History Fanfic / TaarokosBuffyTheVampireSlayer

* BigDamnHeroes:
** As Angel faces his final battle against Wolfram & Hart, [[spoiler:Dawn, Connor and Lorne use Dawn's new ability to open portals to gather various allies to help Angel, and some of the people Angel has helped in the past also show up to aid him in his final stand]].
** Subverted at the beginning of ''Season 9'', [[spoiler:as Andrew and Kennedy's forces return to Cleveland to help in the battle against the First, only to realise when they arrive that the battle's already ended in favour of the heroes]].

* CurbStompBattle: In a sense; [[spoiler:Amy tries to attack Willow with a spell designed to draw on her insecurities and bring them out, but Willow's magic is now so far beyond Amy's that the spell essentially 'bounces' off Willow and causes Angel, Xander, Oz, Giles and Dawn to experience various moments of random chaos until the spell is undone by another Watcher, at which point Willow effortlessly banishes Amy away]].

* DeadGuyJunior: In Chapter 14, [[spoiler:the future children of Buffy and Angel and Willow and Oz appear in the present, and reveal that practically of the next generation are named after those they've lost; Buffy and Angel's children are Kathy Winifred and Liam Wesley (Angel's sister, his original human name, and Fred and Wesley), Willow and Oz's twins are Tara Jennifer and Daniel Rupert (Tara, Jenny Calender, Oz himself and Giles), Xander and Renee's kids are named after Jesse and Anya, and Connor and Dawn's daughter is named after Holtz's daughter Caroline while their son is named Steven, after Connor's 'alias' when Holtz raised him. The only child mentioned ''not'' named after someone dead for at least a middle name is Daniel Rupert Osborne, and that's only because practically nobody calls Oz and Giles by their first names anyway]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In a loose sense; [[spoiler:Kathy assures Angel that Fred’s soul is undamaged despite reports that it would have been destroyed when Illyria was resurrected]].

** The author has confirmed that the reference to [[spoiler:Spike and Drusilla]] draining a brunette in a ‘backwoods town in Washington’ is a [[TakeThat dig]] at the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' series.

** The author has confirmed that the reference to [[spoiler:Spike and Drusilla]] draining a brunette in a ‘backwoods town in Washington’ is a [[TakeThat dig]] at the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series.

* AbhorentAdmirer: When the Immortal tries to flirt with Buffy, [[spoiler:she makes it clear that she has no interest in an arrogant egotist who ignores her protests that she’s a happily married woman]].

* MythologyGag:
** While wandering around London, Oz mentions that he keeps expecting to see [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]], but Angel doesn’t hear him as he was distracted by the sight of a blue police box that subsequently disappeared…
** The author has confirmed that the reference to [[spoiler:Spike and Drusilla]] draining a brunette in a ‘backwoods town in Washington’ is a dig at the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series.

* PutOnTheBus: Faith promptly leaves Cleveland to seek out other new Slayers with Wood, reasoning that she and Buffy have too tense a history to work together long-term, and Andrew is also indirectly ‘encouraged’ to do the same.
** [[spoiler:Kennedy soon follows Andrew as she recognises that her relationship with Willow is falling apart]].

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: In ''Season 9'', a government agency attempts to take the Slayers prisoner in the belief that they are super-soldiers funded by the now-defunct Wolfram & Hart, but the lieutenant who authorised the operation is quickly shut down when his superior shows up, as the man is Captain Graham Miller, formerly of the Initiative, who notes that people don't get far when Buffy Summers sees them as the bad guy; as Buffy puts it, "They called in the cavalry, who happened to like me better than them."

** Oz's bandmates are all original characters, but Alex and Cole in particular become key core members of the group in Cleveland

* InterspeciesRomance: Initially represented by the obvious example of Buffy/s complex relationship with Angel and Spike, as well as (arguably) Willow getting back together with Oz, but also more represented by the relationship between Lorin and Sam, as Sam is human while Lorin comes from another dimension and is an unnamed species of humanoid 'demon' with wings.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Never explicitly stated, but hard to ignore considering that Connor's romantic interest shifts from Cordelia (his father's would-be lover) to Dawn (the sister of his father's greatest love), with Dawn reciprocating Connor's feelings even before they learn of their similarly unconventional origins.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Chapter 14 of ''Season 9'' is this for Xander, as he feels useless and unappreciated, only to be sent by Jesse's spirit into a world where he was never born. As a result, [[spoiler:not only is there still only one Slayer at a time, but they all lasted barely a year in the role; Buffy died in her confrontation with the Master, Kendra was killed by Spike for killing Drusilla, Faith sacrificed herself to kill the Mayor, Kennedy was slaughtered by Adam, Rona was split by Toth and killed, Vi was killed by the slayer-turned-vampire Nyx, and current Slayer Renee (Xander's girlfriend in the 'real' world at this time) is resigned to her inevitable death when he arrives. As for the rest of the Scooby Gang, Willow was turned by Spike- and is killed by Xander after she kills Renee-, Cordelia was killed at the demonic frat party, Miss Calendar died in a car accident during the cursed candy incident, and Angel, Oz, and Giles are resigned to their bitter role as guardians of the Hellmouth (Jesse ‘inviting’ Xander to consider what Los Angeles must be like in this world as Angel never went there)]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After [[spoiler:learning that Spike is alive, Buffy basically gives him one after he reveals that he did everything he's done since getting his soul back for her, where Buffy has come to realise that she and the rest of her friends fight because it's the right thing to do even if nobody knows about it, and she's particularly disgusted when Spike says that Angel "won" as though she's a prize in a contest]].

* DeadGuyJunior: In Chapter 14, [[spoiler:Buffy and Angel's temporally-displaced future son Liam states that Xander and Renee's kids are named after Jesse and Anya, Liam's sister Kathy is named after Angel's own sister (and Kathy and Liam's middle names are 'Winifred' and 'Wesley' respectively, and Connor and Dawn's daughter is named after Holtz's daughter Caroline while their son is named Steven, after Connor's 'alias' when Holtz raised him. The only child depicted ''not'' named after someone dead is Oz and Willow's son, Daniel Rupert Osborne, and that's only because practically nobody calls Oz and Giles by their first names anyway]].

* InfantImmortality: Yes and no; [[spoiler:Faith's newborn son Nicky is protected from a demon attack that was meant to kill him, but the same attack causes Buffy to miscarry her and Angel's unborn son]].

* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: Dana's status as this (as depicted in "[[Recap/AngelS05E11Damage Damage]]") is discussed to greater extent when she appears in ''Season 9'', where Andrew confirms that these days she tends to 'channel' the Slayer nearest to her. In Chapter 15, [[spoiler:she is shown 'channelling' the moment when Buffy 'used' Andrew to close the Seal and when she first realised Angel was human, and in Chapter 16 she briefly taps Livvy's memories whioe talking with the little girl]].

* ManySpiritsInside)fOne: Dana's status as this (as depicted in "[[Recap/AngelS05E11Damage Damage]]") is discussed to greater extent when she appears in ''Season 9'', where Andrew confirms that these days she tends to 'channel' the Slayer nearest to her. In Chapter 15, [[spoiler:she is shown 'channelling' the moment when Buffy 'used' Andrew to close the Seal and when she first realised Angel was human, and in Chapter 16 she briefly taps Livvy's memories whioe talking with the little girl]].

* DeadGuyJunior: In Chapter 14, [[spoiler:Buffy and Angel's temporally-displaced future son Liam states that Xander and Renee's kids are named after Jesse and Anya, Liam's sister Kathy is named after Angel's own sister, and Connor and Dawn's daughter is named after Holtz's daughter Caroline while their son is named Steven, after Connor's 'alias' when Holtz raised him]].