#buffy turns 26

[queenofthekings]

Ｂｕｆｆｙ＇ｓ ２６ｔｈ ｂｉｒｔｈｄａｙ ｃｅｌｅｂｒａｔｉｏｎ　（버피의 26번째 생일 축하）

Holy moly, I can't believe I'm 26 already (time to check myself into an old folks home innit). This whole year has been incredibly life changing and I truly appreciate everyone who's been with me on this journey and have stuck by my side.

So to celebrate both becoming 26 and a super late 300 followers; I'm gonna host my very first eventttt! Rules are as follows;

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[herefortheships]

What do you think of the Bj and Lydia controversy due to age?

You know, the short answer I have for this is that I do not think it should be an issue that's even brought up anymore. Lydia is now an adult woman in her 50s; plenty of people end up with a partner who is 10+ years older than them, meaning that they would have been a full adult if they would have come across their partner at sixteen. And that's just speaking about the real world; let's not forget Beetlejuice and the characters in that world are all a work of fiction. I don't think the fact that they met when she was a teenager all those years ago should even be an issue to ship it or not. As a matter of fact, people can ship whatever they want. They can even ship it in the first film and it's not an issue... Shipping in itself is inherently innocent. These characters and the situations around them don't even exist, and therefore, whatever you imagine with them, has no effect in the real world. Shipping is no different from a kid grabbing a couple of dolls and making them kiss. It's all in good fun.

Let me tell you, I had written a long freaking essay under this question 😅, but I decided to leave all of that for a separate post. But a few notable points from that essay which I think would be good to include here are the following.

Back in the 90s and early 2000s we had ships with pretty big age gaps on network TV and nobody batted an eye about the age gap (as far as I'm concerned). I'm talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer specifically in this post. This was before social media, but as far as magazines and fandom spaces go, I'm sure the discussions around Buffy's love interests in BTVS centered around which hot vampire was better for Buffy, Angel or Spike. (Even nowadays we see this kind of article, exhibit A). And you don't see these articles starting with disclaimers and trigger warnings, either.

For those who haven't watched BTVS, Angel was around 240-something when he slept with 17 year old Buffy. He slept with her the night she turned 17, by the way; they were already together while she was 16. At the time he was turned into a vampire, Angel was around 26 years old. Angel met Buffy when she was 16, but he was stalking watching Buffy since she was 15:

Now about Spike. Spike met Buffy when she was 16, but he didn't actually become obsessed with her until she was around 20. Still, they got together and it wasn't ever an issue that he met her when she was a teenager. In Spike's case, he did stick around and interacted with Buffy multiple times before they started dating. In Betelgeuse's case, we know that while he watched Lydia from afar, he never actually managed to interact or even be seen by her during the years they were apart.

A lot of antis throw around the word "grooming" around Beetlebabes; I don't think they understand the meaning of that word. To put it simple, to groom someone is to condition them and emotionally manipulate them for years into a certain behavior, in this context, into falling in love or becoming sexually involved with the groomer. This term, therefore, cannot and will not ever apply to Betelgeuse and Lydia's relationship (it also does not apply to Spuffy, while we're at it). How can it? When they only had a few interactions over 30+ years ago and only met now after all that time.

And about those interactions in the first movie, the fact that Betelgeuse attempted to marry Lydia is attached to an idea of sexual inappropriateness only when that particular idea is projected onto what actually happened in that scene. Objectively, for Betelgeuse, marrying Lydia was a means to an end; there was no sexual or romantic implications in their marriage in that movie.

I believe in the case of Betelgeuse x Lydia versus ships like Buffy x Angel or Buffy x Spike, people are quick to see an issue in one where they never notice an issue in the other for the following reason: While Angel and Spike are hot, young-looking vampires, Betelgeuse is gross and does look like a dead guy. That is literally the difference. Spike and Angel are good-looking hotties; Betelgeuse... I love him lots and he is hot for me, but he is not conventionally attractive. I bet you if Betelgeuse looked like Michael Keaton did playing Bruce Wayne... People wouldn't have an issue that he's lusting after 50-something year old Winona Ryder, (also a hottie herself btw).

Let's add here before I close off this post that both Angel and Spike did objectively horrible things to Buffy when they were soulless (Angel while Buffy was still a minor), and meanwhile Betelgeuse has never harmed Lydia (no, the insta-pregnancy didn't harm her; everything that happened in that scene was an illusion). He didn't even behave inappropriately toward her in the first film when he was wilder and hornier than he is now. And yet shipping Bangel or Spuffy (last I checked lol) isn't widely seen as problematic. I ship Spuffy to the moon and back, and used to ship Bangel as well at some point 🤷🏻‍♀️ and I haven't seen people attacking shippers nor have I seen discussions of these ships being inappropriate (though I'm sure there must be... it's 2024 and the purity culture fandom infection has spread widely), not in the way I see Beetlebabes fans being harassed.

Anyway, I wrote a separate post about this and will post it eventually. This wasn't meant to be this long, but here we are 😅.

[destiel-wings]

I hope you don't mind me asking, but what are your thoughts on angel x buffy? :)

Hii i don't mind, thank you for asking 😊

So, I used to love bangel sooooo much when i first watched the show. I was 100% into it, (with a crush for Boreanaz too) and i cried so much for them in s2 and when Angel left the show in s3. And I truly, sincerely, unironically hated Spike too (I thought he was a great character but i just loved hating him, you know? Lol). When we saw Spike's dream of kissing Buffy I swear i felt nauseous.

... and then they aired Fool for love.

By the end of that episode I was left in utter existential crisis in front of my tv because i felt my whole world shift. There was a part of me that still liked Angel and Buffy, but there was also this new part that wanted her to be with Spike now.

So anyway, that's when i decided to switch teams and i became team spuffy, and for as much as i had been obsessed with bangel before, it was nothing compared to how deep i was caught into the Buffy and Spike relationship. I never looked back. They were just much more complex and real and compelling. And it made me reevaluate Angel and her relationship with him too. Angel never really knew Buffy, always treated her like a child, and let's be honest--and that's something that hit me only years later when I got older--she was a child when they were together. He was spying on her and falling in love with her when she was just fifteen years old and he was a 240-year-old vampire who had been sired at like 26 years old, and they got together when she was 16/17 and he broke up with her when she turned 18... I don't think that's something the writers did intentionally of course, because (as everything else in buffy) it's just meant to be taken as a metaphor for the ideals and struggles and the intensity of drama of a girl's first love, but it still comes off as icky.

And before anyone comes at me, I know spuffy isn't healthy either, but that's kinda the point and the appeal. First of all, it's fiction and a metaphor, and secondly, it's about two broken people that are supposed to be mortal enemies but are actually two sides of the same coin, so different and yet so much the same, who can understand each other as a whole, light and darkness, in a way that no one else ever could, who yes, hurt each other along the way, but whose love saved them from the deepest darkness, ultimately bringing them into the light.

This is what spuffy is to me, and this is why i think it's not only the superior ship, but one of the best ships of all time (thee best, until i saw destiel, now they're sharing the podium).

So anyway, to get back to your question, the moment i became obsessed with Buffy and Spike (and i have been ever since 2005, lmao, they've been my first real obsession, alongside btvs, until spn and destiel) Angel sort of became the enemy 😅. And I hated him so so so so so much when he appeared in 7x21 and kissed Buffy (pure fanservice, but okay) and brought the medallion that ultimately killed Spike. So i spent years very maturely holding my vendetta against Angel (like, rooting for every demon that fought against him when I watched Angel, lmaoo). In most recent years, I've (sort of) made my peace with the character, after rewatching Angel. I mean he's still the enemy (of course, duh!! Who am i if not eternally petty??) but i appreciate him in his own show.

So i don't ship Angel and Buffy anymore, but I can understand why someone would (as i myself used to), and more importantly, i respect other people's right to ship them.

If we're joking, I'm going to insult Angel and keep saying he's the enemy. But on a mature serious note, I think Buffy and Angel were a great first love (for Buffy), but they were supposed to be just that, the impossible teenage girl's dream of a first love, eternal but doomed to end and break your heart.

I think Angel was much more well paired with Cordelia (which is something I'd never think I'd say), and i found myself shipping them so much when I rewatched the show. It felt so much more mature and profound than what we saw with Buffy and Angel (and that's probably due to the fact that we got slow burn for them - as we did for Buffy and Spike- and could actually see the feelings growing, while Buffy crushed on Angel in the pilot and she was madly in love (as teenagers do) in 0.5 seconds for no apparent reason than the fact that he was hot and mysterious.

So when I say the kiss in btvs 7x21 makes zero sense, I'm not just talking about spuffy, but also about cangel. I feel like both characters parted ways and lived on in their own shows to grow and become their own persons, developing other relationships that were more adult and meaningful, and that kiss was just disrespectful for both (but anyways, it doesn't change anything).

I have so many thoughts about all this honestly, and I hope I haven't gone too much off the tangent with my reply, but i couldn't just give you a simple reply because that would've had to be something like "angel is the enemy and i don't like bangel" but as you can see my thoughts are a little more complex than that 😅

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

EVENT POLL: 30-MAN ROYAL RUMBLE FOR FICTIONAL CHARACTERS TIME! (part 9)

[mcgnagallsarmy]

Spuffy style Reading Challenge - #26: Ready & Go Reading Challenge

A fic set in the woods:

Promise of Frost by Eurydice [NC-17]

When a snowstorm strands Buffy and Spike, they are forced to turn to each other for strength, especially when a missing Giles, mysterious visitors, and way too much magic threatens to turn it into a not so very merry Christmas. Set mid-S4.

A fic involving a creative outlet:

Chiaroscuro by OffYourBird [R]

At first, Buffy wasn’t even sure it was him. He was all the way across the gallery, far enough that he was reduced to chiaroscuro in motion—a shock of white hair swathed in rich black leather, his eyes dark and glittering and his skin nearly ivory in the bright gallery lights.

A fic featuring food you have not tried:

Hunger by Sunalso [NC-17]

AU. Spike killed his third Slayer, but Dru was already dust. He's been lost, but when his supper turns out to be more than he bargained for, it leaves him hungry for something else instead. And Buffy? She's just hungry.

A fic involving a train ride:

Vernalagnia by violettathepiratequeen [G]

Vernalagnia: A romantic mood brought on by spring. One that even Angel doesn't dare try to get in the middle of.

A graphic novel:

D-straction Day: All Night Long by HappyWhenItRains [Adult Only]

COMIC: Buffy stops by the crypt to see if Spike wants to go patrolling. He does not.

A fic involving ghosts:

Wine-Colored by OffYourBird [NC-17]

There are so many shades of red, but Buffy sticks to the one she knows best.

A fic set on a bus:

A Place to Call Home by all_choseny [NC-17]

Buffy and Spike have beaten The First, and the Hellmouth is closed for good. Now, at the precipice of a new beginning, the pair must decide to finally give love a chance or walk away from each other for good.

A fic where a main character seeks self-improvement:

Reprise by Holly [NC-17]

Spike came back to life and didn’t bother to tell her. Then he died again before she could chew him out. Buffy makes a wish in front of the right kind of demon to set things right and finds herself propelled back to the darkest period of her life.

A fic featuring a (motor)bike ride:

Open Road by HappyWhenItRains [NC-17]

Life Serial takes Buffy and Spike some places neither of them ever expected to go. We, of course, expected it. They did not.

A fic set in or involving something industrial (factory, etc.):

Death Wish by Sigyn [NC-17]

“World is what it is. We fight and we die. Wishing doesn't change that. You can believe in a better world. I have to live in this one.” Anyanka’s wish was broken, but the world it created continues. Now Buffy must join forces with rebel vampires to create a world they can all stand to live in. But can Spike, Drusilla and Angel actually work with a hardened slayer, who would just as soon see them all dust?

A fic involving a plane ride:

Nevertime by anaross [R]

They lost. But they lived. Spike, Blue, and Angel head north to the Arctic to escape the demons set loose in Not Fade Away. (Don't worry... Buffy finds them.)

A fic set in a snow land:

West of the Moon, East of the Sun by KnifeEdge [NC-17]

I keep having the strangest dream. Every night it's the same thing: a dark room, a big bed, and a silent vampire that I can feel, but not see. I'd be wigged, except it's just a dream, right? It'll be a cold day in hell before I ever willingly sleep with a vampire again...

A fic set in a country other than your own:

Favor by EllieRose101 [NC-17]

Spike asks an impossible thing of Buffy––and is stunned when she says yes. Could he really have gone up in her estimation?

A fic featuring a garden:

Unspoken by anaross [R]

"I've always envisioned him giving Buffy a garden that he could never go to in the daytime, to give her something alive for a change." James Marsters.

A fic set in a museum:

Just to Reach You by Sunalso [R]

Post-Series. Spike and Buffy have been a couple for almost two years. The honeymoon is over and together they're discovering they still have a lot to learn about themselves, each other, and how this whole "normal" relationship thing works.

A fic set in a hotel:

A Totally Random Occurrence by Herself [NC-17]

The stake slipped from her fingers, and she had to take a deep breath to stave off the dizziness descending on her like a hood over her head. "You—I thought you were dead." A reunion in New York City. Set post-NFA, spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS.

A fic involving an escape:

The Writing on the Wall by Holly [NC-17]

There was no body to bury. There was no funeral. There was nothing but the three rules and the knowledge that a thousand years of torment was nothing compared to a world without her in it. Spike embarks on a journey through the Gates of Hell to rescue the one he loves, but in order to save her, he must risk losing himself.

A fic set underground or underwater:

Ten Minutes by FlightsofFancy [R]

Buffy, alone, looking for Oz in the Initiative. She only has ten minutes. She finds someone else. Life of a hero, impossible odds.

A fic involving a road trip:

Ties to the World by honeygirl51885 [NC-17]

Spike is gone, but before he went out in a blaze of glory, he slipped a letter into Buffy’s pocket. That letter takes her on a road trip across America, visiting his ties to the world.

[jbk405]

I think I just shattered somebody's desperate effort to convince themself that the Buffy and Angel relationship wasn't weird.

I could tell they were struggling already since Angel's chronological age is so high, but they were really trying to accept the argument "The time spent as a vampire doesn't count since they 'lock in' at the age when they were turned". They were making a real effort to not come on too hostile.

When I mentioned that Angel was already 26 when he was sired it broke them.

I feel kinda bad, because I could see them putting in the work to take the romance at face value. It's a staple of vampire fiction and they didn't want to be a downer. But as soon as they realized it was a 26 year old man dating a high school girl it was over.

[iwillrememberyoumarathon]

IWRY Fic Marathon 2023: November Roundup

See our previous roundup for fanworks posted from November 1-15.

Day 16: I Know Those Eyes/This Man Is Dead by Greensword101 Summary: Him. It was him. Buffy knew it in her heart. Angel standing in the shop, browsing aisles. In broad daylight. When he looked up, his eyes widened a fraction before ducking down again. But Buffy knew those eyes anywhere. They were always with her on nights that she was forced to relive thrusting that sword into his chest. But why did he pretend not to know who she was? (Rated G. 1,533 words)

Day 17: Of Prophecies and True Love’s Kiss by UltramarineOrchid (@ultramarineorchid) Summary: Buffy’s no damsel but just this once Angel might be. -or- The kind-of-sort-of Sleeping Beauty retelling no one asked for. (Rated G. 2,050 words)

Day 18: The Red Gate by bluestarsandclouds (@bluestarsandclouds) Summary: All the times Buffy and Angel met up at the place in the middle. (Rated G. 3,185 words)

Day 19: Overexcited by AmorousGreen (@calenlily) Summary: The first time Buffy takes him in her hand, he pops a knot without meaning to. It’s a loss of control every bit as shameful as the demon coming forward the first time they’d kissed. He’s two hundred years old and he’s always prided himself on his discipline, he shouldn’t be embarrassing himself like an overeager schoolboy. (Pre-Surprise in an Omegaverse AU.) (Rated E. 1,223 words)

Day 20: Angelus's Mercy: Part Two by MCorey1317 Summary: Buffy can't seem to stop finding herself in these predicaments ... (Rated E. 7,804 words)

Day 21: Being Known by Kean (@keanherself) Summary: Buffy sees Angel on the cover of Snooped and a late night phonecall ensues. Set during the summer between S4 & S5 of Buffy and S1 & S2 of Angel. (Rated T. 3,392 words)

Day 22: Not Like Before by buffytargaryen (@buffy-targaryen) Summary: Angel offers to help Buffy with her Homecoming pictures. Pining ensues. (Rated G. 1,622 words)

Day 23: I Can't Remember by MeTheMermaid (@casenpoint) Summary: A week after The Hyperion burns to the ground, Angel shows up on Buffy's doorstep. With a heartbeat. If this is Buffy's greatest fantasy finally come true, why can't she shake the feeling that this is a bad thing? Buffy will have to decide if she can overcome their complicated past for the sake of their future. (Rated E. 6,986 words)

Day 24: Side Mission by Taaroko (@taaroko) Summary: Angel invites Buffy for a romantic evening of clearing demons of indeterminate origin out of a cave on the beach. Or, what I like to imagine would've happened if Angel had made an appearance in "The Puppet Show." (Rated T. 3,162 words)

Day 25: The Chosen Princess and the Shadow Knight by KairosImprimatur (@kairosimperative) Summary: Gather 'round to hear the tale of Summer's Princess, who set out from the land of Solandale to seek her destiny, to vanquish the Dark Master, and mayhapse to find her one true love and break the curse upon him. (Not rated. 2,362 words)

Day 26: the girl and the ash by claddaghrings (@bangelism) Summary: there is no cure. (Rated T. 2,152 words)

Day 27: Our Little Family by twinkielove6 Summary: Buffy is having trouble dealing with her emotions after coming back from the dead. She needs to get out of Sunnydale and away from her friends for a little while, so she turns to the only person she needs right now. Angel. Angel has a newborn, Connor, who quickly becomes Buffy's son as well. Angel's soul has been made permanent and the pair live out their little fairytale. (Rated G. 2,294 words)

Day 28: Can It Be Right to Give What I Can Give? by asoulofstars & blackdragonhellfire (@asoulofstars) Summary: By the time we see Buffy and Angel in "What's My Line?", they are a SOLID couple. They're happy and seem to be on the same page. So, how did they get there? Well, Eyghon prompted some emotions on both ends that needed to be addressed, and it gives them a chance to get past all of their overdramatics. Canon compliant missing scene between "The Dark Ages" and "What's My Line? (Part 1)". (Rated T. 1,445 words)

Day 29: An Aspect Of by GraceNM Summary: Just because Buffy’s looking in a mirror doesn’t mean she’s getting a true reflection. Angel tells her what he sees, and the effect she has on him. Post-Earshot. (Rated M. 2,314 words)

Day 30: Six Times Angel Lost Buffy And One Time He Didn't by aboutafox (@aboutafox) Summary: There are things you don't get used to. There are cycles you don't break. Until you do. (Rated T. 3,387 words)

Artworks

Bangel — I Will Remember You - gifset by @marie-moreaus

"So, no touching..." / "We stay in touch..." - photoedit by @oveliagirlhaditright

Buffy and Angel - Maybe If I Tell Myself Enough - video by @broke-me-into-pieces

Buffy and Angel - An Evening I Will Not Forget - video by @bluestarsandclouds

AtS 1.08 ♥ I Will Remember You - anniversary gifset by @liam-summers

"to live in this world you must be able to do three things..." - gifset by @sarahmichelegellar

Buffy and Angelus in Innocence - digital painting by @artsying-ifer

buffy and angel | work song - video by @bangelism

[merinsedai]

Day 26-crossover

From the sandtober prompts by @orionsangel86 😁

Another drawing that has taken me forever; another one I haven’t had the luxury of copying directly. Oh my, creativity is hard, drawing is hard😅

@linzod I hope you don’t mind me using a scene from your story for this prompt? Linzod’s Sandman/Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover, Slaying Nightmares, is absolutely wonderful and I urge everyone to go and read it and the sequel!

The developing friendship between Dream and Willow is particularly lovely and this is the scene that inspired this silly little sketch (from ch 6):

They have gathered up everything that they require and are walking out of the complex towards the vehicles when Dream feels a tug on his sleeve. He sees Willow at his elbow. He allows himself to slow down and asks, “What may I do for you Willow Rosenberg?”

Willow holds up a small red crystal on a silver chain and hands it to him. As he accepts it, he feels a surge of power flow from the object. He looks at her quizzically.

“I wanted to give you this. You see, we all feel bad about what we did capturing you and all, and I thought about how you were captured before. If an amateur like Burgess can do this, others with my level of training could as well. Since we both had a binding spell, I think that the cat may be out of the bag on that knowledge.”

Dream does not know where she is going with this, but decides to let his words ring out with kindness rather than distrust, “And?”

“Well, and, you don’t deserve that. It is wrong that magic can capture such an essential force in the universe, one that only supports us. So, I made this for you. I turned the summoning spell around a bit so if you wear this it will block any similar spell. So, you won’t have anyone capturing you again.”

Dream holds up the talisman, turning it this way and that. “This is an enormous demonstration of trust, Willow Rosenberg, and a gift of enormous magnitude. I owe you a boon for what you have provided me.”

[wolfstrong]

do 6 26 and 29

29 I just answered

6 is there/what is a song that you secretly love but you hate to admit it?

I’ll admit to liking anything I’m a strong warrior idgaf. Sometimes I like music because it’s bad. OH okay when I was first getting into the smiths I was so terrified to tell anyone actually. And for my birthday 2 years ago I asked for a smiths shirt and I was pretty embarrassed about it but that was a big step for me. Now. IDGAF. my guilty pleasure is maybe like sometimes I just get down with the most shit radio pop like just singing to Ed Sheeran and shit. Like I’d never purposefully turn on Ed Sheeran but if it’s playing I don’t really mind you know. I think Taylor swift is fine even some of the newer stuff, I kinda like cruel summer especially that part where she’s like “I LOVE YOU AINT THAT THE WORST THING YOU EVER HEARD?” Like… okay. So I guess radio pop but again I only listen to it if it’s just on during my ride to work.

26 Is there/what is a song that you always associate with a movie or tv show?

This one’s hard cuz like I just associate songs with movies if the song was in the movie so obviously like no one can hear all star without thinking shrek. I guess some songs that I have made AMVs to are forever linked to the media now for no reason. The biggest ones are out of touch by hall n oats which is now forever linked to Spock. I made a Chekov amv to “I wish” by skee lo and I don’t hear that song often but man when I do the Chekov thoughts come rushing back. And even tho I never made an amv to this I always wanted to make a Buffy amv to “I’m just a girl” so that one too.

[queenofthekings]

So today is the day; I'm finally 26.

While I don't wanna sound so cliché; but my life has changed so much in just a year. I'm 100% not the same person I was when I turned 25 and I'm happy to leave that chapter behind, I have never been more excited for the adventure 26 will bring me.

I have so many plans, so many people I want to meet and I feel truly blessed and grateful I've been given the opportunity to grow up and grow older with everyone here.

If you told me ten years ago I would be celebrating my 26th birthday surrounded by friends who truly have my best interests at heart, plans for the future and feel hope, I would've laughed in your face and told you I wouldn't make it past 18.

For the first time in my life, I feel hope that things are getting better and I couldn't be more happy, excited and grateful to be alive. And as egotistical as it sounds; I deserve to feel like this. After the shit I've lived through; I DESERVE HAPPINESS, I DESERVE TO LIVE, I DESERVE NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS.

It might be too early to say but in the words of Eddie Munson; it's finally my year.

I also made a playlist, basically songs I've been listening to all week and will have on repeat all day which you can find here if you guys wanna listen with me lol

[xfangheartx]

Summary- Blitzø and Stolas finally talk.

Preview:

 The weekend came by faster than Blitzø expected. Honestly, there was a part of him that really didn’t want to have this talk, but he knew it had to happen. He couldn’t just leave things alone and expect them to turn out fine… he had already made that mistake too many times.

  “Dad?”

  Blitzø glanced to his right, where Loona sat, and Buffy sat in the back, blinking at her father in concern.

  “Do you… want Buffy and me to go in with you?” asked Loona.

  “Yeah, maybe we can talk to Prince Stolas together,” said Buffy.

  “No, girls,” Blitzø said. “Look… Stolas just wants to talk to me, okay? I don’t want him to feel like he’s being ganged up on.”

  “Well… can we at least go in to say hi to Via?” asked Buffy.

  “You can if you want,” Blitzø replied, “but Stolas and I want our privacy, you understand?”

  “Yes, sir,” Buffy nodded.

  “And girls,” Blitzø began, “whatever happens… just know that it’s nothing you did and it’s nothing you can fix, okay? If Stolas and I decide that we shouldn’t be together… then that’s the way things are.” He sighed as he gripped the steering wheel. “Even if it sucks…”

  “We’ll be here for you, Dad,” said Buffy.

  “Yeah,” Loona nodded. “We promise.”

  “Thanks, girls,” said Blitzø before he looked up at Stolas’s palace, then took a deep breath before he opened the door and stepped out of the van. Loona and Buffy stepped out, as well, and followed him up the steps. As they did, Blitzø could feel his heart race inside his chest, and every breath felt too short and tight, causing him to clutch at it tightly.

  That’s when Buffy reached down and gently held his hand, and Loona placed a hand on his shoulder, causing him to look up at his daughters, who both smiled at him in reassurance… and seeing those smiles caused him to smile back and nod gratefully. Soon, Buffy reached up and knocked on the door, and after a tense moment, Octavia opened it.

  “Oh, hey,” she greeted.

  “Hi, Via,” Buffy greeted back.

  “How’s it goin’?” Loona asked.

  “I’m… I’m doing okay,” Octavia answered. “I mean… I could be better.”

  Blitzø couldn’t help but feel like someone dropped a lead brick in his stomach and it fell right out his ass. Seeing Octavia like this, all sullen and withdrawn reminded him of how she was the day he met her. While she didn’t seem to have that resentment in her eyes that she had before, he could see something else that, to him, was just as bad, if not worse: disappointment.

  “Uh… where’s your dad?” Blitzø asked.

  “Upstairs in his room,” said Octavia. “He’s waiting for you, Mister Blitz.”

  “Thanks,” said Blitzø as he made his way inside. “And you girls can sit together and chat about… you know… teenage girl stuff.”

  That did get a small snort from Octavia, and that did get Blitzø to smile… if only for a little bit.

  As he made his way upstairs and walked through the long, winding hallways… he stopped for a brief moment as he spotted something out of his peripheral eye: the room with the chandelier. Blitzø’s heart dropped even deeper the moment he spotted it covered by the black silk tarp… and he could almost hear the laughter of his childhood self in the room echoing from within.

  This once beautiful, glistening room had lost its splendor and had become nothing but a place to gather dust.

  “Hello, Blitz.”

  Blitzø tensed as he turned around… and there was Stolas. The prince towered over him, just as he always did, and the way the light from the windows shone off him cast his shadow over the imp. However, as Blitzø looked up at the owl, he noticed that his red eyes glowed with a deep, heavy sadness… and guilt.

  No… not guilt. He didn’t want him to feel guilty. He didn’t want Stolas to feel bad… not for something he did.

  “…Hi, Stol’s,” said Blitzø, glancing away and refusing to make eye contact with him… and that made Stolas’s heart sink.

  He hated seeing him like this… seeing the imp he loved so dearly feel as if he couldn’t even look at him. He wanted so desperately for him to speak… to look at him and feel like he could be safe with him. He didn’t want him to do this, again: build up his walls and shut him out.

  “Blitz,” Stolas said. “Come with me… please.”

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, December 3rd

DOYLE: So that's it then? That's your exciting plan for this evening? A book? ANGEL: I get enough excitement. DOYLE: Yeah - of the evil-fighting variety. How about a little off-duty fun? ANGEL: Such as? DOYLE: (pushes Angel's feet off the desk and sits down on the edge) Two beautiful words: Sports Bar! Angel gives him a look, turns his chair so he can put his feet back up on the other corner of the desk and goes back to reading his book. DOYLE: Come on! You know they have Trivia games on the Internet now? You can challenge against drunks around the world.

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Two Steps Back by a2zmom (Buffy/Angel, E)

The Perfidious Spell by Anonymous (Buffy/Willow, M)

Merry Month of Magnus Presents... Santa Baby! by all_choseny (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Do You Trust Me? by Grief Counseling (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Your Opinion Wasn’t In the Recipe by honeygirl51885 (Buffy/Spike, G)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Blood and Chaos, Chapter 66 by Aetheron, quote_Amy_unquote (Sannah_banana) (Amy, M)

With Arms Wide Open, Chapter 19 by jaybird023 (Buffy/Giles, E)

The Scoobies, Chapter 8 by heckate (Ensemble, T)

Lyin Eyes, Chapter 6 by ValMccall797 (Buffy/Angel, E)

Moments that Make You: The Hero and The Princess, Chapter 100 by myheadsgonenumb (Cordelia/Doyle, T)

Gemini, Chapter 4 by BuildMeUpButtercup_x (Buffy/Angel, M)

Eurotrip, Chapter 9 (complete!) by RavenLove12 (Buffy/Spike, M)

Strings, Chapter 13 by aliceinwonderbra (Buffy/Faith, E)

Her Old Fashioned Boy, Chapter 17 by Bobbie23 (Giles/Jenny, T)

Breaking Broken Hearts, Chapter 6 by Jess_Ann_Perreault (Jenny/OC, T)

is it over now? Chapter 5 (complete!) by ripslayer (Buffy/Faith, G)

Every Rose, Chapter 5 by sunalso (Buffy/Spike, E)

Agency Has It's Price, Chapter 2 by desicat (Buffy/Spike, M)

Advent Calendiles, Chapter 3 by HAL1500 (Giles/Jenny, G)

Love Bites, Chapter 1 by cawthraven (Buffy/Spike, E)

Disease, Chapter 1 by guin_ramble (Buffy/Giles, E)

Crash and Burn, Chapter 26 by NautiBitz (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Bound, Chapter 54 by RavenLove12 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

New Normal, Chapter 28 by holetoledo (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)

Dead End Plots, Chapter 25 (complete!) by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Not Just a Boy and a Girl (It's Just the End of the World), Chapter 2 by noctilucent (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Home Sweet Home, Chapter 5 by Desicat (Buffy/Spike, PG)

Agency Has It's Price, Chapter 2 by Desicat (Buffy/Spike, R)

The joining of souls, Chapter 6 by delfine (Buffy, Lord of the Rings crossover, FR13)

A Very Summers Winter, Chapter 3 by VeroNyxK84 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Spuffy's Little Helper, Chapter 3 by Alyot (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Slay Bells Ringing, Chapter 3 by all_choseny (Buffy/Spike, PG)

Crash and Burn, Chapters 15-19 (complete!) by NautiBitz (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

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Game art: I made Sunnydale [in Animal Crossing] by Outrageous_Ad_2888

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Sensible shoes? by By-Torandsnowdog

Slayers are strongers than vamps…sooooooo by TheEbolaArrow

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Spike was a massive creep in season 5 by Eagles56

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Prompts and requests!!!

Okay so requests are open so keep sending them in!!! Here are some prompts, and characters I write for, let me know what you want to see next.

you can send in original ideas too!

Send requests with the prompt and the character you want to see it with.

Prompts:

1. “You’re being all cute and sweet and it’s making me want to kiss you.”

2. “You said you liked _____, like a month ago so I bought it for you.”

3. “Can I braid your hair!?” “Absolutely not.” “Pleeeeeassse” ends up braiding their hair.

4. “Who did this to you?”

5. “You don’t deserve someone like that.”

6. “Are you jealous?”

7. Reunited after a war

8. Taking care of each other when they’re sick

9. “Please don’t cry.”

10. “Did you just lick me?”

11. “Say the words and I’m yours.”

12. “Do you ever miss us?”

13. “Just….please, h-hold my hand for a bit. I’m scared.”

14. Slow dancing by a fire.

15. “If even half that blood is yours, you need to sit down.”

16. Trying to study but they keep distracting you

17. Cuddling on the couch for the first time, every touch is electric, it’s awkward it’s new, etc.

18. Person B discovering person A has been abused in the past.

19. Person B is insecure about their scars, person A makes them feel better about this.

20. Sunshine x black cat

21. “I trust you.”

22. “You’re staring!”

23. “I like seeing you happy.”

24. They kiss “I’ve been waiting to do that for ____ years.”

25. “Are you nervous?”

26. “Are you cold?” “No.” Gives them their jacket anyway.

27. “You are everything to me! Don’t you see that!?”

28. “You told me you were okay! You promised!”

29. “Where did you get those bruises?”

30. “You should’ve been here! With me!”

31. “I love you!”

32. “Wait!…..stay.”

33. “I want to stop loving you but I can’t! I close my eyes and all I dream about is you!”

34. “As you wish.”

35. “Goodbye.” They whisper with tears in their eyes and a cracking voice.

36. “Are you up?”

38. Watches their lover die

39. “You’re more than a one night stand….you know that.”

40. “Why can’t you just love me back?!”

41. “Letting you go was the hardest thing I have ever had to do.”

42. “Can’t you see that I’m trying?”

43. “How long?”

44. “Look me in the eye and tell me you never loved me…say it!”

45. “You still have sleepy stuff in your eyes.”

46. “Okay sleeping beauty it’s bedtime, I’ve got you.”

47. “You smell nice.”

48. Tickling each other

49. “If I could hold you in public I don’t think I’d ever let go.”

50. “God here- just hold my hand.”

51. Person A “Well you could-“

Person B “if you suggest I sit in your lap I’ll hit you.”

Franchises I write for:

Stranger things

Game of thrones

Friends

The summer I turned pretty

Harry Potter

IT

The last of us

Marvel

I am not okay with this

Outer banks

Kingsman

Heartstopper

That 70s show

The hunger games

Buffy the vampire slayer

(I will write for any character from the above franchises)

Characters I love to write:

(To give you some ideas)

Steve Harrington

Eddie Munson

Max mayfield

Robin Buckley

Robb stark

Jon snow

Chandler Bing

Jeremiah fisher

Harry Potter

Hermione granger

The Weasley twins

Richie Tozier

Beverly marsh

Joel miller

Ellie Williams

Thor

Captain America

Peter Parker/ Spider-Man

Peter quill

Stanley barber

JJ Maybank

Eggsy

Nick Nelson

Eric foreman

Micheal kelso

Steven Hyde

Peeta Mellark

Spike

Angel

Feel free to send in requests without prompts too!

I am open to writing for ships within those franchises too!!

Can’t wait to write!!!!! Send in those requests!!!!

Love to anyone who reads my work❤️

[kiss-my-freckle]

Anna was described as a stalker towards Jeremy but Stefan was never described as one towards Elena. In season 6 Alaric and Jeremy joked that Damon was stalking Elena for wanting to see her after he came back alive. Also I've seen people use the "You're overage and it's kind of creepy," line after Damon discouraged her from drinking at the school line to slam Delena even if they ship age gap pairings like Elejah and Klaroline. Besides Elijah being physically the same age as Damon those same fans say Elijah grabbing Elena in 2x15 when she was 17 meant he was sexually attracted to her while blindly hating on Delena. Caroline declined daydrinking publicly at the Grill when Klaus offered to get her a drink since she was under drinking age and added there were too many prying eyes and that she didn't want to be a high school cautionary tale at the next PTA meeting, to which Klaus smirked while saying that it's great the high school part is nearly over but he isn't viewed as a creep. I saw a Klaroline fan argue that Caroline was 18 (while claiming Stefan is 17 to only slam Damon as a creep and Caroline turned at 17) and falsely claim that Klaus is physically 20 so age appropriate for Caroline even though he's not and is physically 23; Kol is physically 20. Klaus doesn't even pass for that age and has always carried himself like an adult past that stage of life instead of pretending like Stefan. Klarotrash fans also claim that Alaric is a bigger creep than Klaus for being into Caroline since Klaus gew up in a time where a man of his age being interested in a 17 year old (since he met Caroline 6 episodes before her 18th and said she was pretty before then) was normal. Even though I hate Calaric and think they have no chemistry I hate how most fans of this show get carried away with their emotional bias in interpreting this show that they hate other fans who won't forcefully accept their demented logic where they slam one couple for age. Many Stelena fans ship Bangel even though Angel first saw Buffy when she was 15 and he's physically 26 and slept with her when she was 17 but use that dialogue of Elena's to hate on Delena.

Stelena has a lot in common with the Jeremy/Anna ship. That's why I love Ghost World for its symbolism. Stefan stalking Elena for the sake of entering her life and dating her is a lot different than Damon wanting to see his girlfriend after returning from the prison world. The writers pulled a triple with Katherine, Stefan, and Damon. That's why I love their soundtrack in 2x1, Come Home by OneRepublic. It's all-inclusive.

Fans can say what they want, but humanity Elena defended Damon's relationship with Caroline despite their age, and Caroline is the same age as Elena. Their 18th birthdays are ten episodes apart. Their drinking scenes are according to their ages because by law, drinking age is 21. Like Elena, Carol didn't have a problem with Damon dating Caroline. Liz and Bonnie were the only two people that did. Alaric and Damon chat about the drinking at Elena's birthday party because none of them are 21. No one had a problem with Damon dating Elena because she was 18 when they technically started dating. While considered adult age, she wasn't old enough to drink, but she was old enough to choose her own boyfriend no matter his age. Fans get extremely carried away with their emotional bias. While drinking is a legal issue, some adults allow their teens to drink. Is Alaric really gonna stop everyone from drinking at Elena's birthday party, and if not, isn't it better for them to drink with him there so that he's able to stop them from driving under the influence?

[angeldcgs]

closed: @thcophagy who: buffy bloom, she/her, 26, bisexual, adult film star/exotic dancer

the first time mickey paid the seedy little club buffy had been dancing at since she moved to hollywood a visit, all the rest of the dancers had erupted into a flurry of excited whispers, gossiping about who he was— or, more importantly, who his family was. given its location, celebrity clients were nothing unusual, but they were used to washed up, middle aged, d-list has-beens chasing the thrill of their former careers. rarely ever did they get someone so fresh faced, with their whole career ahead of them, and a whole lot of generational wealth to blow on whichever walking pair of tits caught their attention first. practically every girl working that night had tried their luck to get his attention, or that of his friends, but buffy didn't feel the need to throw her hat in the ring. she had plenty of regulars that kept her living comfortably enough, and she happened to know that rich folks like him were some of the cheapest. despite her lack of effort, she couldn't help but notice the way his eyes were glued her performance the entire time she was on the main stage, a few of his bills finding their way into her g-string, but he and his party had left that night without much fanfare, and she figured that'd be the end of it. it must've been at least a week or two before he reappeared, slipping in without drawing attention to himself and sidling up next to her at the bar as buffy was taking her customary mid-shift tequila shots, her eyes shifting to briefly glance his way. "ya' want a dance 'r somethin'?" she asked without even looking at him, her voice flat and devoid of the usual sugar she sprinkled in to sweeten the deal. after downing her third and final shot, she finally turned to fully face him, merely going through the motions rather than trying to feign enthusiasm.

[resplendentdare]

So I did it; I finally turned 26 (it's the 17th for me rn so it counts hush) and because it's my birthday, I think I'm allowed to be a little sappy lol

Joining this community has honestly saved me. Beforehand, I was completely lost and ready to just give up on Tumblr as a whole, go back to being who I was before the whole "Buffy" persona (sorry to disappoint but Buffy is indeed just a nickname, my parents didn't name me that lol).

I know I haven't been here as long as everyone else, but you've all made me feel more accepted and loved than I ever have in any other community/fandom I've been apart of.

I truly feel as if I can be myself here and around you guys and I will be eternally grateful that you've all welcomed me and Saskia with open arms, even if I can be massively annoying at 4am and Saskia is a massive asshole for absolutely no reason.

If I could, I would thank and hug every single one of you and thank you in person but I hope this is close enough; @edhellfire @chrissyfied @havvkinsqueen @nanlanmo @talesfromthevoiid @kaslives @alwaysthesitter @hawkinsoutcasts + everyone I've met and interacted with on here <3

You guys have given me hope and ignited a love of life I haven't had in years and you can hold me to this but next year, I will meet every single one of you and hug you (if my extreme Britishness doesn't annoy you first).