kutsuwamushi | So, Discord. And other things.

Every year, I get nostalgic for the days of fandom past - when I had an active reading page full of people that I knew, when I regularly talked to friends on chat, and so on.

Over the years most of my online friends have drifted away, even really good ones. Some of that is my fault. I have two that I still talk to regularly - we switched to Discord, but just hang out in private.

I miss specific people. But I also want to make new friends? The problem is, I'm not really a fandom content creator. I never have been. Whatever creative energies I have - which isn't much these days, after working on the dissertation - generally end up being shifted into original characters and worldbuilding for stories I just haven't got the energy to write.

I'm also not like, super into any one fandom. So there's really no reason for people to find me, follow me, talk to me ... I'm orbiting around fandom and kind of feeling like an outsider all the time.

So how do you meet people? I'm trying to be more active here, but I think I'm missing real-time communication - you know, chat and IM. I know a lot of people hang out on Discord these days. Any good servers that you would recommend?

(Also, people who make friends on Tumblr are like, alchemists or something.)