'He was hurt alright. That look wasn't a new color on him; Nandor seemed to be hurt quite a lot lately. Laszlo didn't want him to be alone.'

Vampire. Mockumentary.
Do I have your attention?
Good.
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'He was hurt alright. That look wasn't a new color on him; Nandor seemed to be hurt quite a lot lately. Laszlo didn't want him to be alone.'
Vampire. Mockumentary.
Do I have your attention?
Good.
It's Thursday, I'm very tired, but we've got lots of comics-y superhero-y goodness, so let's get to it!
Micropoetry time!
*cue imaginary jingle of your choice*
These are a bit more *waves hands vaguely* context-dependent than my usual micropoetry, so a little background info:
The second one (let's start at the end, why not?) is kinda based in all the sh** going down in the world right now.
The first one is very specifically about Partygate.
I actually posted it on Twitter with hashtags calling for Boris Johnson to resign, so yes #political. You know I don't care whether you agree with me or not, and that's fine.
And I'm overly-pleased with myself for the 'Eton mess' bit, which probably makes zero sense to those of you who aren't British, but at least I amused myself!
So here we are, February's Micropoetry!
As always, for those using screen readers, the poetry is in the alt-text with / marks showing line breaks.
Warning: This post is... one of my weird ones.
Expect apocalypses, disasters, war, suffering, general doom, and a whole lot of random existential questions.
'You say the ocean's rising—like I give a sh**
You say the whole world's ending—honey, it already did
You're not gonna slow it, Heaven knows you tried
Got it? Good, now get inside'
- Bo Burnham, All Eyes On Me
Didn't the world already end?
Over and over and over again?
Didn't it end in 1914? In 1939? In 1945? In 1986? In 1793? In 476?
In so many other years that I don't know about because they haven't permeated the collective consciousness of the West?
(Props to anyone who got every one of those references, btw.)
'“Nothing happened.”
“You only had one hotel bill,” Rhodey pressed.'
Want it to come in the form of a fic which, despite the sexting (or near enough to,) is surprisingly wholesome?
Of course ya do! 😉😅
It's Thursday, we're still here, probably, so let's get some superhero-y, comics-y goodness!
(Warning: this post discusses war, the threat of nuclear disaster, injured cats, and blood)
February.
2022.
February. 2022.
February 2022.
...I live in Europe. Edges of, here in the UK, but still Europe.
Y'know, that continent Putin nearly turned into a nuclear wasteland last week?
And no, I'm not over-reacting, Zaporizhzhia is way bigger than Chernobyl, and radiation from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 was the reason Welsh farmers had restrictions on selling livestock until 2012.
So... *gestures at Putin in a non-polite manner*
You can donate to the Disaster Emergency Committee's Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal here.