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unendingwanderlust

Current Mood: artistic

Title: Groovy Baby

Author:

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

sdhuskerfan

Title: 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

maggielafey

Title: 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

This is the first time I use Dreamwidth, so please let me know if I did something wrong!

lonesomesundown

Title: 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

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

harlow_turner_chaotic_ace

Title: 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

captainskyson

Title: 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?

il_mio_capitano

It has begun.

Summer of Giles is now open for business. Remember, this is a reduced two week free-for-all that will close on 1st August.

Have at it!

il_mio_capitano

Many thanks to the people who've asked about Summer of Giles this year. I don't have the spoons to moderate a full month but I am proposing we shrink the festival to the last two weeks in July. To that end, I'd also like to make every day free-for-all so no signups are required (you will still need to be a member to post in the comm).

Currently the comm is locked for posting for everyone but I will open it up from 17th July 2024 until 1st August.

The usual rules about courtesy to others will still apply of course. The limit of three posts will still apply. I will do a roundup post sometime in the following week as best I can.

I know this reduced service isn't what we're used to, but with dwindling numbers I hope this is acceptable to everyone who is still interested.

Let's make this the best, possibly last, great summer to appreciate our Rupert!

capitano

il_mio_capitano

Here we go, one last time...

Giles wants Drusilla to tell him the future.
Giles wants to be left alone. The Council needs more from him.
Ethan brings magick to Giles’ world
Jenny and Giles have a demon-free date for once
Giles has the comfort of those who have gone before him.
The Council have always been dicks. Giles should know
Giles cannot escape the world that molded him except maybe through airplane scotch.
Buffy needs Giles’ help.
A vampire needs teaching not to mess with the unholy three of Giles, Spike, and Faith.
Buffy and Dawn learn a terrifying secret.
Giles sacrifices some dignity but who wouldn’t in the face of giant demon moths!

And Cover art for addler’s awesome fic and two great manips from emmatheslayer round us off.

Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to this year’s Summer of Giles. I really do appreciate and cherish each and every entry. Bless you all.

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Fic
+ Listen to the Mockingbird (Giles, Drusilla FRT) by aadler

+ His Destiny (Giles FRT) by aaronlisa

+ nothing satisfies (but i’m getting close) (Giles/Ethan FRT) by melacka

+ An Amble Through the Zoo With You (Giles/Jenny FRT) by cornerofmadness

+ Moving On Up (Giles FRT) by apachefirecat

+ Council Headquarters 2/? (Giles FRT) by pbjellius

+ His Father’s Son (Giles FRT) by aaronlisa

+ Lest This Bond Be Broken 1/? (Giles/Buffy FRM) by dynapink

+ Bloodbath (Giles & Faith & Spike FRM) by apachefirecat

+ I Know What You Did Last Summer (Giles & Buffy & Dawn FRT) by will_conqueror1

+ A Matter of Mothballs (Giles & various FRT) by 23Murasaki

Art
+ Cover Art for Listen to the Mockingbird (Giles & Drusilla worksafe) by aadler

+ Ripper and his Vampires (Giles & Spike & Drusilla worksafe) by emmatheslayer

il_mio_capitano

Fic from 23Mursaki for free-for-all day

Title: A Matter of Mothballs
Giles and various
Rating T
Length approx 1500 words

Read it on AO3 at the link below

archiveofourown.org/works/49015558

All comments and likes there please

will_conqueror1

Title: I Know What You Did Last Summer

Author: Will_Conqueror1

Rating: T

Summary: Dawn and Buffy find out where Giles really was last summer.

Pairing: None

Timeline: Post Series

Word Count: 1,967

A/N: I’ve been on a book binge lately, so when I do watch TV it’s usually been Masterchef or something so I don’t really have to pay attention to it. I was trying to think of something to write for SoG and this is what came to mind.

Click here to read

archiveofourown.org/works/49021129

apachefirecat

Title: Bloodbath
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Spike/Buffy, Giles, Faith
Rating: R/M for gore
Summary: A Demon leaves a particularly gory and well-planned message aimed for the Slayer. She wasn't the one to find it.
Word Count: 2,568
Written For: Summer of Giles 2023 and Nekid Spike: First Line Challenge
Warnings: Tragic/Gory NPC Deaths
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.

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emmatheslayer

Artist : emmatheslayer
2 edited banners
Late night coffee date
Spike/ giles

Late night reading

Artist : emmatheslayer

Drusilla/ giles

aadler

Artwork here for the title page and story page of “Listen to the Mockingbird”, my fic for this year’s summer_of_giles.

aaronlisa

Title: His Father's Son
Author:

aaronlisa
Characters: Rupert Giles
Rating: FR13/PG-13
Notes: Set during Season Seven.
Summary: Giles reflects on how he became a Watcher, despite never wanting to be one.
Word Count: 1069

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pbjellius

Title: Council Headquarters (Part 1)
Author: PBJellius
Rating: G-ish
Characters: Giles, Robson, and other co-workers
Timeframe: Pre-canon (maybe ~10 years before)
Length: ~6000 words

Another installment from the wayback machine of Giles' life coming back into watcher-dom. He heads downtown to Council Headquarters to get help with his mystery stones and prior night's vampires.

Roughly a day in life at the Council. Hopefully part 2 will come sooner than this one did but no promises.

Comments always greatly admired and worshiped.

Many Thanks to the mods for all their work and everyone else for a fun month.

Read at AO3 Headquarters (Part 1)

dynapink

Title: Lest This Bond Be Broken (1/?)
Author: Dynapink
Characters: Giles, Buffy, Original characters
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: Mature (probably not much past PG-13 at any point)
Summary: A year in the life: a "quietly retired" Watcher, a depressed Slayer haunted by an elemental, and a marriage of convenience which is neither convenient nor a marriage.

AO3 Link

apachefirecat

Title: Moving On Up
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Giles, with many mentions of other characters and pairings
Rating: PG/K+
Summary: Many years ago, he watched them graduate. Now, some might say, it is his turn.
Word Count: 2,866
Written For: Summer of Giles 2023
Warnings: Future Fic, Character Deaths, both Canon and Non-Canon
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.

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cornerofmadness

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: B. Dylan Hollis

Title: An Amble Through the Zoo With You
author:

cornerofmadness
Summary: Giles takes Jenny to the zoo on his day off. All he wants is a nice romantic day out but will Sunnydale allow for that?
Rating: teen
Characters/Pairings Rupert Giles/Jenny Calendar

Find it here on AO3

( or under this cut )

melacka

Title: nothing satisfies (but i'm getting close)
Author: Melacka
Rating: PG/FRT
Characters/Ship: Giles/Ethan
Length: 300 words
Summary: Rupert Giles could still feel the magic crackling blissfully under his skin.

Read it here on AO3.

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FIC: Groovy Baby (Giles/Buffy) NC-17

FIC: In Case You Haven't Noticed...(Giles/Buffy) NC-17

Fic: Drunken Dreams (Giles/Spike) NC-17

FIC: GAME OVER? (GEN) G

Fic: When the Hellmouth Freezes Over (Giles/Maggie) PG-13

FIC: ARE WE DESTINED TO BURN (GILES/BUFFY) NC-17

Summer of Giles 2024 is now open

Reduced Summer of Giles 2024

Final roundup of 2023 Summer of Giles

Fic A Matter of Mothballs

Fic: I Know What You Did Last Summer (Gen, FRT)

FIC: Bloodbath (Spike/Buffy + Giles + Faith)

Ripper and his vampires , giles / spike , giles/ Drusilla

Cover art

FIC: His Father's Son, FR13, Gen

FIC: Council Headquarters - Part 1 (Just Giles)

FIC: LEST THIS BOND BE BROKEN (Giles/Buffy)

FIC: Moving On Up (Giles-Centric with Many Mentions of Others)

Fic - An Amble Through the Zoo With You (Giles/Jenny)

FIC: nothing satisfies (but i'm getting close) (Giles/Ethan)

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