#i know i haven't said it but assume that a) krupp and cap are closer to their movie characterization

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so what’s the deal with lunchlady food melvinborg?

in tetocu23, the changes made were less outright going from scratch as it was shuffling around the general pacing of his arc and what’s emphasized 

vil endenemys is earlier established in the season, and on occasion referenced so that by the time he becomes a main player near the finale it feels like there’s a payoff. we’ve played around with the idea that he’s the reason why krupp enacted the office counter. it was initially meant to be a deterrent for the boys, after all if they see the slow progression until they’re punished then they’re bound to stop right? the boys, being adhd kings Do Not Perceive It as soon as they step out the office

as i’ve mentioned in the previous post, he doesn’t reveal his identity immediately. whenever he’s the principal, he has his vil disguise. he tends to be dunked on by the rest of the kids because 10 year olds are just like that

melvinborg... isn’t actually a cyborg anymore! that’s probably the biggest change; instead, he has a suit of armor powered by leftovers that makes him look like one. the melvinborg moniker was made up by the kids or something and he lowkey hates it. the armor makes sure that he can interact with his own past without accidentally making him stop existing

the other big change is that he’s much younger than his canon counterpart. he’s at an odd age for this setting-- he’d be considered an adult by the kids but a child by the rest of the adults (and is also why he continues his whole charade as vil). he hasn’t moved on from never getting into eliteanati, he thinks his life is over despite the fact he’s literally 18-ish, and someone has probably said he peaked in high school

similar to canon, him and present day melvin work together to get the latter in eliteanati. borg insists that he’s looking out for him because of the mindset of “you can only trust yourself” and “adults know what’s right” makes a dangerous combination in this context. over the course of the season, the present day melvin has a seed of doubt from a surprising source and by the time the latter half of the season rolls around his faith in him diminishes. 

melvinborg is so dead-set on eliteanati that it actively shoots him in the foot-- there’s actually another concept where the latter half of the season (which hybridizes aspects of season 3 and a little of the space season, so now they’re in a camp for spring break mandated by borg) where melvin is offered, not eliteanati, but something that would at least intrigue him to want to weigh his options... only for melvinborg to shoot it down on his behalf