You won’t see “Aquaman” reviews for some time, but the social-media levy has broken and the first wave of reactions has crashed online. Perhaps surprisingly, they’re almost all highly positive — James Wan’s entry in the DCEU has been called “an absolute blast,” “breathtakingly beautiful,” and “an undersea Star Wars” by those who’ve seen the superhero movie starring Jason Momoa.
Writer Ben Mekler tweeted: Aquaman is everything DC fans have been hoping for and more. Rollicking action, an amazing sense of world-building, spellbinding musical numbers in which Aquaman wears clams as tap shoes, and a command performance from Jason Momoa. DC has really righted the ship. The DCEU lives!
With Aquaman, James Wan has crafted a world the likes of which we’ve never seen on screen before. It truly is an undersea Star Wars, with a palpable sense of history, hammerhead sharks with human legs who can pop, lock, and drop it, and flat-out incredible creature design.
The eye doesn’t see. The brain sees. The eye just transmits. So what we see isn’t only determined by what comes through the eyes. What we see is affected by our memories, our feelings, and by what we’ve seen before.
Let´s do the counting game, how many “REAL reasons” we will now get, to explain why they are moving away… but how they are still sooooooo totally loved by the entire family… and all is well, and everyone adores Rachel….
But fact is: You´re getting sent to Toad Hall with the Prince who turned out to be just a frog after all.
Right next to the graveyard, and the flight lane of TWO different airports above your head. I think lifestyle guru and new-age-church member Rachel Markle didn´t do her due diligence on Feng Shui…
“The proposition is deliciously intriguing.
Two brothers torn apart by a divorced American interloper… two
sisters-in-law, one dutiful, one showy, whose ill-concealed hostility
helps to prise apart the siblings once thought tied together for life by
their accident of birth.
It’s as if
the painful history of George VI and his brother, Edward VIII – who
abdicated for the love of his brash US bride, Wallis Simpson, to the
disgust of his sister-in-law, later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother –
is being played out all over again.”
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“I’ve seen replicas of princess Diana’s engagement ring in practically every store I’ve been in. Personally, I prefer the diamond/ruby engagement ring given to Crown Princess Märtha in 1929 when she got engaged to Crown Prince Olav of Norway; the ring which was then passed on to Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit I think it’s far more classy and beautiful. I’m actually looking for a ring like that and can’t for the life of me find it!“ – Submitted by Anonymous
The first tidal wave of reactions are extremely positive, with comparisons to everything from Indiana Jones to Lord of the Rings to Avatar, with some rumblings that it may even be the best DC film since The Dark Knight. Special
attention is being paid to director James Wan, who appears to
have melded his experience on small-budget horror films and large-scale
blow-em-ups like Fast 7 to create something with a personal adventure on a grand scale.
Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can’t afford the time to think.
Wanted to see what’s behind this move since it is an quite odd choice of residence considering all the logistics of it for the #Harkles. Send me your thoughts, requests, and feedback on this post as usual to my ask. See you guys later. – TT
* this is a long post so get you a snack and enjoy the reading. I promise this post is definitely worth the read and the wait!!*
Let’s get right into it.
“Why are PH and MM moving to Frogmore Cottage?”
Okay.
I feel like three people got together and discussed this, probably William, Charles, and someone else whether that was the Queen, Kate, or Phillip (Three of Pentacles/King of Cups/Hierophant). I think this was mentioned as a possibility in the past before and until recently just now, officially given to them (Judgement/Six of Pentacles).
Feels like a mutual thing in a way. Charles/William/The firm offered them this place after both parties realized that staying at KP wasn’t the plan anymore and offered them Frogmore Cottage, both having their individual reasons for wanting this move.
Charles/William/The firm got together and was basically like, this chaos and mess and arguments that’s been happening lately gots to go (Ace of Swords Rx/Four of Wands Rx) and they needed to be sent away (World/Six of Swords Rx/Knight of Wands).
They are being sent off/shipped away whatever you want to call out.Abandonment?Absolutely (Six of Swords Rx/Five of Pentacles). But not completely. It’s Mercury Retrograde so bare with me with trying to explain this.It’s like when a kid goes off to college; yes they are by themselves and have more independence, but they are still being monitored and restricted on what they can do. They still have deadlines to meet and expectations of themselves even if they are 1,000 miles away from home. This is kind of like that.
This is also their make or break moment. Meaning, this is a test from the palace as to whether they can sink or swim as a couple (Two of Cups/Six of Swords Rx). This is a test to see how self-sufficient H&M can be on their own and if they can handle everything (Six of Pentacles).
There’s been a fear in the palace for a while now (Nine of Swords), more so with William/Charlessince they popped out of the spread while I was shuffling (KOC), that things were not going to get better and things would clean itself up like it was suppose to (Star/World). So they made this decision (QOS/Judgement) and made this offer to them (Six of Pentacles) to soften the blow for the rest of the royals when things were to hit the fan (Tower Rx) aka save their butts when things got bad in the press (cause it will).
This decision was made in a sense to sort of get the Sussex’s back on their feet and back to the way they were suppose to be as royals and not the celeb lifestyle they have been living (Six of Pentacles). Sort of like detention at school.I don’t know why I making all these school references lol.
Like I said before, they are being banished (Six of Swords Rx/Emperor Rx) though.They are being isolated from the rest of the firm (Four of Pentacles) because of all the conflict and stress they bring (Five of Swords/Ten of Wands). Emotionally and financially. Do Harry and Meghan see it that way right now? Not quite.
Harry and Meghan weren’t cooperating with staff like they should have (Four of Wands Rx/Three of Pentacles) and were causing too much disruption and worry, not just emotionally but financially as well (Five of Pentacles).
I think this was also a last ditch effort to hold onto some money (Four of Pentacles) and make sure they weren’t losing too much because Meghan in particular (Knight of Wands), probably had a bigger house in mind.
I feel like H&M have been disgraced, like William has completely loss hope for the time being that things will get better (Six of Swords Rx/Star) and he sees the impending disaster and is trying to get as far as away he can from it (Six of Swords Rx). The Queen (Empress Rx) felt this was necessary (QOS) because of the lack of respect for the rules and procedures of the firm (Emperor Rx) and sees Meghan as corrupt and disrespectful (Emperor Rx) and feels like Harry and Meghan are losing control and this needed to happen to put them their place (Six of Pentacles). She hopes this will be a little wake-up call to them (Judgement) of their place in the firm and what happens when you go against it.
I don’t think this was originally the plan (Six of Swords Rx/Star) but H&M just accepted it anyways. H&M (Two of Cups) have been so overwhelmed, stressed, feel like their being criticized too much (Judgement) trapped, stuck, and too isolated from everyone already (Five of Pentacles) that this move gave them a sense of “maybe things might get better after this” (Tower Rx) and they see it as a way to hopefully make life better than it is right now.
This appeared like it was the dream idea (Star) and that this was gonna be a great decision for H&M at first (Judgement/Six of Pentacles) but that’s not the case and they will still end up unhappy and restricted and even more isolated than before there (Sun Rx/Six of Swords Rx).
Sorry, but you can’t make #Siberia into an ice palace Harry and Meghan, no matter how hard you try it’s still #Siberia.
I feel like Meghan was pushing for a move away from KP in general (Knight of Wands/Strength) like it would be great for them (Star) and they could be themselves and feel freer there (Star/Nine of Swords/Emperor Rx) and nobody would bother them anymore (Devil Rx), basically talking in his ear like this would be so amazing for them when it was first mentioned to them but that’s obvious not the case.
Meghan wants to think this was an upgrade but she knows it wasn’t. They are being demoted (Emperor Rx) and this move will do more damage to their marriage than if they stayed in Kensington Palace, mark my words (Sun Rx/Empress Rx/Death Rx). She hates the restrictions put on her inside the palace (Knight of Wands) and wants to do whatever she wants and not have those restrictions (Devil Rx/Emperor Rx). This move will bring out the more demanding side of Meghan (Strength/Empress Rx/Emperor Rx) and will make her worse to deal with and wrangle down. She feels like this happened because she really pushed them for this and she got that 5 minute self-gratification moment of feeling like she’s gained back an ounce of control with this move, which she so craves to feel like all the time (Devil Rx/Strength).
Again, this was done to sort of offset any bad press coming the firm’s way and separate themselves from it. They were worried about the possible danger they were gonna be in by allowing them to stay at KP (Death Rx).
I really wonder if this move even happens fully. I’m still seeing some delay on this move though (Sun Rx/Six of Swords Rx/Tower Rx/Death Rx). Something might happen that stops this from fully happening or they might not stay there for very long as a couple (Two of Cups/Six of Swords Rx).
This move all in all will not have good effects on them. They will still eventually end up unhappy there (Sun Rx). This move will make them feel even more isolated (Sun Rx/Moon) and will not have an happy outcome because there is the illusion that things will work out (Star/Moon) but there’s something they don’t know regarding it or some sort of sneaky behavior going on with the move that is not seen yet (Moon/Three of Wands/Eight of Wands).
It’s like their trying to convince themselves they will be happier there.
I don’t know. Something shady surrounding this or coming out of this move.
So there’s three main types of tiaras in the British royal family
1) The Queen’s personal tiaras- these are pieces that she personally owns. She can choose what she wants to do with them moving forward, who she bestows them on etc
2) Tiaras owned by the Crown- these tiaras are not the Queen’s personal collection so she can’t sell them but she is considered their guardian and decides who can wear them and when
3) Tiaras owned by other members of the family- some tiaras are owned by other members of the family. Some examples of these tiaras and where they came from:
Cartier Indian Tiara- This was bequeathed to the Duke of Gloucester so wouldn’t be worn by people outside their family
Festoon tiara- This was a personal gift to Anne from a shipping company
City of London Fringe tiara- this was given as a wedding gift to Princess Marina and has since been passed through the Kent line
Ogilvy tiara- This was made for Princess Alexandra’s wedding so she is the only person who wears it and may pass it on to her family
Once upon a time, depression was generally seen as a purely psychological disturbance; these days, people are likely to think of it as a tidy biological syndrome. In fact, it’s hard to make sense of the distinction. Most depressive disorders are now thought to involve a mixture of reactive (so-called neurotic) factors and internal (“endogenous”) factors; depression is seldom a simple genetic disease or a simple response to external troubles. Resolving the biological and the psychological understanding of depression is as difficult as reconciling predestination and free will.
There is no feminism to speak of at this point in history: no preserved understanding on the part of any of these women that their rule could potentially change the patriarchal system going forward.
In the long run, ancient Egypt was no less cruel and oppressive to women than every other complex society on Earth – but, here, they snatched the gift away after graciously bestowing it. So even ancient Egypt – the only state that consistently allowed female rule – suffered a woman leader only when it had to, expunging her from the eyes of her people as soon as possible.
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt – Kara Cooney
On November 9th, 1959, the Secretary of Health informed the public that a small portion of the cranberry crop from the Pacific Northwest had recently tested positive for the herbicide, which caused abnormal growths in lab rats. He had a message for the consumer (that is, the “housewife”): if she couldn’t determine the origin of her berries, “to be on the safe side, she doesn’t buy.”
A $50 million dollar a year business collapsed overnight.
She’s just doing that because she thinks it will work in her favor when things hit the fan. It won’t work though. Her and this marriage have too many things against it rather than for it for them to choose her side and favour her in the end. Unless you hold some real power with press and media attention (which Meghan doesn’t since majority of all her press is orchestrated and manufactured, not authetic like for example Catherine’s), flattery doesn’t work Meg. Sorry.
One of the oldest rocks in existence, the Murchison Meteorite. It’s 4,600,000,000 years old, and likely existed before the Earth itself had completely formed. Interestingly, it also contains amino acids, the chemical building blocks of DNA. Via u/bpoag
House of Brat 