I want to apologize for being a day late and a thousand words or so over with this. And there's still so much I left out! *blush of shame*Pairing: Buffy/Giles from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Title: “The Perfect Thing”
Author:
Shelley (
BeeGee #384)
Spoilers: Through “Chosen”
I must confess to a fair bit of terror at the idea of writing and posting this manifesto. Not because I don’t believe in this ‘ship—because I certainly do!—but because Buffy/Giles is probably the most reviled pairing in the Buffyverse. I’m not sure that there is a single BGer out there who hasn’t received at least one ship-based flame by a reviewer who never bothered to read the fic in question. To stand up proudly and not only defend it but also promote it? Scary! But fools stride in where angels fear to tread and I don’t want to lose my fool street creds, so I’ll give this a shot.
Having decided that yes, I will put my head through a noose if somebody offers it to me, the next question is how to proceed. I really
want to write a positive essay, detailing all the qualities of Buffy/Giles shipping that appeal to me, but feel like I should first deal with the knee-jerk “eww” factor that this pairing seems to bring out in so many people. So, I actually wound up writing two essays. The first one deals with Giles’ supposed status as Buffy’s father figure; the second deals with Buffy and Giles as two individuals who work well together as a couple. Read whichever one fits within your own comfort zone.
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