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[kingdonagegap]

kingdonagegap's kingdon fic rec list

note these are all staples for me!! aka fics I read when I first joined the fandom or fics I keep rereading over and over. If u see yourself on this list and you'd like to be tagged, let me know :) or if one of the links is wrong, let me know about that too. also most of these will probably be rated e and most of you follow me for one reason, so you shouldn't really be surprised LOL and remember to read the tags and take care of yourself

(insert eggplant emoji here) by @virginmel (reread 5x and counting)

Centerfold Baby by @francislangdon

what God has joined together by @francislangdon (genuinely insane and a classic To Me. definitely read the tags though!)

after the storm by @dumbestdyke

happy to help by @dirtbaghot

Always_ Be_My_Baby.mp3 by @avocado-moon

#FuckLangdonClub by @kingdonspirits (so funny and sleaze bag frank on top)

WALK-OFF by @sawdustandstardust (everyone who knows me should know this is one of my all time favorite)

if at first you don't succeed by @thatbuddie

like i would by @starkovzova

sugar rush by littlefoolswritings

talk to me. by @holywaterhangover

get into physical by @melheartsfrank

touch my body tender by @cvldbones

Teenage Dirtbags by @miracle-and-wonder (a classic for a REASON! i think everyone should read this at least once)

I Drink The Honey (Inside Your Hive) by @pansiesandposies

we could be anything! by @francis-mulcahy

there's a #freak among us. by @holywaterhangover

Side step by @khrogerswrites

a little buzz to make your heartbeat wild by @treeinthepond

rank frank! by @holywaterhangover (honestly, just read everything by her)

name the time and i'll be your place by Lirazel (frank is unhinged in this one)

Confidence Game by @avocado-moon (perfect, the smut is hot and their bond is so delicious and sweet)

what to do, now that i've found you? by prncesselene

Pick Your Poison by yahtobio

king, princess by @penguin-purple

heavy metal by @starkovzova

you radiate, in shades of grey by @langdonmels (a newer one, but it's already cemented it's place as one of my faves)

Vitamin D by @langdonmels

Watching You Is The Only Thing That I Know by @pansiesandposies (stalker4stalker. this is true romance.)

so i think he wants to be gentle with me by BluesYogurt (i mean. age gap...... babysitter au...... this is kind of my whole brand)

for educational purposes only by twilightstargazer

Click Send by @cynicscene

turn 6 by @shedelulululu

intimate, private, special by foremmaandevermore

Forgive Me, It Sounds Cocky by @evermorecardigan (they are so dork4dork)

he's so pretty (when he goes down on me) by frankengf (i love this persons bellyconrad fics and the kingdon ones they have posted so far are amazing)

The Licentious Letter by thevirgovisionary (god it's everything i love)

You're like a whole constellation, swimming like you on vacation by Anonymous

too hot to handle by ev0lution

rocky road by selfimmolation

A Proper Family by @keystothekingdon

Needs Met by @h0mespun (a great exploration on sexuality with hot smut and their dynamic is soooo yummy)

look at you by Anonymous

The Parent Trap by @khrogerswrites (i eat up every update)

kiss and cry by thepittsnewestintern

Pas De Deux by @pansiesandposies

Friend who knows the way you taste by Heavenbait

a nice distraction by goombellas

birthday treat by @kingdoncomes (#letmelbeahole)

knocked me off the ground from the start by @coffeealwayshelps

[muchbuffy]

Hot take: so I think we can all agree that both Buffy and Spike are held to infinitely higher moral standards than their counterparts/peers during similar highs and lows in their respective character arcs (Scoobies in Buffy's case, and Angel/Angelus for Spike)

... But what if I say that I kind of like that? Hear me out.

I've seen countless arguments for why all this is unjust over the years. The thing is, yes, it is unjust. Yes, Angel is "worse" than Spike in arguably every possible way, yet the show seems to punish Spike both harsher, and more severely than they ever did for Angel. In fact, a lot of the storytelling involving Angel was very "forgiveness" focused, while very little of the same grace was offered to Spike when he got a soul. Instead, the writers put an emphasis on punishment.

And as for Buffy, she was severely mistreated throughout the show by everyone she loved, in so many both small and large ways (lets drag her out of heaven without making sure where she is, cause we can't handle her heavy responsibilities anymore), yet the show never emphasised this. In fact, it was just expected of Buffy to be "the bigger person" and move on, despite the repeated disrespect. And every misstep Buffy makes, every deviation from what is perceived as pure and good, is met with punishment and shame. Sure, we got the rare apology, but they were rarely more than just words.

The thing is, the show did make a handful of powerful points of how the Slayer was created as a female tool, to be used and discarded in the fight against evil (particularly by men), as a metaphor for how women are used under patriarchy (expected to do more free labour than men, and generally held to a higher moral standard). And while I don't believe it was intentional by the writers at the time, the way Buffy was treated by everyone around her, and how it's often portrayed as "deserved", serves as a very real, and very relatable, metaphor for that original point, and is absolutely a very lived experience for a lot of us.

And as for Spike, I think he fell victim to the exact same predicament, which also serves as a powerful reminder that men also suffer under patriarchy. Cause look at Angel; he's a stoic manly man, oozing with "wisdom" and brooding energy, he only "loses control" over the DaRk UrGeS he's fighting even with a soul, when he loses his soul.

Meanwhile we've got Spike; a love-sick puppy, in constant emotional chaos, cries several times throughout the show, and exhibits a lot of signs of true empathy, even without a soul. Would you agree that Spike perhaps portrayed a lot of traits that are generally considered Extremely Feminine, especially in media at the time?

Keeping that in mind, I do believe this is a core reason for why it felt so natural for the writers to hold him to so much higher standards.

And while it would have been fantastic if the show put any type of active emphasis on this, it does feel oddly relatable that they don't, and is absolutely a major contributor to why both Buffy and Spike are my favourite characters in the Buffyverse.

[spuffyologies]

i'm gonna go on a full rant because of some interactions i've had with Men™ on twitter dot com so bear with me, this is kind of a messy train of thought. the whole thing started with spike (which is how we know it can get headache inducing FAST).

i'm going to paraphrase what that person said because i don't wanna doxx anyone but basically: the gist is that spike is only a good character when he's a funny, sarcastic, self-serving vampire and anything past s4 that gives him depth is Very Bad™, because there's the spuffy toxicity and then he becomes the Broody Vampire With A Soul™ aka angel 2.0 (apparently? his words, not mine).

so it got me thinking: why is this man so adamant to hate the version of spike that's obsessed with the slayer and gets his soul back because of Seeing Red?

i realized, the more i read this man's replies, that a lot of it boiled down to a total misunderstanding of the point of spike as a character and how uncomfortable he can be... for men. i'm gonna circle back to angel because this is super important to understand WHY spike himself can be more challenging for the male species.

angel's soul was forced upon him. his soul is, by definition, his own prison. not once did angelus make the choice to be good. angelus harasses, tortures, rapes, kills without a care in the world. so the very broody angel can be your cup of tea (or not) but he's an easy character to like (i guess) (if you can get past the horrible acting but that's another debate). angel is a story of passive redemption.

spike though... that's another deal.

spike is introduced from the very beginning with personality traits traditionally deemed as feminine (love, devotion, emotionality, etc.) that are overlooked by a certain demographic because of the leather jacket, the cool bleached hair and the sarcasm, aka the costume. but s5-s7 deconstruct the performance he puts on and we watch him come apart at the seams. and i think that's the issue?

ultimately, a lot of guys fell for the spike persona and facade so once you strip that away and only show the pathetic man/monster underneath the sarcastic bad boy... it all crumbles. it becomes too human. it's not vampire-y anymore. it's just life. it hits too close to home.

i'm not gonna cite the many studies about men and toxic masculinity, we genuinely don't have time for that. but it dawned on me that s5-7 spike is too hard to look at for some (a lot) of them because it's the story of a man who hurts the person he loves very, very badly... and decides, on his own, to feel it and pay for it. his story is one of accountability and active redemption. maybe that's why it's seen as "ruining" spike. he's not just a supernatural being anymore, he's the man who faced the monster within and owned his actions.

i think this kind of disdain for post-s4 spike comes from a place of discomfort because his arc forces men to finally look in the mirror and deconstruct how they treat women, to ask themselves if they shouldn't change too. where angel is the vampire who's forced to be a "good guy" by external forces, spike is the one who did the work from start to finish: it might be challenging for some to realize that being good isn't an on/off switch but an active choice, every single day. it's easier to hide behind excuses like "they made him broody and pathetic".

[elysianholly]

I have nothing to add. This is just so on point and fundamentally encapsulates what most of the antis, particularly those that present online as male, simply do not get about Spike, and why he is so popular among women, queer, and non binary communities.

[japril]

Frank looking for Mel

[allysabarnabaart]

and if i said i luv them??

[mateo-diaz]

1.11 | 2.10

[lunarfuneral]

langdons gna be her first friend her first crush her first date her first boyfriend her first everythinggggggg

[francislangdon]

thee problem with trinity santos is the writers don’t know she sucks #plotarmor

[shanyushahollander]

hope you don’t mind this getting reblogged lol but i’ve been trying to formulate a Trinity Santos Thesis Statement that gets to the root of why i struggle so much to like her and this is basically it— it’s because she simultaneously pulls outrageous stunts all the time that border on medical malpractice (when she isn’t crossing right into that whoops!) and just never really faces any consequences for it, even when other characters get raked over the coals for far less dangerous/destructive behavior. i know we’re not supposed to be siding with frank when he goes off on her and that he has an obvious ulterior motive, and the narrative framing makes that much clear, but my god like… was the actual substance of what he said wrong? is she not in fact arrogant, reckless, and overconfident despite having far less experience and knowledge than everybody else in the ER? i’m hoping the way she dismissed the deaf patient harlow comes back to slap her in the face in the next few eps because she can’t just keep getting away with it……..

[francislangdon]

everything that she does wrong gets minimized and brushed over and THAT’S what irks me. she does a trigger point injection without consulting anyone as an intern. no tangible consequences. she almost kills a guy cos she put in orders without talking to a superior, robby and garcia both brush it off. she threatens a man who is in her care because he may have abused his daughter, HIGHLY dangerous FOR THE DAUGHTER and also probably not great legally speaking, it’s framed as a girlboss moment. she doesn’t grab a superior to help her when a patient is seizing, langdon yells at her because of literally everything that happened that day and he’s framed as in the wrong because he yelled and no one ever addresses the content of what he said. she treats a deaf patient like shit and even though other characters get reprimanded for biases like this (donnie with the same deaf patient, mckay about plus size patients, whitaker about sickle cell/racial bias) AND NO ONE CALLS HER OUT FOR IT. its literally ridiculous

[francislangdon]

can we talk about how langdon is actively trying to get clean during season one. he’s probably not doing the best job because he has no support system and is lying to himself about his addiction, but his intention has ALWAYS been to try and overcome his dependency. he’s putting in the work he HAS BEEN putting in the work

[jessaerys]

scream

[atlasshrugd]

sometimes i think about how buffy never knew angel without a soul before she fell in love with him. if she had known angel before he got a soul, would she have still fallen in love with him once he got one? but it’s interesting how she DID know spike without a soul, not only knew him but trusted him and fought alongside him, hung out with him, slept with him, and even fell in love with him. and then when he DID get a soul, all that was deepened because she actually allowed herself to love and be loved by him. but even as a soulless demon spike was never as demonic as angelus. even if angelus was chipped, he would never help out heroes or kill demons, he would be actively plotting with any big bad to bring an apocalypse. he would be using psychological warfare at all times. so i just think it’s neat that buffy saw spike’s worst, was her worst with him, still felt love with him, still forgave him, still trusted him. and he sought out his soul, potentially getting killed in the process (since the demon says no one survives these trials), becoming the first soulless vampire in the world to actively SEEK OUT a soul. it’s just so metaphorical and redemptive. like what do you mean our hero buffy, slayer of demons, falls in love with a soulless demon? what do you mean she used him to take out the hatred she felt for herself? and what do you mean she fought for his souls redemption, even after he told her to kill him multiple times? spike means something to her beyond personage. spike is her shadow, and once her shadow finds redemption through acceptance, she cannot and will not let it die. loving spike is a way to loving herself - all of herself, not just the slayer or the girl, but both. only through her relationship with spike has she been able to reach this level of catharsis. and it’s her redeemed shadow who saves the world.

[asystolle]

THE PITT: Season 1 - favorite lens focus shifts

[zoennes]

Zoenne + De Seizoenen

[theladydi]

“fuck ice and free palestine!!”

— hannah einbinder's speech at the emmys (2025)

[katebeckets]

x

[weylersource]

everyone knows

[kaursblog11]

The difference in the romantic treatment Wednesday receives from Tyler v/s the platonic treatment she receives from Enid is very stark and is why I will never be able to ship anything other than wyler.

I can't ignore the fact that Tyler made sure her dead flowers were wrapped in black and white and that the note was also black and white because he knows she has an allergy but Enid drank a coffee with colorful syrups, didn't take her anti-allergic meds and wore bright colored clothing while smiling and dancing to humiliate her in front of the entire school because she thought Wednesday was lying to maintain her "tragic, lonely goth girl aesthetic".

(Honestly, I find that description of Wednesday very humiliating, and personally, I would never speak that way about my friends and that too behind their back. But i do like Enid and Wednesday's friendship so I'm willing to overlook it.)

Enid did all of that when she was on good terms with Wednesday and then when she was a little mad at her.

Tyler did all of that for her while he wanted to kill her.

In s1 the difference is even more stark, he and Xavier are romantically interested in her, so they treat her boundaries differently than Enid does. For her birthday, Xavier designed a Gothic cake, and Tyler chose dark chocolate ganache because he wanted to stick to her preferences and boundaries.

Enid... added a pink balloon.

For her birthday, Enid made her a snood which did not match her aesthetic at all but she still forced her to wear it while Tyler acknowledged that while the coffee doesn't match her aesthetic he only did it to do something special for her. And on their birthday dinner/date he took her to a crypt, got her favourite flower: a black dahlia, made their cutlery look like weapons, made black and white popcorn buckets, got an old fashioned film projector and tortured her for fun.

Again and again, the contrast in their relationships is shown through how Enid and Tyler treat Wednesday's boundaries and allergy.

It's not a coincidence. It's meant to show the difference between how the platonic love between Enid and Wednesday translates to Enid pushing Wednesday's boundaries and making her try new things and grow while Tyler gives her space and comfort to be her dark self without any judgement.

[zoennes]

BTS footage of Veerle and Nathan on set during the filming of 9 Feestjes Voor De Kater's Season 2 ❤︎