I swear my laptop is like a graveyard for half finished fics. Some of which go back 10 years... Oooops!
you take the Buffy/Giles synamic to interesting places
I think that's kind of why I like playing in comic-compliant universes, as opposed to only the TV canon-compliant ones. I kind of love playing with how the dynamic between the two of them might change (and how the pair of them might change themselves) after both experiencing death and resurrection - to varying degrees of success! I also kind of like exploring how Giles returning as a child (but with his 50-odd year old mind intact) and having to go through everything again might change him, and what decisions he might take.
In the comics, despite still being Giles, he has issues controlling the more immature side of himself - often ending up acting, unconsciously, like the child he now is. It makes me so curious as to how he will cope with being a teen/young adult again - especially considering how well it went last time (*snort*), and that he has quite the increase in magical power, in comparison to his previously adult self.
It's just ripe for fic.
That and the whole 'Buffy is kind of shallow and likes young-looking men' thing. Which is also fun to play with.
I'm currently writing (for angelus2hot) a fic set either around now or slightly in the future (I have to work out the years and corresponding ages), where Buffy and the gang are just approaching their 40s, with Giles almost hitting 30 (again), as I think it will present quite a nice set of challenges for the characters. That and it's a crime-thriller style thing (which is why it's kind of become this behemoth of a fic), so those sorts of ages work really well. lol.
you are going to LOVE the third fic I have planned for SoG
And ooooo, that sounds like there might be a teen Giles... =D
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Date: 2017-04-06 08:17 pm (UTC)you take the Buffy/Giles synamic to interesting places
I think that's kind of why I like playing in comic-compliant universes, as opposed to only the TV canon-compliant ones. I kind of love playing with how the dynamic between the two of them might change (and how the pair of them might change themselves) after both experiencing death and resurrection - to varying degrees of success! I also kind of like exploring how Giles returning as a child (but with his 50-odd year old mind intact) and having to go through everything again might change him, and what decisions he might take.
In the comics, despite still being Giles, he has issues controlling the more immature side of himself - often ending up acting, unconsciously, like the child he now is. It makes me so curious as to how he will cope with being a teen/young adult again - especially considering how well it went last time (*snort*), and that he has quite the increase in magical power, in comparison to his previously adult self.
It's just ripe for fic.
That and the whole 'Buffy is kind of shallow and likes young-looking men' thing. Which is also fun to play with.
I'm currently writing (for
you are going to LOVE the third fic I have planned for SoG
And ooooo, that sounds like there might be a teen Giles... =D