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- Mood:
busy
The Bon Dance last night was incredible! The yard in front of the Kauai Soto Zen Temple in Hanapepe was all decorated with paper lanterns and string lights, with a big circular display area where the performances took place. There were food booths, and the food I saw people eating looked good, but we didn't eat there. Maybe next time, because this is something I would like to do every year! I'd seen the announcements every year since we moved here (including two years when it was canceled or done virtually because of COVID restrictions) and always wanted to go.
It was a great community event, with lots of people wearing beautiful yukatas and kimonos. There's a pretty large Japanese population on Kauai, and this seemed to be a popular event with the Japanese community. But there were lots of other people too, mostly families who appeared to be residents, but there were a few visitors, too. Some from very far away, like South Africa and Australia.
We found chairs near the performance ring, and we had a pretty good view. The first performance was a group of taiko drummers, who were very impressive. The beat of their drums was so powerful that we could feel it reverberating in our chests! I've always loved taiko drumming, and I went to a performances a couple of times back in Berkeley, but seeing it performed outdoors on the temple grounds under the paper lanterns was really different. It felt less remote, more like we were all part of the same community event, which of course we were.
After the taiko drumming performance, there was a transitional period, when the taiko drummers performed with flautists and a singer while dozens of people (maybe a hundred people? there were a lot) danced a dance with set steps that everyone performed simultaneously as they moved in a slow circle around the performance area. It was a beautiful dance, and it was neat to see how some people were very graceful and practiced, while other people went out there and did their best to dance along and no one judged them. During this time, though, a high percentage of the people dancing were in kimonos, yukatas, and flowing Japanese-style shirts. The sun started setting during the dance, and the sky was all pink and blue and gorgeous.
Then there was a break while they removed all the taiko drums, and a lot more people went into the circle, more of them just casually dressed in street clothing, though the people in Japanese clothes didn't leave the circle. They were just joined by a lot more people.
And then we were BLASTED by recorded music that was probably 5 times louder than the live performance had been, so loud that Shannon and I could hardly bear it. Everyone continued dancing in their slow circle, but Shannon and I pretty rapidly decided that we'd had enough. Shannon insisted that we could stay if I wanted to, but I'm prone to headaches and I knew music that loud wasn't going to do my brain any favors. So we headed out.
But it was a lovely evening, and a perfect date night. It's been a long time since we were able to go out to stuff like this together much. We've been to the theater together a few times during these past several years, but outdoor stuff like this festival and the Pride parade are a very different sort of thing. This festival would have been difficult (though not impossible) to navigate on my knee scooter, for example. And the bathrooms were port-a-potties, which would have been a nightmare when I was having my digestive problems. So it is very exciting to be well enough to be able to easily go out to this sort of community event.
It was a great community event, with lots of people wearing beautiful yukatas and kimonos. There's a pretty large Japanese population on Kauai, and this seemed to be a popular event with the Japanese community. But there were lots of other people too, mostly families who appeared to be residents, but there were a few visitors, too. Some from very far away, like South Africa and Australia.
We found chairs near the performance ring, and we had a pretty good view. The first performance was a group of taiko drummers, who were very impressive. The beat of their drums was so powerful that we could feel it reverberating in our chests! I've always loved taiko drumming, and I went to a performances a couple of times back in Berkeley, but seeing it performed outdoors on the temple grounds under the paper lanterns was really different. It felt less remote, more like we were all part of the same community event, which of course we were.
After the taiko drumming performance, there was a transitional period, when the taiko drummers performed with flautists and a singer while dozens of people (maybe a hundred people? there were a lot) danced a dance with set steps that everyone performed simultaneously as they moved in a slow circle around the performance area. It was a beautiful dance, and it was neat to see how some people were very graceful and practiced, while other people went out there and did their best to dance along and no one judged them. During this time, though, a high percentage of the people dancing were in kimonos, yukatas, and flowing Japanese-style shirts. The sun started setting during the dance, and the sky was all pink and blue and gorgeous.
Then there was a break while they removed all the taiko drums, and a lot more people went into the circle, more of them just casually dressed in street clothing, though the people in Japanese clothes didn't leave the circle. They were just joined by a lot more people.
And then we were BLASTED by recorded music that was probably 5 times louder than the live performance had been, so loud that Shannon and I could hardly bear it. Everyone continued dancing in their slow circle, but Shannon and I pretty rapidly decided that we'd had enough. Shannon insisted that we could stay if I wanted to, but I'm prone to headaches and I knew music that loud wasn't going to do my brain any favors. So we headed out.
But it was a lovely evening, and a perfect date night. It's been a long time since we were able to go out to stuff like this together much. We've been to the theater together a few times during these past several years, but outdoor stuff like this festival and the Pride parade are a very different sort of thing. This festival would have been difficult (though not impossible) to navigate on my knee scooter, for example. And the bathrooms were port-a-potties, which would have been a nightmare when I was having my digestive problems. So it is very exciting to be well enough to be able to easily go out to this sort of community event.
- Mood:
tired
FAITH: (mumbling) Scratch you out...
FRED: She's not making any sense.
LORNE: And speaking of sense, have you gone on permanent sabbatical from yours? Tell me you did not shoot that girl full of junk, and then feed her to Angelus.
WESLEY: It was her choice. Faith knew the risks.
LORNE: Aw, she couldn't! (Fred glares at them, then quieter) Wesley, I know what that drug does to people. Especially when they super-size the doses to make sure they really get the job done. And you damn well know it too.
FRED: She's not making any sense.
LORNE: And speaking of sense, have you gone on permanent sabbatical from yours? Tell me you did not shoot that girl full of junk, and then feed her to Angelus.
WESLEY: It was her choice. Faith knew the risks.
LORNE: Aw, she couldn't! (Fred glares at them, then quieter) Wesley, I know what that drug does to people. Especially when they super-size the doses to make sure they really get the job done. And you damn well know it too.
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- Connor & Buffy: Still Down (Connor/Buffy, Connor/Faith, M) by StrangeBint
- Making You Mine (Buffy/Tara, M) by storiwr
- [Poetry collection] today doesn’t count: part 38 (Buffy/Spike, collection rated M) by modestlobster
[Chaptered Fiction]
- Shadowed Suspicion Chapter 380 (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure xover, T) by madimpossibledreamer
- Dark Cravings, Chapters 1-2 COMPLETE! (Buffy/Spike, E) by desicat
- Who are You in Twenty Years?, Chapter 12/12 (Faith/Multiple characters, M) by StrangeBint
- Silent tides, Chapters 4-10/20 (Buffy/OC, G) by Aya1600
- Chasing the Light, Chapter 28/40 (Angel/Lindsey, E) by CloudSeeker
- The Queen's daughter, Chapter 101/? (Buffy/Faith, OUAT xover, not rated) by Dragonprincess19961
- What Old Eyes Have Seen, Chapter 2/6 (Xander, Grimm xover, not rated) by Distant_Echo_Of_The_Past
- The Red Slayer:, Chapters 14-15/200 (Willow/Oz, Willow/Tara, E) by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer)
- Unspoken [Part 3] (Spike/reader, not rated) by hiddndaydreams
- Caught You, Chapter 2 COMPLETE! (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by elements
- The Plan, Chapter 24 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by NotYourGrave
- Once More, With Fu...Shagging, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten, BewitchedXx
- Float, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Grief Counseling
- Caught You, Chapter 2 COMPLETE! (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by elements
- The Supernatural Eye (rewritten), Part 7 (ensemble, not rated) by ILLYRIAN
[Images, Audio & Video]
- Moodboard: Illyria (worksafe) by sslayerettes
- Artwork: These are the sunnydale grim reapers (The Trio, worksafe) by garscrucible
- Artwork: [Portraits of Spike] (worksafe) by sanzosin
- Artwork: Calendiles beach episode (Giles/Jenny, worksafe) by yarboyandy2
- Artwork: can I get a regulah ice cawfee and a strahberry frahsted (Faith, worksafe) by yarboyandy2
- Gifset: BUFFY SUMMERS IN GOODBYE, IOWA (worksafe) by detectivedawnsummers
- Artwork: Dru (Drusilla, worksafe) by paint-me-in-watercolour
- Artwork: Beyond delighted by the canonical character fact that, if ever turned, Willow would get a goth makeover (Vamp Willow, worksafe) by aregebidan
- Artwork: WANT/TAKE/HAVE. (Buffy/Faith, worksafe) by miehczyslaw
- Moodboard: willow rosenberg (worksafe) by sslayerettes
- Artwork: [Scene from 4x22 Restless] (worksafe) by kleoshe
- Video: Buffy + Spike - Dead (Buffy/Spike) by Faith Victoria
- Artwork: [Art] Spuffy Beach Vacation (Buffy/Spike, G) by Harlow Turner
- Artwork: I painted the Scythe (worksafe) by spell-byte
[Reviews & Recaps]
- Orpheus Season 4 by DazzlingAd7021
- PODCAST: Oh My God, Did It Sing? (BtVS S6E7) by It Stakes Two
- PODCAST: S5. Ep21. Power Play by Investigating Angel
[Recs & In Search Of]
- ISO: I want more recs, so what’s everyone’s favourite like “niche” spuffy fic(s)? requested by camellcat
- ISO: Are there any good buffy podcasts from a male perspective? requested by capable_capuchin
[Community Announcements]
- The Audio Podcast Version of our show is now FREE on Spotify! by majorslayagepod
- The Audio Podcast Version of our show is now FREE on Apple Podcasts! by majorslayagepod
[Fandom Discussions]
- [Group rewatch] Who are the Order of Aurelius? (Plus ramblings about religion in Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by btvsfemslashenjoyer
- [Group rewatch] Why Does Buffy Need a Secret Identity? by btvsfemslashenjoyer, badwolfwho1
- Another thing about Spike’s obsession with slayers by tryingtoforgetapples
- Drusilla is such a queen because she lost two boyfriends to Buffy and literally never came after her by tryingtoforgetapples
- did anyone else think those two other freshmen that got trapped in the basement with Dawn were going to end up being her buddies by femmedefandom
- the fun thing about willow having pretty much the same relationships with spike and angel by ihavefrogfear
- There’s a tendency in fandom to make Spike a poet. While it has its roots in canon, and Angel doubles down on this, I think it’s actually a misrepresentation by sevenslayerdip
- is anyone else curious about the throwaway line of Spike having a cousin married to a Frovlax demon? by femmedefandom
- [Fuffy] I know we all talk about this line. And the punch. And Faith’s smile. But rewatching it again it hit me like a ton of bricks by absolutelyspockedtohearthat
- Spike was never a villain by tryingtoforgetapples
- Here’s the thing about The First [...] Why didn’t it show itself until s7? by tryingtoforgetapples
- [anon ask] How would you would rank BTVS season openers, and if you’re fine with it, I’d love to hear your reasons for the positioning? answered by sulietsexual
- i love cangel SO so much but i never bought them as a romance even in the slightest. they’re besties to me by xaeyrnofnbe
- ‘spike was better with drusilla’ sure if you look at the surface by thefivebyfivecrow
- What did the Watchers council do to Slayers who abused their power? by roseraintears
- Buffy has so much grace. [...] She really is the bigger person and there’s a reason she’s in charge by tryingtoforgetapples
- I just think it’s so funny how Spike is never the official Big Bad of the season by slutty-gantu
- I don’t know if anyone has said it— Anya is 1000% neurodivergent (especially autism) coded by milady-pink
- Eve sings for Lorne - Hole in the World by Puppet, multiple posters
- What are some rarely talked about or even minor moments, lines, etc, that shocked you? by foreseethefuture
- showing my wife BTVS for the first time. by Jeremys_Iron_
- [Sequel] SMG & Producers vision for New Buffy. by Available-Dress109
- Buffy nightmares by cheeky_monkey25
- In (partial) defense of the Watcher’s Council by FaveStore_Citadel
- Anyone else think season four [AtS] is kind of “soapy”? by dabzandjabz
- What would the council have done if Dana [AtS 5x11] had been chosen under normal circumstances? by Soft_Interaction_437
- Who (in Angel or Buffy) had the best development over their time on the show(s)? by Artistic-Total-303
- If Xander was the one chosen to come out as gay instead of Willow, what kind of a character would you guys create/want as his boyfriend? by HomarEuropejski
- I miss early Wes... S4 [AtS] is breaking my heart by omg_you_killed_kenny
- Sarah Michelle Gellar in Italy by Capable_Salt_SD
- I've been thinking about vampires, and I've got a theory about them in the Buffyverse by Rough_Plan
- Buffy has had an impact on those from many different cultures by SayadawDocBenway
- What was your reaction the first time you saw Dawn appear in the first episode of season 5? by SecretDice
- What’s a scene that never fails to make you laugh? by Sad_Shine_419
[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]
- Battle 2 of the Uber Buffy Fans - Part 2 by Re-Vamped with Juliet Landau
- Watcher Dev: Interview With The Writer - Nancy Holder by Re-Vamped with Juliet Landau
- PUBLICATION: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Revival: Everything to Know About Hulu's Potential New Series by Kelly Connolly, TV Guide
I saw the physical therapist today, and we're getting me started back on my exercises. I've actually improved since I last saw him, because I've been walking whenever I can, especially since the injections started helping me feel better and I could leave the house more often. My legs are quite strong again now, but the muscles are still very tight and need stretching. It's nice that I've overcome some of the atrophy that was a huge problem when I first went to PT after my second foot surgery! I remember my left calf muscle was weirdly concave because of atrophy in late 2021 / early 2022.
So I'm going to start doing physical therapy stretches at least twice a day again, along with my frequent walks (whenever I have the opportunity!) and the water exercise class twice a week. It seems like a good plan.
I talked with the physical therapist about the fact that I think we need to set our expectations for the long term, because my body just doesn't heal/adjust quickly, so it's going to take a long time to get those muscles more flexible. I'll work on it, but my effort won't be enough ... it'll take time. In the past, I've always felt that if I just worked harder, then I could make things happen faster, but with my body's recovery it definitely doesn't work that way. It's a cliche, but it's also true: some things take time. That's frustrating, but it's also reassuring. If I don't seem to be improving noticeably, it isn't my "fault" ... it's just my body taking its time, and I need to learn to be okay with that.
In an example of how small the community is here on Kauai, Mary is working with the same physical therapist that I'm working with ... and the woman I met on Wednesday at the writers' group is friends with Gary and Mary because they all go to the same church. Kauai really is like a small town spread across an island's space.
Shannon and I are heading to Hanapepe for a Bon Dance festival tonight, which should be fun!
So I'm going to start doing physical therapy stretches at least twice a day again, along with my frequent walks (whenever I have the opportunity!) and the water exercise class twice a week. It seems like a good plan.
I talked with the physical therapist about the fact that I think we need to set our expectations for the long term, because my body just doesn't heal/adjust quickly, so it's going to take a long time to get those muscles more flexible. I'll work on it, but my effort won't be enough ... it'll take time. In the past, I've always felt that if I just worked harder, then I could make things happen faster, but with my body's recovery it definitely doesn't work that way. It's a cliche, but it's also true: some things take time. That's frustrating, but it's also reassuring. If I don't seem to be improving noticeably, it isn't my "fault" ... it's just my body taking its time, and I need to learn to be okay with that.
In an example of how small the community is here on Kauai, Mary is working with the same physical therapist that I'm working with ... and the woman I met on Wednesday at the writers' group is friends with Gary and Mary because they all go to the same church. Kauai really is like a small town spread across an island's space.
Shannon and I are heading to Hanapepe for a Bon Dance festival tonight, which should be fun!
- Mood:
happy
PUPPET ANGEL: Wes, put the special ops team on red alert.
WESLEY: Red alert?
PUPPET ANGEL: I want helicopters and tear gas.
GUNN: Angel—
PUPPET ANGEL: This is war!
LORNE: Angel, baby... Muppet, pumpkin, uh, this show is number one in its time slot. Tykes love it all across the Southland. We can't just toss a Jihad at their studio.
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
[Chaptered Fiction]
[Images, Audio & Video]
[Reviews & Recaps]
[Fandom Discussions]
WESLEY: Red alert?
PUPPET ANGEL: I want helicopters and tear gas.
GUNN: Angel—
PUPPET ANGEL: This is war!
LORNE: Angel, baby... Muppet, pumpkin, uh, this show is number one in its time slot. Tykes love it all across the Southland. We can't just toss a Jihad at their studio.
~~Smile Time~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- Easier to Run by veronyxk84 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
[Chaptered Fiction]
- An Impossible Task, Chapter 11 by Laqt15 (Spike/Andrew, T)
- Aim High: A Stargate Tale, Chapter 14 by Buffyworldbuilder (Ensemble, Stargate crossover, G)
- The Queen's daughter, Chapter 100 by Dragonprincess19961 (Faith/Buffy, Once Upon A Time crossover, not rated)
- Twisted Vine, Chapter 12 by Sdhuskerfan (Buffy/Giles, E)
- It Is Not A Curse, Chapters 1-11 (complete!) by Poetry_Arcade (Buffy/William, E)
- No Rest for the Wicked, Chapter 9 by TargaryenPug (Buffy/Faith, M)
- The Sunnydale Imp, Chapter 63 by Bloodredtiger (OC & Scoobies, T)
- The Ex-Files: Charming, CA, Chapter 13 by Viwiel (Buffy/Jax, Sons of Anarchy crossover, G)
- Cunning Woman, Chapter 7 by desicat (Buffy/William, M)
- today doesn’t count, Chapter 37 by modestlobster (Buffy/Spike, M)
- Hold Fast the Thread, Chapter 27 by SchrodingersKatInABox (Giles/Faith, M)
- The Willow Factor, Chapter 6 (complete!) by fatalfae, MadeInGold (Buffy/Riley, T)
- I Seriously Mean It This Time, Chapter 5 by xaeyrnofnbe (Buffy/Spike, M)
- Your Space, Chapter 4 by StakeAndEggs (Buffy/Faith, E)
- Buffy Summers Is Doomed, Chapter 2 by thisyearsgrrl (Buffy/Faith, M)
- Max and PJ the Vampire Slayers, Chapter 10 by AuthorReader (Spike, Drusilla, Angel, Goof Troop crossover, G)
- The girl who hunts the night, Chapter 21 (complete!) by Aya1600 (Buffy/Jacob, Twilight crossover, G)
- We Never Could Have Done It (I Was Weaker Then), Chapter 2 by SweetheartOfTheSun (Willow/Tara, M)
- Bullet For My Valentine [Prequel], Chapter 3 by frozendeadgirl (empteed) (Spike/OC, E)
- Unspoken - Spike x Reader, Chapter 2 by hiddndaydreams (Spike/reader, T)
- Control, Chapter 1 by Mariya_Munro (Buffy/Spike, G)
- Silent tides, Chapter 3 by Aya1600 (Buffy/OC, G)
- Soul Survivors, Chapter 7 by TheNightshadeDeluxe (Angel/Spike, E)
- The Great Escape from Oz, Chapter 11 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Animal I Have Become, Chapter 8 (complete!) by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- The Wrong Ones, Chapter 7 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- We’ll Always Have Prague, Chapter 4 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Shadows on the Wall, Chapter 3 (complete!) by zinjadu (Buffy/Spike, R)
- Once More, With Fu...Shagging, Chapter 5 by CheekyKitten, BewitchedXx (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Back to the Light, Chapter 15 by MountainKing (Buffy. Torchwood crossover, FR18)
- What the Drabble? Vol. 3, Chapter 55 by VeroNyxK84 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
[Images, Audio & Video]
- Artwork: Some more sketches of my muse by sanzosin (Spike, worksafe)
- Artwork: I feel like btvs would make a really good idv crossover by cinnamonatte (Buffy, worksafe)
- Gifs: Andrew, Warren and Jonathan as kitties by garscrucible (worksafe)
- Collage: 🐈⬛ the favorite witchy aunt 🐈⬛ by just-turned-aesthetic (Tara, worksafe)
- Artwork process video: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER MINECRAFT CHARACTER!!!!! by CraftREP (worksafe)
- Fanvid: ANGEL Tribute | Helios [RE-UPLOAD] by Jess
- Fanvid: Buffy the Vampire Slayer X Puddles by Deanna Stinson-Wish Fire
- Fanvid: Dark Magic: Angel & Buffy by Taylor_Game
- Vidlet: " I broke a nail okay 💅 " by ALEXEDIT (Buffy)
- Video: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vampire effect After Effects by idzvfx
[Reviews & Recaps]
- Rewatch - S1 E10 - Nightmares by AnnaRowyn
- Rewatch: S1 E11 - Out of Mind... Out of Sight by AnnaRowyn
- Rewatch: S1 E12 - Finale - Prophecy by AnnaRowyn
- Video: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Recap - S01E07 - Angel (Yuck) 04/14/1997 by Slayer's Lair
- Video: Buffy S2E1 "When She Was Bad" Review by Major Slayage - A Buffy Rewatch Podcast
- Video: 5 DARK Buffy Episodes That Will RUIN Your Childhood by BuffyBot
- Video: The Shocking Truth About Buffy’s Prophecy (Official Canon Season 8, Part 2) by out for a walk B!
- Video: The Bitch Is Back! A first watch podcast with Charisma Carpenter (EPISODE 1) by charisma carpenter
- Video: Therapist Watches Buffy’s Season 1 Finale: Buffy Gets Therapized by Mended Light
- Podcast video: S5E17: Forever by One Girl in All the World
- Podcast video: The Caffeinated Librarians: Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 6 by Mahopac Public Library
- Podcast video: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4 Episode 17 - Superstar by Sh*t 90s Shows Taught Me
- Podcast video: Buffy's Angels: Why We Fight by The Franchise: A Film Podcast
- Podcast video: Buffy S04E11 "Doomed" Spoiler Review by The Post Credits
- Podcast video: Angel S01E10 "Parting Gifts" Spoiler Review by The Post Credits
- Podcast video: Buffy's Angels: Smile Time by The Franchise: A Film Podcast
- Podcast: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Five, Episode Thirteen: Blood Ties by Slayed! The Buffyverse Revisited Podcast
- Podcast: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Once More, with Feeling" by Once More with TV
- Podcast: 51: “I Will Remember You” (Angel S1E8) by Penny Lennox
- Podcast: Buffy S3 at 25: Graduation Day Part 1 (Shortened Version) by Slayerfest 98
- Podcast: In Defense of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) by In Defense of: A Movie Podcast
[Fandom Discussions]
- If Buffy, rather than Faith, had accidentally killed Finch by coraniaid
- which three buffy characters are most likely to be vegan and why? answered by househaunterz
- Willow's shadow-selves by no-resolution
- Wes' ostracisation from the group continued by multiple posters
- Irrational opinions continued by AnnaRowyn
- Have you ever been angry at Buffy Summers continued by SpeakingFyarl
- Buffy being rebooted - with Sarah Michelle Gellar continued by multiple posters
- Major confusion about [Angel] Season 4 (spoilers) by ripawinakatawina
- “Are you going to go all ‘Dawson’ on me’ anytime I get a new boyfriend” by AmbitiousOutside7498
- What happens if a Turok-Han turned a human? by Rough_Plan
- What "Hellmouth-ish" songs should Giles be singing? by KentuckyWhiteRabbit
- Poetry by LadyLongLimbs
- Buffy fashionista that she is by Acceptable-Kiwi-9251
- SMG and Alyson Hannigan being silly in graduation day by Acceptable-Kiwi-9251
- We Need to Talk About Anya by greeneyesgirl_
- 8 Kind of Villains I Would Like To See In The New TV Series by FallMassive9336
- And save the world he did by Krystal_Waters
- Season 3 had a lot of fun stuff, but man all that Bangel drama got so tiresome by that point by HomarEuropejski
- I love how Becoming and Selfless have great flashbacks meant to show the opposite of each other by grkpektis
- Does anyone have an episode they just absolutely don’t like? by undelel13
- Why do some vampires come out of graves? by the_elephant_stan
- Why Doesn't Drusilla Use Hypnosis More Often? by LadyLongLimbs
- Does Buffy knows that Angel had a baby? by No-Preparation-889
- “Mazel tov!” by bh4th
- Who out of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer and/or Angel main characters, besides Buffy and Angel, do you think was focused on the most and who was focused on the least in the show(s)? by Big-Restaurant-2766
- Season 2 absolutely slayed. Took everything from season 1 and improved it in every way by HomarEuropejski
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We see Buffy standing in a circle of people. Riley makes his way through towards her.
RILEY: Excuse me. Hi.
BUFFY: Hi.
RILEY: Um...Buffy... (He pauses looking at a loss.) You do the reading on chapter 9?
BUFFY: Uh-huh. (She gives him a look.)
RILEY: Wow. Some theories, huh? (He gives an earnest grin.)
(Buffy smiles, as if holding back a laugh.)
RILEY: Cheese? (He holds up a cube of cheese on a stick.)
BUFFY: Hi.
RILEY: Um...Buffy... (He pauses looking at a loss.) You do the reading on chapter 9?
BUFFY: Uh-huh. (She gives him a look.)
RILEY: Wow. Some theories, huh? (He gives an earnest grin.)
(Buffy smiles, as if holding back a laugh.)
RILEY: Cheese? (He holds up a cube of cheese on a stick.)
~~The Initiative~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- Didn't Realize by FairyNiamh (Xander/Angel, E)
- Not Alone by GarsCrucible (Andrew/Warren, T)
- Descent by Ripper1701d (Buffy/Angel, Giles/Jenny, other pairings, E)
- followed down that campfire path by NahaFlowers (Willow, Xander, OFC, T)
- Making You Happy by storiwr (Buffy/Tara, M)
- Outside Her Window by Bloody_Willamina (Buffy/Spike, Buffy/Riley, T)
- What Are You Saiyan? by Gojirob (Andrew, Dragon Ball xover, T)
- in secret, between the shadow and the soul by tenderjock (Buffy/Spike, T)
- plus all my clothes would fit by MadeInGold (Buffy/female Angel, T)
- 𝐖𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐘𝐀' by wingedhallows (Spike/reader, unrated)
- [outline] “As You Were” as a crossover, could’ve given us the crash-out of the century for Buffy. by KENZOKHAOS (Buffy, Riley, Angel, unrated)
- Again by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, R)
[Chaptered Fiction]
- Choosing the Right Path - ch. 1 by Dreamwitch17 (Buffy, Willow, future Willow/Spike, T)
- The Worst Hell - ch. 1 by TwilightChild (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)
- Once More, With Fu...Shagging - ch. 4 by CheekyKitten, BewitchedXx (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Blood, Guts, and Angel Cake - ch. 2 by Misti (Buffy/Spike, R)
- The Fawn of it All - ch. 3 by IrisDietrich (Buffy/Spike, R)
- Fleur Emphemere - ch. 7 by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Dawn Pratt - ch. 5 by Orange Wombat (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
- If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... - ch. 6 by zinjadu (Buffy/Spike, R)
- On the Run - ch. 6 by zinjadu (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- The Worst Hope - ch. 5 by TwilightChild (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)
- Dead Poet's Inheritance - ch. 10 by Soulburnt (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Mile Markers and Blood Moons - ch. 11 by JamesMFan (Buffy/Spike, R)
- Anti-Hero - ch. 10 by Willow25 (Buffy/Spike, R)
- The Choice To Stay - ch. 29 by Spikelover4ever (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- My Calendar Girl - ch. 5 by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Troubling Deaf Heaven - ch. 21 by JuneCurry (Buffy/Spike, R)
- Hellbound With Me - ch. 1 by acekoomboom (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
- Woke Up In Love - ch. 2 by Lilacsandorangeblossoms (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
- Out of Dodge - ch. 6 by VeroNyxK84 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
[Images, Audio & Video]
- Screencaps Resource: Sorted Caps, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1-7 [most characters] by tuppencetrinkets
- Artwork: POOR Giles "Hello Willow, I'm going to die right now..." by xevsfirebender (Buffy/Spike, Giles, worksafe)
- Artwork: two lesbians in one page?? This is CRAZYSAUCE!! by meowcatticus (Buffy, Faith, worksafe)
- Artwork: — I love you. — No, you don't. by flyora (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)
- Artwork: get ready to slay! by amazingbuffy (Buffy, Dan and Phil, worksafe)
- Artwork: that Shipname is most probably used platonically: birthday gift i made... by pzyii (Buffy/Willow, worksafe)
- Artwork: vaguely 28 days later inspired au of angel season 4 where cordy wakes up... by artsying-ifer (Cordelia, Fred, worksafe)
- Meme: Basically how this year's girl went??? Right??? by laurensxdeath (Buffy/Faith, worksafe)
- Meme: Poor Riley.. by blazinwolve (Buffy/Faith, Riley, worksafe)
- Textpost: and i continue with my these by xaeyrnofnbe (Spike, Doyle, Angel, Cordelia, worksafe)
- Gifset: #so unserious #I love them by angelia3 (Buffy/Angel, worksafe)
- Gifset: GOODBYE IOWA gotta hand it to you, goldilocks— you do have bleeding tragic taste in men. by detectivedawnsummers (Buffy, Riley, Spike, worksafe)
- Gifset: BEST OF BTVS: Giles & Jenny by clarkgriffon (Giles/Jenny, worksafe)
- Gifset: Drusilla x "the fruits" by Paris Paloma by sunnydalelibrarian (Drusilla, Angel, Spike, worksafe)
- Moodboard: bi greyromantic angel (buffyverse) by courtillyy (worksafe)
- Moodboard: angel the series by sslayerettes (worksafe)
- Moodboard: winifred burkle & wesley wyndam-pryce by sslayerettes (worksafe)
- Moodboard: winifred "fred" burkle by sslayerettes (worksafe)
- Moodboard: wesley wyndam-pryce & lilah morgan by sslayerettes (worksafe)
- Moodboard: lilah morgan by sslayerettes (worksafe)
- Gifset: WAIT can i post my #spangel gifs now?? by QueennHalloween (Angel/Spike, NSFW)
- Artwork: "last one for the road and then I'm off to bed" by QueennHalloween (Angel/Spike, mildly NSFW)
- Artwork: come check out the #runsintheblood discord for more #Angel/Darla goodness! by QueennHalloween (Angel/Darla, NSFW)
- Artwork: "Its a rare thing, but sometimes I draw something besides my fav vampires." by QueennHalloween (Willow/Tara, worksafe)
- Artwork: [Spangel kiss] by QueennHalloween (Angel/Spike, worksafe)
[Reviews & Recaps]
- would you consider the earlier seasons of buffy "lighter"? [series review]
- Rewatch: S1 E12 - Finale - Prophecy by torturedspike
- [Consequences: why did Buffy think] Angel would be the guy to go to in an effort to help Faith? by femmedefandom
- In The Dark (3x1) - Angel by deniouroboros
- Fear Itself (4x4) by deniouroboros
- GROUP REWATCH: reading what everyone's been saying about Never Kill a Boy of the First Date is the most fun I've had all day! by thesearemycurrentobsessions
- GROUP REWATCH: Never Kill a Boy on the First Date by thesearemycurrentobsessions
[Recs & In Search Of]
[Community Announcements]
[Fandom Discussions]
- buffy having a water theme in the first seasons, being drawn to it, even having dreams... by elverrie
- the fact that giles loves jaffa cakes is like. irrationally important to me. by automatonwithautonomy
- I’ve seen nobody comment on giles’s music taste so I will ... it fucking RULLESSSS bt thedullsea
- Okay but I’m actually obsessed with the Fuffy of this line? [from Willow] by absolutelyspockedtohearthat
- One thing I notice when watching buffy is that often when Faith appears it seems that... by tryingtoforgetapples
- I’m sorry but I refuse to believe William the Bloody's poetry was bad. by eggywitch
- [Angel has social anxiety] by camellcat
- Do y'all think Dawn found out buffy was a slayer before, after, or at the same time as Joyce did? by stormtide-leviathan
- honestly idk how anyone can be surprised by the semi-public sexcapades of buffy in s6 by mangio-formaggio
- [Xander in The Pack vs Spike in Seeing Red - anti Xander comparison] by slutty-gantu
- buffy summers gives the best hugs ever. especially s7 buffy. the protective big sister vibes... by incognitoduck11
- yeah, the Potentials are frustrated and scared and don’t trust Buffy. by femmedefandom
- [pro Cangel - Angel doesn't understand people he's not stupid] by camellcat
- in 7x02 when spike is ranting about how he felt getting his soul back... by blush-and-books
- How much of a vampire could you cut off before you kill it? by Carrell_julie
- What is going on with [the podcast] Revamped with Juliet Landau? [also discussion of Charisma's new podcast] by stevenmorrish
- HULU SEQUEL: How would you feel if Willow and Oz were back together in the new series? by naturallybuffbuff
- Iyari Limon (Kennedy’s actress) talks about scene she loved doing during ‘The Killer in Me’ at a zoom panel in 2021. by Big-Restaurant-2766
- Rewatching Buffy as an adult made me see a lot of things differently... [character summaries] by SecretDice
- James Marsters reveals that Joss originally planned for a Spike appearance on 'Firefly' by alrtight
- Episodes that you think feel like love letters to specific characters by FaveStore_Citadel
- Who is your favorite brief appearance character/s in Once More With Feeling? by WerewolfBarMitzvah09
- What does the watchers council do exactly? by AmbitiousOutside7498
- [would the comics plots work as more TV episodes or as a video game?] by KENZOKHAOS
- Warren is one of the show's best villains by jdpm1991
- Never knew [Andy Hallett who played Lorne - appreciation thread] by CStarrsComix
- [new viewer's thoughts on ATS S4] by jaycubwhats
- Did Illyria get Fred out of her Wolfram and Hart contract? by AndrewHeard
[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]
Another nice day today, though less eventful than yesterday. I started out the day with writing morning pages and doing some meditation, and I think that really started the day off on a good note. I didn't get a lot of work done, but I felt cheerful. In the late afternoon, I went to Poipu with Shannon and Gary, and I went for a walk while they swam.
I notice that my knee seems to be doing better since I stopped doing my physical therapy exercises a couple weeks ago. I think a problem I have is that I expect noticeable improvement from PT exercises, and so I overdo it a little bit. I think this is especially an issue when I have weekly appointments with the physical therapist, because I feel like I should be making notable improvement every week. My body just doesn't heal or change that fast. So I think I need to establish different expectations with my physical therapist. I'm seeing him tomorrow to restart treatment, so I'll talk to him then.
Currently, walking and the water exercise class seem to be serving me well, and I've even been able to go up and down the stairs a few times this week without pain, but I know I should be stretching. I just have to figure out how to do it without hurting myself.
Tomorrow Shannon and I are also going to the Bon Dance festival at a Buddhist temple in a nearby town. There will be fancy lights, taiko drum performances, dances, food, etc. These Bon Dances are held at various places on the island every year, and I've always wanted to go, but this is the first time my health has allowed it. I'm looking forward to it!
I notice that my knee seems to be doing better since I stopped doing my physical therapy exercises a couple weeks ago. I think a problem I have is that I expect noticeable improvement from PT exercises, and so I overdo it a little bit. I think this is especially an issue when I have weekly appointments with the physical therapist, because I feel like I should be making notable improvement every week. My body just doesn't heal or change that fast. So I think I need to establish different expectations with my physical therapist. I'm seeing him tomorrow to restart treatment, so I'll talk to him then.
Currently, walking and the water exercise class seem to be serving me well, and I've even been able to go up and down the stairs a few times this week without pain, but I know I should be stretching. I just have to figure out how to do it without hurting myself.
Tomorrow Shannon and I are also going to the Bon Dance festival at a Buddhist temple in a nearby town. There will be fancy lights, taiko drum performances, dances, food, etc. These Bon Dances are held at various places on the island every year, and I've always wanted to go, but this is the first time my health has allowed it. I'm looking forward to it!
- Mood: content
As far as musical biopics go, they tend to be more of a miss than a win in many cases, with the plus side that at least you, potential watcher, get to listen to some good music even if the script fails. There are exceptions, i.e. films where both the music is good and the film doesn’t feel like a visualized wikipedia entry, for example, Love & Mercy, which escapes the formula by picking two distinctly different and important eras of Brian Wilson’s life instead of his whole life, with 1960s Brian on the verge of creating his masterpiece and having a mental breakdown played by Paul Dano and 1980s Brian, in the power of a ruthless exploitative doctor but about to freed via encountering his second wife, by John Cusack. The performances are great, the different eras are poignantly commenting on each other, and even were Brian Wilson a fictional character, the film would be worth watching. If Love & Mercy wins for originality with the template, Walk the Line (about Johnny Cash) wins for doing the formula expertly, in fact so well it became endlessly copied and parodied thereafter. James Mangold, who directed Walk the Line to a lot of commercial and critical success back in the day, waited for near two decades before going near another musical biopic again, but he did last year, resulting in A Complete Unknown, starring Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan, which courtesy of the Mouse channel I have now watched.
( You who are so good with words and at keeping things vague )
All in all: good, very good, though not great. But it’s the first film in a while where I absolutely want to have the soundtrack.
( You who are so good with words and at keeping things vague )
All in all: good, very good, though not great. But it’s the first film in a while where I absolutely want to have the soundtrack.
- Location:On the train
- Mood:
contemplative
I went to the West Side Writers' Group this evening, and though there were only 2 of us there, it was SO fun!
Apparently, there are sometimes 6 or 7 people, sometimes as few as 2, and today was one of the small groups, but I didn't mind. The other woman there (M.) is the person who created the group, and she's a writer who loves BTS and Eurogames, so we had tons in common! She also doesn't live too far away, just the next town over from Kalaheo. So we exchanged numbers and maybe we'll try to get together to play games or something. I'm not going to push it, though. I don't want to be the desperate person looking for friends.
Even if I am kind of the desperate person looking for friends. lol
This writers' group only meets once a month, and it's aimed primarily at writers who are in the process of working on projects. Apparently there are a couple of novelists, a couple of poets, an essayist, etc. The woman who created the group is one of the poets, and she created the group partly to encourage Kauai writers to finish pieces and submit for publication. Talking with her was very inspiring, and I'm going to try to start morning pages again (a practice of writing three pages long-hand first thing every morning). I've done it for various periods in the past, but last time I gave up right about a year ago, because I found that creative juices weren't flowing, and every morning I was just writing about my plans for the day. But now I'm feeling more inspired to write again, so I'm going to give it another try.
I also discussed with M. my idea of rewriting one of my Korean short stories in English as a children's story. She said it might be interesting to write it in English, then later translate the Korean to see the differences. I think I might actually avoid re-reading the Korean version before writing it in English, because I remember the gist but not the details. My goal right now is to write this story before the next meeting of the writers' group in a month.
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It was actually a pretty exciting day, because I also met with my old grammar class for the first time in 2 years. Our old teacher always seemed unimaginably far above my level, but today after 2 years I actually knew more about some grammar points than she did. It was shocking. She still knows a lot more than I do about Middle Korean, but in a lot of other ways we're on a more similar level now. I'm blown away.
The class was really fun: reading aloud together, translating, and discussing grammar. My reading aloud still needs a lot of work. My pronunciation seems to be okay, but I read very haltingly, just a few words at a time without good intonation. I read dialogues aloud with my friend Zsofi every Thursday, so I think that will help in the long run. But if I'm also reading aloud with this study group every week, that will help even more.
Apparently, there are sometimes 6 or 7 people, sometimes as few as 2, and today was one of the small groups, but I didn't mind. The other woman there (M.) is the person who created the group, and she's a writer who loves BTS and Eurogames, so we had tons in common! She also doesn't live too far away, just the next town over from Kalaheo. So we exchanged numbers and maybe we'll try to get together to play games or something. I'm not going to push it, though. I don't want to be the desperate person looking for friends.
Even if I am kind of the desperate person looking for friends. lol
This writers' group only meets once a month, and it's aimed primarily at writers who are in the process of working on projects. Apparently there are a couple of novelists, a couple of poets, an essayist, etc. The woman who created the group is one of the poets, and she created the group partly to encourage Kauai writers to finish pieces and submit for publication. Talking with her was very inspiring, and I'm going to try to start morning pages again (a practice of writing three pages long-hand first thing every morning). I've done it for various periods in the past, but last time I gave up right about a year ago, because I found that creative juices weren't flowing, and every morning I was just writing about my plans for the day. But now I'm feeling more inspired to write again, so I'm going to give it another try.
I also discussed with M. my idea of rewriting one of my Korean short stories in English as a children's story. She said it might be interesting to write it in English, then later translate the Korean to see the differences. I think I might actually avoid re-reading the Korean version before writing it in English, because I remember the gist but not the details. My goal right now is to write this story before the next meeting of the writers' group in a month.
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It was actually a pretty exciting day, because I also met with my old grammar class for the first time in 2 years. Our old teacher always seemed unimaginably far above my level, but today after 2 years I actually knew more about some grammar points than she did. It was shocking. She still knows a lot more than I do about Middle Korean, but in a lot of other ways we're on a more similar level now. I'm blown away.
The class was really fun: reading aloud together, translating, and discussing grammar. My reading aloud still needs a lot of work. My pronunciation seems to be okay, but I read very haltingly, just a few words at a time without good intonation. I read dialogues aloud with my friend Zsofi every Thursday, so I think that will help in the long run. But if I'm also reading aloud with this study group every week, that will help even more.
- Mood: excited
ANYA: Oh, crap. (slaps down her cards) Look at this! Now I'm burdened with a husband and several tiny pink children, more cash than I can reasonably manage...
XANDER: That means you're winning.
ANYA: Really?
XANDER: Yes. Cash equals good.
ANYA: Ooh! (claps her hands in excitement) I'm so pleased. (Scoops up the plastic markers that represent children) Can I trade in the children for more cash?
XANDER: That means you're winning.
ANYA: Really?
XANDER: Yes. Cash equals good.
ANYA: Ooh! (claps her hands in excitement) I'm so pleased. (Scoops up the plastic markers that represent children) Can I trade in the children for more cash?
~~Real Me~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- BtVS Triple Drabble: No Use Wishing by badly_knitted (Buffy, Willow, PG)
- Mended And Rebuilt by Shipperandfanficer15 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Again by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, R)
[Chaptered Fiction]
- All the Girls We Were - ch. 1 by Stokley (Buffy/Faith, Willow/Kennedy, Not Rated)
- Red Xandra: Interlude, Summer 1997 - ch. 1 by Kickaha (Xander, Willow, Amy, T)
- Chasing the Light - ch. 27 by CloudSeeker (Angel/Lindsey, E)
- Soulless Seer - ch. 8 by desicat (Buffy/Drusilla, Spike/Drusilla, M)
- Have a Little Faith - ch. 8 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) COMPLETED!
- Coming Home - ch. 1 by scratchmeout (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Thrall You Wanna Do - ch. 1 by ClowniestLivEver (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Un-Doomed - ch. 1 by elements (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- We’ll Always Have Prague - ch. 3 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Hearts a Mess - ch. 14 by splendidchapette (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- The Plan - ch. 23 by NotYourGrave (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- The Metempsychosis of William Pratt - ch. 1 by Rea (Buffy/Spike, PG)
- Drive Me Crazy - ch. 2 by Claire, Geliot99 (Buffy/Spike, G)
[Images, Audio & Video]
- Artwork: Post-Fight Wound Care by evesock (Buffy/Riley, rated M, mildly NSFW)
- Icons: Cordelia Chase — Buffy the Vampire Slayer, S02E16 (1998) by slashericons (Cordelia, worksafe)
- Moodboard: buffy x faith by courtillyy (worksafe)
- Moodboard: it/he/thon agender spike (buffyverse) by courtillyy (worksafe)
- Artwork: this ep was hilarious by zodelydraws (Buffy/Spike, mildly NSFW)
- Artwork: Buffy with her "I'm the Slayer ask me How" button. by sideartblog999 (Buffy, worksafe)
- Artwork: the bob is bobbing by mistyintherivers (Jenny, worksafe)
- Artwork: The completed set... hope you enjoy by maskedhatterdoodles (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)
- Artwork: [so basically this demon will drive Buffy insane...] by garscrucible (Andrew, Warren, worksafe)
- Artwork: [Darla Drusilla WIP] by coffeehunt (Darla, Drusilla, worksafe)
- Artwork: Yeah Spike . . . Yeah . . . by 0-pepites-0 (Spike, worksafe)
- Gifset: Cordelia Chase 😁😁😁 Angel [1999 - 2004] by dailyats (Cordelia, worksafe)
- Gifset: Potentials + Outfits by clarkgriffon (all the Potentials, worksafe)
- Artwork: Some Spuffy by sanzosin (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)
[Reviews & Recaps]
- Buffy Rewatch: Season 2, Episodes 20-22 [Go Fish and Becoming] by sunnydalelibrarian
- ranking all of the season finales of btvs ! im sick let me do this by socratesgirlnextdoor
- The Thin Dead Line (ATS 5.14) by buffster
- GROUP REWATCH: BTVS group rewatch: 1.04 by juanabaloo
- GROUP REWATCH: Thoughts on rewatching “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date” by btvsfemslashenjoyer
- GROUP REWATCH: btvs group rewatch episode 5: never kill a boy on the first date by probably-hyperfixated
- GROUP REWATCH: It is safe to say that Never Kill A Boy On The First Date is not a universally beloved episode. by coraniaid
- GROUP REWATCH: I remember really enjoying Never Kill A Boy on the First Date the first time by badwolfwho1
- The panel on Um, Actually (Dropout TV) discusses the worst episode of Buffy. [Where the Wild Things Are] Agree or disagree? by InfiniteMehdiLove
- PODCAST: Buffy S2E1 "When She Was Bad" Review & Recap! by arikfromchicago
[Recs & In Search Of]
[Community Announcements]
[Fandom Discussions]
- [Charisma: About] the dress that I wore.. for the WB promos [excerpt from her new rewatch podcast] by sunnydalememories
- So I'm rewatching Becoming Part 2, and it's Spike's idea to get Drusilla to hypnotise Giles... by sunnydalelibrarian
- Was kinda bitter to Oz a while back but the truth is I love him. by xxthegreenwitchxxteveo
- My least favourite trope has to be cheating that leads to nothing. by bufflova
- dawn summers is also a contender for character of all time. she's an eldritch horror stuffed into the body of a teenage girl.... by no-resolution
- POLL: What should we do with Dawn Summers by hug-kiss-marry-kill
- watching the Buffy season 5/Angel season 2 premiers back to back is so funny by aphony-cree
- AU: I 100% think that Buffy being shot works [for S6] by roseraintears and lightdancer1
- yk whats sad?? even with s7 ending with buffy finally being free... by oncemorevithfeeling
- [i think about] how different the ending of angel feels compared to the ending of btvs. by prophecygirly
- Spike became good despite everyone telling him he couldn't. He worked really hard to better himself by slutty-gantu
- I feel like we don't talk enough about how Spike didn't kill Cecily. by thequeenofsastiel
- I'll never get over Spuffy as a ship. It's been like 25 years and there's still no proper equivalence by muchbuffy
- I'm usually not a fan of the way medias explain [the Spuffy] love story [but this does] by misskittyspuffy
- spuffy is one of those rare pairs that got me thinking that yep! they are married! by elverrie
- Question - What did you guys think when you saw Dawn for the first time? updated by AlphaFoxtrot
- Tell me about your Buffy collection updated by spikenbuffy and Puppet
- Talk about Season 7 updated by hoponlilmama and AlphaFoxtrot
- [new viewer wondering if ATS S4 is really THAT bad.] I've heard so many vague negative things about it, and it's making me nervous! by moon-raven-77
- [Angel, Cordelia, and Oz didn't have enough to do in S3.] I wish they left for LA after a few episodes. by HomarEuropejski
- Does anyone find it odd that they never had a vampire on the show who was a slayer when she was alive? by KinkyDarkStranger
- Why do vampires waste powerful blood? 🩸🤷♀️ by Necronikki
- "Helpless" stunt double by Tsole96
- Reminder that Sarah Michelle Gellar basically played Buffy on October 23, 2023 for a Diablo IV promotional video. by Ghastion
- Earshot [what happens after Buffy gets the antidote] by Acceptable-Kiwi-9251
- DOES BUFFY NOT KNOW THAT ANGEL [charges for saving people??] by Automatic-Adeptness4
- things you just didn’t like [about Buffy herself] by Say_it_how_it_is_87
- What is the significance of Buffy and Faith making the bed, specifically? by classified12345
- Why do you think Angelus is so much worse than Spike? by mocasia_
- tell me your headcanons :3 by y2kbimbo
- HULU SEQUEL: I think Olivia Holt (pictured here with SMG) should be part of the new series. by AndrewHeard
- HULU SEQUEL: How I would *briefly* bring back Cordelia by writeitregreddit
- HULU SEQUEL: Quick theory on the big bad for the sequel series. by GigaFluxx
[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]
I'm going to a writing group tomorrow evening, and I'm really looking forward to it! I'm the slightest bit nervous, just because it's been so long since I've written anything ... I feel like a bit of a fraud.
Except ... well, I have written some short stories in the past couple years, but they've only been in Korean. lol. One of them might be worth re-writing in English. It isn't any great work of literary brilliance, but it might be a way to dip my feet back in the writing pool. I wouldn't be translating the story I wrote in Korean, but just telling the same story in English. It's a simple little story about a cat and a bookstore owner, but it's cute. (Maybe written as a children's story? Hmmmmm...)
I also have a story I wrote as a fanfic that had a central concept that really appealed to me, and I've been kicking around ideas about how to apply it to a novel format. I'd only be using the central concept, and the concept would be much less central in the novel (whereas it was the whole point of the fanfic). The story itself would be entirely different and much more complex, but the idea has been exciting me. Again, it gives me a sort of jumping off point. It's a sort of magical realism sort of thing, which I haven't written before outside of fanfic. I think it's neat that fanfic allowed me to explore different styles and genres than I previously felt comfortable with, which flexibility I can now apply to my non-fanfic writing.
I also wrote some historical fiction when I was writing fanfic, which is another thing I hadn't tried before. I did a lot of research for them and really enjoyed it. I wrote one story that took place in pre-WWII London which might be fun to turn into something else. It would be fun to use all that research for something different.
I also did a lot of research for a fanfic that included a Deaf character and some stuff about the Deaf community. I wonder if I might be able to put that research to use somehow, too.
When I was writing back in grad school and before, I wrote exclusively modern-day slice-of-life sorts of stories based on my own experiences. I think if I were to take some of these ideas, some of this research that interested me, and apply it to themes or experiences from my own life, it could yield fun stuff. I'm excited to stretch my writing muscles in different directions.
Except ... well, I have written some short stories in the past couple years, but they've only been in Korean. lol. One of them might be worth re-writing in English. It isn't any great work of literary brilliance, but it might be a way to dip my feet back in the writing pool. I wouldn't be translating the story I wrote in Korean, but just telling the same story in English. It's a simple little story about a cat and a bookstore owner, but it's cute. (Maybe written as a children's story? Hmmmmm...)
I also have a story I wrote as a fanfic that had a central concept that really appealed to me, and I've been kicking around ideas about how to apply it to a novel format. I'd only be using the central concept, and the concept would be much less central in the novel (whereas it was the whole point of the fanfic). The story itself would be entirely different and much more complex, but the idea has been exciting me. Again, it gives me a sort of jumping off point. It's a sort of magical realism sort of thing, which I haven't written before outside of fanfic. I think it's neat that fanfic allowed me to explore different styles and genres than I previously felt comfortable with, which flexibility I can now apply to my non-fanfic writing.
I also wrote some historical fiction when I was writing fanfic, which is another thing I hadn't tried before. I did a lot of research for them and really enjoyed it. I wrote one story that took place in pre-WWII London which might be fun to turn into something else. It would be fun to use all that research for something different.
I also did a lot of research for a fanfic that included a Deaf character and some stuff about the Deaf community. I wonder if I might be able to put that research to use somehow, too.
When I was writing back in grad school and before, I wrote exclusively modern-day slice-of-life sorts of stories based on my own experiences. I think if I were to take some of these ideas, some of this research that interested me, and apply it to themes or experiences from my own life, it could yield fun stuff. I'm excited to stretch my writing muscles in different directions.
- Mood: excited
Cordelia: Oz ate someone last night.
Willow: He did not!
Xander: Oz does not eat people. It's more werewolf play. You know, I bat you around a little bit, like a cat toy. I have harmless, wolf fun. Is it Oz's fault that, you know, side effect, people get cut to ribbons, and maybe then he'll take a little nibble and... I'm not helping, am I?
Giles: No. Oz may have got out of his cage last night.
Oz: Or maybe there's a, another werewolf roaming the woods.
Giles: Perhaps. Perhaps it's something else entirely.
Buffy: It's okay. We'll work together, and we'll figure this out.
Willow: He did not!
Xander: Oz does not eat people. It's more werewolf play. You know, I bat you around a little bit, like a cat toy. I have harmless, wolf fun. Is it Oz's fault that, you know, side effect, people get cut to ribbons, and maybe then he'll take a little nibble and... I'm not helping, am I?
Giles: No. Oz may have got out of his cage last night.
Oz: Or maybe there's a, another werewolf roaming the woods.
Giles: Perhaps. Perhaps it's something else entirely.
Buffy: It's okay. We'll work together, and we'll figure this out.
~~Buffy Episode #38: "Beauty and the Beasts"~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- Limping Imps (Buffy/Giles, T) by KiraAnn (Know_It_All_2008)
- Angel doesn't know (Buffy/Spike, G) by Gohstface
- An Average Night at the Harris / Jenkins apartment (Xander/Anya, E) by Gohstface
- Inner Demons (Willow, Faith, M, Harry Potter xover) by SnarkyGranger1
- Catching Up (Multiple Pairings, T) by xaeyrnofnbe
- it's always morning (in my mind) (Buffy/Faith, G) by mirhylo
- Everything At Stake (Buffy/Spike, unrated) by TiniestDance
- Duchess (Buffy/Spike, T) by sunalso
- Salvaged (Angel, Wesley, T) by Baela
- in secret, between the shadow and the soul (Buffy/Spike, T) by tenderjock
- Heartbeat: A More-Satisfying Ending To I Will Remember You (Buffy/Angel, T) by Ephemeral42
[Chaptered Fiction]
- I Love You (and The Horizon Hides You in Vain) Ch. 8 (Buffy/Spike, M) by ConcernedReader
- The Blood Rushing Through Her Veins Ch. 13 (Buffy/Angel, E) by Saphire_Naida
- Bullet For My Valentine [Prequel] Ch. 1/5 (Spike/Reader, E) by frozendeadgirl
- Bright Future In Sales Ch. 4/5 (Buffy/Faith, E) by thisyearsgrrl
- Nobody Escapes Ch. 19 (Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, M) by batcauldron
- The Cages We Cannot Leave Ch. 3 (Buffy/Faith, M) by Shisumo
- Come Together Ch. 25 (AtS Ensemble, multiple pairings, M) by Ren (mizdarknezz3)
- Blood, Guts, and Angel Cake Ch. 2/2 (COMPLETE) (Buffy/Spike, M) by mistigrisunshine
- Thank You, Mama Joyce! Ch. 4 (Buffy/Joyce, E) by red_jacobson
- today doesn’t count Ch. 34 (Buffy/Spike, M) by modestlobster
- I Do! Ch. 5 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Dusty87
- The Leech Ch. 5/% (COMPLETE) (OC Slayer, T) by OGSamsa
- Into the Initiative Ch. 8 (Buffy/Spike, T) by heckate
- Faith No More Ch. 7 (Buffy/Faith, M) by QuillBard
- Infinitely Ch. 81 (Willow/Tara, M) by Laragh
- The girl who hunts the night Ch. 15 (Buffy, G, Twilight xover) by Aya1600
- The Fawn of it All Ch. 3 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Iris_Dietrich
- The Sunnydale Imp Ch. 60 (OC, Ensemble, T) by Bloodredtiger
- The Red Slayer CH. 10 (Willow/Oz, Willow/Tara, E) by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer)
- Unspoken Ch. 1/9 (Spike/Reader, T) by hiddndaydreams
- Cultivating Chaos Ch. 24 (OC, Ensemble, M) by BunnyQuill
- First Day of My Life Ch. 4 (Buffy/Faith, E) by hayley128
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Lost and Found Ch. 7 (Tara, T) by Zyclotar
- Into the Initiative Ch. 8 (Ensemble, T) by heckate
- Fleur Ephemere, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Maxine Eden
[Images, Audio & Video]
- Artwork: Buffy () by youhavethesun
- Artwork: Buffy & Spike () by sanzosin
- Artwork: Spike () by https://www.tumblr.com/maskedhatterdoodles/787184416076234752
[Reviews & Recaps]
- First Time Watching Angel(just finished) by lap-dog8141
- I Was Made To Love You (BTVS 5.15) by buffster
- Buffyverse Book Review: The Willow Files by Yvonne Navarro by sunnydalelibrarian
- Couple of quick thoughts after reading other people’s takes on this week’s episode (Never Kill A Boy On the First Date by coraniaid
- Video: The Pylea Arc • TPN’s Angel Guide () by The Passion of the Nerd
- PODCAST: BtVS 620 - Villains by Another Buffy Podcast
- PODCAST: The Bitch Is Back! A first watch podcast with Charisma Carpenter (EPISODE 1) by Charisma Carpenter
[Community Announcements]
- LONELY PROMPTS WEEK :: 23 JUNE § DAY 1 by comment-fic
- Tuesday, June 24 - Promotion Day by fic_promptly
- LONELY PROMPTS WEEK :: 24 JUNE § DAY 2 by comment_fic
[Fandom Discussions]
- Prompt Ideas, Part 3 by thisyearsgrrl posting in oncemorewithfaith
- why is bangel SO cute and yet also so so so awful by br4inr0tdumpst3rfir3, desicat-writer, camellcat
- i have two things to say about btvs season 3 episode 1 by prophecygirly
- I am always shocked when xander and cordelia are the ONLY ONES that advocate for killing angel instead of restoring his soul by eternalellipses
- i think that for the revival if they’re going to involve angel at all by xaeyrnofnbe
- POTN Review: Pylea Arc Review by AlphaFoxtrot
- SMG: aiming for lighter tone than S6/7 by famicommander
- Passion of the Nerd Pylea Arc Guide by Priceless
- Michelle Trachtenberg tribute panel at Hellmouth Con by speashasha
- What was the deal with Ben and Glory? by ShardsOfSalt
- How differently would the show turn out if this was our Scooby Gang? by RealisticJay16
- 'Read the prophecy'. You may as well hav by Ophiuchus171
- The beautiful tragedy of Wesley Wyndam Pryce by Eagle-Cobra2000
- s4e11 Is Riley a main character now? thoughts about s4 so far. by Tuna_96
- Willow's Prospective of Herself by Big-Restaurant-2766
- The Pylea Arc episodes review from Passion of the Nerd by WerdNerd88 (AtS subreddit)
- For those who have convinced friends to watch the show by Professional-Food773
- The Pylea Arc episodes review from Passion of the Nerd by WerdNerd88 (BtVS subreddit)
- My Custom Textless Hi-Res US DVD posters! *NEW VIEWERS IGNORE BECAUASE SPOILERS* by DrewSB89
- Who's this little girl in this scene during The Body? by IntelligentPumpkin74
- Buffy and Angel mystery meeting by hgosu
- What was this conversation about? Season 4 episode 15 “This Years girl” by Gypsy702
- Why do Willow and Giles get more flack for not helping out Buffy financially but not Anya & Xander? by jdpm1991
- SPOILERS—On a rewatch and got to this episode by zz870
- Which is the best Buffyverse AU episode of these choices? by jdpm1991
- Why is The Anointed One dressed like Steve Jobs in "When She Was Bad!?" by arikfromchicago
- Bronze and other chats by porchpoetics
- Troll worship? by Far-Promotion5010
- The Bitch Is Back by If-You-Seek-Amy22
- The Bitch Is Back! A first watch podcast with Charisma Carpenter by CangelFrance
- If one of the actors of the core 3 (Giles, Xander, Willow) decided to leave the show completely... by HomarEuropejski
- RIP Harris Yulin (aka Quentin Travers) 1937-2025 by Cur-De-Carmine
- Does it get better? (Angel-Season 5) by og_iceman30
- “Willow, why am I on your computer?” by KENZOKHAOS
- buffy’s mom was right by AreaDyke
- The legal issues in Damage by Gerty_sassygob24
- Blessing or curse that Buffy ran before Tumblrs golden age? by WilsonStJames
- Question on the Angel comic? by Global-Temporary7512
- What are your burning questions about Buffy, you've never seen anybody ask? by StaticCloud
- Which opening song do you prefer - Nerf Herder's (Buffy) or Darling Violetta's (Angel)? by RPGOwl
- Pedro Pascal for Vanity Fair, on BTVS and SMG by buffysmanycoats
- Buffy Discord servers by Hairy-Blackberry4310
I studied Korean grammar for the first time in ages today, and it was really fun. Grammar was my first real love in my Korean studies (unsurprising, since I love English grammar, too), so it was nice to get back to it. Now that I think about it, maybe writing was my first love in my Korean studies. I started writing a weekly journal before I even knew how to properly conjugate a verb. I would look up individual words in a dictionary, and then look up how to conjugate the verbs on an app called Dongsa (which is a transliteration of 동사, which means "verb" in Korean). It took me ages to write a single sentence, but I loved it.
I said I was studying grammar today, but it wasn't exactly grammar. It's book 8 in a grammar series, but this book focuses largely on idiomatic expressions (like saying "it's raining cats and dogs" or "his eyes were popping out of his head" or "I got a taste of my own medicine" ... where it isn't literally true, but everyone knows what you mean). So it isn't exactly grammar, but it also kind of is grammar. In Wednesday's class, we're going to talk about the first chapter of this grammar book, the first chapter of a Routledge intermediate reader, and the first chapter of the Yonsei grammar book as well. All three are quite short, so I don't have any problem doing it all, but I'm surprised they plan to do so much every week. The teacher said we'll see how it goes, though, and adjust as necessary. I predict that people in the class will start flaking if they can't keep up. So we'll see. I don't know what they've been doing for the past 2 years, since I haven't been attending the classes they've been holding, so maybe they've been doing this amount of work the whole time!
I said I was studying grammar today, but it wasn't exactly grammar. It's book 8 in a grammar series, but this book focuses largely on idiomatic expressions (like saying "it's raining cats and dogs" or "his eyes were popping out of his head" or "I got a taste of my own medicine" ... where it isn't literally true, but everyone knows what you mean). So it isn't exactly grammar, but it also kind of is grammar. In Wednesday's class, we're going to talk about the first chapter of this grammar book, the first chapter of a Routledge intermediate reader, and the first chapter of the Yonsei grammar book as well. All three are quite short, so I don't have any problem doing it all, but I'm surprised they plan to do so much every week. The teacher said we'll see how it goes, though, and adjust as necessary. I predict that people in the class will start flaking if they can't keep up. So we'll see. I don't know what they've been doing for the past 2 years, since I haven't been attending the classes they've been holding, so maybe they've been doing this amount of work the whole time!
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1) I've been seeing a lot more posting on common_nature, very encouraging! Have added the first of my waterfall photos there, of Latourelle Falls.
2) Looks like there is a spammer at work on Squidgeworld. I got 3 comments to different posts within a few hours today, two with outright solicitations for commissions.
3) Saw Dune 2, and thought it was ok. It's almost as if the movie was made to be the direct opposite of David Lynch's version in casting and tone as well as visuals. ( Read more... )
4) Finally saw the Barbie movie as well. I can see why it did well. Given its remit and likely limitations, I thought it did a good job. It had a clear direction, and it did it well and with both humor and heart. I also quite enjoyed its ending. That said, I think the film itself opened the door to a more incisive critique which it didn't follow. ( Read more... )
5) This past month is turning out to be an expensive one. My partner's sister had a roof leak in her spare bedroom, which went on long enough that it damaged the bed underneath it before she noticed. Since this was where my partner stays when he visits his family, a replacement was needed. So we decided to move his current bed there and get a new one. ( Read more... )
common_nature, very encouraging! Have added the first of my waterfall photos there, of Latourelle Falls.2) Looks like there is a spammer at work on Squidgeworld. I got 3 comments to different posts within a few hours today, two with outright solicitations for commissions.
3) Saw Dune 2, and thought it was ok. It's almost as if the movie was made to be the direct opposite of David Lynch's version in casting and tone as well as visuals. ( Read more... )
4) Finally saw the Barbie movie as well. I can see why it did well. Given its remit and likely limitations, I thought it did a good job. It had a clear direction, and it did it well and with both humor and heart. I also quite enjoyed its ending. That said, I think the film itself opened the door to a more incisive critique which it didn't follow. ( Read more... )
5) This past month is turning out to be an expensive one. My partner's sister had a roof leak in her spare bedroom, which went on long enough that it damaged the bed underneath it before she noticed. Since this was where my partner stays when he visits his family, a replacement was needed. So we decided to move his current bed there and get a new one. ( Read more... )
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