5 things from 2016 Summer of Giles that caught my eye
summer_of_giles is one of my favourite communities, so here are five things that caught my eye this year. I should give a disclaimer that I’m way behind with the entries, so I’m sure there is a pile of other stuff I could have recced that I just haven’t got to as yet.
It’s always illuminating to see the Buffy ‘verse through external eyes, and in punch_kicker15’s The English Patient: Seven Times Giles Visited the Hospital(and One Time He Didn’t) we see Giles across the seven seasons through the eyes of a resident physician at Sunnydale Hospital. This is good stuff.
Now for a vid - In the Depth of Night by gilescandy is Giles/Willow with our Watcher no longer in Sunnydale, but remembering his feelings for a young girl he left behind. This has a lovely yearning, melancholy feeling, which hits just the right note for this ship.
As someone without a visually artistic bone in my body, I really admire artists who can capture the essence of a character is an image. That’s what nmcil12 does with this banner - Sorry to Barge In. To me, the combination of the art and the words is perfect illustration of everything that makes me love Giles as a character.
Back to fic and The Marcellus Variation by ljs is Giles/Anya, in which Xander and Anya have broken up, Giles and Anya are in the Magic Box and Xander decides to do a spell about soulmates. I can’t put my finger on why this fic works for me so well, it just does, and Giles/Anya make such a perfect couple.
Finally, double_dutchess gave us the sublime combination of Monty Python and Giles at his troubled, glasses-removing, forehead-rubbing best. It’s a vid that is cunningly called Giles is Worried and it makes me smile every time I watch it.
Maybe by the time classic recs comes around in October I’ll have caught up with the rest of 2016 SoG and can rec some of them, then...
It’s always illuminating to see the Buffy ‘verse through external eyes, and in punch_kicker15’s The English Patient: Seven Times Giles Visited the Hospital(and One Time He Didn’t) we see Giles across the seven seasons through the eyes of a resident physician at Sunnydale Hospital. This is good stuff.
Now for a vid - In the Depth of Night by gilescandy is Giles/Willow with our Watcher no longer in Sunnydale, but remembering his feelings for a young girl he left behind. This has a lovely yearning, melancholy feeling, which hits just the right note for this ship.
As someone without a visually artistic bone in my body, I really admire artists who can capture the essence of a character is an image. That’s what nmcil12 does with this banner - Sorry to Barge In. To me, the combination of the art and the words is perfect illustration of everything that makes me love Giles as a character.
Back to fic and The Marcellus Variation by ljs is Giles/Anya, in which Xander and Anya have broken up, Giles and Anya are in the Magic Box and Xander decides to do a spell about soulmates. I can’t put my finger on why this fic works for me so well, it just does, and Giles/Anya make such a perfect couple.
Finally, double_dutchess gave us the sublime combination of Monty Python and Giles at his troubled, glasses-removing, forehead-rubbing best. It’s a vid that is cunningly called Giles is Worried and it makes me smile every time I watch it.
Maybe by the time classic recs comes around in October I’ll have caught up with the rest of 2016 SoG and can rec some of them, then...