#aos s3 rewatch

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the end of ascension after lincoln dies and daisy is just on the floor sobbing will kill me every time and i don’t even care about lincoln that much her reaction is just so visceral

[fakeosirian]

just finished house of unity, experienced total 180 on my opinion of the amber leaving arc i like it and think it's satisfying for her character even if i'm sad to see her go AND IT ALSO GAVE US THIS:

hes malding. seething. crying. im puking my guts all over the floor

oh and bonus 🤨🤨🤨:

like he's thinking about something. he's processing.

[faithandbuffy]

Me watching lincoln die: 😐😐😐😐

Me watching daisy while lincoln dies: 😢😭😢😢😭😭

[milks-thoughts]

SOMETHING I NOTICED ON REWATCH OF LMK S3 (this is a semi-long ass rant and I’m very sleep deprived you can stop reading after Redson lmao):

BABY REDSON HAS A CIRCLET. ON HIS FUCKING NECK. The circlet is a torture device created by Tang Sanzang, it tightens when a spell is chanted out (Tang Sanzang freed Monkey King from Five Phases Mountain and put a circlet on his head. When Monkey King was disobedient, the circlet would tighten around his head. - The LMK Wiki) so.. Tang Sanzang put the circlet on this INFANTS neck (assuming he can control where it appears, I know next to nothing about The Journey To The West and I’m strictly speaking about LMK) While I understand why Tang Sanzang put a circlet on Redson in the first place, it’s still horrifying to think about the placement. And it leaves me wondering if DBK and Princess Iron Fan ever used the spell. (Probably not tho- DBK and Princess Iron Fan are good parents I dont really care what anyone else says)

What I do find strange though, on MKs Lego figure his headband has a circlet design on it. WHAT are they implying??? Is he gonna get circleted-? is that the right way to tense that?? IS MY MONKEY MAN GOING TO GET TORTURED or is it just another comparison to Wukong?

AND EVEN WEIRDER. The ONLY figure that doesn’t have the circlet on his headband is when he’s working!

WHAT ARE THEY IMPLYING?? WAS THIS ACCIDENTAL and am I looking WAY too deep into this because I’m running on 2 hours of sleep and festering with autistic hyperfixation on this show? We may never know. ALSO ALSO Y’know how young Sun Wukong has the circlet on his head?

Do the different locations of the circlet do different things? It’s very strange why Wukong would have it on his head while an ACTUAL BABY has it on his neck BUT AT THE SAME TIME NE ZHA ALSO HAS IT ON HIS NECK

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE CIRCLET BEING LOCATED ON THE HEAD HURTS WORSE THEN IT BEING LOCATED ON THE NECK?? MK also gets a circlet in the show, although it’s very brief,

In the S1 Pilot “ A Hero Is Born “ he gets one when he first unlocks his powers and attacks DBK. So is the circlet connected to Monkey Kings powers? since that’d be the ONLY way MK could even get a circlet at the time (and still now, I seriously doubt Tang would stick a circlet on MK)

CIRCLING BACK TO NE ZHA REALY QUICK: why does he have a circlet? WHAT did he do to deserve it? (I think I remember reading somewhere that he fought/killed Ao Bing, Ao Gaungs son) From what we know he was always doing what he was told, he fought against the Brotherhood when they first invaded, along side Princess Iron Fan and Erlang. So..like..why? Why does he have a circlet? And we can see that its not a necessity for all celestial beings. So does he obey out of fear and not loyalty? And is that why he was so hell bent on not letting Monkey King get the map and the rings in S3? Was he absolutely terrified to fail because of the circlet? But that doesn’t make sense, maybe he was only terrified of the Samadhi Fire. Even when he was young he had the circlet, what did this man do.

HE EVEN HAS IT WHEN HES BANDAGED UP IN S4

WHAT DID HE DO??? WHY DOES HE HAVE A CIRCLET???

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Plot twist, I’m physically incapable of sticking to one idea. Thus I present for LMK tumblr’s review:

Ao Lie goes to Ninjago.

S3 + S4 LMK Spoilers; just a lot of Ninjago spoilers, I don’t know what season each is from anymore </3

Because I’ve been poking this concept of Ao Lie, ill and dying from what remains of the Samadhi Fire within him (the rest passed, dampened by cultivation, unto the next generation), accidentally find his way into Ninjago.

Specifically Ninjago of old, during the era in which Wu & Garmadon were still kids (specifically when Aspheera was still free). The idea of him meeting them, befriending them and FSM & accidentally becoming their uncle, helping them in their misadventures (the Forbidden Spinjutsu Scrolls, the Devourer bite, their quest to cure Garmadon, Garmadon leaving to join Chen, and their eventual fallout) and living longer than he had expected thanks to FSM is all just so interesting to me.

This unaging dragon prince who is literally on the verge of death gets voluntold to keep living by a bunch of almost-humans. And that’s another thing! Wu & Garmadon are both partially dragon, meaning Ao Lie will understand those smaller nuances in them- see them fully in those softened instincts of distant times, different in details though they may be, and lend his own knowledge.

If Ao Lie did live through to the current ninja then I feel like he would take a backseat in everything that happens. Outside of token attempts to reach Lloyd (and Garmadon when he returns), I feel he wouldn’t do much for the pilot and most of the first two seasons (Rise of the Snakes & Legacy of the Green Ninja). I think for the Devourer fight he would focus more on helping evacuate the city, maybe even use that dragon speed stuff that Mei does. For the Overlord fight, however, I believe that would be a big enough issue that even his mindset against rash action would abide by going with the ninja. Of course, there would need to be a reason why he doesn’t just wack Overlord or get evilled up; maybe proximity to the bad goop stirs the Samadhi Fire some.

Maybe he would be needing to take a step back afterwards if that’s the case, refocus on strengthening his golden core now that FSM’s seals are weakened. To that end, for season 3 (Rebooted), he would be at Garmadon’s monastery and spend the season protecting it. Similarly, he would be absent for season 4 (Tournament of Elements).

I need to watch/rewatch Possession, Skybound, DotD, Hands of Time, and just generally everything post-season 4. When it first came out, we couldn’t watch a lot of them for some reason and I picked it up again only for a little bit after Sons of Garmadon. Now usually when I go to rewatch it, I always end up rewatching up to Tournament of Elements or just ToE since it’s the best season imo.

Regardless, when I finish a few of those, I’ll add a second part to this :)

[redvanillabee]

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[lagt-duck]

Popping up to say

Op is 100% correct in their rant no matter the vitriol

I say this as a huge wukong fan (so I understand if you think my opinion is biased)

But I really wish, they gave a fuck about the cast

What do I mean by that?

Lmk up until I'd say the end of S3, was clearly set up to finish there

So macaque half assed redemption in the end (btw I noticed during a rewatch that bringing the mayor to the monkey kids was actually useless because then all the info were given by Mac anyway) kinda makes sense. It doesn't fully redeem him but clearly sets up that he isn't a full on villain.

Issue is. The show then goes on. And at first I was like "oh the scroll makes a ton of sense! So we can "downgrade" everyone and show how the journey finally adds to wukong and maybe see his pov for once"

But we don't see that. What we got was more baiting with the pilgrims (rip AO lie single episode of screen time) and a single. A SINGLE FRAME about Wukong and the circlet real point.

Season 4 is weird because you would assume the setting could last up to 2 seasons but it doesn't, and at the end pf that season and in the special macaque is relegated to "tell mk and the audience shit because some people have the reading comprehension of a shoe" about the show.

Because why else would macaque do a discussion on how "no wukong isn't evil we just make choices and they have consequences this doesn't make wukong evil" otherwise?

That said. I feel that beside S5 mei and red son episode, the last season threaded a very slippery slope that other shows fell into. Mainly obsessing over your protagonist and make everything their pov (points at Steven universe for example)

I like mk. I really do

But at this point they need to let mk chill out and leave space for the others, be it wukong and Mac deal, mei dating red son (I don't actively ship them but i think it's clear that's where the show kinda wants to go), pigsy issues with being a demon we clearly get from S4 and the fact that Tang CAN SEE GOLDEN CICADA.

Also the circlet.

Because a big issue of lmk is that they wanna play hopscotch with jttw canon. But also refuse to showcase the main attraction for most people

Wukong and the pilgrims

Like I shit you not the more the show goes on the more I think the writers wish they could kill wukong

Because wukong in lmk is a mentor figure

And you cannot keep mentors in stories, because the first instinct would be "just go and call the op guy" so you usually have 2 paths

1 the classic obi wan where the mentor dies giving new fuel to the hero

2 the mentor becomes an actual character with a strife of their own

But lmk is refusing to give wukong either of those things so he gets sent in debuff zones

S1-3 to me make sense

Because he goes from "I am retired let me nap"-"shit I need to clear this up before anyone else notices"-"I need a nap but my plan keep falling apart and because I am tired I got possessed"

S4 it's were it started to get ridiculous

Because first the scroll and immediately after a second circlet

Like it feels like they really don't want wukong in the plot, but they CANNOT take wukong away from the story because he is Built to carry and survive

He is simultaneously the tank and the dps.

Anyway sorry to add a rant under your rant op.

“You need to do better.”

(This gets vitriolic, and is a full-blown criticism of Macaque’s portrayal in Season Four and Five. If criticism of a character/franchise you like upsets you, I do not recommend reading.)

Wow. I had no faith in his character writing, and I’m STILL disappointed.

And it only took one episode! How impressive!

Macaque, who has put in ZERO on-screen effort to become a better person or make amends to his victims, is criticizing Wukong for being a bad mentor! And does Wukong criticize him back? NOPE!

After getting screamed at and berated, does Wukong defend himself? NOPE!

Ooh, but there was a second long reference in a dual yelling match that mentioned that Macaque was a genuinely bad person who took glee in hurting innocent people! Oh, fucking delightful! Ooh, Wukong even points out in one episode that Macaque goes without consequences!

Pointing out a flaw in your writing does not make it less of a flaw.

Macaque will always be allowed to do whatever he wants to anyone he wants- power theft, attempted murder, insults, deceit, assault-

And the narrative and characters will never hold him accountable or force Macaque to look inwards or become a better person.

Macaque will always fall upwards into redemption without any obstacles or pushback.

There will never be a struggle to goodness with a satisfying conclusion. There will never be a moment where falters in his newfound goodness and questions going back to his old ways. There will never be explicit remorse or regret. He will never have deep introspections on his crimes and atrocities that provide a reason for him to want to change.

The sum of his “arc�� will always be “you were a good guy all along”, and that lack of depth is where it will stay.

RIP Seasons 1-3 Macaque. You were fun and interesting and cool and lovable.

But the man they replaced you with was destined to be a boring and brooding “anti-hero” who has no real connection to the actions you selfishly and violently performed with your own two hands-

And you will always be a less interesting character for it.

The execution of the actual arc boils down to a single heroic (but ultimately self-serving) moment and then Macaque is immediately forgiven for all the crimes he’s committed and is a magically better person without any effort and nothing he’s done is ever brought up again.

It severely weakens any character’s arc to cut them off from their past actions. If MK forgot his traumas every season instead of carrying them forward- we’d all agree that doing so was a case of poor writing.

It was the reason that people disliked Mei’s portrayal in Season Four- she immediately moved on from the Samadhi Fire arc and “no longer wielded it” after spending a whole season gathering and learning to use it.

Why can’t we agree that it’s bad for Macaque, too?

You can’t “develop” a character by dropping an entire plotline and writing it off with one line.

You can’t “redeem” a character by pretending that they were a good person right from the start.

Sorry, bud.

I really did like you. I just wish I could like your writing.

——————

And, what is more clear to me now than ever?

People only defended Macaque’s shitty writing because they think he’s hot.

I know this now, because I’ve seen white-hot Li Jing arc hatred from fervent Macaque arc defenders.

So we all agree that an “I didn’t really mean it!” isn’t an excuse to abuse the people around you? That you don’t get to mistreat innocent people just because you’re stressed and upset?

Hmmm.

Hmmmmmmm.

I wonder why people despise Jing for his dogshit “one nice thing redeems all your bad actions” arc but love Macaque for his??

(Because they think the monkey is hot.)

The funny thing, though?

Li Jing apologizes to at least one of the victims of his actions. He expresses regret and remorse.

Macaque doesn’t even have that.

——————

Anyways here’s a line that I hate because Macaque has in no way developed enough to have the right to deliver it-

AND NO, SUDDENLY HAVING AN AFFINITY FOR PERFORMING KIND OR SACRIFICIAL ACTS IS NOT GOOD CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

HIM MAGICALLY OFFSCREEN BECOMING A GOOD PERSON WHO CARES ABOUT INNOCENT LIFE IS NOT GOOD CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

IF ALL IT TAKES TO “BE BETTER” IS ACTING LIKE A HERO, WUKONG IS LITERALLY A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER OF A PERSON THAN HE IS

THIS LINE IS DOGSHIT

“You need to do better.”

Really, Macaque? Maybe you should take your own damn advice- try apologizing to one of the people you tried to hurt and tried to murder in cold blood!

Like when you trapped MK under his staff after stealing his powers and tried to murder him when he was helpless?

Or when you kidnapped MK’s friends and tortured the kid by forcing him to fight them?

Or you led a violent assault against a palace full of innocent people?

Or violently beat his dear friends until they were screaming in pain?

Or assaulted Tang, who posed no threat to you?

Or threatened to murder an innocent girl if you didn’t get your way, then ran away (and encouraged MK to abandon her) first thing when it put her into a life-threatening meltdown of raw power?

(Isn’t it cool how NONE of these people have interesting or varied reactions to him doing this and ALL immediately are cool with him like a gelatinous hivemind.)

(Oooh ONE mildly questioning line from Pigsy but no anger over his adoptive son nearly being killed multiple times over)

(Isn’t it cool that no one has complex or interesting thoughts on this.)

(Isn’t it cool that by robbing them of unique feelings on the matter they robbed Macaque and the Monkie Kids of compelling and interesting interactions that could’ve helped flesh out their personalities and strengthen their characterization.)

(Isn’t it cool that Macaque and the Monkie Kids are actively denied intriguing character dynamics so Macaque’s shitty “redemption arc” can happen faster.)

(Isn’t that cool.)

Why don’t YOU do better, Macaque?

(In a way that is more satisfying than “one kind-hearted speech from a kid that I tried to murder changed my mind and now I am a better person but all my character development happened offscreen and without personal introspection”, at least.)

Also what the fuck do you mean by “do better”?

Be heroic and put your life in danger? He already does that! He’s done it more than you have!

Just tell MK that he’s not alone? YOU COULD DO THAT YOURSELF, MACAQUE!

Help MK with his traumas and fears? MK doesn’t tell anyone about those! He keeps them bottled up, lock and key, and actively refuses attempts to help!

Wukong TRIED to reach out to him, and MK PUSHED HIM AWAY! Was he supposed to tie the fucking kid down and torture the information out of him?

He respected MK’s boundaries by not pushing any further and letting him leave!!

WHY IS THAT A BAD THING??

What the fuck, man

[howtotrainyouragents]

Agent H’s AOS Rewatch

Season 3 Pro’s and Con’s 

We’re done with the season 4 rewatch, and I’m over here still trying to process season 3. First time watching, it was my least favorite season and I nearly stopped watching the show because of it. Second time watching…it’s still probably my least favorite just by comparison, but I have infinite more respect for it. Anyway, I needed to sort out my thoughts on this, so it’s all under “keep reading” and don’t get mad at me.

Cons (because let’s get the bad stuff out of the way)

-I really dislike revenge stories, so all the revenge stuff with Hunter and Coulson and Ward and all did not sit well with me and felt even OOC. 

-Speaking of, from the S2 finale through most of this season, there’s this theme of the men protecting and revenging their wounded or fridged girlfriends. It’s not super fun because this is a show where the women are clearly just as, if not more, competent than the men, but they’re not given the same opportunity to protect/revenge the men, much less given the same importance even in their own stories. I’m blanking on what MCU movies were going on around the time of this season, but I remember seeing this even in the movies. If I remember correctly there was a head of MCU who was later removed, but was apparently responsible. 

-The use of Ward is muddled. I’m cool with his takeover of HYDRA, that seemed natural. But you expect it to lead to a huge standoff with SHIELD because he, their worst enemy, is now head of their worst enemy organization. Instead, he gets converted to the HYDRA religion and literally becomes a vessel. Which is fine, but the transition was really hurriedly and poorly done. This is a man who has complex views of loyalty (Garrett not HYDRA. Skye and Coulson but not SHIELD), so I’m gonna need a lot more convincing that he’d believe Gideon’s HYDRA.

-This will be on both lists: I’m disappointed about how after three seasons HYDRA is taken out so quietly and quickly.

-I don’t know where to put this, but: I didn’t actually hate the space boyfriend arc as much the second time around, but the potential overall got squandered and I dislike that. 

-Rosalind’s death and possibly her whole arc was pointless. She was literally created and killed to serve Coulson’s character. Gross. And it’s a shame because it would have been really cool to use her as an actual foe-turned-friend for SHIELD throughout the season; she could have easily taken Mace’s place in S4 and that way at least would have been important for two seasons

-Okay, this is ABC’s fault not AOS’s. But like I remember how hard they advertised for Secret Warriors. Like that was the name of the arc. And. Then. They were a team FOR AN EPISODE.  Imagine my disappointment. Also, there really weren’t enough Inhumans this season to suit me.

-Bobbi and Hunter leave for a failed spinoff and I will never forgive Marvel for doing that.

-I mean…I appreciate that they give Andrew a noble death, but like…was it really necessary to have him turn and later die? Really? It gives Ming Na Wen and Blair Underwood opportunities to do extraordinary acting and they nail it, but like maybe don’t kill a guy to solve your inevitable ship? Don’t kill off your second black actor?

-The time jump in the season finale is too sudden. Like we barely get to grieve over Lincoln and they hit us with a time jump and Daisy on the run and new director in charge. Uncool. 

-This was the season I started to dislike Fitzsimmons. Don’t hate me. To me there’s an undercurrent in the writing that seems to favor Fitz over Simmons. FS’s subject to the same sexism that I mentioned in the first bullet. Like the story post-Simmons’ return focuses a lot more on Fitz’s feelings than on hers. He’s the one who has to stop her from getting tortured. He’s the one who saves Will, when it makes way more sense for her to go. He’s the one they all turn to for answers, when it should be both of them combined. And Simmons just gets a little pushed aside in her own story arc, but she just goes along with it anyway. 

-I had to write this last because this is the thing that hurts the season the most for me: Lincoln’s treatment. Okay, first, he’s a great character who got a major personality change between seasons. I don’t like the personality change, but I’d be okay with it if they didn’t do worse. For starters, we barely know him. His life and backstory are so vague, the guy he visits in 3x03 is just “a friend”, and like we get zero information on how they know each other. They spend the entire season having everyone in SHIELD (except Daisy) be against him, dislike him, belittle him, and mistrust him WHEN HE DESERVED NONE OF IT. Like they make it really obvious that Coulson dislikes him father-style because of his relationship with Daisy. They make him petulant and act out to prove that Mack and May are right to mistrust him when really given the fact that he was an Inhuman guide and a medical doctor and a recovered addict, he’d be a lot more under control. They make Fitzsimmons talk down to him just because no one can be smart except Fitzsimmons, when clearly he would know more about Inhuman biology and medicine in general THAN THE BIOCHEM PHD (sorry that one will always bug me). Like they make some work on him with Coulson and May, and that’s good, but overall he is not allowed to have a solid relationship with anyone but Daisy. I think the writers 1) knew he was gonna die and decided not to invest in him or his relationships. 2) were trying to get a moody bad boy in the cast, and decided to cast him as it when it didn’t really make sense. Also, while talking about Lincoln, I really wish they did some more interesting things with his powers than lightning blasts. He has electric powers!! There’s so much you can do!!

-Okay, this one is just real personal. LINCOLN IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR. Or at least a medical student or resident or fellow (I mean, he’s in the hospital doing rounds). TREAT HIM AS SUCH. HE WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE, LET HIM HELP PEOPLE. LET HIM DO THE SURGERIES AND KNOW THE STUFF ABOUT BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. LET HIM RETURN TO HIS OLD LIFE AS A DOCTOR. You had such a good character who turned himself around from addiction, dedicated his life to saving lives, got thrown multiple curve balls, and now has to decide how will he continue to serve others. Yes, he’s a hero in the end. But all that in between time, he could have been saving lives too.

Pros (because there is good stuff, I promise) 

-Someone mentioned that this is the first season to have a unified storyline throughout, and that’s so true and it’s so well done! 

-There’s a good natural continuation of the HYDRA and Inhuman storylines from S1 and S2. I think we can look at AOS as two large arcs: S1-S3 is about powered people and HYDRA. S4-S7 is about bending the limits of reality with Ghost Rider, LMDs, Framework, Space, and Time Travel,. S1 was about introducing us to powered people and HYDRA, S2 was about developing the history and politics of them respectively and how they relate to SHIELD. S3 is when Inhumans get involved with SHIELD and with the world directly and the fallout from that. For HYDRA it’s when we get the history and reasoning of the group, and even if it’s a retcon, I appreciate that it introduces the background of HYDRA as a way to end this arc

-Overall, I really do appreciate how this season fills out a lot of worldbuilding. We get a complete history on HYDRA, and we get way more info on Inhumans, but we also get to see how the human world is reacting to and divided on Inhumans, which carries over into the net season

-On both lists: It’s good that they take HYDRA out so quickly and quietly. That plotline had run its course, and it was so bittersweet because they finally had defeated their biggest enemy, but now they had even bigger problems to deal with it. That scene of Coulson and May watching HYDRA fall is one of my favorites because it mirrors that S1 scene of watching HYDRA takeover, but it’s so quiet and not celebratory like it should be.

-Like I said, I hate revenge arcs, but I do appreciate how it came full circle at the end with Coulson admitting his mistake and regret in seeking revenge. That’s much more on brand with Coulson and MCU even I had to sit through a painful arc just to get to that point. 

-Episode 1, Daisy’s entrance and, for that matter, Fitz’s entrance. HOT DAMN.

-One of my favorite things about AOS is the way that they mix up pairings and everyone feels like friends and family. This season did a fantastic job on that with like Fitz/Bobbi, Mack/Daisy, Hunter/May, and way more.

-I complain that there wasn’t enough Inhumans to suit me, but also I really enjoyed the ones we got. I expected them to do Inhumans with basic powers like water, fire, plants, shrinking. But AoS writers were like nah, how about a guy who melts metal?? How about Medusa eyes?? How about a guy who can predict deaths? Like they just went straight to the extremes and I respect that. And yes, we have our typical speedster and fire guy, but the sheer joy that comes from those characters makes up for the predictability of their powers.

-We get Joey and Yoyo who are the effin’ best and deserve the world. And with Lincoln and Daisy we got SECRET WARRIORS!!!!

-First time, we get introduced to Charles and Robin and manipulating time, which obviously becomes important later, so I like that they introduce it so early in the show.

-I also love the way things come full circle with Lash. I wish he didn’t die, but the reveal of his true purpose was amazing 

-THE FITZSIMMONS KISS. THE FITZSIMMONS SEX SCENE. Do I really need to say more?

-THAT FITZ vs MONOLITH SCENE. That is top like five moments of the show for me, and I’m gonna need the Emmys to give Iain de Castecker his belated Best Actor award any day now.

-4722 Hours was a work of art, and Elizabeth Henstridge, I will be getting you that Best Actress Emmy one way or another. 

-Brett Dalton’s acting. This rewatch served to highlight how brilliantly he developed Ward’s evilness over the course of the three seasons and then the way he flipped the switch and played a completely different character as Hydra. You can feel it in his voice and mannerisms, it’s a totally different person even if it’s still technically Ward’s body. And to top it off, that finale where he pulls of a brilliant two-minute psychotic breakdown and a kickass fight scene. Standing ovation, good sir. I miss you.

-After S2 fridged three women of color, I do appreciate how this season chooses to take out four of its white characters even if I’m sad that they had to go.

-The Star Wars references were so effin’ funny

-Spy’s Goodbye. I will never be okay about this.

[leojfitz]

agents of shield + reddit comments (2/?) + bonus: 

[cheswirls]

back on my aokuro obsession except this time the dynamic is long-suffering-siblings. give me the two that have been friends for so long that theyre practically brothers (+ poss. older sis momoi.) give me aomine and kuroko ready to brawl inside the corner combini for possession of the last icepop. 

[imaslowlearner-butilearn]

I will never be over the season 3 finale and the moment you realize that the first three seasons of the show have all been leading up to the origin story of Quake

[marvelsaos]

Daisy Appreciation Post (3x02)

[3friesshortofahappymeal]

“YOU DOVE THROUGH A HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE FOR ME”

ugh I love them

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, November 21 - Friday, November 22

Buffy: Were you born this big a pain in the ass? Spike: What can I tell you, baby? I've always been bad.

~~Fool for Love~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Blurring the Lines (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by veronyxk84

Rollin' Up That Hill (Crossover with DC Comics, T) by Ellen_Brand

Doyle is the real hero (Cordelia/Doyle, T) by DanaNick82

Never Fade Away (Buffy/Angel, NR) by elejahfanfic

[Chaptered Fiction]

Winters into Summers, Chapter 1 (OC, NR) by Iris_Dietrich

Buffy & Angel: the Series { Part One }, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Angel, M) by crowncitydreams

Whiplash, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Ninereeds

Lucidity, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Soulburnt

Loop, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by simmony

The Beast Inside, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, R) by MnM

Little Light, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325

Stiff Pole, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout

True Love Won't Desert You, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten

Perfect Clarity, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Joan963z, Ragini

Unholy Matrimony, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten

Bend in the Road, Chapter 4 (Crossover with The Morning Show, FR13) by AsarStar

Banacek.Alexander, Chapter 19 (Crossover with Banacek, FR21) by xanfu

What the Drabble? Vol. 2, Chapter 92 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by VeroNyxK84

Eyes Forward, Monster, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by Desicat

Keepsakes, Chapter 70 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by violettathepiratequeen

Writing a haiku for every episode as I rewatch, Part 12 (sfw) by Senorpuddin

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:Five by five by fuffylyn

Manips:Brave new world by revello-drive-1630

Manip:Collage #244 by thedecadentraven

Gifset:Every Tara look: S5E08 Shadow by lovebvffys

Gifset:Buffy Summers in Living Conditions by detectivedawnsummers

Gifset:Rewatch > Halloween by creulsummer

Gifset:buffy & angel + each other's lap by ptieuca

Gifset:Katharine Towne as Sunday by 5bi5

Video: Willow & Xander - Like a Prayer by TheOverLookedOne

[Recs & In Search Of]

lost fan video (spike & angel) by sixheart

[Community Announcements]

One Prompt Several Writers by thecrazyknight

[Fandom Discussions]

[6x11 and 6x12 placement] by lesbianmarrow

jane espenson has such a distinct writing style on buffy by lesbianmarrow

[Dead Man's Party critique] by tvserie-s-world

[Spike's furniture] by mybloodyvampire

"Boom Studios Drops Buffy (and Firefly) Licenses" by multiple authors

BOOM! Studios Has Let The Rights To The Buffyverse & Firefly Universe Go. by multiple authors

Why didn't Buffy's stunt double try to at least seem like Buffy? by multiple authors

How would Angel investigation have handled Glory, Bad Willow and the first by multiple authors

What was the first time in the series did Buffy and Giles become a surrogate father and daughter relationship? by multiple authors

Was it purposeful essentially writing the Dad out of the series? by multiple authors

Last remaining hours of Human Darla 2.0, singing, crying, then dying by multiple authors

Normal again has kinda ruined it for me? by multiple authors

What was (imho) missing in Buffy Season 7: A more in-depth look at the Watchers' Council by multiple authors

How Many Of The Bands Performing At The Bronze Are Made Up For The Show? by multiple authors

Who turned Harmony? by multiple authors

What do you consider the craziest episode intro? by multiple authors

What's something you dislike about your favorite Buffyverse character? by multiple authors

Is it supposed to be implied that Willow mind wiped Tara multiple times already before we see her do it in "All The Way"? by multiple authors

Just finished another rewatch and there are some thoughts I want to share by multiple authors

An excellent kick off! | S3 E1 “Anne” by multiple authors

Just finished my first rewatch of the entire show… by multiple authors

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