#Rupert Giles

[tiredandoptimistic]

Crucial thing about Buffy Summers is that she would rather die than have a conversation. She doesn't want to get other people involved in her business if she can help it, and throughout the series we see her become increasingly self-reliant as she learns to trust in her own abilities as the Slayer. The downside to this is that it weakens her connection to her friends as she becomes convinced that they can't understand what she's going through. By the late seasons, Willow and Xander fit the same role relative to Buffy that Joyce did back in high school. To Buffy, it's not worth opening up to them if they'll never really get it. All she'd be doing is pushing her problems onto people who wouldn't be able to help. In addition, thanks to that self-reliance, she always thinks that she can solve everything on her own. She doesn't like to open up about her issues, meaning that her loved ones often don't find out that anything is wrong until it's too late for Buffy to handle it delicately. For instance, when Joyce finds out that Buffy is the Slayer in season two she has a lot of questions that Buffy doesn't have time to answer because the world is literally about to end. In a desperate attempt to keep Buffy from leaving Joyce threatens to kick her out of the house, which obviously wasn't something she should have said even though it wasn't sincere. By refusing to let her mother in on the details of her life until the last possible minute, Buffy put them both in a situation where she was forced to drop the information and run, leading her mother to hate the Slayer calling in season three. Joyce only gets a peak at Buffy's life when the supernatural gets so bad that it's completely out of Buffy's control, which leads to Joyce seeing Buffy's life as nothing but terrible. We see this especially with Angel. Buffy never tells Joyce anything about her relationship with Angel except for when he's evil and planning on killing her, which means that Joyce never trusts Angel even when he's a good guy genuinely trying to protect her.

Switching back to the late seasons; after Buffy comes back from the dead she feels unable to connect with anyone except Spike. She was obviously going through a whole depression in season six and I'm not going to say that she handled it wrong because frankly as long as she made it through alive she did everything right, but this lack of communication with her friends does cause some problems for her. We see in the musical episode Buffy is forced to finally tell the truth about what death was like and how depressed she's been feeling, and it absolutely crushes all of her friends. Not only does their friend find them responsible for her depression, but she also felt the need to lie to them about it because she thinks they'd rather see her as happy than honest. Buffy tries to protect her friends from her life rather than sharing it with them, so everyone ends up upset and isolated. For the next leg of the season she has the whole relationship with Spike going on that she doesn't tell anyone about, which once again means that no one finds out until it's so bad she can't control it. (This is paralleled with Willow's magic addiction in a way that's interesting but I'm not gonna talk about it right now). Xander gets angry at her for sleeping with Spike when we know he had a much more chill reaction back in season five when the Buffybot made everyone think Buffy was with Spike, showing that the circumstances of him finding out had a big impact on his reaction. If Buffy had been up front about the relationship rather than waiting for Spike to spill the beans mid-argument, her friends probably would have been more understanding. Instead, Xander only sees Spike as the guy who starts fights and tries to rape his friend. By season seven Xander and Dawn don't understand why Buffy wants to protect Spike, because she didn't want them to know about any of the relationship so they only got to see the worst of it. If she was willing to share the parts of Spike she found genuinely appealing, she wouldn't have been hiding the relationship in the first place. Instead, everyone else sees him as an irredeemable asshole and Buffy doesn't take their concerns seriously because she can take care of herself.

I think I'm running out of steam so this post is probably approaching its end, but yeah. I think it's super interesting how Buffy works on a "dude, just trust me" level, and you can see throughout the series that her bubble of trust shrinks dramatically. Her fundamental trait of not wanting to share her struggles stays consistent, but as she grows up and gains confidence and competence she ends up willing to let down her mask with fewer and fewer people. She's a uniquely powerful Slayer because of how she draws on the strength of her friends, but she hates that she has to do it and tries to lock them out of her life as soon as she reaches a point where she thinks she can handle it alone. Once things boil over she's always left with a situation that's far worse than if she'd just been upfront with everything, but despite that the people in her life still always support her unconditionally. Joyce welcomes her back into the house with open arms, Giles respects her renewed relationship with Angel, Xander agrees to let Spike live with him despite his concerns. Buffy has so much trouble accepting the love that constantly surrounds her, but it remains anyways.

[uss-genderprise]

yeah i turned all the main(ish) btvs characters into cats now too. what of it

[buffygiles]

buffy & giles per episode ↵ Enemies (3.17)

[sunnydalelibrarian]

Buffy Rewatch: Episodes 1-4

Episode 1: "Welcome to the Hellmouth"

I love how Buffy knows Willow's her girl right away

Regina George wishes she was as cool as Cordelia Chase tbh

Why is Xander kinda giving baby Chandler Bing??

That opening shot of the library feels like coming home <3

Oh, Giles looks so young!! They all do oh my god

I love how quickly Willow and Giles just clicked with each other as well

I forgot Giles worked for the British Museum, he's so me-coded I love him

"It's Sunnydale. How bad an evil can there be here?" Oh baby girl you have no idea

Ah yes, the "Rejection of the Call" stage of the Hero's Journey

Angel dude why are you just following her around like some creep?

"You're like a textbook with arms" once again, Giles is basically me

Oh my god I forgot how goofy looking the master was!

Episode 2: "The Harvest"

Giles really said "well, these kids are in it now, might as well loop them in" - my man breaking the Watchers' Council rules from day one

His little smile when Willow says she hacked the city council system, like "I should not be encouraging this but well done child"

Angel is kinda giving Angelus attitude in these episodes with the whole snarky aloof thing

"Tonight I shall walk the earth and the stars themselves will hide" is actually such a fucking incredible line

"You listen to me. Jesse is dead. You have to remember that. When you see him, you're not looking at your friend: you're looking at the thing that killed him." Oof Giles, way to get the point across

"The earth is doomed." Oh Giles I love you so much

Episode 3: "Witch"

The fact that everyone else is like oh, yeah, she got set on fire, that's a totally normal thing that happens in this totally normal town!

Also that "Amy" told Buffy how abusive and cruel her mom was, and then we find out that they actually switched months ago and it was her mom all along, indicating that Mrs Madison knew exactly how horrible she was to her daughter and didn't care

Oh Amy was such a sweetheart before she was a literal rat

Episode 4: "Teacher's Pet"

I forgot how sweet that science teacher was 🥺

"Wasn't here, didn't see it, couldn't have stopped you" - one of my favourite lines of all time

"Frankly, madam, I haven't the faintest idea what time it is nor do I care, now unlock his cell, unstrap him, and bring him to the telephone immediately. This is a matter of life and death." Help why is Giles so funny??

I also forgot how campy the mantis lady looked, I can't take this seriously. I'm sorry Xander, I know you're in trouble but oh my god.

[rockchick75]

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[buffysummers]

Buffy quotes that live rent-free in my head 3/?

[dailybtvs]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.08 — "Shadow"

[randomscreensjots]

This episode was gold

[douglasbradburyverne]

Buffy the Vampire Slayers (1997 to 2003), Behind the Scenes photos

[clarkgriffon]

RUPERT GILES + text posts

[laufeysons]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER REWATCH -> Band Candy (3.06)

[paperpuzzles]

If Buffy the Vampire Slayer was made now

Tinder episode where Buffy meets up with a guy from a dating app and he turns out to be a literal monster

Dawn and Spike swindling various demons to get money for Eras Tour tickets

Bisexual Xander

Lesbian Faith

420 episode where the scoobies think Giles is under some kind of spell but turns out he just accidentally ate Spike’s edibles

SUPERNATURAL CROSSOVER EPISODE

Endless “slay” jokes

Willow in a constant online battle with internet trolls that are actual trolls

Buffy and Faith being in love and secretly hooking up throughout season 3

Riley becoming a podcast bro

Festival episode where the scoobies go to Coachella and Ethan Rayne (disguised as a hippie) is up to some new magical fuckery

An influencer is chosen to be a slayer after Faith briefly dies and tries to be an “influenslayer”

Feel free to add more ⬇️

[andyoullhearitagain]

[whatisyourchildhoodtrauma]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 1.12 “Prophecy Girl”

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[tubesock86]

the scoobies (plus faith and spike)