First off, you guys? One thing that EB and I finally got together was your end-of-summer awards! So please, if you commented once on a post this summer, if you posted a drabble, or an icon, or multiple icons or walls or long fics or anything... please look behind the cut and pick an award! It's our little way of saying THANK YOU for all the awesomeness you've helped create this summer.

( get your pretty awards here )

ALSO, for the first time ever summer_of_giles has been nominated for best website (or as the rwsawards call it, "Better Crypts and Graveyards" category). THANK YOU SO MUCH WHOEVER NOMMED US!! WE ARE BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS.

check out the comm, other nominees, etc, here:


(and speaking of noms, if you liked any of the posts this summer at SOG, consider submitting them for nomination - it's one of the greatest ways to recognize the work of someone you like!)

Dearest Giles!Lovers



It's that time again . . . the time that makes EB & me mope a little bit, because the official posting at Summer of Giles is once again over. And we want to thank each and every one of you for supporting this community, and our corner of the fandom, for another year.



Because participating like this? You guys are sharing the fandom love every time. And together we create a pretty special place for these two months over the summer (at least, we think it's amazingly special) and that just wouldn't be possible without each and every one of you.



Words really can't express our thanks. Some of you thanked us in your notes and comments to your posts, but really? THANK YOU! Because you're the ones who make this comm so fabulous. You're the ones who help us find new ways to celebrate Rupert Giles, and by extension BtVS, every day this summer. Together we keep the love alive.



So, again, thank you, you guys! Thank you for bringing us fic in all its forms, for bringing your graphics, for bringing your encouragement and comments, for bringing your creativity and generosity, and MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE LOVE!



(and we hope you'll be here again next year, because we will be!)



Much love,

Kate & EB

Thanks to the mods for this wonderful community! I was inspired by the free-for-all day and wrote this Giles/Xander drabble (exactly 100 words!).

( Patience )

Title: Threesome Threeways II: Learning to Be Flexible (the God King Timeslip Remix)
Author: Bruttimabuoni
Pairing: Giles/Illyria/Spike
Rating: R
Words: c600
Warning: threesome...obviously
A/N: In an effort to become more self-referential, I’ve remixed my own fic...twice (tis the season, but this is getting out of hand). Learning to be Flexible is the original, posted earlier in this comm, and I suggest starting there if you haven’t read it before; otherwise this may not make sense. This is Illyria POV, but I promise there is Giles in the mix.

Illyria thinks thinky thoughts...


***


Title: Threesome Threeways III: Learning to Be Flexible (the From A Distance Remix)
Author: Bruttimabuoni
Pairing: Giles/Illyria/Spike, plus Dawn, safely away from the action
Rating: PG13
Words: c600
Warning: threesome, obviously

Turnabout is fair play. It's Spike's turn.

Ficlet
Pairing: Giles/Spike
Rating: R (?)
Thought at the last minute, done at the last minute and therefore unbetaed
Disclaimer: the characters are not mine, though like many people who have seen J Whedon's BTVS I wish they were.
POV: Giles'

This way for the ficlet


A great thank you to the two lovely mods of this community, katekat1010  and  elizabuffy , who give us the opportunity to perpetuate the "life" of characters we love.

Title: Saved in Translation (Translating Rupert Giles from English into the language they speak in, you know, England).
Rating: G
Characters: Giles (Buffy, Xander, Willow).

read it here

You guys run a wonderful community every year, ensuring that the Gilesy goodness never ends. Thanks again!


2 more on my journal

Final day. *sad face* But it was another lovely year, thanks to the hard work of the Mods and all the wonderful contributors.

( Dark wallpaper behind the cut. )

Just a reminder, today is the last day of summer_of_giles. As such, it is the day to post anything Gilesy you might have. Finished that WIP you started for SoG? Post it here! Made some new Giles graphics since your last post? Share them with us!

Kate and I cannot wait to see what you all come up with.

Happy posting!!

~EB and Kate

 Spoilers: Post Chosen

Summary: Buffy finds a surprise visitor in Giles’ house.

Disclaimer: MINE! Not really, but a girl can wish, yes?

Distribution: My LJ, my site, anywhere else just ask.

Author’s note: Written for summer_of_giles 2009. With thanks to xdawnfirex  for giving me the prodding I needed.
 

“Lemme guess, it involves sex.  These rituals of his always seem to involve sex or blood.”

 Today is my day! I want to thank katekat1010  and elizabuffy for continuing to run summer_of_giles . For you today, I have two stories. The first is something I felt compelled to write one day and the second is more fun (and smutty!). So I hope you enjoy them both.

Summary: Giles reflects on those he’s lost.

Spoilers: Future fic, both post Chosen and NFA

Warnings: Multiple character deaths. Angst.

Disclaimer: Not mine in any way, shape or form. Not for profit, just for fun.

Distribution: My LJ and site, anywhere else just ask.

Authors Notes: I wrote this mainly for me, if anyone else enjoys it, that’s just a great bonus. Also written for Summer of Giles 2009. Follows Supernatural Sunnydale and Lost Souls.

He should have been inured to the affects of grief by now. But it surprised him that he was not. 

I have a handful of drabbles (5) for the first five episodes. Also, an icon for each episode but icon and drabble are not necessarily related.

Thanks to the mods for this neat comm.

( drabbles )

Squeaking in just under the wire, I think--crazy time zone differences!

Title: And Straight On Till Morning
Author: Pierson
Characters/Pairing: Giles/Xander
Rating: PG, this part.
Word Count: 7660
Disclaimer: Do I own them or make money off them? No. Do I have fun with them? Yes.
Warnings: Pssht. Guys say swear words.
Summary: It is the courage to continue that counts.
A/N 1: Thanks to the hard-working mods for continuing to organize this lovely community!
A/N 2: These are not the droids you're looking for. Um. This is not really the story I meant to write. Or it is, but not exactly in this way. This is a followup to Through The Twilight, a story I wrote for the gilesxander Octoberfest last year. Only it's not. That story would've been probably ten times as long, with much more detail and possible angsting and hopefully humor and wild, crazy magicksex. However, that story was not at all cooperative. This is the story you get when on Saturday afternoon you realize that OMG, I HAVE A STORY DUE ON MONDAY and start madly scribbling. Hopefully, you'll like this red-headed stepchild. Thanks to the lovely northernveil and rosewildirish for betaing on the fly.



( The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. - Rumi )

Title: Broken Vessel
Author: Antennapedia
Pairing: gen
Rating: FRT
Summary: Giles has just enough money left for a train ticket.
Word count: 4100
Warnings: Mild warnings for drug use, aftermath of canonical minor character death, suicidal ideation.
Notes: Makes reference to "The Co-Conspirators", but can stand alone.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I claim no ownership and am making no money.

( To forgive is an act of compassion, Buffy. It's, it's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it. )

Hi all!  Just when the summer is coming to a close we've had some absolutely lovely postings this week. 

Mod-ly things:

• *sniff* next week is our last week of posting, and EB & I will be so sad to see it all end. *clings to you all tightly*
• REMEMBER, though, that July 31st is our open posting day!  So if you started a Giles!fic this summer (or any other Summer SOG has been running) and have more updates for us, please feel free to post them.  OR if you finished some artwork in the last couple of weeks.  OR if you missed the sign ups this year and wanted to post something anyway -- it's all welcome!!  July 31st is your day!
• Also, it's been a very slow week for feedback - don't forget to drop authors and artists a note letting them know if you liked their fic / artwork (even if it's just a particular line you liked, or a single icon).  Feedback is the way we share the love, and when you share it, there's more to go around.

Now, for this week's posts:

Fic
+ The Avengers (Giles & Faith, PG13) by ubiquirk
+ Old Friends Make the Worst Enemies (Giles, Martha & the Doctor, PG) by sahiya
+ Roman Holiday (G/Xander, Adult) by cordelianne
+ Four Times Giles Refused to Talk about Ethan Rayne and the One Time He Finally Did (G/Ethan, PG) by graiae
+ Mutual Comfort (Giles & Cordelia, PG) by lena7623

Graphics
+ 17 icons + taking requests by ruuger
+ Various Giles pairings wallpapers + Icons by noelia_g

And rounding out our summer will be posts from pierson, antennapedia, lycomingst, firefly_124, and secondalto!

Title: "Mutual Comfort"
Author: Lena
Fandom: Buffyverse
Warnings: Mentions of Death
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1875
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon is God, and I'm just a lowly worshipper. None of this is mine...blah, blah, blah.
Summary: After Buffy runs away at the end of season 2, Giles is all alone, until Cordelia decides that she needs comfort b/c Xander broke up with her and, well, Giles is about all she really has.

( Mutual Comfort )

Title: Four Times Giles Refused to Talk
About Ethan Rayne, and the
One Time He Finally Did

Author: graiae
Rating/Characters: PG-ish. Giles/Ethan. Xander, Jenny Calendar, Tara, Buffy, Willow
Word Count: 2 519
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or this world.
Summary: These are just short glimpses to the various conversations that Giles has had about Ethan over the years. Ethan never actually makes an appearance.
Author's Notes: I had planned to expand a lot more but I didn't have time. So these are just a succession of short scenes. Thanks to Nikki who agreed to Beta at two in the morning, you're the best.

( Four Times Giles Refused to Talk about Ethan Rayne, and the one time he did )