Giles/Oz: An OTP
Kate Bolin
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Giles
- Watcher
- Occasional Librarian
- Mid-40s
- British
- Occasionally tortured
- Occasionally dark
- Sexy
Oz
- Werewolf
- Occasional Musician
- Early-20s
- Californian
- Occasionally tortured
- Occasionally dark
- Sexy
Giles/Oz
- Clever
- Classy
- Mellow
- Occasionally tortured
- Occasionally dark
- SEXY
Proof!
“He'll be a little sore in the morning,
but... he'll be Oz.”
Giles, ‘Phases’
Proof!
“Some quality treats here, Giles.”
Oz, ‘Fear Itself’
Proof!
“Um...You're cutting it a bit close."
“Yeah, well, you know me.”
Giles and Oz, ‘The Zeppo’
Proof!
“Don't scoff, gang.
I've seen Giles' collection.
He was an animal in his day.”
Oz, ‘Wild At Heart’
Proof!
“Either I'm borrowing all your albums
or I'm moving in.”
Oz, ‘The Harsh Light of Day’
Why?
He declares his love
and polishes his glasses.
"Oh," he says softly.
Why?
- Small fandom!
- Small collection of writers
- Lots of room for innovation
- Smaller amount of rubbish
- Cheap!
- Spike/Angel = 7 seasons of ‘Buffy’, 1 season of ‘Angel’
- Giles/Xander = 7 seasons of ‘Buffy’
- Giles/Oz = 3 seasons of ‘Buffy’
- More like 1½!
- Easy!
- Mellow
- Polite
- Intellectual
Why?
Our pre-existing AU — ‘The Wish’!
Examples!
-
“Something in Giles that was lost every time Oz got
up to dress and disappear, born again in the flesh
every time he came back.”
‘Moonlight And Van Helsing’ by Hth -
“Two boys, two guitars, and the twenty-five
years difference seems like nothing at all.”
‘Life During Wartime’ by Kate Bolin -
“Hours of meditation felt exactly the same as
Giles' hands over his, stretching for a moment
both transient and carefully constructed...
exactly like E-flat, diminished ninth.”
‘Silver Rocket’ by Ins -
“‘Once upon a time there was a middle age librarian.’
Oz murmured. ‘Who sat around and thought all the time
about lots of different and important things. Until
he met a quiet boy who taught him that sometimes it's
better to just sit around. And even better to sit
on each other. They lived happily ever after.’”
‘A Homecoming’ by Vera
Examples!
Examples!
Examples!
Now where do I go?
The Final Reason?
Giles
The Final Reason?
Giles
+ Oz
The Final Reason?
Giles
+ Oz
= GO
Now...
GO!
Footnote:
Why GO? And not “Giz” or “Oiles”?
Because: