Thoroughly enjoyed reading this, you did a great job! Giles/Spike has never been a huge favourite of mine - but now I'm dying to read some of the fics you linked too, so the essay obviously worked ;)
I can see them sitting reading quietly of a night, once Spike relaxes enough to drop the tough boy act; I can see them getting into some wonderfully articulate arguments on anything from soccer to Socrates, I can see them getting out of their skull smashed on single malt and having identical hangovers. I can see them having fun.
This, I feel, sums these two up completely. Being the only two Englishmen left in Sunnydale, it's almost like they *need* each other, remind each other of the homeland, have some inside jokes about football (arguing over Man U definitely!) and pining over proper English tea and food.
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Date: 2004-08-27 03:34 am (UTC)I can see them sitting reading quietly of a night, once Spike relaxes enough to drop the tough boy act; I can see them getting into some wonderfully articulate arguments on anything from soccer to Socrates, I can see them getting out of their skull smashed on single malt and having identical hangovers. I can see them having fun.
This, I feel, sums these two up completely. Being the only two Englishmen left in Sunnydale, it's almost like they *need* each other, remind each other of the homeland, have some inside jokes about football (arguing over Man U definitely!) and pining over proper English tea and food.
::applauds you::