Tonight's rec: Believe It Or Not (The Courtship of Rupert Giles Remix) (Giles/OFC), pre-series, by Thecarlysutra and the fic from which it was mixed, anyjay's The Need to Believe (Giles, Buffy, gen), post-Cruciamentum.

anyjay explains why Giles tried to sabotage Buffy's Cruciamentum, and Thecarlysutra takes it a step further and shows what happened between ( Read more... )

 Hey all,

I haven't had a lot of spare time to read fics this week, so I decided to rec a long-standing favourite of mine.

Betrayal and Defiance by phendog is set during Rupert's Watcher training. To gain an accreditation as a field agent, Rupert must face and defeat a vampire. However, not everyone on the Council is happy to see Rupert return after his ( Read more... )

Today's rec: Broken Vessel (gen - FRM) by antennapedia. Giles returns home after losing a friend. This is a beautiful pre-series piece by a writer whose work just gets better and better. Check it out, my friends. It is excellent.

I just posted this list to buffyversetop5, which encourages you to share your top 5 lists for fanwork created in 2008. Check it out! Meanwhile, here are my five favorite fics from 2008's edition of summer_of_giles. A lot more great stuff was posted this summer-- why not check out the master lists and re-read a few stories?

( Five good stories behind the cut... )

I know we're all busy with Christmas preparations so I'm keeping this rec short.

This week I'm recc'ing Set Me Free by Anna Kovsky, a lovely little look at Giles at thirteen. He's none too happy about having to spend a gorgeous day shut inside studying Sumarian, but he soon finds a way of making the time pass faster.

Have a great weekend!

I'm back from my two week tour of France and surfacing from a mountain of post-vacation laundry for a few minutes to post today's rec. :)

The story I have chosen is Theories of Divination by 
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These are three fics from the h/c fest that will make you cry, laugh, and go, "Whoa" respectively.

First one is adarog's Paperwhites, FRAO, Giles/Joyce.
The sex doesn't make the pain go away, but Joyce is determined to make things last.

This is a sequel to Chrysanthemums, which antennapedia rec'd here previously, and it will break your heart. I might be biased ( Read more... )

From the Love in an Elevator series by writtenbyfates ...

I Kinda Hope We Get Stuck (Giles/Spike NC17 ( Read more... )

What do today's recs have in common? I really enjoy them. If there's a theme, it's unintentional.

Once, As He Remembered, All Was Singing by doyle_sb4 (Giles/Buffy - FRT) AU season 3. Author describes this story as five things that might have happened but didn't. These lines captured me and have never let me go:

“Does it snow in England at Christmas ( Read more... )

K. V. Wylie: "The Bitter Thing" - Giles/OFC, FRM ( Read more... )