Go for it - whatever it is

rb to bonk prev with an empty paper towel roll

What if Buffy's mom hadn't found out about slaying at the end of season 2 and Buffy had to convince Spike to stay in town and pretend to be in a band with her because that was the cover story they'd told Joyce

And then eventually end up accidentally actually starting a band because it’s easier than maintaining the lie

Joyce says they can use the garage to rehearse and she always makes them snacks. Buffy starts to worry she'll never get Spike to leave

Buffy insists on calling the band Slayer and Spike keeps failing to convince her that there’s already a band with that name

Low key I feel like Buffy would just see it as a cover and it’s a ‘fake band’ but Spike gets like way into it and it’s a Real Band™️ to him and he’s a little annoyed Buffy doesn’t take it as seriously. He’s always like “you missed practice this Tuesday what the hell’s up with that. We have a gig next week btw”

#he starts trailing after her on patrol to bitch about missing practice or how she's sloppy on her chords #starts pitching in on the slayage because vampires keep interrupting his tirades #''EXCUSE ME we are having a ROW'' *stakes fledgling* #no chip necessary spike is literally the guy in the band with zero chill about the band #he undeads the band. he unbreathes the band. he spends all his time not sleeping... on the band. #(willow is their manager xander is the merch guy) #(giles was secretly plotting to lure spike into a trap until he notices spike is... actually better at corralling buffy on patrol than he is #because spike doesn't want her injuring her hands or doing anything that fucks with her breath control) #(giles is also weak to the nostalgia of it all and tunes their instruments when he thinks they're not looking) #(when faith arrives mid-S3 she's quickly recruited to sing backup) (via @entirelytookeen)

in shellstown zoro tells luffy 'if you stand between me and my goal i'll force you to commit harikiri'. after his fight with mihawk his dream is already starting to shift, and suddenly he doesn't just want to be world's best swordsman for himself and kuina but also for the king of the pirates. at thriller bark, he asks "what's the point of great ambition if you can't protect your captain?" closely followed by dracule mihawk looking zoro in the eyes and saying 'i see your priorities are different now.' because his dream has now become SO entangled with luffy's that he can't imagine a reality where he achieves his without the other. he tells kaido, 'i'll follow my captain to hell if i have to' because he's not going to leave luffy again, not even in death-- he will not continue without him. a far cry from his original statement when the first met, but to be loved is to be changed.