Probably my all-time favorite 'ship, just by the length of time I spent 'shipping it, is Buffy/Giles from Buffy. I know, I know. It's not even canon. Buffy the show was such a HUGE obsession for me for so many years.
I sort of fell into Buffy/Giles by accident. Giles was my favorite character, and I wanted to read more Giles fanfiction, and there's just not a whole lot of Giles-centric gen out there. So I started reading different 'ships, and the one that I took to was B/G.
I think I like them because (in the fanfiction, at least) Giles is the only person who can really, truly understand Buffy, and vice versa - both of them have the weight of destiny on them. Obviously, Buffy is probably stronger than Giles, but then again Giles can probably outwit Buffy. So they sort of complement each other. This is not to say that Giles is a total wimp or that Buffy is completely stupid; obviously not - it's just that they have different strengths.
Also I think there's this sense that Giles is maybe one of the only people who truly has Buffy's best interests at heart. He would sacrifice his very life for her, if it came down to it.
Canon-wise, the moment that all B/G 'shippers point to is in "The Prom". Giles has just finished Wesley that he should get over himself - that Cordelia is an adult now, and that Wesley should ask her to dance. Immediately after this, he seeks out Buffy, and goes to talk with her. (This is as close to canonical as our 'ship gets). (Then, of course, Angel shows up and ruins any chance of a B/G moment *fistshake*).
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Date: 2011-01-15 06:51 pm (UTC)I sort of fell into Buffy/Giles by accident. Giles was my favorite character, and I wanted to read more Giles fanfiction, and there's just not a whole lot of Giles-centric gen out there. So I started reading different 'ships, and the one that I took to was B/G.
I think I like them because (in the fanfiction, at least) Giles is the only person who can really, truly understand Buffy, and vice versa - both of them have the weight of destiny on them. Obviously, Buffy is probably stronger than Giles, but then again Giles can probably outwit Buffy. So they sort of complement each other. This is not to say that Giles is a total wimp or that Buffy is completely stupid; obviously not - it's just that they have different strengths.
Also I think there's this sense that Giles is maybe one of the only people who truly has Buffy's best interests at heart. He would sacrifice his very life for her, if it came down to it.
Canon-wise, the moment that all B/G 'shippers point to is in "The Prom". Giles has just finished Wesley that he should get over himself - that Cordelia is an adult now, and that Wesley should ask her to dance. Immediately after this, he seeks out Buffy, and goes to talk with her. (This is as close to canonical as our 'ship gets). (Then, of course, Angel shows up and ruins any chance of a B/G moment *fistshake*).