Let's chat about something completely silly!

[antennapedia]

So let's just suppose you've put Giles into a relationship with somebody. Is this person going to call him "Giles" at intimate moments? Probably not. And yet, the urge to go with something other than the obvious "Rupert" is tempting.

Comments

[elementalv]

It depends on who the partner is. For most characters, Rupert works. For someone like Jean-Claude, who uses endearments canonically, I found something for him to use for Giles that's both a pun and a statement of admiration (and no doubt sounds really sexy, because even being served with a tax audit sounds sexy if it's done in French).

[antennapedia]

I think my general answer is: Rupert, unless they knew him in his university days or his early 20s, in which case they use Ripper. Xander would have a regrettable urge to shorten either one, which Giles would attempt to suppress. Haplessly.

Probably Jean-Claude could call him anything he wanted.

[xdawnfirex]

I agree with elementalv, it would depend who the person was. Buffy I think would require a significant effort to change the habit of calling him Giles. Because 'Rupert' is a different person from 'Giles' to her, I think. Same for Willow or Xander.

Jenny would have called him Rupert, no doubt. She got a kick out of his name; thought it was cute and quirky.

Joyce could call him Ru, I think, if she ever stopped calling him That Man.

Olivia might call him Rupert, or Ripper, since she seems to know both names. I don't see her calling him Ru, unless she was deliberately trying to be cute.

Other women, it would depend on how they met him, how he introduced himself, etc. I could see one of his coffeeshop groupies calling him Ru or Rupe.

And going back to Buffy again, there's always the options of "Sir" and "Daddy" *smirk*

[antennapedia]

I think Olivia used both. Erf. Now I'm going to have to dig up my s4 dvds. Oh, such a hardship!

[secondalto]

Going with the crowd here. Dependent upon person.

All the Scoobs would call him Giles, though I see a slightly older Buffy calling him Rupert in a frustrated voice.

Anya will always call him Rupert. It's just how she is. I think does use Giles in the series but if they were in a relationship, it would be Rupert.

Only Olivia and Ethan get to call him Ripper. And never Rip.

Rupes works for Spike, but no one else, unless they wanted an angry Watcher on their hands. And never Ru. There are a handful of authors who've made me buy Ru, but that was because the rest of the story was so excellent.

[antennapedia]

I reserve the right to shorten Ripper and make you buy it :)

[secondalto]

*nods* Go ahead, try me. *crosses arms stubbornly*

[ljs]

My Anya: Rupert, or Ripper if occasion warrants. I call him 'honey' most of the time anyway.
My Giles: [wanders by, tea in hand] Mm. Although I vaguely recall you calling me 'God' last night.
My Anya: I did not... Oh. During the sustained pleasure-moment. [lightly smacks him] Now who's strangely literal?
[My Giles wanders off, grinning into his tea]

[antennapedia]

Anya most definitely calls him "Rupert". Nothing too sicky-sweet for her, unless she is deliberately making a point to him.

[ljs]

When I was doing my Giles/Anya version of the "My OTP" meme, I included this item:

She calls him ‘honey’ all the time and he calls her ‘darling’ (or ‘dearest’ or ‘love,’ depending on the AU). However, they don’t consider these to be endearments but instead statements and identity-markers. If someone told them they were schmoopy for doing this, they would be indignant and then privately tell each other how stupid that someone was.

But that's *my* Giles/Anya, anyway.

Don't Ever Call Your Sweetheart By His Name

[anonymous]

Sweetheart, Babylove,
Angle face, Turtledove,
Honey pie, Sugar lamb,
Huggy bear, Lover man,
Sugar lips, Macho man,
Motor hips, Superman

Re: Don't Ever Call Your Sweetheart By His Name

[antennapedia]

I'm on to you, you stinker.