#sparkagency

[jennycalendar]

"what are we thinking? any sparkage?"

surprise is up next in my btvs watch and as an enjoyer of the soft silly first scooby romances, i am in my feelings. made this to process said feelings.

[saltyseagoat83]

oh girl you know I wanna know everything you can share about your Eleven/Gareth fic 😜

lol I know 😝

Okay. Here's what I've got for the overall plot for this one.

This one is set post-season 4. Vecna was successfully defeated. Sullivan and his goons were made to disappear, and higher ups decided to leave El tf alone after Vecna. Eddie survives, and Steve uses family connections to get his name cleared and charges pinned on Jason. The Byers clan plus (obviously) El remain in Hawkins aside from Joyce, Hopper, Jonathan, and Argyle going back to see what can be salvaged from the California house.

Mike starts getting back on his bullshit as things start calming down, and El... with some gentle encouragement from Nancy and Robin, and less gentle very fucking blunt encouragement from Max and Erica... permadumps his ass which makes him go into 'sulky little bitch poor me' mode. Erica, Dustin, and Lucas introduce El and Will to the rest of Hellfire. Instant liking, Eddie immediately adopts El and Will whether they join Hellfire or not. Some sparkage with Gareth and El. Will is a little salty at first over how Dustin, Mike, and Lucas had so readily joined the club when they didn't want to play D&D with him at all the previous summer but joins up anyway... after apologies from Dustin and Lucas b/c Mike's a brat and wouldn't acknowledge his wrongdoing. El is more hesitant when she's invited to try it out too because Mike lied to her yet again at some point prior when she expressed interest and told her D&D was only for boys (which made no sense to her because 'boy' vs 'girl' toys/play etc were never a thing at the lab). When she learns of the lie, she decides to join in out of spite. Mike is predictably a little shit about it, but it's okay because Eddie banishes him from Hellfire as soon as he finds out about the lie, until Mike gets his head out of his ass and makes amends.

Gareth increasingly dislikes Mike the more he learns little by little about how he treated El during their relationship and is determined to woo her and show her how a guy ought to treat a girl, especially one he's romantically interested in. He'd take his time, not wanting to rush her into anything like Mike did, and wanting to develop a solid friendship before actively pursuing her romantically. And El wants to show Gareth she appreciates it all and is interested in him too and starts reciprocating little by little in her own way, with advice from Joyce, Eddie, and Nancy mainly, and a bit from Robin, Steve, and Dustin. [Because we know Max isn't the sappy type, and Erica's got zero interest in dating anyone that we know of.] Not sure yet exactly how Gareth will find out about El's superpowers, but when he does he'll think it's the coolest thing ever and never make her feel like even a little bit of a monster/freak/abnormal about them. Ofc he'd keep the secret too, because he'd want to help her stay safe as best he can.

[thosedangnuns]

Hi folks my name is thosedangnuns and I'm new to Tumblr! I thought today I'd share some of the things I love about warrior nun - I hope you'll all agree with my viewpoint here 😇 that...

Beatrice should have left Ava for Lucia (bar girl)

First - some negatives : While Ava and Beatrice have some kind of a connection (I guess?) it doesn’t appear to be a particularly healthy one. Often, they fight.

In fact it seems most of their closeness is actually just due to shared trauma. Aside from said trauma there isn’t really a ‘spark’ there - Bea in particular is mostly uninterested.

Despite that, Ava persists. Here she is trying to gaslight Beatrice with guilt.

And here she is making Beatrice feel bad about being a good friend - and for caring about her?

Here she is trying to take advantage of Beatrice (a nun!) by getting her drunk. Does this look like a good roommate? Like a good friend?

And finally, here Ava combines the two - a guilt trip and rampant alcoholism (plus the vulnerably eyes) - into one soul crushing blow.

When we meet Lucia, however, we can immediately see how empathetic she is, how she sees Beatrice’s struggle. How she UNDERSTANDS Beatrice and what she's going through.

Immediately, we see Ava on the defensive - jealous, possessive, and downright mean.

Despite knowing Lucia for just seconds, Beatrice is ready to open up to her. Perhaps it’s because they share something in common? Troubled, alcoholic friends in their past?

And unlike Ava, Lucia listens to Beatrice, offering kind and loving advice. There’s already a bond growing. Actual sparkage. From BOTH sides.

Then in a classic, heartbreaking, example of a ‘cry for help’ - Beatrice tells Lucia how she feels TRAPPED by Ava. And rather than fight. Rather than argue. Lucia comforts.

Meanwhile Ava, watching form afar, threatens Beatrice by making Beatrice's least favourite drink, an Irish coffee.

Recognizing the implied threat, and knowing that their short time together might be at an end, Lucia - thinking of Beatrice, not of herself - chooses to offer some kind words. To lift her up.

...instead of knocking her down, like Ava might.

In the midst of this moment of compassion - of tenderness - Ava’s boy-toy Miguel arrives.

And Ava (taking a cue from a departed member of the wn fandom) fakes a medical emergency for attention, then prepares to drag Beatrice away from what might be the love of Beatrice’s life.

Realizing that their moment is over, Lucia offers some final words to Beatrice, who thanks her quickly not knowing (not being used to) how to respond to such kindness.

In short I think that the wn fandom has been blinded by Ava’s (admitted) good looks and (questionable) charm.

Completely ignoring the fact that while Beatrice has been trying to rebuff Ava’s advances for like a season and a half.

And in the end... It took Lucia all of like 90 seconds to break down Beatrice’s closely guarded walls, and it’s grossly selfish and unfair of Ava to deny Beatrice a chance to be with what could be the love of her life. - Thank you for reading my innocent warrior nun thoughts please read a little more about Lucia (Ella Kweku) here. And check out the original tweeting of this piece here. It's lovely being here on Tumblr you all have made me feel very welcome 🤗!

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It's just a lil contact sparkage, it's still good it's still good

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, July 11, Part I

BUFFY: Hey, Mister Passive-Aggressive Guy. Seriously, you wanna take it down a notch or two in there? SPIKE: What, poor dainty Richard can't take a joke? BUFFY: We do not joke about eating people in this house! SPIKE: What are you gonna do, beat me up again? BUFFY: I should have thrown you out the second you got here. I was insane to ever think you could just hang out with my friends. SPIKE: And *I* was insane to think... No, wait. You were right. *You're* insane.

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Inside His Shell (Buffy/Faith, T) by madimpossibledreamer

Together Before the Stars (Spike/Dawn, G) by apachefirecat

pomegranate (Ensemble, T) by jenny-calendar

Pillow Fight (Buffy/Spike, G) by cawthraven

Kill It With Fire (Buffy/Spike, G) by cawthraven

Captain on the Deck (Buffy/Spike, G) by cawthraven

Fool For Love (Buffy/Spike, G) by cawthraven

Out of Hand (Buffy/Spike, G) by JustWriter

Sparkage (Buffy/Spike, T) by sunshine-of-my-lifetime

ought to be simple enough (Buffy/Spike, T) by sunshine-of-my-lifetime

gotta grin when it feels this right (Buffy/Spike, T) by sunshine-of-my-lifetime

A Vampire's Guide to Dating the Slayer: Impress Her Father (Buffy/Spike, G) by the_big_bad

Head Over Feet (Buffy/Spike, T) by FoolForSpuffy

I Promise, No Cake (Buffy/Spike, T) by Joan963z

Evil Doesn‛t Rest (Buffy/Spike, G) by Joan963z

Getting His Evil Back (Buffy/Spike, G) by Joan963z

Of Cookies & Crumbs (Buffy/Spike, M) by eternallyec

A Case of Kidnapping (Buffy/Spike, T) by Zab Jade

Smashed (Buffy/Spike, T) by Nikkilou2026

Step to the past (Buffy/Spike, T) by Nikkilou2026

By Dawn's Early Light (Buffy, Dawn, Joyce, T, LotR xover) by grundy

[Chaptered Fiction]

There Should Be Groveling - Ch. 10 (Buffy/Spike, M) by slaymesoftly

The Director gets Caged (Angel, Cordelia, T, Mortal Kombat xover) by Aragorn_II_Elessar

Wesley's Musical Extravaganza or How My Polycule Keeps Dragging Me Into Musicals (And How I Secretly Enjoy Them) Ch. 6 (Fred/Gunn/Wesley, T) by JamesTheIceQueen

Dissension Ch. 1-48/48 (COMPLETE) (Giles/OC, E) by VolcanicThread

Fathers And Daughters Ch. 15 (Ensemble, M) by ttfan111robstar1

Chain of Ascension Ch. 1-74/74 (COMPLETE) (Multiple Xander pairings, E) by GraeFoxx

Doing my best to get back to you (Ain’t nothing I’d rather do) Ch. 3 (Buffy/Spike, M) by My_Barbaric_Yawp

Twist of Fate Ch. 13 (Ensemble, T) by Bl4ckHunter

Fathers Ch. 24 (Buffy/Faith, M) by Forgotten Conscience

Five Dollars, Same As In Town Ch. 25 (Faith, T) by michael t

I Can Be Brave For You Ch. 10 (Xander/Cordelia, M) by Jennifer Schumacher

Goodbye, Hello, Ch. 6 (Buffy/Angel, T) by GSMVRU

Dream, Chapter 25-29 (Buffy/Spike, ) by Dusty

Becoming Us, Chapter 41-44 (Buffy/Spike, E) by BewitchedXx

Castle Shenanigans , Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Teuntje

Doing my best to get back to you (Ain‛t nothing I‛d rather do), Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, M) by fortes775

The Art of Dying, Chapter 7-8 (Buffy/Spike, M) by disco-tea

To Still Be Wanting You, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, ) by simmony

Through the Years, Chapter 10-11 (Buffy/Spike, E) by DarkVoid116

Neon, Chapter 12-17 (Buffy/Spike, M) by ClowniestLivEver

You Drive Me Out Of My Mind, Chapter 32 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Geliot99

Under The Rubble, Chapter 32 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Geliot99

The Text Message Memories of Buffy & Spike, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Julikobold

The stories we could tell, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Julikobold

The (bad) Poems of William S. Pratt, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Julikobold

Reweaving Time, Chapter 11 (Buffy/Spike, ) by Joan963z

Ephemera, Chapter 17-18 (Buffy/Spike, E) by HappyWhenItRains

To Still Be Wanting You, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, E) by simmony

Sometimes, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Electric Heart

Scenes from the FAA-Verse, Chapter 21-22 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Willow25

Jigsaw, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Dusty

Castle Shenanigans , Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Teuntje

Welcome Home, Chapter 1-2 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Joan963z

Part of the Family, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Harlow Turner

Don't Fall for Rock Stars, Chapter 2-3 (Buffy/Spike, E) by scratchmeout

The Alphabet of Spuffy, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, T) by VeroNyxK84

Bring Him Home , Chapter 27 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Acb6293

Rules of the Road , Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, E) by honeygirl51885

Word of the Day, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Nupalie

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[kitkatt0430]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗

Survivor's Guilt - (Fandom: The Flash) Harrison Wells survives night of the car accident Eobard Thawne caused, but Tess Morgan still dies. Of course, no one knows that last part yet. In which Eobard Thawne spends fifteen years as Tess, from Harrison's PoV. Eventually Harrison Wells/Tina McGee/Jerry McGee.

I found Jerry McGee in the various wikis about the comics while looking for more info on Tina and brought him in here where he became a chaotic, closeted bi who cannot sit in chairs properly to save his life. OG Harrison goes through a lot, but he winds up happy in the end. Has a prequel from Eobard's PoV and a sequel from Harrison's PoV for parts of S2 where E2 Tess Wells shows up in place of Harry.

Through The Looking Glass - (Fandom: Tales of Vesperia) Brave Vesperia is doing a job for the Empire, helping to clean up an old lab run by Alexei's allies and wind up accidentally rewriting history in the process.

First in a series about the timeline Yuri finds himself in where he never existed. Until now, that is. It's unfinished for now, but I want to work on it more as I've got a lot of plans for it. The world may be a dystopia run by Alexei now, but Yuri is bringing hope to the world - but arguably he's the person who needs hope the most...

The Comeback Queen - (Fandom: Supergirl) Part 2 of an ongoing series. In which Leslie gets her powers, but doesn't become a villain. Because, quite frankly, flirting with Supergirl is more fun than villainy anyway.

Livewire is a character I liked way back when I was a kid watching the Superman Animated Series. So I loved seeing her on Supergirl. And there was some definite sparkage between her and Kara. I may like Kara/Lena best, but Kara/Leslie is definitely a fun ship too.

Unexpected - (Fandom: Arrow) Tommy's jealousy over Laurel and Oliver's lingering feelings for each other swerves in an unexpected direction when he learns Oliver's in love with him too. Tommy/Laurel with pre-Tommy/Laurel/Oliver

Tommy is a disaster here realizing that he may be bi after all, Laurel is finally learning to move on from her grief over Sara thanks to her love for Tommy, and Oliver is being his usual, reckless self. Tales place during Season 1, starting with the poorly thought out double data involving Helena and continues through to the Christmas Party Snafu.

Scientific Method - (Fandoms: Arrow, The Flash) A rewrite of the two parter from Arrow S2, where Barry is introduced. Now with Tommy not being dead, Barry attending the party as Oliver's plus one instead of Felicity's, Oliver getting the infamous 'I'm sure he penetrates just fine' line, and Thea learning her brother is a vigilante from Oliver which goes a ways towards alleviating the trust issues that would have given Malcolm an in with her in canon.

Started off as an idea for a short fic rewriting just the party and expanded because I decided Tommy was alive and suddenly I was fleshing out a much bigger plot. I have plans for this series that'll take it into S1 of the Flash and tie in to at least one Batman movie, but I haven't even gotten to the fic about their New Years shenanigans or the traumatizing events of the Accelerator Incident (now pushed back to taking place in the first week of 2014 instead of the last few weeks of 2013 like in canon).

[cecelia-ellarious]

I’m only on chapter 7, and I do not want spoilers, but I really was expecting that Lancelot would actually be the only LI for Guinevere. Like, yes, you’re engaged to Arthur/Artura, but there wouldn’t be any sparkage

BUT THERE IS

SHE’S GORGEOUS

AND THERE IS SO MUCH SPARKAGE

:sob:

BUT THEN THERE”S LANCELOT!  AND SHE’S GORGEOUS! AND SPARKAGE!

AND I STILL CAN’T DECIDE!!!!! I WANT BOTH DAMNIT! I WANT

BOTH!

[velvethopewrites]

This week’s fic is a fun one and a bit meta (as well as being a bit reversed) -

Are you writing from the heart? By LuckshiptoShore

Summary:

Castiel Novak's a writer who's waiting for his big break. His last book didn't sell, so now he's doing work for hire, ghostwriting the next in a series of ridiculous horror novels about two hot brothers who hunt monsters together. It’s pretty popular, and the fans are desperate for the next instalment — which is a problem, because the guy who usually writes them just up and vanished a couple of months ago. He left behind a signed contract and the outline for the next two stories, so the publisher’s been looking for someone else who could pick up where Chuck left off. And that's Cas.

So he heads to a cafe to get the words out ... and that's where he meets Dean, a smartass wannabe comedian who's working on his stand-up set. Cas is straight, obviously, but there's something about this guy that he's fascinated with. The two of them strike up a friendship ... and soon the world Cas is writing and the world he's living in begin to get mixed up.

Sometimes you're writing what you know without even realizing it ...

I know we all love a good bi-Dean freak out. But I always sort of dig stories that have it the other way - what if Castiel *thinks* he’s straight? What this fic does quite well and quite humorously is answer that very question.

Dean and Cas become friends (although right from the start there is sparkage) and help each other with their chosen forms of creative endeavors. Writing for Cas and stand up comedy for Dean (not as off as you’d think, actually, Dean is, after all, hilarious).

Cas keeps getting sucked into Dean’s orbit as he’s trying to write the Supernatural books and it’s so much fun to watch him stumble and flail around - why does he keep spending time with this man, with his green green eyes and his kissable lips? Not that Cas would kiss him because you know, he’s straight, your Honor. Hmm. Also, why has he never noticed he’s attracted to freckles? Dean has freckles. But that’s beside the point.

What you have here is a lovely fic full of wink, wink, nudge, nudge moments and lots of nods to canon and there are lots of nods to what it feels like to be a writer. I ate it up with a spoon. The fic is often very funny, very emotional and very Dean and Cas. And when Cas finally gives in to all those feelings Dean stirs up in him? Whoa boy, hold onto your hats. Five out of Five Bees for being fantastic:

🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

This fic also gets bonus points for using Crowley in the best, hilarious way - he’s perfectly cutting and sarcastic and God, I could hear Mark Shepard’s voice in my head the whole time I was reading him. Fantastic characterization. 💗

omg it’s FAN FICTION FRIDAY

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[fagsex]

i really liked the in universe inclusion of 'sparks' and how they work, and something really interesting was the epilogue bit with mobile where wallace panicked shouts 'sparks are real?!' implying he wasnt being a Total (partial not total) dbag with telling todd there werent sparks because they legitimately may not have appeared for him the way they did for todd. ramona and scott have mutual sparkage as do gordon/gideon and julia i believe but that little interjection where he seems confused makes the whole concept of the sparks really neat...!

[saltyseagoat83]

Untitled Steve/chrissy fic please 👀

Sure thing!

I'm not writing in a linear fashion on this one quite yet because I keep wavering along the spectrum from season 2 after the Nancy debacle on Halloween up through a little before the start of season 4 for the timeline. And this is one of my newer brainbabies so I have a very generalized outline for it that I'm working out as I go and constantly changing the specifics of.

But the basic plot: Steve and Chrissy know each other fairly well through both athletics and both being from rich families in a small town. They've always been on friendly terms but never super close. Even during his 'reign' as King Steve, he would have looked out for all the girls at his parties as best he could. He would have kept the rougher ones on the basketball team from harassing any of the girls too much, made sure everyone and the girls in particular had safe rides home or a safe place to sleep at his house, etc. He'd have especially disliked Jason for how relentlessly he went after Chrissy and generally being a manipulative self righteous sanctimonious little prick who is also a hypocrite b/c he chases after girls to get laid on the sly while pretending 'purity'. What Steve doesn't know (at first) is that Jason's parents are pushing him at Chrissy, and Chrissy's mother encourages it and pushes her to accept Jason's advances because she has a very detailed plan for Chrissy's life... picture-perfect stereotypical teen movie Americana stuff. Cheerleader captain high school sweethearts with an up and coming basketball star tagged as the next captain, eventual marriage and babies, no college for Chrissy and no career outside of 'wife and mother' for her, etc.

Regardless of the canon point I go with, Chrissy and Steve will become closer as friends first. Steve will start to heal from the Nancy heartbreak, and Chrissy will begin opening up more. She'll tell Steve about her home life, how she used to love cheerleading but doesn't like it anymore because she's never been allowed to even try any other activities and she isn't allowed to quit the squad, about her ED, about her dreams and goals and the like, how she feels trapped in her life. He'll help her make better friends, and help her start to heal from the abuses of her mother which the willful blindness of her father enables. Chrissy's mother isn't thrilled by the friendship because Steve encourages Chrissy to explore her own interests, pursue her own dreams, stand up for herself, etc while Jason basically is a young male Laura Cunningham and aids/abets in keeping Chrissy pushed down emotionally and in terms of self-esteem, confidence, etc and thus under Laura's control. She's even less thrilled by the increasing closeness, strengthening bond, and sparkage between Chrissy and Steve. But she tolerates it on the surface because the Harringtons are richer, more respected in the community, and more influential than the Carvers while also trying to find ways to sabotage it all on the sly and force Chrissy to accept Jason, despite how much better Steve is than Jason and how much better he treats Chrissy, and does things like humiliate Chrissy in front of Steve with hopes of Steve dropping her because she really likes having control over Chrissy and knows Steve constantly undermines that control intentionally or not (and yeah it's mostly intentional b/c Laura's as big an asshole as Papa Harrington is and Chrissy deserves better).

While she won't end up getting Vecnad, Chrissy will have brushes with the Upside Down and will be taught to fight physically (maybe Nancy will even befriend her and teach her to shoot a gun), which will help her with gaining confidence in herself and learning to stand up to her mother in other ways.

[iwantsomefries]

Oh my god I’m so glad I found this because this is so important.

Before I start, Nintendo has had a pretty transphobic past with Birdo/Birdette and all. People instantly thinking they’re pandering because they don’t believe the greedy multi-million dollar company had a Grinch’s “heart-grew-three-times-as-large” moment is not unreasonable. Despite that, no, your first response shouldn’t be “token-pandering,” but that’s more to do with conservatives painting it as such than the topic of actual tokenization, and should be an internal question you ask yourself to why you think about it that way.

As for token pandering, it IS a thing, but people water down the term because they hate anything rainbow or not white so they claim something is tokenized to avoid acknowledging this newly accepted thing in media as real, plain and simple. People SHOULD call out shitty practices that big companies do because they know it’s what is accepted in the media. Republicans and conservatives are gonna get mad either way, but that shouldn’t excuse companies basically doing nothing to protect the minority groups that they represent within their medias when they use them as shiny tokens to hide their shitty writing.

A trans character being made explicitly (or implicitly) clear to be trans isn’t pandering. A character mentioned to be in a same-sex relationship isn’t pandering. Changing a character to not be white isn’t pandering either! But when you forget to write them as CHARACTERS or their part of the story (or the ENTIRE story if they’re the main character) that revolves around them as relatable characters, your only reason for including them is to fit a quota, and the story around them is lackluster because you banked on that media sparkage, it will show.

It’s why I fucking despise big corporations making diverse, non-white characters because it’s often NOT out of the kindness of their hearts or to tell diverse, engaging, and memorable stories, but because it gets them publicity and people talking, especially if it’s something like racebending (which I won’t get into as I’m white, but it’s what comes to mind when it comes down to shitty companies taking advantage of minorities by using them as shields for bad writing. For the record, I see nothing wrong with turning an originally white character into a POC, I’m just saying there’s a pattern of it being linked to bad writing, which isn’t on the POC’s group’s fault, it’s on the writers).

Don’t get me wrong, diversity in bad media can still do some good and we should still celebrate diverse characters we like, but let’s not forget it’s still a giant card of “LOOK GUYS WE MADE SOMETHING NEW AND PROGRESSIVE! AREN’T WE SO TOLERANT?” As if companies like Disney haven’t shown to be shitty regarding LGBTQ+ topics, not to mention Disney’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it representation is HARDLY anything to celebrate nowadays. On top of that, if the movie/piece of media flops because it’s a badly written or mediocre movie or piece of media, then people are more inclined to blame the newest addition to it instead of the writing, which leads to hatred going to the minority group doing their job as an actor, voice provider, etc. It’s unfair to the minority group(s) you hire to be your fucking shield for your shitty writing.

Ultimately, minority groups are given a choice a lot of the time: Gain a hint of representation and pray that the writing is good (and/or deal with people falsely claiming token-pandering), or gain representation and then be used as scapegoats when the piece of media they’re being represented in fails. Diversity isn’t a bad thing and I sure as hell don’t think it’s being forced if your mermaid is black, or Velma is Indian, or the trans character who was implicitly trans is now explicitly trans. Anyone bitching over that is sad and pathetic. I’m saying that we should witness the trend of diverse yet badly written shows or movies or media in general, and how people use diversity as a shield because it’ll protect them against backlash.

In short, minority groups aren’t your fucking shields. Write LGBTQ+, BIPOC, disabled, and other minority groups as people damn it!

I think we should put this on every post people try to fuck around on

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, May 23

Buffy: Hey, speaking of 'wow' potential, there's Oz over there. What are we thinking, any sparkage? Willow: (smiles) He's nice. Hey, I like his hands. Buffy: Mm. A fixation on insignificant detail is a definite crush sign. Willow: Oh, I don't know, though. I mean, he is a senior. Buffy: (stops) You think he's too old 'cause he's a senior? Please. My boyfriend had a bicentennial. Willow: That's true. (unsure) Uh... I guess... I just... Buffy: You can't spend the rest of your life waiting for Xander to wake up and smell the hottie. Make a move. Do the talking thing. Willow: Well, what if the talking thing becomes the awkward-silence thing? Buffy: Well, you won't know until you try.

~~Buffy Episode #25: "Surprise" ~~

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[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Great Scott! (Xander, G, multiple xovers) by madimpossibledreamer

Fuffy WIP I (Buffy/Faith, unrated) by audelia-bly

Our Gentle Sin (Buffy/Spike, E) by ClowniestLivEver

[Chaptered Fiction]

So Court Me Maybe Ch. 1-4/10 (Buffy/Spike, E) by cosplayermadness

Cause I'm Beggin' Ch, 1 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Ifeelittoo21

Tua Maxima Culpa (Ensemble, M) by Coldest_Fire

Back Through the Woods Ch, 12 (Buffy/Spike, T) by desicat

Toil and Trouble part 2 () by prose-for-hire

Chain of Ascension CH. 70 (Xander, Ensemble, M) by GraeFoxx

Mother Dear (Buffy, M) by HyperCosmo

The First Apocalypse (Book Three of the Reunion Trilogy Ch. 11 (Ensemble, M) by MCorey1317

love, we're going home now, Chapter 1-2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by mcgnagallsarmy

Sacrifices, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, T) by NightlyEvilTM

Sineya Rambles, Chapter 6-8 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Desicat

Back Through The Woods, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Desicat

Frosty, Chapter 11-15 (Buffy/Spike, E) by ClowniestLivEver

The DeSoto, Chapter 11-15 (Buffy/Spike, M) by ClowniestLivEver

Presumably Dead Arm, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, E) by tragic

something wretched, something precious, Chapter 6-15 (Buffy/Spike, M) by LittleTayy

We're Going to be Friends, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, M) by scratchmeout

Sparks, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Dusty

Bring Him Home, Chapter 21 (Buffy/Spike, M) by acb6293

The Neighbor's Point of View, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Spike, T) by the_big_bad

Amateur Night, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, E) by LJ94

I'm Fine, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Grief Counseling

stay with me (just a little longer), Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, T) by womanaction

Mother Dear, Chapter 1-2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by CalamityJaneDoe

The Mystery Of..., Chapter 1-2 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Julikobold

Those 2 again, Chapter 19 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Julikobold

I'm Fine, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Grief Counseling

The Friends We Made Along The Way Ch. 7 (Xander, DCU xover) by jarinmyheartinmyjar

Xander Harris and the Little Pink Pill Ch.2 (Xander/Cordelia, E) by KyliaQuilor

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:SCOOBIES!!!!!!!! () by wolfstrong

[Fandom Discussions]

Anya understands self sacrifice as much as Buffy does by girl4music

Watched the remastered Once More With Feeling by aphony-cree

All the people complaining that Willow and Tara lived in Buffy’s house while she was dead by tuiyla

Maybe it is a copout to say the real Big Bad of Buffy season 6 is “life” and the difficulties that come with it, but maybe it’s also just accurate by tuiyla

the moment where spike was going to kill Buffy and sees her crying by nestaenthusiast

AU that lives in my head based on a prompt in the Sandman discord where Hob is Giles by 10moonymhrivertam, softest-punk

I read Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Lost Summer. by lilyginnyblackv2

What I think of every time a Spike fan calls Angel a “dirty old man” for being in love with and sexually attracted to Buffy when she was a teenager by hero-adjacent

Miss Anya by _a_witch_

Buffy's Brother by Mika95

Underrated Buffy Episodes by cascadingtundra

I feel Chris (Some Assembly Required) missed a trick with Willow, as he's clearly her type. by anothername1145

Blink-and-you-miss-them jokes that you love? by whatisscoobydone

I would skip the entire season 4 if it wasn't for Spike by dismustbetheplace

Did Faith ever experience the 'Tento di Cruciamentum'? by True_Ipsissimus

Anyone here who shipped Riley and Buffy? by Buffvamporigfan

Ok I’m gonna start a rewatch by gilkrave

Finally finishing Buffy. Willow and Potential Slayer question by xxpired_milk

Ugh, Kate by ImpressivePackage000

Season 4 Native American Episode hasn’t aged well by franlcie

started another rewatch of btvs and god, xander is so immature (small rant, no offense intended) by GayDHD_

buffy and giles have such great chemistry by GayDHD_

Giles' character by GreatGodInpw

American vampire villains more integrated into society such as Sunday and Harmony by rationalsilence

I want to know if there are any sexual assault episodes by lianagolucky

spike & buffy by Comfortable-One3228

God, that was heart wrenching. Possibly in the top five saddest scenes in the franchise by Mavakor

The writers were very lucky in the early seasons with spike by FullyStacked92

So, about I Fall to Pieces (1x04) by daazmu

The ghosts in Lesson 7x01 by allslayallthetime

How would you envision Buffy Summers now? by Excellent-Durian-509

Ranking Buffy's Boyfriends: Who's Really The Best For The Buff-ster? by kipcarson37

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

PUBLICATION: Buffy’s James Marsters: “I would have killed Spike off in a heartbeat” by Louise Griffin, RadioTimes.com

PUBLICATION: Why The Original, Unaired 'Buffy' Pilot Almost Ruined The Show by Digg

PUBLICATION: Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Worst Villain is Back – And on a Hellish Mission by CBR

PUBLICATION: Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Successor is Officially Taking Over in Boom! Studios by GeekTyrant

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