I just heard there's a rage club, but I'm too late to be a founding member.

[antennapedia]

Jolly me out of my current state of rage, please. Rage is not a usual state for me-- not honest-to-goodness grand-gesture-level fury-- and I find it unpleasant. I'm against continuing in this state. Therefore, distraction! On the theory that if there's anything as comforting as self-absorption, it's contemplating the characters I love, I propose

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[antennapedia]

1. Every so often I rec one of these in giles_fic_recs, and what I want to say is, "I'd like to rewrite every single sentence in this story, but it doesn't matter. Read it anyway. Because inside this poorly-edited husk beats the heart of a real story. And it's harder to bring a story to life than it is to fix the sentences."

Manic, "Poof". I have an edition in a file on my Macbook where I've fixed the punctuation problems. Please don't kill me anybody, because really, I love it so.

And I re-read A Manley Haight's Autumnal Equinox" as scorching comfort fic even though (winces in anticipation of reactions again) I think her Giles voice is not Giles-y at all, and I often want to shake out her sentences and dust the purple off them. But everything else I love deeply.

2. OH GOD. Break the sacred wall, eh? But we know they do read it, every now and then. I'd like Tony Head to read "A Soft Place to Land (Free Fallin' Mix)", and tell me if I understood Giles's state of mind post-Chosen. It's safely gen, and puts Giles in a parental role, and can't offend. I hope.

(Edited to fix my own punctuation. Ha.)

[gileswench]

I absolutely agree that that ain't Giles in Autumnal Equinox. We may be the only two, but you're not alone, my friend.

(giggles) from a couple of ASH's comments that I've read, he's not only open to smut but rather flattered by some of it. Still, I think he'd appreciate a well-written piece of gen, and I do think that one fits the description. I don't think I could go out of my way to give him porn, either.

[seldomifever]

Autumnal Equinox is wicked hot stuff, but the dragon talk kills me every time I read it. It throws me right out of suspended disbelief. Also, how come Buffy's the one in heat, but Giles keeps having the orgasms? And what is that talk about semen ruining the finish of hardwood floors? Is that true? Has anyone ever looked that up? It's not just the sentences that need dusting.

[antennapedia]

Also, how come Buffy's the one in heat, but Giles keeps having the orgasms?

Aha. You ask the interesting question. Because male sexuality is the focus of the story, really, despite the dressing.