To Never Swerve Into "My Lane" Again.
Polite Execution: The Variant Cover
Book of Boris – Dept. of Petty Affairs
The Scene
Lane swerved. Crown yanked. No patience this time. No XP loading screen. No dust-off. No polite smile.
Just the smash. A full-page panel, crown shattering across the pavement.
Variant cover art—because this isn’t canon mercy. This is the alternate run, the darker ink. The collector’s edition where the lesson isn’t returned gently—it’s broken and left for them to pick up in shards.
The Aftermath
There’s no dignity to salvage here.
They don’t get to replay it in their head—they see it every time they look at the cracks.
They don’t walk away intact—they walk away knowing their symbol of pride became a prop in your comic.
They aren’t remembered as the one who held the crown—they’re remembered as the one who couldn’t keep it when the cover turned black-ink variant.
The crown smash isn’t about power. It’s about permanence. Once it’s inked into the page, there’s no undo.
Final Word
- (The Clown leans in, hunched over, teeth bared, shoulders shaking…)
“I told you.
You thought it was a crown.
He thought it was a collectible.
And me?
I knew it was already broken.”
The laugh hits. Not joy. Not triumph. Just the echo that says it was over before it began.
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