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As buffyversetop5 moves into its 17th year, there will be some changes for our session come October 22nd. We will be consolidating activity into our Dreamwidth account.

We took this decision for several reasons:

During last year's Top 5 session there was no activity on the LiveJournal account during our session;

Since 2012 we have imported all LJ content annually onto Dreamwidth. But importing may or may not be working come October;

There are a number of people now using DW since last October, and they are more likely to post to the Dreamwidth account.

As a result we are closing the LiveJournal side of Top 5. The account itself will remain and can still be searched through tags or by browsing. However we suggest doing so on Dreamwidth for several reasons.

Not only will it hold more posts going forward, it already does. Because many people have been deleting their LJ accounts for years, those posts have also vanished from the LJ Top 5 account. However they are still preserved in the Dreamwidth account. In addition, for a number of years we have been getting posts made there which exist only on Dreamwidth. Plus on the Dreamwidth side there is a "search within journal" feature which allows one to search post text as well as their tags and titles, allowing much greater specificity.

The Buffyverse Top 5 account at AO3 remains open for browsing as well. At present it holds roughly a third of the content recced during past Top 5 sessions, and links to works not on AO3 will continue to be added each year. In this way Dreamwidth itself will also have a form of accessible backup.

We hope everyone will keep an eye out for the October session as it draws near and prepare some posts to share! If anyone would like to open a Dreamwidth account who does not already have one, and has questions or needs assistance, feel free to drop a comment on this post or the one at Dreamwidth.

Also, a signal boost for our affiliate seasonal_spuffy: signups for their Spring 2022 round start on May 9. Visit the link to learn more!

If you haven't been on both sites or using our fandom's wonderful resource, the su_herald, to keep up with recs in all places, Top 5's LJ community will be backed up to Dreamwidth in a few days, so all recs will be together there. ( Collapse )

We also want to take the opportunity to signal boost the opening of our affiliate seasonal_spuffy on November 8. There are some unclaimed posting dates still available!

Thanks to everyone, and petzipellepingo and I hope to see you next year!

Seven wallpapers by facethestrange representing each season of BtVS.

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Just a reminder to everyone that tomorrow is the final day for mixed Classic + 2021 posts. Saturday kicks off our 2021 Flash Forward weekend until we close at midnight UTC on November 2!


Feel It Still by double-dutchess. Just when you think that Buffyverse vids have tapped everything, here's one on Spike (along with Buffy, the most overvidded character) and yet it feels fresh and energized and modern. ( Collapse )

1) Reassembling by texasfan. "What if both Buffy and Anya died at the end of The Gift?" Eventual Spike/Xander. I liked both the gradual way this developed and also watching how this one big change was able to lead to various other ones through S6. ( Collapse )

Join your co-mods petzipellepingo and yourlibrarian in celebrating Halloween through all the time zones until midnight UTC on November 5 (check that in your time zone). Share your all-time favorite recs of fics, vids, graphics, anything and everything fandom has produced in all the Whedon fandoms -- and, as always, crossover content is most welcome!

Classic Recs is running on both LiveJournal and Dreamwidth, with the option to copy posts onto Pillowfort. Top 5 is also open for recs tagged with # buffyversetop5 at Twitter. Post at whichever you wish. And if you like the treats someone has shared, let them know by commenting!

One request is that if you happen to know that the work being recced is available at AO3, please use that link for it as it will make it easier to invite creators to include their work in our AO3 Collection. But works are welcome wherever they can be found. (Please alert readers if the work requires a login to view.)

Today kicks off our Classic Recs weekend for pre-2021 content. Recs for all time periods will be welcome starting Monday the 25th. Then next Saturday, October 30 will begin our Flashforward 2021 session to highlight current works until we close.

Do let us know if you have questions or need any help understanding what/how to post -- we'll be glad to hear from you!

It's time to pick out your costume, start carving those pumpkins, and decide on goodies to share because it's almost time for the 2021 session of Buffyverse Top 5!

That means recs for all fanworks in the Whedon fandoms. Our kickoff is on October 22, 2019 at midnight UTC (click here for your time zone). That is 6 PM EST on Thursday, October 21 in the U.S.

We'll be starting out with a Classic Recs weekend, and then from October 25 through October 29 feel free to post any mix of recs you'd like. Then on October 30 - November 1 we'll be closing things out with our Flash Forward weekend -- several days of focusing on content from 2021. So no matter what assortment of fan-created content recs you have, they will be welcome!

So for these 11 days please share your all-time favorite recs of fics, vids, graphics, anything and everything fandom has produced in all the Whedon fandoms. As always, crossover content is A-OK, so let's celebrate these fandoms' works!

We also want to alert anyone following us here that our Dreamwidth account is also open to posts during this session but there is no need to duplicate content there if you are already posting here. For anyone on Twitter or Pillowfort, please check those accounts for more information about local participation.

For anyone who has questions about how things will go, please comment here or you can check out information on what to post during a Buffyverse Top 5 session. And don't forget to signal boost this reminder as that way we'll have a good holiday feast :)

seasonal_spuffy, Truth or Dare, will run from Monday, May 10th through Tuesday, May 23, on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal . Links to all new entries will be available during the round on both of these sites and also on tumblr and Facebook, the Elysian Fields Discussion Group on Facebook, and in the General Discussions section of BuffyForums.

If you didn't sign up, you're still welcome to post any new Spuffy work on the 2 free-for-all days:

Monday, May 24th and
Tuesday, May 15th.

And if you would like to participate in another way, remember that anyone can currently comment on any Seasonal Spuffy post with or without logging in.

Just a reminder that they are also looking for anyone who might be interested in becoming a Seasonal Spuffy mod.

Our friends at Seasonal Spuffy have announced sign ups for Round 30.

The Spring 2021 round of Seasonal Spuffy starts on Monday, May 10, and runs through Tuesday, May 25, on LiveJournal and Dreamwidth. The theme for this round is Truth or Dare. The theme exists to inspire, not limit. You are free to interpret the theme however you wish or do your own thing instead.

Sign up for a posting day by choosing a day in the schedule and leaving a comment on that post.

Dates: March 1 to April 1

For anyone who has ever created any meta, the March Meta Matters Challenge community will be running again to help keep you going (or get started!) on archiving your meta works on AO3.

While creators have often used multiple sites to host their works, one type of work has generally been left out of fans' efforts at archiving and preserving fanworks -- meta. In many cases, meta posts have not been copied anywhere else other than the location where they were first posted, leaving them hard to find and particularly vulnerable to loss.

So what if we can make a small dent in getting it saved? The March Meta Matters Challenge is focused on not just new meta, but making sure older meta gets a chance to be read and remain a part of fandom history. While new meta is also encouraged, the priority for Meta Matters is to make sure meta doesn't vanish with sites or personal accounts when those get closed or moved.

This is a month long event that kicks off on March 1. There are no signups and anyone can participate, as anonymous comments are enabled at the Dreamwidth community.

If you have any questions about MMM, look over how the challenge works, or visit our FAQ or leave a comment!