Five Favourite Giles Fics

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There are lots of great Giles fics out there and I recommend the summer_of_giles community as a good place to look for them. The ones behind the cut are five particular favourites of mine.




Dancing in the Park, by twilightofmagic Giles/Ethan NC17. A pre-series fic, in which a young carefree Giles and Ethan take a road trip and have an adventure that reveals their very different personalities.

Mission Accomplished by beer_good_foamy, PG-13-R, Giles. I'm sure most people have read this, but if not, read it now. One of the best-written fanfics out there, in which, post-The Gift, Giles lays out Buffy's body. Heartbreaking, and all the more so because of the spare, lucid quality of the prose.

It Never Happened by shadowscast, Spike/Giles, R. I love the Spike/Giles pairing, and this is one of my favourite Spike/Giles fics by one of my favourite fanfic writers. The characterisation is just brilliant.

Brass by Te, Spike/Giles/Ethan NC17. This is a very old story. Spike bumps into two wild young men in a bar in the 70s. It'll stay with you.

And finally, I couldn't not rec this again, although it's a WIP and sadly looks less and less like being completed. What there is of it is wonderful, though.

Broken English by estepheia, 10 part WIP. Giles/Ethan R. Another Giles/Ethan road trip fic, but post-series this time. Lots of plotty goodness, plus some wonderful writing.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I fear you are right about Broken English which is a great shame. Nice list.

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Oh some excellent work there, by some equally amazing writers.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Excellent fics by excellent writers. I'd add Mortality (http://distortingmirrors.notanothersite.com/mortality.html) by one Glassdarkly AKA shapinglight - a very powerful and poignant vignette. Hope you don't mind.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

These all look wonderful. I loved "Brass."

[shapinglight]

I fear you are right about Broken English which is a great shame

It is, isn't it? I don't think I've ever enjoyed a fic completely lacking in Spike so much.

[shapinglight]

Yes, they're all good 'uns.

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That's kind of you, Moscow. Not sure it deserves to share space with the others, though.

[shapinglight]

It's a great little story, isn't it? I hope you like the others.

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Thank you for these Giles stories! I especially like Mission Accomplished. It's a new fic for me, and it's so wonderfully written.

[yourlibrarian]

I've read two of these but I hadn't heard of Brass before. Sounds like a good read, even if incomplete.

[shapinglight]

I think Brass is complete. I never heard that the author was planning a sequel.

[shapinglight]

I'm glad to have pointed it out to you, Socky. It's a great story, isn't it?