„As for myself, I have little knowledge of these deep matters; but I need it not. This I know, and it is enough, that as my friend Aragorn succoured me and my people, so I will aid him when he calls. I will go.“
a lot of garashir shippers assume that if they had a kid garak would be the hyper protective dad but imo garak is the kind of dad who’s like of course you can borrow the hot glue gun for your school project sweetheart!!! just be careful because your other dad will Literally Kill Me if we have to go to him to get you treated for burns and meanwhile julian comes home from work and nearly has an aneurysm when he sees his precious child operating the sewing machine (for another school project) and. garak. elim. love of my life. our baby (i’m eight years old, dad) is literally inches away from imminent injury and you are just sitting there reading as if you haven’t a care in the world i Cannot believe this, oh Woe Is Me, doctor julian bashir, the sole voice of reason in this otherwise chaotic household,
My hadcanon is that they’re hyper protective about different things, corresponding to their areas of knowledge (that’s been my experience with a lot of parents irl too). So Bashir, as a doctor, would be super concerned about injury and illness, spouting off probabilities about how small things can lead to more permanent damage and treating every scrape and cold like it could develop into a more serious infection. Meanwhile, Garak is side-eyeing literally every person who walks past them, and god help them if they stop for a minute or remark what a cute kid they have. Bashir has to give up on finding a nanny entirely because Garak insists on interrogating all the prospects personally and has made the last 3 they interviewed cry, but does manage to talk Garak out of actually fitting their kid with a tracking device “just in case.” Their biggest argument is when Garak wants to give their 3-year old self defense/phaser shooting lessons, because Bashir is terrified they’ll get hurt while Garak is insistent that that’s the best way to keep the them safe.
i swear to god if my magnum opus of shame gets even one more note i’m deleting and i’m taking you all down with me
every time i watch john mulaney i’m like “hmm maybe i’ll get tired of this white man going off vaguely standard comic material” and then he absolutely skewers my entire personality and childhood with intense specificity and i’m like ok. you can stay for this one jimothy
