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I started rewatching Buffy and forgot how much I HATE Xander. With a passion, I believe he is just the embodiment of gross and creepy. An incel before incels were a thing.

I have seriously no idea how Buffy and Willow stay friends with him other than for the narrative. If he was less toxic I think he would actually work as the character Joss Whedon tried to write him as. I think that there’s a part of his younger self that SHOULD be immature but beyond that he shouldn’t be so fucking PREDATORY. His relationship to women in this show is uncomfortable and gross. He never evolves out of his womanizer persona. He has basically no substance and is only in the friend group because of his toxic relationship to women. He never brings any real value to his friendships yet reacts horribly when he is dismissed by them.

His obsession with Buffy is just uncomfortable and NEVER ENDS. He acts as if he is owed affection by her when they first meet. He is only friends with her because he wants to go out with her and has sexual fantasies of her. That is doubled after he finds out she’s the slayer. His relationship with Buffy isn’t the only example. His dismissive relationship with Willow has always annoyed me. He basically ignored her until she started dating Oz, suddenly unable to hold himself back and play with her feelings for him. He is well aware of her crush on him and using that as an advantage to CHEAT ON CORDELIA. WHO HE HAD HARASSED AND MAKE EXPLICIT COMMENTS TO BEFORE THEY GOT TOGETHER. He treats all three of them horribly. It seems he is only ever friends with them in the goal of having sex with them.

Don’t even get me started on his predatory relationship with Dawn and the end of his relationship with Anya. It’s the exact same problem he has with every other woman in his life (other than his mother) AND HE NEVER CHANGES IN SEVEN SEASONS. HE IS BASICALLY JUST A PROP AND A WASTE OF SPACE WITH PREDATORY TENDENCIES. He is literally just Joss Whedon’s self insert because there is no other use or value to Xander.

Now I have previously liked Xander. I don’t think he’s evil but that doesn’t change his disgusting behaviour and lack of respect towards women in his life. I really wish this aspect of Xander’s character was changed to bring value to the story or deepen his connection to women to something more than just sexual. I think there are ATTEMPTS to do so but to me they usually fail and the result is the same as season one Xander.

This is an ever evolving opinion I have of Xander, one I have been sitting with for like 5+ years. With my current rewatch I’m gonna keep it in mind and expand on my thinking as I go through the seasons.

#btvs #vnk reblog

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Bingo Card Blackout

💐 Language of Flowers Bingo

EVENT Language of Flowers Bingo by @seasonaldelightsbingo Card received on: February 15, 2024 Completed on: April 24, 2024 Card under the cut

I used some prompts to write drabbles and the rest to make floral icon packs.

SQUARE 1: Cinquefoil [fill: Spring Bouquet - icon pack] SQUARE 2: Picking Dandelions [fill: Picking Dandelions - icon pack] SQUARE 3: Sleepy [fill: Pillow Talk - double drabble] SQUARE 4: Kissing the Other's Scar [fill: Pillow Talk - double drabble] SQUARE 5: Burgundy Rose [fill: Spring Bouquet - icon pack] SQUARE 6: Blanket Burrito [fill: Scaredy Cat - drabble] SQUARE 7: Fear of Bees [fill: Scaredy Cat - drabble] SQUARE 8: Becoming Breathless over a Kiss [fill: Pillow Talk - double drabble] SQUARE 9: Harebell [fill: Spring Bouquet - icon pack]

MASTERPOST — Bingo Cards & Blackouts

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Icon Pack: Spring Bouquet

Entry for Language of Flowers Bingo by @seasonaldelightsbingo Squares: #1 + #5 + #9

Icon Pack — 9 icons

Size: 160x160 px

Software: GIMP 2.10.36

Prompts: Cinquefoil + Burgundy Rose + Harebell

Stock images from Pixabay artists: Eleatell | mariya_m | balouriarajesh | RuslanSikunov | IGfotojonas | kretktz | armennano (x2) | Ihtar

Icons and Card under the cut

LICENSE

free to use (please, like or reblog if you do)

don’t alter or claim as your work

credit appreciated, not required

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THANK. YOU.

The writers I think mostly completely by accident with the assistance of James charming his way into becoming a main character created the perfect storm to ensure people who love spike would reach absolute peak levels of being completely obsessively deranged about him forever

Season 2:

He’s a punk rock villain with killer cheekbones, enchanting eyes, and an absolutely DEVILISH smile - who’s an incredibly dedicated and dangerous fighter who specifically seeks out challenging fights he’s not guaranteed to win (brave and reckless - normally traits seen in heroes) hates everyone except his mentally ill physically sick wife (the statistics of men who leave their wives when they get sick in the US is horrifying like nurses literally have to warn married women who get sick it happens so often) who he’s hopelessly devoted to and unbelievably soft with and always listens to her while also exuding a psychotic amount of sex appeal and is just F U N he loves being a vampire and he loves fighting and it makes it so much fun for the audience. While still showing how much he respects and admires his enemy for her skill, strength, resourcefulness, and intelligence - NEVER underestimating her just because she’s a tiny blonde girl - and instead of destroying the world for love he SAVES the world for love - a villain doing good to get the love of his life back who essentially dumped him for her ex????????? D E V O T E D and shockingly extremely trustworthy??? And has amazing chemistry with our heroine and is there for a pivotal moment in her life and is the only one there for her when she has no one else????? *enemies to lovers girlies ENTER THE CHAT*

Season 3:

He shows he fucking MEANS IT when he says Dru is the love of his life when he shows up in Sunnydale because he blames Angel not Buffy or Drusilla but the man actually responsible for all their problems and he is the most pathetic mess we’ve ever SEEN!!!! He’s crying and drunk all the time and he’s so sad he goes to Buffy’s mom TO TALK 💀😭 our pathetic sensitive little self admitted lover boy who KNOWS he’s love’s bitch and he won’t be pretending he’s anything otherwise who shows how clearly he sees and understands other people and the depths of his emotional intelligence so much so Buffy herself admits she can’t fool Spike she can fool her friends BUT NOT SPIKE OR HERSELF EXCUSE ME MA’AM WHAT???????

AND Spike doesn’t just uselessly MOPE forever he gets some perspective and is like I know what I’m gonna do to her back and I’m gonna go do that now! 😁👍🏻 showing he never stays down for long and is always gonna get back up to keep fighting for his love while BOTH he and Buffy still honor the truce even though he’s broken it by coming back??? While Buffy’s all “I violently dislike you” YEAH OK GIRL WHATEVER YOU SAY *enemies to lovers girlies chomping at the bit intensifies*

Season 4:

CLEARLY heartbroken about Drusilla (DEVOTED!!!) but it’s turned into anger and resentment directed at Harmony who how bizarre looks nothing like Drusilla but A LOT like Buffy…… hmmmmmmmmmmmmm HOW INTERESTING *enemies to lovers girlies are vibrating with anticipation that turns into a full blown combustion when something blue happens*

Spike doesn’t pretend to love Harmony in order to get what he wants from her (shown in direct contrast to Parker) he’s ironically very honest despite being a villain - he’s showing he’s STILL loyal to Drusilla in ONLY loving her even after she’s dumped him... again!

We see Spike treat Buffy the EXACT same way he treated Drusilla during something blue reaffirming THIS IS HOW THIS MAN LOVES WHEN HE LOVES YOU. He’s extremely affectionate, helpful, protective, caring - D E V O T E D - and is truly just the most certified lover boy we’ve ever fucking seen

Season 5:

SURPRISE HE’S SECRETLY A LOVESICK MAMA’S BOY POET AT HEART UNDERNEATH THE BAD BOY PERSONA AND A PROTECTIVE BIG BROTHER AND NOW BUFFY AND HER FAMILY’S MOST LOYAL DEFENDER AND IS WILLING TO DIE NOT JUST FOR BUFFY BUT FOR ALL THE SUMMERS WOMEN AND HE KNOWS AND SEES BUFFY SO DEEPLY AND INTIMATELY AND CAN HOLD SPACE FOR HER PAIN LIKE NO ON ELSE CAN AND SHOWS THE DEVOTION THAT ONCE BELONGED TO DRUSILLA NOW BELONGS TO BUFFY AND IT IS GOING NOWHERE EVEN WHEN SHE DIES AND WE'VE SEEN IN HIM CRY BEFORE BUT NEVER HAVE WE SEEN HIM BREAK DOWN LIKE HE DOES AT THE SIGHT OF BUFFY'S BODY!!!!!!!!!!!

*all of us screaming, crying, throwing up, climbing the walls and generally just losing our minds*

Season 6:

No soul, his love is so great for Buffy as is his loyalty and devotion to her, he now helps all of his dead love’s friends fight evil and is raising her sister and dreams of saving her every night for 148 nights 🤚🏻😭 don’t even fucking talk to me I can’t take it

Forgive the absolute 180 in tone change here:

Dick game is FIRE - his touch is the only thing that makes Buffy feel alive AND SHE WAS IN HEAVEN BRO SHE KNOWS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE IN HEAVEN AND SPIKE IS THE ONLY THING KEEPING HER GOING like damn girl yes YOU FUCK THAT HOUSE DOWN!!! Also he is now just naked 50% of the time just to drive us all even FURTHER out of our minds and somehow has just gotten even hotter as the seasons have gone on like this is what’s been hiding under the leather jacket all this time! Enjoy!

And THE MOST unintended consequence of jw’s vindictive writing:

SPITE

He clearly didn’t want us to love Spike and tried to manipulate us into hating him in such a blatant and clumsy ooc attempt all that did was weed out the weakest amongst the Spuffy/Spike fans until all that remained were us:

The most devoted and stubborn fans who REFUSED to have the thing they loved ruined or taken away from us and were smart enough to see through his bullshit manipulation attempt in the first place.

Genuinely they created the equivalent of supersoilder strength level fans with this absolutely lethal combination of events 💀

AND THEN as if all that wasn't enough he goes and gets his soul on purpose for Buffy so he can be the man she deserves and she can love him without hating herself for loving him despite the immense pain it will cause him which is the most selfless thing we have ever seen anyone do for Buffy only to be topped when he sacrifices himself to destroy the hellmouth, save the world and free her from Sunnydale!!! Plus ya know once he gets the soul even though he did it for her he never tries to use that as leverage to get anything from her like he truly expects nothing from her at all but still wants to help her and James delivers the most devastating performances we've ever fucking seen, finally tells her friends off which has needed to happen for 5 seasons, the "you're the one speech" him being a dad to all the potentials with Buffy giving us supernatural parent core who made it through their rough patch with their first kid in season 6 with Dawn and now are just the beautiful team with their found family and Buffy finally has someone who can truly carry her burdens with her and just all the tenderness and devotion they both deserve after so many years of pain and fighting. Basically giving the audience the message that even if you have a metric ton of pain and trauma there are people out there who see you and understand you and there is a chance for you to heal both together and separately to build your own version of a more normal and stable life. It's a message of such hope and I personally know several people, including myself who watched what Spike and Buffy have and it inspired us to look at the relationships we were in and realize we deserved SO MUCH MORE than what we were getting and in my case it turned out I was being emotionally abused and manipulated that entire time!! Much like Buffy was by both Riley and Angel. So it isn't an exaggeration to say Spuffy saved my life in a lot of ways both in being there for me at such a dark time and helping me draw a map of how to get out. Not to mention loving them in fandom spaces has helped me connect with so many people just like me who share very similar experiences and have helped me feel so much less alone and has helped me heal in so many ways 🖤

Spuffies get "hOw cAn yOu liKe sPiKe aFtEr wHaT hE dId" all the fucking time and truly the better question is how can you NOT like Spike???? HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION AT ALL??? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT GOOD RELATIONSHIPS NEED TO WORK?? BECAUSE AT THEIR CORE SPUFFY HAS THEM ALL!

It's jw writing so NOTHING will escape his toxic bullshit but Spike - because he was hated by jw for so long - so much of the time when he tried to make Spike less popular he just kept making him better and more complex and more and more targeted to the female gaze which is exactly why he snapped and made the choices he literally forced everyone else to go along with despite their protests with that scene to make it the most traumatizing scene in all of Buffy history not just for the audience but for the actors as well because yes it is incredibly horrific and upsetting to watch (which is why I skip it on rewatches) but I still am able to see if for what it is which is a narcissist lashing out at people he hates because he hasn't been able to control them and too bad for him I refuse to be manipulated by his bullshit so it failed completely and made so many of us that much more stubbornly protective of Spike and his and Buffy's relationship not just from other fans but from the creator himself 🙃🖕🏻like he basically just trauma bonded us to Spike and Buffy which has led to the creation of one of the most devoted, loyal, intelligent fanbases who is absolutely unhinged (affectionate) with their love of this character and his relationship which is why we are all still creating and writing about this character 25 year later and show absolutely zero signs of slowing down or stopping 💀

#btvs #buffy x spike #spuffy #vnk reblog

[veronyxk84]

HANG ON HANG ON HANG ONNNN

They have Cassie aka Cassandra, the fate who sees the future with perfect clarity but is cursed to never be believed, tell the audience/Spike that Buffy will tell him she loves him…

AND THEN HE DOESNT BELIEVE BUFFY WHEN SHE TELLS HIM AND NEITHER DO SO MANY ANTI-SPUFFIES IN THE AUDIENCE

Like with Spike he doesn’t believe he’s worthy of her love now that he has the soul so he rejects it mirroring the way Buffy rejected his love in season 6 because she couldn’t accept it either but like you’re telling me when Buffy FINALLY tells Spike she loves him - the only man she’s ever said that too after Angel and this time of her own free will and not because she’s being manipulated into saying it (angel asks her if she loves him before he’ll tell her the truth about drusilla) - she isn’t believed and the foretelling of that event was spoken by the fate who’s cursed to never be believed?????

Like did the Jane include this because she knew the debate about weather they really loved each other or not was gonna happen because of all of joss’s manipulation or is this just one of those freaky coincidences that so often seems to occur when spuffy is involved???

#btvs #spuffy #vnk reblog

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Spike🌹 (art by me)

#btvs #spike #vnk reblog

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SEASONAL DELIGHTS BINGO - SUMMER EDITION🐚

For this year's summer season, we ended up settling on 'under the deep blue sea' as our theme. 

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TYPES OF PROMPTS

under the sea prompts - prompts that have to do with the world under the sea, or simply set under the sea.

summer prompts - summer themed prompts. (you can pick out the prompts that you prefer for this theme!)

general prompts - the prompts which were used for all of our other bingo's along with a couple of other extra's that were added through out the last couple of months.

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Every participant is able to request up to two cards.

The tags that we ask that you use for us to be able to re-blog your posts are; #seasonaldelightsbingo, #undertheseabingo (don't forget to tag @seasonaldelightsbingo too!) once again re-blogs might end up being slow but hopefully we will re-blog your post's before the event comes to an end.

🐚 Posting period starts on june 1, 2024 till september 30, 2024.

🐚 The sign up form is only available till may 12, 2024.

'under the sea' bingo sign up form.

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Double drabble: Pillow Talk

Entry for Language of Flowers Bingo by @seasonaldelightsbingo Squares: #3 + #4 + #8

Title: Pillow Talk

Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Pairing: Buffy and Spike (Spuffy)

Word count: 200

Rating: PG-13 / Teen and up

Warnings: none

Square fills: Sleepy + Kissing the Other's Scars + Becoming Breathless over a kiss

Also for DW drabble community fan_flashworks.

Read on Dreamwidth [ HERE ] (public access)

Card under the cut.

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Spike: I should move out, leave town before it is time for me.

Buffy: No. You have to stay.

S: No, you've got another demon fighter now.

B: That's not why I need you here.

S: Is that right? Why is that then?

B: 'Cause I'm not ready for you to not be here.

#spuffy #btvs #vnk reblog

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S05E07: Fool for love S05E22: The Gift

#spuffy #vnk reblog #spike #btvs

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer 6.03 | “After Life”

#vnk reblog #spuffy #Buffy x Spike #btvs

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Fandom Free Bingo: WBN Edition - Card Showcase

📚 World Book Night Bingo

EVENT World Book Night Bingo by @fandom-free-bingo Card received on: April 14, 2024

Thank you for the card! I plan to write drabbles using the given prompts. They won’t necessarily be part of a cohesive story.

MASTERPOST — Bingo Cards & Blackouts

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Icon Pack: Picking Dandelions

Entry for Language of Flowers Bingo by @seasonaldelightsbingo Square: #2

Icon Pack — 9 icons

Size: 100x100 px

Software: GIMP 2.10.36

Prompt: Picking Dandelions

Stock images from Pixabay artists: ThePixelman | Bessi | StockSnap | susannp4 | fernandozhiminaicela | Ralphs_Fotos | Rainer_Maiores | JillWellington | Couleur

Icons and Card under the cut

LICENSE

free to use (please, like or reblog if you do)

don’t alter or claim as your work

credit appreciated, not required

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Set in S6, at the beginning of episode 6x03 “After Life.” Inspired by JSBirsa’s stunning drawing of Buffy with a wing tattoo, which you can find HERE. Description (by JSBirsa on Discord) used as prompt: “I imagine it being an imprint of the wings she got in heaven and Dawn seeing it while she cleans Buffy right after the resurrection and instantly knowing where she was and then yelling at the Scoobies about what they’ve done.”

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Drabble: Scaredy-cat

Entry for Language of Flowers Bingo by @seasonaldelightsbingo Squares: #6 + #7

Title: Scaredy-cat

Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Characters: Buffy and Dawn

Word count: 100

Rating: PG-13 / Teen and up

Warnings: none

Square fills: Blanket Burrito + Fear of Bees

Also for DW drabble community drabble_zone.

Read on Dreamwidth: [ HERE ] (public access)

Card under the cut.

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Listennnnn to be loved is to be seen

Buffy is SURROUNDED by people who project and project and project some more onto her without ever truly seeing her and just trying to force her to be whatever they want/need her to be often leaving her feeling used, abused, and lonely.

And so while yes on the surface the Buffy bot is icky as hell and obviously irl all of us would be rightfully horrified if that happened to us. This is fictional and with a still evil but trying to be good but with no human soul to help guide him on how to be good Spike - who has been rejected and is honoring that rejection and finding a solution to leave real Buffy alone by giving him a place to put all his feelings for Buffy somewhere that isn’t Buffy herself - programs her so well and therefore showing how well he sees and understands her!! NO ONE ELSE could have programmed that exact Buffy that was believable enough to fool her friends. So yes it’s twisted but this is a vampire falling in love with the slayer if you want completely healthy truly go elsewhere lololol but so the bot is used to show just how well Spike truly understands her and more importantly what he loves about her which given the partner she had right before this was Riley who VERY CLEARLY hated how strong she was and that she was the slayer…

spike is like SHE NEEDS A DEDICATED SLAYER FOLDER

HE PUT THE YEAR WILLOW CAME OUT IN HER BIO 😭😭😭😭 angel and riley truly could never in a million years pay close enough attention to the people in her life that Buffy cares about to add info like that

The choice of “make spike happy” instead of something like “pleasing spike” feels significant because it’s able to encompass a wider range of things including her care for her friends since that seems to be the active folder when she’s accessing information on them. Buffy caring about other people makes him happy even though he’s morally grey at best at this moment 😭 AND TWO KISSING PROGRAMS ARE THE VERY FIRST THINGS IN THAT FOLDER 😭😭😭 he doesn’t just “want to fuck her” like people try to claim he wants to love her 🥲 he wants her kisses like I’m gonna throw up from how disgustingly tender and heartbreaking that is

Buffy bot calls both her and Buffy very pretty and tells Giles he “should listen to the other Buffy because she’s very smart”. Spike made sure the Buffy bot was a Buffy that loved herself and valued her intelligence like I cannot even begin to tell you how NONE of this is your run of the mill making just a sex bot of your crush because not being able to have sex with them upsets you. He wants to love her because he knows she needs it as much as he wants to give it to her

We have this moment where Buffy bot has finally found Spike who she’s been looking for and worried about the whole time and seemingly only cares about him and no one else and she sees he’s SEVERELY injured yet when Giles calls for help Buffy bot responds at the same time as Buffy does and runs to his aide leaving Spike like she’s still just so BUFFY at her core even if the superficial aspects have been changed 😭

if we compare this moment to the one in something blue where xander calls out for help in the crypt in an IDENTICAL situation yet ACTUAL BUFFY just continues to make out with Spike when he’s not even injured at all 💀 like Spike didn’t even give Buffy bot the “extra love sick” component Buffy herself exhibits for him on multiple occasions 😭

and of course - WE END WITH THIS KISS AND THE WAY SHE’S FUCKING LOOKING AT HIM BRO 😩 she’s like holy shit he was for real when he said he loved me no one has ever done anything like this for me while simultaneously showing how COMPLETELY loyal and obsessed they are and how well they know and love all of me AND my sister like

‼️I CAN DEPEND ON HIM‼️

So close to death even Xander is feeling sympathy for him yet clocks IMMEDIATELY it’s her and she’s just like hi 🥹 yes it’s me, I really just did that. I see you and what you did for me. HAVE HOPE KEEP TRYING DONT GIVE UP.

If Buffy loves you she forgives you pretty easily and I personally think that’s what we’re seeing here with Spike like kissing him in the same ep she learns of the Buffy bot is low key CRAZY 😹 but truly people who have done less for her have done far worse!!! The bot kept dawn and tara from being taken instead and he proved he would protect both of them with his life and like she already loves him which is why she even went for the kiss she was like REALLY THE SITUATION CALLS FOR IT WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO 🤷🏼‍♀️

#spuffy #btvs #vnk reblog

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Do your blorbos need a big hug after a long day? Some first aid after an intense battle? Or maybe you just want them to suffer 😈 No matter what you like, Hurt/Comfort Bingo is open to you!

For this event, you're able to request one of four types of cards:

'Hurt' prompts only

'Comfort' prompts only

Hurt/Comfort: An even mix of prompts under both categories.

Cause and Effect: Each square contains a hurt prompt and a comfort prompt. You must use both prompts within a single work.

Signups are open until April 30th, posting is open from May through July!

Note: This event is 18+ only.

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