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Learning the Ropes (1-2/8)

Jun 12, 2009 18:57

Title: Learning the Ropes
Author: Bruttimabuoni
Rating: PG-13
Character: Giles, Watchers, OCs (and a mystery guest star)
Sections: 1-2 of 8
Word count: ~3300 in total
A/N: Written for plot_wout_porn, using quinara’s prompt, which is the first two sentences. Thanks for organising, and I hope you like what I did with the prompt. Thanks also to ruuger for the baby Giles icon ( Read more... )

a: brutti_ma_buoni, f: buffyverse, c: giles

Comments 11

whichclothes June 12 2009, 19:12:39 UTC

Wow! This is wonderful so far. I've always wanted to know more about Giles's Watcher days before Buffy.

brutti_ma_buoni June 12 2009, 20:50:49 UTC

Thanks! There's more, I promise.

shapinglight June 12 2009, 19:39:45 UTC

This is very interesting, and it's always great fun learning more about Giles's early life. Looking forward to more.

brutti_ma_buoni June 12 2009, 20:51:24 UTC

Great - there is more. What a happy coincidence!

snickfic June 13 2009, 00:22:26 UTC

Hmm, very interested to see where this goes! It's interesting to see some more of that Giles backstory - there's such a huge gap between Eyghon and Sunnydale. And I'm all excited to find out who the surprise mystery guest is!

brutti_ma_buoni June 13 2009, 17:05:26 UTC

Yes, it's that gap that interests me - not just the time, but the obvious change in Giles from wildly irresponsible to utterly uptight. So, here's part of my explanation.

rahirah June 13 2009, 02:54:24 UTC

This is very cool, and you capture young Rupert admirably. Giles, of course, is riding for a fall. >:)

brutti_ma_buoni June 13 2009, 17:06:05 UTC

Oh definitely - there is trouble ahead, no maybe about it!

ares132006 June 13 2009, 05:43:28 UTC

I'm always interested in fic that gives us a back story. I love the younger Giles in this. It's gratifying to see that even though he had to stake the slayer-vampire he was still upset about it, puking his guts out, not at all like that pompous Travers.

This is even more poignant considering how Giles has a part to play in the Cruciamentum, with Buffy, in the future.

Looking forward to the next parts.

brutti_ma_buoni June 13 2009, 17:09:01 UTC

I see Giles at this time thinking like a Watcher but not feeling like one - so he does what's 'right', but then reacts badly.

The more I think about the Cruciamentum, the more I'm sure Slayers were turned during it. Surely, if you have a master vampire and it gets free, it will want to cause maximum trouble. And a turned Slayer is bad news.

Hope you enjoy the rest - much more of Giles' background to come.