Diana T. ★ Laiska

Hi, Bsky! ✨️ I'm Diana, also known by Laiska or Waltz! I'm a J-E localizer working in manga & light novels and queer creator. I translate, edit, and sometimes write. Once in a blue moon, I help out on indie games! I've got some pretty cool projects coming up, and I'm always open for more! よろしくね💖

I've made 6 open-source @godotengine.org projects perfect for as a base for your first or next game. Completely human-made and easy to understand code & comments. All visuals and sounds included, CC0! kenney.nl/starter-kits

OH the icons show up in the links, my little portfolio owl is here now... How cute 🥺

earlier this month I committed to doing a minicomic challenge of 4-8 pages; about a week ago I finished roughs for 19 pages (with intent to insert 1 more page for clarity + achieve a round 20); it's about DOG NUNS wish me luck with lining + coloring(?) it in time for halloween posting 🎃

somehow(??) bitsy turns 10 this month, and i'm hosting an extra-special, extra-long 100th #bitsyjam to celebrate! :D the jam page is already open over on itch.io for anyone who wants to sign up now <3 itch.io/jam/bitsy-100

Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇

"Get in, bitches, we're going WALKING!" We had a fun time with #BigWalk 💖 (Art credits left to right: @cyborrrg.bsky.social | @laiska.bsky.social | @blankd.bsky.social | @kawaiiguignol.bsky.social )

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

Humaning.

I hated the show Caillou as a kid, but my sister liked it. The one and only day that I decided to be gracious and let her know that Caillou was about to start was September 11th, 2001, and if you can believe it, they weren't showing Caillou that morning.

Last week at Broken Frontier… “Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’. www.brokenfrontier.com/on-their-fro...

INTERVIEW: Marina Lisa Komiya (@mlkarter.bsky.social) talks On Their Frontlines, queer history, Japanese war brides, postwar Japan, and the real-world research behind her manga debut with AIPT’s @davidbrooke.bsky.social. Read the @fantagraphics.bsky.social interview here:

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1996: can't use the internet without your phone 2010: the internet stretches before you like the vast expanse of a new frontier. You dance through it, unhindered. Unburdened. You have never heard of 2-factor authentication. 2026: can't use the internet without your phone

I started with con crud, took an antibiotic. Never got any better. It's clearly viral, now, not RSV, COVID or flu, but I can barely lift my head. People please, I beg of you, mask in large crowds. It's a pain, but this has robbed me of two full weeks of my life so far.

Nothing to shame you out of afternoon procrastination faster than a three-year-old marching into your office, looking at your computer screen, and demanding, "WHY ARE YOU PLAYING A GAME?!"

I'm still available for work btw! Anything and everything is appreciated 🫶

“In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.” imaginationlibrary.com My little nephew, also a recipient of books through this program, has treasured all of the titles shown below, and I hope that many more children can continue to benefit 💖

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

Reactions in my household to me producing this object from my bag: My 3-yr-old nephew: "it's a rooster! It's wearing a thingy!" (gleefully snatches it and starts playing) My sister, former seasoned con-goer, finally seeing it a minute later: "...OH NO 🤣"

I love meeting so many other hard-working people working in loc because it inspires me to work even harder too. The jobs are rarely ever easy but there's so much passion in what we do 🔥

Just the other day I got my advance copy of On Their Frontlines and it came out absolutely stunning in print! Beautiful lettering and some retouches from the author themself ✨️ Very proud to have worked on this book- Check it out when it drops next month from @fantagraphics.bsky.social

Sad girls @yenpress.com ... (I'm at ANYC btw! If you're here this weekend hit me up!)

When you burn an entire inspiration point and then the dice say:

now that the bsky video length limit has increased, i can finally upload one of my favorite scenes from the classic yuri anime strawberry panic (go watch it if you haven't already)

Today on Okazu - LGBTQ+, Yuri, BL Panels, Events and Signings and at Anime NYC 2026! I rounded up as many of the fun queer stuff at Anime NYC as I could find, to help you plan out your con schedule. Drop by Table 2028 to say hi and get signed books! okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/16/l...

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

Would be pretty cool if AFAB people actually got accurate health information about their own bodies, so I wouldn't have to find out through Dr. Google that perimenopause can start as early as your late 30s (and seems a very likely explanation for the cluster of Weird Health Symptoms I've had lately)

you know you're getting old when you see those wistful "nostalgic.... for a time i never lived in" memes online and they're talking about like, 2007

Glad to see these all making it up here! The Purple Moon games were really important to me growing up 💖

New release: Secret Paths to Your Dreams (1999 - Win/Mac) - https://www.myabandonware.com/game/secret-paths-to-your-dreams-10zs #abandonware

Nice review of a really lovely game. Should go without saying coming from us, but the world could use more "linear" narrative-focused adventure games. And if you like Hotel Dusk, don't forget to play Last Window, too!

OUT NOW from J-Novel Club: God Sleeps in Seafoam In a land of spirits, the spiritless Akira awakens a slumbering fire god, and no sooner does he receive her blessings than an ancient evil threatens to devour his new home. buff.ly/Ery6Tun

This genuinely breaks my heart, holy hell :( This guy was such a good sport and such a joyful part of the Otakon experience back in those years. You could always count on your day being better when you were out in the sweltering Baltimore heat and heard that "I GOT THAT ICE. ICE. COLD. COLD."

The fact that I was mildly obsessed with Dilandau at 12 years old I think really should have clued me into certain things about myself a lot sooner 😂