Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER (2022 - )

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Is Tumblr aware of Count Binface, current hope for our nation?

Let me explain:

Grotesque fascist grifter, Nigel Farage, is the leader of Reform, the racist far right party he created because UKIP got what it wanted (Brexit) and it sucked.

Having tried and failed to be an MP many times (but somehow getting more screentime than any Liberal Democrat or Green politician), he finally succeeded in the last election because people were so overwhelmingly pissed off with the Conservatives, and many right-wing people saw Reform as the new Conservative Party; partly because it's full of rejects from the Conservative Party.

Speculation: he doesn't really want to be an MP, he wants to be a fascist grifter. He's annoyed by suggestions he do things like Be In His Constituency and Serve His Constituents.

He's recently been caught having accepted a VERY large amount of money from some unsavory people that he insists was a totally legitimate 'donation' and not breaking any rules.

Only it did break the rules and it's very clear that it did and things are in motion to hold him to account.

To avoid this, he has resigned as an MP, saying this is a protest at his treatment by the 'establisment' (he is a rich fascist grifter, but he likes to cosplay as a Man of the People). This has triggered a by-election, in which he is standing, with the hope that the people of his constituency will either elect him in a resounding win, indicating they don't care that he's corrupt (having not heard everything the investigation is uncovering), or someone from Labour or the Conservatives will win and he can swan off to America, free to grift again because of what the 'establishment' did to him.

Only, all the major political parties have agreed not to stand, stating openly that this is an obvious stunt and they won't legitimise it. So if he doesn't win, he can't say it was because he was too much of a rebel and the Establishment went against him, he'll just be a loser, which doesn't play too well with the right-wingers he wants to grift. And if he does get back in the investigation will go forward without any kind of 'mandate' from his constituency buoying him up.

But. There is another option.

COUNT BINFACE IS RUNNING.

Count Binface is part of the grand British tradition of joke candidates who stand as a protest option. They usually don't get enough votes to get their deposit back (which is supposed to deter unserious people) but they don't care, because DEMOCRACY.

Of course, Count Binface has never won, but it is hilarious to see a completely serious pathetic fascist concede defeat while standing next to a man with a bin on his head to whom they are democratically equal.

But if nobody else is standing. And if enough people in Clacton-on-Sea are finally cheesed off enough with Farage not doing anything for them, there is just a chance that one of the funniest things to ever happen in politics will happen.

Imagine. Imagine for just a moment that the Grotesque Fascist not only loses, but loses to Count Binface.

Also, for reference, Farage resigning won't actually stop the investigation against him. The investigation will just be paused while the by-election is going on.

If he wins, the investigation will no longer be paused. It looks very likely that Farage will be found to have breached parliamentary disclosure rules which, considered the severity (5 million quid ain't nothing), could get Farage suspended from parliament.

And if Farage is suspended for 10 days or more, it could trigger a recall petition which can trigger a new by-election that Nigel would have to stand in again if he wants to keep his seat.

But if he loses, the investigation may be picked up again. Not being an MP does not mean the investigation can't continue. If it's considered appropriate, it will carry on.

I say this for anyone in Clacton-on-Sea who worries voting for the Count would let Nigel off scot-free. Farage does not have a get-out-of-jail-free-card for this investigation. Especially because there's at least another four Reform donations that were reported by bankers as suspicious.

All very true lol

To clarify further, candidates like Count Binface, Lord Buckethead, etc will stand in elections as the political equivalent of some dangly shiny keys to distract toddlers - there are always people who want to protest vote, and also people who will do what they think is funniest. So, these guys will stand in constituencies where important candidates are running to mop up the idiot votes and help protect the integrity of the actual contest. This is why they run in the constituency where the incumbent prime minister stands.

Here, it's necessary because of the exceptionally weird situation described above

HOWEVER, I should stress that there are actually multiple candidates - no post I've seen on this subject on Tumblr this far seems to mention this, so I think everyone is coming away with the idea that it's Farage or Binface. Ad OP says, no MAJOR parties are standing - even the Tories are calling this "Farage's fake by-election" (insert the Good Place "Even Jason got it? This one hurts" meme). But, there are currently nine confirmed candidates! Let's take a look at the high quality the people of Clacton are being given:

And now! The independents!

6. Piers Corbyn, a conspiracy theorist who thinks climate change and COVID are hoaxes and is friends with David Icke (and describes his ex-wife as a Jewess)

7. Rob Pownall, an anti-fox hunting campaigner who likes to stand for election while dressed as a fox

8. Ollie Granger, a television personality

9. Luke Worley, a reality TV guy who, unlike everyone else on this list, is actually from Clacton

Meanwhile, the Monster Raving Loony Party have stated that they intend to field a candidate. So between Binface, the fox guy and whoever they choose, we might actually get three separate candidates in fancy dress to watch Nigel Farage's weird temper tantrum

Courtesy of my sister who wanted me to make this but didn’t want to wait and made it herself

Fanfic update!

Sealord Father has a new chapter out and ready for you!

The story is set in an alternative universe where Adar has led the Uruk to the sea to become pirates rather than turning the Southlands into Mordor. The events transpire during the Second Age with a change to the timeline around Sauron's return and the destruction of Númenor.

The Ghost Elf and his spectral crew are wreaking havoc across the vast Sundering Seas. Admiral Veanelen is on a mission to keep the waters safe for all. However, she soon uncovers a concealed agenda behind the reports of piracy, revealing a bigger danger to the free peoples of Middle-earth.

For a group of semi-nomadic outlaws, these Uruk pirates have a well developed parliamentary democracy. This means that not even their immortal forefather and deified leader can simply relocate them and change their lifestyle without contention.

Adar needs your support on this Moot!

The only person who deserves credit for this chapter is @heckate-hexx who spent a lot of time, energy and talent building a complex society and a rich history for this Uruk nation.

Since theres a Sapphic Master Post

Reblog if you are in the tolkien fandoms and you create sapphic works

And ill add you to a master list so we can support each other.

Tag if you write draw gifset etc for ease of assembly.

Fanfic update!

Sealord Father has a new chapter out and ready for you!

The story is set in an alternative universe where Adar has led the Uruk to the sea to become pirates rather than turning the Southlands into Mordor. The events transpire during the Second Age with a change to the timeline around Sauron's return and the destruction of Númenor.

The Ghost Elf and his spectral crew are wreaking havoc across the vast Sundering Seas. Admiral Veanelen is on a mission to keep the waters safe for all. However, she soon uncovers a concealed agenda behind the reports of piracy, revealing a bigger danger to the free peoples of Middle-earth.

It's been a minute! The Moot chapter is taking longer than any of us expected, but it will be worth it. In the meantime, we offer you an amuse-bouche.

Elendil´s family is slowly being pushed into the plot.

The watcher in the crow's nest of this fic is @heckate-hexx. This chapter has my doodles, but the map of Númenor is by ©️Astrogator87 from the TolkienFans Reddit.

Míriel's love for her people bound her to her doom, Elendil's faith in the Valar put him in the path of destiny.

The Queen of the Sea, the Queen of his Heart. Tar-Míriel, the Usurped.

I adore their courtly love, but I also want them to be VERY uncourtly.

ok one more uinen post

@tulaturambar !!!!!!

you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands

op how does it feel to be the most correct person on earth

nobody looking at those damn dvds

Mcpayne just sayin’ what we all thinkin’

If anybody ever told you you weren't good enough, they lied.

You were always good enough.

I chose this part of the chapter “Of the coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor” (The Silmarillion) because it is the very foundation of Adar’s origin. It gives us an insight into the pains he and the other captured elves suffered.

This passage gives us some understanding of the origin of the orcs, or at least a version of it, which is hugely devastating and disturbing. We can only imagine how traumatizing it must have been for the elves before they were captured, as well as being enslaved by Melkor. It is also clarified how they multiplied like elves and men, and there is an indication of how Melkor orchestrated that to his will.

The fact that they served him in fear is what I think is sometimes forgotten, and I really do appreciate an adaptation that shows us orcs from this perspective, even if we cannot escape the root of their origin - the root of evil, destruction, and mockery. It all began here.