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Summary: Solid Spuffy, fully canon compliant; these things are not antithetical in my brain. We all know that 'break up' was an act.
But as Joss said on writing S12, "And then they said, "You have four issues," and it was like "Ohhhh. That's all the time we have." So we dealt with a lot of things in small panels, and I don't know if I fit it all in..."
He didn't, but that's cool, because I've filled in the gaps for him ;)
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 12 (Comic), Missing Scene, Time Travel
Characters: Andrew Wells, Angel, Buffy, Dawn, Faith Lehane, Fred, Giles, Illyria, Other, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Established Relationship, HEA/HFN
Warnings: Adult Language, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10
Word count: 47,366 Hit Count: 7,286 ePub Downloads: 143
Published: August 20, 2019 Updated: August 29, 2019


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Story Notes: For everyone let down by S12, and everyone who avoided it.
Canon-compliant to every word of dialogue and every panel; approximately one quarter of the full word count of this fic is transcribed from action and dialogue of Season 12 by Joss Whedon, Christos Gage, and Georges Jeanty. (You can check here: https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Buffy-the-Vampire-Slayer-Season-12 )
However: turns out I'm unable to transcribe in American, so spelling has been Britishised. And punctuation tweaked for the format.
Explanations where necessary of events from seasons 8-11, spoilers ahoy.
Draft complete at 10 chapters, will update daily.
Betaed by the fantastic Micrindle23 💙
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.

1. PART 1: ONE YEAR LATER - #A by Twinkles - Likes: 21 Comments: 22 Word Count: 5,521 Hit Count: 2,155 Published: August 20, 2019

Enjoy :)

2. PART 1: ONE YEAR LATER - #B by Twinkles - Likes: 11 Comments: 7 Word Count: 3,739 Hit Count: 647 Published: August 21, 2019

Action action action plot... no time for Buff to sort out her personal life yet ;)

3. PART 2: FUTURE SHOCK - #A by Twinkles - Likes: 11 Comments: 8 Word Count: 3,539 Hit Count: 696 Published: August 22, 2019

Thank you so much everyone who's reading and commenting/liking, so encouraging <3

4. PART 2: FUTURE SHOCK - #B by Twinkles - Likes: 10 Comments: 5 Word Count: 4,618 Hit Count: 537 Published: August 23, 2019

We all good with catching the gist of Fray's future slang? If anyone's stuck on a word anywhere please let me know so I can add translations in the notes :)

5. PART 3: THE RECKONING - #A by Twinkles - Likes: 6 Comments: 6 Word Count: 5,034 Hit Count: 565 Published: August 24, 2019

Finally, some breathing space ;)

6. PART 3: THE RECKONING - #B by Twinkles - Likes: 11 Comments: 8 Word Count: 4,083 Hit Count: 534 Published: August 25, 2019

I'd like to credit someone on livejournal for ID'ing Mr Little last year... but I couldn't find them again. So, thank you mysterious comic reader!

7. PART 3: THE RECKONING - #C by Twinkles - Likes: 8 Comments: 6 Word Count: 5,393 Hit Count: 533 Published: August 26, 2019

//Italics and slashes to denote speech heard via radio//

It's fight time, rargh!

8. PART 4: FINALE - #A by Twinkles - Likes: 7 Comments: 4 Word Count: 4,437 Hit Count: 467 Published: August 27, 2019

Had to drop a few non-dialogue sound effects from these comic pages, there were just too many for me to work in smoothly.

9. PART 4: FINALE - #B by Twinkles - Likes: 11 Comments: 7 Word Count: 4,114 Hit Count: 498 Published: August 28, 2019

Some necessary things.

10. PART 4: FINALE - #C by Twinkles - Likes: 25 Comments: 19 Word Count: 6,888 Hit Count: 654 Published: August 29, 2019

Aww, last one :(