Giles and the "Wild Woman"

[norwie2010]

Giles and the „Wild Woman“

Preface 1: No fic, sorry. These are some meta-y thoughts about Giles, his role on the TV show and his relationship with different women. It is a bit incoherent, jumping from point to point and not restricted to Giles-thoughts. The Master, Wesley, Angel/us, Caleb, Snyder, … all make a short appearance. Oh, and the women, of

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[norwie2010]

Giles character in the comics is a whole other beast to tackle - as well as all the stuff i wrote about the other characters above. I briefly thought about writing a sequel about the characters and the narrative in the comics, but i guess it would only make me mad like whoah.

Characterization-wise, i think i can best sum it up in the way that the characters in the comics feel like their late-season-4 selves ( mean the general thrust, not every detail). So, Giles regresses back to the state of The Tamer (tm) - only this time he chooses Faith as is project. And only when he succeeds - he bequeathes everything to her. She now carries the male narrative (his legacy) onwards by having internalized her taming.

Of course, your interpretation is very benevolent, and not necessarily wrong. It is valid. But i feel the other narrative more strongly. Faith isn't a wild woman anymore, once Giles is through with her (i mean - take a look at A&F! That isn't a "wild woman"! She - once again - submits to the male narrative of Angel: A completely deranged Angel is still the better tale than her own).