gloufiz

[gloufiz]

Thanks for the tag @misting-moors !

9 books I hope to read in 2025... hm. I'll do you one better and give you 10 (I need it to be a multiple of 5 or it gives me an uncomfortable itch)!

So, for 2025 I hope to read:

1) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

2) Babel by R. F. Kuang

3) House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

4) Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

5) The Library Book by Susan Orlean

6) Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth About Extreme Misogyny and How it Effects Us All by Laura Bates

7) Late Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

8) Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

9) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

10) Book from the Ground: From Point to Point by Xu Bing

Some have been on my TBR for longer than others, but these are the 10 that I'm hoping to cross off my list this year (and I hope maybe a few more, but I don't want to get too ahead of myself... This term is going to be brutal and I don't know if I'll have time to breathe, let alone read...)!

Anyways, I suppose I should pass this on! @rainbowfish1099 @finchwood4k

If you feel so inclined, I'd be intrigued to see how your year is going to look!

[gloufiz]

trick or treat 😁🤲!!

Trick! That one angry catboy >: )

[gloufiz]

trick or treat :) !

A little treat! A cat named Bojangles!! Just a little meow-meow : D

[gloufiz]

Okay...

I need people to hear me out on this one:

Garroth and Nicole in a cringe-fail political marriage!

Stay with me here! I promise I'm only a little crazy.

Alright, now that I've at least somewhat captured your attention... let me explain myself!

This concept sprang up from the idea of: What if Nicole and Garroth didn't run away from their arranged marriage?

As is described in MCD, the reason why we meet both Garroth and Nicole is because they were running from the marriage that was being forced upon them by their fathers. This marriage was supposed to broker peace between Scaleswind and O'Khasis and strengthen their bond. The idea of having to do this though, deeply disturbed Nicole and Garroth, which is why they both fled prior to the arrangement. This is the beginning to many events in cannon.

Now, in this thought experiment, that doesn't happen. Garroth and Nicole, despite their desires to not get married, also seem like the type that would care about their people deeply, so it isn't too farfetched to think that they could be persuaded to stay in order to protect their people. The pair wouldn't be thrilled about it, obviously, but they would go through with it, albeit begrudgingly. Then the two would stay in O'Khasis instead of running off to Phoenix Drop.

In their union, Scaleswind and O'Khasis would become a force to be reckoned with, and hopefully a little less corrupt with Zane's influence being reduced in Garroth's presence. Garroth and Nicole would put up a front in for the public that they enjoyed being married, though in private they would get on each other's nerves.

Romantically, they are not compatible, but they eventually carve out a mutual respect and become friends. It takes a lot of arguments and coming to terms with the situation, but they make do. So, when Garte puts Garroth in charge of the Jury of Nine a little later to provide him with some "leadership experience," Garroth turns to Nicole for help.

She winds up helping him run the Jury, even advising to have Zane help to reduce some of the sting of Garte's favoritism. They keep the Jury on a more morally correct path, though Zane is still allowed to run around and search for relics with the Jury, which is what eventually leads the group to meeting Aphmau.

Unfortunately, the tone of the meeting probably wouldn't be the most friendly with Zane involved, but that's neither here nor there!

Anyway, this is just some thoughts I've had as I pondered an AU where Garroth stays behind in O'Khasis! I hope this is coherent, though I will probably word barf about this again at some other point in time... as is the life of someone who has been bit by the MCD virus for 10 years...

TL;DR:

Garroth and Nicole stayed instead of fleeing from their arranged marriage and they deal with it with a few minor hiccups.

[gloufiz]

Possession is the only explanation, I will not elaborate further.

[gloufiz]

Bitches really pull up to show you a new character they created and it's just Norway Hetalia they put through the microwave five times...

I'm bitches... : (

[gloufiz]

The amount of cunt he was serving in 2015 😔

Silly little block-man my beloathed <3

[gloufiz]

This bitch lives in my head so rent free that he has started collecting rent from all the other guys that dwell in there.