How's it going y'all, it's Superstar Starlena here. Sorry about the 7 year hiatus, but I have to take care of a little something called life. I graduated high school in 2012, did a year of college until I found out it didn't work out for me, and finally found a job in 2015 which I'm still in now. During that time I was fresh out of ideas for oneshots and normal stories. That is until I found a series of fics from ShakespeareHemmingway.

I gotta admit, he was a genius with the idea of turning Garfield of all people into a muscle bound macho man, without having to turn into Garzooka. Having superhuman strength, beating bad guys, getting the (human) girl and gettin' lucky, why didn't anyone else think of that. In fact, this became so popular with other Garfield fans, they wrote their own take on his manly adventures.

But there was one problem though... the way SH wrote these stories was WAAAAAAY too simple. Misspellings, a really jumpy plot, lack of verbs other than 'X says' or 'X said', use of nonsensical phrases such as 'Garfield fired with his gun of shooting', and no details whatsoever, it looks like a pre-schooler wrote it in ten minutes.

That's what got me thinking: What if I can take ShakespeareHemmingway's concept, make it longer, and write it in the format of a normal story so that an avid reader won't cringe at it? So I did just that, plus added in my own touch as in giving this 'Manly' Garfield his own identity, which then sparked the idea of having the rest of the cast having different identities, which THEN blossomed into the idea of an AU altogether.

This ladies and gentleman, is the just the beginning of what I call "The Great Garfield Garlands" AU. It will go on pretty slow due to the fact that I don't have internet at home and can only resort to typing on the job, so expect really long gaps between chapters. I will post more info on the characters' appearance, abilities, backstories, and the AU itself as time goes on either as Character Profiles on a separate fic (if the site allows it), or as bonus chapters for this fic.

I do not own the Garfield characters or franchise, but I do own the AU and the characters as the way that they are (or in this case, will be) viewed in this series.

With that being said, until I can get more chapters up and running, please enjoy the intro for The Great Garfield Garlands- Battle for Anthropolis.

Do you want to know who I am?

I am known for my heroic feats. I have saved this world, as well as the multiverse, more times than I can count. And trust me, I can count high.

I am known for my Herculean strength and power. I can lift over one thousand times my weight and even more. I have the energy to take on an entire army and not become exhausted afterwards. I can literally blow people away or knock them off their feet with one powerful roar.

I am known by the many titles given to me: the strongest cat alive, the legendary feline hero, a true fighter of Justice. Some would even go as far as calling me a god because of my near-invincibility. But I wouldn't go that far, I can still be killed, it's going to be extremely hard to do so, for the villains anyway.

And I am also known for my handsome good looks.

What? You think I'm kidding? With these giant muscles I'm packing, all of the female cats just can't resist my manly charm.

But I digress.

Even though I'm more than capable of doing these missions on my own, I'm not always alone. I lead a group of fighters, who are also my best friends, known as the G-Team. Each with their own powers and abilities, they're the ones that I truly trust to have my back.

So why do I choose to do this perilous occupation? Why did I choose to put my nine lives on the line to protect billions of people? Because it's in my blood. For generations, my family have been heroes, protecting the world from the forces of evil. Saving this world is my destiny, my birthright, and along with these powers, this great responsibility is what I was born to do.

So, who am I you ask?

I am known as the Great Garfield Garlands…

And this is the story of one of my many adventures.

This fanfic is dedicated as a special thanks to ShakespeareHemmingway for starting this 'Manly' Garfield craze.

So until then: readers can holla back, reviewers can review, and flamers can f*** off!