This playthrough go so well, not only that, but borders arent too much of a border gore.
>Defended my cousin crusader state in Thrace from Sunni muslims
>Secured a marriage on the entierty of the Empire of Francia with my heir
>Second son is a genius but I wont choose him as an heir and keep roleplaying him and will put him in charge of Africa, Sicily and Italy so he can go crazy with conquering Africa for me
>Still got an Alexander CB that I can use
>Next Pope is a strong badass Hospitalier, so next crusade will be interesting
>Sunni muslims are still around and strong they expanded to India so it keep things interesting
>Shia muslims are near exctinct, they lost to the Mali BBC and on of my Crusader state in Italy
>Might grant independance to Ireland, Danemark and Scotland to reduce the threat level at some point
And even if I do it will keep things interesting, I just will be a bit sad if I lose the Manx Republic since I invested into it a lot, but it will make Scotland stronger and keep things interesting. Which is all good desu, still no Northeren crusades yet.