__Welcome__

Welcome to RIPOSTE, the 'Mirror' archive for the Watchergirls Yahoo Group, made specifically for the use and benefit of the members of that group. We hope you will enjoy this showcase of the writing talent that has passed through Watchergirls since it was born in April 1999.  Please go to the updates page for the most recently added fic.

What is Watchergirls? It's a mailing list for fans of the two Watchers from the Buffyverse and Angelverse, Rupert Giles and Wesley Wyndham-Pryce. It was born in April 1999, the brainchild of Brenda Cunningham AKA Jae Kayelle, and K.V. 'Kim' Wylie. One or both of these lovely ladies owned and moderated Watchergirls until early 2001 when the ownership passed to the incredible Gail Christison.  Gail moderated and cultivated the list and with her daughter, Greyangel, conceived the notion for this archive to enhance and preserve the wonderful fanfic shared at WatcherGirls.  With Greyangel's creative and incredible design capabilities, the creation of Riposte began.  Karesia shortly joined Greyangel and Gail in archiving all the back fanfic and when Greyangel moved on to Real Life projects, Gail teamed with Karesia to keep the archive going.  In June 2006, real life and a pull back to having some time to be creative herself took hold and Gail felt it was time to pass ownership once again.  Gileswench and Karesia then became co-owners of WatcherGirls and Karesia, who had already been involved in the archive, took over ownership of Riposte.  They strive to continue to cultivate a place where Giles and Wesley fans will continue to discuss and create fanfic for many years to come.

What is Riposte? It is not an open archive. The purpose of Riposte is to preserve all of the fan fiction found in the Watchergirls archive to prevent it being lost should Yahoo suddenly decide to bring the allocated archive space for old Yahoo groups into line with the new ones. Therefore it will only contain stories that have been posted to the Watchergirls list.

You will find everything, from postcard fic to epic stories, and some that are not finished; even some that no longer fall within the Watchergirls guidelines. If the fiction was ever posted on Watchergirls, it will be here.

Hopefully you will have a lot of fun rediscovering classic fiction of old; finding things you thought you'd never see again, or work by authors you like that you've never read before.

You will find on the author's pages, wherever possible, the basic headers for the stories as they were posted to Watchergirls, so please be aware that some email addresses and URLs referred to in these may be rather out of date now.  Also, other archivists please remember that you *must* ask the authors before you archive any of the material on this site. Where possible we have endeavoured to update email addresses, even on the oldest stories, so that feedback may be sent, and archivists may seek permission from the authors before archiving their work elsewhere.

For those under the age of 18, please either turn back now or use the ratings on the fiction to avoid those which are unsuitable.