Why is Giles having his texts scanned?

[dragonyphoenix]

In the eight episode -  i, robot ... you, jane - why is Giles having his texts scanned? Jenny makes some comment about an index and a database but Giles hasn't gone near it. Given how much of a Luddite Giles is, the database is obviously not for him. He has no interest in using it at all.

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[devo79.livejournal.com]

Plot device.

Pure and simple *shrugs*

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Well yeah, I know that. Thing is, I'm writing a season 1 fanfic and I wanted an actual justification.

[devo79.livejournal.com]

Well, around this time schools started getting scanners. And public libraries started scanning those books that were of national importance (at least in Denmark).

I'm assuming that Giles had some very rare books. I don't remember if the books are being scanned for the school or maybe the watchers? If for the watchers it might be done to make the rarest books available to watchers around the world through some kind of database.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I had actually thought it could be a Council move, scanning rare books. And wouldn't it be just like them to make Giles organize that for his own books, on top of taking care of the Slayer, rather than sending in a team to handle it for him. ;-)

[devo79.livejournal.com]

Could it be that someone in the council wanted things to go badly for Giles and asked for that specific book to be scanned?

If they knew things would go to hell, they would have expected the situation to make Giles look like he couldn't handle his job as a watcher.

Maybe someone wanted to push Giles out of the way so they could get his job or maybe get better control of the slayer.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Oh my Goddess! That is an awesome idea. Giles is the big bad in this story so it could even be someone in the Council who has been hurt by Giles' machinations and/or who suspects Giles is up to no good.

Awesome, awesome, awesome.

Thanks!

[devo79.livejournal.com]

Or maybe the bad guy was a jilted lover... a secret male lover *wriggles eyebrows*

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

I like it, but I'm liking the other scenarios better because they will make my plot richer. Besides there will be some Ethan/Giles going on later and with Ethan as a jilted lover.