infinite jest

I love Klaus. 

I have ever since I read the comics. When watching the show’s intro for the first time, I actually cheered a little when he appeared onscreen; and each subsequent episode only served to further convince me of the perfection of Rob Sheehan’s performance. It goes without saying that he’s easily my favorite Hargreeves sibling, and I have no complaints regarding the abundance of Klaus fanart. 

That said, I still have some quibbles with how he’s portrayed in fandom. 

I don’t believe fans get his character wrong—not at all. He’s kind and empathetic, strikingly intelligent and a world-class idiot, funny and tragic, delightfully inappropriate and in desperate need of a hug. All of these traits are upheld and celebrated in many fanworks I’ve seen. 

However, some fanworks tend to gloss over the fact that the Klaus of the first four episodes is a very different person from the Klaus of the final six. His kindness and empathy, and the depths of tragedy he’s endured, only come to the fore in the latter half of the first season. In the first half, many of his more admirable traits remain hidden beneath a layer of selfishness and an appetite for drugs that can never be sated. Yet I’ve noticed that in fanworks, his characterization in the latter episodes is often retroactively applied to his characterization in early episodes, resulting in an amalgamation of traits that fails to capture just how deeply his time in Vietnam broke and refined him. 

Dead(?) Klaus in color! 

Hey! Sorry for the late reply, tumblr didn’t tell me a had a message.In the flashback when Grace is getting the kids ready for a mission we see that Klaus and Vanya’s rooms are both quite small and right next to each other. Vanya’s room has a brick wall and window on the right, whereas Klaus’ is white with a window at the back.

When we see Klaus room in present day its much bigger, and half the room is brick with a window on the right, and the other half is his original white with a window at the back.

You can see the divide where the wall used to be between the two rooms.My personal headcannon is that while Klaus mostly lived on the streets, he did occasionally return home - probably when he was desperate enough. Or maybe he was just the last sibling to leave (except Luther who never did). So at some point he was like “hey! Vanya doesn’t need her room anymore, I want a bigger one.” It makes sense since his & Vanya’s rooms are much smaller than Luther, Allison, and Five’s are shown to be.