Rupert Giles

Rupert Giles is a supporting character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He started off as Buffy's Watcher and a general force for good. He was briefly fired from the Watcher's Council, but was reinstated in season five.
== Fandom ==
===Pairings===
In het, Giles is paired most often with Buffy, but also with Cordelia, Willow, Anya and Jenny Calendar (canon). Giles/Joyce and Giles/Olivia were both canon for single episodes but are very rare pairings. With the lease of Buffy Season 8 comics, pairing Giles with Faith gained some popularity.
In slash fiction he is often paired with Ethan Rayne (implied by the number of male and female members of his demon-summoning group), but Giles/Xander, Giles/Spike and Giles/Wesley are also highly popular.
Giles was a winner of an online competition run by Laura Shapiro to become the emblematic BSO of her vid, I Put You There.
===Common Tropes & Storylines===
* Ripper - Giles' alterego Ripper makes an appearance in some fanworks. These are not exclusively pre-canon works.
* Magic is a common trope employed in BtVs works. Giles is often the unintended target of a spell cast by Willow Rosenberg or Ethan Rayne
* Post-NFA works often show Giles' efforts to rebuild the Watcher's Council.
==Example Fanfiction==
====Gen====
* Sufficient Champagne by Cynthia Liskow. Anya and Giles contemplate love, loss, and lessons learned. Words: about 4 500. (2002)
*The End of the Beginning by Mariner. Giles & Ethan-centered crossover novel with Harry Potter Words: about 77 000. (2003)
* Combined Force by Meltha. Giles and Spike join together in order to face one of the most terrifying events ever to happen in Sunnydale. Heh. Words: about 3 000. (2004 or earlier)
* Looking-Glass House by Doyle. A story about Dana, the insane slayer, whom Giles brings to England. Words: about 1 100. (2004)
* All Set Down by desoto-hia873. What if Buffy's blood hadn't closed Glory's portal? A darker take on "The Gift." Words: about 3 300. (2005)
* Grief That Does Not Speak by estepheia. Of course it’s death that brings Giles and Angel together. Buffy’s death. Words: about 2 200. (2005)
* Mission Accomplished by beer-good-foamy. The first, last and hardest duty of all Watchers. Buffy has been dead for 24 hours, and there is nothing more for Giles to do... no, wait, he has one last job. One last mission to send his Slayer on. Words: about 3 000. (2007)
* On This Side of Goodbye by DragonsPhoenix. In the comics Giles gives Faith the opportunity to help Slayers who have gone astray. In this story she extends her purview to Watchers to make sure a resurrected Giles has a choice about what to do with his new life. Words: about 8 500. (2014)
* Saved in Translation by noelia_g. Giles and his language. Words: about 500. (2010)
* Career Change by riani1, a post-Crush Vampire!Giles AU (2010)
* Vampyre! by il-mio-capitano. The Watcher’s Council turns Giles into a vampire in a misguided effort to get Buffy to do its bidding. Spike reluctantly ends up with the fledge-sitting duties, and the surprises just keep coming. Words: about 13 500. (2012)
====Het====
Buffy/Giles, Giles/Faith and Giles/Jenny fanfiction examples can be found on the respective pages of these pairings.
=====Giles/Anya=====
*Bruises and Broken Spirits by Tonya. Giles/Anya. In the aftermath of "Grave", Anya and Giles bond. Words: about 3 600.
*Hugh Grant Explains It All for You by LJS. Giles/Anya, season 6. In a world falling apart, Giles and Anya test the axiom "better living through pop culture," most especially the masterworks of Hugh Grant (and Richard Curtis). Words: about 19 000.
*There’s Something To Be Said About Age And Experience by Mydeira. Giles/Anya. Season 7, talk and sex. Words: about 4 000.
=====Other Giles Het=====
*Axis Mundi by sophiahelix. Giles/Willow. Willow isn't such a fast learner after all. Words: about 2 200.
*Candy in the Freezer by Mikelesq. Giles/Joyce. Giles' alter ego Ripper makes an unexpected return. Words: about 7 000.
*Corpus et Sanguis by Trekker. Giles/Willow. A vengeful spell leaves Giles in a condition he never imagined he'd be in, and changes his life completely. Mpreg. Words: about 57 000.
*Lies My Lover Told Me by Glassdarkly. Giles/Olivia, post-series. Sometimes Giles wishes he could lie again... Words: about 3 600.
*Praeludere by Florrie. Giles/Cordelia. He couldn’t care less where Cordelia slept. The cockroaches and she should be extremely happy together at the Sunnydale Motel... Words: about 5 000.
*The Waking by Mad Poetess. Unusual Giles/OC vignette. Words: about 10 700.
====Slash====
Giles/Ethan, Giles/Spike and Giles/Xander fanfiction examples can be found on the respective pages of these pairings.
=====Other Giles Slash=====
*Carpe Diem by Sarah T.. Giles/Oz. On the eve of Graduation Day Oz keeps panicking... Words: about 1 000.
*Closer to Oblivion by phantisma. Giles/Angel. Post series. Giles has appetites he hasn't indulged, and the appearance of Angel, now fully human and still aching with a need for pennance, brings Giles a taste for power. Words: about 2 000.
*Grief, Written on Skin by Mireille. Giles/Wesley. Two ex-watchers mourn the Slayer. Words: about 3 500.
*Life is What Happens When You're Making Other Plans by wesleysgirl. Giles/Wesley. Human AU, Giles and Wesley in their cautious, repressed selves. Not a vampire in sight, but a great deal of bookbinding talk, which is utterly in character. Words: about 2 800.
====Polyamory and Other Pairings====
*Dead!Giles Series by thea_bromine. Giles/Spike/Wesley. Giles dies. But it's just a beginning of the story. Words: about 52 000.
*Into the Dark Age by Sadbhyl. Giles/Buffy/Ethan. Visiting London after her stay in Italy, Buffy makes a wish that takes her back in time. In this time, her boyfriend is Ethan Rayne, and his partner in crime Ripper seems to have a certain claim on her attention as well. Words: about 33 000.
*Learning to Be Flexible by brutti_ma_buoni. Giles/Illyria/Spike. Three non-teenagers stuck in the stronghold of the Slayerettes. They can't play gin rummy all the time... Can they?. Words: about 1 500.
*Lust at First Sight by feliciacraft. Giles/surprise. It was lust at first sight - Giles knew as soon as he set his eyes on her, all the way across the room. Words: about 600.
*Responsible Adults (aka, The Menageaverse) by Sadbhyl. Giles/Ethan/Joyce. Joyce Summers walked into a bar...and created an alternate universe. Words: about 309 000.
== Example Meta ==
*Giles and the "Wild Woman" by norwie2010. Thoughts about Giles, his role on the TV show and his relationship with different women. (2012)
*What Happens When Obi-Wan Doesn't Die by molly-may. On Giles' characterization in seasons 6 and 7 of BtVS. (2011) 
*A Watcher's Job: On Giles' Story in Season Eight by local_max. On Giles story arc in S8 of Buffy comics. (2010)
*"For the Greater Good": Giles in "Lies My Parents Told Me" by Trekker. A justification of one of Giles' most controversial actions.
===Ship Essays===
*Enemies Make the Best Friends by stakebait. Giles/Angel shipper's manifesto. (2004)
*Giles/Anya in Deep Focus by ljs. Giles/Anya shipper's manifesto. (2004)
*“The Perfect Thing” by jedi_penguin. Giles/Buffy shipper's manifesto. (2004)
*“We Go Back”: Rupert Giles and Ethan Rayne by Trekker. Giles/Ethan shipper's manifesto. (2004)
*"Feel the passion?" by regalish. Giles/Jenny shipper's manifesto. (2009)
*Our Lives Are Different Than Other People's by glossolalia. Giles/Oz shipper's manifesto. (2004)
*Giles and Spike: The Watcher and the Vampire by janedavitt. Giles/Spike shipper's manifesto. (2004)
*Who Watches the Watchers by lostgirlslair. Giles/Wesley shipper's manifesto. (2004)
*Love, Magic and "Spurty Knowledge": the Willow/Giles Pairing by gwynnega. Giles/Willow shipper's manifesto. (2004)
*The Mind and the Heart: A Giles/Xander Manifesto by stoptocheer. Giles/Xander shipper's manifesto. (2004)
*"The Earth is Doomed: The Core Four" by wisdomeagle. Buffy/Giles/Willow/Xander shipper's manifesto. (2005)
*When You Girls Are Older You'll Understand by sadbhyl. Joyce/Giles/Ethan shipper's manifesto. (2005)
== Example Fanart ==
*Giles and Jenny wearing matching sweaters by benonceandthefankettes. (2015)
*Teen!Giles by pulvis. (2014)
*Dawn AU: Young Dawn and Giles by onegirlinalltheworld, gifset. (2014)
*Before he was a Watcher he was Ripper by watsonprime. (2014)
*Buffy and Giles by Jack Flamel. (2014)
*The ‘Should Be’ Prom by enigmaticagentalice. Giles/Jenny AU (2013)
*The Slayer Slays, the Watcher... Watches? by eagling. (2013)
*Welcome to the Hellmouth by louisesaunders. (2012)
*Hobbit!Giles by smth_blue. (2010)
*Blue by sueworld. (2010)
== Example Art Gallery ==
File:Giveblood.jpg|Cover art from Give Blood #2 (2000)
File:Staked-3.jpg|Art from Staked Blake by Fliss Davies (2000)
File:Heartofdarknessinside2.jpg|Art from Heart of Darkness by Oshram (2001) 
== Archives ==
* Rupert Giles works on Ao3
* BuffyGiles.net a Buffy/Giles Archive
* of Demons and Destiny
* RIPOSTE
* No One Knows (Giles/Xander)
* Hairy Eyeball (Willow/Giles)
* Wish I Could Stay
==Fests and Communities==
*Summer of Giles
*Gilesficathon 2004
*Giles Shorts
==Newsletters==
*Giles Watchers
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