here we go - the last of the movie posters!   Here are 11 movie posters for 11 fics (again some were even posted right here at summer_of_giles.

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I think I was supposed to post today?

My only real rule is that you do not hotlink :)
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Happy Thursday and Happy Summer of Giles!

32 Season 6 icons - mostly Buffy/Giles plus a few Giles quotes
5 Buffy/Giles wallpapers

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Happy Summer of Giles!

Title: Terennoaptre [Chapters 1-8 of ?]
Author: GylzGirl
Rating: FRT
Fandom: BtVS
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Timeline: AU- Season 10 – Summer. Everything through OMWF happened.
Summary: Sunnydale's Hellmouth is going dormant just as news arrives from overseas that will change the lives of Buffy and Giles forever.
Beta: The Amazing lauratew. Any remaining errors are totally my fault.
Author's Notes: Chapters 1-3 are revised repostings. Story revised and continued for the summer_of_giles 2009. Anyone who already had the original 3 chapters up, feel free to archive the rest. Anyone else who'd like it, just ask.
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Chapter I: King
Chapter II: Farewell Sunnydale
Chapter III: Country
Chapter IV: Duchess
Chapter V: Fear Factor
Chapter VI: Remembrances
Chapter VII: Pen Pals
Chapter VIII: Reunion

More to come later this month! Stay Tuned!

So, in lieu of a post today, how about a fic rec discussion?

One of the things I've found in fandom is how it expands your horizons.  Even shows or books or other fandoms that I didn't realize I loved, I learned to love once they were crossed with my favorite Watcher.

And some of the most interesting fics at summer_of_giles have been crossovers. Here are just a few of my favorites:

Bibliophilia (Btvs/Merlin) by glimmergirl where Glim explores Merlin's long life... through the young eyes of our favorite Watcher.

Everything Changes (Btvs/Torchwood) by starshine24mc where Michele wonders what would happen if Jack and Giles were to encounter each other in a dark alley one night.

Recruit (Btvs/Harry Potter) by ubiquirk who imagines a Watcher's council that needs to recruit that irascible wizard Severus Snape.

(though seriously, just check out the crossover tag because every one is worth reading).

And one of my all time favorite old-school crossovers is by elementalv's The Key's Watcher / Dark Haven series (found here if you scroll down the page), where Giles and Dawn are transported into the Anita Blake-verse (written by Laurel Hamilton). When I read these for the first time I realized how *much* I liked the characters from the AB-verse, but also how much cooler they were when Elementalv was writing them because we could see them through Giles' eyes. (And also, Jean-Claude actually got to have some fun with Giles, which I think was good for them both).

So, what are your favorite crossovers?? Links? Share with the comm!

All right, it is technically after midnight where I am, but I got back later from picking my cat up at my parents' house than I expected. And in Hawaii, it is still the 29th. So here you go - one last ficlet. Thanks so much to everyone who prompted, and my apologies to those whose prompts I didn't get to. They were all great and I wanted to do all of them - alas, it just didn't work out.

Title: Big Yellow Taxi Guy
Rating: G
Summary/Prompt: For mammothluv, who wanted "Buffy/Giles - something set right after or sometime in the summer after "Grave."

( Big Yellow Taxi Guy )

And two more. There will be at least one more after this, possibly two. Which isn't bad, considering I started the day with zero.

Title: Entertainment Value
Rating: G
Summary/Prompt: For katekat1010, who wanted "Giles/Buffy, stubbed toes."

( Entertainment Value )

Title: Proud
Rating: G
Summary/Prompt: For cmk418, who wanted "Giles/Xander - season 4 - Xander gives Giles a pep talk." And also because I went to Pride this last weekennd.

( Proud )

There are three or four more coming later, but I thought I'd start with these two. None of them are beta'd, but they were fun (and I'm very glad to have something to post today, whew).

Let this serve as a disclaimer that I don't own any of them, Joss does.

Title: Virtues
Rating: PG for Faith's mouth
Summary/Prompt: For antennapedia, who wanted "Giles/Faith, tattoos and target practice." Two outta three ain't bad.

( Virtues )

Title: Smooth Hit
Rating: PG for drug use
Summary/Prompt: For whichclothes, who wanted "Giles/Spike, drugs and regrets." Not at all shippy unless you squint.

( Smooth Hit )

Because entropy increases and my life has conspired against me (and because I spent the weekend getting drunk at San Francisco Pride instead of chaining myself to my keyboard), I don't have a completed fic for today. BUT, that means you're in luck, my fellow SoG'ers, because I am taking ficlet prompts. No guarantees on length, but I will write any (well, almost any) pairing and any rating. H/C prompts especially welcome, because that is my forte.

Prompt away!

Hi all!  Here's a list of the posts for last week - the chance to see if you missed anything, or go back and revisit for fun!  And remember, every time you feedback Pinocchio gets turned into a real boy!  (Ok, not really) But it will make an author or artist's day, so please leave 'em a comment.

Artwork
+ Wallpapers, Manips and a banner to go (worksafe) by mythichistorian

Fic
+ Moths & Rainwater (G/Dru, R) by duh_i_read
+ A Rose by Any Other Name (Meta-fic, G) by bruttimabuoni
+ Learning to be Flexible (Giles/Illyria/Spike, NC17) by bruttimabuoni
+ Wake-Up Call (G/Spike, NC17) by rokstarpeach
+ Charms and Tidings, Part 1, Part 2 (G/Olivia, R) by duh_i_read
+ Drum Taps (Giles, Willow, Faith, FRT) by mediumrawr
+ Chasing Darkness Part 1 (G/Ethan, NC17) by lily_diablo

Coming up this week at SOG: sahiya, snapeophilia, gylzgirl, mammothluv, fluffyllama, katekat1010, soft_princess, froxyn, anyjay

And a Mod Announcement:
I have finally added fic rating tags to the tags! So please, when you're tagging your posts, don't forget to choose their ratings!

Title: Drum Taps
Author: Rawr
Rating: FRT
Characters/Pairing: No Pairing; Giles, Willow, Faith
Time: At least several months after the current Season 8 canon, by my reckoning.
Summary: Giles sends Willow an e-mail. With links. Clearly, the world is coming to an end.
Warnings: This story doesn't explicitly delve into anything mature, but it does hint obscurely at several characters' unsavory pasts. Sorry.
Author's Note: Ah, yes. This fic took three tries to write. Originally it was an extremely claustrophobic Giles/Faith story with a much higher rating. I stumbled around that for almost a month, and it eventually evolved into this. Which I finished writing about an hour ago. In my head, this story is entirely about Giles. On paper, it seems to have come out somewhat differently. I apologize.
Posted for summer_of_giles
Feedback: I can't know what to improve without feedback. I can't know what I did right without feedback. Please, please, please.

( Behold! )

OK, so the Giles/Olivia bits are in this part. =shakes fist at LJ's silly formatting= 

Charms and Tidings, continued. Summary and notes are in part one.


( Eight: Something profound )

Title: Charms and Tidings
Pairing: Giles/Olivia, implied Spike/Dru
Rated: R for depictions of violence, character death, language and flirty vampires.
Spoilers: Season Four, post Pangs with nothing past Restless hinted at.
Disclaimer: Not Mr. Whedon, nor am I in any way affiliated with him or Mutant Enemy. Their loss.
Summary: Strange luck comes from the counting of crows: Cannon inspired AU.
Author note: Super special thanks to tweedisgood  for polishing this up. You've been a fantastic beta, and I'm not sure how to thank you enough.

This started out as an amusing drabble about the naming of vampires, and grew into this faux ‘five things’ piece. Crow rhyme variation and the various names of a flock of crows and magpies come via Wikipedia and manic googling.
EDT: The following isn't fluff, but I'd hesitate to call it angst. Angst lite? Or if I'm feeling clever, One-fic-for-sorrow?  Next time: impossible plot devices and HappyGiles.

( Tidings, Charms, Murders )

For my second day, a little bit of Giles/Spike nummies.  Oh, this comm is so much fun.  There can just never be too much Giles :)

Title: Wake-Up Call

Pairing: Spike/Giles

Rating: Adult

Summary: Spike is sick of sleeping in the bathtub, so he decides to break out, and sneaks upstairs in the middle of the night to pay Giles a visit.

 

( Giles was shirtless, probably because of the heat, with only a thin sheet covering him from the waist down. )

My second and final posting. It is a tiny bit different to the first...

*shifty eyes*

Title: Learning to Be Flexible
Word count: c1550
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Giles/Illyria/Spike
Summary: three non-teenagers stuck in the stronghold of the Slayerettes. They can’t play gin rummy all the time... Can they?
Warning: Gratuitous smut, verging on crackfic. I really have no idea where this came from. But you did say the community welcomes ALL pairings...


( Enter Spike, stage left...  )

*Waves*

I have two fics to post for my first ever contributions here. The second will follow after a decent interval, as smutfic doesn't really mix with bibliography... But I like to think the combination evokes Giles in all his many aspects. (Or something.)

Title: A Rose By Any Other Name
Author: bruttimabuoni
Rating: G
Medium: Fic(ish)
Word count: c320
Warning: Pedantry
Summary: Giles is a librarian, yes? And librarians classify, especially if they’re attached to vast ancient organisations which need to keep track of their information. And if you’re a librarian you’ll certainly understand how loaded classification can be, and how much it tells you about the society which created it. I just hope this translates to the rest of the world...

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