I’m afraid of driving in Maine because what if Stephen King is jaywalking? What if I hit him? I don’t want my legacy to be That Guy That Ran Over Stephen King the Second Time.
listen kiddo i’m from new england and let me tell you you have a lot more to worry about than accidental murder
Oh, I’m not worried about killing Stephen King. I’m worried that I’ll run over him and he’ll survive and then go on to write a mean Dark Tower tie-in story about me using my real name and having me responsible for the death of a beloved character.
Stephen King got hit by a van while walking in 1999 and nearly died. He later wrote the driver responsible, a man named Bryan Edwin Smith, into his magnum opus Dark Tower series. It’s very bizarre and convoluted, but one of the main characters of the series dies by throwing himself in front of the van to safe Stephen King’s self-insert, Stephen King.
Also: Yes you read that right, Stephen King is an important character in Stephen King’s fictional universe.
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