#The dark age

[irate-iguana]

Posts that would be found on the Sunnydale High meme account, in roughly chronological order:

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𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚝Ｉᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴏɴᴢᴇ [ᴅᴀʀᴋ] ᴀɢᴇ (1970 - 1988)

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2.08 | The Dark Age

↳ Bangel flirting on the job

[6ilent-9ufferer]

The dark age has begun...

I hope gay marriage survives. Please don't kill our queer dreams.

[hal-1500]

[smmagill]

Buffy Rants:

I continue to make new Headcanons as I rewatch Buffy!! I’m on season two already. I just watched episode eight: The Dark Age. So Giles and his friends used to summon this demon, Eyghon, to get high. Ancient people who worshipped this same demon summoned him for bacchanals and orgies, according to Willow’s research. I’ve now decided that Giles and his friends were having orgies and he and Ethan Rayne have definitely fucked!! Who else thinks so?!

[earhartsease]

The Dark Age is in some ways our favourite Buffy episode - and that's partly because it was our first ever

we were staying with our mum in 2000, supporting her while she was dying, and we turned on the tv for distraction and landed about 3/4 of the way through this ep and there's this cute guy who's somehow 240 years old and the Gold Blend guy is this librarian with a dark past and we were hooked for life

but generally we just think it's a really good story, one of the darker ones and our first proper window into where Giles came from - plus Evil Jenny was hot and it's always good to see Ethan (we love everyone) and it's just cool!

[tetsaii]

illustration series of medieval-themed mystery novel the name of the rose which was published in the 80s

it’s one of my all time fav novels but it barely has fandom creations so this is basically some cringe self indulgence of me fanart’ing out of thin air 🥲

[inconsistentlywrittensoul]

The Dark Age thoughts:

Willow, on Giles and Jenny: "Feel the Passion" no Willow don't say that that's the name of an episode you're doing forshadowing

The magic as drugs metaphor is embarrassingly on the nose and afterschool special-y. Thankfully, this is the last time in Buffy the Vampire Slayer this problem ever occurs

Buffy trusting Angel to take the box of blood to the hospital. You can see the gears in his head turning. "Am I seriously going to do this? Just because she asked? And, I guess, to be a good person? ... Goddamnit." Another decent showing for Angel being a vaguely functioning person.

Eyghon-Jenny better not awaken anything in m-- Wait, no. Already awakened. Forget I said anything.

'Ripper' really does basically amount to 'Giles was young once'. And he's going to continue feeling great shame over that fact for the rest of the series.

Look at Willow, taking charge! Sure, she didn't know her plan would work, and she risked Angel's life for it, but everything worked out, so it's fine.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

BEHOLD THE FACES, FADS, FIGURES, & FEMME FATALES OF THE AMERICAN DARK AGE OF COMICS!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on "The Dark Age: Grim Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics," a pop culture retrospective by Mark Voger. Originally published in 2006, it was republished on May 17, 2024 by TwoMorrows Publishing.

MINI-OVERVIEW: "Do you remember "The Dark Knight Returns" and "Watchmen"? The “polybagged premium” craze? The death of Superman? Renegade superheroes Spawn, Pitt, Bloodshot and Cyberforce? When vigilantes spilled blood by the gallon — and those were the good guys? If you love the comic books of the ’80s, ’90s and ’00s, read all about the sometimes glorious, sometimes gory era of comics known as THE DARK AGE (168-page trade paperback; $19.95)!

Featuring interviews with Dark Age greats Todd McFarlane (Spawn), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Jim Lee (X-Men), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Alex Ross (Kingdom Come), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), J. O’Barr (The Crow), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Joe Quesada (Daredevil), Mike Allred (Madman), Dennis O’Neil (Batman: Knightfall) and others! With a color section spotlighting highlights — and lowlights – of THE DARK AGE! Written by Mark Voger, with photos by Kathy Vogelsong."

-- TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING, c. spring 2024

Sources: https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/darkageonline & https://markvoger.com/the-dark-age-grim-great-gimmicky-post-modern-comics-2006-twomorrows-publishing.

[kaz-identified]

kaz-identified presents...

Wastelander

Feature Character: Warlord Odysseus Ashford Category: Oneshot Genre: Freeform Rating: 16+ Warnings: Slightly suggestive narration and dialogue. Nothing graphic or even particularly suggestive, but reader digression advised Word Count: Summary: Stay out of the eagle's path.

I spent my nights on melting snow

There is no good reason to enter the Wasteland Rift. The endlessly snowy expanse between the Plaguelands and the sea, once called Russia, was nothing but ruins, enemies, and cold. Maybe there was something worthwhile in the Moscow Dead Zone, but beyond that, it wasn't worth it. The House of Falcons ruled the area with an iron grip, and the few brave enough to defy them proved far more dangerous than any of the beasts or Fallen in the area.

But if there was some reason, whatever it may be, to enter the Wasteland Rift, there are a handful of rules any Lightbearer stupid enough to traverse the area needs to learn.

Chief among them, is under no circumstance should you enter the Wasteland Rift. Never miss the same shot twice. You'll die in the space between the second and third. Avoid the House of Falcons. They'll kill you and your Ghost. Watch the snow. There are drifts that'll swallow you whole if you step into them. Watch for the wild animals. They'll tear you apart given the chance. Never enter Lord Odysseus of the Rift's hunt ground.

One particularly unfortunate Lightbearer learned this final rule from the Lord himself.

He spotted them coming a mile away, bright red against the snow, like a splash of blood. He watched as they approached the ruins, perched atop, waiting until they were nearby to drop down.

He grabbed the New Light by the shoulder. "Don't move a muscle if you value your life," he snapped, twisting their arms. He slammed them against the wall, knocking their breath out of their lungs with the force.

"The hell brought you to the Rift?" he demanded. He had one hand holding their arms behind their back and another pressing a gun to their head.

The Lightbearer stutters slightly, unable to speak for a moment, too shocked at the sudden attack.

Odysseus slams them into the wall. "ANSWER," he snaps with malicious impatience.

"I- I came looking for loot. I heard the Moscow Dead Zone hadn't really been picked thr-" they stammered out.

Odysseus cuts them off with a kick to the leg. "Bad idea. You're in House of Falcons territory. And more importantly, mine." He leans in to their face, the cold sting of the air mingling with the warmth of his breath as he growled out a warning. “Stay out of my hunting grounds unless you want to become my next piece of prey,” he hissed through gritted teeth.

He steps back, releasing his hold by pushing them to the ground. “I won’t be so kind next time. So preserve what’s left of your worthless life, and start running,” he growled, standing over them with the menace of an experienced predator.

He kicked a gun towards them, his face twisted in a look between disgust, rage, and pity. “Or stay,” he added, voice low like an animal growling at it's prey. “And I sink my teeth into your throat.” The way he spoke, it sounded like he was offering some kind of favor or mercy.

The Lightbearer scrambled to grab the weapon and ran.

Odysseus huffed, watching them leave. Running like a rabbit from an eagle.

Good. The less in the Rift the better.

There is no good reason to enter the Wasteland Rift.

[twosomeofcuteness]

Itty bitty baby fic love of my life

[marvellousinternethideout]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

Season 2

Ep 8 - The Dark Age

A visitor for Rupert Giles, well, everything gonna be fine, really, why would he look for him and it not he's gonna die before reaching him.

Oh for fuck sake, put the volume down Buffy, a man is dying outside woman.

Well, I guess he will die.

Now you turn off the music. Oh girl.

Did this green color monster(?) girl turned into green liquid. Perfect.

What was this Giles dream? Was he part of the dark forces cult? Giles is too damn mysterious.

Jenny is gonna die, isn't she...

Jenny make him squirm in another way, not by telling him you underlined in his book.

Welp she will make him squirm other way and she decided to try it on Saturday. Good for you girl, ofc unless you're dead then it's not good idea at all.

God Cordelia, shut up.

Giles was part of some cult wasn't he..?

What's with the tattoo ?

C'mon now even doctors are vampires. No one is safe there.

What's going Giles? Another one of Giles old cult friend is dead, looks like three of them is dead. Well giles is next .

He also has the same tattoo. What kind of cult were you part of giles.

Wait, who's back Giles? More mystery, love it, love the episode .

So the tattoo killed bodies are turning into some kind of monster and killing the next member. So he's coming for giles now.

Lmao xander, i love it when he roasts Cordelia .

Oh, it's Ethan guy, wait why is he here? Oh, yeah he was also the part of cult.

"Mark of wagon(?)" damn it kinda sounds devilish.

The dead body is back and he wants to kill Ethan. So Ethan will kill Rupert.

Ethan called giles ripper didn't he?

Damn giles, he's hot when he gets like this, all serious and strong.

What kind of evil god/demon did they all summoned and pissed off?

Oh no, Jenny is the green monster now. Damn another one is dead. Poor giles. Also, Giles get tf away from Jenny.

Giles love, Jenny is gonna kill you, run.

Good, the gang figured out that Jenny is the possessed demon now.

Oh well the demon came forward on his own, good for giles i guess... Or not.

Rupert Jenny is dead now. Yes "don't be sorry, be Giles", listen to buffy.

What do you mean, you created this monster giles.

Giles was in the band, Damn! He was kinda hot.

We're gonna have to kill Jenny, don't we?

Ethan is kinda hot and a dumb bitch.

Wait, what is Ethan doing? What a fucking bitch. What a coward.

Xander and Cordelia just needs to hate fuck it out of their system. Go find a closet.

Oh damn, willow snapped, you go, girl tell them.

Giles get your shit together, it's time to save buffy.

Kill ethan not buffy you weird green demon.

Oh yess Angel is here to save the day.

Wait, wtf, did angel just got the demon inside him. What's gonna happen to him.

So Jenny didn't die this episode, well let's see when she does.

Damn, so I guess giles and Jenny are over. Feel bad for Giles, he and buffy are so alone, it's sad. They share the same fate.

What happened to angel?

So, phew this episode, this was intense. I loved this one, it's like we are now continually picking pace. Giles dark past, honestly not that dark, I thought it's gonna be more darker and intense. Still, kinda wish we had more scenes of his past.

Whatever that monster was, wygon(?) I think, is inside angel or dead, I didn't quite understand that part. That was a smart move from willow.

Oh and Jenny and giles seem to be over, yeah it's sad but who can blame her, you can't be part of giles and Buffy's life unless you're part of the supernatural world, it's sad but it is what it is. Hopefully he will find someone someday. It has to get so lonely. It's honestly a sad life, minus saving the whole world thingy.

I guess that's it, loved the episode, it was interesting, especially giles past, I still wish we had more angel, as much as I love the chemistry between buffy and him, I can't exactly ship them when he's barely in the show. No spike or drusilla in this episode, no vampires. Also, no OZ, can we have him back.

Oh btw, fuck you Ethan.

That's it, see ya in the next one. Cheers 🥂

[willinglyghoulified]

Oh God I was there writing fanfics and arguing with myself about whether or not I should write lemons.

If my parents found out I wrote this I'm dead lol!

full offense but none of you would have ever survived fanfiction.net in 2009

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[assassin1513]

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