As Joss Whedon had intended, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has become a myth beyond its television series, existing metaphorically and literally in the imaginations of its readers. Buffy fans engage the narrative intimately and dynamically, investing themselves in the emotional and philosophical import of the Buffyverse; and, they share their observations, critiques, and desires as fanfiction. I sociologically consider how readers/authors reconcile the many wrenching ends, deaths, and transitions of BtVS through the fanfiction they write and review. I draw on work by other Buffy scholars on fanfiction and fan communities as well as ethnographic and theoretical observations (Sudnow, Goffman, Ellis) on how death and departure pose particular challenges to an individual’s understanding of herself as a social being. Because such questions are uniquely complicated for serious Buffy readers when the series arc requires an acceptance of breaches or breaks that clash with a viewer’s expectations of the BtVS framework, I conduct a close textual analysis of two crucial BtVS plotlines and their treatment through fanfiction posted on-line.