#Umei

[namibozsu]

Teach googas about egg

[rumors-from-yuukaku]

BAAAAABIEEESSSS

[foodglorious-food]

Uni, no balooni

If you ever get Uni (Sea Urchin) at a Japanese restaurant, served like this, never go anywhere else - you are set for life!

[thetricksterkatartblog]

Your Little Heart Goes Pitter-Patter, I Want Your Liver On A Patter

Fanart for Umei-No-Mai’s Nothing But The Dead And Dying (Back In My Home Town)!

[cinnamonsera]

“Oh yes,” the jetii says grimly. “I have to admire Mandalorians; you’ll kriff anything that doesn’t kill you properly the first time around. Highly resilient warrior philosophy, genetic code like a patchwork quilt; you have Neti genes, Jango Fett! They are sentient plants! They should not be capable of breeding with humans! They grow from seeds!” His voice rises. “I’m going to have to request Master T’raa Saa’s medical records! I am going to have Seire find whichever of your ancestors had the brilliant idea of breeding with a Force-Sensitive tree and then I am going to strangle them!” “They’re centuries dead already,” Jango feels obliged to point out, wondering if he hit his head recently and didn’t notice. He’s part tree?! “All things are possible in the Force,” the jetii snaps. “Most of them are highly inadvisable, as your genome indicates, but still possible. Seire’s good at finding people; if I tell them I need to shake a long-dead Mandalorian by the neck until I feel better about near-human Force-Sensitives potentially sprouting leaves, then they will find me the correct long-dead Mandalorian.” “Force sensitive?” Vau asks sharply. The jetii waves a hand sharply: “Neti.” “So in short: Fett’s ancestry is wild even by our standards, the kaminii are third-rate hacks with no understanding of how genes actually work and you want backup for when you decide to decapitate the lot of them,” Mij summarises. “Fair enough; I’m in.” “I am a surgeon,” the jetii says huffily, subsiding into something vaguely adjacent to calm, “I do not decapitate people; I have Seire for that.” “Of course,” Mij agrees cheerfully, grabbing his helmet, “but you came to get me, so stab wounds and blasterfire is what you’ll be getting. Coming, Jango?” Jango rolls his eyes but does grab his helmet. “Then again,” the jetii grumbles, “the Neti genes might explain why you agreed to be cloned twenty million times over. That right there? That is vegetative propagation, and it is definitely plant thinking.”

-- One Audit is All It Takes, Chapter 3, Umei no Mai

This is the best thing I've read all week, and I've read a lot of things this week.

[any-mouse]

I blame Umei-No-Mai. I just realized I’ve unironically describing certain food by using the term ‘mouth feel.’

[voivaria]

Anyway, I know it hasn't been touched upon or exlored (yet????) but I keep thinking about Bel and how the future arc of Black Sky might have affected him.

According to Yesterday's Tomorrow (ch. 1) one of Dorea's zombies got to Byakuran's Fake Storm Funeral Wreath, which I have to assume was Rasiel because no more Fake Funeral Wreaths were targeted after. Unless it was Rasiel's predecessor they got to...? Either way, Rasiel is clearly alive and very much determined to get revenge on Bel in the present, and I can't imagine Bel is at all happy about that, considering.

Also! What has Rasiel been up to all this time? Does Suriel know Rasiel is still alive? Bel's parents must, at least. So what's going to happen?

[insanescriptist]

Hii~ so this is a question for Umei, if thats okay? I really resonate with how she writes God in her stories but im new to all of this and i wasn't sure what..denomination(?) She is? I have religious trauma and ive been trying to work through it and just what she writes...how she writes about her faith and how she incorporates it into her stories..it really really speaks to me and it's made me interested in learning more but im not really sure where to go from here and what resources i should be looking into?

From Umei,

Firstly, I'm really sorry that people you should have been able to trust have taken advantage of you. You're so, so brave for facing up to that and keeping going despite it. I'd suggest finding an up-to-date translation of the bible as a starting point; I like the New International Version (NIV) but there are plenty of other options out there. One that you find readable -or listenable, if you want an app, there are online translations- and just reading the Word. Start with the New Testament and the gospels, to get used to who Jesus is in his own words, but do read all of it. Jesus says that if we know him, we know the Father (John 8:19 and John 14:9) and we get to know Jesus' character through reading the bible. I know I'm still finding new revelations in my daily readings. Prayer! You can talk to God directly any time you want, and it's good to make space in your day just to listen to him. That's all he wants from us: that we be close to him. If you want more material on how to interpret what's in the gospels and hear good, solid theology I can recommend Ellel Ministries International, as they're non-denominational, have local centres all over the world and excellent online material as well as courses you can take. I know the director, who is a really kind and humble guy, if that helps! Don't be afraid to take your time. The bible explicitly instructs us to test everything against the word of God, to make sure it's trustworthy, so don't feel you need to rush into picking a church. Get to know Jesus through the Word, get to know God generally through prayer, and know that God won't push. Anyone or anything trying to force you into something you're not ready for is not of God. God created free will! You get to choose what you are up for, every single step. Safe travels!

From Izzy,

First off, I'm quite fine with being asked to relay a message to Umei. She can be quite hard to reach otherwise

Second, as to religious trauma... There's quite a large difference between people who claim to be Christian and people who are. That is Faith

Real faith is amazing to behold and motivates people to be kind and help others, to let them know that they are not alone in their struggles. It is the hand held out in friendship, to help, to cheer and comfort. It is the ear that will listen, the heart that chooses to heal

Fake faith is a social performance, complete with social policing and ostracizing of those who fail to perform believably. That's how you get fear-mongering, zealotry to the word and no actual True Christian behavior, because they're not living the principles of the faith

Izzy lives in the Bible Belt of the US, so Izzy's seen both. In all kinds of denominations. A Church doesn't determine your faith, it determines your community. Your faith is determined by you and your relationship with God.

Congrats for having kept that hand out for Umei to have reached. You had the faith to reach out and you've been answered for it.

Third, the KJV (King James Version) of the Bible is the most popular, but it's also the one of the oldest modern translations. Like 1611, or 1612 Izzy wants to say? It has issues inherent in that, as it was written to stop the fracturing of the Church (Calvin and the Protestant Movement says hi) by providing a cohesive book for the common man and not just the church. By virtue of being widely available and so popular before printing became a thing, it's also the version most prone to being misused by anyone who means to do so, because most people don't read it or truly study it

Anyway there's been a lot of scholarship and debate about how things were translated, because languages have nuance that doesn't always translate. There's a lot of contextual difference between Ruler, King and Tyrant for example. So if you want a bible with more pure scholarship behind it, a lot of the modern translations are what you want. There's probably annotated versions if you look.

Lastly, as Izzy's not particularly devout by common definitions and not a dedicated scholar of theology, Izzy can't really recommend any sources to look up. Izzy's certain there there's lectures of seminary classes on the internet somewhere to watch though. Seminary classes being meant to train priests, rabbis and the like, you can see what they're meant to be teaching and how they're supposed to teach it

may kind thoughts find and comfort you, Izzy

[catastrothy]

Which do you prefer:

Free-range countryside Wilde slimegirls, just troddin about, absorbing who knows what each step of the way as they enjoy life, carefree

Or

Lab-grown slimegirls who finally escaped their pressurized glass prison, and finally take a humanoid shape for the first time, and go about being 100% intelligent and 100000% feral

a carefree life is a good life and the more ethical choice but i am weak to character dynamics where a inhuman character is learning to be more “human” so like. i would be far more interested in scenario 2 as a story

[khr-guilded-cage]

Putting a person on a throne unwilling is already bad.

Putting a person you mistreated, abandoned, abused and hate your (and the organization) fucking guts in said throne is very, very bad.

Children grow up and grow strong after all

[namibozsu]

Squish Them

[alphamamalioness]

I have come here with every intent to adopt a bunch of bitties at this very moment!

I would love 1 of each of your flowey bitties

One Alpha Onion-San

One Alpha Papyrus

One Omega Onion-San

One Omenga Papyrus

One Omega GB

One Omega Sans

One beta Papyrus

One beta Sans

One Rex

And finally any bitties even duplicates that I have mentioned that you may recommend for me and the future Bitty packs that will form with these alphas! I don’t even mind another alpha type! But as long as they can handle a large family, boundaries, and a set territory or area everything should be fine! ^^

AlphaMama: Okie Dokie! Here we go~!

In recommend I believe these will be good to help: A Delta Asriel to play along with your Hyper Beta Papy and Beta Sans... Then Alpha Sans to be the "Peace Maker" between the other two alphas.

[rourhksapocolypse]

In much happier news compared to dealing with baby-hallucination, I'm at chapter 317 of Black Sky and can now confirm that the sidestory Yesterday's Tomorrow is officially happening in my reading.

It's a good one, in my opinion, since it showcases that, despite being called "No-Good" by literally everyone in Katekyo Hitman Reborn (except, like, two people, Gokudera who is somewhat obsessed and Takeshi; I think Kyoko is kind about it too, while the Varia and Kyoko's friend Hana use different words, and I'm not sure about a few others), Tsunayoshi Sawada is actually capable of rational thought, skill progression that doesn't rely on "punch harder" or "burn stuff with soulfire", and recognizing when he's being railroaded.

[thetricksterkatartblog]

Another fanart for Umei-No-Mai’s Nothing But The Dead And Dying (Back In My Home Town)

[cinnamonsera]

slaps hands on knees

welp, umei no mai posted another fic that's not in one of my fandoms, time to read a Batman fic while having no idea what's going on (except for the found family justice league headcanons that have found its way onto my dash for some reason)

[these-detestable-hands]

WHO UP CLUING THEY TRUTHS???? (my eyes are so blurry from crying I fall into a manhole)