on the body's fixations and habits, but you're not at the wheel anymore. Something else that's completely evil is.

We'd also be in a world without the Volturi but with a single Slayer who's usually bound to one location or another for a few years.

It's quite easy for a vampire to avoid the Slayer, though perhaps not conflict with other demons or what not depending.

Alice

She'd fair quite well, as Drusilla does with her own clairvoyance/powers.

Alice would be able to avoid situations that would harm her, have her fun how she pleases, but get out when it's too dicey.

I see her being a very impulsive vampire who flits from victim to victim based on where she'll a) have the most fun b) won't die.

Carlisle

I imagine never creates a coven as he now has 0 desire to save anyone from anything or even himself. He likely never becomes a doctor, never integrates into towns, and probably wanders around eating people out of boredom.

This meandering lack of connections probalby keeps him alive as he never has significant runins with anyone dangerous.

Edward

Oh, Edward goes to town. We've seen hints of Buffyverse Edward in his violent fantasies and plans.

Edward's going full Angelus: eating humans who annoy him, psychologically torturing women who catch his interest, violently murdering those he sees as rivals, and going over the top in every way.

Of course, I see him as the type who would personally challenge the Slayer for the thrill of it as well as his own pride and belief in his telepathy.

This probably gets him killed very early.

Emmett

Challenges every demon he meets to wrestling: dies very soon because of this very dangerous pasttime.

Esme

What...

What even is Buffy-verse Esme?

I'm picturing someone who ends up with Carlisle and is still the weirdest, sweetest, woman who just eats people now. Everything's the same. She just eats people.

Regardless, she'd probably keep to herself and keep out of trouble.

Jasper

Likely dies in some demon skirmish or another if not murdered by the Slayer.

Rosalie

Please, Rosalie's a Vengeance Demon and we all know it.

She does very well for herself.

[prophecey]

* . ⊹  BRIDGERTON CHARACTERS AND VERSES

CANONS :

so far i have added anthony bridgerton, sophie beckett and violet bridgerton ( with a canon and a younger verse ) i may consider adding more canons as i read through the series, but also if there is anyone you want to write against, let me know.

ORIGINALS :

benjamin de vaillant — ben's mother passed away first, then his father a few weeks later. they say the late king died of a broken heart. ben was named king very prematurely and he was not ready to bear the weight of the crown. society pressured him to find a wife, but he had no luck in france, so he accepted the queen of england's offer to participate in their current season to try to find a wife.

drusilla lovelace — the lovelaces are cursed. at least, that is what the people of the ton whisper about whenever one of the surviving members of the family walks through the market or shows up to an event. in recent generations, lovelace women have passed away at a young age, usually shortly after giving birth to one or more heirs. it is dru's turn to be presented to society, but as expected, she is having a hard time finding potential suitors.

indira petrova — indy is in her second season, but she's more interested in the other girls presenting themselves to society than she is in any of her potential suitors. her mother keeps pressuring her to find a husband, and her father has even threatened to marry her off to one of his friends if she doesn't accept a marriage proposal soon. in her first season, she was proposed to three times, making a mockery of her family ( according to her parents. )

josephine elmsworth — posey has waited her whole life for her season to start. she's idealistic with her head in the clouds and she can't wait to fall in love. her older brother jules is presenting her to society since her father passed away a year ago. at least, he was supposed to be presenting her, but he's too busy flirting with all the other girls with no intention of finding a wife.

VERSES :

alex claremont-diaz — as the only son of american royalty, alex is very well known, and his hand in marriage has been the talk of the ton. unfortunately for the ladies of the season, he seems to be noncommittal in the pursuit for a wife, as he sneaks around with a british noble, and still a hangable offense.

daniel le domas — daniel would be a rake if he had any motivation. instead of meeting potential suitors, he spends most of the time at the taverns. his family was very well known around the ton . . . for all the wrong reasons but they all died in a tragic house fire. now lord le domas is head of the house and the talk of the ton, but he wants nothing to be disassociated from his family so he can move on.

evie grimhilde — lady whistledown called her the season's sapphire instead of a diamond due to her signature royal blue dresses. she entered her season in a bid to get away from her evil queen mother. the grimhildes were once one of the most loved families in england before their titles and land were stolen away from them.

grace le domas — grace is a dowager after her husband and his family were all killed in a tragic house fire ( except for one of his brothers ) on her wedding day. now she's just trying to survive in the ton without a husband or any land while dispelling any rumors about her and the family she was supposed to be married into.

rebekah mikaelson —  as the youngest surviving member of the mikaelson family, and the only girl, her presentation was highly anticipated about the ton. unfortunately for rebekah, the three brothers in town have a terrible habit of scaring away any of her potential suitors instead of helping her secure an engagement.

rosalie hale — rosalie was orphaned at a young age and taken in by a wealthy family. even though she is not biologically their child, they have always treated her like she was, and that included presenting her into society, but she proved to be difficult, showing no real interest in finding a husband, at least in the traditional way that society expected her to. she participated in three seasons before she stopped and started supporting her siblings in their pursuits.

[cabeswaterdrowned]

some btvs-verse ships for your ask game: Spike/Drusilla, Willow/Kennedy, Buffy/Willow, Angel/Cordelia

Sprusilla: 7.5-8 they have a type of monster couple charisma and playfulness that really appeals to me! Not a full 8 only because I don’t feel that I think of them enough when they’re not on my screen to warrant it but I do love them…I tend to love the Buffyverse villain couples lol.

Willow/Kennedy: solid 5/10 I don’t have the active dislike for them or for Kennedy herself many do in fact I like Kennedy okay, but I would have preferred Willow’s next romance to be with Faith or Anya, an already fleshed out character she’d had chemistry with in the past and who had a storyline/redemption arc going on of her own with complementary themes to Willow’s, and trying to shoehorn in a new character and whole new dynamic didn’t work after how impactful Tara was. Hard indifferent ultimately. 

Buffy/Willow: currently will give them a 6.5 but this is one I’ve gotten more intrigued by romantically in recent years, and I wonder if when I get around to my next rewatch the rating will increase. I primarily love their friendship and how complex/interesting it is but I do like to muse about them having crushes on each other in the early seasons especially Willow having a crush on Buffy circa s3, and can see a basis for an s7 onwards romance, they’re also one third of my favorite Buffyverse ot3 (not counting like. the whirlwind ot4 which is in it’s own league to me as it’s basically canon) which is Buffy x Faith x Willow will say I feel more about/ am significantly more into both Faith ships in that equation but the parallels between Faith and Willow’s dynamics with Buffy are tasty for char exploration, especially through a queer lense. A lot of themes I enjoy a lot in that mix. But I will say that a reason it took me a while to warm to them as a ship compared to a lot of other f/f Buffyverse dynamics is that, with the exception of a couple distinct scenes, I don’t tend to feel SMG and Alyson’s chemistry has as much of a shippy leaning compared to how both of them play off a lot of the other actresses Eliza Charisma Amber, Amy when Willow guest stars on Ats, Alyson and Emma, SMG and Bianca or even Juliet, I think they have more chemistry than Willow and Kennedy but that bar isn’t high and idk how much of that is chemistry vs depth of emotional content. But it’s a fascinating dynamic that I can see / enjoy in a shippy way depending how it’s done. 

Cangel: 8 / 10, I love them!! It’s a testament to how well they work for me overall that they have this rating even with the Connor stuff and me knocking some points for how bad that was I think they would be even higher otherwise… one of my favorite friends to lovers tv pairings and heart breaking in the end. 

Ty!

(Send me ships and I’ll rate them)

[theyfeast]

MUSES

anne rice's vampire chronicles

santiago . vampire. primary .

amel . demon / spirit / vampire. creators of vampires. primary.

daniel molloy . human / vampire ( verse dependent ) . request.

prince amar babur shah. rohan. vampire oc. secondary.

viktor de lioncourt. human. ( headcanon based only. will go more in detail if asked. ) son of lestat de lioncourt. request.

alex graham. human. member of lestat's band. request.

MISC.

marko. vampire. the lost boys. request.

drusilla. vampire. buffy the vampire slayer. request.

[marigoldbaker]

Jenny attempts to establish her power over Angelus, Spike, and Drusilla, with varying degrees of success.

THE NEXT INSTALLMENT!!! i am so honestly excited to finally have my writer brain edging back into existence, i have missed it SO MUCH and this fic is SO messily fun to write. so many big plans in store for this thing.

blowing a lil kiss to @hal-1500 bc we talked a lot about my plans for this 'verse today and then i literally sat down and wrote it and that's so exciting. thank u for ur help, dear <3333

[dearyvicious]

" there's that much fear in them finding out what a piece of shit you are? " she launched into a fierce scream, her chin jutting out until her eyes were locked onto his. " fuck you! go fuck yourself! you're just a fucking coward, so stop acting like that's not the case. " lilla might be a kitty under his gaze, but she was a panther and her claws could cut deep. " what's your problem, always pretending and pretending! i'm sick of this shit. "

who: females 21+

“You can scream all you want, no one, not a damn soul will hear you from here.” he brought her outside into the alley away from the overly crowded space inside the house. Music blaring in the far distance. “Go ahead, scream.” this is his domain, this house is his and she was just another kitty lost in a house of full wolves.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Friday, August 2nd

DRUSILLA: Do you like daisies? Hmm? I plant them, but they always die. Everything I put in the ground withers and dies.

~~School Hard~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Special Guest by badly_knitted (Drusilla, Angel, T)

To Be Loved by zombiesam (Buffy/Giles, E)

There Are More of Us Than You Think by KnightRanger (OC, Jenny Calendar, Moloch, T)

Getting drunk and frisky with the maid of honor by Kittenwritings (Fred/Willow, T)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Methos' Home for Wayward Youths, Chapter 15 by shadeshifter (Faith, multiple crossovers, T)

Infinitely, Chapter 63 by Laragh (Tara/Willow, M)

Horizon [Part 2], Chapter 8 by broken_hearted_bard (Ensemble, T)

Specific Taste, Chapter 5 (complete!) by Chase_fanfics (Spike/OC, M)

Heartless, Chapter 11 by LSquared1501 (Buffy/Angel, T)

Going Home (to a place we’ve never been before), Chapter 18 by curiouswombat (Buffy, Dawn, Tolkien crossover, T)

hit rewind, Chapter 68 by untiljanuary (Buffy/Spike, M)

Star Trek Voyager : 'I Blame The Vulcan', Chapters 1-3 by BlueZeroZeroOne (Buffy, Star Trek Voyager crossover, T)

I Don't Want to Be the One, Chapter 17 by pommedapi (Buffy/Spike, T)

The Stars to Hold Our Destiny, Chapter 25 by Hermione2be (Buffy, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds crossover, G)

In the Company of Witches and Slayers: Chapter 118 by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer) (Willow/Tara, T)

Recompense, Chapter 9 by Moonkid10 (Buffy/Faith, M)

Immortal Verse, Chapter 5 (complete!) by Shisumo (Buffy, Life is Strange crossover, M)

the face of someone (i don't know), Chapter 3 by guin_ramble, zombiesam (Buffy/Giles, E)

Hungry Like the Wolf, Chapter 3 by fleetfootedfox (Buffy/Giles, E)

Altered Images, Chapter 7 by KnightRanger (Willow, Wesley, Angel, T)

Three Deep, Chapter 6 (complete!) by Barb Cummings (Rahirah), dutchbuffy, Stultiloquentia, Sylviavolk2000 (Ensemble, T)

Where Did We Go Wrong? Chapter 2 by isaacthemedium (Willow, Angel, Giles, Wesley, Faith, not rated)

Reflections of Reality, Chapter 3 by KnightRanger (Willow, T)

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verses/about under the cut ! spoilers will be rampant ! but its been twenty years my loves <3

give me back my girlhood / it was mine first › los angeles.

pre - sunnydale buffy. living in la, attending hemery high school. she's popular, she's a cheerleader, she's everything she has always wanted to be. she is the quintessential valley girl. her parents are together, even if they do argue all the time. this is the time in her life that she will constantly refer back to seasons and seasons later ... her girlhood, the thing that is torn from her. her innocence.

she then becomes the vampire slayer.

in every generation there is a chosen one. she alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. she is the slayer.

this verse will be broken up into two parts.

part i - as innocence; the period before becoming the slayer part ii - as the reckoning; she is told one day on the steps of hemery high that she is the chosen one - that she must defeat vampires; slay them ! this is her destiny. she is instilled with what can only be explained as superpowers ! she's faster and stronger than normal girls. her nights of studying long gone as she takes up nights of slaying vampires in cemeteries. school stops mattering, friends turn away from her, and then one day, there is an incident. she accidentally burns down hemery high's gym and is expelled. her and her mother, joyce summers, move to sunnydale california. the beginning of the end

i'm sixteen years old / i don't wanna die › season one.

after her expulsion from hemery high, buffy thinks this will be her chance to get away. no more slayer responsibilities. her move to sunnydale is a blessing in disguise. until she meets sunnydale high's librarian - rupert giles; who also just so happens to be her watcher and it is solidified that not only is she the vampire slayer, but she is now in a town full of vampires, demons, and other forces of darkness. things which she is responsible to take care of, for the better of society. a girl of sixteen !

key events for this verse

she meets the core of the scooby gang; willow rosenberg, and xander harris who become and stay her best friends until the end of the show. as well as other important characters, such as cordelia chase, who becomes a very significant figure in her life.

the relationship with her watcher giles begins. their relationship can be described as very father/daughter-esque but also has tumultuous ups and downs; especially in later seasons ( but also in early seasons tbh )

she meets angel ! the vampire who is cursed with a soul ( formerly known as angelus ! ) and she develops a crush on him which eventually turns into her very first serious relationship <3

she learns that sunnydale is situated atop of a 'hellmouth'; she faces multiple different vampires, including a member of the fanged four and angelus' sire - darla !! who is also his former lover. ( he does eventually kill darla during this season )

the major threat of the season however, is the master, who is an ancient and especially threatening vampire, who is trapped underground in the middle of the hellmouth. buffy defeats him with the help of the scoobies, but not without officially dying first. ( she is drowned by the master, and does die for like two minutes before xander harris is able to give her mouth to mouth and save her ! yay xander )

verse. you only get a few more candles › season two.

season two is where things really start to get fun and buffy, as a show, starts to understand what it is really about. buffy is seventeen, now and a junior at sunnydale high. she's deep in her relationship with angel. she passes time by trying to do her best in school, training with giles, as well as going to the bronze for a bit of r&r every now and again ( a lot ! ) all while fighting the forces of evil!

key events for this verse

iconic vampire couple spike <3 & drusilla <3 enter and begin to wreak havoc in sunnydale! they are established as the 'big bads' of the season.

due to buffy's brief death in season one, a new slayer named kendra is introduced ! we love kendra so much

xander and cordelia start dating which causes cordelia to become one of the scoobies, thus growing closer to buffy by association.

oz osbourne is introduced, a senior and later revealed as a werewolf. he begins dating willow and becomes a scooby !!

willow begins to dabble in magic !

jenny calendar, the computer teacher at sunnydale, starts a romantic relationship with giles & we learn that actually ( lots of retconning goes on ) jenny is romani, her true identity is janna of the kalderash, the same people who cursed angelus and gave him his soul back - making him angel ( and if you choose to watch btvs just know that there are a lot of racist elements in this, and slurs are used very frequently, and it's disgusting. )

in s2ep14 'innocence' buffy and angel have just had sex ! yeehaw, buffy loses her virginity. but alas, angel experiences a true moment of happiness ( yeah. ejaculation jdfkjdkf ) and the curse is lifted, he becomes angelus once more; the notorious, blood sucking, evil vampire. which sucks for buffy bc he then starts to treat her like shit !!! it's all a very weird joss whedon metaphor for men pretending they like you so that they can sleep with you, and then change completely right afterwards. blah blah blah. it is deeply traumatizing for buffy!

angelus joins spike and drusilla to destroy the world ! the fanged four is 3/4ths reunited and hell is unleashed upon everyone. angelus kills lots of innocents, including jenny calendar. drusilla kills kendra. ( TRAGIC AND I HATE IT !! btvs stop killing off woc challenge ) and buffy, in the end, teams up with the scoobies + spike ( yes SPIKE ! the big bad ! ) and sends angelus / angel, the man she is in love with ! into a hell dimension, never to be seen again. very traumaizing again, for buffy.

buffy also comes out to her mother this season as a vampire slayer, and joyce doesn't take it well. ( yes more metaphors ) so ... buffy leaves sunnydale.

verse. a begging to be believed › season three.

terrible awful things happened to buffy in season two like what the hell. so she disappears to la for the summer, bc isolation is how she deals with trauma hello ! eventually she does go back to sunnydale and back to the scoobies and is now eighteen, and a senior. yay ! graduation time !!

key events for this verse !

due to deplorable writing choices, kendra's tragic and unjust death means a new slayer is in town. enter faith lehane !!! buffy's shadow, a girl just a bit younger than her, a very important part of buffy, someone who makes her ... her <3 initially, buffy can't help but be a little bit jealous over faith. her friends love her instantly, she's cool and calm and wears a lot of leather, and she's kind of hot ? oops. ... but yeah, she's in sunnydale !! and they start another very tumultuous friendship .. one that starts off on jealousy, later buffy warms up to her and they have some good Bad Girl times ! until faith kills a man ! and suddenly buffy has to think about what it means to be a slayer, slayers aren't killers, am i bad too ? etc.

angel mysteriously comes back from the hell dimension lmao !!! but he's fucked in the head a bit, ok sorry wait. angel is not the same angel that she knew when she fell in love with him i guess ? bc he suffered for who knows how long in the hell dimension that she was forced to send him to. but now he's back, and she helps him regain his sanity and strength. they kind of start their relationship back up again, but by the end of the season, they break up and go their separate ways.

anyanka the vengeance demon enters ! we love her we love herrrr. she loses her vengeance demon powers tho very quickly and becomes a normal girl ! and goes to the prom with xander

buffy turns eighteen and the watcher's council basically has giles perform this ritual called tento di cruciamentum and it's the beginning of buffy and giles' decline. :( giles is fired from the watcher's council & is replaced by new watcher wesley wyndam pryce !!! oh dear wes <3 also buffy decides fuck the watcher's council and stops caring about them ! good for her !

enter big bad of the season, the mayor !! who is on a mission to ascension or becoming a "pure demon" and with faith on his side, he kind of does it ! but buffy and the scoobies and also the sunnydale class of '99 stop him ! yay ! oh the high school gets blown up lol

buffy stabs faith and puts her into a coma eek

angel and cordelia officially leave sunnydale to go start their spinoff show in los angeles ! good for them :) <3 wesley even joins them a lil bit later ! and angel the series ensues. we'll see angel again tho

verse. she is as destructive as a coriolis storm › season four.

it's the college season! buffy and willow both are attending UC sunnydale yay ! buffy's still kind of cut up about her breakup with angel, but its ok and she's healing <3 she meets some cool people. she loses her soul once ! phew. oh and there's this whole thing called the initiative which kind of sucks :/ but lets get into it

buffy's a freshman, nineteen, she likes psychology with professor walsh and her TA riley finn. she's good at it too ! actually, given the opportunity - she's pretty good at school. which is a cool realization that she has.

anya and xander start officially ? dating. willow and oz break up and oz leaves :( but that's okay bc willow's a lesbian and she meets tara who is also a witch !!! and more scoobies are added to the roster!

spike comes back lmaoooo. and uh, a chip is implanted in his head, and it prevents him from harming humans by giving him big bad migraines. but do not fear ! because he can still harm demons! which causes him to join the scoobies! yay !

oh and its put there by "the initiative" which is ( wikipedia ) "a top-secret military installation based beneath the uc sunnydale campus" they experiment on/kill demons idk. riley finn is like the main bunker boy and professor walsh also runs the shit too. the big bad this season is a guy/demon - man made The Creature from frankenstein like thing named adam and he's very smart or whtvr. it's a very uninteresting season overall lol

buffy and riley start dating and its um .. interesting. she definitely learns and realizes things

buffy and her friends defeat adam and the initiative is shut down and buffy starts thinking about the lineage of slayers, a perfect transition into season 5

verse. death is close / but so is life › season five.

DEATH IS YOUR GIFT ! or probably the best season of buffy.

your gaslit into believing that buffy has had a sister named dawn for four seasons. and you believe it too, for like a second. we love dawnie <3 dawn is the most important person ever, actually.

big bad of the season "glory" enters. she's pretty, she has cute outfits, she's also a god ! and she shares a body with this guy named Ben. he's a nurse ! but again, glory is a god ... and she's searching for a key so that she can open a portal to her hell dimension. the problem is, if she gets the key and opens the portal, it essentially blurs the line between hell and earth and it will unleash hell onto earth ! so she really can't get the key

oh and the key is dawn. dawn is the key. she's energy that was made out of buffy and formed into her teenage sister. so yeah, she wasn't buffy's sister for her whole life, she's actually just existed for a few months ! and the fake memories the key makers planted into all of their brains, makes it kind of feel like she's been there forever. buffy loves her. dawn is her. they are the best sister duo relationship i have ever seen. i am very fond of them.

joyce ( buffy's mom ) dies of a brain aneurysm. it is ............... heartbreaking. it changes buffy's life. it changes buffy.

riley and buffy break up. spike realizes he is IN LOVEEEE with buffy. it's kind of iconic but im a little biased ngl. he also really ups the ante by protecting dawn and joyce a lot and buffy really is relying on him to protect her loved ones this season. also .. he kind of becomes one of her loved ones this season as well :')

glory kidnaps dawn and despite the scoobies efforts, dawn's blood opens up the portal, unleashing hell on earth. buffy sacrifices herself and dies and the portal closes. and buffy dies for the second and final time. ugh god. THE GIFT ! DEATH IS HER GIFT !

verse. life is pain / and life is suffering but my god / you're alive › season six.

my favorite season. season six u will always be famous

buffy's dead but not to worry, the scoobies (willow, xander, anya, and tara) are going to bring her back from whatever hell dimension she's in! don't worry! willow knows what she's doing and she won't come back wrong

they do it! but oops they think that they didn't do it and so buffy is forced to claw herself out of her grave. traumatizing

buffy is alive again, she's back and she's .. not wrong, but also .. she's not the buffy that the scoobies have known and loved all these years. ( to them ) and buffy's actually extremely depressed, empty, and feels very very wrong, ultimately; is suicidal. she was pulled out of heaven ! she has bills to pay, she needs to get a job, her mother is still dead, the soulless vampire is still in love with her, there's a very iconic musical episode where she almost basically attempts to off herself but spike is there to tell her that life is worth living, you have to keep on living SO ONE OF US IS LIVINNNNGGG!!!

giles leaves this season bc he thinks that buffy relies on him too much ? weird but ok.

buffy and spike start a 'sexual' relationship... i guess

their relationship is .... it's an incredibly interesting dynamic which explores the theme of the jungian shadow in depth. it's mutually toxic, but it also stands to represent a lot about buffy and spike's characters. there will be tons and tons of metas written about this whole relationship bc it literally is so......... it's just, it makes sense why it happens. but from a basic perspective, it's not something i support or condone. but it serves a very critical narrative purpose and it is pivotal to buffy's character and the way that i write her. also if u have zero basic media literacy, then it's just a toxic relationship. but it stands for so much more. spike is consistently there, someone who she confides in throughout the season. he is her anchor in a lot of ways. she starts having sex with him because she knows that he is in love with her, she feels safe around him, but she is also disgusted with herself bc that is her shadow. he has no soul and it reflects her emptiness and the void that she has felt since being brought back to life. like i said, very interesting dynamic that changes buffy as a character and honestly, helps in her journey to healing !!!

there is a spike and buffy scene in season 6 ep19 'seeing red' which i largely ignore. actually ! yeah .. i don't feel that it is canon. in fact, spike already knew that he wanted to get his soul back prior to /that/ interaction, and so for my portrayal, i look at it as ... he feels he's not a man and not a demon, he's not the man that he needs to be, for her, to be hers, and so based on their relationship throughout s6, he comes to the conclusion that he always had: he goes and he gets his soul back!

oh yeah ... and there's this trio of incels warren, jonothan, and andrew. they try to fuck up buffy's life in "comical" and silly ways. warren gets tired of being beat by buffy so he decides to shoot her. he also manages to kill tara, and this sets willow off and dark willow is unleashed !!!! but don't worry bc xander saves the day and buffy lives because tara dies. it's tragic and terrible

verse. i owe myself an apology › season seven.

bc buffy got resurrected last season, it caused an imbalance between good and evil and something called 'the first evil,' is the big bad of the season

it's killing potential slayers and plans to raise a huge army of these ancient vampires that are practically unkillable

the watcher's council is destroyed ! everybody clap

buffy keeps a whole group of potential slayers in her house to train and protect them. oh and she's working at the high school now as a guidance counselor

spike has his soul back which means buffy can heal and be okay, because he's not empty anymore and neither is she. lots of good moments this season for them. they're married actually.

everyone in sunnydale evacuates bc the hellmouth gets worse!

faith comes back to help buffy's cause <3

there's a preacher called caleb and he's a misogynist. he's safe guarding this weapon - it's a scythe. buffy gets it and kills him with it !

angel comes to sunnydale and gives buffy an amulet that is to be worn by a 'champion' meaning vampire with a soul. so she gives it to spike.

they go down into the hellmouth to fight the ancient vampires as a unit. willow does a spell and it unleashes the potential slayers powers. now there are lots and lots of slayers, and buffy is no longer the only one! she is not alone! she is free!

spike's amulet harnesses the power of the sun and it unleashes onto the vampires, saving the world but also sacrificing himself in the end. also - buffy tells him she loves him and for the first time since angel, she means it :') and then he dies haha !

from wikipedia : in the end "dawn asks, "what are we going to do now?" buffy slowly begins to enigmatically smile as she contemplates the future ahead of her, ending the series on a hopeful note." SHE IS FREEEEEEEEE

verse. meanwhile / the world goes on › goodbye sunnydale.

basically everything after sunnydale. i don't follow the comics bc i haven't read them. i like to think that buffy rests. she has a big giant rest. i'll flesh this out later !

marvel verse: verse. it’s open season on all suckheads › the mcu.

verse. the strange and unexplained › xfiles.