#ats/btvs parallels

[whatisyourchildhoodtrauma]

"She was kinda like Cordelia, actually." (inspo)

[liam-summers]

BtVs 3.07 | AtS 1.03

Bonus🎶

[dawnssummers]

faith and television: buffy the vampire slayer, revelations + amends + this year's girl / angel, sanctuary / lorde, buzzcut season / talking heads, television man / marina, oh no!

[thepunkmuppet]

#i just think they would be friends

↳ buffygunn + parallels

[misskittyspuffy]

I'm rewatching Angel. More specifically, just watched 3x01, "Heartthrob", and I'm still amazed by the fact that we have :

-a blond, blue-eyed vampire,

-called JAMES (*cough*),

-who just lost the blonde, Buffy-styled, love of his life and can't process it.

They even gave them the same kind of haircut.

And this episode was shoot and aired approximatively at the same moment as the first episode of the 6th season of Buffy. The parallel is so obvious, it hurts 😭

I like that they're presenting a contrast with Angel, who feels bad because he's of course affected by Buffy's death but actually doing ok, and feels guilty for being ok. He's not at the same point anymore. It was an interesting highlight and comment about his own journey.

[tuiyla]

something something Cordy experiencing empathy at the ultimate heightened level and going "so much suffering... we have to help them"

something something Willow experiencing empathy at the ultimate heightened level and going "so much suffering... I have to end it all <3"

[oveliagirlhaditright]

"Our guest has finally arrived."

"Shall we greet him?"

"It'd be rude not to!"

Angel the Series and Final Fantasy XVI parallels with Buffy and Angel and Alma and Clive (though Alma and Clive are just friends whereas Buffy and Angel aren't:))

[justafriendofxanders]

nothing worse than when you see what COULD be a sexy parallel for your favored ship, but to frame it as such would be a misreading of the show's overall themes and character arcs

[whatisyourchildhoodtrauma]

Cordy and Buffy said

ATS 1.06 & BTVS 6.11

[whatisyourchildhoodtrauma]

BTVS (3.19) & ATS (4.13)

[dawnssummers]

angel the series if no random orientalism >

[whatisyourchildhoodtrauma]

#cordy with horns and a tail…… save me cordy with horns and a tail……#smh why didn’t they COMMIT GODDAMIT#“ASPECT OF THE DEMON” USED TO MEAN SOMETHING FOR GODS SAKE (via @thepunkmuppet)

BTVS 3.18 "Earshot" | ATS 3.11 "Birthday"

[fox-toothed]

i am having Thoughts abt the parallels between Buffy (+Dawn) in s5 of btvs and Darla (+Connor) in s3 of ats...

[loisfreakinglane]

Top 5 things/people you love about the buffyverse?

oh THIS is a fun retrospective. i haven't yet started buffyverse rewatch 2k24- but it's happening SOON. i've given myself a new edict to scrub away 27 years of btvs/ats opinions, loves, hates, fandom histories, annoyances, EVERYTHING- and go into this rewatch totally fresh, to let opinions form as organically as they can for a universe so near and dear to my heart since i was. god lol 6 years old. i'm personally hoping characters, ships, and plots that i've found hopelessly aggravating before, i find blazing passionate love for now. WOULDN'T THAT BE FUN THO??? i'm sick of negativity, i wanna embrace joy.

before i scrub myself clean, it's nice to remember why i was invested for so many years in the first place. SO. TOP 5 THINGS/PEOPLE I LOVE ABOUT THE BUFFYVERSE!!!!!!!!! not exactly my favorite 5 EVER about the buffyverse, but an assortment of 5. 5 separate top favorite things.

cordelia chase- my love my life my soul my queen c. the thing is. i adore her. i adore her as a bitchy mean girl, using her wealth and her beauty and her status to squash down our heroes. i adore her as a broke struggling actress, using a vampire detective agency as a stepping stone for international stardom. i adore her as a genuine hero, embracing her destiny, choosing to be a demon, and fully throwing herself into fighting the good fight because it fills her soul with purpose, belonging, and fulfillment. she has an utterly flawless character arc, one that parallels buffy's own in so many ways. (and fyi as a sidenote i am ENTIRELY POSITIVE that in ats s4 amnesiac cordy was 100% cordy, jasmine did not take over her body until she had the vision of the beasts eyes, and then it was real cordelia again in you're welcome. there's not question or ambiguity about it for me personally, not anymore.) my love for cordelia is all encompassing. i love her more than anything.

buffy&dawn, angel&connor- probably my favorite plot for both buffy and angel was when they each gained a kid who automatically became the most important part of their life (while my ultimate buffyverse otp is angel/cordy, i am very fond of bangel- and my biggest proponent for a postseries reconciliation revolves around this shared life experience) there is so much i love about both characters getting an auto-grown, magically created, blue eyed brown haired impossible teenager dumped in their lap (with bonus world-altering magical memories making their existence assimilated and accepted). giving them both not just another person to love, but another human being that is entirely reliant upon them specifically for love, protection. one person with the power to uplift or destroy them, through their own actions or the actions of another. buffy and angel both went through phases of being willing to destroy the whole world just to keep them safe- buffy in the gift, angel in forgiving. i just think it's NEAT. i probably spend more time thinking about angel & connor bc i do remain frustrated with a lot of choices made wrt them in s4 (the decision to lean far harder into whiney ungrateful teenager and less into feral hellchild raise by ultrareligious 18th century man in a barren wasteland of demons was in fact frustrating to me!) but hey, i still love connor in all his messy angsty ways. and origin/not fade away put a pin in that conversation in ways i will adore FOREVER.

the concept/importance of families of choice. for as much as i've waxed poetic over two of the series core biological relationships lol, the real center of both shows is always that love between a group of unrelated misfits. i've gone back and forth over the years on my opinion of many of the relationships within the buffyverse, and how successful those families can be- but it is still something i really love. and it's especially at the heart of what has been my 2 favorite seasons- buffy s5, and angel s3- which, only hitting me now, is also when dawn & connor are introduced, which brings the group much closer together. it's unfortunate tho, that in this world of two separate families of choice, with an assortment of characters from a large variety of backgrounds, that we only got one main that's not white. forever the biggest problem with both shows. and also why i won't shut up about how kendra should have been brought back. SHE ONLY DIED A LITTLE!

wolfram&hart as a main baddie. lawyers are evil. we know this. LOL BUT RLY THO. god! a perfect PERFECT villain, perfect way to use the fuckery of the legal world to impose your will upon broke private detectives. lawyers are everywhere, i'm p sure there's more lawyers in california than in any other state. we are very litigious. the mystery behind ~the senior partners~ that is always hanging over our heads, the horror that can be inflicted by these very human lawyers engaging in blood sacrifice, murder, every evil thing under the sun- and the fact our heroes can't exactly run around killing them because a. human and b. there's way fucking more where they came from. of course they were never defeated, of course they are a main villain from beginning to end. i have less fond memories about the state of wr&h in s5, but that's less about them and more about how our heroes try to utilize their resources (badly, it's badly). lilah morgan, one of the best antagonists EVER. holland manners, linwood murrow, gavin park. they come at angel investigations from every angle- sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. but they. never. stop. 10000% perfection.

okay this one is more...... idk. this is a random thing i've been thinking about. and it's set design. lmfao. maybe it's because these shows have been part of my life for so many decades, because i grew up watching and rewatching and rewatching, but there's so much i love about their main sets. the hyperion hotel is one of my favorite locations on tv ever. the magic box! the sunnydale high library! i feel like i too lived in these locations. and i wanna go BACK!!!!!!!

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, October 24

Xander: Dammit! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt-monkey!

~~Buffy vs. Dracula~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Pretty When (Buffy/Angelus, E) by Anonymous

Cute When She's Sleeping (Buffy/Angelus, E) by Anonymous

Laying the Slayer (Buffy/Xander/Joyce, E) by WestorEast

from my heart and from my hand (Fred/Buffybot, E) by evesock

Time to Heal (2) (Buffy/Spike, SFW) by spuffybaby

Time to Heal (3) (Buffy/Spike, SFW) by spuffybaby

A Man in Shadow (Buffy/Spike, 13+) by Zab Jade

[Chaptered Fiction]

Be Back Before Dawn, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Blissymbolics

Fury of the Fallen, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten

Unconditional, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Blade Redwind

Slayers Interrupted, Chapter 3 (Crossover with Batman, FR18) by BlueStories

Inner Daemons, Chapter 11 (Anime crossover, FR15) by batzulger

A Sword in the Man, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Desicat

Exorcise, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, PG) by Desicat

Going AstralChapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Geliot99

reciprocity, Chapter 11 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by HappyWhenItRains

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:[Buffy & Spike] by smoochiekissies

Artwork:[Buffy Summers] by tiredartzyaries

Artwork:Ethan and Giles break up by yarboyandy

Artwork: Good luck, babe! Chappell Roan (Buffy version) by theveryunlikelywonderland

Artwork:Good luck, babe! Chappell Roan (Cordelia version) by theveryunlikelywonderland

Manip:Collage #214 by thedecadentraven

Gifset:Buffy Summers + Ponytails by clarkgriffon

Gifset:Buffy Locations: Dracula's Castle (5.01) by 5bi5

Gifset:Faith Lehane + Outfits by clarkgriffon

Gifset:BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER REWATCH-> Nightmares (1.10) by creulsummer

Video: [BTVS Scrapbook] by Scraptasty

[Reviews & Recaps]

50 ̶F̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ Worst Dates | Buffy The Vampire Slayer 7x14 "First Date" | Normies Group Reaction! by The Normies

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 4x21 & 4x22 REACTION | "Primeval" & "Restless" by The Horror Bandwagon

"Tough Love" (5x19) | *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* Reaction by cass reacts

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 1X5 REACTION | First Time Watching | Season 1 Episode 5 by Chance's House of Horrors

Dirty Girls: Buffy 7x18 Reaction by Dakara

Buffy-less: S1 E3 by Vampires and Mermaids

Buffy's Angels: Doomed by The Franchise: A Film Podcast

1-06 - The Pack - BUFFY REACTION COMMENTARY PODCAST by Definitely Doomed: A Buffy Commentary Podcast

Buffy's Angels: A New Man by The Franchise: A Film Podcast

Buffy's Angels: The I in Team by The Franchise: A Film Podcast

Buffy's Angels: This Year's Girl by The Franchise: A Film Podcast

Buffy's Angels: Goodbye Iowa by The Franchise: A Film Podcast

Episode 050 - Dopplegangland by Boys Watching Buffy

Episode 052 - Earshot by Boys Watching Buffy

[Recs & In Search Of]

buffy/giles recs recced by buffygiles

spuffy fic rec recced by mistigrisunshine

ISO: Cassie's website from season 7 by fang3d4

[Fandom Discussions]

[Dawn's connection to Joyce's illness] by snixregal and fang3d4

I decided to list the names Spike called Buffy BEFORE he realized he was in love with her by thequeenofsastiel

[Cordelia in Dead Man's Party] by forcebookish

[Spike's reaction to Angelus killing Buffy] by thequeenofsastiel

[Lily and Buffy parallels] by fang3d4

[Buffy leaving her mom with Spike] by thequeenofsastiel

anyone else wish we got more creature!spike? by captivebf

One thing about season 6 that is so sad is how Spike helped the gang all summer just for them to act like he never did. by jjmorelikeotp

one thing I really really love is how Spike is just so...comitted. by jjmorelikeotp

one of the most satisfying moments in the series for me is in 7x21 by thequeenofsastiel

[BTVS season 3 complaints] by stolehisdog

[Dawn was the audience] by fang3d4

[Angel on Spike's soul in ATS season 5] by thequeenofsastiel

my buffy the vampire slayer playlists by puppethistoryhive

Scoobtober: Favorite Buffy Moment? by Plasma

https://buffy-boards.com/threads/are-new-buffy-comics-still-being-made.81315/ by multiple authors

Weekly Watch-Along [18th Oct-25th Oct] by BPD-and-Lipstick

How would (later seasons) Scoobies deal with a Connor situation? by multiple authors

Who else? (I cannot be the only one). by multiple authors

Are the Summers Episcopalians? by multiple authors

3rd season Cordelia is the most beautiful woman in the whole Buffy/Angelverse by multiple authors

Petty Bone to Pick with “This Year’s Girl” (S4) by multiple authors

You deserved so much more, Cordy. by multiple authors

Pure demons.. I'm confused. by multiple authors

What was the public’s response to Buffy’s resurrection when it was aired? by multiple authors

Played the Buffy Board Game last night by multiple authors

Favorite/Least Favorite Cross Over Episode and Why by multiple authors

"If I had any real power..." by multiple authors

S4 and S5 Xander is my favorite Xander by multiple authors

What's Your Favorite Line? I'll go first, What Is Your Childhood Trauma? by multiple authors

Anya by multiple authors

Episode Nitpicks: The Zeppo by multiple authors

Would Buffy and Angel had been as popular if Angel was the show's version of Pike? by multiple authors

Buffy's Impact by multiple authors

Can we talk about… by multiple authors

First time watcher. SMG in this scene? I am amazed by multiple authors

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