A Tall Sheep and a Star to Steer Her By

Tumblr won't let me upload the actual image for some reason?? so here's a link to the full-sized thing on FileGarden and the AF attack itself with notes and close-ups

Characters: Rhiannon, Wannewup, Reenste, Venustus and Ymroddiad by @travellingdragon, Texas Red, Bellicus and Big Iron by @rolethelaglord, Aurora by @noughticalcrossings, Genereux by @nighttimepatrons, Falcon and Musket by BlazingArts1, Ehre by @kykafitzdinguss, Defiance by Cubelis, Griseo by ursar, Voltaire and Nathaniel Wagner by kipling, Cyniss by Stardestiny24, Aviaria by Endofwave, Verfolger by Branchedder, Thaelin by D_llahanSpade and Goliath by fedya111

Nigel Farage is the leader of Reform UK, a far right party who are currently in the process of a serious bid to become the UK government. they are just straight up evil.

Count Binface is an intergalactic space warrior with a bin on his head. he likes to run as a novelty candidate in general and mayoral elections. a big thing he likes to do is run as a candidate against the incumbent prime minister:

(Also pictured: Boris Johnson, Elmo)

Anyway, in brief:

Nigel Farage is currently in the midst of a big scandal about his finances

He has decided to deal with this by 1) making a show of nobly resigning from parliament and then 2) immediately running in the resulting by-election

He has stated that he is letting 'the people' judge his actions and implied that if he wins that will prove that he has been exonerated in the court of public opinion

His goal was presumably to get a big resounding win over the other parties, proving that The People still love him.

the other parties have thus far decided that this is a 'vanity election' and, well, there is one very easy way to ensure that he will not beat any of them, and that is simply not to play.

and as a result the only person who has so far confirmed they are running against him is Count Binface. no matter the outcome this makes Nigel Farage look like, u know, a fucking clown.

I can't bear to hope that he might actually win, all depending on the people of Clacton.

Count Binface on BBC Morning Live. Full interview. 8th July 2026

“I wonder if she would still call you her precious, loyal Talbot if she knew how easily you knelt to me.”

The Terror succeeds in laying humanity bare before us, showing the full gamut of human emotion and experience through the lens of just one event in history.

Humanity, we see, is inherent, multifaceted, infinitely changeable, and very, very complex.

Every man is capable of violence, deceit, bigotry, and cruelty. But every man is capable of love, courage, sacrifice, and even heroism too.

Every man is a cathedral.

But The Terror also lays before us body upon fallible, fragile body in every state of injury and debility. Lacerated posteriors, charred faces, exposed brain-matter.

Dark lines in gums, and leg bones in cooking pots.

Every man is a pudding also.

With death and destruction as inherent as life and humanity, we're freer to ponder the question of where the line is between those two states and when that line is crossed.