Hal-1500

Purveyor of fics over on AO3 as HAL1500 - (almost!) all Buffy, mostly Calendiles. May actually be some sort of squirrel collective with delusions of grandeur, stacked inside a plaid shirt.

[mmhhch]

not even like plotbunny, more like a general wish for a story where giles is terribly and gravely (and magically) sick so in order to save him from dying ethan's help is needed so ethan and jenny have to work together..... XD

[automatonwithautonomy]

greatest dynamic in the world IS strange, eccentric asshole and their normal and polite friend who on closer inspection is actually worse in deeply weird and unexpected ways

[buffycaps]

nicki jenny calendar’s one-episode journey from ‘fuck that old man’ to ‘i’m gonna fuck that old man’

@gifevents: From Script to Screen Day 4 - Action lines

I, Robot… You, Jane screenplay by Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden

[supergraphicultrasupersonicwoman]

[mmhhch]

on discord, @carryingstarlightinherwake suggested giles in this cardigan and i was happy to oblige

[pukiirice]

All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.

[yarboyandy2]

How I think Giles and Genny sleep at night

[rutobuka2]

I wanted to draw the LOTR gang as gamer boys 🎮

[soupy-soul0]

my favourite power couple (but like, they aren't that powerful)

Jenny and Rupert, Giles and Calendar. Jupert. Runny? Caliles...Gilendar? Ok I've looked it up, apparently is calendiles. Idk how I feel about it.

OK ALSO IM ONLY ON S2 EP 5 SO IF ANY OF YOU SPOIL THIS FOR ME

Baby girl Giles and his hot wife

Special mention to Phil Lester for sparking the hyper fixations in the next generation, you're a real one <33

[no-resolution]

Xander: *speaks*

Giles:

[shiftythrifting]

[ernilipherrianath]

I just want to see Merry and Pippin hanging out with their faves Eowyn and Faramir.

Merry is Eowyn's number one fan. Like he is so chivalry pilled about her. That is his Lady. She is badass and beautiful.

Meanwhile Pippin and Faramir are swapping Boromir stories while Pippin introduces Faramir to pipeweed.

Also never gonna be over Pippin literally naming his son after Faramir. Would love to see post-canon Faramir meeting his TINY namesake.

[emilybeemartin]

You may have already spoken on this, but what Is your favorite Doomed moment/factor for our boy?

Is it the tragedy of it all, is it Boromir’s contributions to dooming himself, his being raised to die for his country, or anything else not listed?

(Also, congratulations on the manuscript! Interaction with the publishing industry as an observer is exhausting, I can’t image the amount of work you’ve put into it. You’re one of my favorite writer-illustrators that I know of, and I’m so glad you put your stuff into the world)

Thank you thank you! That’s very kind!

There are so many great doomed factors for Boromir, but lately I’ve been really loving the fact that the Valar super duper wanted Faramir, not Boromir. Faramir was supposed to be the one to go to Rivendell, recognize the legitimacy of Aragorn, and bring him back to gracefully install him on the throne of Gondor. Boromir was supposed to stay behind and continue defending against the onslaught of Mordor. It’s what they each were cut out for.

And it’s all down to that one tiny line at the Council, “For on the eve of the sudden assault a dream came to my brother in a troubled sleep; and afterwards a like dream came oft to him again, and once to me.” Maybe it’s because I’ve been deep in writing mechanics lately, but I love that Tolkien made this choice—I love that he purposefully let this mistake be made. He could have easily left Faramir out of the equation and only sent the dream to Boromir, making Boromir more of a plot device, somebody to contrast Aragorn, provide opportunities for history- and world-building, and underline the Fellowships’ dire stakes via his death. But by sending the dream multiple times to Faramir and only once to Boromir, Tolkien tells us so much about these two characters, their relationship to each other, their roles in their country, and their specific tragedies. Boromir and Faramir never actually interact on the page, and yet it shows us this immense emotional thread connecting them together and to the greater story. It also brings a beautiful, tragic, mortal messiness to Aragorn’s coronation. Things didn't happen the way they were supposed to happen! Victory was achieved, but at needless cost! I don’t know man, it’s so subtle and so effective. I love it.

Here, I drew a picture:

[mysarcasticgreencrayon]

Yes!! This is such a good point.

And the drawing is so great 😃

[pentapoda]

Every time someone comments on my old fic, i feel like I'm an old actor getting paid residuals. Appreciate you, old-fic-commenters. Key source of emotional income, tbh.

[impishglee]

the buffy giles dynamic is very insane to me. its so much. thats his favorite sacrificial lamb that he doesnt want to sacrificed but he raised her too well for the sacrifice.

[guiltfactory]

he's like if a father figure was a sex toy

[reginasphalanges]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1.02 — The Harvest