Art: My Tribute to Giles Fic II by katekat1010
There are some fics that stay with me, with sound or shape or form. Sometimes they're richly textured enough that they leave an indelible imprint on me. Doesn't matter how long the fic. Sometimes it just takes a couple of words.
So below the cut you'll find my adoration for savoytruffle and lostgirlslair and glimmergirl expressed via images (paltry, but hey, it works), and a couple of fics that, if you haven't read them, you really really need to check them out.
Why Do You Breathe?
by savoytruffle
Giles/Xander, Mature
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(cover/wall photos: top right - Timbuktu, bottom left - Dogon Country huts,
bottom right - manuscripts from Timbuktu libraries)
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(photos: top left - Mopti boats & river, top right: Timbuktu, bottom left: Dogon Country huts)
Savoytruffle's style is hard to explain, while at the same time it imprints itself on me in a textured way that I cannot escape. For about a month after I'd read Why Do You Breathe I felt as if I knew the sometimes lush, sometimes dusty, feel of Africa that invaded Xander's spirit. For a fic that's all about how the soul tries to heal itself it's beautifully rich with places and sounds that make me feel as if I was sitting on the ground beside Xander and Giles. Silly and sweet, profound and serious in turns, I think it's also one of the great examples of her wonderful style.
Second Glances
by lostgirlslair
Giles/Wesley, NC17
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It's all Lostgirl's fault that I read slash. I blame it entirely on her and elizabuffy, the wonderful corrupting influences that they are. Although Second Glances is not LG's longest fic, nor perhaps her most poetic, the way she gets into Wesley's head in Season 3 of Btvs in this fic resonates so strongly with me that I look for similar characterizations of him to this day. Besides that, this fic is sizzling, scortching, steaming hot in all of the very best and most wonderful ways.
Palimpsest
by glimmergirl
Giles/Buffy, Mature/R
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Glim categorizes this fic as ... something else ... not pwp, not character study, but something not often found. Unique, the way it's phrases curl around and make one almost breathless. And so wonderful in the exploration of what could be in the Watcher/Slayer relationship, which will always be my OTP, just as Glim is one of my OTP writers. It's not long, but what she does say, and how she says it, are what make it a kind of thrilling and intensely beautiful work.
So below the cut you'll find my adoration for savoytruffle and lostgirlslair and glimmergirl expressed via images (paltry, but hey, it works), and a couple of fics that, if you haven't read them, you really really need to check them out.
Why Do You Breathe?
by savoytruffle
Giles/Xander, Mature
style 1 - 1280x1024 l 1280x800 l 1024x768
(cover/wall photos: top right - Timbuktu, bottom left - Dogon Country huts,
bottom right - manuscripts from Timbuktu libraries)
style 2 - 1280x1024 l 1280x800 l 1024x768
(photos: top left - Mopti boats & river, top right: Timbuktu, bottom left: Dogon Country huts)
Savoytruffle's style is hard to explain, while at the same time it imprints itself on me in a textured way that I cannot escape. For about a month after I'd read Why Do You Breathe I felt as if I knew the sometimes lush, sometimes dusty, feel of Africa that invaded Xander's spirit. For a fic that's all about how the soul tries to heal itself it's beautifully rich with places and sounds that make me feel as if I was sitting on the ground beside Xander and Giles. Silly and sweet, profound and serious in turns, I think it's also one of the great examples of her wonderful style.
Second Glances
by lostgirlslair
Giles/Wesley, NC17
1280x1024 l 1024x768
It's all Lostgirl's fault that I read slash. I blame it entirely on her and elizabuffy, the wonderful corrupting influences that they are. Although Second Glances is not LG's longest fic, nor perhaps her most poetic, the way she gets into Wesley's head in Season 3 of Btvs in this fic resonates so strongly with me that I look for similar characterizations of him to this day. Besides that, this fic is sizzling, scortching, steaming hot in all of the very best and most wonderful ways.
Palimpsest
by glimmergirl
Giles/Buffy, Mature/R
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style 2 - 1280x1024 l 1280x800 l 1024x768
Glim categorizes this fic as ... something else ... not pwp, not character study, but something not often found. Unique, the way it's phrases curl around and make one almost breathless. And so wonderful in the exploration of what could be in the Watcher/Slayer relationship, which will always be my OTP, just as Glim is one of my OTP writers. It's not long, but what she does say, and how she says it, are what make it a kind of thrilling and intensely beautiful work.