#ch: the lid's open and has been fermenting ever since

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its extremely funny that in my most recent semi-reoccurring nightmares regarding school/deadlines that my brain decided to just conjure up krupp of all people to tell me to knock it off in the middle of my Nightmare Essay Dread

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today i offer u krupp as a neopet. tomorrow, who knows?

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ok so... here’s krupp’s house interior recreated to the best of my ability! here’s some comments because i have Thoughts on it.

general

i don’t know what’s in the art book when it comes to krupp’s house. even if it was completely mapped out, it may not even be accurate to the final version seen in movie-- i know at the very least some older concepts where there was evidence of a pet bowl and a cat tower, but i’m not factoring that for obvious reasons.

this is not to scale, so some parts may be off.

fun fact after looking at these screencaps for ages: every part of krupp’s house has a different wallpaper pattern. i think that’s just fun. and it makes things/placement easier to identify! :)

to summarize my thoughts on this house: really, only the living/dining situation is the part i’m the most sure of, and that’s only because they’re confirmed to be next to each other. the placement of everything other room is more out of “common sense” that i’ll explain.

the parts of the house labelled with an asterisk ( * ) are those that are theorized to be there because of logistics. we don’t see a laundry, or hall closets in the boys’ montage, but its there to both fill out space and to be a bit “realistic” in terms of Where Does Krupp Keep His Stuff/Clean His Clothes.

The Closet At The End Of The Hallway is mostly for me as i put it there for sticky notes au reasons. you could easily swap it and where the laundry room is.

the exterior layout seen in the movie is completely disregarded. if it was, then the left half of his house would be gone. that being said, i tried to keep it as completely square as possible. there are a few particular discreprencies i had to contend with i’ll explain in later sections.

dining room / kitchen

i’m skipping the living room because there’s not much to say about it. like harold says, it looks nice! though, a bit empty.

his kitchen/dining situation is wild. typically one would just connect the two rooms directly like you would krupp’s living/dining, but this dining room shot implies that there’s a bit of hallway between the two spaces? it makes it feel a lot more congested than it needs to be. who ok’ed this? is it the same guy who put krupp’s office on the second floor as opposed to the front door? but i digress.

also its extremely extra of him to just have one chair when these sorts of things come in a set.

as for the kitchen itself... its honestly frustratingly vague considering how close the shots associated with it are. 

the shot showing the drawer shows a light source implied to be a window with blinds, but the reverse shot shows that there’s no room on harold’s right to facilitate a window. this is one of those discrepancies i had to either do one or the other for and i just decided to add the window (albeit a small one).

i also added a door leading to the backyard, mostly as a logistics thing. the other neighboring houses have one on the side, so there’s a precedence for it.

bathroom

the shot is pretty self explanatory. i’m not sure if krupp has a shower or a bathtub considering that the frosted glass obscures the view. the height of the porcelain in relation to the toilet makes me think ‘bathtub’, though.

bedroom

also self-explanatory. had to do a bit of gymnastics when formatting the closets to make it not stick out on the floor plan. honestly the most contentious thing about where i placed it is because right outside the bedroom door, the hall might extend to the left. due to the fact hat the boys are right in front of the shot its hard to tell, but i decided on it not being it.

also its a little silly how krupp decorates his own room with what seems to be one of his degrees/principal’s license. even in his home life and doesn’t need to perform it, he’s leaning into the principal identity.

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[thinks about how krupp’s office is more lived in than his actual house in the movie and loses it]

like 80% of the office is made solely to intimidate whatever poor kid is there. of course the most Obvious/eyegrabbing stuff (if by virtue of size or bc there’s an establishing shot for it) is the hope dies here sign. the demotivational posters behind him. but there’s like a whole bunch of personal touches like the bust of him (lmao), a degree (principal license?)/award, to how the file drawers have labels that consist of tape handwritten on him, and first detention slip assigned to pilkey

meanwhile the house there’s only one seat for rooms like the living and dining room enforcing the whole thing about how lonely he is. he’s so isolated that he doesn’t even bother entertaining the idea of having anyone over and the furniture choices enforce that. the notable exception is the bedroom that has the bed that could fit two people

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Hope you don't mind me whamming you with Multiple Characters for the ask meme, but if you have received other asks covering some of these then that would lessen it a bit, right??? XD Alright: Cap + 16, Sam + 18, and 32 for THREE different characters: Oogway, Soothsayer and Krupp. We can also throw in Cap as a fourth for good measure. Optional bonus questions: Soothsayer + 29, and Horton + 25. Okay we're done, hope that wasn't too much XD. They're fun questions I got curious ahaha

honest favorite character asks

16. Have you ever cried when thinking about this character? Genuinely? (captain)

is it bad if i say no? emotional anguish, yes, but i don't think i've genuinely physically tears-on-my-face cried. in fairness, a lot of the emotional anguish comes from me putting him through the Horrors (tm).

its kind of like tickling yourself-- you already know you're doing it, so you don't laugh. its the same principle (ha) here. i know what i'm putting captain through and sticky notes au was never meant to be a tragedy so much as a long-form character exploration. its probably why i feel confused about people considering this au is dark,

18. Do you prefer to see this character suffer or know peace? Angst or comfort? Both? (sam)

on the one hand i think sam deserves the stability he never got growing up with no mom/as a thief. i think him being the Weird Uncle to EB and her new little brother would be really sweet, considering his orphaned past. the man would spoil them so badly.

plus him and pam need to catch up and figure out how to be a mother and son together in less stressful times (i know there's an episode that speedruns that but again. that still had the underlying threat of the whole moo-lacka-moo conflict)

on the other hand, i think sam has one more in him to go through the Seussian Horrors. they figure out their world is on a speck of dust and have to catch horton's attention but he's been captured by the circus mcgurkus? a season that pays homage to seuss' dark paintings? the cat in the hat is there? i don't know man

32. If you could make this character a meal, what would you make them? (oogway, soothsayer, krupp, cap)

ok, here's the thing. i am not adept in the kitchen, but lets also add the additional caveat that this is a scenario in which i can cook and also have the resources for this theoretical scenario.

additionally, the food mentioned would still have to be food i'm aware of prior to this, so i just can't go completely out of pocket in this theoretical scenario.

oogway: some sort of waffle (vegan) and a fruit smoothie/juice.

i don't think oogway eats... like, a lot. comes with the territory of meditating (and tortoise metabolism). so something with a smaller portion may be more appropriate-- it'd still be a lot by his standards, lol.

really my thought process starts and ends with i think giving him a breakfast food would be nice. could even arrange some fruits around to make the waffle look like a little turtle.

(i'm specifying vegan here because eating things with milk or eggs/meat is probably weird or just straight up taboo in the kfp-verse. note also applies to soothsayer too.)

soothsayer: some kind of vegan tacos (spicy), espresso.

ok i imagine her usually eating fancy a lot of the time anyway, so something much more casual then? i imagine it being a bit overstuffed with a soft shell-- she tries eating it and part of the insides fall onto the plate on the other side, that sort of thing. its spicy because i think she'd like spicy food.

espresso because. i think she needs it.

krupp: one (1) tv dinner. Some Sort Of Soup (butternut?) and a slice of brownie.

ok, for real, he's the one that NEEDS something homecooked out of all these characters. something filling, but easy to have a lot of and have leftovers of for in the oncoming week. soup, of course is the obvious answer. my butternut squash soup bias is coming through, but really any thicker soup will do. he'd be able to customize it a bit further as he needs to with salt/pepper/green onions and maybe grab some crackers if he's so inclined.

my brownie bias is also coming through. it won't be as sweet, but its still pretty rich. again, ease of leftovers is a priority here as you an just make a tray of it, cut it into portions and put it in the freezer. imo, it tastes better like that because now its just ultra dense and fudge-y and cold.

cap: something like palabok? (though, with substitutions to the shrimp and pork if that's the case) and halo-halo.

the name of the game here is novelty and having him try something new-- stuff that wasn't mentioned by the comics or his sidekicks or could be offered by the aforementioned. i've mentioned things like sushi and i've always thought he'd enjoy tiramisu here and here, but in terms of making i was thinking some sort of noodle? my brain keeps going back to palabok (i think he'd appreciate how bright orange it can get), but that's not kosher hence the point about substitution.

halo-halo is fun and colorful. lots of textures. some of the elements separately are familiar (the shaved ice and the gelatin) but the stuff he'd associate with more savory food (beans and corn) would be a surprise.

29. Do you affectionately bully this character? (soothsayer)

no, that's what oogway is for /j

25. What kind of fan-fiction do you read about this character? If you don’t read fan-fics about them, why not? (horton)

i don't because there isn't a lot?

ok i may be exaggerating, there has to be some fanfics that popped up as a result of the 2008 movie, but frankly i don't feel like trawling through what i can only assume is an overabundance of jo-jo fics. and the version of horton in my head is so specific on account of picking and choosing parts of everything he's been in, so i feel like nothing will satisfy me.

that being said, i do remember a story-- not a fic, but a fancomic set post-canon to the events of 2008, where the who scientist lady made a device to make the mayor big enough to be visible and actually interact with horton. cue shennanigans once he realizes that he doesn't have the creature comforts of whoville on account of being in the middle of a jungle. and also there's a jaguar oc who wants to eat the mayor. it was cool! at least kid me thought so.

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concept because right now my brain is in Writing Mode exclusively at the moment: during the egg casserole wedding, krupp has to do the breaking of the glass. but his heightened emotions and superpower bleedover shenanigans results in him causing a minor quake (or breaking the floor underneath him on top of the glass if its an indoor wedding)

the rabbi doesn't know whether to be a little freaked out, or chalk it up to wedding jitters. frankly, it isn’t the weirdest thing in piqua

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thinking about captain being represented with heroic brass and that one choir just chanting “underpaaaants”, vs krupp being represented with some sort of ominous horn(?) and low chanting

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anyway as a result of AU Reasons, i’ve been thinking about the general logistics/headcanons re: the Krupp Farm if the jammer plot was set in the 60′s (general cw for a brief mention of animal and family death)

the farm was on bernice’s side of the family and john married into the business, so to speak. i’ve always imagined that her entire side of the family is all cattle farmers, or cattle related jobs such as a mashgiach for dairy supervision and a shochet if the cow ever needs to be slaughtered

not sure if she’d deliver the milk to creameries herself. honestly, she probably would

the barn would definitely need a milk house attachment. while the house has electricity, i’m not sure the barn would. (if not, rip ben and jasper they have to also haul sawdust and ice to keep the milk cool)

on the other hand, during the mid 50′s there was a push to have bulk milk tanks which may mean the “actual” work of collecting milk would be different than just the quote-unquote tetocu goof of bernice forcing krupp to milk the cows by hand (though, she’d probably make him do it regardless to “build character”)

on the other other hand, i’m not sure how fast the push/pressure to invest in bulk milk tanks was in the US. i can probably fudge the details and have it so that they still do it the older way by the time the 60′s roll around

after john’s death they definitely couldn’t afford to pay for a bulk milk tank due to funeral expenses

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as a bit of a continuation from this because i want to tie the whole trio together:

krupp is actively malicious, selainius is apathetic, and biamile is smothering/overbearing. all of them are different flavors of bad in terms of dealing with their students.

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more sona stuff

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turns out i only have time to do one (1) edit because otherwise i would have also done teacher-age krupp and jammer

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today’s warmup is brought to you by: that one isekai crossover au

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anyway thinking about how you only really see krupp have a grand total of two sympathetic scenes*, before his final scene with the boys-- which, weighed in the grand scheme of things isn’t a lot-- nor does it undo the harm he does to his students 

but both scenes are technically things the boys aren’t “supposed” to see. the movie commentary says that the movie was structured as if george and harold were directing it, and even certain scenes (like some of the ones with melvin and poopypants) had to be altered because it strayed too far from their point of view

the first scene with krupp and edith, they’re technically not “meant” to see it in a watsonian sort of way-- they’re eavesdropping and they see how krupp acts in a non-principal context with no kids around! but we see it since they’re seeing it

but the scene where krupp is alone is his office really feels like something the boys aren’t “meant” to see in a out-of-universe/doylist sense-- despite the movie deliberately taking strides to make it seem like they made it, this quiet moment manages to sneak in between two more “important” plot beats (the boys getting separated and melvin and poopypants preparing their whole scheme)

* there’s technically three, if you count the whole sequence where the boys snoop through his house. however that’s entirely based on what the boys can infer rather than krupp’s direct actions so i’m not counting it (though it does accomplish the same thing)

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me: we are so gd busy we dont have time to do other things

brain: but what if we edited a movie screencap to have some of krupp’s sticky notes outfits

me:

me:

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enough parodies that have how bad can i be with krupp, we need biggering with krupp

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......what if i just do a bunch of uquizzes as krupp/captain

how is your soul perceived?

the steadfast (krupp)

your soul is filled with the strength of one who has watched too many break before them. you set high standards for yourself and those around you, sometimes impossible marks. you know how the world should be and you're determined to make it so. was tough love what you needed? or was it the only thing you were ever offered. there are some things you cannot bend to your will and your bones will break before you turn back the tide. let go a little and breathe in the air. have you even stopped to look at the empire you built? have you noticed how far you've come?

the kindred spirit (cap)

your soul is like a mirror for others to find their own beauty. you see the best in people and you strive to bring it out in them. you draw all sorts of people to yourself and you make them feel seen. but who sees you? you try so hard to take care of everyone else, watering everyone else's garden until there's nothing left for your own flowers. when will you fight for your own heart as strongly as you try to nurture others?

i'll tell you when you get your soft, italicized, "Oh."

the unrelated moment (krupp)

you tend to be more preoccupied with practical things, to the point where you've been blinded to matters of the heart. sure, you're close with this person. you like to be close with people. it is rewarding to know and be known in return. you leave realization no choice but to sneak up on you. they're not even in the room when it happens. someone or something else spells it out for you, an observant friend's passing comment or a particular sentence you were reading in a book, and suddenly it hits you, what it all means. the person your feelings have been building themselves around. Oh. it's them. it's time. it's them and you, here and now, and you have to decide what to do at this crossroads. luckily, you're practically-minded.

the late-night talk (cap)

Oh. you figure it out when you realize just how vulnerable they are willing to be with you. it isn't everybody who could or would stay up talking into the night with you, not with such affection or easy familiarity. it isn't everybody who is so understanding of you. it isn't everybody who could bare their soul to you in return. that kind of intimacy... it means deep foundations. it means comfort. it means trust. maybe it's a secret, maybe it's a story, maybe it's something you just never thought of before -- but they say something, late at night, and you realize all at once how remarkable they are, and how special it is to exist in the same time and space as them. "oh" indeed.

how do you need to be comforted

to be reassured. (both)

you need someone to talk to, to remind you that you will survive, that you are loved, that you are needed... because you are having a hard time believing it, yourself.