In October, 2001, Simon Hedges and I started what may be one of the most obscure Buffy e-lists in existence, "SunnydaleU - Buffy the Vampire Slayer discussion for Dorothy Dunnett fans." Dorothy Dunnett, one of the best historical novelists of the twentieth century, wrote the six-volume Lymond Chronicles, eight-volume House of Niccolò, King Hereafter, and seven twentieth-century mysteries. Dunnett's heroes share the solitary agony of the exceptional ones - Buffy, Angel, Spike, Faith - and her unsentimental plots include much of the same angst, surprising twists, tortured romance, and sudden death that distinguish Buffy and Angel. Members of two overlapping Dunnett e-lists discovered that we had also been watching Buffy, and to spare the non-Buffy-fans our off-topic posts, Simon suggested that we started a "spin-off" list. Almost immediately, we restricted membership of our unlisted YahooGroup to those who were already Dunnett readers, primarily because BtVS fandom is huge and we had a unique perspective, especially at first. I hoped that by keeping SunnydaleU relatively small, we could have more in-depth discussion and less yada-yada. Dorothy Dunnett does not write fluff, and I knew that these were intelligent people, mostly women, mostly over 30, from North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Many of them were new to Buffy and Angel. SunnydaleU began as a unique segment of the Buffy/Angel fan community, and now represents a microcosm of that community, though it remains a small, obscure list. Moderating it has been an educational experience in many ways, and despite the implications of my somewhat facetious title - implications this paper will explore - the list has been a great source of friendship, ideas, and support, and I would not want to do without it.