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1. Buffy by Phsyc
2. Buffy (from episode Anne) by Phsyc
3. Buffy mood by isevery0nehereverystoned
4. Buffy by sammidraws
5. I like your dress by chrispypapas

double_dutchess

Five artists worth mentioning for their entire oeuvre during 2022.

1. https://www.tumblr.com/whatshisfaceblogs

The continuing epic quest to draw each of Buffy's outfits for all episodes of BtVS.

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petzipellepingo

5 Buffyverse podcasts, in no particular order :

1. Buffy Virgin Podcast : Giles needs adult friends. Weird acting at The Bronze. Veruca eats a giant hamburger. And Oz leaves the show. Forever? We're not sure. Well, one person isn't sure.

Watch on YouTube

2.
Pop Culture Role Call : Professor Murder - Graduation Day, Part 1

3.
Tiny Fences: A Buffy Podcast : Showtime

4. Tiny Fences : a Buffy pocast : Fool For Love

5. FireBadTreePretty : Nightmares

dragonyphoenix

Apologies. It's technically the 29th here as it's shortly after midnight, but I'm not focused on 2022 works with these fanworks. I just didn't realize how late it had gotten.

Buffy Summers by Veruca - something about Buffy's expression in this image just gets me
( The rest of the works are picking out their costumes for next Monday )

petzipellepingo

Five favorite Buffyverse stories, in no particular order :

1. OK, technically this isn't really a story however... The Art Project by

st_salieri.

2. Flight to Egypt , Spike by

powerofthebook.

3. Conundrum , William/Drusilla by

rebcake.

4. 14 Forever , Random Slayer by

perletwo

5. Nightswimming , Spike/Buffy by

calove.

And while I'm at it let me put in a shout out for the very much missed, Open on Sunday , a source for many of the best Buffyverse works.

yourlibrarian

As we run our sessions over Halloween, there are always some new works from last year that didn't get caught up in the rec net. So here are some of them!

Willow in Triangle by girl4music looks at Willow's behavior generally as well as the infamous "gay now!" line.

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thenewbuzwuzz

I guess my Spike fan is showing. Three of these are Spike-centric.

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above the Cheers & Beers Poetry Reading by JayeMaru (Spike, G)
I like how Spike is both a reader of poetry and a poet in this work and how his life experience informs his reading of Wordsworth's poem.
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yourlibrarian

Just a reminder that Top 5's 2021 season closes in 9 hours!

Take Care of the Rest by Hannah. There's something soft and kind about this look at how Buffy's life might have been a bit better had she taken a job at a local funeral home when first coming to Sunnydale.

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double_dutchess

1. "Daddy's puttin' the hammer down" by slayerscribbles

2. Angel and Spike scene from girlpire's Friday, by Biscaynian (also on AO3)

3. Spike with cat by sunnyhellcalifornia

4. More Spike by scranndo

5. A problematic peroxide pretty boy for this evening by lizleeillustration

double_dutchess

It's great to see that so many Top Fives have been posted already, but checking them out will have to wait. First I have to get my own posted, starting with these great covers of OMWF songs:

1. I'll Never Tell by Alexandre Iannuzzi. Doing Xander and Anya's duet with himself in a really, really fun way! Definitely needs more viewers.

2. Walk Through the Fire by by Koyah Stone. Awesome and very atmospheric rendition of my favourite OMWF song.

3. Under Your Spell by the Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Choir's Soprano section. A beautiful harmony of voices.

4. Under your Spell by Sparkles of Disney. Another lovely version of Tara's song. Also, tulips!

5. Going Through The Motions by The Other Realm. Posted only today, with perfect timing to complete the Top 5, but definitely not just added for filler. Includes a great reenactment of the scene from OMWF!

dragonyphoenix

These are ones I had to rec as I love them so but didn't fit into any categories. And please pardon my lack of "why this is so great" comments. Other people can write whole paragraphs on that topic. Me? I'm more along the lines of "I really like it."

Ten Things That Never Happened in the Buffy Fandom – The spell that created Dawn didn’t effect just the tv show.
Mr Spike: Spike’s visits to the children’s ward of the hospital.
Business as Usual: From the summary: What if Spike had been telling the truth when he made his sarcastic remark about visiting a nice tea-room at the garbage dump during Season 5’s The Replacement? Eeee! I adore Agnes Pringle.
Magpie: Strange deaths and Xander is somehow a focus. The writing is incredibly beautiful.
Radio Silence – From the summary: The Gentlemen drop by Night Vale. This poses something of a problem for a radio host who depends on his voice to communicate. Beer good foamy always writes excellent stories.

yourlibrarian

This list became unexpectedly difficult when two of the five recs I had prepped ended up linking to deleted accounts! That seems a high percentage in less than a year?

1) Five People Whose Loan Applications Were Approved At Sunnydale Securities Bank (And One Whose Wasn't) by beer_good_foamy. "So how does Sunnydale… work, exactly? Well, it's a long and complex story of corruption and denial, but let's check in with one of the cogs that make the wheels spin. Remember the loan officer who turned Buffy down in "Flooded"...? Here's his Sunnydale story in six installments, occasionally interacting with the main storyline." The devil is in the details, alright.

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yourlibrarian

1) Fiction Banners by teragramm. I don't tend to see these very often anymore unless a Big Bang fic is involved. I liked the sleek yet different look in these two works.

2) And I Won't Feel a Thing (The Rinse and Repeat Remix) by SegaBarrett. " Billy has everything he ever wanted." I like the fact that Billy having what he wanted doesn't change who he is, it's just the same steps to different music.

3) Vantage Point (Remix of Heights) by Corina (CorinaLannister). "Spike and Willow go on patrol together with Spike being the powerhouse fighter and Willow helping him out with her telepathic abilities. But who is helping who really?" I read this together with the original story (written last year) and found that it was the final lines in both the original and remix that stuck with me. Spike and Buffy as Heathcliff and Catherine is a little off to me, Angel being rather more Heathcliff-y. But then that says so much about Willow's frame of mind, she should know that. Spike reminds her, but she does tend to forget it.

4) Restoration by circular_infinity. Buffy & Angel's missing scene after her return. Part of what struck me about this story was the way Angel thinks of her with an artist's eye as he sees her again, "Part of her demeanor speaks of grief. It eases as she nears him, but it's still there like a layer of priming on a canvas."

5) Junior Deviants by Aadler. "Not everything fell apart in the last days of Sunnydale. Some things came together." First off, hardly anyone remembers or writes about Dawn's friends in early S7, especially since the show didn't either after the spinoff idea went nowhere. And this one has a nice surprise at the end. Second, so happy to see drabbles on AO3 since very few of them end up there!

Lastly, I didn't include this in my list because it's commercial not fannish – which in itself has become a harder thing to tease apart in these last 15 years given people's platforms on YouTube and fannish news outlets, Patreon and even commercializing individual websites. But I did find the concept of this quite entertaining: I've Never Seen "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" So I Watched The Pilot And Finale And Nothing In Between

petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

In no particular order :

Buffy and forgiveness by

angearia.

I hate my free will by

molly_may.

Meta on the opening credits by

stormwreath.

Meta on Fred and Illyria by

deird1.

Meta on the different paths to redemption of Spike and Angel by

shipperx

double_dutchess

I don't usually read WIPs, but I am making an exception for these ones, because they're just so good or because I know they're going to be good. I may be cheating a bit here, as several of the WIPs in this list were not started in 2020, but since they all got updated this year I think it still counts. To compensate, two of them are REALLY recent.

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thenewbuzwuzz

There has been a ton of Buffy fan music this year. I recommend reading the video descriptions on YouTube as long as you can bear being reminded of the current affairs that inspired some of it. If you cannot bear that today, maybe skip the "Where Do We Go from Here" video -- it could be pretty painful. I also recommend watching the videos, not only listening. The visuals add a lot to the experience.
One of these is not a song originally written for BtVS (though it is part of the Buffy soundtrack, and that's where the singer found it), but the video is so soothing and delightful to me that I couldn't leave it out.

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thewiggins

thenewbuzwuzz is a staple of the online BtVS fandom. She not only participates here each year, but helps run Seasonal Spuffy and the Sunnydale Herald. But one of her greatest contributions to the fandom, in my opinion, is her advocacy for poetry as a fanwork medium. I certainly never would have tried it if it hadn't been for her inspiration. Here are a few of my favorite buzwuzz poems.

The Limericked Adventures of Bob the Hellmouth Cop
This was the poem that started it all for me. It was the winner of a contest on the now sadly defunct Sunnydale Fanfic Club podcast and her episode opened my eyes to the potential of fandom poetry. (Actually, the podcast wound up introducing us both to each other's work, eventually leading to our ongoing beta exchange.)

The poem itself is priceless. Using the limerick format to explore the POV of a clueless Sunnydale cop is just too good. I mean, consider this stanza:
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sparrow2000.livejournal.com

Copper and Moonlight (the Mimi & Rodolfo Remix). This is another one from

nwhepcat because why would you ration yourself when there is quality fic to be had? Willow and Xander tend to Giles after his ordeal with Angelus. (This is a remix of Substitute by

antennapedia which is also worth your time)

( More random lovelies this way... )

petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

( In no order )

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

Meta, Reactors, Vids and Artwork work that deserve some love.

Fandom is a City by ruuger is a lovely essay on the rise and fall of fandoms - about their longevity and fleetingness and the traces they leave in their wake. The author puts it far more eloquently than I could so go read. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

( More randomness this way... )

yourlibrarian

Buffy, Slaying Vampires Since 1996 by shiruji. I have to quibble about the date since it was either earlier with the movie or the TV debut was in 1997, but a cute icon nonetheless!

All the Children I've Had to Say "Good Bye" To by protoneoromantic. Such a strong finish to this, and a title with such a punch when you know who it's said by.

Comics Buffy by misbegotten. Lovely set of Buffy comics icons. No. 5 is my favorite but the Xander one is also striking.

Night Flight by JolieMariella. Wing AU Spike fanart.

The Ballad of Wishverse Giles by thenewbuzwuzz. Giles POV poem. I'd say "fun" but the episode theme wasn't on the happy side, so I'll just point out that it's clever instead ;)

flowspuffy.livejournal.com

Can you believe that more than twenty years after the show first aired numerous fanfics are still being written and published? It shows that BtVS really has stood the test of time and that the fandom is still alive and kicking. Yay! So from all those wonderful new stories here are five which are short and Spuffy and have been first published in 2019.

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yourlibrarian

Editable World Map of Spuffy Fic Recs by thenewbuzzwuzz who "mapped the settings of some Spuffy fic I have recced in the past. For example, "One Gazelle in All the World" by baphrosia takes place in the Serengeti, so I stuck a pin in Serengeti National Park and put the fic title and author in the description. So. Theoretically, one could use the map to find fic recs based on setting." It's open to edits so you can both browse it and make the map grow!

Que Sera, Sera aka. Doris' Day by kerk_hiraeth. Short ficlet that reminds us how the Three Caballeros might well have gone in quite a different direction with many more paths branching out.

gaycember — day 1 — Willow Rosenberg by ant-agony. This struck me as such a contented Willow.

In the Flower Bed by iseetheyelloweyed, a Spuffy artwork set in a rather macabre garden.

And as we begin November:

10 Reasons Pangs is Great by spuffybot. Not only did I find the point about Willow and Angel's relationship interesting to consider, but it was also good to see this representation of what I suspect a lot of fans do, which is to rewatch certain holiday Buffy episodes as part of their traditions.

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

I love Oz, and when he’s written well, it makes me very happy. Here are five fics that do just that…

No Cold and Heat by

idyll makes me tear up every time I read it because it is so damn beautiful - bleak, and sad with a chink of light in the clouds that makes my heart ache. Oz is rescued and now must find himself. There’s a hint of slash at the end, but really this is a story that’s all about Oz.

( More Ozness this way... )

yourlibrarian

If That Mockingbird Won't Sing by Doyle. Last year I was sent a pointer to this fic that I think has been recced here before, but it is a wonderfully creepy contribution to the season!

Wild and Wonderful by solstice. Recced at an earlier Top 5 session, I read this earlier this year and found it a delightful ride of Dawn and Spike on a road trip during the S2/S3 hiatus. It's always fun to see stories imagined of the Dawnverse and I thought Dawn was a convincing kid. Bonus, the maps on each chapter showing their route.

Rewritten by TheSigyn. Another story recced here, "A magic crystal is kicked aside rather than shattered, and an old world is closed behind. How do you move forward in a life without a history? And what if your history isn’t what you thought it was?" I quite liked the ending which took a different approach from many a fanfic in having it both ways, but also in hinting at the cost of happiness no matter how it's achieved. ( Read more... )

thenewbuzwuzz

Starting early with the 2019 links.
It feels like, every time I glance at the Sunnydale Digest lately, tumblr user impalementation is poised to blow my mind by saying things like

"randomly thinking about the demon bikers in bargaining"

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thenewbuzwuzz

Two that were written earlier.
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And three written in 2019.
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yourlibrarian

1) A Quiet Conversation by Rainne. "Two old enemies sit and have coffee." Not often one runs across a story featuring Buffy and Ethan in conversation and it's hard to beat this story's ending!

2) Halloween Portrait Collection by thedothatgirl. Drawings of less frequently depicted characters: Adam, the Master, the Troika, Giles as a Fyarl, Glory, Clem and Amy (in both her forms).

3) Dracula vs Buffy by beer good. "I like "Buffy vs Dracula." I think it might even be the best season opener the show ever did. Here's some thoughts on why, and how it fits into the larger scope of the series and season 5." See if you agree!

4) Fight Scene Appreciation by stalwartsandall. "I wanted to gush a little about the fight sequence in Two to Go in which Spike fights the Walking Action Figure. It just feels a cut above the rest in terms of choreography, combatants, editing and production value."

5) Rupert Giles by Laurel Hach. Nicely Halloween themed painting of Giles.

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

Because it is not a secret that I’m a Xander girl, every year I challenge myself to do at least one rec list for

buffyversetop5 that doesn’t have Xander in any of the stories. This is this year’s list.

In Living Dangerously by andraste Andrew bakes muffins (with real blueberries…) and has an epiphany. This is short, nicely written and quite delightful.

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rebcake.livejournal.com

One of our Classic Fandom treasures is

hello_spikey, whose secret identity includes being an award-winning professional speculative fiction writer. Shhhh. We had her first!

While not all of her stories are on AO3 yet, many are. Versatility is her hallmark. I daresay that among her works there is a story with a pairing, a rating, a kink, or a mood to suit the tastes of any Buffyverse fic fan. Here is a brief selection of a very few of my personal favorites, in ascending order of length:

Once More, With Lorne (Teen, 1624 words)
Lorne investigates reports of an entire town bursting into song.

( More, hello_spikey, more! )

dragonyphoenix

I tried to avoid rec'ing works that I rec every year but Restfield's Saturday Night vid, music by Bay City Rollers and set during Band Candy, is such a delight that I just can't not share. I adore how it's such a fun vid but then turns poignant in the end. Also, the Mayor turning and leaving on "Gotta Go" just amuses me every time.

( the rest of the links are cheering me up because I have to replace brakes on a car I bought a year ago. ;-( )

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

For the last couple of years I’ve challenged myself to do one classic recs post that doesn’t have a Xander in sight - which as most of you know is kind of traumatic for me. Here is this year’s list.

Untitled holiday ficlet by

brutti_ma_buoni is a Firefly/Georgette Heyer crossover. Two of my favourite Heyer characters, Damerel and Venetia take tea with Mal and Inara aka Mr and Mrs Reynolds. I’d say the ladies have the upper hand in this one.

( More goodies this way... )

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

Since we’re coming up on Halloween, I thought I'd get in the mood with a list of fics that make me shiver. Here’s five that do the job nicely, or in some cases, not so nicely.

This is not a love story by

raynejelly is bleak in the best way - this is the Spike, Xander, Angel scene in School Hard with a twist.

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thenewbuzwuzz

The podcast The Sunnydale Fanfic Club is one of my favorite things that have been happening in Buffy fandom lately. I love how interactive and community-oriented it is, and I love getting writing advice and story trivia from some of my favorite authors, hearing about the experiences of other fans, and discovering bits of fandom history. This list is going to be highly subjective, so if interviews with Buffyverse fanfic authors sound fun, I recommend browsing their annotated episode list on libsyn to see for yourself which episodes might interest you. Below are some of the ones I enjoyed most. Assume all episodes are NSFW by default.

An interview with Beer Good about the multi-crossover fic ''Shelf Life''
by The Sunnydale Fanfic Club
Among topics covered: fandom history, crossovers, oneshots vs. epics, fandom sites/platforms, Crime and Punishment, parodies, what Giles and Willow read, flaws and mistakes in fic, and comments.
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thenewbuzwuzz

I wanted to show everyone this amazing animated video, so I filled out the post with a random selection of other good art I'd noticed this year. Everything linked is worksafe.

Animated video: Willow et Tara
by Aurore Fénié
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petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

Five favorite Buffyverse stories, in no particular order :

1. OK, technically this isn't really a story however... The Art Project by

st_salieri.

2. Flight to Egypt , Spike by

powerofthebook.

3. Disenchantment , Spike/Buffy by

herself_nyc.

4. A Cricket From California , Spike/Buffy by

elsaf.

5. Nightswimming , Spike/Buffy by

calove.

dragonyphoenix

These works may or may not have been posted in 2018 but they were all nominated for the 2018 Headline Awards which celebrates the works of Anthony Head, the actor who played Giles. And that last bit probably goes without saying. If you have any favorite works featuring Giles, I'm certain GilesCandy would love to see you nominate for the Headline Awards.

Of course I can't say these are the best works nominated for the Headline Awards because there are too many great works to pick from but these are all works that spoke to me.

1. GilesCandy's video Hallelujah.She picked images covering all the seasons that go so well with the song.
( the rest of the works are mocking me for watching Christmas specials before Halloween )

yourlibrarian

Just a reminder that it's time for your 2018 recs! And don't forget there are more recs being shared on LiveJournal that you can browse.

BtVS pattern by lenny-way-you-want-it. Pencil and ink sketches of different objects, I would love to see this made into a fabric for fannish clothes! ( Read more... )

gracenm.livejournal.com

There aren't a lot of people still writing and reading Buffy/Angel fic these days, but the ones still active are very dear to my heart. Here are five of my favorites from the last 12 months:

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thenewbuzwuzz

It turns out a poet by the name of Kim Wade has a Wordpress blog ''The Slayer Verses'' at buffypoetry.com (btw, it's possible to subscribe to updates via Dreamwidth), where she has been steadily posting BtVS-inspired poems since last year. I admire her knack for picking an image or a moment out of each episode (often a less than obvious pick) and creating something original that can end up very tonally different from how we usually see the episode & can sometimes loop back towards canon to illuminate themes from new angles. Below are five of my favorites that she posted this year. They are all worksafe.

Gingerbread by Kim Wade (gen)
Helpless by Kim Wade (gen)
The Zeppo by Kim Wade (Xander)
Something Blue by Kim Wade (Spuffy)
A New Man by Kim Wade (Tillow)

petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

4 favorite posts from

masqthephlsphr and 1 from

superplin over at Coffee Makers, in no particular order :
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petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

Five favorite posts from Tea at the Ford , in no particular order :
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thenewbuzwuzz

...or at least they never contradict canon... uh, BtVS canon, at any rate. This is a list of missing scene fic, until I run out of missing scene fic -- bear with me. Almost everything is Spuffy, and all of it is complete.

1. Pre-series: met a seriously scary Hungarian countess.
House-Guests From Hell And How To Send Them Back There
by

shapinglight
(Fanged Four, T, 12,353w, complete)
I loved all the characters here, but Dru was especially fabulous. And the way that historical person fits into the story is just awe-inspiring.

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petzipellepingo.livejournal.com

Favorite 2017 meta posts, in no particular order :

1. Meta on the vampires of the Buffyverse by

hannahforlove.

2. Meta on Fred and Illyria by

deird1.

3. Meta on Buffy's relationships with Spike and Angel by

itsnotmymind.

4. Meta on School Hard by

molly_may.

5. Meta on Faith's mental state by

itsnotmymind.

dragonyphoenix

Mike Collins' Killed by Death
Aaron Minier's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Wolves With Hat's Unraveled - AU where only Spike remembers Dawn after Buffy dove into the portal
Henar Torino's Doppelganger
Diana Kresge's 20 Years of Slaying

sparrow2000.livejournal.com

I’ll finish my spamming with five fics that have nothing in common apart from the fact I thought they were great and they were written in 2017.

A new ficlet by

baudown is always a pleasure because I love her elegant use of language and the way she can paint such a detailed portrait in such a short time. Trapped is a prime example - it’s Xander contemplating the contradictions of his vampire, beause no one can do contrary quite like Spike.

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double_dutchess

Let's squeeze in some more Buffy vid recs.

Camelia1986 - Halloween in Sunnydale: THE Buffy Halloween vid as far as I'm concerned, should be rewatched at least once yearly!

Nicole Anell - White Rabbit: Restless episodic vid, set to Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit. Mesmerizing.

Brad CPU & Milly - Polka Slayer: Buffy overview vid, with polka. Great fun!

Rowena - BtVS abridged William Tell Overture: the Complete Buffy in just a little over 3 minutes.

Jetpack-monkey / Luminosity & Kamil - It's the End of the World As We Know It: remastered version of a true classic.

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