Don’t look now Houseplantfan. They’re milking whatever charitable PR they can get in the run-up to the wedding. THis one’s giving me a foul churn in the gut though. They’re “set to attend” the memorial of Stephen Lawrence next week. (SL was a hate rime victim of a group of white supremacist thugs 25 yrs ago. There’s a memorial every year.) Harry’s being sent to read something on behalf of Wiliam. AND HE’S TAKING MEGHAN. My eyes could not roll any further. For me, it’s actually crossing OTT.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Wait, he’s reading something on behalf of William? So this was William’s event and Harry and Meghan took it over so they could get their press?

I feel like this is the second time they’ve taken over one of Will’s events, but I can’t recall right now what the first one was.

Well, Baby Cambridge 3.0 is probably coming early next week, so I can see why they would give it to Harry because Will might have to cancel last minute. 

Publicly announcing that MM is going is another thing altogether though.

Cathy Yan Is Warner Bros’ Choice To Direct Margot Robbie In Next Harley Quinn Film

justiceleague:

Warner Bros and DC Entertainment have chosen Cathy Yan to be the director of an untitled girl gang movie, likely the next superhero film to be graced by Suicide Squad scene-stealer Harley Quinn, in the form of Margot Robbie. A deal has to be completed, but it is expected that Yan will become the second female filmmaker to join the DC club after Wonder Woman‘s Patty Jenkins, and the first female Asian director ever tapped to direct a superhero film.

Yan got the job over numerous well established male directors, and because she is taking this giant leap with just one small-budget indie movie under her belt. That would be Dead Pigs, a film that won the World Cinema Dramatic Award For Ensemble Acting at Sundance last January. Despite being a new talent, Yan’s presentation for Birds of Prey was exceptional, and Robbie held firm to her desire for this film to be directed by a woman.

Cathy Yan Is Warner Bros’ Choice To Direct Margot Robbie In Next Harley Quinn Film

keepingupwiththebananadrama:

I’ve never rolled my eyes so damn hard before.

 This is a woman who has used her race and the race of her mother to scream about injustice. 

 This is also the same woman who never voiced her support or concern for any of the people who suffered the same fate in US (before and after Harry). 

 This woman has never done a walk, never spoken out, never learned more about any of the causes created behind those deaths.

 If you find yourself saying “she’s being forced to go because she black”. My response is a) she’s not black she’s mixed and that’s not an excuse b) she claims to be independent and a feminist so she is more than capable of saying I do not feel comfortable going to this based off the fact that I’m half black.

 But this is the woman who needs to uses the race card to pull sympathy, votes, followers, a love shield, and anything else for her gain. I’m not surprised, I’m more disgusted because the actress will be in full mode and crying on cue.

http://traffic.libsyn.com/talkfromsuperheroes/TFSH_119_TheAvengers_IanMacIntyre.mp3?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio
https://houseofbrat.tumblr.com/post/173013160889/audio_player_iframe/houseofbrat/tumblr_p7at9x97eo1rvya9r?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Ftraffic.libsyn.com%2Ftalkfromsuperheroes%2FTFSH_119_TheAvengers_IanMacIntyre.mp3

textsfromsuperheroes:

Diana: Does it bother
either of you that Thor straight up tries to murder Captain America in this
movie?

Ian: When? In the woods?

Diana: Yes! Guys,
this is an attempted murder. Thor is fighting Iron Man who is clearly wearing
armor, but then Cap shows up and literally just says, “Let’s stop fighting” and
Thor, having no idea the shield can stop Mjolnir, brings it down right on his
head! We should have a pile of Cap mush.

Andrew: If that had
been a regular shield Thor would have just murdered a man so hard the body
would be unidentifiable.

Ian: It would be
great to see that and then Thor is just like, “What? No! I thought you were all
super strong!”

Diana: Thor’s been to
Earth, he knows we’re mushy.

Ian: Yeah but he’s
been punching Iron Man for like ten minutes.

Diana: Iron Man is in
metal armor, Cap is in spandex! He can see the difference.

Andrew: If it was a
regular shield Cap would have been turned to powder.

Diana: What a dark
movie that would be, if Thor murdered Cap and then they all still had to work
together.

Andrew: No, just credits.
That’s the death of Captain America
and the end of the movie.

Ian: It’s just Loki up
on that mountain cheering, “Woo, I win! Nice work brother!”

– The Hosts of Talk
From Superheroes on The Avengers and Why Thor Should Be More Careful

Listen to more
episodes here, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify of wherever you get your podcasts.

 

[Footage of an attempted murder]

What’s your favorite Philip fact? Or like story or something. And it can totally be how he’s a BAMF or just NAVY!

sea-dukes-assistant:

OK so, as usual it’s pretty difficult for me to pick my favorite anything about Sir but…it’s probably the fact that even though he has the status he does, he “doesn’t like to be highnessed.”  He just prefers to be called “sir.”  So even though he’s managed well enough in his position, he still views himself as any other man, really.

SEA STORY!  FUCK YEAH!

OK so this one time, in the Med, it was all dark and shit, and there was some plane(s) shootin’ at Sea Duke’s ship (I forget if they were Italian or the Luftwaffe).  So Sea Duke is like “Aw hell nah fuck that noise,” and fools the plane(s) into thinking they shot up his ship by having the crew literally THROW TRASH OVER THE SIDE.  JETTISON ALL THE THINGS.  LT BAMF ain’t got time for ur shit, Axis Powers, he has a lady with great knorks he has to bang.  Anyway, plane fell for it, fucked off, and the crew lived to break other people’s shit another day.  FUCK YEAH NAVY.  

Looks like you were right! Prince Harry looked very disturbed and distraught today. It’s like you said: I think it is stress of two people who are not meant to be together long term. Also, I think Harry is starting to see her diva attitude that he will have to deal with forever.

Yup. He really looked terrible in the pictures I’ve seen from today. He also probably has family stress piled onto the stress he’s getting from his fiancée.

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Tarot & psychic predictions have said for years that 2020 & 2022 would be the best years for the Ginger to get married & that 2018 & 2019 & others were the worst years to get married. I find it fascinating because this year, H&M are overshadowed by just about everything & we are also on the brink of WW3. This really is the worst year for the Ginger to get married

I suspect he’ll end up getting married to the other girl in spring 2020 or spring 2021. 

I think the universe is going to deny him his May wedding date this year.

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teamphilipftw:

rheas-revelry

To be fair several years after the funeral Diana Princess of Wales everyone in the UK was telling Tony Blair to fuck off and rightly so.  So Prince Philip can be very much forgiven for saying that to the then PM.

I just think it was, like, the ONE INSTANCE that told you everything “important” about his character.  

  • He is more concerned about his wife/family than political bullshit and “monarchy stuff.”
  • He definitely doesn’t mince words
  • He ain’t got time for ur shit

What were her words? “Hit the ground running”? Or was it “Boots on the ground”? And now her stans are setting up her inevitable failure as the fault of the BRF? Looooooool! Those were Megs own words. From her own mouth. Not even a speech, it was freely said in the engagement interview. I’ve said this many times since Nov, Megs & her stans will also claim “racism” as a factor in her bolting. Mark my words.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yep.

The idea that Texas will be eternally red I think is a false one. But when it will turn is hard to say. Once it does turn, though, if you take the largest red state and add it to the blue column, the politics of America totally transform.

Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of God Save Texas (via nprfreshair)

united-nations:

Tadodaho Sid Hill, Chief of the Onondaga Nation, delivers the ceremonial welcome at the opening of the 17th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues this Monday at UN Headquarters in New York.

Indigenous representatives from around the world gather every year at UNHQ to discuss how to better defend their rights. This year they are talking about ways to protect their collective rights to lands, territories and resources. 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity is in indigenous peoples’ lands. By protecting their land rights, we protect our future!

📷: UN Photo / Evan Schneider

My theory. The reason why PH is PR-ing the hell out of M is because (he knows that) he’s living proof of the power of PR over reality. What he seems to be missing is that (1) M was a PR flop from the beginning and (2) his relationship with M has seriously damaged his War Hero pr image and (3) “brand” Harkle is a ridiculous joke; the harder they/he pushes the more damaging it becomes to “brands” PH, MM, and Harkle.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I think “he’s living proof of the power of PR over reality” really nails it.

She’s not getting the grace period because HER PR was selling her as a great charity worker she also lobbied so hard to join the royal family at Christmas and everything else. The royals is just giving her that. Her and Harry talked so much about the Commonwealth in the engagement interview it was applied she’s doesn’t need a slow introduction. So as the saying goes be careful what you wish for. But when everything goes south she can say the royal family worked her to hard

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Exactly. We’ll get tons of “she wasn’t ready” and “ they should have given her more time.” That, btw, was exactly the criticism Di leveled against them. 

“Talking about tin foils, they analyzed airport picture’s metadata and it showed them that the part of picture is bought from Getty, so they started running around and screaming that this picture is old and Meghan’s lying” .. from your anon I follow all the blogs and saw the date as old Can you explain to me why it isn’t relevant I don’t understand metadata I also would like to know using my own brain whether or not Mm lies and if she did lie about being in Chicago is it relevant to a job

If you revisit this Chicago Getty picture controversy 10 days from now, I guarantee you won’t care about it then because it’s much ado about nothing. 

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Then what do you think will happen once The Queen goes?

I think the UK in general is just going through a tough time period that will last until about the end of 2020. So things will eventually get better after all the Brexit shit gets sorted out. 

By the time she passes away, all of that will have been sorted out. Things will be better than where they are today with people freaking out about Harry’s engagement to MM, and other people mad at the people who don’t like MM.

Gee. Is it just me or has duchessofostergotlands gone all in on sugaring Meghan the past two weeks or so? It’s like she’s totally fine not only turning a blind eye at some of Meghan’s dodgy stuff, but really going out of her way to defend and separate her from her dodgy family. But then turns around and takes a pop at Eugenie in a bridal diskussion where she brings up Randy Andy’s dodgy connections, hinting(snarking) that they might get a tiara from Andy’s “Middle Eastern friends”. So needless.

She’s always been pro-Meghan, so that’s nothing new. Anyone who notes that MM is a “famewhore” she then insinuates that they’re racist. 

Andrew has a shady past, but the only tiara post I recall of hers recently was Eugenie wearing the York tiara.

Really, if you have an issue with her, then you should write to her about it. It seems to me that she does not pay much attention to celebrity news/gossip, so I don’t think she notices the “dodgy stuff” like other people such as AHPF does. 

“They the government don’t want PC as leader”. True the air is now like once HM dies let the BRF go with her.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yep.

It’s ironic that Harry is now referring to HM’s 1947 speech where she devoted her life to saving the Commonwealth. The main objecting towards her successors is that they serve no one except themselves.

Although, from what I understand, the Commonwealth as a democratic institution would probably be better served by having an elected head, not a hereditary one. Keeping a hereditary head just continues the imperialism angle within the institution. Time for a change as all things must.

Harry was just announced as Youth Ambassador. A huge step for him but I do wonder about the Monarch’s plan here. Harry is being used to rebrand the family’s relevancy in the CW. BP said that more than 60% of the CW are those under 30 and having Harry head the initiative for the demographic makes me wonder about their faith in William .With Meghan on women/girls initiatives they will definitely have a huge role. Future King or not, Will and Kate need to step up with the public. 1/2

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Being a Traditionalist isn’t going to help Will and Kate in the long run. The demo they are appealing too will probably be dead by the time he becomes King. Will needs goodwill with the Youth because they will be the majority once he becomes King. Harry is going out there and doing it. I think he and Kate are underestimating Harry and Meghan’s appeal and ability to connect with people. They might not ever be King and Queen but in the end, they probably won’t need to be. 2/?

outh, Vets, Women/Girls, and probably HIV/AIDS. Those are some hot demos and good places to build from. Will and Kate have mental health but I can’t name much else. Harry has Invictus on his own. They need to cover more ground. It says a lot that the star of this Commonwealth week looks to be Prince Harry. The Queen has put a lot of trust and faith in him. That hasn’t been extended fully to William 3/3.


Maybe, but I doubt. it. This is exactly what they did with Andrew’s “trade ambassador role,” where he had a British trade organization backing him up and he was supposedly going to sell the UK brand because the royal name added so much glamour and he was supposedly so popular overseas. In the end it was just a big slush fund that paid for his golf trips and Club Med holidays. LOL, the Prime Minister at the time also had “enormous confidence” in Andrew 

Trade was the big thing in 2000 and in 2018 the big thing is “youth.”  Harry likes Africa so he gets the Commonwealth and not the Middle East. Cue huge amounts of “learning” and “listening” trips to Africa.

If they really meant to turn this into a meaningful position, they really should have called it something else. “Ambassador” is what they roll out whenever they don’t know what to do with one one of their miscreants. Harry, for example, was briefly “foreign ambassador” after his Vegas antics.

https://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2013021811211/prince-harry-trade-ambassador/ 

Harry is no different tham megan. He is going to change the world. That’s the reason why they are marrying each other. Their ego and arrogance!

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I don’t see “changing the world” as a necessarily bad ambition. If you have a goal and a plan and are willing to work hard, all the more power to you. A lot of great organization started with the urge to “change the world.”

The problem I see with these two is that they don’t see themselves as doing any work themselves or even supporting the people doing the work. They are going to “inspire.” That is truly outstanding arrogance, particularly coming from people who haven’t really done anything.

From Glamour Mg: ‘If there are any two royals who can “keep up” with “young people,” it’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.’ Yes a soon to be 37 yr old and 34 yes old, can keep up with people in their 20’s. I swear, it’s like the universe is saying, “Hey, let’s play out Edward/Wallis, everything Margaret and Andrew/Fergie for the people born after or don’t remember the scandals. I swear, I’m seeing everything being done step by step.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I know! That’s the fascinating part about this. It’s watching history repeat itself.

duchessofavalonn:

Honestly, I’m really kinda surprised that KP scheduled Harry and Meghan’s wedding so close to Kate’s due date.

I mean…there’s what? Less than 30 days til the wedding so even if she has baby Cambridge 3.0 in the next week, she’ll have to attend the wedding 3 weeks post partum. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF A MOTHER FUCKING NIGHTMARE THAT WOULD BE. boobs leaking, vag bleeding, hormones out of control, and she has to pull it all together for the gigantic even that is this wedding. I mean. I do not envy the poor woman.

dceumovies:

Wonder Woman’s bracelets have been kind of like Captain America’s shield or Wolverine’s claws; they’re known more for who’s using them than the objects themselves. One thing almost anyone who knows anything about Wonder Woman knows is that her bracelets are bulletproof, and she uses them as shields to protect herself. A common pose for Wonder Woman is holding up her arms while bullets bounce off her bracelets. In 2009’s “Wonder Woman” #34, she learned that by clashing her bracelets together, she can summon lightning bolts straight from Olympus at her enemies. Another cool trick she’s gained from her bracelets is the ability to create shockwaves by smashing them together.”