Giles Stays by Coraxes +5
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Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 6
Characters: Giles
Summary:

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The Setup:  Giles doesn't leave in S6. He realizes that Buffy needs a stable adult in her life at the moment and sticks around.

How does his continued presence affect Buffy? How does he change the way the rest of the Scoobies deal with their personal demons? With a grown-ass adult to talk to, does Buffy take out less of her problems on Spike? Does Giles magically know a Slayer-friendly therapist who Buffy could talk to?

Would love lots of Giles-Buffy bonding, maybe Giles-Spike bonding, and perhaps examination of Giles's own issues--why did he want to leave in the first place? Was it really because he thought he was in the way? Was he just afraid to lose his Slayer again?

I would prefer that Giles didn't single-handedly solve all Buffy's (+ the Scoobies') problems, but rather gave her the tools she needed to figure out her own life--helping her find a not-terrible job rather than handing her a ton of money, etc.

Must Not Have:

  • Character-bashing, especially Scooby-bashing
  • Claim/marriage/pregnancy