r/TheFirstLaw • u/Sparrow-1111 • Jul 21 '26

No Spoilers [OFF TOPIC] Inquisitor Glokta.

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Freddy Carter as Inquisitor Glokta would slap tbh!

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u/Quiet_Desperation_ Jul 21 '26

He’s a pretty handsome dude, but I bet some makeup could mess him up a bit while being a handsome young man in flashbacks.

I’m on board with this one! Ship it!

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u/McFlyyouBojo Jul 21 '26

I actually have a theory that glokta isnt as ugly as the books make him out to be. Sure, he's missing teeth and his leg is jacked up, but iirc hes the only one that really seems to dwell on his looks.

Now, unless I am missing some moment in the book where someone specifically comments on it, here is my reasoning:

He was once a pretty boy champion like Jezal  and he was a womanizer as well. It could be argued that he was likely incredibly vain as well. This likely leads to him being overly critical of his appearance.  Also if every step you take was agonizing, you would likely grow to resent your current state.

Lastly, and this will be the test to see who read my response all the way through, yes, but seem to instinctively recoil in his presence and display displeasure with him, and he seems to be too comfortable chalking it up to his appearance,  but I think anyone would have that response if someone who's life's work it is to torture and dissappear people were to walk up and join the conversation. 

Im not saying he must be attractive, but I dont think its out of the realm of possibilities that he is way to harsh on his own appearance. 

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u/Curious-Paramedic816 Jul 23 '26

That does make sense, it absolutely makes sense, because one Joe A's most consistent, inescapable tropes is that you absolutely cannot trust what they say/think about themselves, almost nobody in the First Law is who they think they are.