funeraldirectorsblacktown-blog

[spangelmybeloved]

I love how pretty much every interaction between any of the Fanged Four that isn't in a flash back is just the btvs/ats writers trying to answer the question "how does polyamorous divorce work?". I love this.

[genericaces]

i've been really into designing chibis these days LOL and wanted to make some stickers for myself. if anyone else wants to snag some you can grab em here! (there's leverage stuff too!)

[williamprattz]

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF APOCALYPSE— as the fanged four

[ashmaenas]

A common misunderstanding of Spangel/us is that Angelus' first impression of William was "Damn, what an idiot." That was actually Darla's line. The first time William and Angelus were introduced, his reaction was "Hey, nice to meet you. Let's have gay sex."

[spikespeaches]

2 tickets to barbie please

2 tickets to oppenheimer please

[junotter]

Oh they for sure matched each other's freaks.

[winepresswrath]

i love darla/angel so much she really looked at some asshole drunkenly tearing up a pub in the middle of nowhere gets confirmation he's a womanizing liar and went "magnificent. i must murder him and keep him as my own." and then she did! everyone else thought he was the most useless fuckboy on god's green earth but she had the vision to see a future scourge of europe.

[voices-not-echoes]

leaning towards believing dru’s human name was actually drusilla bc it is so toxic fanged four core to make her the only thing preserved in a family of things transformed. all the rest of them get to become a new creature, a living demon, and they get a new name to match. bc of why she was turned, drusilla is forced to remain a dead woman.

[gh-0-stcup]

Random list of things that bug me with portrayals of the Fanged Four in many fics:

Drusilla looking down on Spike/him not being "enough of a demon" for her.

Drusilla was thrilled with how Spike turned out. Seriously, look at their flashback scenes again - she adored him from the moment she set eyes on William. There are few moments of disapproval. When those happen she just looks at him with confusion and lets him get on with whatever he's doing.

Darla being (just) a materialistic ice queen. Super cold, barely any emotion outside of when there's torture or jewels involved.

Despite being very scornful of humans and sentiment, Darla was incredibly passionate and expressive. She was one of the most vibrant members of their family. This gal loved life. She could be very cold, but she was also often filled with emotion - she expressed joy, rage, sadness, even nurturing on occasion.

Darla blindly following along with Angelus or entirely letting him run the show. Often portrayed as her being too stupid/vapid to lead.

Darla was Angelus' sire. She taught him how to be who he was. She guided him along until he was able to stand on his own two feet. She was opinionated and had no problem leaving or killing him if he stepped out of line. Hell, she'd betray him just to add a bit of excitement to their lives.

The thing is, Angelus and Darla were partners. It may sometimes seem like one was letting the other have control, but their desires were almost always in sync. There didn't need to be a leader between the two of them because they were largely on the same page. That's why their relationship lasted as long as it did. I think this is one of the biggest things that gets neglected in fanfic.

Darla being less of a sadist than Angelus.

Darla was every bit as hungry as Angelus was. She egged him on, he came up with increasingly horrible forms of torture to entertain them both. It's not an accident that Valentine's Day was a very special holiday for Angelus.

Darla and Angelus being nothing but abusers to Drusilla and Spike.

There was friction between all members of the family at times. All were also shown to have some fondness for each other. Darla and Drusilla ended up being very close, as were Spike and Angelus.

Angelus (and sometimes Darla) despising everything about humanity and caring about nothing but hunting.

Angelus canonically had a good amount of appreciation for the finer things humans had created. He disliked how the Order of Aurelius lived apart from humanity in sewers, only going up to feed. He lured Darla away from the Master by promising her a better way of life, one where she could actually live.

Angelus cried at the ballet. He loved art, music, and having a good time. The two traveled the world. He's fluent in at least 10 languages, implying he had an interest in being able to communicate with people. Angelus and Darla were the OG party couple, committed to living their lives to the fullest.

Spike being disgusted by violence or having a genuine conscience pre-chip.

This shouldn't even need to be elaborated on imo. Sure, he was less into sadism than the others. But the idea that he had a shred of moral outrage over anything the other 3 did is ridiculous to me. This is the guy who gleefully hired a pedophile to torture Angelus.

Imo differences in his killing style isn't about morals or having more humanity, it's about what interests him. Like how some humans are super into football and others are like, "Ew, why? Sounds boring af."

Spike not enjoying Dru getting rough in the bedroom.

He is canonically a masochist.

[thepunkmuppet]

I finally found an edit of every angel / fanged four flashback in order and the entire internet needs to know about it because!!!!!!

you have to suffer through some really horrific irish accents but it’s really interesting to experience the backstory in this way, I’ve been looking for it for ages

[madeleinelovescolours]

This is Darla and the stray she found on the side of the road

[aphony-cree]

I'm reading the IMDB trivia for Fool For Love 5.7 and found this:

On the DVD commentary, writer Douglas Petrie says that the scene in which Spike and Angelus are fighting and trying to stake each other, while Darla and Drusilla look on with glee, is a not-very-subtle allegory for female enjoyment of male homo-eroticism.

Staking is an allegory for gay sex, confirmed

[runsintheblood]

Fanged Four Family Bingo 2024 collection opens TOMORROW, when you can start posting your Bingo fanworks to the collection! We can't wait to see what y'all have created ♡

The collection is HERE! The entire month of September will be open for posting, so be sure to add all five of your works before September 30 if you want to win. (We ask that you not add more than one work per day during the first week, just to help spread out the Fanged Four love.) When you post, please include in the notes section at the top of your work which prompt the work is based on and what color card you're using so we can follow your progress!

[ceoazula]

Drusilla | Happy House

[junotter]

"How'd you know I was queer" uh I mean whenever we talk about buffy you just wanna talk about the fanged four...