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Hullo!
Summer of Giles is definitely happening again this year. I've decided to go with a free-for-all format rather than booked days. The doors will be opened on 1 July until 31st 2025.
Usual rules apply about not completely spamming the community. I'm also adding a ban on the use of AI generated content. If I see it, or am alerted to it, I will delete it immediately.
Thank you to everyone who has already expressed an interest for this year. I'm looking forward to reading and seeing everything. And, fingers crossed, I might even be able to write something myself. Who knows?
Let's make this summer the best Giles summer ever!
Cap
Summer of Giles 2025
May. 21st, 2025 07:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
il_mio_capitanoHello everyone
Just checking in to see if there's interest in running Summer of Giles this year. Postings days would be in July as usual.
Please let me know if you would like to participate, and if so, do you have a strong preference for assigned days or just a month of post whenever?
Many thanks in advance!
Just checking in to see if there's interest in running Summer of Giles this year. Postings days would be in July as usual.
Please let me know if you would like to participate, and if so, do you have a strong preference for assigned days or just a month of post whenever?
Many thanks in advance!
dynapinkA special thanks to il_mio_capitano for running this event and for letting me post this for my Dreamwidth-less friend.
Title: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
Author: The Cat Mendacity
Characters: Giles, Olivia
Rating: unrated
Pairing: Giles/Olivia
Word Count: ~4k (part one of three)
Summary: The stranger she took to her bed seemed just a little odd at first. She had no idea just how strange he would ultimately turn out to be.
AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57554908
Title: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
Author: The Cat Mendacity
Characters: Giles, Olivia
Rating: unrated
Pairing: Giles/Olivia
Word Count: ~4k (part one of three)
Summary: The stranger she took to her bed seemed just a little odd at first. She had no idea just how strange he would ultimately turn out to be.
AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57554908
Summer of Giles 2024 is now closed
Aug. 1st, 2024 12:11 pmil_mio_capitanoMany thanks to everyone who posted works this year. I'm actually touched that so many people participated. The comm is now closed and I will work on getting a summary out in the next few days.
Once again, thanks and love to all of you who took part.
Cap
Once again, thanks and love to all of you who took part.
Cap
Fic: 1721 (Giles/Buffy), PG-13
Aug. 1st, 2024 03:25 amdynapinkTitle: 1721
Author: Dynapink
Characters: Giles, Buffy, Original(...ish) Slayer character
Rating: PG-13/Teen and up
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Word Count: ~2k (part one of six)
Summary: An encounter with a Chronos Demon traps Buffy and Giles in 18th century Suffolk.
Ao3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57704728
Author: Dynapink
Characters: Giles, Buffy, Original(...ish) Slayer character
Rating: PG-13/Teen and up
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Word Count: ~2k (part one of six)
Summary: An encounter with a Chronos Demon traps Buffy and Giles in 18th century Suffolk.
Ao3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57704728
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summer_of_giles.
evesockTitle: burnin' yearnin' to learn
Author: evesock
Characters: Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers, Jenny Calendar
Setting: early season 2, canon divergence
Rating: NC-17/Explicit
Relationships: Giles/Buffy/Jenny, Giles/Buffy, Giles/Jenny, Jenny/Buffy
Word Count: ~6k
Summary: Six weeks after spending a night with Jenny and Buffy to cure the latter of a succubus' curse, Giles finds himself in Jenny's apartment with the two of them again, trying to figure out how to politely turn down Buffy's request for a repeat.
Read link: AO3
Note that this is the second part of my Teacher's Pet series, and relies heavily on knowledge of the first part. Here's a DW post I made that contains more info about the series as a whole.
Author: evesock
Characters: Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers, Jenny Calendar
Setting: early season 2, canon divergence
Rating: NC-17/Explicit
Relationships: Giles/Buffy/Jenny, Giles/Buffy, Giles/Jenny, Jenny/Buffy
Word Count: ~6k
Summary: Six weeks after spending a night with Jenny and Buffy to cure the latter of a succubus' curse, Giles finds himself in Jenny's apartment with the two of them again, trying to figure out how to politely turn down Buffy's request for a repeat.
Read link: AO3
Note that this is the second part of my Teacher's Pet series, and relies heavily on knowledge of the first part. Here's a DW post I made that contains more info about the series as a whole.
Fic - Just One Person
Jul. 26th, 2024 06:39 pmcornerofmadness
Title: Just One Person
author: < user="cornerofmadness">
Summary: Giles is feeling the pressure of being only one person against the monsters of the world. Jenny is there to help.
Rating: teen
word count 912
season somewhere between S1-S2
Pairing Giles/Jenny
here on AO3
author: < user="cornerofmadness">
Summary: Giles is feeling the pressure of being only one person against the monsters of the world. Jenny is there to help.
Rating: teen
word count 912
season somewhere between S1-S2
Pairing Giles/Jenny
here on AO3
Fic: “the Uncanny Valley”
Jul. 26th, 2024 01:33 pmaadlerTitle: “the Uncanny Valley”
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
aadler
Rating: PG
Season: post-Seventh (Buffy)
Genre: Interrelation, some action
Characters/Relationships: Giles, OC Slayer
Summary: You can’t turn back the clock … but what’s the future to be?
Word count: 8,695
“the Uncanny Valley”: at LiveJournal – at Dreamwidth
sdhuskerfanTitle: In the Neighborhood
Author: Sdhuskerfan
Main Characters: Giles, Joyce
Setting: Season 4
Rating: NC-17/Explicit (mild sex scene)
Pairing: Giles/Joyce
Word Count: 3025 words, 2/2 chapters
Summary: Joyce seeks Rupert out for a little more fun.
Read link: read on Ao3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/43438569/chapters/109201215
Author: Sdhuskerfan
Main Characters: Giles, Joyce
Setting: Season 4
Rating: NC-17/Explicit (mild sex scene)
Pairing: Giles/Joyce
Word Count: 3025 words, 2/2 chapters
Summary: Joyce seeks Rupert out for a little more fun.
Read link: read on Ao3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/43438569/chapters/109201215
FIC: ON THE BEACH
Jul. 20th, 2024 07:29 pmripper1701dTitle: On The Beach
Author: Ripper1701d
Characters: Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers, Willow, Xander
Setting: Around seasons 4 and 5
Rating: PG-13 (language)
Word Count: 5800 words, 1/1 chapters
Summary: Giles and Buffy go to the beach for a training session
Read here on AO3:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/55909636
Author: Ripper1701d
Characters: Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers, Willow, Xander
Setting: Around seasons 4 and 5
Rating: PG-13 (language)
Word Count: 5800 words, 1/1 chapters
Summary: Giles and Buffy go to the beach for a training session
Read here on AO3:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/55909636
Title: ⟫ the choiceFIG: Unexpected Encounters (just Giles)
Jul. 19th, 2024 10:38 pmpbjelliusTitle: Unexpected Encounters
Read on AO3 here:
Unexpected Encounters
Author: pbjellius
pbjellius Characters: Giles, Travers
Setting: ~10 years before Season 1
Rating: Gen
Pairing: None yet
Word Count: Approx 300 words, 4/? chapters
Summary: The next chapter in Giles' early history. Giles is still at Council Headquarters (long day) and before he gets any promised help, he runs into a nemesis or two. And Ripper escapes for a moment.Read on AO3 here:
Unexpected Encounters
FIC: Road to a Museum (Giles +)
Jul. 19th, 2024 04:42 pmpbjelliusTitle: Council Archives & the Stones
Author: pbjellius
pbjellius Characters: Giles, Travers, Ophelia, & Professor Morton
Setting: ~10 years before Season 1
Rating: Gen
Pairing: None yet
Word Count: Approx 5500 words, 3/? chapters
Summary: Giles enlists the help of some friends to figure out the mystery of his magic rocks. And gets some good news and some bad news....
Read on AO3 here:
Council Archives
Read on AO3 here:
Council Archives
FIC: Groovy Baby (Giles/Buffy) NC-17
Jul. 19th, 2024 09:17 pmunendingwanderlust
Title: Groovy Baby
Read on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57509749
Author: ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
unendingwanderlust
Characters: Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers
Setting: Mostly pre-series, partly during S01 E01
Rating: NC-17/Explicit
Pairing: Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
Word Count: 2137 words, 1/1 chapters
Summary: During the summer of ‘75, Rupert Giles drops out of Oxford University, makes new (and potentially dangerous) friends… and meets a woman who changes his entire life.
Read on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57509749
sdhuskerfanTitle: In Case You Haven't Noticed...
Author: Sdhuskerfan
Main Characters: Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Oz, Dawn
Setting: Roughly 5 years after the series finale
Rating: NC-17/Explicit (there are a few sex scenes)
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Word Count: 76,926 words, 27/? chapters
Summary: Set around five years after the series finale, Buffy has earned her college degree, traveled all around the world, works as Director of Slayer-Watcher Relations of the new and improved Watchers’ Council in London, and has had two serious relationships. A year ago, Giles abruptly retired to the English countryside after training both Slayers and Watchers. He spends his days reading, gardening, playing music, cooking, and perfecting his own brand of whiskey, which sometimes takes a wrong turn and tastes more like gasoline, but he’s getting the hang of it.
Read link: read on Ao3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/52511440/chapters/132838759
Author: Sdhuskerfan
Main Characters: Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Oz, Dawn
Setting: Roughly 5 years after the series finale
Rating: NC-17/Explicit (there are a few sex scenes)
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Word Count: 76,926 words, 27/? chapters
Summary: Set around five years after the series finale, Buffy has earned her college degree, traveled all around the world, works as Director of Slayer-Watcher Relations of the new and improved Watchers’ Council in London, and has had two serious relationships. A year ago, Giles abruptly retired to the English countryside after training both Slayers and Watchers. He spends his days reading, gardening, playing music, cooking, and perfecting his own brand of whiskey, which sometimes takes a wrong turn and tastes more like gasoline, but he’s getting the hang of it.
Read link: read on Ao3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/52511440/chapters/132838759
Fic: Drunken Dreams (Giles/Spike) NC-17
Jul. 18th, 2024 11:52 pmmaggielafeyTitle: Drunken Dreams
Author: @maggielafey (MaggieLaFey)
Characters: Giles, Spike
Setting: vague season 4
Rating: NC-17/Explicit
Pairing: Giles/Spike
Word Count: 8,823 words, 1/1 chapters
Summary: Giles must have slipped something in Spike's drink, because Spike's really losing it.
Though he doesn't seem to mind losing...
Read link: read on Ao3 here
FIC: GAME OVER? (GEN) G
Jul. 18th, 2024 08:28 pmlonesomesundownTitle: Game Over?
Author:lonesomesundown
Characters: Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn
Setting: Post-series
Rating: G
Pairing: Gen
Word Count: 4,225 words, 1/1 chapters
Author:
lonesomesundown Characters: Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn
Setting: Post-series
Rating: G
Pairing: Gen
Word Count: 4,225 words, 1/1 chapters
Summary: Giles has always been a technophobe, but everything changes when he's gifted a pink Nintendo DS for his birthday.
Read on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57485935
Read on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57485935
harlow_turner_chaotic_aceTitle: When the Hellmouth Freezes Over
Author: @harlow_turner_choatic_ace (MadeInGold)
Characters: Giles, Maggie Walsh, Spike, Buffy
Setting: Season 4, soon after "A New Man"
Rating: PG-13/Teen and up
Pairing: Giles/Maggie Walsh
Word Count: 2,229 words, 1/1 chapters
Summary: A magic snowstorm forces Giles to offer shelter to his arch-rival.
Read link: read on Ao3 here
Author: @harlow_turner_choatic_ace (
Characters: Giles, Maggie Walsh, Spike, Buffy
Setting: Season 4, soon after "A New Man"
Rating: PG-13/Teen and up
Pairing: Giles/Maggie Walsh
Word Count: 2,229 words, 1/1 chapters
Summary: A magic snowstorm forces Giles to offer shelter to his arch-rival.
Read link: read on Ao3 here
captainskysonTitle: are we destined to burn?
Author:captainskyson
Characters: Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Anya, Dawn, Spike
Setting: Episode 06x08 Tabula Rasa
Rating: NC-17 / Explicit
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Word Count: 16,714 (2/2 chapters)
Summary: It's Tabula Rasa the way it should have gone.
Notes: A photo manip bykvinnlig during Summer of Giles 2022, and a long-ago conversation with Muldersgurl, inspired my rewrite :-)
Kvinnlig's photo inspiration found here
Read Link: are we destined to burn?
Author:
captainskyson Characters: Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Anya, Dawn, Spike
Setting: Episode 06x08 Tabula Rasa
Rating: NC-17 / Explicit
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Word Count: 16,714 (2/2 chapters)
Summary: It's Tabula Rasa the way it should have gone.
Notes: A photo manip by
kvinnlig during Summer of Giles 2022, and a long-ago conversation with Muldersgurl, inspired my rewrite :-)Kvinnlig's photo inspiration found here
Read Link: are we destined to burn?