After years of going by Lizonka/lizzieonka, I will finally be changing my online name.
The new name will be Miya. And the new url will be @miyamiwu (don't follow this blog, I just made it to claim the url in advance). The change will be reflected here on Tumblr on my birthday on May 1.
Why the change?
For quite some time now, I've wanted a name that was more Asian-sounding because, well, aside from being Asian, all the media I engage in are Asian. Going by a Russian name just didn't make sense when nothing about me or my posts is Russian.
(As for why I had a Russian name, blame Yuri on Ice 😩)
I initially wanted to steal the name of my OC, Maya, for this change because it's such a beautiful word in my language (sorry, Maya, I won't take your name anymore. You can keep it). Unfortunately, “Maya” and all the good variations of it that I could think of are already taken here on Tumblr 😔
Then earlier, while scrolling on the dash, I came across a video of an orange cat and found myself meowing (as I tend to whenever I see a cat), but with the meow sounding more like “miyaaa”. And I'm like, “hey ‘Miya’ isn't that different from ‘Maya,’ and it's also cute.” So here I am.
Of course, the username “miya” alone is already taken on every major platform, so I have to add something to it. I came up with different lovely usernames here on Tumblr, only to find that they've already been taken on other sites. And I really didn't want to use different usernames on different sites coz that can get confusing fast so... I ended up just adding “Miwu” at the end.
The name Miwu comes from the danmei novel,The Cat’s Inheritance, and it's the name the cat protagonist gave to his human. And like Miya, it also sounds like a cat’s meow 😚
And there you have it! Fully making the switch will take a while, though, especially since my fandom emails and website both go by Lizonka/lizzieonka. (Thankfully, the domain name expires next year, so I won't feel too bad about it. Buying a new domain name, however, is not yet on the budget...)
I'll be going by lizzieonka until the rest of the month. But for starters, I went ahead and changed my avatar (now featuring my two orange cats uwu)
Sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been busy cramming some school stuff and preparing the documents I need to go back to college this September. I’ll have more time after July 15, but I won’t be completely free either.
My translation of Xiao Jiu is complete, but I plan to release a semi-localized edition. Looking back at my Xiao Jiu tl, I noticed that I used too much pinyin, disrupting the flow of the story to some readers.
Currently, I am considering which terms I should localize and which to keep in pinyin. [Simply deciding turned out to be harder than I thought…]
This semi-localized edition will be published separately from the original version. So to the readers who don’t mind the sprinkling of pinyin all over the original, no need to worry. You can still read it as is.
My translation of Xiao Jiu is complete, but I plan to release a semi-localized edition. Looking back at my Xiao Jiu tl, I noticed that I used too much pinyin, disrupting the flow of the story to some readers.
Currently, I am considering which terms I should localize and which to keep in pinyin. [Simply deciding turned out to be harder than I thought…]
This semi-localized edition will be published separately from the original version. So to the readers who don’t mind the sprinkling of pinyin all over the original, no need to worry. You can still read it as is.
T/N: This chapter tripped me up so badly. Some parts are inconsistent with what has been mentioned before, so I’m unsure of how to translate
I had meant to finish this earlier this week, but extreme period fatigue, coupled with the difficulty in translating the last few paragraphs, got this delayed to now...
Guess who suddenly decided to work on Chapter 67 of Bestial Blade at 3 in the morning, and now it's 80% done...
Me. The fool is me. Actually, this chapter has been at 60% for months now, but life got in the way (and I also got sucked into a new hyperfixation) so...
Anyways, if nothing comes up, I aim to release the chapter later today
I will be transferring the lizonkanovels.com domain to this Tumblr site sometime this week or next week. My Carrd plan is about to expire, and I have no plans of renewing it, so Tumblr it is~
Redirecting old urls is gonna be a pain though uuughh