The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, January 4
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Angel: I was impaled at the time.
Cordy pats his knee: Of course. Perfectly understandable.
Angel: You know how hard it is to think straight with a re-bar through your torso?
Cordy: Actually, I do. Benefits of a Sunnydale education.
Cordy pats his knee: Of course. Perfectly understandable.
Angel: You know how hard it is to think straight with a re-bar through your torso?
Cordy: Actually, I do. Benefits of a Sunnydale education.
~~S2E4: Untouched~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- Matching (Buffy/Riley, T) by MadeInGold
- Back Porch (Willow/Faith, G) by MadeInGold
- Guardian Angel (Angel & Faith, T) by fatalfae
- Playing With Fire (Spike/Buffy, M) by stellugh
[Chaptered Fiction]
- All That We've Burned, Chapter 25 (Faith/Buffy, M) by PaperGraveyard
- serves you right, Chapter 7 (Spike/Buffy, M) by socratesgirl
- Hearts a Mess, Chapter 7 (Spike/Buffy, E) by splendidchapette
- Munich to Millburn, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Giles, E) by KatyAmberAuthor
- Buddy the Vampire Slayer, Chapter 20 (Multiple ships, not rated) by TSPking1994
- Nothing Else It Could Possibly Be, Chapter 5 (Spike/Buffy, M) by hattiewithtea
- Team Stoppable In Sunnydale, Chapter 4 (Multiple ships, Kim Possible xover, E) by red_jacobson
- Lucy from Sunnydale, Chapter 6 (Ensemble, not rated) by Pizamar
- Faithless Love, Chapter 6 (Spike/Buffy, E) by IlliterateUnicorn
- Time of Troubles:, Chapter 11 (Multiple ships, E) by TheLightdancer
- Road to Forever, Chapter 17 (Buffy/Angel, Spike/Faith, not rated) by twiddle3
- Where the Forgotten Lie, Chapter 3 (Giles & Scoobies, T) by Gravitytrips
- Diary of a Sunnydale High Student, Chapter 1 (OC, ensemble, not rated) by SortaMadDog
- Band Candy Baby, Chapter 34 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Tikiriaaa
- Darkness, Stakes and Brocade, Chapter 19 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Sirabella
- i wanna be bad, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by goodbyetoyou
- So I Don’t Have to Dream Alone, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten
- A Soul as Sweet as Blood-Red Jam, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Kenijo
- Lucky 13, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Kenijo
- Team Stoppable In Sunnydale, Chapter 4 (Ron Stoppable/Yori/Faith, Xander/Cordy, Willow/Oz/Buffy, Kim Possible xover, FR18) by redjacobson
- Divine Ideas From A Demonic Mind, Chapter 45 (Xander, multiple xovers) by TheDivineDemon
- Revelations, Chapter 38 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Niamh
- Darkness, Stakes and Brocade , Chapter 19 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Sirabella
[Images, Audio & Video]
- Gifset: BtVS 7.04 Help | Gilmore Girls 4.08 Die, Jerk (Xander, Willow, multifandom, SFW) by sulietsexual
- Web Weaving: buffy & dawn summers // buffy the vampire slayer s5e05 declan & ronan lynch // the dream thieves, greywaren maggie stiefvater (Buffy & Dawn, SFW with mild blood) by reputayswift
- Artwork: buffys (Buffy, SFW) by rubaoz
- Gifset: BEST OF BTVS: Daniel “Oz” Osbourne — Season Four (Oz, SFW) by clarkgriffon
- Artwork: The Hero of Three Faces (Buffy, multifandom, SFW) by paulgadzikowski
- Web Weaving: midnight train to georgia (Lorne, SFW) by merelyspecters
- Gifset: 2.06 Halloween | 3.14 Bad Girls (Angel/Buffy, SFW) by bangelgifs
- Artwork: Art Dump for the "Harmless Vamps Au" Series (Jesse, E) by Laqt15
[Recs & In Search Of]
- Deepest Fondest Craving by unendingwanderlust recced by februaryfangfest
- United States of Spike by sdwolfpup recced by educatedinyellow
[Fandom Discussions]
- POLL: Best Sister Tournament: Round 8 (Semi-Finals): Buffy Summers vs. Violet Baudelaire by bestsistertournament
- In “Beauty and the Beast” Xander agrees to watch over Oz for Willow. by femmedefandom
- hey so is it gay by esquegoth
- Season 5. Death is your gift. by no-resolution
- i thought this was so important because like the whole city of sunnydale by prophecygirly
- S2 e6 halloween by Minimum_Historian693
- Faith the Vampire Slayer worship thread by jdpm1991
- Something I thought about. What If…. by Kat-Attack-52
- Who is your favorite ORIGINAL Angel character? by More_Tumbleweed_8191
- "Into Every Generation, A Slayer is Born" by Evan Ross Katz, thoughts? by aka_katie
- The recaps are still the best I've ever seen by Ryecue
- Buffy & Giles (Beauty & the Beasts, major season 3 spoilers) by jdpm1991
Snowflake Challenge #2
Jan. 4th, 2026 08:35 pmsnickficSnowflake challenge #2: Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!
The theme of this post is Gallaghers Being Cute With Animals. It's Mucca's fault, she enabled me.
Noel professes very much NOT to be an animal person, but look at him.
This is Boots, whom Noel wanted to name Mr. Whiskers. Not that he cares! Definitely not.
Meanwhile, Liam is an animal person all day long. He currently has cats Sid and Nancy and a dog named Buttons, who he adopted from a rescue in Thailand. He submitted an application through the regular channels, and the people there were half-convinced it was a hoax. The whole story is very cute.
Liam asleep with Buttons.
Liam awake with Buttons.
When he adopted Sid from a shelter in 2018, that was pretty cute, too. Liam Gallagher: can't resist rubbing his face all over a kitten, any more than the rest of us can.
In conclusion, a recent tweet:
The theme of this post is Gallaghers Being Cute With Animals. It's Mucca's fault, she enabled me.
Noel professes very much NOT to be an animal person, but look at him.
This is Boots, whom Noel wanted to name Mr. Whiskers. Not that he cares! Definitely not.
Meanwhile, Liam is an animal person all day long. He currently has cats Sid and Nancy and a dog named Buttons, who he adopted from a rescue in Thailand. He submitted an application through the regular channels, and the people there were half-convinced it was a hoax. The whole story is very cute.
Liam asleep with Buttons.
Liam awake with Buttons.
When he adopted Sid from a shelter in 2018, that was pretty cute, too. Liam Gallagher: can't resist rubbing his face all over a kitten, any more than the rest of us can.
In conclusion, a recent tweet:
assorted fandom, mostly happy
Jan. 4th, 2026 04:22 pmsnickfic* I'm really delighted that there were fantastic Yuletide fics about Stebbins from The Long Walk for both the novel AND the show. I love Garraty and McVries, obviously, but Stebbins always intrigued me in the novel, and I think he might actually be my favorite from a fanworks perspective? I don't know why it's never occurred to me before to look for fic about him.
*threesentenceficathon prompts open Jan 17. I am so excited. I've started each of the past two years with tiny fics, and I'm ready for a third year.
* I wrote 200 more words yesterday on some self-indulgent Gallaghercest. When things suck, the OTP is here for me.
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denise: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. 🧵 On her ffa thread, she added: Please spread this far and wide so as many people see it as possible, because I really don't see English-language LJ continuing in its present form for much longer, and I know some people may still have things they care about there. It doesn't matter how you get it backed up, but it's absolutely crunch time for getting it backed up.
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threesentenceficathon prompts open Jan 17. I am so excited. I've started each of the past two years with tiny fics, and I'm ready for a third year.* I wrote 200 more words yesterday on some self-indulgent Gallaghercest. When things suck, the OTP is here for me.
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denise: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. 🧵 On her ffa thread, she added: Please spread this far and wide so as many people see it as possible, because I really don't see English-language LJ continuing in its present form for much longer, and I know some people may still have things they care about there. It doesn't matter how you get it backed up, but it's absolutely crunch time for getting it backed up.Re-listen liveblog: The Secret Commonwealth, chapters 11-22
Jan. 4th, 2026 12:18 pmerinptahI found a good cutoff point — about 2/3 of the way through the book, even! — so here’s Roundup Part 2 of my Secret Commonwealth re-listen.
It’s hella long. I did try to put some effort into “if I could edit this to have a more consistent plot and be more thematically-coherent, how would I fix it?”, instead of just going “and THIS was handled badly, and THAT was handled badly, and THIS TOO was–” over and over.
Also, I broke it up with cute daemon photos.
The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, January 3
Jan. 4th, 2026 12:33 amveronyxk84 posting in su_herald
BUFFY: Looks good, doesn't it? They're trapped in here. Terrified. Meat for the beast, and there's nothing they can do but wait. That's all they've been doing for days. Waiting to be picked off. Having nightmares about monsters that can't be killed. But I don't believe in that. I always find a way. I'm the thing that monsters have nightmares about. And right now, you and me are gonna show 'em why. It's time. Welcome to Thunderdome.
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- A Night In The Crypt (Spike & Dawn, Spike & Joyce, G) by carryingstarlightinherwake
- Ringing in the New Year (Fred/Spike, Angel/Wesley, G) by Greensword101
- Being There (Tara & Dawn, Tara/Willow, G) by carryingstarlightinherwake
- Could You Play Along With Me? (Warren/Andrew, T) by carryingstarlightinherwake
- Bedtime Story (Angelus/Dawn/Spike, E) by Kittenwritings
- Her Skates Match Her Stake (Buffy/Spike, Buffy & Dawn & Spike, T) by Grianbui
- i’ve been a really good dog, can i come inside? yeah, i’ve been such a good girl, can we go for a ride? (Giles/Jenny, G) by lenaluthorssuitcollection
- A Cuppa Kindness (Buffy/Spike, G) by Asokatanos
[Chaptered Fiction]
- Road to Forever, Chapter 15/? (Buffy/Angel, not rated) by twiddle3
- Descend into Solitude, Chapter 3/? (William/Buffy, T) by desicat
- Heartstrings, Chapter 12/? (Warren/Andrew, E) by Mishafer
- Faithless Love, Chapter 4/13 (Buffy/Spike, E) by IlliterateUnicorn
- All the Girls We Were, Chapter 19/? (Buffy/Faith, not rated) by Stokley
- In a New York Minute, Chapter 15/15 (Buffy/Spike, E) by captain_jazzhands
- Such A Shame, Chapter 2/? (Angel/Spike, T) by SatinAndSin
- Trust, Chapter 1/5 (Angel/OFC, Doctor Who xover, T) by ConstantCommentTea
- Nothing Else It Could Possibly Be, Chapter 4/? (Buffy/Spike, M) by hattiewithtea
- Munich to Millburn, Chapter 1/? (Buffy/Giles, E) by KatyAmberAuthor
- Never Too Late to Make Amends, Chapter 4/? (Buffy/Faith, M) by Strongermagikarp
- Sacrifices, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, R) by GuinevereSummers
- Sacrifices, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, R) by GuinevereSummers
- Once They Were Friends, Chapters 10-11 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Grief Counseling
[Images, Audio & Video]
- Vidlet: i’m the well they’re gonna drag you down | an Angel the Series edit (Wesley/Fred, worksafe) by pamiiap
- Gifset: buffy the vampire slayer (+ some angel) ● i’ll make a man out of you (ensemble, worksafe) by lopeirce
- Artwork: Faith Lehane (worksafe) by kinardnatural
- Artwork: [art request for pzyii] (Buffy/Willow, worksafe) by camellcat
- Artwork: Fallen Angel (Warren, worksafe) by garscrucible
- Artwork: Finished season one of BUFFY. Loved it (Giles, worksafe) by bubibobo
- Gifset: Buffy Summers + Outfits (37/∞) (worksafe) by clarkgriffon
- Artwork: listening to your heartbeat, to make up for the time your heart didnt beat at all (Buffy/Spike, worksafe) by spikedru
- Artwork: Buffy when the cops come to stop her from killing random people and turning them to literal dust with her school librarian (worksafe) by bubibobo
- Gifset: — “Me.” (Buffy/Angelus, worksafe) by plubirustico
- Artwork: big bad & little bit (Dawn & Spike, worksafe) by rabbitmotifs
- Fanvid: Lilah + Wesley | Loving You is a Losing Game by welcometocaritas
- Artwork: Cozy Holiday Briley Art (Buffy/Riley, not rated) by Kittenwritings
- Podfic: Truth in your eyes (hides the doubt on your lips) (Buffy/Faith, T) by blackglass, rasp (buries)
[Reviews & Recaps]
- season 7 episode 11 - showtime by socratesgirl
- S2, Episode 2 “Some Assembly Required” by The Bitch Is Back
[Community Announcements]
- Reminder if LiveJournal stops working by su_herald
[Fandom Discussions]
- i am so tempted to stop working on my current wip and start writing something where jenny calendar and anya hook up late season six by lilyelisabeth
- In Buffy The Vampire Slayer, there’s a special kind of cruelty and deep unfairness that comes with Buffy becoming the Slayer at just 15 years old by thoughtsbetweenrealities
- one of the biggest failings in discussions around the scoobies in s6 of btvs is the frequency with which that functionally, buffy is an orphan in contrast to willow and xander by userpitgirl
- [About how tara dying also feels Correct on a story level in a way that’s hard to articulate fully] by userpitgirl, lesbianmarrow
- i find the relationship between willow and buffy infinitely more interesting than the relationship between willow and tara by whatcomesnextbelovedpet
- did the trio ever find out who caused Once More With Feeling? by evil-baker-and-storyteller
- First time [AtS] watcher and very frustrated! by CheekSweaty9320
- Something I've often wondered about The First is it considered a higher being? by Rough_Plan
- If you could change any premiere of Buffy, which would would it be, what would be the change and why? by negratengoelalma
- I just finished watching Angel by GokiWeatherHamburger
- One of the few things I hate is that Anya and Xander broke up. They should have been endgame. by JoshLovesTV
- Is Spike the best match for Angel? by FoxIndependent4310
- Why are we fighting? Would it have been better with Drusilla? by FoxIndependent4310
- Christophe Beck's music really added so much atmosphere to the show in its first four seasons by jdpm1991
- Would Sarah Make a good Abigail Brand for the MCU? by Shieldlegacyknight
- Anyanka by PhotoInformal4239
[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]
- Exclusive Live Angel Panel with Stephanie Romanov, Christian Kane by Re-Vamped with Juliet Landau
Reminder if LiveJournal stops working
Jan. 3rd, 2026 02:20 pmburnhername posting in su_heraldReminder that the Sunnydale Herald currently posts on LiveJournal, Dreamwidth, and Tumblr. If we are unable to post on LiveJournal in the future, you can still read the newsletter on Dreamwidth and Tumblr.
