From Nothing to Something in 50 Sentences - Faith/Giles for 1fandom

[empressvesica]

A big thanks to Foxfire74 for introducing me to 1fandom, a challenge community that is just my speed - 1 sentence fics!!

Claim: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Prompt Set: One
Rating: No more than PG-13

Author’s Notes: Seeing as how this is me writing these, I will assume no one is at all surprised that this turned into 50 glimpses into a Post Season 7 relationship

Comments

[kgola]

wow... I'd never really thought of a Faith/Giles relationship... But once you pointed it out, I see how very perfect it is...

There are a lot of pretty darn perfect relationship pairings - most are the ones BTVS never considered.

[empressvesica]

Buffy is perhaps THE best fandom for maximum number of possible pairings. There are so many excellent character development moments between nearly all the characters and it's easy to see how relationships could work with nearly everyone.

I love Miss Faith and, personally, have never been a huge fan of Giles/Buffy (though the pairing makes sense and I have read excellent fics pairing them). For me, the darker side of Giles and some of the difficult choices he's made (like the end of Season 5) establishes such similarities between him and Faith. Of all people, he would understand some of her less warm and fuzzy qualities and he seems the sort she could actually grow to love (a rare thing for her). Thanks so much for taking the time to read and review! Made my day!!

[kgola]

I'm glad I could make your day; I write too, so I understand all about wanting feedback (I write primarily original fics, but occasionally delve into fanfic - though none of my fanfics are finished - nor, come to think of it, most of my original fics!).

anyway, the relationship I'd actually really like to see with Faith (because yes, she's one of my favorite characters!) is Willow, post-seventh season... I want/like to see fics of their ride back from LA because I think the two of them really came a long way from their initial relationship in season 3...

I also find those fics that show "the stuff you didn't see" between Faith and Buffy in the third season - the subtext being off-screen text... That's also pretty interesting (mostly because I've seen it work rather believably).

And now I'm rambling, mostly because I'm avoiding writing my paper.

[empressvesica]

Hmm...Faith & Willow - romantic or just in general? Either way - there is a lot of complexity there to explore. In Season 7 they have both been through quite a bit and sadly on-screen they are both pretty distracted and we don't see much interaction.

I love writing Willow and have no deep aversion to write femmeslash. Hmm....might have to give this one a spin someday.

[kgola]

I'd be interested to see romantic perhaps, but in general too. I think that Willow would be more of a Faith-defender in season 7, except she's still so unsure of her own position in the scoobies... it might lead to some interesting bonding experiences.

[empressvesica]

*nods* Great - now I have scenes with Willow and Faith and additional scenes with Anya and Giles added (and maybe Andrew) as they have their own little conclave of those with blood on their hands. :P

[kgola]

I'm not sure exactly what you're thinking, but based on what you just said, I'm thinking like "the scenes you didn't see" from the end of season 7...