Fic: Five times Spike and Buffy were under the influence of… and one time they weren’t

It’s my posting day, yay!

I was quite shocked when I saw garnigal ‘s entry (as much as there was still room for more shock, given her posting date), and even more so when I saw how really amazing it is. (If you haven’t read it, I strongly recommend you go do it!) But my awesome cheer-me-on beta thenewbuzwuzz  told me (unasked, I might add :) thank you for that, honey!) I shouldn’t worry, it was different enough from mine, so I stopped thinking about throwing it away and go into hiding on my posting day.

Mine lacks the total awesomeness that is garnigal’s almost poetic piece and is intstead more of a run-of-the-mill fic, but hey, I offer more words, that’s something, right?

A huge thanks to my two betas! While Thenewbuzwuzz was my first impression voice on the raw draft, encouraged me and pointed out some ‘huh?’-moments, my amzing long-time beta (well, it is more than a year now, is it?) seapealsh took care of all those preposition errors, the weird cases of ‘-ing’ or not to ‘-ing’, and generally all those things that happen when a non-native speaker butchers your wonderful language. I’d be lost without her. Thank you both so much!!!

I also want to thank the mods for all the work they put into making this amazing event possible, time after time!
So, here goes… enjoy!

Title: Five times Spike and Buffy were under the influence of…and one time they weren’t
Author: freecat15
Setting: s4 to post series
Rating: PG-13; contains canon typical violence and sex.
Length: ~ 3,500 words

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Fic: What Happens in Canada (3/4)

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series What Happens in Canada

Title: What Happens in Canada (3/4)
Author: Rebcake
Word count: 1200
Rating: Mature for language, themes, and science
Setting: Unspecified post-series future wherein Slayers and other supernatural things are known to at least some of the public, and Buffy and Spike are a couple.
Summary: For the good of her sister Slayers, Buffy participates in a study (in Canada). She’s a giver.

Right this way to Chapter 1 or Chapter 2.

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Moodboard/collage tribute to “West of the Moon, East of the Sun” by KnifeEdge

Title: Moodboard for “West of the Moon, East of the Sun”
Creator: thenewbuzwuzz

Author’s notes
Based on “West of the Moon, East of the Sun” by KnifeEdge.
The goal was to recreate the feeling/mood of reading the fic, but then, intertextuality happened.
helped and isn’t responsible for my visual choices.
I don’t own any images or other collage ingredients; sources at the bottom of the post, as much as I could find them.
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Moodboard/collage tribute to “My Life Closed Twice” by anaross

Title: Moodboard for “My Life Closed Twice”
Creator: thenewbuzwuzz

Author’s notes
Based on “My Life Closed Twice” by anaross.
The idea to make moodboards for fanfic comes from a tumblr post that I saw sometime this year and didn’t manage to track down afterwards. My goal was to arrange pre-existing images and texts so that whoever looks at them would (ideally) feel like I feel when I read the fic.
Thanks goes to the generous freecat15  for quality cheerleading, helping me become unstuck, and providing the valuable perspective of someone who doesn’t see into my head, so that I could then ignore it. Any visual blunders are all mine.
I don’t own any images or other collage ingredients: sources at the bottom of the post.

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Under the Influence of… War: A War Worth Fighting

Title: A War Worth Fighting
Author: Kat Lee
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character/Pairing: Spike/Buffy
Rating: PG/K+
Challenge/Prompt: beattheblackdog  #40: Launch and seasonal_spuffy: Under Influence of… War
Warning(s): None
Word Count: 1,420
Date Written: 6 November 2016
Summary: She makes war worth fighting.
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to Whedon, not the author, and are used without permission.

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Buffy Vs Donald

Title: Buffy Vs Donald
Author: Puddinhead
Pairings: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG
Length: 5K
Timeline: Season 6
Warning: This is a goofy ‘what if…’ and my lame attempt to get out the vote in the US today. If you love Trump, you will not have a good time. But hey, between us, if you love that egomaniacal, oompa-loompa, Caleb-wannabe, what are you doing here? Seriously. Have you watched stuff by Whedon?
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Icons: Under the Influence

Happy Seasonal Spuffy everyone! Sorry for my lack of comments so far; I’ve been needing the litle fannish time I’ve had to finish my own contribution. Unsurprisingly, it’s icons: a set showing various Spuffy interactions “under the influence”. (I could think of a few more, but these are all I had time for.) Also, apologies for not posting before twelve in my time zone. But if I’d done that, my contribution would have been about half as small…

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Fic: Left for Yesterday [1/5]

Title: Left for Yesterday [1/5]
Author: the_moonmoth
Pairing(s): Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13 for language
Length: ~1,300 words
Timeline: S5, after Checkpoint but before Crush.
Warnings: Ranks a 10 on the fluffometer scale
Summary:
“What,” the slayer said in tones of abject bewilderment, “is going on here?”
Notes: Thanks go to bewilde  for the beta and for suggesting the set up. True to form, I have not completed my story /o but I have not-completed it early enough that there will certainly be more for the free-for-all days o/ Title from I Bet My Life by Imagine Dragons – my happy Spuffy anthem. Any suggestions, anecdotes or funny stories that I can work into future parts, you are more than welcome to share ;) With thanks to my husband, who is nowhere near as inept as Spike, but who provided much of the inspiration for this story nonetheless! Feedback makes my baby sleep longer ;)

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Artwork – Banners, Icons

A Great Big Thank You to all the wonderful Mods, now and former, one for another round of Seasonal Spuffy and the same to all the participants.  You all have given the Spuffy Fans years of wonderful stories, graphics, poems and vids to enjoy and created one of the best Spuffy Fan Events of all.

The last one and one that fills my little Spuffy Heart with a Big Happy – I Love Spuffy and Buffy and Spike.  My sister used these quote on her Memory Candle for her husband which is a variation on the Michael Jackson Love Lives Forever.  You can see my Dia costume over at my LJ page –  Hope you enjoy my Ofrendas.

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Ofrenda – The Love Lives On

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