‘For you, sir’: Ukraine approves Stephen King’s anti-Russia t-shirt, responds with reference to his novella

Russia-Ukraine crisis: "I don't usually post pictures of myself, but today is an exception," Stephen King tweeted, along with this image.

Stephen King, the American author of horror and supernatural fiction, has recently taken up posting and retweeting content supporting Ukraine after it was invaded by  Russia last week.

On Monday, he tweeted: “For the first time in a long and infamous career, Putin looks stupid. It must come as a shock to him." He then took to sharing a photo on Twitter the next day wearing a t-shirt which featured the colours of the Ukranian flag and read "I stand with Ukraine".

"I don't usually post pictures of myself, but today is an exception," King tweeted.

I don't usually post pictures of myself, but today is an exception. pic.twitter.com/IvuiH3QVZv

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 28, 2022

Responding to this, the official account of Ukraine wrote: "We will prevail over those langoliers for you, sir."

we will prevail over those langoliers for you, sir https://t.co/m94aNP93AF

— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) February 28, 2022

The Langoliers is a novella written by King, which was later adapted into horror a mini-series by director Tom Holland. It features passengers on a transcontinental flight from Los Angeles to Boston who find their co-passengers missing. They realise that they avoided death because they were asleep, but they are worried whether “Langoliers” are approaching them.

King had described Langoliers as toothed sphere-shaped monsters whose purpose is to clean up what is left of the past by devouring it.

Ukraine's reference to King's novella in the tweet left many Twitter users amused.

Nice Langoliers reference.
The daisies, but in this case, the sunflowers. pic.twitter.com/3NazkgHxLL

— Saburo Okita (@sub_okita) February 28, 2022

Ahhh, epic response! Don't forget about the lobstrosities!

— Bela (@_Bellabyrinth) March 1, 2022

In King's literary world, Lobstrosities are bizarre creatures that live on the beaches of the Western Sea. They look like a cross between scorpions and giant lobsters measuring about four feet long, with sharp serrated beaks, and eyes on stalks.