Professor!Krollaney headcanons
tenured John, adjunct Nick
john is constantly mistaken for an undergrad, and has been for the last 15 years.
nick teaches courses that cross-list with history and environmental sciences
john teaches history of religion
john roars at his students if he catches them distracted and physically removes them from the class if they are on their phones. calls roll before class and marks down absentees. calls on people who never raise their hands, and if they don’t know the answer, leaves them standing until half the back rows is standing and the front rows are turned around in their seats watching them with pity
nick holds his classes outdoors on the quads when the weather is good. even if it’s a lecture class, everyone sits in a circle. if someone dozes off, he creeps up to them and puts a flower behind their ear.
everyone knows nick is in love with john, but john is Writing A Serious Book on Morality and has no time for dalliances
students brave enough to come to John’s office hours are astonished to discover he’s super helpful and sweet
as a consequence, the good students all have crushes on him, and the bad students drop out or eke out a C and hate him forever for being a hardass
john wins book prizes; nick wins teaching awards
nick is rumored to be ex-military, but no one knows what branch or even which military.
john is rumored to have danced ballet professionally, which is why he sometimes unconsciously stands with his feet in fifth position and smokes like a chimney
John’s comments on student papers: “Persuasive enough on merits but needs structural improvement. Focus and formulate. Don’t just spray ink at the reader like a panicked cuttlefish. B-”
Nick’s comments on student papers: “HUGE IMPROVEMENT!!! B-”
one day, john brings petunia to class, and his lecture turns into “And thus we see that the concept of dharma-yuddha, or ‘just war’ in the Mahabharata, cannot be mapped out fully onto the Western jus in bello… aw, who’s my good girl? who’s the best puppy?.. You guys can’t see over the rail but there’s a small dog here. I swear I’m not crazy.”
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