Hello from Belarus!
My name is Daria, I’m a public health intern. I live with my husband Alexander and our mackerel tabby cat named Shprot (which translates to "Sprat" in English!).
• I love internal tourism, often dragging my homebody husband along to capture landscapes, architecture, and local legends. Some of these photos become postcards for direct swaps.
• I am a huge fan of anime and animation, even though my job leaves me with less time to watch it now. My first anime was "Black Butler" (in 2014), and it remains my favorite (along with "The Apothecary Diaries" and "Azazel"). I adore "Howl's Moving Castle", "Ponyo", the Soviet "Winnie the Pooh", and Wes Anderson's works. Thanks to my university friend, one of my main fandoms is "Heaven Official's Blessing" (I love this novel, but specifically in its original, unrevised version).
• Geek festivals don't happen very often in my country, but I try to attend them as much as possible. I love geek gatherings! The latest was Unicon-2026 in Minsk, and next spring I plan to attend "Dark Matter" as a cosplayer.
• I adore flora and fauna. I grew up in a small town with my grandparents, who had quite a diverse farm, so my love for animals and the ability to get along with them was instilled in me almost from the cradle. I especially love cats and horses.
• Since early childhood, I've loved collecting things: various bird feathers, minerals, stickers, decorative washi tapes, exotic houseplants, and merch for "Heaven Official's Blessing" (a full perfume set!) and Love and Deepspace (Hi, Sylus girlies!). I still happily add to some of these collections.
• I love creating things with my own hands:
- crochet (cardigans, cozy clothes, amigurumi);
- cross-stitch: this folk craft is intertwined with modern culture for me, so besides traditional motifs, I have game-themed keychains and even cross-stitched postcards;
- slowly getting back into watercolors after a long break due to my studies, preferring small landscapes and still lifes;
- sew, creating coats, fluffy pajamas, and dresses using my own patterns;
- make handmade postcards from aluminum cans, candy wrappers, and local snack packaging.
• I do annual rewatches of "Supernatural" and "Lucifer", and enjoy Soviet movie classics, horrors, and Marvel/DC (Deadpool, Venom, Tobey's Spidey).
• Sometimes on weekends, my husband and I carve out time to play Minecraft, Fallout, Baldur's Gate 3, Stardew Valley, The Witcher, and Mortal Kombat together. Nothing brings people closer than co-op fails in video games!