#also does anyone else still not get whats up with the mystreet and mcd timeline universe thing?

[sweetiepotatofry]

Something I just realized about canon Aarmau is that it would've made more sense in ✨the lore✨tm if mermaid tales and Royal tale were canon to the mystreet/MCD universe, therefore cementing them as a reincarnation cycle rather than whatevez is going on in canon.

[garrothromeave]

I personally believe that the reason Mystreet Garroth is more well adjusted and goofier than Diaries Garroth is because their problems are different. At face value they’re the same, both are heirs and love Aphmau. But the most noticeable difference is upbringing. Diaries Garroth does not have a good relationship with Garte, at all, whereas in Mystreet he’s the favourite. Diaries Garroth had a lot of pressure growing up and Garte didn’t really provide him with independence or why else would he look for a constant escape like the abandoned house while he was growing up or the guard academy, which Garte disowns him for purely because it was against his wishes and Garroth did have the intent of returning home after, he just needed a break. Him joining the guard academy seemed to be a way to try to get some agency, some control over his own life but not giving up what was expected of him (to become Lord). Also, Garte had always favored Zane, wanting to make him Lord instead, which probably only strained their relationship with both of them more, trying to aspire to be what someone else wants you to be all the while that someone prefers another couldn’t have been healthy nor would it build the confidence he’d need to become Lord. Aside from his mother, Garroth didn’t have anyone after Vylad died, so as much as a forced engagement sucks on its own, it was also probably the last straw for him to realize that his life there was miserable and lonely and wasn’t going to get better, it was only going to get worse. Just like with the guard academy, he tries to assert agency but fails however, his one decision that he did make (the guard academy) has given him a solution (Phoenix Drop). Running away is an immature decision however, Zenix in Rebirth said to him that “people do crazy things when they’re desperate”. Garroth was desperate and although his decisions were immature they were made out of desperation to get out of a bad situation. I’d also like to point out that usually teenagers run away because of abuse of any kind because they’ve hit a breaking point. I don’t see why this would be different for a grown man who has been stuck there his whole life. He hasn’t had the chance to actually grow and to learn to handle things differently, he just knows he’s stuck and that he wants out because that’s all he’s ever really known. However, Garroth is able to grow and learn from reckless decisions, Jess said he’s a character whose able to reflect on what he’s done and learn from his mistakes like with the Irene Dimension, so there’s hope for him. If I could rewrite season 3 of Diaries, I’d have him be the Lord or become the Lord of O’khasis, because it would be the responsible and right thing for him to do and I would like to think that he’s grown from season 1 and that the Tu’la problem of season 2 would get him to smarten up and lead his people after his father’s disappearance (he does want to go back and help them fight but Zianna stops him, but this does show a loyalty to O’khasis that we haven’t seen from him before). He would also have no fear of being in O’khasis because his main threat, his father, is gone. Unlike his Diaries counterpart, Mystreet Garroth has support and can make his own choices and has a good relationship with his family, so it makes sense that he’s more well adjusted than someone who didn’t get that. They’re so different because their lives are different. Sorry, I know this is long and messy but I just wanted to add to your comparison because I really liked it.

oh absolutely! yeah, i know that mystreet garroth + mcd garroth ofc are raised differently and it would definitely lead to them turning out different, i just found it interesting how different everything really turned out. i just this it’s cool how jess made his childhood different enough to make garroth in mystreet turn out so differently - she could have easily made it to where he still strongly resembles his mcd self (in more the reserved/serious kind of approach) in mystreet, but she chose to leave that correlation with his highschool self. 

of course, as i said, i doubt this was intentional in the slightest, but my mind likes to make odd connections with things. 

and yes, i’d agree with you - the whole, garroth learning to grow thing. i was mainly referring to the earlier bits in his life and even the end of season 1, but i can definitely say by the time season 2 rolls around garroth changes quite a bit. he’s a bit more confident, tends to joke around more, and is less reserved - because, of course, he grew. so that was on me - i probably should have been more specific with the timeline in which i was referring, which would be season 1. if i rewrote that, i’d say that garroth in pdh is more so a reflection of season 1 mcd garroth, for sure. it was in my mind, but i didn’t voice it properly lmao, apologies. 

also thank you for the ask! it was awesome hearing your take on what i had to say, it really makes me think about things. great observations!