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2021-10-03

Canon EOS R6 + RF15-35mm f2.8L IS

@slynil​​ asked for Taobao recs for buying weimao/帷帽 (veiled hats) on this post. Thanks for the question! There are actually lots of options on Taobao if you use the keywords “帷帽 汉服” (“weimao hanfu”). Here are some of my recs:

1. 格格间 原创汉元素 - Weimao come in different styles. This weimao works if you’re looking for the flat kind with a hole at the center, through which you can poke out your hair:

And here’s one from the same shop that comes with just fringe if you want to forgo the veil:

2.  霜翎阁 汉服配饰小铺 - This shop carries many options if you want to bling out your weimao with decorative tassels and beads:

3.  子颂东方美学 游园惊梦 - For a particularly feminine option, this pink weimao comes with a turquoise ribbon and ornamental flowers:

4. 鸾缕芳泽国风服饰 - For extra drama, you can go with this covered weimao (more of a mili, actually) that comes with an ultra-long veil:

5.  乔织丨原创汉服设计 - This black weimao fits the bill if you’re looking for the authentic Tang dynasty style with a raised top:

6.  青泠谷 原创汉服店 - Another option for the traditional Tang dynasty-style weimao:

7.  观止织造 原创设计汉服 - If you’re looking for color options beyond black, this Tang-style weimao comes in white as well:

Fearne loots Bertrand’s corpse.

+ bonus:

i have seen man made horrors beyond your comprehension

go to google translate and paste the url of the paywalled article you’re trying to read on the lefthand side (where you’d normally paste foreign text). set the “from” language (the one on the left side) to russian, arabic, japanese, etc. – any language that doesn’t use the latin alphabet. set the “to” language (the one on the right side) to english. it will generate a url on the right, and you can click it and enjoy

(the reason you want to pick a language that doesn’t use the latin alphabet is that false cognates are inevitable. if you don’t want to read an article that’s mostly intelligible but every instance of the word “after” is changed to “anus”, for example, you don’t want to go with german)

this DOES NOT work with every paywall! i just tested it on a number of sites, and it doesn’t work on wall street journal. but it does work on the new york times, the la times, the washington post, and the san diego union-tribune. i make no guarantees!

You don’t need a reason to not like a ship.  You don’t need a reason not to ship a ship, canon or otherwise.  You don’t have to prove it’s “problematic” or “abusive” or any of that shit.

You’re allowed to just not like it.  You can literally just say “eh, I don’t like it, it’s just not my thing” and that’s valid.  You don’t have to explain it or excuse it.  Just say you don’t like it and move the fuck on, for fuck’s sake.