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Fun facts and Easter eggs!

You need some mystery to keep the romance alive, but here's a few explanations:

• The poem that starts with 'your condition is rather delicate barefoot boy' is an homage to 'To a Barefoot Boy', by Philostratus the Elder.


• Regarding Citric's griping about a new career and mentioning Disney: Walter Elias Disney did collaborate with an actual Nazi- Wernher Von Braun, former SS officer- on several films. This relationship was fundamental to the creation of Tomorrowland.


• Size 46 M175 HVAP-T is a combination of Apatite's shoe size, a reference to Paragraph 175 (formerly of the German Criminal Code), and tank piercing ammunition. Panzer II, on Citric's part, is more specifically the model named "Luchs", or "Lynx". It was a light recon tank.


• Low-pressure area.


• The portrait of Raphael is refering both to 'Portrait of a Young Man', a famous painting stolen by the Nazis which remains unrecovered, and the archangel- considered in some circles as the patron of medical workers, physicians, matchmakers, and happy meetings, among other things :)


• Anatomic extinction event: Anatomia Extinction is the independent film Tokyo Gore Police is based on. Paired with: Extinction event, biotic crisis.


• Bromine, from the Greek βρῶμος or bromos, meaning 'stench'. Highly reactive. Liquid at room temperature. Used in photo film. Similar to flourine- and therefore, fluorapatite.


• The dashes and dots before Citric spills his guts about the gun and when Apatite pushes in are actual Morse Code. RST 'Readability, Strength, Tone' is a code used by radio hobbyists.

a u t o p s y

Character profiles. Just entertaining tidbits...

CITRIC:

• Youngest of three siblings.
• His sexuality is best defined as 'Freud has a Field Day'. There's not a modern term perfect fit, but you could argue he's functionally bisexual. He’s been fixated on Apatite the majority of his life; if they’d never crossed paths, Citric probably would’ve gotten married to a Proper Upper-Class Woman — featuring a side of gnarly homo-erotic tension with his most beloathed coworker.
• Tends to use 5 dollar words, words with hard stops and pops. Bilingual since he was young.
• Citric's eyes are described as 'anti-freeze-milkshake-blue', and that's not inaccurate. It's the best way I could get the colour across in the tone of the moment. But I do have a very particular hue in mind when I picture Citric. NOSTALGIC!!! Only 90's kids will remember these Detective Dog Gelatin Snacks.

APATITE:

• Keeps as active as possible. He knows partying as hard as he likes is rough on his body, and Apatite wants to keep spry till he dies.
• One of an astounding number of siblings. Does not speak to most of his family.
• American. I'm still unsure of the exact State, but it's a Southern one.
• Often annoyed about the size of his dick- it's inconvenient!
• Tends to use flowing language, words with soft or long sounds. He's multilingual. Conversational in English (first language), German, and Spanish.
• Greco-Roman motifs in his story themes, but no interest in that history and mythology himself.

o n o m a t o l o g y

APATITE:

Derived from the Greek ἀπατάω: 'to deceive'. Apatite crystals are a component in teeth and bone. Useage in manufacture of fertilizer. Historical pigment. Infrequent gemstone. Often contains uranium. Suggested as a material to store nuclear waste. Connection to water. Homophone for the desire to consume.

His last name shares more than a few sounds with the word 'devour'. If you dig deeper, it traces back to poison.

CITRIC:

Citric acid is organic, colourless, weak. Occurs in the metabolism. Sour and fruity. Can be produced from mold. Irritant. Preservative. Cleaning agent that boosts the effectiveness of soaps and detergents. Can be used in developing photos. Over-exposure may cause pain, erosion of enamel, sore throat, cough.

Citrate helps to regulate Apatite crystals :)

tympanic membrane stimulation

soundtrack for channeling an even worse universe...

happily ever after

Did you finish KRAUTHAUS and wonder what happened for sure?

While my preferred MO is ambiguity, I want to give my dedicated dumpster divers a treat 💜

In the course of KH, Apatite never lies to Citric; it's central to one of his themes. When he says he'll keep Citric, he does. Post spontaneous traumatic orchiectomy, Apatite patches Citric up and helps him through (most of a) recovery. He keeps his new housewife boytoy hobbled and on a short leash until he can trust that Citric's broken enough to never leave. Yay! Marital bliss.

Cue sunset, romantic music, and as the car pulls away we see Citric's skinny ass flattened on the ground and covered in tire tracks like cartoon roadkill.