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Hieronymus (H). 27 Club dropout. She/her. Northern English. Person of Interest sideblogs are detective-fiasco and texts-from-team-machine. Vulture culture blog is blackartnumberone. Stuff What I Make Blog is Loki-of-the-light-switch. Discord is Hieronymus#3748. Ao3 is ThisPolarNoise. If you wish harm on others I do not want you here.
I think the reason why gag candidates are so common in UK elections is thus:
1. Relative ease of running for parliament - you just need 10 signatures of residents in the constituency + £500. Which obviously is not a small sum of money but it's low enough that people are willing to blow it on a publicity stunt or a protest.
2. First past the post system + being a small country means that every general election is made up of 650 local elections, typically 1-2 towns worth of people.
the way i see it the benefit of the gag candidate is threefold:
to provide a kind of 'none of the above' option on the ballot paper, as a candidate with no actual policies or stances. unlike spoiling your ballot votes for gag candidates are real votes; there will be a publicly available figure of how many people chose the man with the bin on his head over any of the actual politicians.
to act as an ongoing reminder that anyone can run for parliament on any platform. and that's beautiful!
to act as a reminder to politicians not to get too big for their britches. yes, you might be the prime minister, but on election night? you share the stage with the man with a bin on his head. :)
Fuck Meyer-Briggs whatever typology. This INTFP shit is only for redditors up their own asses to substitute for a personality. Use my new typology instead!
Hola, Doomers! It's July 15th, so here's the June of Doom 2027 prompt list for all your doomsday planning! All the good stuff's below the cut!
Previous Dooms: 2023 || 2024 || 2025 || 2026
What the heck's a June of Doom?
This is a month-long prompt challenge/ list/ event/ thing that focuses on whump, angst, hurt/ comfort, and the like. Despite the air of doom it exudes, this challenge is very relaxed—your mod knows life happens but you still want to be part of your fandom(s), and sometimes you can't just sit down 30 days in a row to write/ art/ create. So, this list is out stupid early every year so you have the chance to prepare and particiapte! It's never too soon to Doom!
Rules
Tag your stuff with appropriate warnings, plzkthnx.
AI-created content is highly discouraged and frowned upon. I have no way of "checking", but I respect the time and effort people put into their crafts and encourage everyone to do the same. This isn't a contest for best written or prettiest art — it's a challenge, so challenge yourself.
Be cool. We're cool here. Don't like, don't read. Don't start none, won't be none. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it. Let people be happy. 💕 (But if someone's comin' at you within the confines of this challenge, let me know ASAP.)
FAQ
You can participate with original and fan works!
You can do so with whatever medium you want!
You can combine this challenge with other challenges!
You can start/ finish this challenge whenever the heck you want! And I'll reblog it here if you tag the blog, even if it's not June!
You can use one, some, or all of the prompts listed for a given day however you want! The point is to be creative!
You can mix and match prompts from different days!
If nothing on a certain day is inspiring you, there are 15 alternate prompts to play with!
Angst, hurt/comfort, and lighter/funnier forms of whump are welcomed and encouraged! Torture takes many forms! :)
I'll post reminders and such as we get closer!
[AO3 Collection] - Open late May 2027
[Banners] - Eventually!
**Only posts that tag the blog @juneofdoom will be reblogged. I am a one-man show and haven't time to comb through all the variants of the #juneofdoom tags anymore with the number of participants we have, so if you want to be featured here on the main blog, just @ me!**
If you have any questions, comments, shout outs, ideas, or just need some encouragement, inbox me anytime, June or not!
Have fun, Doomers! ⚡︎
2027 Prompt List ⚡︎
"Don't panic."
| Obedience | Shivering | Vertigo
"I'm trying!"
| Whip | Emergency Room | Blackmail
"Leave me alone."
| Cold Shoulder | Locked Out | Relapse
This being marked "mature" is actually disgusting. These are completely neutral portraits that are not sexual or provocative in any way. Trans people existing is not a fucking sexual statement, let alone our trans elders.
you might think the worst type of adaptation that can happen to a fandom is a bad one. but in truth, i find that's rarely the case. usually the world at large doesn't pay attention, the fandom unites around the piece's badness, and otherwise continues along as usual. hell, if the adaptation is so-bad-it's-good then it really can evolve into quite a nice treat, once the sting has worn off.
no, what you actually gotta look out for is the mediocre adaptations. the pretty but soulless adaptations. the technically-competent-but-misses-the-point adaptations. because there will be enough folks who think that the new Adaptation is Good, Actually, and no matter how politely you word your disagreement, they will resent you for saying as much.
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