Idle TF Thoughts
2 years ago
I wonder if there are little TF ecosystems. Like, I write bimbofication, I know several other writers who write bimbofication. But I kind of wonder if that's a bubble, like there's other groups of disconnected writers all doing the same theme in their own bubbles and I just haven't stumbled into those ecosystems..?
I dunno, if you've run across stories with similar themes to mine you think I might like, kick them my way!
I dunno, if you've run across stories with similar themes to mine you think I might like, kick them my way!
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I can't think of any flavor of TF that I don't like. I like all of it as long as it's done in a positive way with everyone involved happy the whole process.
Bounce meanwhile has her own server for goblins and toys that I'm in.
Sunder set up a side group with me and one of his pals just about mules.
I'm in a group with an old friend of mine that I'm largely disconnected from that's all about clockwork TFs.
Me and Snake have our server for super dark TFs.
Pawsy has a pretty large discord community largely dedicated to artists and writers who love dog TFs.
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The TF community is full of small groups of like minded people forming text chats and hang outs ranging from 2-3 person pods to 20+ person discord groups dedicated to specific sub themes. Its how most of us work and share ideas and get inspired.
Sorry hun, it's a hard idea to communicate for me hahaha
But ya I feel like discord's been a mixed bag in that you have allot of people who'd not have had the energy or guts to join large form and web sight based communities finally able to connect and form small communities that work for them, but on the other hand, that safety bubble of small self contained groups means no one really has to reach out or community build in larger, more public spaces that actually allow just anyone to come in out of the cold and find like minded people. Discord has taken the old traditional transformation communities and broken them into tiny friend groups and outside of the odd social butterfly these groups just kinda keep to themselves, ignorant of the wider TF space.
Its part of why I do like reaching out and trying to be engaged with cool people I meet outside of my traditional groups, cus allot of the time its not only the best way for me to meet incredibly talented and lovely folks like yourself, but it helps spread the word of these cool as hell projects and brings people together!
I might be over romanticizing it, but eh... I met you and bunch of my friends through just reaching out and trying to talk to people who I think are really damn cool and I know I've introduced some people to each other who've become good friends by doing the same and that feels right.
Also just saying, I never thought I'd be running in the same circles as someone as fucking cool as you and it still blows my mind sometimes to think about! Thank god for TF!
I kind of miss webrings from the old internet, feel like some kind of loose affiliation of separate TF groups (if only for discoverability) would be a really nice thing.