Keeper of the Flame

Bisexual bookworm 📚 

[bayesiandragon]

Welcome!

This is mostly a place for an assortment of various fandom interests, queer issues, and mental health topics, with a healthy mix of random thoughts thrown in.

Bisexual in my early 30s, enjoy reading, writing, art, and language - currently learning German! I do post about 18+ content as most of my fandoms are 18+ as well, so keep that in mind. Primary reading interests are sci-fi, fantasy, nonfiction science, and danmei. I'm generally quite laid back and greatly enjoy positive discussion around canon meta analysis, canon divergence ideas, and sillier fanon stuff, including more controversial topics.

For those looking for a fellow fan, here's a (very non-exhaustive) list of my top current fandoms!

Currently Reading:

Turning, Di-Curious

The Locked Tomb Trilogy

Discworld

MXTX trifecta: SVSSS, MDZS + CQL, TGCF

Little Mushroom

Mistakenly Saving the Villain

Faraway Wanderers/Word of Honor

Sha Po Lang

Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (webtoon)

Good Omens

Arcane

Blue Eye Samurai

Interview with the Vampire

Assorted anime

[curiosity-killed]

mei changsu

[ALT ID: A digital painting of Mei Changsu from Nirvana in Fire looking directly at the camera with a small smile while bandages unravel from around his face. The bandages are somewhat bloody and hold the young face of Lin Shu as they peel away.]

[azuremist]

I love his gay ballerina twirl

[07043012]

[unicorngelato]

Every fifth TGCF textpost: people are wrong about the Character

Every fifth MDZS textpost: nobody understands the Themes

Every fifth SVSSS textpost: what if Shen Yuan transmigrated into a pregnant flea

[justafanaticalhuman]

what if Shen Yuan transmigrated as a pregnant flea on Luo Binghe's head and fed on his blood and so Luo Binghe now has control of Shen Yuan

[let-me-iiiiiiiin]

If it's during disciple days, he might be able to sense binghe's spiritual energy and help guide him into forming his foundation, at which point lbh will notice that something is up and eventually fall in love with the sy flea sucking his blood... Eventually by feeding flea sy enough spiritual energy-dense blood sy might be able to cultivate a human form and get wifed up

[greatnesswithoutenvies]

#and here is how pregnant flea sy can still win this isekai—

[byjove]

Without fail, every time a woman is talking about how she does not want to have children and never wants to be pregnant and how medical professionals, romantic interests and family members keep trying to bulldoze her decision and keep expecting her to change her mind because motherhood is something that is expected of all women and it is abhorrent to think a woman could not desire it, a random mother spawns in the comments to be like “Well, actually, you never know! I didn’t want children and then I got pregnant and I realized I love being a mama and I have five little babies now! Could happen to you! 🥰”

Sister, keep that to yourself or make your own goddamn post, you are ignoring that woman’s central concern and belittling her, you don’t even think you’re doing it. Formerly childfree women who ended up having children and loving it are like detransitioners in the sense that there is nothing inherently wrong with changing your mind about having children or realizing you were mistaken about your gender identity but immediately weaponizing your indecision to tell people that the barriers to healthcare and the violations of their bodily autonomy and the way society ignores that person’s wishes is actually okay because you were wrong. Some people do know themselves.

[vrag-veshtica]

it also makes me doubt how happy they actually are with having the kids why do you feel the need to broadcast you've changed your mind and are happy now just be happy no need to be a missionary for making more babies those are not yours chill

[unicorngelato]

Every fifth TGCF textpost: people are wrong about the Character

Every fifth MDZS textpost: nobody understands the Themes

Every fifth SVSSS textpost: what if Shen Yuan transmigrated into a pregnant flea

[justafanaticalhuman]

what if Shen Yuan transmigrated as a pregnant flea on Luo Binghe's head and fed on his blood and so Luo Binghe now has control of Shen Yuan

[let-me-iiiiiiiin]

If it's during disciple days, he might be able to sense binghe's spiritual energy and help guide him into forming his foundation, at which point lbh will notice that something is up and eventually fall in love with the sy flea sucking his blood... Eventually by feeding flea sy enough spiritual energy-dense blood sy might be able to cultivate a human form and get wifed up

[greatnesswithoutenvies]

#and here is how pregnant flea sy can still win this isekai—

[whosname]

[id. A twitter post by @/Bennieeexyz Jury duty letter came addressed to my cat. Not a mistake. "Felix Martinez" - that's his full name according to his vet records. My last name. His first name. Somehow he's a registered voter now. Called the county clerk. Me: My cat got summoned for jury duty. Clerk: Is the name correct on the summons? Me: Yes, but he's a cat. Clerk: Is Felix Martinez a legal resident of this county? Me: He's a legal cat. Clerk: Sir, if the name matches our records, he needs to appear or file an exemption. Me: He can't file anything. He has paws. Clerk: You can file on his behalf. Me: Under what exemption? There's no box for "is a cat." Clerk: (pause) Check "unable to serve due to medical reasons." Me: What's the medical reason? Clerk: He's a cat. Me: That's not a medical condition. Clerk: It is if it prevents him from serving. Sent in the form. Got rejected two weeks later. "Insufficient documentation. Please provide medical professional's statement." Took the letter to my vet. Me: I need you to write that my cat can't do jury duty. Vet: Why is your cat summoned for jury duty? Me: Excellent question. No good answer. Vet: This is the weirdest request I've gotten. Me: Can you just write that he's medically unfit to serve? Vet: On what grounds? Me: He's a cat. Vet: (started typing) "Patient is unable to serve due to species-related limitations including inability to speak, read, or comprehend legal proceedings." Me: Perfect. Sent it in. Got another rejection. "Summons is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in contempt of court." My roommate thought this was hilarious. Roommate: Felix is going to jail. Me: This is serious. Roommate: Bring him to court. See what happens. Decided that was actually the only option left. Day of jury duty, put Felix in his carrier. Brought the entire paper trail of rejection letters. Checked in at the courthouse. Clerk: Name? Me: Felix Martinez. Clerk: (looked at the cat carrier) Is that Felix? Me: Yes. Clerk: (long stare) He's a cat. Me: I've been saying that for six weeks. Clerk: Why didn't you file an exemption? Me: I filed three. All rejected. Showed her the letters. She read through them, expression shifting from confusion to disbelief. Clerk: Someone rejected the veterinary documentation? Me: Twice. Clerk: (called her supervisor over) You need to see this. Supervisor read everything. Looked at Felix. Looked at me. Supervisor: How did a cat get registered to vote? Me: You tell me. Supervisor: This is a data error. Me: Took you six weeks to figure that out. They dismissed Felix immediately. Apologized for the inconvenience. Supervisor: We'll remove him from the voter registry. Me: Appreciate it. Supervisor: (pause) Out of curiosity, how would he have voted? Me: Probably whatever party supports universal treats. Got a formal apology letter a week later and a voter registration card. For me this time. Apparently I wasn't registered, but my cat was. Roommate: Felix committed voter fraud. Me: Felix committed nothing. He's innocent. Roommate: That's what they all say. Felix is sleeping on the jury summons now. Fitting end to his legal career. end id]

[weevil-mastermind]

Imagine if we did the “public libraries are punk” thing for other subcultures. Imagine if people made shirts that said “Soup kitchens are grunge” or “Mixed Use Urbanism is Juggalo”.

[vintar]

[academicabyss]

[maramontwrites]

It's such an amazing feeling when someone picks up on something in your writing that you 100% intended but didn't think people would notice. Like, YES!! My writing properly conveyed the thing it was supposed to!!! You are so awesome for noticing that!!! I am so awesome for writing that!!! I feel so good about my story now!!!!

[ivfhnyfubpx]

this scene is so fucking funny the english dub of this show is so good

[laughconfetti]

loud warning

[notajerusalemcricketd-deactivat]

[nunnatheinsanegerbil]

[teaboot]

Rolling on the floor sobbing and crying and losing my mind at “GET INSIDE THE VAAAAAAAAAAN”

[its-your-mind]

finally. an appropriate name for my ‘time to leave’ alarm.

[morimorikei]

The Tournament

[curiosity-killed]

truly the line between decadence and depression is so thin. am I lying in bed with my cat drinking wine and watching TV bc I am having a Dionysian night of indulgence or because of the Depressions depriving me of motivation to do things I love? impossible to say

[bayesiandragon]

As I segue back into competitive sports, some recent experiences remind me of my personal pet peeve of over-focus on hard work vs talent when evaluating achievement. There's much discussion on here around acknowledging the time and effort it takes to achieve great outcomes before jumping to talent. Given that many laypeople tend to attribute everything to innate capability I completely see why. Ultimately the balance of either depends on the person, and it's most conducive to one's development to focus on the things you can control. Yet, I've been across from several who over-corrected in the opposite direction and dismissed the very concept of talent (which I'd define as accelerated learning and having higher limits), which is extra infuriating when it comes from someone of unusually high capability who asserts that the only reason you're not on their level is due to lack of effort. Especially so when it comes to sports, where your body's natural build, capacity, and age can be a huge limiting factor.

[catchymemes]

[unoqlo2]

Amber Glenn, That's Life / 2026 Winter Olympics (Exhibition Gala)

[depsidase]

[haunted-hideaway]

I’m glad that OP:

1) Figured this out.

2) Shared so others can learn from their mistake.

[clowngames]

I've spoken about this before, but I run a (miniscule) company that sells niche software. We make a small product quickly, push it out, and if it has an audience we get feedback from that audience and add features.

We got just barely big enough to hire an extra programmer, and we found one whose code seemed great. We quickly found out they used Copilot and ChatGPT extensively to "speed up their process." Well, it turned out that made them great at launching new software but terrible at maintaining it. If there were any bugs, they had to argue with the AI instead of fixing it themselves. If we wanted to expand features, they were practically starting over.

So we told them no more AI. It didn't reflect well on us as a company but it also clearly doesn't fit our business model. Well, it turns out that if you outsource those skills to a machine you lose those skills. This person with 10 years of experience had completely forgotten how to program entirely. It took them days to accomplish what should take an afternoon. We had to let them go.