bait_backup | Posted all across wizarding Britain

*Simple, bold and textless, the posters are dominated by the gaunt and rather unsettling face of Bartemius Crouch, Sr. His bug-like eyes wide and watchful and alert as ever, even in two-dimensions and arbitrary colour. Alone, his now many, watchful gazes would have proven nerve-racking enough - but, when it comes to the work of Magenta Comstock, "enough" is never a quantifiable resource.

The truly nefarious nature of this new propaganda campaign only becomes obvious when a witch or wizard passes by. That unlucky, awkward moment when he or she makes eye contact with the leader of their country. That moment that quickly takes a turn for the grotesque as bulging eyes wriggle and thrust upwards, pushing out from the surface of the slick paper like two maggots, taking on shape and mass and the glistening quality of the real thing. They bob like apples in mid-air and proceed to follow their victim home, watching everything, taking in every detail. Portraits have the truly uncanny privilege of conversation in the wizarding world, a fact long taken for granted - although probably not for much longer.*