History Fanfic / BtvsSeasonsRewrite

** Xander and Cordelia remain together throughout the first fic, whereas in canon they broke up during the events of Season 3 due to [[YourCheatingHeart Xander cheating on her with Willow]], which [[AdaptedOut doesn't happen here]]. While they're broken up by the time of the Season 4 rewrite, they remain AmicableExes.

* LoopholeAbuse: A positive example of this applies to Buffy's relationship with Angel after he gets a job at UCS; while Buffy is a student while Angel is a professor, it's only actually against the law if Buffy is taking Angel's class, which she isn't.

* TeacherStudentRomance: Angel takes a job teaching art history at UC Sunnydale in Season 3; his relationship with Buffy becomes this when she becomes a student there in Season 4.

** Allen Francis Doyle didn't appear in the Buffyverse until "[[Recap/AngelS01E01CityOf City of]]", the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' Season 1. Here, he debuts alongside Wesley in "Myhnegon."
** Lorne was absent from the Buffyverse until ''Angel'' Season 2, which coincide with ''Buffy'' Season 5. Here, he appears during the Season 4 adaptation.

** The Scoobies as a whole are closer. For starters, when Buffy returns from L.A., they're more sympathetic and caring for what Buffy went through after having to stake Angel, unlike in "Dead Man's Party," where they're distant from her, couldn't care less about her need to mourn Angel, and even get in a fight with her over running away right in front of dozens of their classmates.
** Giles' [[ParentalSubstitute paternal relationship]] with Buffy is also stronger. In the original episode "Helpless," he [[BroughtDownToNormal stripped Buffy of her powers]] for the Cruciamentum despite viewing the experience as an "archaic exercise in cruelty." Here, he outright ''refuses'' to put Buffy through the test, and only does so because Buffy ''chooses'' to go through with it to keep him as her Watcher.

** In the original canon, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce didn't appear until the events of "Bad Girls," the thirteenth episode of Season 3. Here, he appears much earlier during "Myhnegon," an adaptation of the seventh episode "Revelations."
** Allen Francis Doyle didn't appear in the Buffyverse until "City of", the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' Season 1. Here, he debuts alongside Wesley in "Myhnegon."

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In canon, Anya first appeared in "The Wish," the ninth episode of Season 3. Here, she doesn't appear until the second chapter of the Season 4 rewrite.

* BackFromTheDead: Early in Season 3, Angel undergoes the Trials as he did in the ''Angel'' episode "The Trial." Here, it's done to resurrect Jenny Calendar, and he succeeds.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: In Season 3's "Refugees," an adaptation of "[[Recap/AngelS01E09Hero Hero]]," Xander and Faith are initially reluctant to save the Lister Clan from [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the Scourge]], purely because they're demons. Buffy and the other Scoobies convince them to help.