#a cut above

[warhead]

[m1d-45]

I specifically chose cor lapis because I hc it to be one of Zhongli's favorite stones. Idk where the idea came from but I like it. So now I'm thinking about Zhongli hearing from the milileth that there is a weird cor lapis formation in the chasm, only to see the shield that's humming with Geo energy and the imposter right behind it -sibling anon

they’d definitely call him; he’s in the city, rarely busy, and knows a lot about rocks.

as.. one of his status (trying very hard to avoid spoilers but you know what i mean) i imagine he can probably ‘read’ the history of ore, like why it formed, whether by resonance or by simply feeling for the crystal structure.

way i tried to write it was reader would leave and zhongli would come, flanked by millelith to see the wall has dropped, leaving only a bed of the jewel behind. they swear there was a massive rock there before but he just steps forward, laying a hand on the vaguely nest-like formation.

either he can’t read anything at all (since for all intents and purposes it really is Just A Rock) or he can feel the faint tinge of divine energy, lingering on the surface of the stone long after the source of it has left.

[topoet]

No Contest

pull up a chair It’s no secret that I enjoy competitive cooking shows, mainly on Food – things like Chopped, Top Chef & their endless array of Halloween variations: cakes, cookies, giant cake sculptures & even one devoted to pumpkin carving. Sometimes the hosts & even judges, have a cooking background & one often sees competitors in one season show up on a different show the following…

[laresearchette]

Monday, October 24, 2022 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

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MLB BASEBALL (SN) 4:00pm: ALCS: Astros vs. Yankees - Game #5 (SN) 8:00pm: NLCS: Phillies vs. Padres - Game #6

NHL HOCKEY (TSN5) 7:00pm: Stars vs. Sens (SN1) 8:00pm: Penguins vs. Oilers (TSN3) 8:00pm: Blues vs.  Jets (TSN4) 10:00pm: Leafs vs. Knights (SN1/SN360) 10:30pm: Hurricanes vs. Canucks

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MURDOCH MYSTERIES (CBC) 8:00pm: Hours before a clandestine visit by President Taft, Murdoch is entangled by Terence Meyers in an experiment gone wrong.

CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING (CTV) 8:00pm: Between Astrid and her sister Dawn's kids, their mother Nisha is feeling burnt out on babysitting duties; when she announces her retirement from free childcare, it falls to Astrid and Dawn to try and get her back on board for watching their kids.

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN) 8:15pm: Bears vs. Patriots

RIDLEY ROAD (CBC) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): In 1960s London, Vivien, a young Jewish hairdresser, discovers the 62 Group, an intelligence-gathering underground movement trying to stop the rise of the far right.

HIGHWAY THRU HELL (Discovery Canada) 9:00pm: Cary Quiring is tasked with keeping crucial goods flowing; a wreck that brings three heavies out tests Jamie's new LA Rotator; Aggressive Towing tackles a sideways transport crucial to.

MYSTERIES OF HALLOWEEN (DTour) 9:00pm: Don Wildman investigates a gruesome tale of twisted love, a real encounter with the walking dead and tortured souls trapped in an antique mirror.

BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: CARRY IT ON (Crave) 9:00pm:  The film is a portrait of the life and career of Indigenous Canadian musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie, based in part on Andrea Warner's 2018 biography.

TOP CHEF CANADA (Food Network Canada) 10:00pm: In the Quickfire Challenge, the Chefs are tasked with making as many dishes as possible in 30 minutes. In the Elimination Challenge, the competitors must push the boundaries of plant-based cuisine and impress the Judges at a Vegan Feast.

A CUT ABOVE (Discovery Canada) 10:00pm (SEASON FINALE): In the season finale, three of the world's best chainsaw carvers face off in the ultimate final challenge to earn $50,000 and the glory of being named A Cut Above.

ALL THAT GLITTERS (Makeful) 10:00pm: The jewelers must craft perfectly identical hoop earrings before trying to impress client Zeynap with gilded lockets for the woman who saved her mother's life.

ACTING GOOD (CTV Comedy) 10:30pm: Paul attempts to win his ex-girlfriend Rose back with the promise of a big surprise; with no plan, Paul looks to Dean for help, forgetting that Dean's advice never ends well.

[writer-at-the-table]

I knew the host was familiar! It's Detective Chester Lake! (Aka Adam Beach)

[burningcontours]

I KNOW YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ME

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: found footage

[lazycranberrydoodles]

i think the barbie movie would have a profound psychological impact on hua cheng

prev comic / next comic / follow for still more hualian barbie movie content because i am not done

bonus angsty version 🎉 i hate love expressions just a couple tiny lines on the mouth and eyebrows and it goes from silly to sad

:(

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I want you whipped into shape!

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[thebramblewood]

As Lilith’s question lingered in my mind — Do you trust me? — it required all of my dwindling energy to focus on something other than the peculiar sensation of her fangs digging into the tender flesh of my neck. Eventually, as my vision blurred and darkened, my mind drifted to a more comforting view, memories of an idyllic childhood. We were innocent then, troubled by nothing, not yet cognizant of the weight of expectation that would soon be thrust upon us. Though only two years separated us, I idolized Lilith. She was so confident and daring, two qualities I’d always lacked. I would have followed her anywhere, trusted her in anything — in fact, I did more often than not.

Only now, as I recall these final moments of my mortal life, does that trust begin to waver.

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Young Caleb: You’ll never make it all the way to the top.

Young Lilith: Will too.

Young Caleb: Will not.

Young Lilith: Will too! Let’s make a deal. If I reach the tallest branch, you have to climb up after me.

Young Caleb: I don’t know, Lily…

Young Lilith: Why are you so afraid if you don’t even think I can do it?

Young Caleb: It isn’t fair if I help you up.

Young Lilith: Just be quiet and stop wiggling. You’d better get climbing, pipsqueak!

Young Caleb: Don’t call me that! Look, I’m even higher than you!

Governess: [distantly] Lilith and Caleb Vatore! Get your behinds down here! Your mother will have my hide if you scuff up your Sunday best.

Young Lilith: [giggling breathlessly] Last one inside is a rotten egg!

Young Caleb: Wait! Help me down, Lily. I’m too scared. Don’t leave me here, Lily! Come back!

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Caleb: [faintly] Lily?

Vlad: Goddamn it, girl! Get the hell off!

[discordant piano notes]

You’re killing him!

[llamagoddessofficial]

Even MORE faesona under the cut. I'm on a roll

Before and after escaping to the Winter court!

[infini-tree]

wild that animorphs had a mega-obscure animated teaser that never went anywhere is what i would say if this was real.

high(er) quality under cut

[pirpintine]

I was not immune to this vintage chocolate ad... and by golly these elves sure are still in my brain.

inspiration ref under the cut!

[front-facing-pokemon]

[laresearchette]

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MLS SOCCER (TSN4) 7:00pm: New York City vs. Miami (TSN4) 9:30pm: Dallas vs. Minnesota

MURDOCH MYSTERIES (CBC) 8:00pm: While investigating a murder in a tight-lipped Mennonite colony, Murdoch and Ogden don plain clothing and go under cover.

CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING (CTV) 8:00pm: Astrid and her sister suspect their mom is hiding something from them; they begin snooping around; their mother appears to be dating someone new; a request to launch a new product at work leads James to agree to meet with Ennis' cousin.

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN5) 8:15pm: Broncos vs. Chargers

THE NORTH WATER (CBC) 9:00pm (SEASON FINALE): After healing in a cabin, Sumner returns to Hull to demand money from Baxter to start a new life.

HIGHWAY THRU HELL (Discovery Canada) 9:00pm: James Luke and over 20 tow trucks must recover 200 cars in a mudslide zone in mere hours; a second atmospheric river threatens the Fraser Valley, as the military is brought in to help engineer solutions.

AN UNEXPECTED KILLER (T&E) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE):  When a devoted mother with a bright future in show business is ruthlessly gunned down, a number of suspects emerges; just as detectives think they have the killer in their sights, the investigation takes a jaw-dropping turn.

A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY (Showcase) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE):  A trusted family friend picks up Jan after school to go horseback riding, but as nightfall looms and they're still not home, what seemed like a casual afternoon slowly turns nightmarish.

TOP CHEF CANADA (Food Network Canada) 10:00pm: The Chefs get creative in the Top Chef Canada Kitchen during a very colourful Quickfire Challenge. Later, Soccer Fever is in the air as the competitors put their barbecue skills to the test and host a cookout for the next generation of soccer superstars.

A CUT ABOVE (Discovery Canada) 10:00pm: In the penultimate challenge, the carvers are under pressure more than ever, as only three will advance to the final.

ALL THAT GLITTERS (Makeful) 10:00pm

ACTING GOOD (CTV Comedy) 10:30pm (SERIES PREMIERE):  After falling flat on his face in the city of Winnipeg, Paul returns home to the fly-in community of Grouse Lake.

[eatingfireflies]

Had to pull this quote up while talking to a friend about an interpretation I disagreed with, namely: Ratio never sought the gaze of Nous, Margaret was stupid for even interpreting Ratio's character story 3 as him being disappointed about getting invited by the IPC instead etc etc. and his self-deprecating laugh was only because he's so disappointed that he was invited by Capitalism Company despite all his achievements proving his ethics (but do they?)

I disagree, this is Margaret slander. That woman was Ratio's assistant, I doubt she was stupid.

Tell me this man is not bothered by it. Tell me it's not a sore point, even if he's over it by now he was/is bothered enough to actually talk about it.

Honestly I was gonna make a light-hearted joke about Aventurine being that person who shows off his relationship with Ratio, 'He's always like that, please don't mind him ☺️' 'He's the one who understands my way of fighting best ☺️' 'I thought you'd given up on this dream you've never told anyone else about except presumably me because I'm just dropping it in conversation so casually like this ☺️'

But let's talk about that anti-planetary weapon

I hand tinfoil hats to everyone who clicked on read more. Please don't believe anything I say. Especially under here where no one else can see us.

- No mention of what affiliations Ratio had before the invitation from the IPC. If we trust HSR timelines (which we shouldn't but we have nothing else), Ratio was already a full-fledged professor in Veritas Prime University before Aventurine became a Stoneheart. So: before he joined the Intelligentsia Guild, his main affiliation was with the university.

- The anti-planetary weapon was already completed when he received the IPC invitation

- Which still leaves us the question: whom did Ratio develop this weapon for and why?

There's some echoes of Chadwick in there that I think is probably a coincidence but something we might want to keep in mind. Ratio also provides schematics on how to turn the Express into a weapon.

One thing tho: Chadwick was a Genius Society member. Ratio is not.

- Minus the Astral Express weapon (which we do see in action in the Penacony Boss fight ? So like was that connected? 😂), everything else Ratio has done that we know of is mostly about improving people's lives. That anti-planetary weapon is like a blight on his otherwise stellar CV.

- My conclusion: he developed that weapon solely to catch the gaze of Nous. And he failed and it was a moment that felt like selling his soul for one corn chip. The IPC invite was a nail on the coffin: this is what he sold his ethics for.

Like the 'Ofc Ratio laughed because he can't believe the audacity of Capitalism Company asking him to join them when he's completely against everything they stand for'

But my friend, he joined the IPC. He's an IPC delegate. He's married to an IPC superintendent.

Ratio had to give up on the Nous deal and had to go with the next best thing. But Ratio from Story 3 was young and probably still felt some pressure to prove something, or meet expectations. The Ratio we met in 1.6 knows better.