Harry looked stone faced at the concert. Getting second row at the concert and at the Westminster Abbey service must have needled his ego to no end. He always played up the People’s Prince angle hard, and became smitten with Meghan in part because he believed she would solidify his spotlight. Instead she has accelerated him to the second row with Andrew and Edward. While Meghan’s sitting in the back wondering if the cameras can still get a good angle on her, Harry’s wondering why he’s demoted.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Exactly. 

Platel on DM is whacking MM hard – “a burning desire for fame is such an integral part of Meghan Markle’s persona it almost seems to be etched into her DNA”. Ouch.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Whoa. 

More importantly, what daughter wouldn’t have her dad walk her down the aisle? It’s one of the most poignant rites of passage a father can perform. If Meghan isn’t on his arm, she may regret it for the rest of her life.

Yes, the former TV lighting director is a portly T-shirt-wearing, bearded recluse — and in Meghan’s new world they may not like the cut of his jib. But if he isn’t there in that role, it will say more about Meghan than it does about him.

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-5640741/Platells-People-Dont-grand-family-Meghan.html#ixzz5DMUICkDg

Mother’s side is also not invited and look who will do her hair www(.)dailymail(.)co(.)uk/news/article-5642571/More-close-family-furious-left-Meghan-Markles-wedding-guest-list(.)html

keepingupwiththebananadrama:

anonymoushouseplantfan:

LOL, the “celebrity vet” is invited. I’m dying here. 

Wait this dude is the one fucking up her hair. Until recently it’s has definitely looked like shit rolled over. Anyways the theme of this wedding guest list will be fame over family. Smh

1/I think Harry was chomping at the bit wanting and waiting to defend Meghan – I think that’s one of the reasons he picked her, to be frank. He wanted to step it up and be noble defending a woman of a biracial background entering the RF. Rebel Harry, using his own family as a foil for his awesomeness. I bet he had quotes and statements all practiced in his head. Turns out that people don’t care about that – they’re way ahead of Harry. But they DO think she’s fake and ridiculous.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

2/She’s not just fake, but EVERYBODY can see it immediately. It doesn’t take any time. As soon as she speaks, EVERBODY is: “Oh, she’s one of those.” with her “Is he kind?” “Well, we were roasting a chicken.” “Boots on the ground.” It must be mortifying. It’s not like Diana, where people had to watch her for years to get the idea something might be amiss. Meghan is a cartoon. Harry outsmarted himself. Everyone’s smarter than he is. Mortifying.


You forgot “I didn’t know much about him.”

think, as you say, he was prepared to defend her. I don’t think he was prepared to look like a fool while doing it —- THIS!!!! Houseplant you nailed it! Harry was prepared for the “she’s inappropriate for a royal” fight but not the “she’s using you” fight.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yep. I wonder what it’s doing to his head. She sold him a relationship in which he would be seen as the hero/knight rescuing/defending his beloved, but instead he looks like an idiot who is being taken in by an experienced user.

mcrgotrcbbic:

“Gal Gadot brought Wonder Woman to millions of new fans. Her portrayal was magnificent and powerful, capturing everything that Wonder Woman represents. She and I are lucky to be members of this small sisterhood, living and breathing this uniquely strong, smart and charming superhero. […] Wonder Woman has helped transform how women and girls see themselves since she emerged on a TV show in 1975. She represents what we know is inside every one of us: fierce strength, a kind heart and incredible valor. Gal understood and captured the spirit of this complex, independent, fully feminine persona. I applaud her for all of her success.” – Lynda Carter honors Gal Gadot for TIME 100 List

duchessofostergotlands:

The Royal Houses (8/9): The House of Windsor

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Current Head: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Founded: 1917
Parent House: House of Wettin

Anti-German sentiment during the First World War and a rising disdain for monarchy following the murders of the Russian Imperial Family led King George V to change the name of his royal dynasty from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor. The name was chosen to honour Windsor Castle, a favourite home of the royal family and a distinctly English landmark. The House of Windsor is currently headed by Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 1952. Many of King George V’s descendants use Windsor as a last name, including the children of the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent. 

dianasofthemyscira:

You are Superman, aren’t you? Lois, look, we’ve been through these hallucinations of yours before. Can’t you see what you almost did? Throwing yourself off a building 30 stories high? Can’t you see what a tragic mistake you almost made? I made a mistake? I made a mistake because I risked my life instead of yours. Lois! Don’t be insane! And don’t fall down ‘cause you’re just going to have to get up again!
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)

Hah – that gif… For a sec I was half expecting Captain Wales to break out his inner mockney and go “Meghan. Meg… M… Oi! OI! Meg!” the security guard (?) in white in the middle doing the dude version of clutching pearls. That’s a gold gif! H/M aside. What’s your all-time favourite comic and why? I get that this might be hard, esp if you’re REALLY into different artists/time periods. But anywho.. If you’ve got more than one, feel free to get a list together :) If you’ve got the time.

Pearl clutching is right! I love the way he’s sidestepping to his right too!

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I stopped reading comics regularly back in 2001-2002, and there are a lot of good stories that I haven’t read. Off hand, the one that comes to mind is probably Grant Morrison’s JLA, (volume 1) issues 1-4, particularly number 3 since it’s Batman alone against the Hyperclan. It works so well because it highlights Batman’s detective abilities. 

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There are probably others, but that is just what comes to mind right now.

Also, I always loved Brian Bolland’s Wonder Woman covers.

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And this cover for Spider-Woman:

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And this Spider-Woman story about the man who couldn’t die unless he found someone willing to die with him. (I always liked it since I read it as a kid.)

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That’s all I can think of offhand. 

reginas-phalanges:

At the closing of the film where Bender raises his fist in defiance. He was supposed to just walk into the sunset, so to speak, and John Hughes asked him to play around with a few actions. When he was done and they were finishing up, Nelson threw his fist up without running it by anyone. Everyone loved it, and it has also become an iconic symbol of the 1980s.

The Breakfast Club (1985) dir. John Hughes 

nprbooks:

You can argue about the numbering – yes, Superman #1000 is out this week, but there have been so many reboots, special issues, deaths and rebirths that it’s impossible to know for sure what issue number this really is. But our critic Glen Weldon says it’s not about the numbers. No, “It’s the belt, kids. The yellow belt. It’s always been about the yellow belt.“

The tale of a super-accessory, here.

– Petra

world situation anon, it was kind of answered in your other link but I mean the Koreas coming together, Syria, Russia, WWiii etc you mentioned no break till 2021?

I haven’t heard anything about North and South Korea uniting. I doubt that would happen. I haven’t been paying close attention to the news anyway. I suspect that the hot air between Trump and North Korea will settle down by the fall.

Russia is in a very antagonistic frame this year, but I suspect that the situation with Syria, Russia, and the US will settle down by the fall too. 

robertreich:

CAN TRUMP FIRE SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER?

Yes, but at a huge cost to our system, and to Trump’s presidency.

Begin with the law: Justice Department regulations issued in 1999, in the wake of Kenneth Starr’s investigation of Bill Clinton, say that only an Attorney General can remove a special counsel, and not just for any reason. Such a removal must be based on a finding that the special counsel was guilty of “misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or for other good cause, including violation of Departmental policies.”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation, so the Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, is in charge. If Trump directed Rosenstein to fire Mueller, Rosenstein would have to find “good cause” to remove Mueller, or repeal the Department’s regulation requiring such a finding, and then fire Mueller.

If Rosenstein refused, Trump could fire Rosenstein, and direct the next official in line to fire Mueller. And he could keep firing people down the chain of command until he got someone who would fire Mueller.

Richard Nixon did something like this in what came to be known as the “Saturday Night Massacre,“ ordering Attorney General Elliott Richardson to fire the Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. When Richardson refused and resigned in protest, Nixon then ordered Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox. Ruckelshaus also refused, and resigned. Nixon then ordered the Solicitor General, Robert Bork, who was then acting head of the Department, to fire Cox. Bork did the deed.

There’s an alternative open to Trump. He could simply order Attorney General Sessions to repeal the special counsel regulations, and then Trump could fire Mueller himself.

But, as the Nixon saga showed, these routes would be perilous – both for Trump’s presidency and for our system of government, because they would undermine public trust in the impartiality of our system of justice and in the office of the presidency.  

They would also further divide the country between Trump supporters who believe the Mueller investigation to be part of a conspiracy to undermine the Trump presidency, and the vast majority of Americans who are more likely to believe, as a result of these actions, that Trump has done something that he wants to hide at all costs.

The question is whether Trump is willing to risk it, nonetheless

Don’t you think that all this negative press on her is only going to make it harder for Harry to walk away from her. He must feel bad that she is getting hounded he may even blame himself. if he dumps her now he will look even worse for not supporting her. It’s working in her favor so she may not care about the bad press she gets.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Maybe, I think he must have expected some kind of press backlash and he likely was, as you say, prepared to defend her.

But I suspect that he was expecting stuff about her nudes and family. I don’t think he was expecting the Diana 2.0 revelations, or the endless parade of people explaining how Meghan pursues people, uses them, and then ditches them once they are no longer of use to her.

The tabs aren’t building a “she’s inappropriate” narrative. They are building a “she’s using Harry for fame, the way she has used everyone else” storyline, and they have copious amounts of material backing them on this one.

I think, as you say, he was prepared to defend her. I don’t think he was prepared to look like a fool while doing it.

those posts about national pride were so interesting! the thing about brtis liking meghan more if she’d been abit self deprecating rings true. I think lots of brits give harry a pass on loads of things and would be much more forgiving if this was a proper love story. Meghan should have said something about her love for harry in the engagement interview instead of the job, or that harry has got lots to teach her about the job but she’s looking forward to it. Anything that wasn’t humble bragging!

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yes! Exactly.

I am not surprised at slow turning of media waves. It was bound tk happen. The goddess iconic Meghan is not enough to make money BUT the Meghan with a colourful past is a locked treasure with a royal tiara. So fasten your seatbelt guys we are ready for this train wreck that has started its journey. Wedding PR will be insane but so the outing of her past. Exposing her just weeks before weddjng is more “Glamourous” than after wedding when she has it all. People snubbed and burnt bridges will speak

anonymoushouseplantfan:

That’s a good point. I was wondering why the flood gates were opening now. I mean most of this info was known in 2016. 

But they may have held off to see if she really did become Diana 2.0 . When she didn’t, boom, everything started to come out.

As someone who’s joined the royal fandom very recently, what was the mood like when will and Kate were getting married? Was everyone excited? Cause even though this wedding is in the media a lot, it seems like no one cares. Did will and Kate’s wedding have a lot of hype? Or was it very low key like this one? Or is Meghan and Harry’s wedding bigger in the uk than everywhere else?

anonymoushouseplantfan:

There was a surprising amount of excitement for Will and Kate’s wedding. We had a couple of posts discussing it some time ago.

https://anonymoushouseplantfan.tumblr.com/post/169705523851/hope-you-can-see-the-picture-not-quite-sure-how

https://anonymoushouseplantfan.tumblr.com/post/169747500361/submitted

I posted that BBC article about the Welsh street party permits. Harry and Meghan have 15 so far. 

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-43782721

Will and Kate had 200 in Wales and 4000 across Britain.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-13046196

And the government has even urged local councils to waive the street party fees so people can celebrate the 2018 nuptials AND the FA Cup.. 

https://news.sky.com/story/royal-wedding-councils-urged-to-help-street-parties-by-waiving-road-closure-fees-11256160

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-14305466

she obviously doesn’t care and apparently neither does the RF and Harry (I no longer consider him a royal LOL). She could shut the embarrassment down and shut them up by inviting them – not like she has to spend a whole lot of time with them. But seems MM don’t care that it makes people dislike her even more.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I know! These people are bribable. Why not bribe them? Why go though months and months of disclosures and drama? I don’t get it.

She’s dumb and arrogant. And dumb.

So you will have objections with emma watson being a duchess? She has nudes and steamy scenes. I asked this bec back then people were hoping for jfkjr to run and he was dating daryl hannah. I think she also had steamy scenes so im curious how american would react had he married hannah, run for pres. These of course were pre-trump. i think im more open to it. I would rather have someone like emma than markle. Heck melania, who had no training, is better than markle, in fashion style and work.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I’m pretty traditional about this. 

I don’t think JFK Jr ever wanted to run for office even though people talked about it.