#willow rosenberg ( threads. )

[insufferablemonsters]

𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 @halliwellauto.

willow  wasn't  sure  where  she  would  be  right  now  if  it  wasn't  for  aiden.  she  has  been  her  saving  grace  throughout  this  whole  process.  if  she  were  to  be  alone  with  her  dark  thoughts  and  tempting  addiction,  she  was  sure  she  would've  succumbed  to  what  was  once  dark  willow.  she  was  thankful  for  aiden's  friendship  and  closeness,  her  guidance  and  wisdom  when  it  came  to  the  realm  of  magicks.  she  missed  giles  and  she'll  always  be  grateful  for  what  he  had  taught  her,  but  she  was  glad  to  be  (  sort  of  )  on  her  own  now  so  she  could  learn  to  weave  herself  back  into  society  without  falling  apart.  she  missed  all  her  friends,  in  fact,  she  missed  her  old  life,  but  she  wasn't  ready  to  see  them  yet.  she  needed  more  time.  she  needed  to  be  sure  she  was  ready  and  healthy  before  allowing  herself  to  have  them  back  in  her  life  again.  the  last  thing  she  ever  wanted  to  do  was  put  them  in  danger,  as  she's  done  before.  she  won't  do  that  again;  she  couldn't  live  with  herself  if  she  did.

willow  nodded  with  enthusiasm  at  aiden's  suggestion  for  their  plans  after  this  trip.  ❝  of  course.  daisy  can't  be  left  out  of  our  little  pig  out  and  hang  out  sesh.  she  deserves  it  as  much  as  we  do  !!  probably  more.  after  all,  look  how  cute  she  is  ❞  willow  replied,  looking  down  at  the  puppy  and  gave  her  a  rough  but  loving  scratch  of  her  ears.  the  red-headed  witch  couldn't  help  but  smile  at  the  soft  kiss  that  was  planted  on  the  side  of  her  head,  leaning  in  slightly.  she  nodded  in  clarification,  ❝  don't  worry,  i  will.  there  will  be  much  more  obvious  signs  like  sweaty  palms  and  possibly  passing  out,  but  i'll  hold  it  together.  promise  ❞  she  reassured  aiden.  willow  began  to  look  around  at  the  shelves  once  aiden  informed  her  she  was  mainly  here  for  healing  ingredients,  which  was  a  comfort  to  the  recovering  witch.  she  canted  her  head  as  she  browsed,  ❝  healing.  i  can  get  down  with  that.  i  used  to  do  that  a  lot.  before,  well,  you  know  ❞  she  shrugged,  picking  up  some  bottles  and  admiring  them.  she  turned  to  face  aiden  again,  still  holding  a  small  bottle  of  various  healing  herbs,  ❝  don't  mention  it.  i  have  to  do  something  or  i'll  go  crazy.  i  figured  going  nuts  on  organizing  would  be  the  best  use  of  my  energy.  ❞

[starsdrew]

◟ ★ ⊰ closed starter. chrissy cunningham for willow rosenberg. @theirdiaries

◟ ★ ⊰ " um, sorry, " chrissy replied awkwardly, shaking her head. " were you talking to me ? if you were, i'm sorry to tell you that i was sorta spacing out that whole time, " she admitted. her mind had been wandering a lot lately, mostly focused on the bizarre dreams she'd been having. they didn't make any sense to her, and she'd desperately tried to piece them together multiple times. " i am totally here and in the zone now, though, " she told her. " go ahead and talk to me about anything. "

[legendaryl0stpieces]

@dreammakcr || Wanted River Summers for Willow!

"Just be careful." River told his brother over the phone, sighing a little bit as he hung up the phone. Yes, they knew about the Scooby gang, and found out who their mother was along with their father. It had been a bit of a shock to say at least. But they ended up being found by Giles, but they also didn't give their last name. He had been shocked to find male slayers but anything was possible after Willow's spell. So Giles sent them to go find the Scooby gang. Hence why he was here now. That was when he seen the redhead. Raising his hand a little bit to give her a small wave. "Willow Rosenberg, right? Sorry, I'm River. I was sent by Giles."

[vntagetee]

willow rosenberg / tags

[vntagetee-archive]

╭ tag dump ⸻ willow rosenberg.

[shefatalesarch]

A SIGH ESCAPED HER AS SHE SHIFTED THE STRAP of her bag and her attention settled upon willow. "i'm good, okay?" she spoke giving a smile even if it was slightly forced it was there and that was something right? she was doing her best. "A SIGH ESCAPED HER AS SHE SHIFTED THE STRAP of her bag and her attention settled upon willow. "i'm good, okay?" she spoke giving a smile even if it was slightly forced it was there and that was something right? she was doing her best. "good good good. so you don't have to worry okay?"

@denydefeat ♥ for a starter from buffy summers for willow rosenberg

[theajaheira]

call me old fashioned, but i think tara's reaction upon meeting jenny would be thinking something like "so /that's/ why willow wrote calendar instead of rosenberg that time" (willow's crush on jenny canon in my heart)

couldn't help it. i wrote you a fic.

"S-so." Tara fiddled with a loose thread on her sweater. "Is this...is magic something you've been doing for a very long time?"

"Oh, no, I'm pretty new to the whole shebang!" said Willow, in that breathlessly nervous, obliviously bewitching kind of way that had helplessly ensnared Tara from the very get-go. "I mean, I've been studying a little under Ms. Calendar--um, not, not under Ms. Calendar like, y'know, like I'm under you when we do spells together, just, haha, under Ms. Calendar like she teaches me basic magical theory! Sometimes! And besides which I think it's more Giles's thing to be under Ms. Calendar--not that I've thought about that! At all! At any point in time! Because that would be totally weird and, hello, boundaries--"

Tara had entirely lost the thread of the conversation. She reached for the one thing she was only halfway certain of. "Ms. Calendar...is your teacher?"

"YEP!" said Willow, who was beginning to blush. "MY TEACHER. YES."

"And she's the one who made you realize you, um," Tara colored, "like doing spells with other girls?"

Willow took in this question as though she had just been told that the world was round after years of thinking it flat. She opened her mouth, clearly about to reflexively disagree, and then, very slowly, shut it again, her blush deepening from a delicate pink to a fire-engine red.

"...Okay," said Tara with giggly mortification. Maybe Willow was new to more things than just magic.

[cams-cozy-corner]

Rtc characters as Rainbow High dolls thread

Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg: Victoria Whitman ! The freckles and strawberry blonde also the ruffles <3

Noel Gruber: Daria Roselyn ! The red roses Cmon of course she’s noel

Mischa Bachinski: stuck between Coco Vanderbalt and Emi Vandara no reasoning just vibes

Ricky Potts: Zooey Electra ! She’s got that alien space girl swag (and Lola Wilde with her kitty ears and fluffy fur details)

Jane Doe: Delilah Fields + Shanelle Onyx ! The lace? The daisy motifs? And then the greyscale ruffles? Love them both

Constance Blackwood: Robin Sterling (slumber party) and classic Violet Willow (had to give her a lil bit of purple lol)

:) <3

[lavendaers]

alright! time for the post event starter call! i'll mostly likely be dropping most pre event threads, though i'll definitely be keeping some. i'll also be transitioning my event threads and i'm 100% down for everyone else transitioning our threads. i'll probably also be carrying over any random starters that i owe for the event just cause. feel free to request as many as you want, i don't mind. i need lots of new threads for all of my babies.

alison dilaurentis    -    no change    -    (0/3) anakin solo    -    no change    -    (0/3) blitzo    -    no change    -    (0/3) deena johnson    -    no change    -    (0/3) elide lochan    -    switched to unaware    -    (0/3) emily    -    no change    -    (0/3) faye evans    -    no change    -    (0/3) francesca bridgerton    -    no change    -    (0/3) francis de valois    -    no change    -    (0/3) gale weathers    -    no change    -    (0/3) gu mang    -    no change    -    (0/3) jing qi/jing beiyuan    -    switched to unaware    -    (0/3) kate bishop    -    switched to unaware    -    (0/3) liam mairi    -    no change    -    (0/3) louis de pointe du lac    -    no change    -    (0/3) maik wen    -    no change    -    (0/3) meredith grey    -    no change    -    (0/3) nesta archeron    -    no change    -    (0/3) opal    -    no change    -    (0/3) phoebe halliwell    -    no change    -    (0/3) quan yizhen    -    no change    -    (0/3) rowan whitethorn    -    switched to unaware    -    (0/3) ruhn danaan    -    switched to aware    -    (0/3) sophie beckett    -    switched to unaware    -    (0/3) van palmer    -    no change    -    (0/3) vex'ahlia de rolo    -    switched to aware    -    (0/3) willow rosenberg    -    switched to aware    -    (0/3) wren dogan    -    switched to aware    -    (0/3) xue yang    -    no change    -    (0/3) yan wushi    -    switched to aware    -    (0/3) yushi huang    -    no change    -    (0/3)

[guiltswept]

( ella purnell. demi woman. she/they. ) - let me introduce you to a staff member of the eversley family, maribel sawyer, who is here at the eversley estate working as a housekeeper in the east wing. they are twenty-seven and are known as the demure around the estate because they are altruistic, overwrought, and furtive. when you get to know them, you think about a fox escaping the hounds in dark-branched woods, jaw bloodied and stained with what is not its own; the wandering, stand-still eyes in a hallway lined with portraits—all staring, all watching, all knowing—but you can only wonder why they’d choose to work for the eversley family. this character is penned by: ( james, 25, est, they/them. )

content warning for... disordered eating, anxiety, dysfunctional family dynamics throughout.

profile.

full name — maribel ottoline sawyer.

nickname(s) — mari; little mouse, mouse ( rare ).

place of birth — duluth, minnesota, us.

date of birth & age — june 4th, 1997. twenty7.

gender / pronouns — demi woman, she/they.

sexuality — bisexual.

occupation — housekeeper. investigative journalist.

astrology — gemini sun / gemini moon / gemini rising.

labels — the demure ( others considered: the fragile butterfly / the sheep / the chameleon / the bibliophile / the quiescent / the ingenue / the obsequious ).

residence — eversley estate; staff quarters ( previous residence: south london ).

traits — altruistic, benignant, solicitous, overwrought, mousy, acquiescent, malleable, amenable, vulnerable, guileful, furtive, underhanded, conspiratorial, shrewd, observant.

interests — mary janes and patterned tights; oversized sweaters and earth - toned patterns. handwritten letters, the smell of fresh ink; typewriters. vinyl records and players; the smell of an antique shop. perfecting the handwriting of others. non - fiction, and classic novels. staying organized. sweeping her hair into a ponytail at all times. riddles, mysteries; solving problems, but never her own. computer science; hacking into databases. keeping a near - nonexistent internet presence. doing what she thinks is right - hoping that what she's doing is right. pressing flowers. encryptions.

aversions — reminders of her family. feeling like someone is constantly on her heels. creaky floorboards. tripping over herself ( happens far too often ). eye contact. drinking too much. saying no. being caught in her own web of lies. cold tea. egomaniacs ( unfortunately surrounded by them ). others thinking she's incapable, a pushover, etc. knowing for a fact that she is, in deed, a pushover. modern homes. anything that'll cost her too much money; spending money. the sight of blood. swearing ( at least in front of others ). failure.

most played — duvet by bôa.

notable features — a prominent jaw and bush baby eyes beneath an olive complexion; blunt bangs that are undoubtedly done without help, expression hopelessly doll - like.

general disposition — a restlessness that threads through the veins; always looking over a shoulder, never able to sit still.

character study — willow rosenberg ( buffy the vampire slayer ) & lexie grey ( grey's anatomy ) & nancy drew ( nancy drew ) & marta cabrera ( knives out ).

background & events.

the sawyers were never anything extraordinary: a militant air force patriarch and a stay at home matriarch with a history of at - home workout videos, straight to vcr. maribel was born between a broadway star and a football prodigy; with little room to shine for herself. it was a strict upbringing; early curfew, chores before all else, no outings on weekends and sunday family dinners, perfect grades. maribel still thinks of her mother's keto - friendly green bean casserole with terror akin to meeting a bear in a fistfight.

despite being one of three, it was a quiet, lonely childhood for maribel. they moved often, from military base to military base, from country to country; maribel's friends never kept in touch, and at some point she had stopped trying. her siblings always stood out, always had somewhere to turn to whether it were theater or sports. but she kept her nose in a book; took a knack to solving puzzles, to putting together pieces. crosswords to riddles, to magic tricks and whodunnits. she couldn't turn to her parents - as far as they were concerned, it was maribel who didn't try hard enough.

disordered eating mention / anxiety; the criticism was endless; her father thought her soft and impractical, too stuck in her head, and her mother instilled in them the same food insecurities that had haunted her in her childhood like a family heirloom. there was always something she could be doing better; something she wasn't doing right. maribel walked around her home on constant eggshells. as she grew older, her anxiety grew with her.

after years of forging permission slip signatures and teaching herself coding ( they were always fascinated with encryptions, how to create them and how to break them ) - word got out around one of her private schools of her "talents" and she quickly became a tool under the guise of friendship. too meek to say no, maribel always complied with her friends' wishes - from changed grades in the school system, to forged doctor's notes and hacked social medias. when it was all discovered; it was her who took the blame, who wound up expelled.

their parents iced them out after that; if they were cold before, they were freezing then. radio silence in her own home. maribel was homeschooled after the incident, picking up jobs in - between lessons and moving out once they turned eighteen. it was a mutual decision, more or less; it was a rule in their household, and maribel couldn't wait to leave them - as awful as she felt about it. when her father was stationed back to the states, maribel chose to stay in the uk, where she attended university.

maribel pursued journalism, then computer science, then journalism again. picked up three jobs at any given time and worked and worked and worked until she'd overdone it and had to take a prolonged mental health break. this cycle repeated itself three more times before maribel finally graduated, years later, with a degree in journalism and enough computer science classes that she might've well gotten the degree for that too. she was picked up by a semi - big newspaper and begun writing articles under a pseudonym, where they quickly gained interest. despite being on the verge of a constant mental breakdown; maribel's research was always thorough, unbiased yet passionate - like she had ways of getting behind the scenes.

the eversleys caught her attention four years ago. three years ago, she was fired from the newspaper due to her obsession with the family and their supposedly legal business. two years ago, maribel got hired at the estate after months of scrubbing any presence of herself from the internet.

introspection & details.

before her journalist job ( and her current job ); maribel could not keep a job to save her life. she's been a waitress, a receptionist, a bartender, a tutor, a very much unlicensed private eye working "under the table", a phone sex operator, retail. had a half - day stint in construction before they realized she couldn't operate a forklift without almost running someone over. maribel is very good at what she's good at, and very bad at what she's not. there is little to no in between.

knows a handful, maybe two, of languages due to her family moving often. she's stronger in some languages than others.

there's not much use for forgery these days, but maribel isn't beyond it. has a strong moral system, and that's strictly what she thinks is right. will do "bad things" in order to accomplish "good things". if chaotic lawful was a thing, they would be it. scarily proficient with a computer.

terrible, terrible liar when it comes to little white lies, the things that don't hurt. is better at lying when it's long term; they often embellish details of their childhood, to make them seem not as lonely.

maribel has a problem with telling people no; has been called a pushover before, a doormat. is, unfortunately, the type of person to drop everything to help someone if they ask, even if it's unimportant to them. endlessly kind, and has an issue of seeing the good in everyone. makes excuses for others often.

desperately wants kinship, to the point where she will shift parts of her personality and interests to better suit whoever she's talking to. sometimes, maribel isn't sure of who she is outside of what she performs for others. a people pleaser.

comes off as innocent because she rarely swears, smokes, drinks ( though, when she does drink they become a massive flirt; a massive 180 degree shift in their personality ). hates being infantilized because of these facts, but will often give into doing any of them when challenged.

she's a naturally anxious person, just evident in her... existence. constantly fidgeting, shifting; rambles when nervous, which is just about all the time. has been called variants of mousy, for a multitude of reasons. has a bad case of constantly trembling, or shaking. it takes her time to warm up to people, to become used to them.

being hyperaware of her surroundings at all times, and her general insecure nature has allowed her to become decently perceptive. she notices when people are off, when things in general aren't what they seem. her concern is always genuine, but more often than not she's seeking answers.

can be contradicting at times; when it comes to her career, what she came to the estate for - maribel knows what she wants, what her goals are, how she wants to accomplish them and how to go about them. but externally, she just comes off as someone too afraid to speak up for herself, who can't bring herself to say anything negative about anyone.

maribel is so. goddamn clumsy it's a miracle she hasn't been fired from the estate yet. tries her hardest not to break anything, but she's extremely jumpy. is constantly bumping into people, furniture, walls and doors, etc.

lover of vintage, of secondhand, of antiques. mostly likes things she can afford, which isn't a lot. they're good at not spending money on themselves, even though she really wants to. her wardrobe is full of thrifted finds, and she wears a ponytail almost exclusively.

[blind-rats]

The Quiet Misogyny of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”

When accusations that Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, abused his power on multiple sets, few fans of his work seemed surprised. According to actor Charisma Carpenter, who had a recurring lead role as Cordelia Chase on Buffy and starred in its spinoff series Angel, Whedon created a toxic work environment and repeatedly harassed her on set. In a statement posted across the actress’s social media accounts, Carpenter revealed that the traumatizing experience of working with Whedon caused her anxiety and a chronic physical condition that she still struggles with today.

Carpenter’s statement comes directly on the heels of WarnerMedia’s investigation into workplace misconduct allegations levied against Whedon after he was hired as a replacement director on Justice League (2017) following Zack Snyder’s departure. In July 2020, actor Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg and worked with Whedon during post production on the film and its subsequent reshoots, wrote on Twitter, “[Whedon’s] on set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable.” As a show of support for Fisher, Carpenter revealed that she had participated in WarnerMedia’s investigation, stating, “Despite my fear about its impact on my future, I can no longer remain silent. This is overdue and necessary. It is time.” 

In December 2020, WarnerMedia shared that they had concluded the investigation and claimed they had taken “remedial action.” Prior to the investigation’s conclusion, Whedon voluntarily stepped down from his role as showrunner for the upcoming WarnerMedia-owned HBO series, The Nevers, due to the pandemic, so it remains unclear what so-called remedial action was actually taken against him.

The allegations against the director and former Hollywood sweetheart—or whatever the male nerd equivalent of that is—span nearly the entirety of his onscreen career. While some fans of Whedon may struggle to understand how a man whose work has been lauded for its depiction of Strong Female CharactersTM and themes of empowerment could perpetuate the abuse he outwardly condemned, other fans were less shocked. 

In addition to accusations by Whedon’s ex-wife Kai Cole, who wrote a scathing essay for the Wrap in 2017 about her ex-husband’s faux feminism and predatory affairs, rumors have swirled for years about Carpenter’s untimely departure from Angel. However, feminists who are familiar with Whedon’s shows, including Buffy, Firefly, and Dollhouse, as well as his first two Avengers films, have long-since recognized the quiet (and not-so-quiet) misogyny directly embedded within his filmography. 

To understand Whedon’s nerdy repackaging of entitlement toward women and their bodies, one must look no further than the subtext of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the series that initially launched him to success.

During Buffy’s seven-season run from 1997 to 2003, and even still today, comedic sidekick Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon) became a frequent target of feminist ire. There are countless think pieces, forums, blog posts, and Reddit threads dedicated to fans’ burning hatred of the character, and the show’s insistence on framing him as morally correct when he’s quite clearly in the wrong. From the very first episode, Xander is positioned as the “nice guy” of the friend group—the wisecracking, lovable nerd who reads X-Men comics and doesn’t get a second glance from most women. 

As the everyman, Xander caters to an audience of men and boys who might relate to his average looks, inability to entice women, and his literal powerlessness up against the superpowered women he fights alongside. His friends and allies have varying degrees of usefulness in the fight to protect Sunnydale, which sits on a demon hellmouth: Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Xander’s best friend and unrequited love interest, is imbued with vampire slaying abilities, and Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), his other best friend and briefly-requited love interest, has ’90s-esque computer hacking skills and eventually becomes a powerful witch. Additionally, at any given time, he is surrounded by allies that range from friendly vampires and ex-demons to superstrong government soldiers and werewolves.

In any room he’s in, Xander is never the strongest, smartest, bravest, best looking, or even the most charming—he is utterly average in every way. In an early Season 1 episode, Xander sums up his character archetype perfectly when he says, “I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away.” Despite Xander’s mediocrity and inherent powerlessness in comparison to the women he surrounds himself with, one of his key character traits is his sexual entitlement. He regularly makes references to his perpetual horniness and sexualizes almost every beautiful woman he encounters. 

When he first meets Buffy, he immediately develops a crush on her, and despite her repeated rejections over the course of several seasons, he continues to wait for an opportunity to be with her. Xander pining over his best friend might not necessarily make him bad, but it’s concerning that he also harbors resentment toward every guy Buffy dates or shows interest in, occasionally even lashing out at her for daring to choose other men over him.

Worse, he views himself as a “nice guy” who is entitled to sexual and romantic relationships with the beautiful women he fawns over. Except Xander isn’t really a nice guy at all—his entire self-identification as a nice guy isn’t actually supported by his interpersonal relationships or behavior, and in fact, is often directly contradicted by them. 

Interestingly, Xander doesn’t simply act as a stand-in for sexually frustrated nerd boys in the audience who want to fuck women like Buffy; he is also, quite literally, Whedon’s self-insert character. Fans of the show had initially speculated about this, and Whedon confirmed it when he was interviewed by NPR in 2000, stating, “Xander is obviously based on me.” This was also reconfirmed during a panel at the 2011 Emerald City Comic Con when actor James Marsters, who played the vampire Spike, said, “[Xander] is Joss. That’s the way he sees himself.” As Buffy fans gain a clearer picture of Whedon’s behavior behind the scenes, it’s ironic that a man with a track record of abusing his power over women and people of color on set would align himself with a character whose primary character trait is powerlessness. 

Why does a director and showrunner who weaponizes his power over his cast members to control them—and in the case of Charisma Carpenter, attempt to literally control her body and reproductive choices by pressuring her to get an abortion—get to hide behind a fictional facade of helplessness? Because he likes comics and wasn’t popular with girls in high school? Perhaps the most unlikely indictment of Whedon comes from the series itself, in a Season 6 arc that flips the concept of the harmless nerdy misogynist on its head. In the sixth season of Buffy—which notably featured the least involvement from Whedon, as he stepped down to an executive producing role to focus on other projects—a new group of villains called the Trio is introduced. The Trio features three socially inept, Star Wars-loving and comic book-obsessed boys who attempt to neutralize Buffy and take over Sunnydale. The group of seemingly harmless nerds evolves into a major threat over the course of the season.

After creating a mindless sex robot and being dumped by his girlfriend Katrina (Amelinda Embry), Warren Mears (Adam Busch), the leader and most malicious member of the group, creates a device to render his ex-girlfriend into a state of submission so he can force her to be his sex slave. However, before he is able to rape her, the device malfunctions, and when she tries to escape, Warren hits her over the head with a champagne bottle and kills her. Later in the season, Warren also fatally shoots Tara, a fan favorite and one of the few queer women characters in the series. 

Despite their inability to adhere to a traditionally idealized version of smooth-talking and muscled masculinity, the Trio’s proximity to nerd culture does not exempt them from causing harm. In fact, their self-identification as geeky underdogs is what provides them cover and their desire to acquire social power is what fuels their violence.

In an oft-cited acceptance speech for the “Men on the Front Lines” award presented by Equality Now, Whedon recalled a common question he received from reporters: “So, why do you write these strong female characters?” In response, he said, “Because you’re still asking me that question.” 

Though the response offers an empowering sentiment and makes for a highly quotable soundbite, he betrays his real motivations for writing fictional women within the same speech. He says, “When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men who not only had no problem with the idea of a female leader, but, were in fact, engaged and even attracted to the idea.” He then went on to “jokingly” say that he writes characters like Buffy “‘cause they’re hot.” 

Whedon’s acceptance speech unwittingly reveals the contradictions, and similarities, within both his work and interpersonal relationships. Though he may have spent decades fooling Hollywood and his fanbase with his performative brand of feminist allyship, Whedon’s public persona was always a ruse to disguise the fact that he never actually respected strong women. He simply wanted to fuck them.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, August 13

Willow: Well, there's Scoobyage afoot. Giles called a meeting about our spankin' new menace. Tara: Oh ... y-you should go, they don't need me for that. You can fill me in. Willow: No, no, you have to come. This demon chick is supposed to be really powerful, and I was thinking. Maybe we could try that, that spell, you know, the one to find demons? Tara: That didn't work. Willow: Yeah ... but we only tried it once, and I-I think I got some ingredients wrong. Tara: Well, I-I'm tired. Maybe we can do it tomorrow? Willow: You sure you don't wanna- Tara: Look, my family's here, okay, I can't just- (pauses) Not everything is about your friends and stuff. Willow: Sorry. Tara: No! No, I mean... There's just so much ... going on. It's just ... I'm, I'm really tired. Willow: (nods) Okay. Tara: I'll see you in the morning. You can fill me in. Willow: Great. We'll be demon hunters.

~~Buffy Season 5 Episode #84: "Family"~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Danger in All Forms (Buffy, T, Harry Potter xover) by mmooch

Sugar and Spice (Faith/Wesley/Cordelia/Fred, T) by Kittenwritings

Task Mistress (CUT SCENES) (Buffy/Spike, E) by HappyWhenItRains

Shadows Of The Spotlight (Ensemble, E) by BlueZeroZeroOne

[Chaptered Fiction]

Don't Swerve Ch. 1-2/10 (Buffy/Faith, E) by thisyearsgrrl

Situation Normal - All Faithed Up Ch. 3 (Buffy/Faith, M) by QuillBard

Cheese Board Ch. 1/2 (Buffy/Riley, E) by TheClowniestLivInExistence

The Right Swipe Ch. 4 (Buffy/Giles, E) by DancingAngel0013

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[bcrncoldx]

𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑

under the cut is my list of muses! as always, please reply to this with who for/from! for now i'll be capping at 5 per muse and 4 per mun! any current event threads will be transitioned to post-event where possible, and i'll be dropping older pre-event threads!

bill weasley (5/5) — fleur weasley, astoria greengrass, mary mcdonald, lily luna potter, victoire weasley

carlisle cullen (3/5) — rosalie hale, embry call, alice cullen

dale cooper (1/5) — cyrus goodman

dís durin (1/5) — jem carstairs

drusilla keeble (2/5) — yennefer of vengerberg, victoria

edward reynolds (2/5) — jang yeo hee, peggy carter

eloise bridgerton (4/5) — noah foster, hyacinth bridgerton, edmund bridgerton, gregory bridgerton

owen sharma (3/5) — ahkmenrah, lorelai gilmore, evan speck

rupert giles (6/5) — angel, elliot alderson, willow rosenberg, buffy summers, anya jenkins, jenny calendar

sherlock holmes (3/5) — irene adler, alec lightwood, enola holmes

[twistedtangledfate]

//If anyone is up for it I would absolutely love to get threads going for the following characters (in no particular order). I'd obviously love stuff with my OCs but I will stick with canon's just now. I know people prefer my canon's. I'm also going to be adding some new people as test muses but that's going to be in another post.

Sansa Stark

Daenerys Targaryen

Effie Trinket

Medusa

Maleficent

Buffy Summers

Willow Rosenberg

Esme Cullen

Crowley

Aziraphale

[slayersindie]

𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 - ( all starters )

GOMEZ ADDAMS - fc: oscar isaac ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MORTICIA ADDAMS - fc: catherine zeta-jones ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐁𝐔𝐅𝐅𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 - ( all starters )

ANYA JENKINS - fc: emma caulfield ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

BUFFY SUMMERS - fc: sarah michelle-geller ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

CORDELIA CHASE - fc: charisma carpenter ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

FAITH LEHANE - fc: eliza dushku ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

SPIKE - fc: james marsters ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

TARA MACLAY - fc: amber benson ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

WILLOW ROSENBERG - fc: alyson hannigan ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃 (𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋) - ( all starters )

CHRIS HALLIWELL - fc: drew fuller ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

COLE TURNER - fc: julian mcmahon ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

DARYL MORRIS - fc: dorian gregory ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

LEO WYATT - fc: brian krause ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

PAIGE MATTHEWS - fc: rose mcgowan ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

PHOEBE HALLIWELL - fc: alyssa milano ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

PIPER HALLIWELL - fc: holly marie combs ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

PRUE HALLIWELL - fc: shannen doherty ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐆𝐄𝐍 𝐕 - ( all starters )

ANDRE ANDERSON - fc: chance perdomo ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

CATE DUNLAP - fc: maddie phillips ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

EMMA MEYER - fc: lizze broadway ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

JORDAN LI - fc: derek luh/london thor ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MARIE MOREAU - fc: jaz sinclair ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐑 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖/𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐊) - ( all starters )

FREYA - fc: jessica chastain ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

KRATOS - fc: jason momoa ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐘'𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐘 (𝐔𝐏 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝟏𝟏) - ( all starters )

ADDISON MONTGOMERY - fc: kate walsh ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

ALEX KAREV - fc: justin chambers ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

AMELIA SHEPHERD - fc: caterina scorsone ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

APRIL KEPNER - fc: sarah drew ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

ARIZONA ROBBINS - fc: jessica capshaw ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

CALLIE TORRES - fc: sara ramirez ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

CRISTINA YANG - fc: sandra oh ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

DEREK SHEPHERD - fc: patrick dempsey ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

IZZIE STEVENS - fc: katherine heigl ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

JACKSON AVERY - fc: jesse williams ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

JO WILSON - fc: camilla luddington ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

LEXIE GREY - fc: chyler leigh ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MAGGIE PIERCE - fc: kelly mccreary ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MARK SLOAN - fc: eric dane ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MEREDITH GREY - fc: ellen pompeo ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MIRANDA BAILEY - fc: chandra wilson ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

OWEN HUNT - fc: kevin mckidd ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

STEPHANIE EDWARDS - fc: jerrika hinton ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

TEDDY ALTMAN - fc: kim raver ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐋 (𝐌𝐂𝐔) - ( all starters )

BRUCE BANNER - fc: mark ruffalo ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

BUCKY BARNES - fc: sebastian stan ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

CAROL DANVERS - fc: BRIE LARSON ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

CLINT BARTON - fc: oliver jackson-cohen ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

EDDIE BROCK - fc: tom hardy ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

GAMORA - fc: zoe saldana ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

JANE FOSTER - fc: natalie portman ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

KATE BISHOP - fc: hailee steinfeld ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

LOKI - fc: tom hiddleston ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MAY PARKER - fc: marisa tomei ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

NATASHA ROMANOFF - fc: scarlett johansson ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

PEPPER POTTS - fc: gwyneth paltrow ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

PETER QUILL - fc: chris pratt ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

SAM WILSON - fc: anthony mackie ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

STEVE ROGERS - fc: chris evans ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

THOR ODINSON - fc: chris hemsworth ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

TONY STARK - fc: robert downey jr ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

SYLVIE - fc: sophia di martino ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

VALKYRIE - fc: tessa thompson ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

WANDA MAXIMOFF - fc: elizabeth olsen ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

YELENA BELOVA - fc: florence pugh ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐍 - ( all starters )

ELIZABETH SWANN - fc: keira knightley ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

WILL TURNER - fc: orlando bloom ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐒𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐑 (𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐗) - ( all starters )

ANDRE LAYTON - fc: daveed diggs ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MELANIE CAVILL - fc: jennifer connelly ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇��𝐍𝐆𝐒 - ( all starters )

JIM HOPPER - fc: david harbour ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

JOYCE BYERS - fc: winona ryder ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐒 - ( all starters )

ANNIE JANUARY - fc: erin moriarty ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

BILLY BUTCHER - fc: karl urban ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

FRENCHIE - fc: tomer capone ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

HUGHIE CAMPBELL - fc: jack quaid ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

KEVIN MOSkOWITZ - fc: chace crawford ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

KIMIKO MIYASHIRO - fc: karen fukuhara ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MARGARET SHAW - fc: dominique mcelligott ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MOTHER'S MILK - fc: laz alonso ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐘 - ( all starters )

ARDETH BAY - fc: oded fehr ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

EVELYN CARNAHAN - fc: rachel weisz ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

RICK O'CONNELL - fc: brendan fraser ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑 (𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐗) - ( all starters )

GERALT OF RIVIRA - fc: henry cavill ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

JASKIER - fc: joey batey ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

TRISS MERIGOLD - fc: anna shaffer ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

YENNEFER OF VENGERBERG - fc: anya chalotra ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 - ( all starters )

DAVID - fc: theo james ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

LUCIAN - fc: michael sheen ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

MICHAEL CORVIN - fc: scott speedman ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

SELENE - fc: kate beckinsale ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

SONJA - fc: rhona mitra ( aesthetics . starters . threads )

[writtenxbeginnings]

carrd here with rules and muses!

I'm going to keep this list updated with my faces, though I do also have a link in my navigation. They don't all have abouts, but honestly, unless it's one of my OC's or you want to cross over stories and aren't sure how, I don't feel like I need them for all canon characters, you know?

I'm also going to leave these links with this post: Open Posts, Memes for you to send, and Starter Calls. I love to plot, I love to ship, I love to write, and I'm always down to talk and write with people! Feel free to hit me up first in IMs if you want. And while I do have a face claim page, I also have an Abouts tag if you want to look that way!

I've noticed a lot of issues with notifications as well, so for my own sanity and that of my partners, I have input all of my threads into RPThreadTracker, and made a public view. Feel free to check it if you think I owe you!

Muses below the cut

TV SHOWS & MOVIES

911 & 911 Lonestar: Grace Ryder Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Willow Rosenberg Bridgerton: Kate Sharma, Penelope Featherington, King George, Violet Bridgerton, Benedict Bridgerton Criminal Minds: Spencer Reid, Penelope Garcia Chuck: Chuck Bartowski Disney: Megara Descendents: Eevie Girl Meets World: Maya Hunter Grey’s Anatomy: April Kepner, Lexie Grey, George O'Malley Private Practice: Cooper Freeman The OC: Anna Stern, Taylor Townsend Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys: Joe Hardy One Tree Hill: Haley James Scott, Julien Baker Pretty Little Liars: Aria Montgomery (I am going to say now I never did finish the show. I think I only haven't seen the last season, but I don't remember, even reading the wiki) Reign: Mary, Queen of Scotts Supernatural: Sam Winchester SVU: Amanda Rollins Teen Wolf: Stiles Stilinksi Twilight: Bella Swan

VIDEO GAMES

Final Fantasy 14: Hythlodaeus, Thancred Final Fantasy 15: Aulea, Prompto, Solanna, Gentiana Pillars of Eternity: Tekehu

BOOKS

Harry Potter: Ron Weasley, George Weasley, Lily Evans/Potter

OTHER

D&D/BG3: Shadowheart, Solanara Snowfell (Snow Elf OC)