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Author of the Month: EnchantedWillow has published 6 stories at Elysian Fields since joining on August 03, 2022.

Commenter of the Month: Kliomuse has written 656 comments at Elysian Fields since joining on June 19, 2023.

Artist of the Month: Flyora is our current artist of the month.

Finishing Months: 6 members have met the requirements for the Finishing Months Creators Challenge. 20 members have met the requirements for the Finishing Months Comment Challenge.

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A Pirate's Life for Me by Addie Logan NC-17
As the Slayer, Buffy Summers is certain she hates the vampire Spike. But when...
Charms of the Clarion by Eurydice NC-17
When the Council approaches Buffy with an offer she can't refuse, she finds...
More Grimm Tails by Twinkles NC-17
A somewhat fluffy sequel to my Little Red Riding Hood oneshot.With all of the...
Something Worth Dying For by violettathepiratequeen PG-13
In a swashbucking tale of body-swaps, mermaids, and shark attacks, Spike and...
Tale as Old as Time by honeygirl51885 NC-17
Once upon a time there was a young woman. She was kind and good, with hair spun...
Masquerade by Holly NC-17
The amulet did its cleansing thing, just as Angel said it would, which would...
Truth and Consequences by JamesMFan R
Years have passed since the battle that closed the Hellmouth. Haunted by the...
Ghost by Maxine Eden NC-17
It's been eight years since the fall of Sunnydale and Spike is just a painful...
We're Going to be Friends by scratchmeout R
Spike goes to the high school to kidnap Willow for a love spell, but gets distracted...
Something Borrowed by Geliot99 R
It was just to fill a hole; feed a need for them both. A pretend (and secret)...
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Smoke and Mirrors by honeygirl51885 NC-17
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Shoutbox
Eazysworld (2/12 05:33pm): Alrighty ya'll- good Valentine's Day themed or focused fanfic recommendations, pretty please smile smile smile
pfeifferpack (2/12 12:39am): partyHappy birthday to Lillianresolve & kristosnikos! Hoping you have a joyous day with all you ever wanted on your day. May you be truly loved & cherished & have every gift you most desired. May you have a year with all your dreams in reach, blessings, & genuine love & joy.
pfeifferpack (2/11 12:07am): partyHappy birthday to cuppa ! May each moment be pure gold. May you receive every gift most desired and may all love be genuine. May this year bless you in every way from success to love to hope.
Hannora (2/10 04:49pm): @violettathepiratequeen: Thank you! I never would have found it. kiss
violettathepiratequeen (2/10 04:42pm): @Hannora is it What Goes Around? https://dark-solace.org/...=6642
Hannora (2/10 02:53pm): Hi all, looking for a fic S4 or S5. An entity jumps from a person to another. At some point Joyce has to be locked up in the old Initiative's cells and watched 24/7 by Spike and Buffy. Any ideas?
pfeifferpack (2/10 12:23am): partyHappy birthday to ncatt, Monowarrior, & storiestoldtome! Wishing the best birthday ever with memories to cherish forever. May you be surrounded by those who truly love you & gifted with all you most want. May this year be fulfilling & joy-filled. May you be blessed & successful.
hellani (2/9 07:09pm): Thanks so much @pfeifferpack!!!
hostile17 (2/9 04:56pm): @Swonderful- I'm sorry. I need to rephrase. I'm writing a Spuffy story that hopefully will post on EF, but I'm needing some help as the storyline involves some television production. I'm not too familiar with the industry and wanted some guidance on jargon/behind the scenes stuff.
swonderful (2/9 09:35am): @ hostile17 and other aspiring screenwriters, Trai Cartwright has upcoming online screenwriting workshops. I didn't take those, but was impressed by two of her other writing workshops. She lists her film credits on her website. I'd love to see EF writers on the reboot.
swonderful (2/9 09:27am): If you want to sell screenplays, read books and get advice form writers who have actually sold scripts to your target markets (movies, TV, etc.) Scripts/screenplays use very specific formats (usually software) and are unlike plays, stories or books. Reqs evolve, so get current info.
swonderful (2/9 09:11am): @BloodyThorn, it didn't ring true to me. I thought he was trying to provoke Buffy into killing him, or at least make her feel it was justified. Somewhere in canon he said he wasn't into torture and the pre-show, that was Angelus' thing, and I believed him then.
pfeifferpack (2/9 02:17am): partyHappy birthday to hellani & AnneJ! May you have joy and love, laughter and all you most wish on your special day. May you feel cherished. May this year bring dreams coming true, needs met, love returned, & success daily
Spikelover4ever (2/8 08:30pm): @In Mortal @Pfeifferpack thanks so much for the birthday wishes smile <3
In Mortal (2/8 04:45pm): Happy Birthday, Spikelover4ever!!
pfeifferpack (2/8 05:01am): partyHappy birthday to Lilacflowers1, Nyea, & Spikelover4ever! Wishing you the best birthday ever with all needs met, every desired gift received and everyone who cherishes you letting you know. May you have daily blessings & joy. May you have success and make all love be true.
Miri (2/8 02:39am): I think right after Angelus and Darla were gone, when he was trying to be everything Drusilla needed and keep her satisfied, might be him at his worst of his own choice. I think that would have eased off some as he and Dru settled into the new pattern.
Erics Valkyrie (2/8 01:31am): I think that hanging out with Dru would also keep him on the dark path. After all she tried to bring him back to it as soon as she got back to Sunnydale in Season 5.
CheekyKitten (2/7 07:45pm): But when he's trying to do what Angelus is teaching him, I can see him doing some terrible things to impress his mentor. Or to one up him when he's hurt about Angelus taking Dru away. Etc.
CheekyKitten (2/7 07:44pm): @BloodyThorn personally I think it's right before that Slayer or even a few years earlier when he's dedicated to impressing Angelus and being part of that group. I truly believe left to his own devices Spike is more chaotic than really dark about his killing and evil.
BloodyThorn (2/7 06:03pm): Just out of curiosity, but when Spike says in S7 to Buffy that she got off easy and she didn’t know the real him, what did you all think of that? What era of Spike would’ve been his most evil? I would assume maybe a few years after he killed the Chinese Slayer.
jenjen (2/7 05:43pm): even if JM has to be de-aged for a flashback I bet you they include him--there's no way we won't see anymore of the og's than SMG big grin
YouCutYourHair (2/7 11:27am): Ah! Spapad thank you for the shout out! heart I'm glad you're enjoying the story!
pfeifferpack (2/7 12:35am): partyHappy birthday to BobbyMN! May you be cherished, well gifted, joyful, & surrounded by all you wish on your day. May this year bring more of the same and blessings in every area. May you be well and genuinely loved.
hostile17 (2/6 07:14pm): Does anyone here have production (movie/TV) experience or knowledge that would be willing to help advise me on a story I'm writing? If so- please pm me.

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2024: A Retrospective

Hello EF! In case you haven’t heard, it is somehow, inexplicably, 2025. That’s right, we’ve completed another journey around the sun together. And as is apropos at the end of a year and the start of a new one, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished over the last 12 months as a community, as well as all the stuff your mostly benevolent Mods have been doing to improve your overall experience.

We’ll start with what the admin team has accomplished so we can save the best (that’s you guys and your accomplishments) for last. Over the last year, we:

  • Added even more gorgeous site skins right out of the gate, increasing the variety of options as well as artist representation on the site
  • Successfully completed EF’s second mini-event, Monster Mash, and had a ton of fun doing it
  • Shepherded in the...


--Holly and the Mods on January 05, 2025 02:02pm 6 Comments
Update on New Warnings and Tag Clean Ups

Hey everyone,

After listening to some feedback from y’all, we have made some amendments to the changes we rolled out December 30, 2024. Thanks to everyone who reached out with comments, questions, and suggestions, as your input helps us make the best possible decisions for our members and the site.

First, in order to better allow readers to find stories that have the content they want, we will be reinstating the Baby/Kid Fanworks category to cover stories where these are major themes, and expanding it to include kids as well as babies. The new definition is:

Baby/Kid Fanworks: Works which prominently feature pregnancy and/or babies and/or raising children

We are not removing any of the new warnings, so please note that if you post something in this category, you will need to include all appropriate warnings as well. This may feel redundant, but after listening to concerns, we feel that this combination of a category and the warnings offers the best option for allowing people to opt-in when...



--cawthraven and the Mods on January 04, 2025 07:00pm 0 Comments
Announcing the 2025 Finishing Months Event!

Caleb from S7 of Buffy asks

In 2023 we ran an event called Finishing Months, where the goal was for writers and artists to finish old works. We liked it so much we decided to make it a biannual Thing. With 2025 somehow staring us in the face, that means it’s once again time to type “The End” and click “Complete” on some of those old WIPs collecting dust on your profile page.

Starting January 1, and running until the end of March, we’re asking writers and artists to complete any work or works started for an event* or to finish a longstanding WIP. (We're defining a longstanding WIP as a work that started posting on Elysian Fields prior to January 1, 2023.)

* NOTE: Finishing abandoned Secret Santa gifts, Mystery Month works, Drabblemania, or mini-event (such as Monster Mash) works that were not posted by their relevant deadlines do not count toward this event unless they also meet the “longstanding WIP” requirement.

Okay...



--cawthraven and the Mods on January 02, 2025 12:28pm 6 Comments