#and im just like... what is.. that .... umami....

[inusmasha]

InuKag's contrasting backgrounds and the challenges they face in their respective worlds create a fascinating duality.

Kagome is a teenager who's juggling 2 equally important forces; Her life in the modern era and her life in the feudal era.

It's like she's in a constant transitioning state. She has to stay adapting and recontextualizing her sense of identity bc it's different day to day. She's the master archer with sacred arrows that need to shoot the bad guys... But she's also that constantly absent student taking the make up test in the back, don't bother her right now. In the past she's often mistaken for "Kikyo" if it serves the plot. What's a Kagome anyway? Tiktok audio She's just a girl in the world.

In contrast, Inuyasha grapples with his half-demon, half-human heritage, representing a different form of duality, albeit in a more physical sense.

This is why I adore the opening of the series! There's nothing quite like witnessing the initial setup. You're paired with someone, and you have to rely on each other in order to navigate this unfamiliar terrain (and like..not die lol). Each brings unique skills and perspectives to the table, necessitating observation and learning. In the process, they grow and evolve together.

Inuyasha observes Kagome as she forges connections wherever she goes, allowing them to form a powerful team capable of confronting their adversaries and establishing a new home. Simultaneously, Inuyasha offers protection and combat prowess honed during his solitary childhood survival. It's the perfect partnership between the most unlikely pair.

I just love a mirror.

[otome-on-the-side]

[rotating concepts in my head] oughh. LADS mc who transitions after he thinks his family has died horribly bc now theres no one to perform the role of daughter/granddaughter & sister for and being forced to live more for himself rather than to try and be normal and helpful to the people he cares about after the horrors they were rescued from

[pansyfemme]

hi jude due to recent allergy things im having to change up my diet a lot. do you have any vegan/vegetarian recipe suggestions? ty💕

Hi! I’m sorry to hear about your recent allergies, that’s really tough.

My biggest advice when starting cooking vegan or vegetarian is to learn how to season correctly to bring out savory notes. Of course, standard spices as well but things like liquid smoke, nutritional yeast, not-chicken or not-beef (literally what they are called) buillon, msg and umami/shitake mushroom flavoring are used so frequently in my cooking you don’t even know. Other staples to invest in are shelf stable silken tofu (which can be eaten raw, cooked in a variety of soups and dishes, mashed into a meat subsitute and used to make fake meatballs or veggie burgers etc.., or blended into pasta sauce to make it creamy), coconut milk (good for pasta sauce, curry, desserts, anything you need to make creamy), miso and tahini (can enhance vegetables, good for boosting flavors) and canned beans (i love butter beans and cannalini beans, but any work of course. just a really solid protein option that’s easy enough to make taste really good.)

The goal with this type of cooking is to always consider your protein source first. I’m vegetarian, so I often also base things around eggs or cheese- but there are so many vegan protein source options out there. seitan, tempeh (my personal fave lol) and tofu are like your trilogy that most things are based out of. and of course there are things like beans and peanut butter that can help you get your protein up as well.

Okay i’m gonna link some videos i like now lol. I get a lot of recipes from tiktok because. idk i do. these are also kiiiinda fancy

beans alla vodka (vegetarian)

peach and burratta salad (vegetarian)

miso tahini eggplant (vegan)

miso braised cabbage (vegan)

hot honey brown butter brussel sprouts (vegetarian)

tofu scramble (vegan)

tempeh marinade (vegan)

[kikker-oma]

Oma. Oma. How dare you let it drop that you make delicious soup every week and not share your methods/recipes? (/lh)

Okay but legit though may we have the Oma soup insights? 🥺🙏 Do you have favortie recipes? Soup bases or methods you'd recommend? Favorite parings of veggies and/or other ingredients that tend to taste good together (i.e. cheddar and broccoli)? Anything else you'd discovered about soup or making soup at you'd like to share? Please <3

LOL I'm so sorry, I didn't realize there were so many soup lovers here!! (As there should be😌😉)

Ah yes, my soup making secrets..

Ok, so Im afraid my methods are kinda chaos😅 I legitimately throw in whatever veggies and protein I have on hand and season with my heart

I also don't eat grains or dairy in my day-to-day (not intolerant, just helps with inflammation) so I don't do a lot of cream based soups. But here's some things I've found!

Red Boat fish Sauce has a really good umami flavor that you can add to your broths! Doesn't taste fishy AT ALL.

if you've already salted your food but it still tastes like you could use salt, try adding lemon or lime juice. It adds SO much that salt can't.

Potato starch is a great non-flour/gluten way to thinken your soup base! Just don't forget to make a slurry so it doesn't clump

Coconut cream or soaked,blended cashews can be a really good dairy substitute. The flavor isn't really the same, but it adds a creaminess that dairy does.

Don't underestimate the power of bouillon cubes. Oh and I use the chicken juices that come out during the cooking process as broth for extra flavor.

Immersion blenders (or blenders in general) are GREAT if you want a creamy soup but don't want dairy or flour to thicken it. I like to blend squash and potatoes for those kinds of soups

And now, a tier of my favorite soups:

My mom's chicken noodle soup (hers specifically)

Sausage and sauerkraut soup

Whole 30 Chicken Pot Pie soup

Chili

I often use Pinterest as a guide if I want to use specific ingredients (I made a spring onion soup once cus I was given like, 15 bundles of them)

Often tho i just make different variations of vegetable soup and throw in some chicken. It's nothing life changing but it usually tastes pretty good haha

What are your favorite soups?? You have your own tips and tricks???!

[priest-iuput]

10 people I'd like to know better tag, tagged by @39393939. Thank you for tagging me <3

Last song: Ok so it’s embarrassing to start this off with but I was looking into what the idol groups I used to listen to in middle school were up to now.. so I got halfway through Wastua’s latest song Sweet Fancy Chu-n before I closed Spotify lol.

Last book: Damn. Another embarrassing answer but I haven’t properly read a book since last year. Though I read a large zine today called Grand Designs, Haute Couture: Reviewing the Fashion of Kevin McCloud, 1999-2023. Very humorous. Created by Kate Dunn, Moonfurhat on Instagram. (My favourite fit featured is series 4, ep. 8)

Favourite colour: I like deep red like burgundy, but also brown, black, and pastel purple…

Last film: Last night with friends we watched Jordan Peele’s Us. It felt good to yell at the tv together !

Spicy/sweet/savoury: I believe that umami is objectively the best flavour of them all, so savoury?? I can’t handle spice unfortunately.

Last show: The last show I finished was The Bear. I know a lot of people think the show is on a decline, but I liked this recent one. I was terribly anxious the entire time.

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Last search: Gold Creek Resevoir. I was trying to remember where i walked the other week

Looking forward to: Seeing my friends tonight for drinks!

Thank you for tagging me @39393939 ! There are lotsa people I’d like to tag while I simultaneously need to read/reply to a bunch of people who have pmed me - sorry I’m terrible at getting back to people but it doesn’t mean im not interested ! I’m just going to tag the blogs that come to my mind first, please don’t feel pressured to post though :)

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And Ofc all other mutuals I missed!!

[chaoticprussia]

What is JE, TR, KOI, Britain, France, America, Soviet and China's favorite flavor in general of anything...I have to know their fave flavors of stuff

im gonna assume by flavor you mean food.

JE - umami flavors. specifically seafood like fish shellfish squid and octopus. prefers them raw.

TR - likes savory foods like slow cooked and roasted meats. worlds number one bratwurst fan.

KOI - surprisingly not a pasta guy. prefer the 'mediterranean diet' of mostly greens.

Britain - likes earthy flavors. mostly just tea. cant handle spice and prefers mild 'grounded' foods.

France - big fan of bread cheese and wine. has an expensive taste for caviar and similar things. also loves baked goods especially the ones that take 12+ hours to make and getting one step wrong will fuck up the whole thing.

America - will LITERALLY eat anything you put in front of him. human garbage disposal. he just wants to eat everyone elses food. but hes lowkey addicted to sugar.

Soviet - biggest homely food fan ever. loves a good home cooked meal. the biggest 'just throw everything into a pot' stew defender. but also has a soft spot for a little something sweet every once in a while.

China - needs a little bit of everything for a satisfying meal. something about the body and keeping it balanced. also likes tea.

[dufrau]

I need your top 5 cheeses and what you think they pair well with. Doesn't need to be wine or nothing. Just some foode or drink they pair well

I am going to resist the urge to google "cheese" and try to remember what fancy cheeses i have had in my infinite years on this earth and just give it to you straight and tell you about the cheeses i could pick out of a lineup.

Cheddar - I mean its good on its own or with almost anything in the world. It's a perfect creation. Cheddar on a triscuit cracker im the happiest man on earth.

Aged gouda - honestly this leans sort of cheddar-ish, at least it has things in common with older cheddars. its salty and nutty and goes well with fruits and malty beers.

American cheese - Is it a cheese or a cheese product? I don't care. There is nothing better on a simple breakfast sandwich. It is the perfect creamy melty thing to put on your eggs and bacon.

Parmigiano Reggiano - its just so useful and versatile? its good on its own just to snack on in little paper thin slices but also its such a good umami bomb ingredient for soups and salad dressings etc. you can use it like finishing salt sometimes almost even. or you can grate a whole block of it over your baked ziti and have zero regrets whatsoever.

is burrata cheese? ive been very into that on toast with some kind of marmalade or that in the middle of a summer tomato salad where you can break it apart with bread and smear it all up off the plate like a heathen.

[soup-soup-soup-soup-soup]

hello! so uh, im working on a really big worldbuilding project where soup important. but like, i have never made it even once in my life, i dont get how it even works. i cook, sure. but soups scares me. anyway, my main guys are insectivores/fungivores. so i have to bullshit some soup stuff out of that. so, how do you make soup with these ingredients? warning, little gross from a human perspective. list: iron powders mushroom stems psychoactive fungal powder half digested grains blood, blood pastes, blood powders bug meat ( fatty, muscles, legs) brains and eyes of arthropods spongy fungus cultured mold sheets arthropod carapaces, sometimes ground into powders arthropod eggs and embryos (a lot of bugs are massive)

ooh, that's interesting!! i wrote a bit much so i'm gonna add a read more lmao

~~~ Blood/iron

Hm, for what I know, there's pork blood jelly which is used in some Asian cultures (and specifically in soups with Bun Bo Hue/Bun Rieu in Vietnam). There's also Polish duck blood soup.

Quick anecdote, I had to take iron supplements for a while and couldn't swallow pills so I crushed them up and boy, let me tell you, it tasted NASTY. It almost made me never wanna drink orange juice again (the acidity of the juice probably didn't help, but better than making the mistake of putting it in pudding). That aside, it's been a while but it was like if the acidity and bitter orange rind flavor of orange juice was turned up to 17. That's assuming, of course, that your characters have the palates of humans. If they like that taste, I suppose just toss the powder in and boil it lmao

If you don't use a powder, I guess the Lucky Iron Fish that people sometimes put in soup for iron supplements might be a point of reference? I don't think it affects taste, but it works best with acidic liquid since vitamin C "improves the absorption of non-heme [plant-based] iron". So it's likely most tolerable in acidic soups like tomato, just as I drank it with orange juice lol.

Beans and liver soups might be a direction to look into if you aren't gonna put iron in directly.

~~~ Bug meat

Bug meat would probably end up resembling crustaceans since apparently insects evolved from them, so they'd be similarly treated to crabs, shrimp, etc. I guess?

[something about the amino acid compositions makes them tasty (my source being episode 6 of Heaven's Design Team lmao). That being said amino acids vary in taste from sweet to umami; though, according to this paper's introduction, humans mostly perceive amino acids as umami and maybe some as bitter. Umami is very good for soups so bugs will likely work well!]

Insects are also eaten pretty commonly in general but I think mostly they're roasted. They seem to be mainly boiled to kill off parasites first but I don't know if that's a concern for your characters. Maybe they can be used as toppings when roasted? Something similar texture wise to tép mỡ (Vietnamese name for fried pork fat) which is used to garnish soups in Vietnam and other places

[Also I read a fanfic where the MC cooked some really big ants and it seemed fairly well researched lmao, but those were also specifically ants which could walk upright and also he was making sweet and sour chicken ant, not soup...I can summarize it if you'd like?]

~~~ Carapaces

As for carapaces, I mean, my own family will eat shrimp with the shell and cook shrimp whole in soup, but here's a recipe for shrimp shell broth specifically which might be a good starting point. From my basic research, the calcium carbonate which would be in the carapaces might be used to help make noodles as it can "strengthen dough"?? So here's a recipe for Chinese alkaline noodles; apparently, the alkaline water used in the noodles can make "softer fuller noodles".

From a taste perspective, calcium carbonate is alkaline (i.e. bitter) and also apparently calcium has a unique taste which has a specific taste detector (we humans don't like it though lmao)! So taste wise, something like bitter melon soup could be a start.

~~~ Brain

For brain, maybe take a look at pork brain which is eaten in China with hotpot sometimes? I don't know how similar arthropod brains are though. A quick search didn't bring up much on eyes but perhaps taking a look at fish eyes and how they are eaten will help

~~~ Eggs and Embryos

For eggs, it's a bit harder to find something, but there's escamoles/Mexican caviar which are larvae/pupae of ants. It has a cottage cheese texture and a buttery/nutty taste apparently. These also seem to be fried. Another soup topping perhaps?

There's also ants egg soup which is North-Eastern Thai and Laotian cuisine. Apparently it tastes like shrimp.

~~~ Fungus/Mushroom

For fungus, there's snow fungus soup from China. There's also puffball mushroom soup (i've also heard puffball mushrooms can be cooked like chicken?? but that was more so baked).

Tempeh (Indonesian) is made from soybeans which are fermented and wrapped together by mycelium, it can be "crumbled into sauces and stews" according to this wikipedia article on tempeh. Here's a guide to adding it to soup, though more so as topping.

Frankly, fungi are unknowable so I can't say much but mushrooms people eat include wood ear mushrooms which I personally love (it's mostly texture though)! my family also enjoy enoki mushrooms. Both are eaten with hotpot I think. You would just boil in a flavored broth and eat

~~~

Others welcome to reply with their inputs!!

[yrydescend]

minecraft movie slop review

i've seen a lot of opinions and valid critics of the mc movie. However, im gonna ask this simple question: What did you expected it to be?

It's multi million dollar budget movie featuring jack black and JASON MOMOA (who cares about him) . Of course they don't care. Of course they are gonna put the technoblade reference in it just to attract more people into buying the tickets.

It's slop. pure slop. just for money. nothing else no passion what so ever. if there was passion into the project then (imo) they would have made it in a pure mc animation movie ( like the lego movie, or that adventure time ep).

The rules of the mc universe can surely enhance the innovation and creativity of a proper writer.

we are just pigs eating slop and saying that it has no umami flavours in it.

[qamrchives]

been talking about doing food reviews for ages hiii

hit two bakeries i rlly like today in Brighton, The Flour Pot Bakery and BRØD+WOLF

i got a miso and fudge cookie £2.65 and a vanilla financier with roasted rhubarb £4.15 at TFPB

and a raspberry lemon pistachio cake £5.50 at BW

im not a professional taster these are just my opinions as a lil baking enthusiast :

the flour pot bakery

@theflourpotbakerybrighton on ig

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i like this place a lot bc of their fun flavour combinations, they have great pastries/sweets in general but i only rlly go in to try new stuff

they also do home deliveries on their website

the miso & fudge cookie tastes great, the miso flavour is subtle but present enough to satisfy the need for umami - white chocolate was a great choice but i kinda wish it was chocolate chips in order to get its creaminess a bit more all throughout but that's definitely a personal preference - the fudgy texture is perfectly well executed for a cookie, melty buttery goodness which very obviously tastes browned as well :) a splash of salt on top would've rlly tied in the miso and butter together but that's a minor tweak just add some yourself

for a cookie this is an easy 9.5/10 but for the execution of what it could've been it falls down a lil to a 7 bc i wish it had more texture or a lil smth going on mouth-feel wise

the rhubarb financier was what i went in for

ive not rlly had rhubarb much before, definitely never whole like that so i tried a bite of the roasted rhubarb first - it tastes very sweet, syrupy almost candied but also tart/sour very well balanced - the texture however i was not a fan of, it feels like it looks : stringy and fleshy, i don't see how you're supposed to comfortably bite it with the financier

the financier itself is delicious, the taste of real butter never lies, deep in flavour from being browned compliments the almonds texture rlly well - its quite big too so the bit of rhubarb compote on top is a great addition, its tartness cuts through the richness of the dessert but i wish there was a bit more of it instead of the rhubarb on top

the financier is a 9 but the dessert itself is a 6, maybe a puree or small cubes would've been more practical or interesting to bite into

BRØD+WOLF

@brodwolfbakery on ig

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looove love any food here, regular stop when i want to treat myself. the lemon pistachio raspberry cake is a personal favourite <3 they do food deliveries on apps but the desserts aren't on there

light lemon sponge, vanilla buttercream it seems, covered in crushed pistachios and a fresh raspberry jam filling with a few whole berries - heaven in a bite

very airy dessert the textures all play off each other well and the flavours build a well rounded profile its a 10 from me through and through

[risingscorchingsuns]

What’s your favourite type of food? Sweet, savoury or spicy?

OOO this is a good one… tbh, I just like food lol, it depends on my mood! The only category I can’t stand is bitter- I hate sour candy and things like that 😔

Taste profiles are really interesting! I took a class on them since so much of my major revolves around taste. Did you know there are only five flavor categories that we can perceive, but thousands of scents? We can only taste sweet, sour, salty, spicy and umami, but we can smell so much more than that!

There are some things we can’t taste, but we can smell, which does most of taste’s heavy lifting! It haunts me a bit that we can’t actually physically perceive the taste of raspberries, we can just smell them and our brains fill in the gaps. Humans are neat!

If my facts are a little screwed forgive me, it’s 3am and im tired lmao

[fish-at-fish-fish-resort]

*ring* *ring*

"allo?"

"hey candi, its me mahi"

"oh morning mahi. why're you calling this early? did something happen?"

"more or less. do you think you and ikkan can handle the store alone today? i couldnt sleep a wink last night and REALLY dont feel capable of going to work today. *sniff* i dont wanna lock myself in the bathroom like neta always does hehe"

"take your time darling, well handle the shop today. take care of yourself alright? if you need to talk to someone i can always lend an ear."

"thanks candi. but dont worry, mizoles coming over in a bit anyway. im good. i promise. see you tomorrow."

*click*

"mahi?"

"over here"

"babe..... what happened"

"nothing... im just overreacting...."

"no youre not. tell me whats on your mind"

"youre gonna think its dumb..."

"i should feel insulted you think that about me"

"pff ur right. im just worried about neta and warabi. especially warabi. actually only warabi, i know neta can handle himself. and i know neta said its just a low risk mission but what if something happens to him. what if he gets into some dumb argument with some other soldier and gets beaten up. what if he gets lost. what if he dies. and- and i cant call or text him or anything because they couldnt *hic* couldnt bring their phones and im just so lonely and i dont know what to do without him here *sniff* i miss him so much"

"and its just the 3rd day of their mission and theyll be gone for at least 2 more days and i already cant sleep! i just want him back home.....ugh sorry i probably sound pathetic"

"no you just sound like your wife died"

"i FEEL like my wife died!" *uncontrolled sobbing*

"hey... cmere... look at me. theyll be fine alright? warabi managed to get on netas good side im sure the other soldiers will warm up to him too. plus neta wouldnt let anything happen to his number one employees best friend and husbands bandmate, right? and im sure if it was actually dangerous his parents wouldve intervened"

"*sniff* yeah... youre right.... i just miss him....."

"i have an idea. were gonna have a fun day together: eat breakfast at a nice buffet and go to wahoo world. we can also call your friend, uhhh what was her name? umami??"

"umishi?"

"yeah that one! she can join too! i wanted to get to know her anyway"

"hehe i dont know if shed like to get to know you though"

"whats that supposed to mean?"

"oh nothing nothing hehehe"

"hmmm fine whatever, ill excuse it cause youre cute."

"youre such a sap"

"and you smell like rotten sushi. get in the shower, im cleaning your kitchen"

>this plays parrallel to @yesyourstalker's posts w warabi and neta. :) just thought hmmmm how does mahi feel about this

umishi was metnioned sooooo @catastropic

[briannysey]

Tagged by @ferrocyan, thank you!

Last song I listened to: “Lovers Always Lose” by Boys Go to Jupiter

Favorite color: i used ro say silver. You know that color when the light’s daying and evrything’s golden or dark, and the clouds look like they were spun out of silver glass? That’s my favorite color.

Last movie: The Princess Bride! I watch it about once a year when I get sick.

Sweet/spicy/savory: this is umami erasure. But out of this trio I think the best dishes all are fairly spicy so I’ll say that

Currently watching: slowly (oh so slowly) watching Interview with the Vampire. Also just finished vlume 1 of rwby. Also started Babylon 5 over a year ago with a roommate and we’re halfway through the final season!

Relationship status: single

Current obsession ive been really obsessed with thinking about materialist undertandings of thieves and assassins guilds from fantasy settings and what the economies and social ecoysystems would need to be like to enable/encourage that sort of thing. Also been worldbuilding this planet for the Dune TRRPG that im never gonna get to play

Last thing i googled: supraglacial lakes, for aforementioned Dune world.

That was super fun, tysm for tagging me!

[eucharist-eulogy]

In your opinion what would your friends arts taste like?

You’ve asked the expert in consumption >:3

yami’s tastes like cotton candy. but also like. creamy desserts. like this ice cream taiyaki i just had. or this dessert called bubur chacha. uh. image time!

yuu’s taste like. umami. idk why but they give me happiness in the funky creature THE VOICES way. specifically ramen? but generally the umami flavour. tasty

klai’s tastes like this one milk biscuit i ate all the time in childhood

pins’ tastes like sweets in general. im thinking more of the japanese sweet u gotta make yourself let me uh get an image

joe’s tastes like this one god-like creme brûlée i had in japan and i ate it 3 times on 3 days

mitzu’s tastes like gummies. gummy bears to be specific. gummy worms too. art also taste like those ice sticks

toko’s taste like those grape gummies specifically

uhhh if i missed anyone feel free to let me know and get your weirdly specific food assignment

[cardiacgirls]

after getting a chance to play them all again during BIG big run, heres my tierlist for which stages i like best, more thoughts below the cut

starting at the bottom with undertow. high tide is ok, the super far right static spawns are annoying but not all that awful, mid tide is id say a little bit meh too but honestly not all that much, its really low tide that just fucking sinks it all the way to the bottom, you know why, things spawning from every direction, the harsh middle divider that makes it awkward to move around, it just SUCKS AND I HATE IT!!!!!!! low tide undertow is the worst salmon run map/tide in existence. at the end of every wave i get concerned i might be put back in the fucking pit

wahoo in d tier because its better than undertow but it still definitely has its problem. mid tide is fine, snatchers are almost always really good for getting those far eggs and its mostly enjoyable, but low and high tide are where my like for it falls. low tide everything spawns very far away and unless everyone is coordinated in keeping things lured at the beginning things get jammed and lots of eggs get dropped pretty far from basket. this didnt happen a lot in my play sessions (even through freelance), but when it did happen it was rough to make it up. and high tide leaves you with i think the least space of any high tide in the game. yes barnacle high tide is very small too, but wahoo's flat circle with 2 unpaintable bridges really leaves you with so little to work with, that its so easy to get overwhelmed. this goes especially so on grillers and glowflies, with no easy place to stand or lure them through, you really need a lot of coordination to make it through those waves smoothly and/or with high egg counts. it can be a Fun Challenge, but more often than not i find myself dreading it more than enjoying it

inkblot is id say a pretty alright map. i like the ample space youre given and the ramp you can use to kite the salmonids through. mid tide is ok, changing the ramp to stairs was really detrimental to it though. before it was much easier to bring bosses directly up, or even run eggs when they got piled up in the lower section, but changing it to stairs makes everything a lot more difficult. with good snatchers its not so bad, but more often than not theyre working against you and you have to be way more proactive about running eggs.

eeltail is really where i start to enjoy things. i like the large walls and open space you have during mid tide. there arent too many bad spawns besides the sneaky stinger that can show up behind basket or the drizzler spot behind the right wall. but i especially love being able to toss a bomb from down below up onto the grate for the flyfish ohko, its so incredibly satisfying. low tide im a bit indifferent about, but i think its enjoyable. high tide is really what gets it up here. i loooooooove high tide, its so easy and cozy. the easy flyfish ohko on the left ramp, the way all the salmonids easily funnel themselves through, the fact that snatchers are always good, the raise right side for better vantage spots, its very enjoyable to me

barnacle and umami are both extremely close and i think the overall best bigrun maps. barnacle mid tide is very chill to me, theres no real egregious static spot. lids are also so useful here, if theres a flyfish on the left side it can often get easily crushed by a lid, a lid usually parks on the ramp going up to the center on the right and just triggering it over and over to crush everything that walks through there is really satisfying. high tide barnacle is what high tide wahoo stays up late at night wishing it was. its tight and compact, but the layout makes it much more bearable than wahoo. and barnacles low tide is kinda just the same as eeltails high tide, its very easy and very cozy.

and finally umami. umami mid tide is like barnacle/wahoo high tide, but you actually have space to move around. the raised center gives you a decent vantage point and lets you escape the direct path of most bosses. fish sticks and stingers are never in that bad of spots, the only real bad spawn i think is the possible flyfish over grates. i really like umami mid tide. umami low tide is really interesting to me because i think its like the only map where the spawns come down from Above you? while not always the easiest i think it can be really fun. i think The Pit on the right side is fun and novel. Lastly Lastly umami high tide. do i really need to say anything about it? everything dies here so easily. everything steps out of the water into an instant meatgrinder and gets splatted so fast. the spawns are so close to basket that most weapons can reach bosses right away. its just the easiest, most Turn My Brain Off map out of all the big run ones. i dont know if ive ever lost a wave on it. its just fun and good and well designed and i like it :) thank you for coming to my squedtalk

[eternalmayfly]

7. What is your F/O fashion taste? 11. Does your F/O know how to cook? If so are they good at it? 12. What is your F/O favorite flavor?  (sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami (savory)) 13. If your F/O could be a fan of any video game what do you think it would be? 17. If you could matching tattoos what would it be? 19. Is your F/O a cake or pie person? 20. Is your F/O a morning or night person? 21. Is your F/O a coffee or tea person? 23. Does your F/O have a pet? If not in canon what do you think they would have if given the chance?  24. Is your F/O the type to want to live in the city or live out in the country?  27. If your F/O was in “avatar: the last air bender” what type of bender would they be? (air, water, earth, and fire)  28. Is your F/O LGBT+?  29. Does your F/O have any artistic hobbies? (Knitting, drawing, painting, etc) 31. What type of scent does your F/O remind you of? 32. What’s something you see often that has little to no relation to your F/O but always reminds you of them? 33. Do you have any silly nicknames or pet names for your F/O? 34. What does your F/O house/apartment look like? (or what do you think it looks like) 35. What season reminds you of your F/O? (winter, spring, summer, fall) 39. What is your relationship like with your F/O? 42. Is your F/O the type to read reviews, or just go with their gut 45. What’s a fad you can see your F/O taking part of? 47. How well does your F/O know tech? (such as computers, smart phones 48. What’s some advice your F/O would tell you?

ALL FOR VASH!!!!!! >:3 PLEASE GO CRAZY WITH HEADCANONS I LOVE YOUR BRAIN [@apertures-angel]

IM GONNA HAVE TO PUT THIS UNDER A READ MORE CAUSE ITS SO MUCH I'll just cut out the ones I've answered. Only real Mechanical Mayfly fans will read them all /lh

What is your F/O fashion taste? How do I even describe that taste...leather with 1000000000 belts? He likes red long coats thats for sure! For a guy who wants to be left alone he sticks out like a sore thumb.

Does your F/O know how to cook? If so are they good at it?

Yeah! Though its mostly simple cooking cause yknow...he's on the run all the time. He at least knows how to make eggs. That's all a guy needs right

If your F/O could be a fan of any video game what do you think it would be?

FORCING HIM TO PLAY SPLATOON! I think he'd like Animal Crossing though and probably sky! Anything where he can chill and be passive

Is your F/O a cake or pie person?

Cake-- Chocolate cake to be specifc

Is your F/O a morning or night person?

I think he's a morning person which makes us horrible together cause I just know he'll be up and I won't wake up for like 6 more hours. I am holding him hostage for cuddles

Does your F/O have a pet? If not in canon what do you think they would have if given the chance?

Does that one cat count? I'm gonna count it cause I think he'd love cats...and dogs. He'd have as many animals as possible

If your F/O was in “avatar: the last air bender” what type of bender would they be? (air, water, earth, and fire)

Knowing he's a plant...I'd probably say water? I kinda imagine if he was more like his sisters in the bulbs he'd provide water!

Is your F/O LGBT+?

...Do I need to point to the couch scene? He's fruity as can be! We're lesbians. I he/him lesbian'd him Freya.

Does your F/O have any artistic hobbies? (Knitting, drawing, painting, etc)

Omg...I'd love for him to learn how to knit. That'd be so cute imagine him making little scarfs and sweaters for the local kids that's so cute.

What type of scent does your F/O remind you of?

Hmm...a sort of leather smell? It's hard to describe but it's a strong one.

What’s something you see often that has little to no relation to your F/O but always reminds you of them?

Dandelions! Cause they're as yellow as his hair.

Do you have any silly nicknames or pet names for your F/O?

Spikey and Typhoon are the two I like to use :3 and of course for me he uses Mayfly

What does your F/O house/apartment look like? (or what do you think it looks like)

If he had one it'd be a mess probably. He's just too tired from doing shit for so many years hes like "yeah I'll deal with this later."

What season reminds you of your F/O? (winter, spring, summer, fall)

Summer! Since Gunsmoke is so fucking hot. We gonna be dying of heat together.

What is your relationship like with your F/O?

It's perfect! We should get married truthfully...he's my soulmate and the one for me <3

Is your F/O the type to read reviews, or just go with their gut

He's going with his gut and then regretting it later when he gets food poisoning.

What’s a fad you can see your F/O taking part of?

Do you remember that challenge way back when...I think it was the planking challenge where you laid on something crazy in a plank form? He'd so that!

How well does your F/O know tech? (such as computers, smart phones

Very well! Sadly since the technology was lost during the big fall he's a little rusty but he can still use lost technology extremely well :) Better than most of us really.