Vlad glanced down at the wooden shaft jutting from his left leg.

"No one stakes me seriously anymore," he sighed.

#microfiction #vladtheimpaled

Lying on the cold stone slab occasionally eyeing the shaved tree limb in his chest Vlad realized Modrin was still speaking, "... you going to get up or not?"

Pausing long enough to point with his eyes Vlad breathes, "Wood that I could."

#microfiction #vladtheimpaled

@401matthall Oh dear, we might have to resurrect the Buffy jokes...

@noam

I'm gonna have some fun with this.

Also, for my money, there's _nothing_ funnier than Paul Reubens _not_ dying in that film.

...

He kicked the _wall_.

Hilarious. Man had unbelievable timing.

Shit... I just realized we _might_ not be talking about the _same_ Buffy jokes.

👀

I'm so _old_.

@401matthall Had to look up Paul Reubens. But then, I didn't grow up in the US...

@noam

Ooooh... Oh my goodness. Yeah, so, I'm referring to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer _movie_. From... Yeesh... The 90s?

Paul Reubens played a _very_ popular kids TV show host Peewee Herman. Weird stuff but I grew up with it. Seeing him play a bad-guy vampire was a _delight_.

So, yeah, I'm trying to unpack years of my nostalgia for you all at once... That's probably not gonna land. :D

If you've got sometime you _might_ enjoy the movie. I did as a youngling.

@401matthall
I have seen the movie! I'm not that young... But to be honest, I don't remember it that well, maybe because it never gained cult status like the series. I only really remember Donald Sutherland was in it. He was one of the great ones.

@noam

Oh, so very yes! He brought some much needed gravitas to the 'weird' concept of a 'modern' vampire hunter film.

I miss me some Donald Sutherland.

Even when his words said, "I suppose you're alright." His face said, "Guh, I'm going to need a bath after this conversation."

<3

@noam

Additionally, this conversation tickles me because I _never_ got into the TV series. I enjoyed a lot of Joss Whedon's work for awhile but never quite grabbed onto Buffy or Angel.