Help needed!

[estepheia]

Okay guys, you have to help me out and jog my memory. What are the best examples of Buffy improvising und thereby defeating the evil monster-of-the-week? I am thinking stuff like turning a pool cue into a stake or using the pumpkin patch sign post.

Give me your favourite example. Preferably examples, where Giles is present. :-)

And yes, I need the input for a fic. I am very close to posting the next installment of Broken English.

I've had a very busy week, with no less than three Christmas parties to attend. Plus I had to go shopping with my little sweeties, to help them get their own Xmas shopping done. I therefore had very little time for myself or for writing, but I spent it dilligently on Broken English... So, pretty please, help me out. *makes puppy eyes*

Comments

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

Two Words: Rocket Launcher. ::grin::

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Hee, that was fast! Good one!!!

[herself_nyc]

The whole thing in the cruciamentum ep was her improvising.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Right! Thanks for reminding me.

[spiralleds.livejournal.com]

Late season three I think she uses one of her #2 pencils to kill a newly risen vamp as she and Giles are studying for her SATs. And then claims since the pencil's broken that she can't study anymore.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

goody. I can use that! Thanks.

[spiralleds.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

Ooh, didn't she use a cymbal like a frisbee in the Bronze to decapitate a vampire? It was in (I think) Welcome to the Hellmouth part 2.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. Thanks.
We are currently watching S2 with the kids. What a great show. Well worth watching again.

Anyway, I ended up with this paragraph:

Giles tries to focus on the problem at hand. Improvisation isn’t his strong suit, but for seven years he’s watched Buffy stab vampires with pool cues, pencils, fences and sign posts in lieu of stakes; he’s watched her use rocket launchers and holy water, heard her order the buffybot into battle as a decoy; he’s even seen her turn a notorious vampire into an ally. These seven years have taught him one thing: in order to survive Slayers have to work with what fate puts their way. Surely, the same goes for Watchers.

[spiralleds.livejournal.com]

:: claps:: I like. Sounds so Gilesy. Can't see where it leads.

[kenyacandoit.livejournal.com]

How about when she used the surgical saw to cut off that vamp's head when Joyce was in the morgue?

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

eek. Yes, good example, but wrong vibe for the story. Still, thank you very much for the input.
It's good to remember these things.

[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

The handbag with the cinderblock in it, used for bag fu in S7, "Lessons" -- although as I recall, it was Dawn who came up with that one.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

bag fu. Hee. Yup that was great.
Thank you for the input!!!