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I think we're now in the Flash Forward part of the season to highlight fanworks from 2023. So to that end here's my usual round up of five fics that caught my eye at this year's

summer_of_giles. I love that the great and venerable SoG is still active and it gives me great joy to participate every year.

Only the Worthy by

il_mio_capitano is a great piece of Giles, Spike snark, in which our heroes try to work out how to release a sacred dagger from the hands of a mummy without triggering the curse. Don’t you hate it when you’re in that position? This is loads of fun and Giles and Spike bitching about their lot in life is gold.

( More Giles love this way... )

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Copper and Moonlight (the Mimi & Rodolfo Remix). This is another one from

nwhepcat because why would you ration yourself when there is quality fic to be had? Willow and Xander tend to Giles after his ordeal with Angelus. (This is a remix of Substitute by

antennapedia which is also worth your time)

( More random lovelies this way... )

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Here are five longer fics from

summer_of_giles I really enjoyed.

Second Sight by

il_mio_capitano finds our intrepid Watcher thrown back to his 21 year old self, two months before Eyhgon. This isn’t about the Eyhgon incident, but it is about choices. I really liked the portrayal of Giles’ father in this fic, and his grandmother is wonderful - just remember to comb your hair and wash behind your ears before you meet her.

( More Gilesian goodness... )

feliciacraft.livejournal.com

I'm a fan of the

giles_shorts community, especially the "first line last line" challenge, where the last line from someone else's drabble becomes your first sentence. It takes a lot of discipline, something our favorite Watcher would surely have approved.

For your divertion, may I present five drabbles inspired by prompts from Giles-shorts:

Inherited Skill by

quaggy_mire

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summer_of_giles is one of my favourite communities, so here are five things that caught my eye this year. I should give a disclaimer that I’m way behind with the entries, so I’m sure there is a pile of other stuff I could have recced that I just haven’t got to as yet.

It’s always illuminating to see the Buffy ‘verse through external eyes, and in

punch_kicker15’s The English Patient: Seven Times Giles Visited the Hospital(and One Time He Didn’t) we see Giles across the seven seasons through the eyes of a resident physician at Sunnydale Hospital. This is good stuff.

( More Giles goodness this way... )

dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com

In 2014 I wrote The Perfect Cup of Tea and I learned that Brits really don’t like it when you get tea making wrong. Note: I have since corrected my mistake and promise to never, ever do anything so heinous to tea, even if only in a story, again.

1. Gill O’s Tea Parties Suck, was written as a response to my story. I like to think my error, in that it produced such a delightfully humorous response, was almost worth making.
( the rest of the recs are having a cup of tea and then having another one. Because they're small. )

cordelianne.livejournal.com

Spike/Xander is my OTP, and I have high standards about how Spike and Xander are written. These five authors are people I’d point you to as excellent examples of good Spander writers (and good writers in general). They write both Spike and Xander really really well!

1.

reremouse - Small Imperfections, Adult. Spike and Xander in Savannah a few years after Sunnydale caved in. The delightfully slow pace of this WIP fits the pace of life in hot Savannah – and the slow developing of a relationship between Spike and Xander.

reremouse’s fic is always wonderful to read because it’s so witty, smart, funny and moving, and this is a WIP I encourage you to jump on (even if you’re resistance to WIPs) because it’s the type of story perfectly suited to the WIP format.( Click here for the other 4 awesome fics )

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Here are five of my favorite Giles stories in progress. All of these were either started or moved along in 2006. As with all WIPs, feed the authors to get more! Let them know how much you appreciate their work.

( Five Works in Progress... )

antennapedia.livejournal.com

Here are five of my favorite stories about Giles that were written in 2006. Two gen and three different Giles pairings.

( Five good Giles stories... )

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Here are five of my favorite stories about Giles that were written in 2006. Two gen and three different Giles pairings.

( Five good Giles stories... )

antennapedia.livejournal.com

Five stories with Giles paired off.

( Got shagged, cuppa tea, got shagged, cuppa tea... )

antennapedia.livejournal.com

Five stories with Giles paired off.

( Got shagged, cuppa tea, got shagged, cuppa tea... )

lusciousxander.livejournal.com

Top Five Classical Fics Minus Spander:

1- Giving by Benaresq

Angel here is amazing, so many layers, so much darkness. Twisted snapshot of the relationship between Angel and Xander. Probably the first Xander/Angel fic that made me accept this ship. This fic is divided into three parts: For Giving (Angel's POV) Moment (Xander's POV) Limits (Changes from Xander and Angel's POVs) Limits is my favorite part, so much emotion, so much darkness, so much angst mixed with Xander's innocent, playful character.
( Check the other four... )

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And another fic-related Top 5:

( Top 5 Fics in Pairings Not My Usual, but Darned if They Don't Make Me Forget It: )

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And another fic-related Top 5:

( Top 5 Fics in Pairings Not My Usual, but Darned if They Don't Make Me Forget It: )

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