Favorite Giles Moments (Season 2, Part c)

[katekat1010]

Here's where the uber!angst of the season begins... and even though it's understated... all it makes us both want to do is pet our poor Rupert Giles.  Season 2 really was a great season that developed his character - the best and the worst of times, so to speak.  So, without further ado, here are... well... some of the worst trials Giles had to go

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[ladyforash]

Lovely as always!

[katekat1010]

thank you! (although i suppose i shouldn't take credit for the lovelyness of Giles *grin*)

[mackiedockie]

Great pictures! I do have a weakness for a strong, angsty Giles. The shot with Angel is particularly striking.

One small, trivial note--Citroen is a French carmaker. Which makes Giles' choice of vehicles particularly eccentric and enigmatic.

[katekat1010]

YAY - I have a weakness for strong, angsty Giles too - even though it kills me!

And whoops! Thank you! But you're right, what is he doing with a cute and tiny French car? How did he even get it over, since that would be kinda expensive, and why does he love it so?

[mackiedockie]

Hmmm...there may be a mysterious person from his past--a Justine, or Jacques, or Gilles...*g*

Edit: ...or, all three...

[laurtew]

You know, Ann and I were just talking about this today. It toasts our cheese that by season seven Rupert is shoved in the grandpa sweaters and they act like he's 80. No one talks to him, no one loves him. But the part that has us ticked is that they act like he's not the sexy beast he is. Who would not want to be pinned to the wall by this guy and ravaged until you are screaming his name? And yet they play up the "he's old and ewww" thing. WRONG!

Anyway, this was my admittedly long winded way of saying I agree with your, "I just love it when Giles is treated as a man with sex appeal. He is damn sexy and it makes me giddy to watch scenes where that is acknowledged." You tell them! and Amen! :)

Great picture choices by the way. (grin)

[trepkos]

And yet they play up the "he's old and ewww" thing. WRONG!

That must have been hard for them to do as well, because he is huge and very charismatic - powerful looking - in real life. You wouldn't mess with him lightly.

[fairygothmum]

Exactly! We were having this very discussion earlier. :)

How can anyone not see the hotness that is Rupert?

We had sexy Grave guy, why couldn't they have let him dress like that for season seven?

Any how, it's nice to know Laura and I aren't alone is seeing Rupert as a man with sex appeal and not just a walking reference book.

[katekat1010]

I know - it's not only incredibly frustrating, it's one of the reasons why I haven't rewatched season 7 since it aired. It is lame that they originally valued his character enough to give him complexity, and then the show just perverted itself by the time it was done (but i think that it did assassinate pretty much *every* character i liked, every single one. bleh).

anyway, YAY! This was all leading up to me agreeing with you agreeing with us about the Giles!sexyness!!

[twilightofmagic]

Look at that lovely forearm in that last one. I believe I dwelled on how beautiful they are in one of my fics. Or at any rate, Wesley did. You're making me all nostalgic for him and I really must do a Buffy marathon. I haven't seen my DVDs for at least a year.

[katekat1010]

awwww!! see, this is a much better reason to unpack those DVDs!

and i know, i totally drool over his forearms. His and Wes'. MMMMM.

[fairygothmum]

Oh, the roses! I can't watch those scenes now without yelling at the screen, "no Rupert, don't go in there." Of course, he never listens. :)

I was always hoping there would be more couply plot developed between Rupert and Joyce. Oh well, it wasn't to be.

[katekat1010]

*pets* I completely understand.

And I was too - I thought that would be kind of cool, because Joyce was an interesting woman when they didn't have her acting like a sterotypical mom - and heck, they even had similar interests in terms of art/curating/etc! *sigh*