194 Ficlet: If You Call Her (Ben, Giles)

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Title If You Call Her, She Will Come
Author Brutti ma buoni
Rating PG13 for violent character death
Word Count 215
Prompt 194 (Glory)
Characters Ben, Giles

Comments

[slaymesoftly]

Chillingly real.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thank you!

[rebcake]

The clinical self-evaluation didn't quite carry through to the logical conclusion, did it? Self-preservation is understandable, but the real hero of the day was able to let that go.

Gone to Glory, indeed.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I feel very sorry for Ben. But there are lies in this piece that he's telling himself even as he's dying. And he refers to Dawn too, without really caring. He's not a hero.

[ever_neutral]

Ah, I'm glad you wrote this. :) Ben gets very little attention in fandom...

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thanks! I sometimes prompt Ben in ficathons, with interesting results. Lunabee once wrote me a great Ben/Xander for maleslashminis which is worth tracking down. He's an interstingly human non-hero.

[ever_neutral]

Huh. I might check that out then. Agreed that Ben is very interesting!

[undrheavenskies]

This was fantastic! One of my favorite Giles moments from a completely different angle. I love that in the end Ben wasn't as redeemable as he seemed in the show. Like you said, he was no hero.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thank you! It's one of those shivery moments around The Gift, where people do things you never expected, isn't it?

[undrheavenskies]

It's so Giles, though, making the hard decision, doing what's needed rather than what might be best for himself...

I feel cheated that we never got to see him tell Buffy about Ben. I was watching the commentery for Lies My Parents Told Me and they evidentally wrote his telling her into the graveyard scene.. and they cut it out!! I literally screamed at the TV!!!!

[angelus2hot]

This is just so..*shivers*

so sad, heartwrenching and Extrememly well written

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thank you! Glad it worked for you.