#Gem The Slayer Au

[jeskerthefool]

Bdubs!!! Had a lot of fun with this one

Check out the comic :D

-yes I changed the colour of the clock from gold to silver. It just looked better.

-don't ask me why he has pointy ears. He just deserves them.

-Heels because he loves horses a lot. (or that's what he says when asked. It's also to be taller. But mostly the horses.)

-No I didn't design the daggers cause he's never going to be shown using them and I am. Lazy. They would match Etho's daggers, and he's not gonna be using them either.

-...you can probably tell who's going to be using their weapons by how much detail I give them... oh well.

-shortest one yet (will probably change once I do chapter two, where Grian appears)

-Cape was also a wedding gift

-Yes, Impulse has a matching clock. Assume what you will.

-the funnest to draw in my opinion. I just really like his cape. He can close it around him and become one with the moss.

[s4ndwitch3s]

Making actual references for the Wildfire AU designs

- Mitsuri -

Mitsuri doesn't have a lot of changes to her look, just the patterning on her haori because I thought it'd look nice and the little gems at the ends of her hair + little heart marking by her eye

I added those last two cause I wanted to tie her to Tengen a lil bit because she would actually be his tsuguko in Au since uhh Demon Kyojuro ain't teaching her nothin' about breathing and swordfighting, she'll still have Love breathing though but it'd be lot more flashier™

- Senjuro -

His design has been shown before, but I've made a full thing for it hooray!! He's got the butterfly clip behind his head there because he lives at the butterfly mansion.

His sword is similar to Kyojuro's one in the og demon slayer because in the AU, thanks to him actually being able to train at the demon slayer corps fully and having access to the flame hashira books he is able to learn flame breathing... But not well, he can use it but he doubts himself whenever he does and the flames get out of control a lot (hehe like- like a wildfir- Shot) (he has probably burnt a least like a little bit of the mansion before on accident)

Also his haori is one he got made to look like the flame hashira cape one that was passed down through the family because that one actually got burnt up :(

This took me awhile to post since my brain has been working by the-

Logic

[needfantasticstories]

Hi again, @twistedstoryteller!

Okay, LU recs off the top-ish of my head in a sort of organized-ish order:

AUTHORS!

Angst, Action, and Mixed:

Faerule and the No Good Very Bad Road Trip by ImperialKatwala, PolynomialPandemic is a great "Chain Meets Hyrule" fic.

@gintrinsic-writing is phenomenal. A gem. I love all of it, but check the tags to find ones you're comfortable with. AO3 Blood Like Yours is my personal favorite, and the sequel Like Fire in Your Veins by @pocketramblr are both about Hyrule's Blood Curse from Adventures of Link. M for Violence for most of them, but check tags to be sure. If you like it, consider also...

Protector of the Golden Power by Sillus Hyrule centric but he has a different secret.

@somer-writes has a lot of great short one shots, some darker than others. My personal favorite is a sort of character study of the boys at their lowest and how they recover called "Depletion"

For a Sliver of Sunlight by tirsynni: Warrior's dedication to his brothers makes him question his title as Hero.

What are You to a God Slayer by Secretlysheikah BAMF Sky

Brethren in a Cradle by Skyward_Arpeggio BABY!!!! It is adorable, if a bit sad at the start.

Always Darkest Before the Dawn (Linked Universe Whumptober 2023) by Skyward_Arpeggio because in general they don't go above T ratings and write excellent fics.

this year it taught me (lost and ambitious) by qar Also EXCELLENT writer. "Sky has a separate moment with each member of the team"

Whumptober 2023 by Arecaceae Great fics! Plus, "Each story will have warnings in the tags and the story notes as well as a 0-5 whump rating. The ratings will be relative to my writing, so my 5 might not be equivalent to someone else's 5. I don't write MCD, extreme gore, non-con, or extreme emotional angst."

Major's Whumptober 2023 by major_de_speed Major's are also quite clean despite the M rating which is more about the violence.

Linkeduniverse Shorts by Skyward_Arpeggio LU Short fics

A Royal Castletown Wedding by Skyward_Arpeggio This story is so good!!!!!!!!!

Whumptober 2022 by Arecaceae more great fics, rated T.

LU Whump Dump by UnexpectedStormy (ArtemiStorm)  need AO3 account to read, but worth it! Linked Universe Whumpy One-Shots, rated T.

There's one I'm missing, and when I find it I'll add it here. It involves a cursed magical artifact that Legend messes with... it's intense.

Fluffier Fics:

Frosty Reception by Skyward_Arpeggio "Four’s glad to finally be home again, and he’s not the only one happy at his return." Cute fic!

S’more Stories by Ginger375 "A collection of drabbles and mini-fics for LUtober! Day 31: Costumes"

Sentiment by Arecaceae

nine heroes, one spirit by Imjustherefortheangst, uncleskyrule (unclemoriarty) tons of great short fics, all with G-T ratings

Finding Family by Tashacee "AU where Wild's scars are a lot worse and he isn't used to interacting with people. The Chain think their new brother is dope af and are determined to make him feel at home."

My Heart's Forsaken Me by sister_dear "Four looses his sword in the heat of battle, and it's picked up by someone else... Time’s aren’t the only secrets coming to light, and the gang discovers they still have a thing or two to learn from each other."

Ambush at the Bridge by JinxedRuby Very action and healing oriented fic, multiple perspectives on one event.

Dark Clouds on the Horizon by CubanCracker62 "he Chain ends up in Wild's era shortly before the events of TotK."

There are worse ways to stay alive by EliotRosewater one shots rated T.

Crack Fics:

Misplaced Heroes by notOK this had me busting out laughing SO MANY TIMES!

Peak Gremlin Energy by defenestration_nation "Fics focusing on various Links being chaotic gremlins"

Not Necessarily LU, but Adjacent or just LoZ:

Blood of the Hero by Skye_the_Lofty_Nutcase: (Wild) Link's parents have to step in to save him when the Shrine of Resurrection gets damaged. His parents are so well written, and Abel makes appearances in LU-related/adjacent fics, The Many Misadventures of Dad Squad and Dad Squad AU by Nancyheart, Silver_Captain82403, Skye_the_Lofty_Nutcase

which is part crack and part angst, mostly lighthearted.

Don't Worry Man, I'm from the Yiga Clan: Link makes a Yiga friend due to being a delightful chaos gremlin.

Feature MCD... but might be worth it:

And Still the Cradle Blooms by Solistrix: GORGEOUS literary masterpiece. The writing is unreal. It's descriptions and emotions are incredible. This is more like finding the meaning in eventual death, so of the three here I suspect you'll like this one best as far as not being too hurt by the character's mentioned end.

This is an Adjuration: I'll be real, this is full of action and excitement but yes, it has MCD and is making me cry, but it's also REEEEAAALLY good!

Blood Drops on Roses by HotCheetohatred Fantastic storytelling! Wild centric, Twi is big brother but from day one of Wild's journey. Unreliable young Wild as narrator is an absolute delight. Unfinished, no MCD yet, but it's in the tags so no promises.

Modern AUs for not-big-on-modern-au fans:

As a fellow not-seeker of modern AUs, I personally have enjoyed the following

@skyward-floored Incredibles AU

Wild’s Wolf by HotCheetoHatred "Modern AU where young Wild is a feral forest child, raised by Wolf Twilight. He is captured, separated from Twilight, and put under observation. Time helps him escape." Unfinished, and I admit personal bias here because HotCheetoHatred is my BETA reader.

ARTISTS!!!

@ovegakart: amazing action, gut-busting humor, and captivating storytelling! Does comics

@la-sera: beautiful, ethereal, and gorgeous illustrations and a great storyteller, loves downfall duo but does every one of the boys justice

@dfanart: HILARIOUS and such heartfelt emotions on them boys.

@kikker-oma great art from fluff to whump to action

@1caru has so many fluffy LU gems!

@linderosse has a Zelda's meet AU, does LU, and much more!

@lele5429 great illustrations and abstract pieces of LU fanart.

@theecholegend hahaha... arson.

@ikaishere has so many cute LU ones.

@thepinklink fabulous LU character sketches

@hiimgin BIAS! I got to work with them and they are FABULOUS!

@pluviatrix has art for their fic And Still the Cradle Blooms

@cherrypaii has fantastic illustrations of these boys!

AND MANY, MANY MORE!

(Commenters, please add artists I forgot. I know there are a ton Im missing!!)

Hope this helps you feel welcome!

[colourstreakgryffin]

The Six Pillars; Masterlist #3~

Welcome to the third temple~! Here is the rest of the Masterlist I couldn’t fit on my first one~! This is the era of the most of my hardwork on Tumblr

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Pillar #1: Demon Slayer ~❤️

🧡 Kyojuro Rengoku: Troublesome Taps

🧡🩷 Kyojuro and Mitsuri: Child of Flames

💜❤️ Genya and Kaigaku: Body Matters

💙 Muichiro Tokito: Three Little Kittens

❤️ Tanjiro Kamado: Protection Squad

🌈💜🧡 Douma, Kokushibo and Kyojuro: Little Gem

💚 Kanao Kocho: Sunflowers and Roses

💜💜 Obanai and Kokushibo: Snowy Irises

❤️ Muzan Kibutsuji: Ruler of my Heart

💜 Obanai Iguro: Elite Nine, Lord of Poisons

🧡 Kyojuro Rengoku: Fantasy is True

💜 Obanai Iguro: Sombre Joke

💜 Shinobu Kocho: Longterm Infatuation

❤️ Tanjiro Kamado: Golden Child

❤️ Muzan Kibutsuji: New Member

❤️💜 Yoriichi and Michikatsu: Day and Night Chatting

🌈 Douma: Creamy Paint

❤️ Muzan Kibutsuji: Wandering Child

💜🌈❤️ Kokushibo, Douma and Akaza: Nicknaming Game

💜 Shinobu Kocho: Bath of Scolding

💚 Sanemi Shinazugawa: Grandest Reward

🧡❤️ Kyojuro and Akaza: Falling Hopes

🖤 Zohakuten: The Victim

❤️ Tanjiro Kamado: Just So Snuggly

🖤 Zohakuten: Hate and Love, Black and White

💛 Hotaru: I Don’t Like You

💜 Kokushibo: Round and Plump

❤️💛💜 Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Obanai: Grade Falter

❤️ Tanjiro Kamado: Truly Accidental

🌈 Douma: Fascinating Tales

💙 Giyuu Tomioka: All the Respect

💚 Karaku: Temple of Leisure

💚💜 Sanemi and Genya: Internal Guardians

💛💚❤️ Urogi, Karaku and Sekido: Hybrid Fun

💚 Gyutaro: Shared Links

💙💚❤️ Aizetsu, Karaku and Sekido: Multi-Babysitter

💜🩷 Obanai and Mitsuri: Dear Reptile

💙 Giyuu Tomioka: Hopeless Attempts

❤️❤️ Muzan and Akaza: Daddy’s Support

💙 Yuichiro Tokito: A Bad Feeling

❤️❤️ Sekido and Kaigaku: Work Policy

💜💜 Kokushibo and Obanai: Protective Impairment

🧡 Kyojuro Rengoku: Sweet Nightmares

🧡 Senjuro Rengoku: Musical Heartbeat

❤️ Rui: Funnel Blanket

🌈 Douma: Rainbow Bridge

💜 Obanai Iguro: Happy Birthday, King

❤️ Tanjiro Kamado: Bad Habits

❤️ Rui: Spinning Web

💙 Yuichiro Tokito: Foggy Head

💜 Obanai Iguro: Sugar Catches the Fly

💚💜🧡 Sanemi, Shinobu and Senjuro: Pirate Royal

❤️ Akaza: Power Pair

❤️ Yoriichi Tsugikuni: Far Too Attached

💜🌈❤️ Kokushibo, Douma and Akaza: Book By the Cover

❤️ Kamaboko Squad: Merfolk AU

💜 KNY: Hilarity Contest

💜 KNY: Cookie Tray

💛 Hantengu: Embrace Me and Kiss Me

💜 KNY: Crack Mess

💙 Gyokko: Evil Spirit

💜 Kokushibo: Item Mountain

💜 Kokushibo: Faster, Stronger, Smarter

❤️ Yoriichi Tsugikuni: So Mean

🌈 Douma: Grand Party

❤️ Muzan Kibutsuji: Trio of Disaster

❤️💜 Tanjiro and Obanai: Social Aid

❤️ Tengen Uzui: Flashiest Father

❤️ Muzan Kibutsuji: True Angel

💜 Obanai: Springlocked

🖤 Gyomei Himejima: Child of Sunshine

💜 Kokushibo: Amore Shrine

🩷 Kanae Kocho: Loving Spouse

💙 Muichiro Tokito: Entomophobia

💜 Shinobu Kocho: Amblyodipsa

💙🩷❤️ Muichiro, Mitsuri and Tanjiro: Scary Habit

❤️❤️💜 Kaigaku, Tengen and Obanai: Beauty and Grace

💚💙💜 Sanemi, Giyuu and Shinobu: Worse Accident

🧡💛 the Hashira: Playing Favourites

💚 Sanemi Shinazugawa: Little Things

❤️ Sekido: One’s Bewilderment

❤️ Muzan Kibutsuji: Hide and Seek

💙🩷 Muichiro and Mitsuri: Gamble of a Lifetime

🩷 Mitsuri Kanroji: Pink Hognose

🌈 Douma: Rubbing Post

💙💜❤️ Muichiro, Obanai and Tanjiro: Not Your Fault

💙💜💚 Giyuu, Obanai and Sanemi: Lady of my Dreams

🧡💛 the Hashira: Excitement Test

Pillar #2: Jujutsu Kaisen ~💜

🖤 Toji Fushiguro: Little Crybaby

💚 Maki Zenin: Multiple Problems

💙 Satoru Gojo: Daddy’s Little Princess

Pillar #3: JoJo Bizarre Adventure~💚

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Pillar #4: Death Note ~💙

🖤 Lawliet L: K.I.N.K

🖤 Lawliet L: Kindred Shackle

Pillar #5: Haikyuu ~💛

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Pillar #6: Record of Ragnarok ~🩷

🧡 Buddha: Enlightenment Gone Corrupted

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Pillar #7: Additional ~🖤

💙 Tomura Shigaraki: Cracking Bond

🖤 Tumblr Trend: Five Things

Here is the fourth temple of this blog’s overall Masterlist~ Masterlist #4

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@mcyt-yuri-week day 5: rarepair

I mean, it's already a rarepair to begin with even by s2. But this is like a personal rarepair week for me and my purpose is to try and spread my propaganda.

More ramblings under the cut:

Now, full disclaimer: I don't actually ship their s2 counterparts. Because:

I headcanon s2 e!Kath to be an aroace lesbian who couldn't even tell if someone is flirting with her. And I actually couldn't picture her ending up with anyone weirdly enough. Not even with Shelby.

Gem's canon this season just doesn't make me ship her with anyone. She has another life in Hermitcraft and the empires server is just very different for her.

But, that doesn't mean I don't enjoy the princess alliance. Heck, I jumped on the ship to be romantic the moment I watch them become business partners. Because, come on, they're both princesses. One of them's a monster slayer, the other one's not allowed to fight and couldn't defend herself. Like, hello??? Princess Katherine here to rescue Princess Gem? Hell Yeah!

But, but, but, I couldn't remember when but there was an incident in Joey's Skyblock series where people were discussing the possibilty of Kath being AroAce. I watched the clip and I was on board. I loved the idea of AroAce Katherine. (Other people's reaction to Aro!Kath I wasn't fond of tho but I shouldn't put that here.) And I found the premise of two people being attracted to her (Joey and Shelby) while her not being attracted to either of them funny.

But at the same time, I also like her being a lesbian or bi. So, it ended up with her being AroAce Lesbian.

Now, this was before I started shipping KathGem. So, what's the issue? Kath's an AroAce Lesbian and Gem's Bisexual. Nothing wrong with putting them in a relationship, right? True.

But, here's the thing. Through the duration of the season, I personally can't see them get together.

With Katherine, she was too focused on curing her kingdom's curse to even think about dating. And by the time she got her lands cured, Gem......left. Meanwhile, Gem didn't wanted to get too attached. She knew she was leaving for good ones she's done. Maybe she did had a thing for Katherine but decided not to do anything about it.

Now she's back in Hermitcraft, never to look back in the world where she met the princess who was cursed from the day she was born.

And that too is yuri

So, yeah.

But, maybe one day I could explore different AUs regarding s2. Especially with some KathGem if I could.

[amethystfairy1]

Hi I just read all of traveling thieves and it was so so good! Perfect mix of angst and comfort, it hurts so well :) I'm so excited to see where it goes next

I love how pearl and gem are vibing assassinating people together, they really are just girlbossing their way around

also gems sword is really cool

Gem getting bloodthirsty over the missing payment and then the guy offers pearl and she's like fine. I could use a companion I guess. But I will remember this. And then said companion helps her Kill and she's having fun and they're having a good time scandalizing people about an avian acting like a normal person but they can't do anything about bc that's The Slayer, you can't just FIGHT her about it she's got a broadsword dripping with enchants that she wields like it's nothing, and suddenly, oh, when was the last time gem had a friendship like this?

And tango and zed! Tango my beloved, poor guy he's doing his best, zed is also doing his best, and zed just running up to him and interviewing him excitedly and tango just being like 'uh. this is happening I guess' as their first meeting? Love it

Also zed flexing his master-smith seal to get them places and also just going 'i do what I want, YOU depend on ME' when he confronts heath about the water incident? 10/10

I'm also excited to see how Scott and Jimmy are doing, maybe he wants to be a free bird!!! I also love the narrative of Scott gets captured, he's in this new place and he immediately goes up to sit next to the only guy in the yard sitting alone, and he tries to escape and his new friend with the gold wings helps and then tries to tell him not to do that bc it'll just make it worse on him and Scott goes fine. I'll do it myself. and he DOES it and Jimmy goes well hell. Alright I'm going with him

And everything happening at the swagon? Oh my god?? Love me some misunderstanding hurt/comfort

Like at the beginning, grians still new to this whole situation with people being Nice to him, mumbo and scar are animatedly discussing a plan and grians in the corner just. Stressing. And now he's gotten more used to this and he's laughing (with bird noises!) and flying and quipping and committing petty revenge on mumbo lol and then something happens and he's Stressing again bc it's only been A Month

I was SO SURE I connected some dots bc of the 'between two books, right where he always left it' plus mumbo putting stuff back after grian hits the bookshelf plus how attached grian is to it (I am Looking at how he's described as treating it like glass Twice) that the going flying paper was going to go missing but apparently I have not connected the dots lol

I also love how grians tiny and then scar and mumbo are So Much Taller than him lol

In conclusion: I think I went a bit feral writing this but I really enjoyed the fic 👍 :)

Oh my goodness, thank you thank you!

I cannot tell you how happy receiving something like this makes me! All the details and thoughts! I love seeing someones thoughts about my AU like this for all the different groups going around! I'm glad the angst and comfort balance out for you, I know it's a dark fantasy AU but I also want it to have that sort of warm fuzzy edge to it, like everyone is being taken care of now, even if things were bad in the past.

Zed is 100% the BEST he knows what he is WORTH my boy look at him go I love him. Tiny tiny birb Grian! He's so sweet and traumatized poor lil guy 😭

Pearl and Gem are MENANCES they are TERRORS and I love them! Yes, yes, Pearl has had a bit more time to get more comfortable with Gem, and her experience navigating the system has also left her less shattered than Jimmy or Grian, for reasons that have been mentioned and will also later be explored in more detail.

Thank you so much for your wonderful words and for sharing them!!! 💖

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, June 25

Willow: You dreamed about Angel again? Buffy: Third night in a row. Willow: What did he do in the dream? Buffy: Stuff. Willow: Oh! Stuff! Was it one of those vivid dreams where you could feel his lips and smell his hair? Buffy: It had surroundsound. I'm just thinking about him so much lately. Willow: You two are so right for each other. Except for the, uh... Buffy: Vampire thing.

~~Buffy Episode #17: "Reptile Boy" ~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Spuffy Coffee Shop Date (Buffy/Spike, G) by heyh0wdyhey

His Heartstrings (Are So Thin) (Buffy/Spike, E) by MadeInGold

Hate Me (Buffy/Spike, M) by violettathepiratequeen

[Chaptered Fiction]

it takes a village Ch. 1 (Ensemble, Unrated) by WillowBee326

The Watching of Watchers Ch. 2 (Buffy/Faith, T) by Scar_Eve

In Case You Haven't Noticed... Ch. 35 (Buffy/Giles, E) by Sdhuskerfan

Vampyr Chronicles: A Crack In The Sky Ch. 4 (Buffy/Spike, M) by MrPerfectCell

In the Company of Witches and Slayers: Ch. 78 (Willow/Tara, E) by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer)

Rewind Ch. 7 (Angel/Cordelia/Wesley, unrated) by Enigmatist

Casts Shadows Ch. 3 (Ensemble, T) by arcanedreamer

Blasphemy Ch. 17 (Buffy/Spike, M) by wickedrum

bloodclaim Ch. 1-2/2 COMPLETE (Angel/Spike, G) by tigriswolf

Devil Inside Ch. 3 (Buffy/Willow, M) by Xyex

The Degradation of Duality [Series Part 2], Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Ragini

Spiked, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Maxine Eden

Boyfrenemy, Chapter 18-20 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Lady Emma

Ever After, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Desicat

Revelations, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Niamh

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:Buffy the vampire slayer human au () by jeskerthefool

Manip:Episodic art for BtVS 01.09. “The Puppetshow”. () by revello-drive-1630

Video: Tara + Willow - Love was out to get me () by Faith Victoria

[Reviews & Recaps]

Mothman's Buffy Rewatch: Season 3, episodes 11 and 12, "Gingerbread" and "Helpless" by mothmans-wedding-photographer

ReWatch: Angel - S3, E 21 - 22 by kimannebb

ReWatch: Angel - S3, E19 - 20 by kimannebb

ReWatch: Angel - S3, E17 - 18 by kimannebb

[Fandom Discussions]

the mystery of why angel was Like That as a vampire by moistvonlipwig

your fav hcs of buffy & angel by bangelism

Spike being the first to realize that Tara's family were manipulating her by tara-fantastico

this plot of willow and xander having a forbidden affair by lesbianmarrow

I don't care for Andrew by isagrimorie

willow/cordelia but while cordelia and xander are dating. by lesbianmarrow

They orginally cast a chubby girl to play Willow by lesbianmarrow

i need a buffy episode like the lower decks episode of star trek next generation where it follows a group of random normie students at sunnydale high by lesbianmarrow

by lesbianmarrow

I know a lot of people aren't fans of season 7 of Buffy, but there truly are some hidden gems among the mess. by buffysummers

i might be nearing the breaking point again though where the character writing is getting too bad for me to care. by transmutationisms

willow being so excited to tell everyone she's dating a guy in a band is so funny by lesbianmarrow

the "never be friends" quote by greensaplinggrace

You guys talked so much shit about season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when season 6 literally exists. by madisonwasmurdered

Dawn Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by

rating the (canon) buffyverse ships based on how much i like them by anthonysalazar

I feel like when Angel went evil, Buffy closed herself up, not just to romantic relationships but to friendships as well. by there-are-many-ways-to-smile

Does a good young Giles fanfic exist? by whersmacheese

Tara is so gorgeous by rosehathaway13

Why Hate Buffy? by Organic_Individual52

Should there be more active slayers? by Careful_Persimmon_61

Is there anything about the founders of Sunnydale? by OppositeTooth290

Buffy's gratitude kiss to Spike in Intervention by debujandobirds

If there was a OMWF episode in Angel, what would the songs be for each character? by Kat-Attack-52

We were robbed of Willow/Faith in S7 by maybebitterxox

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♡ F/Os by Series

Characters in bold are Fictional Favourite Persons and hold an extreme importance to myself or other system members

•Obey Me - Lucifer

•Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss - Lucifer Morningstar, Angel Dust, Alastor, Lilith (Situational), Stolas Ars Goetia

•Twisted Wonderland - Idia Shroud, Ortho Shroud, Malleus Draconia, Trey Clover, Riddle Rosehearts, Vil Schoenheit, Neige LeBlanche, Divus Crewel

•Black Butler - Sebastian Michaelis, Vincent Phantomhive, O!Ciel Phantomhive, Gregory Violet, Alois Trancy, Claude Faustus

•Genshin Impact - Venti, Scaramouche/Wanderer

•My Hero Academia - Hawks, Toshinori Yagi, Dabi, Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugou, Shoto Todoroki

•Disney - Hades

•Lore Olympus -Hades

•Toilet Bound Hanako-kun - Tsukasa Yugi, Amane Yugi/Hanako-kun

•Call of Duty - Simon "Ghost" Riley

•Durarara!! - Izaya Orihara

•Cult of the Lamb - The One Who Waits/Narinder

•Boyfriend to Death/The Price Of Flesh - Lawrence Oleander, Sano Kojima, Ren Hana/Fox

•Ao no Exorcist - Rin Okumura

•Tokyo Ghoul - Hideyoshi Nagachika, Kuki Urie, Haise Sasaki, Ken Kaneki, Shironeki, Kentipede

•I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - AM

•Heart No Kuni no Alice - Peter White

•Monogatari - Koiyomi Araragi

•Brothers Conflict - Tsubaki Asahina, Azusa Asahina

•Bungo Stray Dogs - Osamu Dazai, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Edogawa Ranpo, Chuuya Nakahara, Nikolai Gogol

•D. Gray-Man - Allen Walker, Yu Kanda, Nea/Thirteenth

•Danganronpa - Komaeda Nagito, Kokichi Ouma, Junko Enoshima, Toko Fukawa

•Demon Slayer - Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma

•Ensemble Stars - Mayoi Ayase

•Fruits Basket - Kyou Sohma, Yuki Sohma, Hatori Sohma, Hatsuharu Sohma

•Fullmetal Alchemist - Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric, Roy Mustang

•Haikyuu!! - Hinata Shoyo, Oikawa Tooru, Kageyama Tobio

•Higurashi no Naku no Koro Ni - Rena Ryuugu

•Osomatsu-san - Ichimatsu, Todomatsu, Karamatsu

•Ouran High School Host Club - Tamaki Suoh, Kyoya Ohtori, Hikaru Hitachiin, Kaoru Hitachiin

•Persona 4 - Naoto Shirogane, Yu Narukami

•Persona 3 - Akihiko Sanada, Shinjiro Aragaki, Ken Amada, Aigis

•Persona 5 - Akira Kurusu, Futaba Sakura, Ann Takamaki, Haru Okumura, Yusuke Kitagawa

•Soul Eater - Death the Kid, Stein

•Spy x Family - Loid Forger, Yor Forger

•Sword Art Online - Kazuto Kirigaya, Asuna Yuuki

•The Case Study of Vanitas - Vanitas

•The Devil is a Part-Timer - Satan

•Mirai Nikki - Yuno Gasai, Amano Yukiteru, Akise Aru

•Tokyo Revengers - Kazutora Hanemiya, Manjiro Sano/Mikey, Ken Ryuguji/Draken, Chifuyu Matsuno

•xxxHolic - Kimihiro Watanuki

•Yuri!!! On Ice - Viktor Nikiforov, Yuri Katsuki

•Angel's of Death - Danny Dickens

•Baldur's Gate - Astarion

•The Coffin of Andy and Leyley - Andrew Graves

•Final Fantasy VII - Cloud Strife

•Yugioh- Yugi Mutou, Atem, Yami Bakura

•Avatar the Last Airbender - Zuko

•Blood + - Charles

•Borderlands - Handsome Jack

•Castlevania - Alucard, Dracula

•Deltora Quest - Lief

•Gangsta - Nicholas Brown

•Killing Stalking - Oh Sangwoo, Yoon Bum

•The Mortal Instruments- Jace, Sebastian Morgenstern, Simon Lovelace, Gem Carstairs, Will Herondale

•Aggretsuko - Haida, Retsuko

•Gravity Falls - Mason "Dipper" Pines, Bill Cipher, Alcor (Transcendence AU)

[giggly-squiggily]

Iʼm reading through all of your posts that you made with myreygn about this Modern AU for Kimetsu No Yaiba, itʼs absolutely brilliant 🩷 Do you tag all of them with #demon slayer modern au? Or is there some kind of masterlist? I looked at myreygn's blog, I didnʼt find anything. (And I never interacted with her and Iʼm shy, so Iʼm coming here 😶‍🌫️) Also, if I may ask, how did this madness start? 😂

JKREKJRKJE Thank you! Rey's absolutely brilliant in her modern!AU creation! I believe I do? I try to anyway- some might slip through the cracks from time to time but usually I try to tag them as "modern!AU" within the Demon Slayer tags! :3 As for masterlist- I have no idea; you'd have to ask Rey herself for that :3 (I highly recommend talking to her though she's a literal gem of a human and so lovely! Top tier person all around!)

As for how this started- again you'll have to ask @myreygn herself for that one; my earliest memory was about SaneKanae I think? I can't recall how it all started but I do know I love and appreciate each installment Rey shares with me and everyone! It's so fun watching the world expand, and I feel really honored to throw in my own thoughts and ideas into the mix from time to time! :3 Thank you friend for sharing this lovely creation with all of us and bringing much joy to our lives with your Modern!AU!

[geekinclara]

I have thought of another question

Nature wives?

I notice they are on opposite teams?

Or is it not a thing in this au?

Oh yeah!

So, fun story, when I started to plan out this story, back then in october last year, Katherine was going to be a secondary character without too much relevance. But, after a while, I decided to make her a villain, I thought it would be an interesting dynamic to explore.

This is a long one btw

So, when they were 17, one evening, during a date in the city's carnival, they got in the middle of the fight of two heroes, one of them gone rogue. Shelby almost got hurt, but she fainted. And Katherine developed hate against the heroes.

So, a few days after, Katherine went to Xornoth (who is a mob boss, and also has demon powers, and is known to make deals), so she could get power to protect Shubble, in exchange to becoming a lackey of them. So, Xornoth corrupted her, exploiting also her hatred of heroes, to influence her. She got, superhuman enhancement abilities, and she began training under them.

Shubble went to Xornoth too, the day after Katherine, looking for power to protect her, since she felt useless after fainting in the carnival. Xornoth agreed to give her power, in exchange of a favour that they could use at any point in the future, and not interefering with any direct business of them. (She can still fight against their lackeys, just not interfere in stuff like merch movement, or direct deals with other gangs)

Neither Katherine, nor Shrub knows that the other went also.

So, Xornoth starts providing to Katherine, money that she uses to buy a coffee shop that she runs together with Shrub. Katherine tells her that she got the money from the inheritance of an old uncle. They also move in together after graduating high school.

So, Katherine became Slayer, the fist of Xornoth. And Shrub became Wolf Spectre. They both fight in the regular, and hate each other. Then, they go home, and are the sweetest couple ever.

Xornoth tells Katherine about Pearl and Grian's story with the Watchers, and how they knew that this was dangerous, that they were keep looking for them, and that the watchers would hurt everyone they had become friends with when they find them. This feed a hatred towards the skyblings, as she began thinking that they didn't care about it, and that they would've let them suffer to escape again. And she keeps acting friendly towards them, as Xornoth tells her that they have a plan to make them pay, but in any case, she can discharge her anger thanks that she knows that it's them when Rifter and Gilded Warrior appear.

Also, she trains with Gem in the regular, and have some sort of friendly rivalry going on, while Gem keeps training, and hiding in Xornoth's base and Katherine also gets into missions.

[genavere]

February Whump Prompts – 2023, DAY 1: Touch Starved

Content Warnings: Mass Murder, Abuse, Death, Blood, False Imprisonment

Fandom: Fairy Tail - Natsu x Lucy - AU 

Kingdom Falls

The clack of her heels on the stone steps echoed around her. Immersed her in the darkness that resembled the moonless sky and the loneliness that seeped from her heart.

It was over.

None could control her now. None could use her for their own devices. For the better of the kingdom or their own greed. What they wanted mattered little now with their blood spilling over the grand feasting table.

Fists tightened their hold, in one hand a soiled dagger, and the other a ring of keys that jingled together with each loud step. The guard who kept them from her for so long shared the same fate as the rest. Unfortunately for him, she had not offered him an easy death with the dagger.

When the prospect of marriage had been brought up, the argument it provoked between her father and herself had been on a scale none of the castle had seen before. For five years, she had been on her absolute best behavior under the false hope that he would allow her lover to be freed from the dungeons.

In their kingdom, dragons were revered as mighty and wise. They could grant boons, or cause destruction depending on their temperament and how the humans worshipped them. Each year, a great number of carts were filled with the best foods, gifts, and gems, along with a large amount of gold coins for the hoard of the dragons.

Ask any number of people in all walks of life and positions how many dragons they had watch over them and each would give a different number. Most had never even seen a living dragon. But when a rogue dragon would attack, it would be taken down quickly and shown to the country why they made such offerings. None would argue.

At one point, she had known how many there were. But that had been five years past. Even if dragons were known to live outrageously long lives, they did tend to travel and move as they saw fit. That had meant she had no one to go to that night so long ago.

Where dragons were revered, demons were scorned.

The sighting of a dragon could cause a panic and those specially trained to take them out would be called upon. Knights and mages, demon slayers, and even their beloved dragons were beseeched to help.

War had been raging between the humans and demons for more generations than she had been able to trace back in the history books. No one knew the exact reason why they hated each other, but, in her own life, she knew it took little for humans to hate anything different from themselves.

So when the king, her father, found her in the arms of a demon-dragon hybrid, none knew how to treat the situation. If they killed him, they risked falling from favor with their beloved dragons and having hell-fire rain upon their cities.

If they let him go, what information could he give the other demons? What risks would they bring to the kingdom? The council, advisors, and the king had argued for a month straight. She had been locked in her room with only meals brought to her. Guards had been ordered at all entrances and exits of her room, from the main door, the balcony, and even the windows.

From a faithful servant, she had learned her love had been put into the deepest point of the dungeon. The furthest they could away from her to help cleanse her mind of his corruption. It was not until later she found they had ensured any other corruption he may have laid within her had been cleansed by medication in her food.

Soon, those who had been loyal to her and kept her affairs with her love disappeared from the castle. Their names passed no lips, nor tale of their whereabouts. After that, she stopped taking certain routes on the daily walk her father ordered her to be escorted for.

With them gone, no one dared to tend to her. Everything from bathes and getting ready for approved social events had to be done by her alone. The guards who followed and guarded her at all hours were frequently rotated out. They neither talked to her nor offered help if she fell or needed a hand. Their only duty to her was to keep her legs closed and bed cold.

But a carrot had been dangled before her, to keep her acting on her best behavior. After a hunger strike, her father gave her the ultimatum: behave and do as I say, and the demon lives. Disobey and his head would grace her hands once more.

So she behaved. Kept silent, stood in the background, felt herself wither. Without those she could trust, she heard no information of him, could pass no message of hope. The night before he had been taken, he said his family would be traveling and he debated going with. If he had not come that night, he would be free.

But now, if he still lingered in that cell deep below, he would be free again.

It had been nearly a fortnight since the argument had erupted. The first touch she had experienced since the day her beloved maid disappeared had been a harsh blow from her father.

“A whore was not what I raised you to be!” He roared above, fist clenched still from hitting her. She curled up on the ground, prepared for another hit, while craving some form of contact at the same time. “If you do not agree to this marriage, I will bring that demon here for you to watch his neck be severed!”

So she agreed. Like before, she did as asked, stood in the background, and prepared for her engagement feast. To keep her shape, she continued the walks her father demanded she do. Into the gardens she walked, then went to a small patch she had been tending to for the last five years.

“Dragon’s Bane,” she told the silent guard, the barest smile on her lips as she inhaled the scent of the leaves. “So strange that these leaves are the only protection we have against such large beasts.”

In her basket, she gathered the leaves and other flowers, dedicated to creating a floral piece for the feast to show that she accepted this future. As she practiced in the garden, by the well that supplied the castle water, she would gather buckets of water to wash her hands and drink from as the heat grew.

As the guards paid little attention to her, none saw the broken leaves that went with the bucket back into the water below.

Sitting on the grand table, her masterpiece in the crowning glory next to large animals of cooked meat, the rivers of blood dribbling off the heavy cherry wood, and bodies that collapsed forward from their bodies giving out to the slow poison of Dragon’s Bane. For it was the very dragons who named the leafy plant to give their enemies hope. Those without dragon’s blood or a dragon’s bond would always fall if they consumed just enough of the juices inside.

Those who had not consumed enough tasted the steel of her blade.

With the keys, she opened the door to the prison cells. More bodies laid sprawled out in cells and along the hallway. Prisoners and guards alike dead. And not a glance was spared to them.

Five years she had waited. Had given them all a chance to free her love and herself from their hell. It was time she took control.

At the end of the hallway, several guards were laid about on the ground where they fell. Weapons at hand. The door looked reinforced and battered at the same time. Hope flickered in her chest. A selection of keys made their rounds until she found the correct one.

Up at the feast, she had held her father’s head up as he choked. Made him watch the chaos and destruction he brought upon his kingdom.

“Don’t you see, father?” She had asked, touching the steel to his neck, warmed by the blood that pooled against the pressure. “When you took my dragon away from me, you created a demon you should have feared.”

Staring down at her bloodied hand as it pulled the handle, she hoped her father’s blood did not smell like her own.

Hinges cracked as rust crumbled away to the floor. Dust pulled away with the door as she used what strength she had to pull it open. Only the bottom latch where food would be slid in looked used at all.

That flicker of hope fluttered. Was he even alive after all these years?

Her skin tingled, a yearning to be held built up inside. Even a flick of his gaze would be enough. Just an acknowledgement, even!

Standing before the darkness, flames spread inside the cell and the hybrid who had stolen her heart so many years ago stepped before her. Not as muscular as he once was, she could tell the Dragon’s Bane had an effect on him. The aura he gave overwhelmed her and made her knees quiver.

Towering over her by a few inches, his once cheerful eyes held a hollowness in them. Yet, the moment he inhaled her scent, everything changed. His chapped lips cracked in a brilliant smile, his voice deep from disuse. “Luce.”

“Natsu,” she breathed. Together, they collapsed against each other, both gasping as flesh touched flesh and arms encircled each other. Emotions spilled over as they touched and caressed each other, foreheads pressed together. Just a touch…the connection. They both craved and needed it so badly from years of nothing.

He said nothing of the blood, the Dragon’s Bane, or the carnage. He looked hardly anywhere by at her, even as he held her and prepared to take from far away from this place and her ruined kingdom.

“Anywhere you wanna go?”

She shook her head, gazing up at him softly. “Anywhere is fine, as long as we are together.”

“Aye, sir.” He kissed her as his wings stretched out and prepared to carry them off. “We’ll be together forever.”

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Another month, another writing challenge I am proposing to myself! I saw this a couple weeks ago and have been contemplating if I should do it. Then I decided, nothing was stopping me from doing it, so why not?

My hard goal? Get into the hall of fame for this.

Soft goal? To at least do half of these.

Some of these will be fanfictions, others will be OC, so it will be a good mix. All of these will be put on AO3 and FF.net, as well.

Hope you enjoy!

@febuwhump @millennial-star-gazer

[jeskerthefool]

This started as me trying to figure out some choreography for a fight in idk which chapter yet, but somehow devolved into this.

[lodessa]

✨ 2022 Writing Year In Review ✨

Thanks to @feeisamarshmallow​ for tagging me! Sorry it took me a while to get to it!

1. Number of stories posted to AO3: 10

2. Word count posted for the year: 37,228

3. Fandoms I wrote for: Stranger Things, Star Trek: Voyager ( and a hint of Prodigy), Revolution, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica.

4. Pairings: Chrissy Cunningham/Eddie Munson, Kathryn Janeway/Chakotay Charlie Matheson/Miles Matheson, Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers, Lee "Apollo" Adama/Kara "Starbuck" Thrace"

5. Story with the most:

Kudos: Five Times No One Saw Eddie and Chrissy Together (No Make That Four) 303 Kudos on my entry into a new fandom.

Bookmarks: (See most kudos above) 47 Bookmarks

Comments: (Same) 20 Comment Threads.

6. Work I’m most proud of (and why):

"Don't Leave Me Dry" I think. There's something about writing a fic you know is going "bomb" but you just want to write it so much you do it anyway. I knew going into it that once again I was writing a problematic ship in a dead fandom, that would probably be commented on by @romeorevoarchive and one other person, but I was struck with one little moment, that kind of inspiration that usually gets trapped in the shower or car, and I went for it anyway and do you know what: I love the immediacy, the way I ended up using music to frame it, the characterization, the physicality, the rawness and tenderness that feels so quintessentially Miles and Charlie.

7. Work I’m least proud of (and why):. . .

This is maybe going to sound weird (or entitled and bratty) and also sound contradictory to what I said in the prior response, but. . . 23K of the 37k words I wrote were my three part More Normal Things series and part of me wishes I had just left that whole thing with the first part. While the hit count didn't drop that much between them, every other metric (kudos, comments, bookmarks) took a nose and it just makes me feel like I should have quit while I was ahead. Maybe I should have written the more flashy concept Hellcheer AUs I had instead of continuing to just explore their dynamic. Maybe I should have just been pleased with the amazing welcome to the fandom I got on that first fic and moved on after that positive little moment. There are things I really liked about those second two parts, but it is obvious that readers felt diminishing returns, and that makes me wish I had updated any of my other series or WIPs instead.

8. Share or describe a favorite review you received:

Is it cheating to choose a whole series of comments I received / comment conversation I had in response to Salvation and Rapture For the Lonely? They started with this gem

and only got better from there. When I finally posted my Martha/Nine epic in 2018, I knew that it was ten years late and a super niche pairing to begin with, but it was my hope that at least one person out there would stumble upon it and be really excited for the same reasons that most people would not be interested at all, and in the last four years that is exactly what has happened a handful of times. This wonderful human left effusive, detailed, comments on every chapter and then responded to my rambling replies in a way that gave me that high of finding someone who just GETS IT.

9. A time when writing was really, really hard:

Most of the year, honestly. I really struggled to write anything most of the time (pretty much the only time writing was really flowing was August).

10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you: 

I definitely didn't see Hellcheer as a ship (or writing anything for Stranger Things) coming. If you had told me that my new ship in 2022 would be some freshly introduced high school kids from a single episode of the show, I would have been skeptical.

11. A favorite excerpt of your writing:

From "Whispered" :

“Going to take more than that to get rid of me, Summers.” Faith feels herself smile, mostly because it hurts to move her face that much.

“Good,” Buffy smiles back, doing that lip biting thing that is a suggestion and a protestation of innocence at the same time. Perfect. Humanizing. Prudish. Primal. The reluctant hero. The girl who knows or doesn’t know she’s hot. “We still have a First Evil to defeat.”

We. When was the last time either of them actually believed that even existed? Had Buffy ever? Or was it only Faith who even wanted that to be true? No. Buffy just wanted everyone to play by her rules, not the other way around. Sometimes, Faith even wished she could do that, be relegated to a sidekick instead of a problem. If there’s one constant in the world it is me being a disruption, a wrinkle in someone’s perfect life… No. She reminds herself. I don’t have to be. I can be different.

Buffy is looking at her, really looking at her, and Faith wonders what she sees. She must look like shit. Feeling superior as usual, B? she thinks, but that’s not really what she sees in her expression. If I’m vulnerable, so are you. That it? She’s not sure that’s quite right either, but no more comforting thought is coming to mind, so she looks away.

12. How did you grow as a writer this year: 

Honestly 2022 was pretty much a fallow year for me as a writer. I suspect I won't see what changed in my writing until I am looking back on it from the perspective of what I write in 2023.

13. How do you hope to grow next year:

I would really like to get better at being able to push through and get words typed more consistently even when they are not flowing.

14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc): 

@romeorevoarchive who held my hand through everything I wrote or didn't write this year and even read some fic for a fandom she doesn't care about. Also special shout out to @anverli for the visual inspiration for (Don't Leave Me Dry) and many people but especially @phoenixwrites for the enthusiastic welcome to Hellcheer.

15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year:

Probably the most personal work I wrote this year was Exhausted Midas. I've been feeling really overwhelmed and burnt out, both like I need and want to do more and like I need to cut back on my commitments. I've been dropping a lot of balls. It is hard not to feel like this is who I am now, and I feel like that's a lot of what I was exploring with this character study of Janeway, pre-Prodigy.

16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers:

This isn't new but here are a few reminders for myself and others:

Just because you are struggling to write right now doesn't mean you will never write again. Try to relax. Read. Trust that inspiration and focus will come together again someday.

Learn to scale down the scope of a writing project, just because "what happens" is big, doesn't mean you need to show it all: skip to the most interesting part, do abrupt transitions if you need to, add flashbacks if you need context instead of writing thousands of words to get to that critical detail

Find a buddy you can talk through the process with while writing, someone who you can send snippets to, someone you can bounce ideas off of, someone to make you feel less alone and in your own head.

Sit down and do flash fiction based on any prompt. There's something about just finding a way to make some constraint work and typing out whatever you can in what sitting before setting it loose on the world.

17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year:

Last week, I came across a list from two years ago with 20 things on it. I had actually written and posted 1, which means who knows what will happen but right now:

I would really like to update (and possibly even finish) one of my major partly posted WIPS: k'war'ma'khon (my Georgiou!lives Discovery AU) and Dragon Marked (my soulmarks, reincarnation, modern with some magic Dany/Jorah epic).

I would like to complete my long planned sequels for The Smallest Twine (my Janeway and Chakotay meet before the end of the Cardassian War and that changes EVERYTHING AU . . . though it makes me sad to think about how Laura inspired it all and she's not here to enjoy the rest of it now) and the next installment of Balancing Act (my Logan/Veronica/Weevil threesome + series)

I would like to finally finish and post some of the in progress fics that have been languishing in my Google Drive for years, including but not limited to: the Veronica Mars Season 3 AU I started in 2014, the Greek Myth AU Janeway/Chakotay fic, my Jaime/Brienne, Sansa/Aegon, Davos/Jon Connington ASOIAF solution.

Some fic ideas I have not actually written, including but not limited to: Miles gets swapped with an alternate timeline version of himself Revo fic, Hellcheer Room With a View AU, that BtVS/Punisher crossover fic with Faith/Billy Russo (okay that pairing actually the whole idea), my inevitable Elendil/Mirael fic.

18. Tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read.

Let's go with: @clarasimone, @liminal-zone, @janiedean, and @lilalbatross but anyone who wants to do this, should

[rodentlady]

I never actually ever got around to writing it but I want to share my childhood!empiress2 AU fic idea. To be clear, this focuses on Gem (and was written before her LARP lore was revealed) and is essentially the sequel to my S2 Roseblings childhood AU.

The Kingdom of Reino Antiguo is hosting a Royal Banquet. Princess Gem attends with her family, although her parents make sure her butterfly wings are well hidden. While there, she makes friends with the Princess of Glimmergrove, who she's been told is cursed. The two of them end up sneaking out of the castle and explore the streets of the kingdom with a dog named Bubbles. The princesses end up getting themselves into trouble as the sun starts to set. The end up revealing their secrets to each other. Katherine learns that Gem has butterfly wings. Gem learns that Katherine is a monster slayer. Together, they get their back to the castle safely, vouching for the other being there the whole time. They are friends. That's it. That's the cute childhood friendship fic. It is set in Sausage's old kingdom, but he plays a rather small role in the story. I also do think it's funny to name his old kingdom "Reino Antiguo" especially because there's no canon name.

[xoxo-ren-xoxo]

Gem is the slayer, the chosen one, blessed with super strength and given the quest to kill vampires and demons. She's kinda over it, though. Hermitville seems like a nice place to settle down and forget about all that stuff. Forget about her destiny.

Except for the fact that it happens to be located on top of a Hellmouth.

In the Hellmouth a rogue watcher, Grian, is waiting for her. He's not so into keeping everything a secret, and really thinks Gem should enlist the help of some friends, because even if she wants to retire... she can't. I mean, Grian *is* technically retired, but he still has to do his job, doesn't he? Or, she, actually. I'm not ruining my streak of Grian using he/she pronouns. Transfeminise herrr <3

(Ignore Grian's various vampire flings. She is an idiot. Yes it's Scar and Mumbo)

Anyway, Gems friends! I... swear I had ideas for this. Etho and Joel are involved. Are they human? I don't know. Cleo is definitely the local friendly demon who probably has the answers to their monster-of-the-week questions. Maybe Stress and Iskall run the local magic shop.

Gem has to go on an arc of Learning To Care About All Of This Again and Being A Leader. While also grappling with the binary ideas of good and evil (or: souls and no-souls) as many of the people around her are inhuman.

Meanwhile the gang also has to deal with the general menace of the watcher institution being terrible. But don't worry about that. The monsters-of-the-week are more important.

Actually y'know how I said Cleo is a demon? Maybe she's a kind of Frankenstein's monster type deal. Yeah. Still similar to a demon let's be honest.

Maybe Joel is a witch, also. Yay.

The tag for this is now #hermitcraft btvs au

i should make a hermitcraft buffy the vampire slayer au

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday. September 6

INVISIBLE WARREN: Okay, now hold still, and all your troubles will soon be gone. WILLOW: You're on the wrong setting! INVISIBLE WARREN: What? WILLOW: The gun, it's not set for reversing the particle ionization. It'll accelerate her molecular dissolution, I saw the plans! INVISIBLE WARREN: Mind your own business. INVISIBLE JONATHAN: What's she talking about? INVISIBLE BUFFY: That's what I'd like to know. WILLOW: Buffy, he's trying to kill you!

~~Buffy Season 6 Episode #111: "Gone"~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

The Uphill Path (Jenny/Giles, G) by havocthecat

Rip and Sting (Spike/Giles, E) by heyguysitsmerob

[Chaptered Fiction]

Vamp for Rent 4/18 (Spike/Xander, M) by forsaken2003

The Conversation Part III (Xander, T, multiple xovers) by madimpossibledreamer

Demoni al ritorno Ch 1-6/31 (Buffy, Spike, Willow, T, Italian Language) by SallyScrive

Le Cronache del Sanguinario Ch. 1-4/? (Willow, Spike, Buffy, T) by SallyScrive

Goodbye to Everything That I Knew Ch. 2 (Ensemble, M) by My_Barbaric_Yawp

Post-Grave Ch. 1-9/9 (COMPLETE) (Buffy/Giles, unrated) by Skylark62

Soul Marks & Other Disasters Chapter 3/4 () by bluestarsandclouds

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Ch. 34 (Ensemble, M) by ttfan111robstar1

The Neighbor's Point of View, Chapter 50 (Buffy/Spike, G) by the_big_bad

Wild Rumpus, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, E) by scratchmeout

A Suspension of Hostilities, Chapter 1-2 (Buffy/Spike, G) by acekoomboom

Tough Love, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, E) by EllieRose101

A Marriage of Inconvenience, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, M) by all_choseny

Dawn the Vampire Slayer, Chapter 22 (Buffy/Spike, M) by LJ94

A Love That Defies Space and Time, Chapter 19 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Spikelover4ever

Willing Slave, Chapter 38 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Sigyn

What the Drabble?, Chapter 22 (Buffy/Spike, M) by VeroNyxK84

A Place in the Sun, Chapter 28 (Buffy/Spike, E) by honeygirl51885

Ethan Rayne, Watcher, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Desicat

Autumnal Shorts, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, M) by VeroNyxK84

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:In ambush (Buffy/Spike) by lialivingart

Artwork:Spike, Buffy, Faith () by lialivingart

Artwork:Slayer and her Vampire (Buffy/Spike) by lialivingart

Artwork:Buffy () by densewentz

Artwork:Faith () by blazinwolve

Video: 0:00 / 2:11 Buffyverse - Gimme Your Love () by RatCat92

Video: come into the water (giles x jenny) by jennycalendar

Video: Buffy and Willow - My Mistake () by Faith Victoria

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look i don't know why there is a discussion between spike and angel you know? by niuniente

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Season 1 Willow is adorable. by girl4music

Another amazing character study video by girl4music

rewatching ‘something blue’ by shiteatinggrin

You know what I want to see more than anything? by resisteverything

Jenny Calendar deserved better? by Multiple Authors

Episode Battle: Goodbye Iowa vs Dirty Girls by

Angel and Spike are both heroes by The Whirlwind

Who did Angel hate? by The Whirlwind

Who was the most loyal to Buffy? by The Whirlwind

Who was the most loyal to Angel? by The Whirlwind

New York Comic Con 2023 (including a 'Slayers' panel) by Stoney

Is Angel right about Hell? by The Whirlwind

BuffyTube rescued by Double Dutchess

All of the posts by James Marsters on Twitter/X are missing by American Aurora

Do the ideas of 'fate', 'destiny' and 'the powers' undermine autonomy? by Stoney

Reclaiming ‘Buffy’: How Amber Benson’s ‘Slayers’ Reintroduces Spike, Tara and Anya by Cheese Slices

What Buffy and Angel fics would you reccomend? by The Whirlwind

Watcher's Guides VS the Collected Watchers Guide? by visit-the-interior

Faith or Kendra? by Sweet-Siren

Spike and Buffy in Wrecked by Sweet-Siren

Homecoming - Willow not supporting Buffy by welcometothemachines

Tara + Riley by johnnyorac

Buffy Audible - Transcript Project by johnnyorac

Buffy and Spike are soulmates (bis) by GraxelDeBaudre

Principal Flutie Vs Principal Snyder by Milkhurtsmystomach

How is this even possible? by Ficfan2998

Giles leaving Sunnydale by Dazzling_Coffee2062

Amber wants Seth Green and Clare Kramer back as Oz and Glory for a potential future season of Slayer by KimF29

Willow's season 4 hair cut is so cute by jdpm1991

How did this work? by Ficfan2998

Recently rewatched 'I, Robot you, Jane.' It has such a late 90s/ Y2K vibe. by Lysander1999

Scoobies supporting Buffy (a photo series) by JohnnyTightlips27

HBO High Maintenance's Buffy-featured episode by BuffyBoltonVampFlayr

Do all slayers deal with apocalypses regularly? by Tsole96

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