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ABH'S

You and the ASHBLF of your choice get stuck in one of those tight... breathless... enclosed spaces... how do you ward off claustrophobia?? Do you get out? Do you want to get out?

Happy Easter! And may your favorite ASH Based Life Form knock at your door this evening in a bunny suit and ask you to stroke his fur and scratch behind his ears!

(Oliver in a bunny suit... now there's an image!)

Try Norm Pitlock in a bunny suit for an image

Or Frank in bunny attire (would fur suit him?)

And could Adam pull a rabbit out of his hat?

And would a librarian wear fur and ears?

I sense a ash-fic challenge forming. Can someone write an outrageous story involving an ASHBLF and a bunny suit, or is that just too weird to even "go there"?

It's a wacky wacky world, if you can't beat them, join them and write an epic about them. ;)

If you could conjur any ASHBLF, who would it be? And what would you do when you got him? What would his reaction be to suddenly finding himself materializing in your room? ABH anyone?

Episodes

Arkin [9/22/00]

About Helpless... everyone always writes about Buffy and Giles after the episode, and after Quentin leaves. Why doesn't anyone ever write about how they got to the library when they were done fighting with everyone? They weren't beamed over. Giles had to bring Buffy there. How about someone write that?

Andrea Toth [1/6/00]

Here is the challenge: "Feeling unneeded by Buffy and rest of the gang, Giles turns to the least likely person, Ethan." Write a fic based on this quote. For all Giles 'shippers. (Spoiler [quote] was taken from Much Ado About Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Holidays

Gibberish [1/2/00]

A New Year's challenge. Our merry little band of Scoobies go to a New Year's party. Spiked punch. You know the rest. Oz or no Oz, your call, but for obvious reasons our lovely Giles, or Ripper must be there. And Wesley wouldn't hurt.

Find some way to get the aforementioned lovely Giles on stage, in a band situation, preferably singing. I don't care how or why. Also, black leather pants aren't *necessary*, but they are highly recommended. If only because Buffy would have a heart attack. Not for, you know, imaginations to go wild or anything, no, no, of course not.[BG]

Miscellaneous

"Sexy Saucy Studly Sorcerers" Challenge

Well, there have fictions with the "stripping theme" written before, but this title simply cries fan fiction. As I made the original statement, I'm going to issue the challenge and heck, I might even write a story of my own!

Here's the challenge...

The Phrase: "Sexy Saucy Studly Sorcerers" has to be used somewhere within the story. The Pal: Giles former friend, demon raising orgy pal, Ethan Rayne, has to be in the story.
The Piece of Clothing: Cape, I don't why, it just sounds silly.
The Loose-Plot: Someone in the scooby gang finds out how Giles has been making money.
The Evil: Do something bad to Riley, I don't like 'em. He's a wanker.
Shipper-ness: I like the B/Gness & G/Wness... heck, go crazy!

I'm sure by now that everyone has seen or at least heard about Giles' tan, that leads to my challenge...

One or more of the scoobies learn about a secluded nude beach near Sunnydale and they talk the others (or some of the others) into going and guess who they run into...

The idea that keeps bumping on my head is about Giles and Highlander. I'd like to read a story in which Giles discovers he's dead under Angelus' torture and he has recoreved from that... and he keeps healing from wounds would have killed him since that first moment. (If it also happens that someone loses his head and Giles takes the feedback, even better).

From there It would be nice to develop a romance between a new Immortal in training (who knows a lot about swords but has to learn to deal with his new status) and the slayer.

My idea is that for some reason Giles gets extremely drunk at a bar someplace and wakes up the next day with any member of the Buffy cast whose body is hidden by the bed-sheets. The story would revolve around him trying to remember what he did and who he brought home before plucking up the courage to pull the sheets back and then his reaction on seeing who it is.

It could be called something like 'The Morning After'

Fic Challenge: "Tall, Dark and Naked Man" Here's the challenge. Use the line below in a fan fiction. I'm a hussy for a Shipper story. B/G, W/G, C/G, A/G heck even Joyce! Or something utterly silly. Whatever your creative minds offer up, I'd adore it.

"We're rescuing you from the tall, dark and naked man!"

In case you're wondering, yes the line is from the program "Charmed" another WB program. I know, I know if we believe everything on tv then the secret to good witchcraft is skimpy tank tops and midriff T-shirts...however, that one particular line from an episode that re-aired this evening lead me to thoughts of a naughty nature, thus issuing a challenge.

Oh, and yes, Giles should be the naked guy. ;)

GilesNaughty now has 300 members. Wooo Hoooo! Phweeet! Phweeet! The challenge is very simple. Write a fic featuring Giles. It has to be 300 words in length. Make Trich proud. :-)

For those of you accept the challenge; Write a fic that starts with the Slayerette of your choice kissing Giles for no apparent reason. That's how the fic should start. Then explain why, and how things go from there. By all means, make as silly as necessary. I think we could all use some frivolity.

I have a challenge for my fic-writing NAUGHTY siblings:

Giles is handcuffed to his bed. One, or all (or any combination) of the Scooby-gang (includes Spike) or Slayer find him. Did I mention that he should be quite naked?

What will the finder of this treasure do? How did poor Giles end up in that way? Who cuffed him and left him?

My challenge is this. Write something which will make me smile, laugh (preferably not crying in a bad way). Something about one the characters suffering from insomnia and good old Giles coming to the rescue. Any rating of fic will do.

The Pink Floyd Challenge

Ok, this is a relatively easy challenge. It involves this pic:

You must answer the question "Who/what is Giles looking at?" and the song "Hey You" by Pink Floyd in any shape or form. It can be mentioned in passing, discussed at length or heard over the radio, etc. This is open to all shippers.

[Note: Hey You Lyrics can be found here: http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/ptr/pfloyd/songs/pulse.html. Just scroll down until you see "Hey You" in bold.]

My dark and broody little brain has been at work again, and now I have a Fic Challenge for all you talented writers. However, rather than tell you, my challenge is of the *visual* sort. Follow this link to a fake photo, and hopefully it will inspire you to write.
LINK CURRENTLY DOWN. WILL BE RESTORED AS SOON AS IT IS LOCATED.

Write a fic involving a couple that you don't normally write. An example is..if you write B/G, then try to write say W/G or C/G...

OK, I have a challenge for all you talented writers out there. You know how Giles is always dressed in layers and layers of clothes. I'm sure tweed is hot.

The challenge: Sunnydale is suffering from a heatwave. The Scooby Gang, etc are worried about Giles suffering from a heat stroke from wearing all that tweed. How does ____ (fill in the blank with your favorite pairing with Giles, Buffy, Willow, Joyce, Cordelia, Xander, Oz, Angel, heck even Ethan [EG] or make it an ABH) get Giles out of the tweed into something (or nothing) a little more conducive to hot weather?

This is the challenge:

Use the following lyrics in a fic about our favorite watcher Rupert Giles.

I Like To Watch by Prozzac [Lyrics]

You have procrastinated on a major assignment/project/important work -- and are at your wits end. Will a certain British librarian be able to provide the right, [ahem], inspiration? ;)

A Giles hug _would_ be nice. [dreamy sigh]

And for all of you naughty members, be as naughty as you dare! Perhaps Giles feels the need to punish the procrastinator for not taking their academic responsibilities seriously? Yikes. ;)

Pretend Sunnydale has been real hectic as of late (which it has) and pretend that everyone is losing it to stress, (which they seem to be). Now, of course, Giles being the man he is (oh, what a man) decides to plan another camping trip, for stress release, training, or whatever . . . Who does he take? Where do they go? What happens? What kind of trouble follows? Now if I answered that, I would be writing the story.

My challenge is get our man Giles in the wilderness with a bunch of crazy teens and a stiff, green watcher (Wesley) and let the games commence.

Please, make it as crazy as you want.

ASH shot an episode of the sitcom "Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place" and in his own words (relayed through TV guide) he appeared naked except for the stratigic placing of a vase. SO, I challenge you all thusly.

Giles is in the library naked. Why? Well I don't know, a funny incident that you're not going to get into? A funny incident that you will get into in loving detail? He just does that everyonce in a while cause it makes him feel all manly?

Someone finds him there. Who? Snyder? Jenny's ghost? A girl scout troop? You tell me.

The only thing between him and full disclosure is a well (or in our perspective inopportunely) placed vase. What does the person who finds him do? How do they react? Don't be afraid to be silly, smutty, angsty, heck, all three if you can manage it. Give us a fun ride people. This IS a spectator sport. Give us a spectacle

Here I am watching The Full Monty -- again -- and a thought struggled to the surface. What if the Boys of Sunnydale were persuaded to put on a strip show for, let's say, the Girls of Sunnydale? (And us, too, of course.) Can't seem to get past the image in my head of them -- with Giles right smack in the center of the lineup -- to go any further with this for some reason. Anybody else have any ideas? Ramblings, musings, fics? Nudge. Prod. Hint. :)

Giles 'Ships

Linda B. [10/19/00]

Ok, this is a first for me. I'm offering up a paragraph for the taking, for anyone to write any kind of story with it. My only condition is, it has to be Angel/Giles centered. (Naturally!) ;) I wrote this a few weeks ago, and its just not going anywhere. It pretty dark, (that just ... happens) but doesn't have to stay that way, or maybe it does...I'm not sure. So, here ya are! Have fun!

I'm thinking about that night again. No one is here, so it's ok. At least, I like to think that. I suppose I have to, because when I dwell in the memories of his screams, his blood, I am consumed by what I am, and can not escape that knowledge for anything. It would end up rather badly, if I allowed such thoughts in my friends' presence. Badly. I relive each anguished cry as if it happened ... yesterday.

Cindy B. [9/14/00]

I'm sure by now everyone has seen "This Year's Girl" the Faith/Buffy switch, so my idea was how about This Year's Man. A Giles/Riley switch. Would Giles take the chance to be with Buffy? Would Buffy realize it was Giles? Would anyone else? So Pleeeease would somebody write this. It could be long or short. Funny or dramatic. I don't really care as long as it's not sad.

What if Little Miss Buffy really had her comfort zone of Giles threatened by STARDOM? They aren't that far from LA. What if a record exec was passing through town, stopped for some expresso, saw our boy singing and offered him a contract on the spot?

What if Buffy was there when it happens? Listening to this ultra cool music business guy praising Giles before her for his voice, his sexual quality, etc. Could it be his words will take Buffy's blinders off? Would she be panicked at the thought Giles would leave her for the good life and never look back? Could the exec try to dress Giles for the Rock Star part and Buffy gets to come along? What will Giles decide?

Even "creeped out" Xander called Giles a "God of Accoustic Rock". In the words of Picard, Make it so!

The challenge is fairly simple. Giles disappears for a few days, the others are worried, think he's been turned into a vampire. When he returns home Buffy attacks him. He fights her off and proves he's human. He tells her logically she was right, but he's hurt that she couldn't kill Angel(us) or AU Willow [Doppelgangland], but she could easily kill him. And from there make it as angsty as you want.

Write a fic where Buffy and Giles are captured by the Council and totally isolated from others (no phone, no radio/TV, no internet...). Whether you place them in a nice apartment or a small and dirty cave is up to you, but the space they have should be limited. They should have everything they need to survive (physically), but only each other to talk to/seek comfort/attack. B/G Shippiness is a must, their rescue not (although I would certainly prefer a happy ending).

[Edited for clarity]

The "A New Man" B/G Shipper Frog Prince Challenge

Start from the following passage:

Buffy pinned the demon to the ground. "This is for Giles!" She raised her stake high over her head, ready to eradicate the creature that had taken her Watcher from her. The demon's eyes grew wide with fear, anticipating the blow. 'Such strange eyes. Sea-foam green with patch of amber. And they look so sad.' Realization flooded Buffy's mind. "Giles?" The demon smiled and a single tear trickled down it's cheek. "Oh Giles! I thought you were dead!"

She dropped the stake. Leaning forward she took hold of his horns, brought his head up to meet hers, and kissed him. The demonic visage that had hidden him from her melted away, leaving the Giles she had mourned in its place. She pulled away and smiled upon seeing him. "You're you again!"

"Yes," he smiled, "Your kiss broke the spell."

Now finish it :) Remember, at this point, she is sitting atop one very sexy man she never thought she'd see again, and he's only wearing black silk pajama pants. And since we're doing revisionist history, Riley and Ethan aren't necessarily in the room. Go anywhere you want with it.

Two of the same kind of demons Buffy encountered in Earshot, are in Sunnydale. Buffy this time knows what to expect and brings Willow a demon heart to prepare the cure. But instead of drinking it immediately she decides to use her new power (of reading other people's thoughts) to learn more about what her friends think. How will she deal when she finds out that Giles is in love with her?

Buffy is about to have sex with Riley for the first time. Seemingly out of nowhere she thinks of Giles. Whether she goes through with it (the sex) is up to you, but Buffy should re-evalute her feelings for Giles after this event.

So here's my challenge, offered to you with the generous permission of WorstWitch:
Write an unofficial sequel to "Passage", set in the fourth season sometime after "Pangs", in which either Buffy or Giles decides to break that silence. Perhaps Buffy reacts to seeing Angel again, or to her unsatisfactory 'relationship' with Parker, or to seeing Giles with Olivia. Perhaps Giles comes to the realization that the inexperienced girl he once knew has now become a beautiful young woman. Perhaps Buffy gets tipsy and blurts something out to Willow...or Riley! You decide! Remember, all other events in the Buffyverse took place just as they did on the show, except that Angel wasn't Buffy's first.

Okay, I was surfing the net and I found this shot at The Buffy Cross and Stake:

Now, I do like Riley halfway decently (though not with Buffy), but this picture screamed cry for help to me. Tell the tale of Riley and Buffy going to get this shot taken. Riley is obviously quite happy. Buffy is quite obviously thinking about something...or *someone* else. Say perhaps a certain dashing ex-Watcher man named Giles? Buffy and Giles must end up together, but then I guess that's a big old duh now isn't it :)

[Edited for clarity]

Liz [9/20/99]

-Have at least 3 unconventional pairings. Doesn't really have to be a pairing, can be more than 2 people in one occasion.

-A scene with Ethan in a hospital bed and Giles forgives him for past wrongs. Smut ensues. But not a deathbed or anything, just minor. I want a happy end.

-Include at least 5 or more of the following:
-A Teletubbie
-An IV cord used in an original, non-conventional way
-A 'best of Motley Crue' tape
-A black dress that clashes with red shoes
-A silver spoon
-Harley Davidson aftershave
-Pink spray paint
-A mention of fake silicon boobs and Barbie Dolls
-A dream/hallicunation inspired by a Mentos commerical
-Someone uses a Hebrew/English dictionary
-A Conversation with 2 quotes from Hamlet in it
-2 or more strawberry lollipops
-Spike saying "It's a big cock. I can't wait to tell my friends. They don't have a cock this big."

The fic has to be cute.

Gunbunny [6/12/99]

Heh. All this talk about Band Candy has just sparked a sudden need. As Ann Berry said, forget Joyce. Let's see a Jenny/Giles Band Candy effects fic.

You gotta include the leather jacket and the 'that's not where I dangle it' ornament. Oh, and as much teen hell-raising as possible.

Andrea Toth [5/1/00]

Okay..basic challenge...take the scene at the Espresso Pump ["Where the Wild Things Are"], where Willow admits she had a crush on Giles and called him 'sexy', and write the consequences..

Did Willow mention to Giles how good he was? Could Giles see Willow's reaction from where he was? Does this change at all their relationship? C'mon, people write!!!

Just wanted to issue a little challenge to commerate Strange Brew's 10,000th hit. Thanks to all who have contributed and supported the site.

Here it is: Write a W/G fic using the lyrics to 'Strange Brew' by Cream.

Strange Brew
by Eric Clapton, Felix Pappalardi and Gail Collins

Strange brew -- killing what's inside of you.

She's a witch of trouble in electric blue,
In her own mad mind she's in love with you.
With you.
Now what you gonna do?
Strange brew -- killing what's inside of you.

She's some kind of demon messing in the glue.
If you don't watch out it'll stick to you.
To you.
What kind of fool are you?
Strange brew -- killing what's inside of you.

On a boat in the middle of a raging sea,
She would make a scene for it all to be
Ignored.
And wouldn't you be bored?
Strange brew -- killing what's inside of you.

Strange brew, strange brew, strange brew, strange brew.
Strange brew -- killing what's inside of you.

The Under Challenge

Use 10 words or phrases that begin with the word 'Under'. Some examples are ...'underwear', 'under the bridge', 'Under the Boardwalk..'

The fic must be either Willow/Giles or Willow/Giles/Ethan.

Gabriele Schulz [1/18/00]

With Buffy run away, Xander tries to find a way to cheer up the desperate Giles. (post-Becoming, pre-Anne).