The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, December 20
Dec. 20th, 2025 11:48 pmWILLOW: Maybe we shouldn't be too couple-y around Buffy.
CORDELIA: Oh, you mean 'cause of how the only guy that ever liked her turned into a vicious killer and had to be put down like a dog?
XANDER: Can she cram complex issues into a nutshell, or what?
~~BtVS 3x03 “Faith, Hope, & Trick”~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

- [Collection] 9 BtVS works for Fic In A Box 2025 (various ratings) by Unrevealed Authors
- [Collection] 2 AtS works for Fic In A Box 2025 (various ratings) by Unrevealed Authors
- Toucan (Xander/Spike, E) by scaryfangirl2001
- Show Me You Care (Buffy/Spike, E) by IlliterateUnicorn
- Christmas Together (Xander/Andrew, G) by WoebegoneFred
- The Witches Two: (Tara/Willow, Kennedy/Willow, Buffy/Spike, T) by TheLightdancer
- i like the way you kiss me (Buffy/Giles, T) by Skyson
- Much Ado About Something, Maybe? (Buffy/Spike, T) by I_cant_find_a_name

- Riley the Vampire Slayer (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by ClowniestLivEver

- With Love From Me To You (Buffy/Spike, PG) by Lilacsandorangeblossoms
[Chaptered Fiction]

- Shadowed Suspicion Chapter 405 (jojo's bizarre adventure xover, T) by madimpossibledreamer

- Another's Shoes, Chapter 3/? (Buffy, Scooby Doo xover, T) by PurpleMelpomene
- Road to Forever, Chapter 9/? (Buffy/Angel, not rated) by twiddle3
- You Make Slaying Fun, Chapters 27-28/? (Buffy/Spike, Xander/Anya, Tara/Willow, E) by cosplayermadness
- Miss Edith, Chapter 22/? (Multiple ships, E) by BeppiGirl
- Buddy the Vampire Slayer, Chapter 15/? (Angel/Darla, Angel/OC, not rated) by
- Girl's Girl, Chapter 11/15 (Buffy/Spike, Giles/Anya, E) by LadyInQuest
- A Hellmouth Christmas, Chapter 20/31 (Buffy/Giles, E) by The_Crazy_Knight
- Neighbors, Chapter 7/? (Buffy/Faith, Tara/Willow, M) by Miath
- The Pull of Darkness, Chapter 1/? (Spike/OC, Faith/OFC, Angel/Buffy, Drusilla/Spike, E) by prettylittletraitors

- 19, Chapter 17 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Melme1325
- More Than Just a Slayer, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by tempestt
- The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Place, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by flootzavut
- Buffy and the Slayer - Season 3, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Sunnydale Sentinel
- Father, Lead Us Not Into Temptation, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by YouCutYourHair
- Crack and Peel, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, PG) by violettathepiratequeen
- The Mistletoe Mishegas, Chapter 4 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Kenijo
- Harmony's Hanukkah Hit-List, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Kenijo

- Which Chosen One, Chapter 1 (Buffy, Harry Potter xover, FR7) by Imperias

- Dark Gift, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Davidf89
- The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Place, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by flootzavut
- Crack and Peel, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, PG) by violettathepiratequeen
- Harmony's Hanukkah Hit-List, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Kenijo
[Images, Audio & Video]

- Gifset: Best of Season 1 │ Angel & Gunn (worksafe) by starryeyesxx
- Artwork: my boyfriends (Spike & Giles, worksafe) by brekindelo
- Artwork: slayerrrr & watcherrrr (Buffy/Giles, worksafe) by buffyannegiles
- Artwork: To add to my kinda random collection of btvs sketches: Drusilla (worksafe) by youlivhere
- Artwork: little doodle for a challenge on EF theme was “transformation”. And I wanted to draw spike as a kitty. (Buffy/Spike, worksafe) by blue-star-charmer-art
- Gifset: Buffy the Vampire Slayer – 1.08: I Robot, You Jane (Giles, Jenny, worksafe) by sophsun1
- Icons: Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers in ‘Buffy, the Vampire Slayer’, S03E21 & S03E22 (1998) (worksafe) by gellaricons
- Icons: Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) - 3x21, Graduation Day (1) (Faith, worksafe) by buffyedit

- Artwork: BUFFY LOOK OUT (Buffy & Vampire Pusheen, G) by LittleRaven
[Reviews & Recaps]

- Episode 12: Prophecy Girl by The Bitch Is Back with Charisma Carpenter
- S2, Episode 1 When She Was Bad by The Bitch Is Back with Charisma Carpenter
- Rewatch: What's My Line One - Part 1 by Re-Vamped with Juliet Landau
- Rewatch: What's My Line One - Part 2 by Re-Vamped with Juliet Landau
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer S3E3 "Faith, Hope & Trick" Recap & Review (Major Slayage) by Major Slayage - A Buffy Rewatch Podcast

- Huh? So I actually really liked Season 12 by Away-Staff-6054

- PODCAST: Who Replaced All the Rats Already!? (BtVS S7E2) by It Stakes Two
[Community Announcements]

- Season Two Rewatch Schedule (Part Two) by btvs-weekly-group-rewatch
- You may have noticed the tag on some previous reblogs and posts: faith lehane ep collection 1 by elizadushkudaily
[Fandom Discussions]

- something that will always bother me is that cordelia never went to see wesley after the whole connor debacle by five-degrees
- the tragedy of Buffy Summers looking at Dawn, this innocent teenage girl, a mirror of who she could’ve been by femmedefandom
- Cause I’ve thought way too much about where the other Hellmouths could be in the Buffyverse by dancinginthesapphicmoonlight
- how does willow remember when dawn first started writing her diary when she was 7 by true-bluesargent
- There’s something that makes me go insane about how Tara is the only one who is able to see that “Buffy” (Faith in Buffy’s body) isn’t herself by honourablepranksinatra
- Saw a comment saying Spike didn’t love Buffy, he was just obsessed with her, among other things by fleursolaris
- In season 5, we do see Buffy struggling to truly let Riley in, and be her support in all the ways she needs by yourfandomfreak
- one reason I like and appreciate the Buffy and Angel interactions in the crossovers by yourfandomfreak
- I know that by the time season 3 was airing, they knew that Angel was going to leave at the end to be on his own spinoff by yourfandomfreak
- season 7 [...] is the world’s best idea for a final season big bad by rorykillmore
- Dawn was originally meant to be younger! by bakedspoonie

- Oz... Wild At Heart by r401toronto
- How do you generally feel about Joyce as a character? Did you like her or are you not a fan of her character? by gloomydreamer666
- This show [AtS] hits me deep by Accomplished-Neck357
- My two-part hot take about [AtS] season 4 by SHough61086
- S03e10 Amends. Were The First always planned to be the series Big Bad? by HolocronSurvivor80
- what is your favourite and least favourite episode from the later seasons of buffy? by ProgrammerNo700
- Buffy: The Cliff's Notes by asophisticatedbitch
[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

- PUBLICATION: 25 Years Ago Today, Buffy Got Rid of a Controversial Character (And Their Return Would Eventually Be Great) by ComicBook.com
- PUBLICATION: Not Bringing Faith Back for the Buffy Revival Is a Big Missed Opportunity by DenOfGeek.com







Free for All Saturday, Week 51 [DW Edition]
Dec. 20th, 2025 09:37 am↑↑↑ Available dates:
December 23 & 25
December 30 and January 1
Warm greetings to you all on this lovely Saturday. :D It's time for this week's Free for All. There are no themes to follow for prompts or fills. If, perhaps, you missed a prompt theme that you liked, or you've had any ideas that didn't really work with Tuesday's or Thursday's posts, then today's your chance to prompt 'em. Be free, and have fun! ✎
Just a few rules:
1. No more than five prompts in a row.
2. No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
3. Use the character's full name and the fandom's full name for ease in adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
4. No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
5. If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
6. If your story has possible triggers, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Are today's prompts not catching your eye? No worries, because we have plenty of older prompts that just might do the trick! You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection.
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A friendly reminder about our posting schedule: Themed posts for new prompts go up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day for new prompts of any flavor. Sundays are for showing Lonely Prompts some love, whether by requesting for someone to adopt them or by sharing any fills that you've recently completed.