Me Doing Stuff Well Bless Me

My name is Rina (25ish, She/her, Demi, human). I’m Russian, writer and artist. Can do stuff will do stuff. But generally I have no idea what I’m doing. Good for me, bad for you probably.

[sairusboom]

commission for JiuYuan fic

Ficbook: https://ficbook.net/readfic/13304848

Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/45952684/chapters/115663816

[okarinageneticlab]

What is Shen Yuan’s understanding of what Peak Lord power is somewhat skewed? And by that I mean he thinks peak lords should be weeeeeeeeeee stronger than they truly are. From a vague book lore he is expert at, he thought that cultivator master is a human equivalent of demon lord level, while LQG and YQY are supposed to be OP as human protag opposition. While in reality, humans take down their powerful demon enemies in quantities, with traps, tricks, seals and teamwork. And LQG gets war god title exactly because he can fight demon lord alone.

So when SY transmigrates, he is like ‘oh shit I am so much weaker than OG Shen Qingqiu who was truly trained to deal with that, I need to find other ways to sufficiently pass as a peak lord’, looks up at fellow peak lords admirably and proceeds with low key hoarding power from legendary power boosters. And thinks it’s okey level for a scholar, if he sometimes misses blows from demon lords and coughs blood a bit. Not everyone here is a war god please.

Others think that SQQ is a f@cking unkillable resilient terminator. And they are blessed that he prefers to talk his opponents down instead of fighting them.

LBH desire to become the strongest OP monster stems from his belief that Shizun loves power and will accept only the strongest suitor.

SY will get his mistake sometime… may be? He has an endless line of powerful enemies after him due to LBH emperor status tho, and he refuses to be a little helpless wife. No time to rest, he has to ruin captor’s castle BEFORE his husband’s army will come to humiliating rescue!

[okarinageneticlab]

Pls can somebody write a fic where SQQ(SY) knowing that he’s probably bad with saying things out loud, writes short letters to LBH and tucks them everywhere in the house, so his husband can find notes while doing chores.

This way LBH can carry these with him at all times to remind himself that he’s loved and cared very much when he needs it.

But I bet he will freak out spectacularly at first about some mysterious love interest. His self esteem would be that bad.

[okarinageneticlab]

What if Shen Qingqiu looks absolutely sane and normal when drunk, no matter how much he ingests, but the second he opens his mouth… he goes all non-filter foul-tongued millennial he inwardly is. And he also does some wild shit with perfect straight face.

Like truth serum plot devices, but way better, because it can be just some semi-innocent peak lord party, where everyone can get a portion of thoroughly wasted Shizun. And no need to look for the cure, being drunk is not being deadly poisoned, right? No offense, right????

Bonus points, if tomorrow morning SQQ has a headache and ominously blank memory gaps. And everyone just looks at him so weirdly… why?

[okarinageneticlab]

AU of first meeting + arranged accidental marriage idea, because I love an idea that HC can play it cool with his highness only by his sheer luck. He is no better at handling his embarrassment than XL in canon.

The idea tho:

HC, having an extremely severe case of “what-if-we-are-not-meant-to-be-with-dianxia-ever-and-I-never-find-him” crisis, decides to gamble with his own fate and privately decides that next time somebody puts a bride/groom on stake in his Den, he will accept it. And not just to put them somewhere to work and earn their keep as he usually does, but marry them for real.

Here is the deal. If he lifts a veil and it’s Dianxia (1!!!1!1) for some fat non-existing chance, then they are meant to be and happy ending, and he will have diaxia and what more to want. If it’s not, then he will stop thinking about it and will remain only a devoted follower never again hoping for something else and accept that person as his wife/husband. Not he will ever touch them that way though.

So next time in Den there is a person’s marriage on stake and he doesn’t dodge the bid into something better, but closes his eyes and explicitly accepts it. (Ghost residents are thrilled by the idea their Lord settling for family life)

It’s the bride offered by some desperate father though. HC is not a chicken to back off from deal even if it’s only private. He accepts the girl nonetheless, even if he thinks that ofc what was he thinking, gambling on his highness marriage, like he has any right, and why on earth his luck is enough to get the whole Danxia for himself? His highness probably has better things to do.

HC is devastated in advance waiting for the girl to arrive from some no name village at her farther’s command. Probably he nonstop prays to his god for mercy and already mourns his sinking dream relationship with XL, but still doesn’t back up from his ‘fate gamble’. He is very tempted when he sees the red dressed woman in veil tho

And since we have happy Hualian here, ofc it’s XL when HC lifts the veil.

He was just passing by when he hears the sob story of the girl and her father that was so desperate that he bid her hand and heart to fearsome ghost king. Obv he’s feeling “I will go and have a serious conversation with that ghost that no one can trick desperate people into marriage” first. Than he thinks again and decides that it’s not his business and honestly no one forced a hand of said father to gamble.

Here his luck is ended, because the girl is crafty and armed with full plate of fresh dumplings and crystal shiny tears in young eyes and tru story that she very loves another. So she persuades XL to help and go instead of her. They provide the dress, the snack and the carriage. And even some dowry to make things proper in eyes of gods and ghosts.

And XL at this point finds himself agreeing and blankly thinking “why not”, because honestly being someone’s husband shouldn’t be so bad. He will have a home and whole person for himself. Mb even a good person. He is so lonely that even a ghost king that gambles brides looks like an option. And mb that ghost king is lonely too, if he agreed to unknown girl that he never met. Anyway what’s of his honor left? So he privately decides “f@ck that, mb even damn be my cultivation, I’m gonna check this option”. After all, times when he never run away were long gone. He totally can run away any time he doesn’t like the situation. And if they do marry he will have a brand new excuse why he can’t date someone apart from his powerlessness. He would be married after all…

So he agrees to the whole thing, and comes to Ghost city, and HC lifts the veil, and here he is instead of a pretty bride.

Pause stretches a bit too long. Stress peaks. XL panics that ofc he ruined everything again and anxiously asks, “so… will you marry me?” He probably doesn’t even realize what syllables he produces with his tongue. Just panics. And then panics more.

HC meanwhile totally mentally skyrocketed into his dream space of Danxia simping at the sight of XL and doesn’t think straight at all. In his head Danxia asked “will you marry me” and ofc dream HC will pick up all his bride skirts and run to the altar that very second. So he breathes “yes” first, does the whole ceremony prepared for them, all bows, and then he realizes what he had done. And that was all real.

XL is just as flustered. He also made his bows in a haze of embarrassment and “oh gods I really said that to living ghost king dressed in red, being in red dress myself, and omfg help”

Ghost residents cheer them loudly, startling them into senses. So HC scrambles himself and XL and takes them both to the paradise manor. There he drops XL in peace of his own rooms and strategically retreats to god knows where. Corridor probably. Just behind the door likely. Because he’s that much of an panicking idiot… Leaving his fresh accidental dream god of a husband alone and go panic himself. After some while he realizes the mistake and rushes back, apologizing and embarrassingly spilling all the beans to dianxia.

Seeing that hot panicking mess vaguely resembling fearsome ghost king husband of his, XL stops anxiously worrying that he somehow displeased his new spouse and angered him and just calms them both down. He’s already charmed by his married life, if it’s with this guy. And it’s only gets better, bc HC immediately gifts the ring and sincerely vowes to do only what diaxia likes like he means it. XL dares even to admit that his husband is very handsome. HC melts on the spot.

It takes them several hours to finally agree that no one is angry or unhappy with how it turned on. They talk it out and agree that yes let’s try this whole venture. XL stays in HC’s rooms. HC has to lay down a bit just to process that.

Who would have thought that his luck was that unbelievably good.

[malinanan]

Hold him gentle❤️

[imugarou-deactivated20171126]

息抜き

[chicinlicin]

Some quick animation smear guides I put together for a friend! not sure if it works as a tutorial without my in person commentary, also more intended as a guide to show examples of basic/common smear types :O

…might make a tutorial on how to use smears another time…

[seandunkley]

Knowledge!

[eleni-anz]

Ummm byee

[snumblesaurus]

So I kind of hate that Putin is trying to restrict the flow of information into Russia so that he can control the narrative, so for my Russian friends, here is my guide on

How to get around internet censorship and maintain internet privacy

This will be an extremely long post 😅

Priorities

Download the Tor Browser

This will hopefully help you access the internet regardless of Russian government bans. It’s a little slow, but better than nothing. It hides your IP address from the internet, so it’s kind of like using a VPN. A very basic summary of how Tor works: your internet traffic is routed through several “nodes”. The Entry Node, can see your IP address but has no idea what data you’re sending, and this goes through several middle nodes, until it reaches the Exit Node. The Exit Node can see what data you’re sending, but it can’t see your IP address so it doesn’t know WHO sent it. That’s why it’s a good idea to do nothing identifying when using the Tor Browser, like writing personal information. Here’s a blog post with more detailed information about the Tor Browser.

Get a VPN

VPNs are often used to get around government internet restrictions. Russia will probably not be able to do much about it. However, not all VPNs are created equal. Nearly all of the free VPNs are a scam that turn around and sell your data, so free VPNs are not secure. The only exception to this is ProtonVPN which has a free tier, but it’s very slow. Basically the only good VPN is one you pay for. When choosing a VPN, be aware of where the company is based, because if a VPN company is based in the USA, it will have to comply USA privacy laws. So choose a VPN based in a country that has good privacy laws. A great one is Mullvad VPN, which is based in Sweden. But for the purposes of Russia, just making sure your VPN is not Russian or in a country sympathetic to Russia is probably good enough.

Alternative Front-Ends A frontend is the the part of a website which the user interacts with directly. To browse the contents of websites, you usually have to visit them. However, many people have made alternative privacy-respecting frontends to popular websites that allow you to see the site’s content without actually visiting the website. This helps avoid tracking, data-collection, and even countries’ attempts to ban websites. Twitter is banned in Russia right now, but using all an alternative frontend to Twitter works (according to my Russian friend).

Google Translate

Lingva Translate / Instances

SimplyTranslate / Instances

some instances allow you to choose to translate with several other services (such as DeepL)

Imgur

Rimgo / Instances

Instagram

Bibliogram / Instances

Medium

Scribe / Instance

Reddit

Libreddit / Instances

Teddit / Instances

TikTok

ProxiTok / Instance

Twitter

Nitter / Instances

Wikipedia

Wikiless / Instances

YouTube

Invidious / Instances

Piped / Instances

YouTube Music

Beatbump / Instance

If anyone knows of one of these for Tumblr please let me know. I found this site called Tumgir but it looks sketchy and unlike the rest of the ones I listed, it’s not open-source. So visit with caution, but I’m mentioning it because it might be better than nothing.

There are also these browser extensions that automatically redirect site links to the available alternatives:

Mozilla Firefox

LibRedirect - Redirects YouTube, YT Music, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Imgur, Reddit, Wikipedia, Medium, etc.

Google Chrome

Privacy Redirect - Redirects Google Maps, Google Search, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter, Youtube.

iPhone (iOS 15+) Safari

Privacy Redirect - Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, Google Translate, Google maps, Google Search, Medium

Android

UntrackMe - Google Maps, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube

Messaging / Communication

Matrix is a federated and decentralized End-to-End Encrypted (E2EE) messaging with many platforms, the most popular of which is Element. It’s like Discord, but worse. It’s getting better over time though! You can even use a a throwaway email to sign-up.

If you’re Russian you likely already know about Telegram, but MAKE SURE you’re aware that only Secret Chats are End-to-End Encrypted. So don’t say anything that would get you in trouble outside of a Secret Chat.

End Notes

China is way better at internet censorship. They’ve had years to build the infrastructure to control the flow of information online. And yet, the Chinese people still manage to “climb the wall” and find ways around this. Russia is new to this game and doesn’t have the resources China does. So I really doubt it’ll be that hard to get around their attempts to block websites. Have faith! And feel free to DM me for more info cause this post just scratches the surface for things you can do tbh.

[squeeb100]

this entered my head and i felt it deep in my soul

[tinfigs]

Happy October 3rd lads

[tinfigs]

Roy stealth mumbling “surely this all can’t be true. I. Would remember my junk being gone.”

[prokopetz]

I think the message of Howl’s Moving Castle is that in order to maintain a successful relationship with some kind of fucked up wizard, you must find it in yourself to also be some kind of fucked up wizard.

[okarinageneticlab]

Glendale being Glendale I guess

[okarinageneticlab]

What if vampires sleep with their hands crossed over their chest because they instinctually protect themselves from being stabbed?

[okarinageneticlab]

I’m aliiive, and merry Christmas to everyone!

My baby in a moonlight fluorescenting or something

[okarinageneticlab]

Whumptober 2021

No. 31 - HURT & COMFORT

Word ‘prisoner’.

Nisei is his own prisoner lol

And I guess I’ve done all 31 days. Wow.

[okarinageneticlab]

Whumptober 2021

No. 30 - DIGGING YOUR GRAVE

Words ‘major character death’

Terrians turn into magic crystals and nature elements after their death. Crystallization can take from few minutes to several days depending on age. The older Terrian the faster the process goes. Terrian children have semi organic, edible meat that can solidify for a week or more (that’s why predators hunt only children). Also stronger magically Terrians get bigger crystal part. Only the best oldest mages get to turn into a semi full stature. Most people just fall apart in their basic elements leaving crystallized bones and some significant parts of their bodies (like hands, hearts or eyes).

Remains of the dead usually are placed in grave gardens or just family yards and even homes. Terrians aren’t afraid of their corpses even in the slightest and have no human-like attitude towards the dead. They are considered more like sleeping, so you shouldn’t disturb them too much, but don’t worry, they won’t wake up anymore... It is also normal to use somebody’s pieces to make things, magic artifacts or weapons, but ‘living’ masterpieces that were made without consent can become seriously cursed. Makers of livings things can tell the difference.

This picture is about my oc, Alat. For aesthetic reasons I’ve made him a statue peacefully sitting somewhere, but his body (at least some bits) totally would be stolen and used to forge some powerful objects. He was quite a famous person (like any main hero hehe). Anyways, he would be totally ok with that. His philosophy said that because he was eating meat of animals his whole life, it would be only fair to be used after death as a resource too. Other people though would not (be ok that that). Nobody wants to have a magic thing made of mage that was considered the embodiment of sun god and strongest water/ice bender. That shit should be legendary straight away.