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Faith Lehane was not always punctual. You don't have to be either.

If you were hoping for more time to work on your fanfic, fanart, or fan video inserting Faith into a Buffyverse episode, we are here with good news.

Works are technically due to the collection this Friday October 10, and we will start promoting works when the reveal starts on October 13. (October 13th being the date of Faith's debut, aka Faith Lehane Day.) BUT you can continue to submit your works through October 20 for promotion.

Collection opens: June 3 2025
Works due: October 10 2025
Collection reveal: October 13 2025
Deadline for promotion: October 20 2025

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More details on the event can be found HERE.

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Some last minute prompts if you are in need of ideas before Faith Lehane Day (Oct 13th)!

It’s your chance to include Faith into any one of the 100+ Buffyverse episodes that she wasn’t in. Works can be one-shots, art, or videos. You don't have to use the prompts if you have your own idea. You can also pick a season and then spin the wheel for a random episode assignment. More DETAILS about the event here and more PROMPTS here.

Comment below or message thisyearsgrrl on tumblr to claim one.

Season 4
Episode 2: Living Conditions
Buffy complains about her new roommate Kathy and no one takes her demon accusations seriously. No one, except her new friend and transfer student from Boston, Faith.

Season 5
Episode 21: Weight of the World
Worried for Dawn's safety, Buffy had arranged for Faith to come to Sunnydale to help. Faith arrives while Buffy is in her catatonic state. With Willow's help, Faith enters Buffy's mind.

ATS Season 3
Episode 9: Lullaby
Wesley visits Faith in prison, asking for help because Angel has been kidnapped by Holtz. And Angel desperately wants to help/witness Darla give birth. Faith escapes prison.

Season 6
Episode 10: Wrecked
Before returning to prison, Faith decides to visit Buffy. Buffy is reeling from her night with Spike (in Smashed) and convinces herself it was a mistake. She ignores him and meets with Faith. Buffy forgives Faith, and it feels like a tentative friendship. Buffy asks for Faith's help finding Dawn and Willow (who is at Rack's place).

Season 6
Episode 11: Gone
Faith brings over breakfast and agrees to stay in town a few more days while Dawn heals from her injuries. Faith helps charm Doris the social worker who is visiting Buffy's house. The Trio make Buffy disappear, who then heads to Faith's hotel room.

ATS Season 5
Episode 14: Smile Time (v1)
Faith is in LA to meet one of the newly activated Slayers and has plans to catch up with Angel over beers. He never shows up, leading her to visit Wolfram and Hart to look for him and make sure everything's OK. She finds Puppet Angel hiding out in his office.

ATS Season 5
Episode 14: Smile Time (v2)
Faith is in LA to meet one of the newly activated Slayers and catches up with Angel over beers. (She approves of the budding Werewolf Nina romance.) Afterwards they go to Smile Time's studio to investigate Angel's latest case. Both Angel and Faith are puppet-ized.

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Comin' in hot with more ideas courtesy of watcherless, Shisumo, and QuillBard!

As always, comment below or message us on tumblr to claim one!

Season One

Episode 11: Out of Mind, Out of SIght

Joyce sends Buffy away to stay with an oft-forgotten aunt for a few weeks. (Your choice why - maybe she is suspicious of older boy Angel, maybe it's some lingering divorce drama with Hank, whatever.) The aunt lives in south Boston and drops Buffy off at school every morning. The invisible force targeting people at the high school is none other than pre-Slayer Faith Lehane. OR (twist!) - Buffy and pre-Slayer Faith could team up to figure out who the invisible force is.

Episode 6:The Pack

Faith is an outsider and loner at Sunnydale High, but she'll take an excuse to go fuck around at the zoo for a day. And while she might not be anybody's "hero," she's not big on bullies. When she sees a notorious band of assholes drag a kid into the hyena house, she goes after them - and damned if she doesn't find herself becoming the thing she hated.

Season Two

Episode 6: Halloween

Faith's watcher (Diana) has insisted she and pre-Slayer Faith travel to Sunnydale to coordinate future training plans with Giles. Diana falls asleep while trying to research, tired after all the road trip driving. Faith knows vamps take the night off, so she leaves to get some dinner. Never one to turn down free food, she decides to do some trick-or-treating too. Half as a joke she picks up some fangs and a cape from Ethan's shop.

Season 4
Episode 1: The Freshman
Buffy is convinced her roommate is a demon. She listens to heavy metal, fills the refrigerator with beer, has unnatural strength and disappears to parts unknown every evening.

Faith Lehane was never one for academia but now she’s been sent to investigate something called a Hellmouth. She’s convinced her overly perfect California blonde roommate is a demon, or at least in league with the forces of darkness. Who eats that much nofat yogurt anyway?

Season 6

Episode 16: Hell's Bells

Previous to this episode, Faith left prison (for reasons) and is on rough speaking terms with everyone. Xander and Faith greet each other warmly (but platonically) when she shows up to the wedding, they have clearly been in touch. This surprises Buffy, as does Faith appearing with one of Anya's demon friend who she has been dating / seeing / sleeping with. (Faith is the demon's plus one, not the other way around. Anya beams as she reveals she was the matchmaker.) The old man still shows Xander the visions to ruin the wedding. Xander breaks down, worried he cannot escape becoming his father. Faith interjects, and the two of them have a heart-to-heart in private. Faith more than anyone understands Xander's fears.

Season 7

Episode 14: First Date

Faith returns to Sunnydale earlier in S7, compared to canon, and has already been around for a while. She and Buffy are on speaking terms and patrol together but are not super close. During patrol they briefly discuss Buffy's lack of love life. After hearing Faith say "I did alright in prison," Buffy feels a flash of jealousy she does not fully understand. Spurred on by that feeling, she accepts a dinner invitation from Principal Wood. Late when Buffy mentions her dinner date with Wood, Faith quickly stammers that she also has a date. Faith and her date end up at the same restaurant as Buffy and Wood. Faith is clearly distracted by watching Buffy.

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Season Three
Episode 11: Gingerbread CLAIMED!
A future MOO member sees Buffy and Faith staking some vamps and starts beating the drum about "witches who kill and make their victims vanish." Luckily they are only partially identified. Faith finds the two murdered children while she is out patrolling solo, but Willow's mom sees and declares Faith a dangerous witch who helped the true murderer escape. (Sideplot: Willow has some doodle or fic about her crush on Faith which her mom finds, which increases her suspicion that Willow is also a witch.) (Kudos to ~~watcherless~~ ~~for this idea!)~~

~~Episode 18: Earshot~~ CLAIMED!
Buffy and Faith are both out patrolling when they get scratched by the demon. Faith gets the worst of it, while Buffy only has a mild case of "reading minds" which wears off by the end of the day. However, Faith gets a worse dose and hears a lot of negativity from everyone except Buffy. Buffy realizes Faith might be able to pick up on her inner thoughts about Faith's outfits. (And cleavage. And hair. And dimples... But mostly the outfits. Definitely.) Buffy recovers and quickly goes into "hero mode" - conveniently distancing herself from Faith. At Buffy's insistence, the rest of the gang work to heal Faith, who ends up in Buffy's bed soothed by Joyce. (Kudos to ~~watcherless~~ ~~for this idea!)~~

~~Season Four~~

~~Episode 5: Beer Bad~~ CLAIMED!
Buffy goes to The Bronze at Willow's insistence. Oz, Willow, and Buffy are in attendance. Buffy is there to help Willow decide if there's any "sparkage" between Oz and Veruca as she's previously suspected. Veruca's band "Shy" had to sub a backup guitarist at the last minute, and Faith is the stand-in, her first appearance in canon as the incoming Slayer. (Kudos to ~~watcherless~~ ~~for this idea!)~~

Episode 7: The Initiative
As well as the usual commandos Buffy encounters a female special forces operative whose strength and skill surpasses any of her male comrades. Agent Lehane is dark, deadly and hiding a secret that would see her on the other side of the Initiative’s containment cells. (Kudos to QuillBard for this idea!)

Season Five

Episode 3: The Replacement
A demon splits Faith into two - one charming, heroic and firmly on the side of good. The other… let’s just say she’s the opposite. She’s wicked hot though and Buffy finds herself preferring this version, even though it's wrong. (Kudos to QuillBard for this idea!)

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Coming at you with more prompt ideas for those of you who might spin the wheel and get an episode you've never thought to add Faith to :)

If you'd like to use one of these prompts, comment below or message thisyearsgrrl on tumblr to stake your claim!

Season 3
Episode 6: Band Candy [CLAIMED as of 6/24. You can still write for this episode, but the prompt below has been taken!]
Unbeknownst to all the Scoobies who aren’t Oz, Faith funds her Sunnydale Motor Inn luxury via some low level weed dealing to Bronze patrons. When the town’s older and richer inhabitants suddenly start acting like teenagers she’s having her most successful evening ever. And when Joyce Summers shows up in her new Juice Newton outfit looking to purchase some California grass, well B’s never going to know, right? (Kudos to ~~QuillBard~~ ~~for this idea!)~~

Season 4
Episode 18: Where the Wild Things Are [CLAIMED as of 6/24. You can still write for this episode, but the prompt below has been taken!]
Faith doesn’t go to LA after Who Are You and continues to skulk around Sunnydale agonising about where Buffy sits on the F, M, K spectrum. She lies in wait at a fraternity house, but when Buffy shows up to the party she becomes separated from Riley and the Slayers find themselves in a supernatural hormone frenzy. (Kudos to ~~QuillBard~~ ~~for this idea!)~~

Season 5
Episode 20: Spiral
The gang are fleeing Sunnydale in an RV when they are ambushed by the Knights of Byzantium. Faith is on a convict work detail by resurfacing the highway and on seeing what’s happening tries to save the day. (Kudos to QuillBard for this idea!)

thisyearsgrrl

Looking for a prompt to help brainstorm your fic idea? Check out some suggestions below. If you'd like to claim one, comment on this post or message thisyearsgrrl on tumblr. Let us know if you plan on doing fic, art, or video for the prompt!

Season 1

Welcome to the Hellmouth

Faith arrives in Sunnydale as a Potential, but she doesn’t know it yet. She and Buffy meet by chance in the hallway as Buffy is trying to escape Cordelia.

Witch

Faith is a fellow cheerleader who lends a word of encouragement to Amy before tryouts. Buffy sees this, and approaches Faith when she suspects that something is going on with Amy.

Season 2

Becoming, Part II

Faith appears immediately as the replacement slayer after Kendra dies. Goaded by Xander, who conveniently leaves out Buffy and Angel’s relationship, she rushes to the mansion to kill him before Acathla can come to life. Buffy arrives before she can stop Faith.

Season 4

Superstar

Jonathan gets Faith pardoned from prison as part of his prison reform work.

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Current Mood: excited

Welcome to the first ever Once More, With Faith Fanwork Event!

Faith Lehane was present in less than 30 episodes of Buffy and Angel. We all know that her presence makes every episode better, so why not write her into more of them?

Collection opens: June 3 2025
Works due: October 10 2025

Collection reveal: October 13 2025
AO3 Collection

We'll post links to all of the fan works on Dreamwidth to promote across tumblr and other fan sites!

Event Guidelines
The purpose of this event is to create fan works that add Faith to more BtVS/AtS canon that she previously wasn't present for.

Fanfiction, fanart, and fan videos are welcomed for this event!

Choose your season, then use our random generator to be assigned an episode to add Faith to!
Episodes can be from BtVS, AtS, or a crossover of both
Ships or genfic are welcome, as long as Faith is included!
If you have a specific episode in mind, you're welcome to choose that instead of using the RNG
No limit to how many episodes/fanworks you do
Can be one-shots or multichap, as long as you finish by the deadline

Any works made by, or with assistance from, AI, are NOT permitted.

All works should be added to our AO3 Collection.

We encourage you to write episodes that Faith isn’t present in, but rewrites of episodes with her are also welcome!

Rules

No limit to how many works you do
Minimum for fic is 500 words and minimum for art is a clean, finished lineart on unlined paper. There are no maximums.
Works should be original fanfiction or artwork; please do not repurpose already existing works
Please do not reveal works until the event closes
Any works made by, or with assistance from, AI are not permitted and will be banned

FAQ

Do I have to use the random generator to be assigned an episode?

Nope! You can choose an episode if you have one in mind. You're not required to disclose which episode(s) you're writing for; we understand that there may be some duplicates.

Do I have to choose an episode that Faith isn't in?

We encourage you to write episodes that Faith isn’t present in, but rewrites of episodes with her are also welcome!

Can I write an AU (coffeeshop, college, etc.)?

All works should have a recognizable link to a canon episode. While you might change the plot of that episode to accommodate Faith, readers should still be able to tell when in canon it occurred.

For example, you could write a coffeeshop AU where Faith comes to Sunnydale as a barista and Buffy is a customer, and they have to team up unexpectedly when the ancient vampire Kakistos storms the cafe (Faith, Hope, & Trick plot). It has a recognizable character and plot arc (Faith being chased by Kakistos; them meeting for the first time) with a twist.
However, a coffeeshop AU where Willow is a customer and helps Faith, the barista, study for her GED, would not be a recognizable link to canon.

No Powers AUs are not accepted as they cannot inherently link to canon.

Prompt Ideas
Prompts for various episodes are available to use if you're looking for inspiration. Users can also submit prompts for folks to use!

If you have a prompt suggestion, send it to us at thisyearsgrrl98@gmail.com or via DreamWidth.

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