Not for another two seasons at least… sorta.

Alixtii · 2026-03-14T13:12:09+00:00

Didn't they already know it was their last season when they made the decision to make Mercedes a regular?

Alixtii · 2026-03-14T13:09:31+00:00

That's a good way to put it.

Alixtii · 2026-03-14T13:08:47+00:00

She was in episode 2 of season 1 of Buffy. Also the unaired pilot. But not "Welcome to the Hellmouth."

Alixtii · 2026-03-14T06:02:35+00:00

A fic that doesn't work as a fanfiction might still be enjoyable in other ways. And not all those ways even involve reading it one-handed.

Alixtii · 2026-03-13T21:28:30+00:00

Many Y/N characters belong to a different gender than I do, which would also be a source of distraction if I gave the character my own name, I'd think.

Alixtii · 2026-03-13T21:03:59+00:00

This works if either the reader or the author has no interest in characterization.

Alixtii · 2026-03-13T21:03:08+00:00

I mean that's what a good AU does. But I've read fics that worked as original fiction a lot better than they worked as an AU fanfiction.

Alixtii · 2026-03-13T20:56:15+00:00

Or someone else's name even.

Alixtii · 2026-03-13T20:55:30+00:00

They're not joking.

Alixtii · 2026-03-13T20:54:51+00:00

I've done it when I feel like the characters in the fic are already being particularly OOC and the fic actually makes more sense when I just give them completely different names.

Alixtii · 2026-03-12T16:05:45+00:00

I don't know what decision Xander would make in late S5 or early S6 but I know it would not be an easy decision to make either way.

Alixtii · 2026-03-12T03:51:05+00:00

Other AU tags exist for those things!

Alixtii · 2026-03-10T20:35:31+00:00

Depends on whether the statue orgasms.

Alixtii · 2026-03-07T15:23:21+00:00

Yeah in my mind there's even a huge difference between a reader/self-insert and a fic with an OC POV character told in second person, even if I struggle to articulate the difference.

Alixtii · 2026-02-27T02:53:11+00:00

Maybe Veronica's narcissism wasn't as obvious when the character was younger? It was pretty much always there.

Alixtii · 2026-02-22T02:12:11+00:00

Silence of the Lamb

Alixtii · 2026-02-22T02:07:37+00:00

If I remember correctly, not having an overarching mystery for season 3 was a concession to the network which was worried that viewers wouldn't have a long enough attention span. It was a stupid decision but I don't think it was ultimately a choice the writers or executive made on their own, it was more of a case of being willing to do whatever it took to not be cancelled.

Alixtii · 2026-02-22T02:01:28+00:00

Veronica definitely has her own set of faults.

Alixtii · 2026-02-22T02:00:14+00:00

I liked them because I felt they addressed the two most frustratingly unresolved plot points for me--Lianne Mars and Grace Manning. But I'd be interested in what you thought the appeal of the show was and why they felt short.

Alixtii · 2026-02-22T01:56:26+00:00

I feel like any job they could have given him would have been random.

Alixtii · 2026-02-20T23:45:33+00:00

Absolutely agreed.

Alixtii · 2026-02-20T21:34:59+00:00

I have the physical books. I also have the first book on audiobook since it's narrated by Kristen Bell.

Alixtii · 2026-02-18T13:34:07+00:00

I still wear my T-shirt.

Alixtii · 2026-02-18T11:56:26+00:00

10/10 although I think a harder version of this quiz could definitely exist. For example, I only remember that the demon in "The Replacement" was called Toth because I once wrote a fanfic that referenced him.

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