#ALSO AUGHGHGHG THANK YOU.... THANK YOU FOR THE ASKIES! I LOVE THESE KIDS! LOVE THIS STUPID NEST!!!

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So in ur adoption au, is anyone ever intimidated by the kids because they remember who their dad is, like, I imagine they May not have gotten bullied (for long)

(ALSO YOUR ART IS SO GOOOOOOD)

OOOOOOOH THE MY YADEK IS THE CASTELLAN CARD....

I don't think the older kids would have gotten bullied very much anyways. Elim keeps to himself, finishes secondary school and has no interest in pursuing higher education after that.

He also tries his best to suppress his relationship to Garak, not out of interpersonal concerns, but because until he's in his mid 20s he simply does not like him and resents that he's a little Garak clone with the same name. Any time someone tries to pick a fight with him because they disagree with Garak Sr's policies he's just like... yeah... I don't know what to tell you, I agree, he's pretty bad. What do you want me to say?

Iskra is too much of a chad to get bullied (can't be hurt by your war orphan trauma if you BURY IT UNDER EXTROVERSION!) but you KNOW she's cheekily using it around her friends. By the time Garak's the actual Castellan she's old enough to defend herself among her peers anyways - learned how to craft 'cutting insults to wound the ego' from the best.

Jocasta is already into her t(w)eens when she gets adopted. I feel like she doesn't really interact with her peers. Her fathers being who they are just adds another layer of separation.

Idan probably does get a little bullied as a kid awwwwww no amount of family clout will save you when you're Just a little guy who cries over everything sad and can't ever sit still and gets distracted by anything shiny or colorful.

Once he hits his growth spurt and learns to tamp down some of his natural sentimentality he'll become the jocular class president he was always destined to be.

If you're asking about whether Garak would murk a kid for picking on his child - do you even have to ask