#bp speculation

[youroldpalsteph]

Ngl I did feel concerned watching Teya in the last vid -- I don't mean this in the backhanded "I'm concerned about your health (as a way to shame you)". I do wonder if her cats being so curious affect her ability to eat? Also she seemed very enthralled by what she was doing.

I regularly experience manic episodes (in the middle of one right now baby, it's the only time I post!!!) and I find I'm so consumed by the "loudness" of my thoughts and impulsive "goal-oriented activity" that I forget to eat (dropped 15lbs /~7kg in the last 3 weeks).

I hope seasonally-appropriate hearty soups and chilis find their way to Father Strange :)

Eta: folks with BP are more likely to be affected by seasonal affective disorder!! Be good to yourselves y'all

are u ok yuor looking rather pallid

i'm a canadian goth. im undergoing my seasonal transformation into a wretched creature who lives in darkness. (will not see the sun until april)

[pxrxmoore]

makes me cry w laughter explaining some of the 911 storylines to ppl that don’t watch the show. anyway lucy says the millions of killer bees that went missing in the last ep are gonna come together to form a cushion under the plane and help guide it to safety <3

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

RTA, you're gonna want to read Camilla Tominey's latest op-ed "Why Harry's Hopes For Reconciliation Are Doomed." If you get a chance to read it, can you give your 2 thoughts on your blog about this? I got the impression it might be a message to Harry from Buckingham Palace.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2025/06/07/will-king-charles-and-prince-harry-reunite/

Archived Link

Some thoughts:

1. Camilla has confirmed palace sources, so this can definitely be viewed as the palace's perspective or an unofficial palace statement. And remember that The Telegraph's nickname is The Palacegraph.

2. It sounds like the fiasco around the choice of Lili's name and The Queen's reaction (which I suspect those closest to her learned ASAP - Charles, Anne, Andrew probably, William, and Angela Kelly) was the final nail in the Sussexes' coffin, which sealed their fates.

In hindsight, it does feel like this may have been when William wrote Harry off and stopped communicating. We know that William was at least...open and tolerable, I guess, to Harry's presence and speaking with Harry in April 2021 at Philip's funeral (judging by the way William walked with Harry afterwards after Kate dropped back, vs him dropping back with Kate) and per Harry himself in Spare (even though Harry is as unreliable a narrator as a toddler in timeout). But, just three months later at Diana's statue unveiling in July 2021, William was downright frosty to Harry - what changed? Publicly, the only change that we know is the June 2021 Lilibet scandal and Harry didn't share anything else about this time period.

3. This quote underscores the main issue for the BRF: ...it remains an important reminder of just how difficult it will be for the Royals to reconcile with a couple whose “truth” has often seemed to collide with royal reality. To put it another way, the BRF sees the Sussexes as being "us first," which doesn't exactly jive with what public service means (being for the people) or what the monarchy is (supporting the sovereign).

Meaning that if the Sussexes change their mindset, they're able to support The King and tow the company line, and put their focus on the British citizenry, the door may be cracked open for them.

4. This affirms what many of us have been thinking and softly speculating - that Charles's cancer is incurable and he'll be living with it the rest of his life. Given what Camilla writes and what the palace has said before, I don't believe the cancer impacts Charles's quality of life that much more significantly, but I do think it means he may not be as visible a monarch as The Queen was in her 70s and 80s. If you remember, she didn't really start slowing down until around her late 80s.

But I wouldn't say that's a reflection of Charles's cancer either. I think it's more a statement on modernizing the monarchy. Charles will still turn out big numbers engagement-wise, but I don't think they'll be like his numbers as Prince of Wales. While some of the difference could be attributed to the cancer, I think most of the difference is because of the fact that he's King, it's a different kind of work, and being King in 2025 is very different from being Queen in 2002 (when The Queen was 76, the age Charles is now).

This section also seems to set the stage for Charles to turn Buckingham Palace into more the administrative/official "headquarters" of the monarchy, versus being the monarch's home, which would probably lead to the public having access to BP via year-round tours, year-round events and receptions, etc. Instead of the palace being closed to much of the public most of the year, the palace would be open to the public most of the year and closed only on select dates (as Windsor Castle and Holyroodhouse are).

5. Palace aides are watching the British public mood around Harry. If public opinion starts to move in Harry's favor - which it sounds like the palace thinks could happen with Birmingham IG 2027 - then Charles will respond to Harry's pleas for contact.

But the key point here is public opinion. Meaning the public will decide when or if Charles will ever speak with Harry again. Which is what I've been saying all along: if the Sussexes stop talking, stop complaining, stop trying to bait the BRF or the UK to reacting, then there's a way back.

Also important, this section provides Charles's terms for a reconciliation at Birmingham IG 2027:

Archie and Lili must be there too.

It doesn't matter if Meghan is there or not.

This is Charles only - no William, no Waleses, and not the extended family either.

Harry will have to address and manage the hurt feelings he and Meghan caused in the extended BRF with their behaviors and attitudes. (It does sound like the extended family will acknowledge their mistakes too but Harry has to take the first step.)

6. There's a very direct, explicit message from William to Harry in this: William's got more important things to care about than what Harry wants so Harry can stuff it and stop trying.

7. Camilla's final paragraph echoes what's been said here before and on other blogs: there's absolutely no way back for the Sussexes to have official working roles and represent The King (current and future) but there is room for them on the family side.

[invenusworld]

one way i like to speculate whether someone with an unconfirmed birth time is of a particular nakshatra or the following one is by looking at a combination of the quality and caste

for example, purva bhadrapada is a fierce scholar (ugra brahmin) and u. bp is a stable ruler-warrior (sthira kshatriya)

u bp is more likely to be in a stable position of power (politicians, presidents, ceo types) and have a more even, grounded temperament as opposed to the fiery, raging intellect of p. bp

lets take ashwini and bharani — the former is a swift merchant and the latter a fierce outcast. although ashwini's vimshottari lord ketu is associated with the void, spirits, ghosts, violence, liberation (and therefore death) and the like, ashwini natives themselves are more likely to be engaged in professions related to sales, business, networking, marketing etc (take patrick bateman for instance) and bharanis are often found in more taboo or outlandish professions, or working abroad with foreigners as mlechhas are those foreigners or outsiders who do not traditionally 'belong' to a given cultural group or society

to further distinguish one would then look to the presiding deity of the nakshatra, the vimshottari lord, the associated symbolism etc but I feel as though caste and quality are a good starting point to begin making the distinction

[ihaveforgortoomany]

General summary of information going into 2.8 (CN SPOILERS FOR 2.6,2.7 WEE WOOO)

This is mostly me collecting the info from the 2.0 series to see what pieces we have going into 2.8

(Spoilers for 2.6 and 2.7, not Global Friendly) (And information currently available on the teaser poster and the teaser for the livestream)

Alr:

Poster reference:

Paradise Regained by John Milton is a sequel to Paradise Lost focused on Jesus' 40 days in the desert while Satan ties to tempt them into disobeying God, which doesn't work.

Vertin has been thrown into the Jesus/ Messianic imagery alot in this game so maybe this would be Arcana as Satan trying one more time to tempt Vertin but it doesnt Succeed.

Paradise "regained" could be a reference to FMN's line from launch "return to the past with the right order", so maybe this is in reference to the Manus wanting to make a Storm and revive Arcana.

Here's my two cents: who is Satan and who js Jesus in this scenario? The story is about preservance through hardship and succeeding, and specifically BP have chosen the sequel "Regained" over the first book "Lost". I would like to argue we already saw something similar to Paradise Lost not with an apple but an orange.

(This is just conjecture but yeah humour me: Vertin is tempted with knowledge back in Tender is the Night by Arcana, join Manus and get the answers you need, but this results in her "fall" with the reversal of Karson, Marian and Schnieder: Vertin spends the next patches to "redeem" herself, either saving others or stopping at nothing until the Manus is defeated.

So once again I think Arcana will tempt Vertin again, maybe this line Urd is on the line - maybe she succeeds here)

Speculation on lore bits:

In 2.5, Vigil Black Ibis tells us that the break into the ACD resulted in 5 objects being stolen, and that out of that five only one was needed for the revival ritual:

Status of the known objects:

- toy robot: designed to trap and control Anjo Nala, destroyed by Vertin in 2.2

- cursed film: the corrupted state of the Film of the Three Swallows by Theresa/ He Rijun, destroyed by Qiangliang and Liang Yue in 2.5

-eye of Komala: dnd dice carved from the Gate of Komala in Antractica, dismissed by the Manus and the weakened state is in the possession of Aleph

- Last two unknown, though one is speculated to be Arcana's ashes

Character Specific:

Arcana: Deffo shes getting revived I think, the teaser confirms this unless something else comes up.

Ulrich- the wild card here, likely his research into the space mission conducted by the 2.7 gang will lead him here, although I dont have an idea of what exactly he could be doing here. 2.7 was able to confirm that the Storm has even affected space to a degree.

Urd is drawn to Antractica, and Vertin and Sonetto are following her there - hopefully Vertin and Urd interact. In 2.6, for reference until it comes out in Global a large section of her story in the prison is untranslated and would be a pain to machine translate for me when its dropping roughly in a month or so. The only thing of note that I could understand from that section is that she is physically drawn to the location in Antractica, believing her answers and memories would be found in Antractica.

From the livestream teaser I want to speculate that either she has willingly joined the Manus in order to get the answers she wants, either Sophia, FMN or Ms Grace falsely promising her; the influence of Arcana somehow; or even the Zeno traitors under Igor taking her there.

My current predictions for Urd/ Dores:

Confirmation she is either Vertin's mom or relative

She, in some way is connected to the revival ritual and is vital to it

Potentially she prior to the Storm knows Arcana, maybe they working together or something

The chance this is the patch she dies in

She regains her memories, either the previous versions (Bessmert, Martha, the identities from London and Rayashki) or her original self pre-Storm

(Or this is the final boss of yuri divorce and the Storm is actually the result of a very messy breakup of a situationship with Arcana lmao)

Predictions for Sonetto and Vertin:

They do something (btw I don't like 2.6, god hope GL improves that by a bit)

Sonetto sacrifices herself for Vertin, either dies or its heavily injured (maybe parallels to their childhood would be cool)

For Vertin, I speculate she and/or Urd are vital to reviving Arcana and are being purposefully lead to Antarctica by Arcana via Sophia

Wild theory - Urd is not related or maybe is, but Arcana is Vertin's mom (their positioning on that teaser lowk makes me think of that, but mostly thats vibes not much there)

Vertin finally gets to throw hands with Arcana (please for the love of GOD I WANNA SEE THAT)

Since we don't have the cast list this time lemme predict appearances outside of the ppl in the teaser:

Basically a given:

Zeno traitors - Igor and Ptolemy

Manus - Ms Grace, FMN and Sophia should be there

Predictions:

Full team timekeeper - Even including Druvis girl its been months get off Aperion theres another island you need to slay on

Regulus specifically - if Ulrich is there, maybe more on the satellite hopefully?

Lopera - Moldir is here, we lose alot of emotional weight I think if Lopera isn't there, unless they properly flesh out Moldir in this patch her character is very weak right now (remove Moldir from 2.2 nothing much changes)

Black Ibis - The Vigils have been tracking FMN and Sophia for ages, and she was the one who disclosed the five objects back in 2.5, so I have a feeling the Vigils may appear here (maybeee Liang cameo but I don't think they would want to overshadow the Limited here)

Beryl (Matilda's mother) - speculation that she is the one who was behind the ACD breakin for the objects, and its clear she went missing on purpose and has plans for Matilda, I really would like to see her fully revealed

Matilda - mostly in relation to her mom, maybe she becomes part of some Foundation backup since the teasers have been implying a war or big battle between the Manus and the Foundation.

Boss prediction?

Last bit: flip the livestream teaser you see this figure on the far right here.

I would speculate this is the same but evolved maybe final version of the boss seen in Book 2 and 1.9

Thats what I got until the livestream!

[the-empress-7]

There’s a lot of talk about Meghan using the kids for a big pay day.

In your opinion, is getting the right pay day more important than upstaging the Wales family.

So, is Meghan waiting for a big pay day to reveal the kids (real proper pics - faces etc) or would she prefer to drop that to trump the wales family - like Williams coronation or the like.

(All just speculation)

She gave up on the pay day a long time ago. She had cut a deal with Gayle and CBS for his big reveal, and BP rightfully put an end to that absurd plan. It was game over after that because after that point they started digging their own graves at rapid speed. She learned very quickly that no one was going to pay her for pictures of her kids, since these days everyone does it for free.

The games with the kids have nothing to do with a pay day anymore. It’s a combination of Harry’s paranoia, her resentment about not getting paid for them as she had hoped, and the fact that the kids are all Markle in looks (zero Windsor, zero Spencer).

[elainsgirl]

so most of the boys of tommen fandom just found out lizzie is bipolar. I mean to me, that was pretty obvious by the way she acts. Is it an excuse for her behavior? In a way... yes. But it is an explanation towards a lot of things. Me personally, I never hated her even before she saved joey. Yeah she can be a B but I cant hate this girl for some reason.

Her BP was something that had been speculated by the fandom for a while and I find how chloe displayed it to be so realistic and on par with how having the disorder feels like. It ruins your relationships with those around you and can send you spiraling which is exactly what we see with Lizzie throughout the series.

Lizzie is a B. But at the same time she’s caring, kind and hurting- her whole world being shaken again and again. Whilst I disagree w it being an excuse- it is definitely an explanation and realistic look into what its like having a BP friend. I always knew there wS more to Lizzie’s story therefore it was hard to hate her knowing she was going through something terrible. Whilst I dont bother defending her anymore bcs in certain situations she did go too far, I still wish her the best & will always like her character. She needs therapy and a brand new start which hopefully Chloe is planning on giving her.

[celticcrossanon]

BRF Reading - 21st of September, 2024

This is speculation only

Cards drawn on the 21st of September, 2024

Question: Were the birthday greetings to Harry a message (and if so who were they for and what was the message)?

Interpretation: It looks like it was a message to Meghan - how unexpected. The energy is not on point with respect to the question, so this could be a message from the universe that is overriding what I asked.

Card One: The Queen of Wands

This is a fire sign person, in particular and Aries but it can be any fire sign person. This is a person who is or sees herself as charismatic, generous, sexy/hot, in demand socially, confident, self assured, passionate and determined.

This card is giving off Meghan energy. So much Meghan energy. This is how she sees herself - sitting pretty, the Queen of all she surveys, the hot sexy confident charismatic woman that everyone wants to know and be with. Yes, she is delusional, but that is the energy from the card of how Meghan sees herself and how she is going to take this message from the BRF - as a queen receiving a message from another monarch (OK, maybe the wicked queen, but you get the idea).

The card tells me that there was a message, and the message was meant for Meghan. If it wasn't meant for her, she is taking it as meant for her anyway.

There is nothing else to this card - it is just Meghan-as-she-sees-herself energy.

Three points to note about the Queen of Wands before I leave this card:

A characteristic of the Queen of Wands person is an inability to stick to a budget and a tendency to overspend. This is confirmation that Meghan has money troubles.

The Queen of Wands can be very self centred, but I think most of us know that about Meghan. That self centred-ness is now to the fore, i.e. she is concerned about herself and no one else

This is a continuation of point 2: The Queen of Wands can be someone who accomplishes a lot of work in a short period of time. We all know that Meghan is allergic to real work, but this tells me that she is plotting something and it is something that has to be accomplished quickly.

Card Two: The Devil in Reverse

The Devil is another card that has come to signify Meghan in tarot readings. In the reverse, it is a symbol of her downfall.

The Devil in reverse as a card is good news. It means independence, freedom for addiction and co-dependency, eyes being opened, reclaiming power and control, release.

I drew a clarifier for this card and it was The Queen of Pentacles in reverse - the bad wife.

Both the Queen of Pentacles and The Devil represent Capricorn. I'm not getting the energy of The Princess of Wales (a sun sign Capricorn) here. Instead I am getting the energy of the shadow side of Capricorn - money hungry, status hungry, ambitious and ruthless with it, climb up the ladder and kick it out from under you etc. Capricorn is the natural ruler of the 10th house of the zodiac, the house of - usually it is career, but it is more accurately how you are perceived by the public, and it can also talk about being an adult, your parents, or you as a parent.

The message I am getting from this card is either 'we see you' or 'you have lost control', or both. I'm leaning towards both. It is a message that says we see you, we know what you did, we know how you did it and who helped you - we know. The other message says you have lost control, this person (possibly Harry, could be others like employees or surrogates) who was under your thumb is now free, you have lost control of them, they have found their power and they are using it against you, they have escaped - the idea of escaping and freedom is resonating quite strongly.

I don't think this reading relates to the birthday message sent by BP, but whatever has come through is very strong energy.

With respect to the birthday greetings, the energy I am getting is: This stops here, so far and no further, this is all you will be getting from us (bare minimum generic message to your spouse) which doesn't really tie in with the meaning of this card, but that is what I get for it.

The other energy is of exposure - the Devil, the Prince of Lies, is being exposed in a particular way that will open some people's eyes to their true nature in this area.

Card Three: The Seven of Swords

This is the thief card, the card of resourcefulness or strategy if you are being nice, and lies, deceit, trickery, being sly, and schemeing if you are not nice. The energy from this card is definitely in the not nice category.

Skullduggery. That s what I get from this card. Schemes that are afoot, things done in the shadows or on the sly, trickery and deceit. It is being done now and it is known. I don't know the aim of the plots in the shadows, but they are there and they are known.

Card Four: The King of Cups in Reverse

This is the card for a Scorpio person, and for me it is the card for the King as a father. This is who the plots and snares of the Seven of Swords are aimed at. The King as a person is in reverse, he is weak, he is suffering from Cancer, and there are plots to keep the card in the reverse - to take advantage of his current condition. These plots are known (The Devil card in reverse - we see you, we know) - maybe not all of them, but definitely some of them and most likely all of them. The King is aware of the threats against him.

Underlying Energy: Death

Death is the major arcana card for Scorpio, stringer than the King of Cups, and here it is in the upright. It is a card of change, of transformation, of moving from one state to another. of endings and letting go, and literally of death.

This is where I feel the energy of The King. He is behind this, the force pulling the strings. He is preparing the way for a change or transformation of some kind. This is the King in his power, not weakened by illness but strong and decisive. It could be as simple as the rumours of plans for his death being made and Harry not being included. It could be something else. This is The King in control of the situation, whatever it is, and pulling strings so that the changes that he wants will come about despite any plots to the contrary.

Note that Death is a necessary part of the cycle of life - birth and death, death and rebirth (like perennial plants). So there are echoes of birth energy in this change and transformation energy, as you change to a different state and birth a different version of yourself.

Conclusion: I have no idea. That was a completely unexpected set of cards that was not the answer to my question that I expected, and in fact I think it did not answer the question at all. The energy feels important though, and rather urgent, so I will let it stand as it is for whatever we can make of it.

There was definitely a message sent to Meghan. Someone/s have been freed from her control, she has been found out and will be exposed. There are plots against The King, especially him as a father, but they are seen and countered. Underneath it all is the transformative energy of death and birth, moving to a new state of being/ a new way of life.

I have no idea how any of this ties into the birthday greeting s from BP.

Ok, I will revisit this question the next time I do a reading. For now, I am leaving this here, as is. Make of this energy what you will.

[keyboardserpent]

So I have this idea/headcanon/theory about Drayton:

We can see during the story of the DLC that he's got some stake in making sure the player character (aka: you) kicks Kieran out of the champion spot.

He seems very invested in making sure you not only get to join the club but that you will be the one to finally beat Kieran. He's seen pulling strings to make this easier for you, such as taking you to get signed up personally and allowing you to skip straight to challenging the Elite 4, and also waiving your BP cost to fight him personally.

Normally when someone seeks to dethrone someone with more power than themselves, it's to gain that power for their own. Not this time though, as Drayton says that he doesn't want the responsibility and the work of being the club leader, as the Champion becomes upon gaining said title.

So what does he want?

I don't think it's really got much to do with Kieran, and even though there is clearly some animosity between him and Carmine, I don't think it has much to do with her either.

I think it's Iris.

It's pretty widely accepted at this point that Drayton is Drayden's grandson, and who is Iris? Well, wikis state she is his "adoptive granddaughter." So it's likely that Iris and Drayton spent significant amounts time around Drayden at the same time.

And I think both of them were training under him.

Iris went on to become the Champion of Unova. We all know that. Iris. The one who isn't related to Drayden by blood.

And what happened to Drayton? He was either sent off to Blueberry Academy or chose to go to do more studying there.

He tells the player at one point that he was held back a year three times.

I don't think that was because he simply wasn't putting in the effort. I think it was deliberate. Not only is he absorbing more knowledge by staying longer, but he's also avoiding going home to Unova proper.

Back to where Iris is Champion.

Why? Because he's bitter about the girl his flesh-and-blood grandfather took under his wing doing better than him. It's not about being champion specifically. He doesn't want all that responsibility, but she outshone him and probably took up a lot of his grandfather's attention as a result. I'd be bitter about that too!

His wanting to make sure you, the player, became Champion is about dethroning Kieran because he's bitter about who the Unovan Champion is, and he's taking it out on the only Champion he's actually able to influence.

Him bending over Kieran after his loss to call him "ex-champion" and rub salt in the wound might be seen as him simply not reading the room, but it reads as malicious to me. He's gloating because he chose the person who took him down, and probably imagining Iris in a similar position, which he may see as a return to equal footing and a chance to win back the attention of his grandfather.

By putting you on the top of their little Blueberry pyramid, at least he's essentially endorsed you as the Champion rather than being stuck with someone he (and everybody else) didn't really want there.

Kieran being a douchebag to everyone else (see that one kid he practically kicked out for "not trying hard enough") was a bonus, really. It would make people less suspicious of him for wanting to make sure he didn't stay Champion.

And just as another bonus, if you happen to subscribe to the idea of Drayton and Carmine's prior relationship being something that ended badly (hence her animosity toward him), that would only add fuel to the fire so to speak, making him that much more determined to mess up Kieran to get back at her.

In conclusion: Drayton wants Kieran gone simply because Kieran holds a Champion title, and he resents Iris (the Unovan Champion) for outshining him while they were both training under his grandfather Drayden. He's just taking his frustration out on Kieran. However, there is merit for Kieran's behaviour and his relation to Carmine having some impact, too.

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A lot of this is just speculation (I don't have the time nor the energy to spend hours digging for hard evidence) so I recognise it isn't a proper theory and probably has some glaring holes. Don't flame me too hard 🙏

[grandisknight]

i like to play a fun game of ‘guess what banners and events are coming up’ (aka predictions and speculations) so feel free to hear me out and take everything with a grain of salt ₍ ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎

+ date ranges for anything after zayne’s birthday are just placeholders ;; (unless i’m citing from actual banners/events)

+ will emphasize that these are just my opinions (✍️) ! purely for fun and if it’s not your cup of tea then that’s okay have a good day ٩( 'ω' )و

also infold pls do not smite me i’m just a girl with thoughts

okay so in an ideal world (mine) this is what’s cooking…

we have zayne’s birthday for a week (0831-0907)

his birthday is on 09/05 ; eternal attachment banner + birthday event

(✍️) and then for two weeks afterwards we could have a solo limited banner (either rafayel or sylus)

last time rafayel had a solo banner was his “private trip” card from 05/28-06/07

sylus was “no defense zone” from 07/15-08/01

however i wouldn’t be surprised if they end up doing a xavier solo banner / his last one was “faint sensation” from 04/19-29 so he’s long overdue… 😭 my blue eyed king comeback

in addition to the end of the month : first story branch that will go into last week of september into the first week of october (potentially 09/22-10/05)

based on july’s 2.0 livestream and follow-up SNS posts, the order has been implied to be zayne-rafayel-xavier (not confirmed) (just speculation)

(✍️) lowkey hoping we get to see zayne’s first

(✍️) i hope it’s similar to how they handled long awaited revelry’s debut in that we get a 10 day event to complete tasks and get resources 🫡

and THEN

(✍️) from like 10/11-18 xavier’s birthday banner and event runs for a week (his birthday is 10/16)

new birthday card, make a cake, the usual bday festivities shall commence

(✍️) following this, if story branches are released towards the ends of months, then the second story branch at the end of the month from 10/20-11/02 (rafayel?) and potentially third story branch from 11/24-12/07 (xavier?)

(✍️) rinse and repeat with solo limited banners and multis/precise wishes sprinkled in between and we’ll eventually find ourselves at the first anniversary ₍ ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎ uwah…

(✍️) additional thoughts i have

halloween and christmas events/memories i think absolutely yes please feed us into the holiday spirit and give fun outfits/cards for the boys

i’d like to think that potentially sylus’ 2nd myths could come out this year just to be on par with the other boys, since ❄️⭐️🐠 are done for the year! though it would make more sense if it came out in like a future update alongside caleb… so they can both have myths…

fingers crossed that the next BP is zayne/xavier from september-november since we currently have rafayel/sylus as a duo (07/15-09/11)

sometime by the end of this year hopefully we’ll get to see zayne and sylus’ free 5* memories from heartfelt gift login campaigns!

who knows, they’ll probably sprinkle in another 10 days with you free 4* memory campaign again in there somewhere (gestures towards the current zayne ‘doomsday’ event)

fifth LI… come home soon… 🍎 (i personally believe there’s only going to be 5 main LIs)

(✍️) + in my opinion, an LI has to be relevant to the main story + mc’s story — ❄️⭐️🐠🐦‍⬛🍎 fit those qualifications from the get-go

+ ch1 alone introduced all of them: ⭐️ first mission, 🐠 at the fountain, ❄️ doctor’s appointment, 🍎 call/text, 🐦‍⬛ red eye foreshadowing

+ the specific focuses of the main story were as follows: ch4 🍎, ch5 ❄️, ch6 ⭐️, ch7 🐠, long-awaited revelry ch1-2 🐦‍⬛

therefore i can’t really fathom any new additions otherwise for an LI beyond those five (though, time will tell depending on the story development i guess) (i’m excited nonetheless)

thank yew for coming to my ted talk

[pxrxmoore]

i see the spec abt buck getting to eddies because that’s when he gets the call abt bobby but i’m just thinking…

what if chris calls buck…

what if buck dropping everything and turning up at the diaz’s sparks the will reveal in front of eddies parents…

cause buck is lookin too calm for him to get bobby news (seeing as in his coma dream he couldn’t physically breathe when he found out bobby was dead) and he seems to stick around in the scene after to support eddie. would they not both leave to see bobby as soon as they could with news like that…

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

Hi! I saw this comment and it feels like lots of nonsense, what do you think?

“Byline Times did an expose proving (with copies of bank statements) that Will and Kate’s private secretary’s partner had received two payments totalling £4000 from a bank account belonging to the Sun, in exchange for insider info about Harry and Meghan. Dan Wootton revealed he’d been given insider information and details of private conversations by his longtime best friend, Harry and Meghan’s former communications secretary Jason Knauf (the person who sneakily gave the Thomas Markle letter to the Daily Mail and who leaked the bullying allegations which he initiated to the press) and far from being fired for breaking his NDA and leaking private info about his employers to the tabloids, Will and Kate hugely rewarded him by appointing him CEO of their foundation. Obviously they knew and approved of the underhand smear campaign Knauf was engaged on. Otherwise why make someone proven to be untrustworthy and a backstabber head of your entire foundation?

Clearly someone on the Cambridge team leaked the private conversation and argument that occurred during the bridesmaids dress fitting.

Several of Harry and Meghan’s staff revealed they were in regular contact with tabloid journalists throughout their time working for the Sussex household, which is in direct breach of their NDAs, none of them got fired for something that would be a case for immediate dismissal unless it had been condoned by someone higher than Harry and Meghan.

Melissa Toubati was installed in a senior position despite never having done that job even at entry level a day in her life, and after she was fired for misconduct and faking her CV she somehow immediately walked into a plum position as nanny to a billionaire whose sister is a tabloid reporter, that tabloid reporter has an inside line on Meghan stories since Toubati started working for her brother.

The Times have published, then deleted and removed multiple articles critical of or negative towards the RF.

Several journalists have gone on the record as saying whenever they’ve approached the Palace for a comment on a negative story they’re planning to print about William, they’ve been offered a scandal about Harry to print in exchange for killing the William story.

Richard Palmer was publicly confronted with the fact he’d attended a private VIP reception which Buckingham Palace threw for tabloid editors and tabloid reporters, and his response was that he believed the event was strictly private and would be kept out of the public eye.

Piers Morgan claiming senior royals had personally thanked him for smearing Harry and Meghan and strongly implied on Instagram that one of them was William.

Are people really so naive they don’t realise the tabloids and the RF enjoy a quid pro quo relationship, and that ALL the senior royals (bar the Queen) leak stories about each other to the tabloids and have close personal relationships with favoured journalists who they use to get ‘their side of the story’ out? Harry and Meghan used Omid Scobie, Will and Kate use Dan Wootton, Charles has his own pet journalists too, even back in the day Charles and Diana both had their own rival reporters who they’d leak their ‘side’ to.”

https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_royal_family/4214238-I-think-this-article-might-have-been-semi-authorised-by-KP?pg=3

It is a lot of nonsense, and a lot of it has been debunked over the years. Let's take it from the top, shall we?

Byline Times is a Sussex-affiliated publication. It's been a long time since I heard that name...they are linked to Bouzy and Sussex Squad, or they were back in 2020/2021.

Dan Wootton's real Megxit source hasn't been officially confirmed, but even speculatively, it's not Jason Knauf. It's Christian Jones, who was originally hired by KP to support the Sussexes but decided to stay with KP when the household split and the Sussexes were sent to Windsor/BP. Harry confirms that it was Jones in Spare, writing that he has/had proof and that William blew him off when Harry tried to discuss it with him in January 2020.

Jason Knauf didn't give Thomas Markle's letter to the DM. Thomas Markle himself did. This is on the record and a statement of fact from the court case.

I'm not sure about the allegation that Knauf leaked the bullying allegations to Valentine Low. I haven't heard this one before. What I do know about Knauf and the bullying allegations is that Knauf brought it up to William and wrote about it to Clarence House asking for assistance and from there, it was squashed. There is no official record of his part in leaking it to Low in February 2021.

It is plausible that Camilla's leak about the dress fittings came from someone close to the Cambridges. But it could also have come from a neutral third-person party who was witness to the incident or overheard others talking about the incident. (Do note that there is a rumor/speculation that Camilla allegedly overheard Meghan bragging about it while around KP and/or that Camilla is in receipt of text messages proving KP's version of the story.)

Reporters on the royal rota themselves have acknowledged being friendly with staff and principals (Harry, Meghan, William, and Kate) and often receiving information through conversations and observations.

Melissa Toubati used to work for Robbie Williams and Ayda Fields, and for years. She actually has done that kind of PA work before and was very familiar with the celeb world.

Piers Morgan's "senior royals" are Camilla and Fergie. William doesn't typically speak to the press like that.

Yes, most of the senior royals leak about each other. Wootton was not William and Kate's favorite. It was Camilla Tominey and/or Royah Nikkah.

Conclusion: You ran into a Sussex Squaddie in the wild, circa 2019. Only Sussex Squad was taking anything Byline Times printed seriously or legitimately.

[kingadi97]

My personal take on the casting and possible story for orv movie(s) is I'm interested to see how they take this but I'm also nervous. Sure I can make the same points everyone else has made about the main cast with everyone wanting Im Siwan as Kim Dokja or Lee Soohyuk as Yoo Joonghyuk. However I want to state my own opinions.

I'm interested in seeing how well Jisoo will play Jihye considering this is her first acting debut and she's read (supposedly not sure how 100% true this is) and is a fan of orv

Since this movie is being split into 5 different movies I'm wondering how much actual detail they'll keep in the movie and if they're sticking very closely to the webtoon/novel

I disagree with how the media portrays the webtoon as the sole work and completely discredits SingnSong

I wish that they wouldn't use Jisoo's name to push the movie because it seems like they're almost making her out to be the main character when her character is more of a supporting cast

I hope they strictly keep the "no romance" in the movies and don't try to force two characters together

I really hope they don't make Lee Gilyoung a baby or toddler because there has been speculation online that they might cut out Gilyoung and Yoosung due to finding actors

I think going with A-list celebrities and actors was not the move because they could've gone with better and more accurate idols

I'm also wondering how the scenery in general is going to look especially with the CGI and how much it's going to affect the look of it especially since there's been something done similar with Sweet Home

All in all I don't have many expectations for this movie other than I hope it doesn't end up looking like the resident evil movies…

I do think fandom wars are really stupid though from both sides. There's no reason bp fans and orv fans and kdrama fans should be fighting. Sure people can discuss the casting and the novel and how much it means to them but I've seen so much unnecessary hate to the fans and actors/idols. I've also seen kpop and kdrama fans being cruel to orv for expressing their own opinions on the casting and other things. People are allowed to like/dislike things for their own reasons especially since the movie hasn't even been released yet making hasty assumptions like that is stupid. Whether someone is going to watch the movie or not is their own choice because I feel like something similar is going to happen to the anime adaptation and LA.

My final take is that orv would've worked better if it was solely an anime adaptation rather than a movie and LA because visually I think it would work better that way and it gives more animators more opportunities to work on bigger projects. However I am willing to watch the movie if it releases on a streaming service or something.

[ihaveforgortoomany]

Alright time to speculate 2.3!

CN spoilers for the 2.0 story! So spoilers for 2.0,2.1,2.2!

Alright so I guessed right that the character on the poster was Willow, and she is both characters here.

Seems this time we will have allusions to the Paralympics with Willow! Love how BP can take a trope and put an interesting twist on it, Willow being a witch-ballet dancer hybrid with a prosthetic leg (is it a brace or a new leg Im not sure) is so interesting!

It seems that London has been reversed to 1950s after the Storm of 1966, as far as I can see with how patches have been happening linearly (as Linear R1999 can get). I would assume this is a sequel to 1.5, as the Uluru Games had been cancelled until the influence of Ulu and Spathodea; note they say Uluru Qualifiers, so the Games might not necessarily be in London but qualifiers is or was happening there.

Edit: as we know event patches will tie into the story, so I wonder if the smog in London could be the result of the Order of Enlightenment or Manus, so far we dont know what Forget Me Not and Ms Grace have been doing since 2.0.

They mention the year 1952 with the mention of the Great Smog of London, a severe air pollution that lasted 4 days. Note that Oliver Fog's dad, Arthur Fog died in this year. Now comes the question as we know Mr Fog will be making an appearance here, if TF is coming could Arthur Fog be saved?

(Also does Madam Z sound much softer in the PV? I know Sophia in 2.2 sounded slightly more sombre as well, maybe new voice direction?)

I think I am also onto something about Swan Lake, again Willow being a ballet dancer and we do see a swan in the PV. The woman in white who addresses Willow as Charlotte O'Hagan could be an allusion to Odetta the swan princess, (is she the figure in Willow's Ultimate? The hair looks the same) therefore in contrast with her witchy aesthetic Willow is an allusion to Rothbart the evil sorcerer. Either that or she alludes to Elphaba from Wicked, same ish vibes.

Can't say much on Slouch Hat (Brimely) and Flutterfly. Although Flutterfly is very adorable, and its fun to have a character like Brimley as a 5 star.

[harry-sussex]

I think the issue more than the simple editing is a) the inability to produce a non edited photo and b) blaming it on Catherine herself. Both of these things are only going to fuel conspiracies - I say this as someone who firmly believes that she is simply recovering from abdominal surgery. But it’s not a stretch to say KP have completely messed up the PR and invited the speculation and continue to do so by not setting it straight properly. So no the blurry steps won’t topple an institution, but the image of said institution as being dishonest and throwing its own Princess of wales under the bus sure doesn’t help

I honestly do not think it’s a big deal. The cheating bullshit has died down and resurfaces every few months with almost no traction. The photo is edited as is literally every single photo released by every single royal in the world. I remember Charlotte’s first Christmas, there was a bunch of discourse about her little shoe on the ground and the shadows associated with the way she was sitting on Kate’s lap. Is Kate a graphic designer? No. The insinuation that she meant something harmful by editing her photo more poorly than usual? That’s batshit, and that will die down. In a week, nobody sane is going to say “we can’t trust our next Queen because she photoshopped a sweater cuff.”

And the team very much did not throw Kate under the bus. The team NEVER would have never signed the statement “-C” without her knowing. They’d be fired so fast they wouldn’t know what hit them. Kate did that herself - like I said the other day, the apology came from Kate, not HRH The Princess of Wales. The conspiracies are nothing. The palace has already reiterated their original information about Kate’s return and the stupid shit will all but disappear once she’s back. Sure, it’ll come back up (the conspiracies and the photo) every once in a while, especially when she inevitably takes a long break in August and while the kids are in school, but after her recovery and return after Easter, this will all be a meme. It’s already a meme - two different people sent me a photoshopped pic of Kate the day after her wedding walking out of BP hand in hand with Pete Davidson. A few weeks of making fun of Kate online is not going to hurt her image. It will die down, as it always does with Kate.

I won’t even say that KP invited the speculation. They said Kate would be back after Easter and reiterated that remained the same after the speculation and #WhereIsKate really took off. There’s nothing left for them to do other than live stream Kate’s recovery and post-surgery treatment and have the doctors give a press conference from the throne room once a week. KP did what they could do. The answer is to let #WhereIsKate roll off their backs until she returns.

They can’t combat the internet. We saw this with Harry and Meghan - they can’t combat the stupid shit every time it arises. The logic we have been trying to apply to the Sussexes all this time holds in this current situation with Kate/KP. Address it once maximum and move on. You cannot stop people from talking, all you can do is move past it.

This is so unserious. It is not a big deal. It reflects mildly on Kate right now in the media and she cannot get out there to directly combat the conspiracy bullshit, but that will end in a few weeks and we’ll go to business as usual in a few weeks after that max. The media forgets quickly and the general population on internet forgets even faster. We’re the ones who will remember because we’re active watchers. We can all collectively come to the rational conclusion that this is not a big deal and will not affect Kate’s reputation long-term if we take ourselves out of our bubble and think about this broadly. Wait until she busts out a tiara or hugs a child or wears a beautiful gown or makes a cheeky comment to William - it’ll all go back to business as usual. Pretty princess who is good with kids. She’s far more than that, as we know, but that’s what the media presents her as, and that’s what it’ll go back to, and that’s what the general public will go back to as well, for the most part.

This has literally no effect on the institution or Kate long term. Currently? Yes, it’s a headline and the talk of the town. But if Kate’s image can weather topless photos, her husband’s alleged cheating, the Sussex bullshit, racism accusations, etc. then it can definitely handle #WhereIsKate and the photoshopped picture. Give it a month or two. It’ll all be water under the bridge.

It is so unserious it’s actually funny.

[silantryoo]

as much as im annoyed by the potential implications of the mhj/hybe drama i do feel like theres way too much speculation rn ... rlly doesn't sit so well with me that everyone is bashing on mhj alone (im not supporting her either though) and not bang sihyuk too. some hybe stans rlly js worship the guy and idk why . its not like he's innocent too. like those texts from him are so annoying too. abt if she's satisfied that nwjns is so popular and also abt trying to rival aespa / bp alone ...

hybe has sm power and r known for their mediaplay so i rlly do wish people would keep that in mind instead of doing their own speculation to bash on mhj . we don't know fs if she's the reason behind seunghan, youngseo, etc .... it seems so forced that everyone just collectively is making stuff up on their own theories and pissing on her. like im all for it when everything's done with but it's giving misogyny to me ughhh idk how to explain it eitherr without sounding like a mhj stan I PROMISE IM NOT TAKING HER SIDE T_T i just cant help but feel like poeple find it easier to hate and bash on women sometimes. even me scrolling x nowadays feels so annoying. literally feel so bad for illit and nwjns rn.

personally i was a teeny annoyed that illit had a similar image to nwjns w their nostalgia/coquettecore (also though just seems like cute/youthful concept is making a cb in general in kpop) but only because their songs on super real me were the exact type of songs i liked most from nwjns (super shy, hurt etc. the softer less peppy songs compared to hybe boy) so it bothered me that there was an implication that nwjns might be forced to distance itself to a more differing concept to keep some contrast btwn the two ... but ik that's not illit's fault at all (literally love the girls sm im a runext fan ^^) i feel like i can understand the upset that illit was getting a similar concept when every other grp before illit in hybe had more defined concepts seperating each other. but once again that's all hybe's doing ...... seeing the choreographers supporting mhj too makes it seem like not even the nwjns team or even all the staff were on board with the references in the choreo either...

anyways i do hope this controversy doesnt impede on either grps promos :( and i rlly hope everything gets sorted out... im srsly hoping this doesnt turn into a 5050 situtation again but with nwjns i was so upset when that happened . was curious on what your thoughts were or if u were keeping up with everything?

the way im coming back to reply to this first thing after my exams is insane, but this nwjns thing makes me so angry for all the idols under hybe. both parties j cares sm ab money that they're blindsided by the potential of ruining their idols careers, mental health and images. mhj is being stupid and hybe does seem to be doing anything to protect nwjns (as far as we know. i could be wrong).

(yawl, jsyk i obv dont have ALL the information. from what ive seen online and the articles ive read, this is what I THINK. ME. youre free to think smthn else, whether i agree or not.)

i def thing that bang hyung sik (bhs) isn't innocent either. although min heejin (mhj), in my opinion, is more in the wrong j based on the treatment of other idols, bhs seemed to provoke her, and on top of that, the company seems to blindly support ppl and give them a platform so long as they make profit for the company. ive been seeing a lot of ppl saying hes j human but youd think theres a reason why mhj got kicked from sm, yk? and you j took her back in w open arms.

hybe is v good at media play fs. its their forte, and ppl seemed to stray from the from the main problem. mhj is using nwjns as a weapon. hybe probably is doing the same thing w their other groups too, dont get me wrong. ppl seem to forget that this entire issue isnt "drama", its a legal battle ensuing between a huge corporation and its subsidiary. hybe has infinite power compared to ador. its horrible on both ends.

the thing is tho, mhj has consistently been showing the public red flags. the lyrics of 'cookie (ik she didnt write the lyrics but shes the ceo. she got them approved)', the portraits gifted to her of naked underaged girls, her obsession w olivia hussey (who happens to look like minji), her treatment of sm employees, her past work w shinee (sexualization of underaged taemin), etc. not to mention her extremely (at least in my eyes) inappropriate relationship w nwjns. the gifts shes gotten them and how she uses their emotions as a weapon. if bhs did that, everyone would be up in arms.

i dont think (for the most part) this is misogyny. i think ppl alw had a weird feeling about her. at least i did.

idt its good to speculate on ppls departure tho. youre def right ab that. the lsfm hate train (esp the coachella one) most likely has nothing to do w mhj. and i do agree that hybe copied or was at least inspired by nwjns, but idt illit copied them. illit and nwjns have a very 'pinkpantheress' sound, the uk early 00's bedroom pop genre. however, nwjns is more y2k and illit is more dream-like, ykwim? hybe was def inspired by nwjns tho. i think a more fitting one would be tws tbh. their sound is v similar to me (emphasis on to me) than illit.

dont get me wrong, it's incredibly shady and the way that a lot of staff are on her side makes me think that hybe was leeching off of the success of nwjns. it referenced all girl groups under hybe tho, lsfm and fromis, but there was def more nwjns references.

what im worried ab the most are the groups, esp nwjns. lsfm has been going thru their own struggles and rn this isnt the best for them, but theyre not extremely involved in the situation, not like nwjns and illit. illit, from what ive seen, has majority of the success and recognition from overseas. however, their success in korea'll take a huge hit. itll def take a toll on the girls mental, considering they j debuted and this happened.

nwjns is the worst off. theres a chance they might leave w mhj if ador does pull away from hybe, which isnt in the groups best interest. mhj's press conference and overall attitude is gonna affect their upcoming release fs, and their proximity to mhj herself is worrisome.

hybe doesnt seem to be doing shit to protect their artists, they're j protecting their name. theres no statement on or for illit, no statement on malicious comments for any of the groups (that i know of).

tldr: min heejin and hybe are both at fault. dont take sides of either, take the side of the idols.

sorry, im j so passionate ab this. the shit ive been seeing online has been making me mad. after getting back from the lsfm hate train too... as mad as i am at mhj, hybe GAVE her that platform. if the things they claim is true, and if the speculation is true, they alr knew from her past employment that she was shady. its their fault for allowing that.