College days. Good times.

That's me in the back, the one sitting in the middle of the couch wearing glasses.

12 year-old Giles and self image

In the story I’m working on, the one where Giles is suddenly twelve, I use a number of different nicknames for him. His aunts call him Rupes. His mother calls him Roo. Even Faith calls him Giles.

This got me thinking that Giles isn’t a sixty year-old man in a sixty year-old body, he’s a sixty year-old man in a twelve year-old body. His self-image is going to take quite a beating. He is going to have to reinvent himself although probably not right away. I can see him hanging onto his old self-image tooth and nail before he finally realizes it isn’t working. That’s sort of fun although I really don't believe it'll be explored in the comics.

Rec: Decoys

Captain America story. Damn it's good. Decoys.
Summary: The serum makes Steve stronger, but not bigger. Instead of a superhero, he becomes a spy.
Line that says it all: Captain America means both more and less than it once did - it's secrets as well as heroism, lies mixed up with freedom.