fyeahdawnsummers:

btvsgif:

dawn summers: slaying + researching (requested by becauseoftara)

#i could see dawn being the one (years down the line; after she matures more; gains more life experience) #to restart and head a newer better watcher’s council #xander (despite his ‘see all’ rep) would reinscribe too much of the patrarichal approach to mentoring #there’s not enough room for experimentation and growth to be fulfilling to ambitious willow #dawn is the proto giles here; not just in their attention to slaying as theory and history #but slaying in practice #she HAS been through it all will buffy as much as giles really #but as a woman and a slayer’s sister she does have access to those emotional developments of a slayer #that giles can’t really transcend #invert the watcher’s council from being centered about the nebulous idea of the patriarchal father #to the little sister #i could see a legend of korra thing with grizzly chill old lady dawn mentoring the new head slayer or something

Love this

What would be Buffy’s playlist?

marshmallow-the-vampire-slayer:

I’ve never done a playlist before, so I don’t really know if I’ll be any good at it. I spent a lot of time thinking this over, and I came up with a playlist I’m kinda proud of. Anyhow, this is what I took into account when creating it: music styles that I think she’d be into (mostly fem pop/rock), songs that Buffy would’ve listened to while the show was on the air, songs that Buffy would listen to nowadays, old songs that I think Buffy would listen to because I think she did, and songs that remind me of Buffy. I hope my rationale makes sense. 

Buffy’s Playlist (in alphabetical order)

Angel by Sarah Maclahan

Bad Reputation by Joan Jett

Bitch by Meredith Brooks

Fight Song by Rachel Platten

Fighter by Christina Aguilera

Firework by Katy Perry

Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cindy Lauper

Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar

I Touch Myself by The Divinyls

Just a Girl by No Doubt

Kiss With a Fist by Florence + The Machine

L.O.V.E. by Ashlee Simpson

Oh no! by Marina and The Diamonds

Raise your Glass by Pink

Roar by Katy Perry

Run the World by Beyonce

Shake it Off by Taylor Swift

Shake it Out by Florence + The Machine

Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson

The First Cut is the Deepest by Sheryl Crow

Titanium by David Guetta feat. Sia

Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler

This is pretty darn perfect

sirjohnsmythe:

BUFFYVERSE FEMSLASH WEEK
         → Day 6: Completely AU

As Faith Lehane struggles to find her place in society, she teams up with “Vision Girl” Cordelia Chase to battle a new threat: an assassin known as the Winter Slayer. But when the Slayer turns out to be a brainwashed Buffy Summers, Faith will have to choose between the safety of the world and the girl she thought was long dead.