And after years of living abroad in exile, the daughter of Princess Mako and Komuro shall rise up and retake the land denied to her mother and claim the Imperial Empire of Japan with fire and blood.

The Imperial Household Law and imperial traditions are such a touchy subject that Akihito practically had to use semaphore in saying he wanted to abdicate, and Abe may as well have responded in invisible ink. Something eventually must give. What if his grandson only has daughters? Then what?

My roommate from Japan said she married say, a royal cousin, then those children would be eligible (by his royalty) but by commoner they wouldn’t. So it’s either marry royal and make more pure royal heirs or marry common and not. She left a LONNNG time ago and says she could be wrong though. But yes in the sense…

As in once the woman marries a commoner and loses her royalty, any children she bears who are male will not be eligible to sit the throne either. They mean the heirs she may make. If she marries royally, her heirs are in line. If not they aren’t.

Gee, I can’t imagine why no one in her family wanted to give a rando her address.

Fuck this guy.

No no, you are completely correct. Just kinda wished everyone held people to this standard. For example I hate hearing Chris Brown on the radio. But props to my local radio station. They obviously had to give away Chris Brown tickets and they were not quiet about it.

The other member of the duo knew and tried to gaslight victims. Their manager knew. Touring band members withdrew association as soon as the allegations were publicized Friday.

Different labels. In terms of industry, the labels in each case are many MANY of orders of magnitude different. One is a multi-billion dollar concern servicing the tastes of millions. The other likely covers its payroll and is a labor of love, servicing a small queer and indie community.

Conor, as I remember, immediately and quietly lawyered up and pushed the process with police investigation of her claims. That’s how it got uncovered that she lied.

It’s a question of audience.

I don’t know. It’s can be difficult.

Completely different fanbases and tolerances from those fanbases.

Chris Brown, like R. Kelly, had a hardcore, mostly female fanbase, that refused to desert them.

PWR BTTM’s entire ethos was creating a safe space for the marginalized. I wasn’t a big fan of their music but respected it, so I went to one of their shows, and at that show (& every other date on their tour), they insisted on having gender neutral bathrooms and Ben & Liv spent much of their set addressing the…

Side note, I’ve ordered several things from Polyvinyl and they’ve always been amazing and wonderful and I support their decision.

Assuming the labels are terminating any contracts with the band (which would seem likely here), the band is free to shop themselves around elsewhere. The labels’ livelihoods are also dependent upon the public, and they have no incentive to keep promoting / distributing an act that is detrimental to their reputation /…

Michael is played by Navi, the self-proclaimed “world’s #1 Michael Jackson impersonator.”

Looks like they’re hitting RCK BTTM

I understand how these two are held to a higher standard. As they should, preaching what they preach. But I do wish this was the same reaction for all the Casey Afflecks, Chris Browns, R. Kelly’s and.... our sports heroes. They all get a giant fucking PASS.