I figured I'd just cast this line out and see if I were to get any bites. I've had a few things on my mind lately in terms in interests, both creative and I guess media?

I feel like I seem to have a handful of pretty niche interests in things that I've felt has made it difficult to connect with people on. Most of the time, pulling from some IRL experiences, I've often felt like I just constantly try out and am expected to absorb other peeps interests, but I seldom feel like I get the chance to really share my interests. Like, for me it's often been that I'll sit and watch shows others like, try some games others like, but then the stuff I like is just kinda... ionno, blown off? I mean, it's fun trying out new stuff, but I suppose it's just kinda tiring feeling this lack of connections on the shit I enjoy doing or creating.

I want to say that I'm not saying I'm by any means lonely. I have friends around that I do get into shenanigans and such with, folks online I do chat a lot with.... this is a matter of trying to scratch a particular itch.

There are many times I'd been in a chat, and I start nerding out about a thing I like, and I can't often tell I'm starting to loose people, either in DMs or in group chats. I feel bad.

I understand that this is a me-problem. I have some particular interests that aren't as popular or whatever, but I think I perhaps haven't been putting my feelers out enough to find the right base I can nerd out with.

Creatively, this can translate to SFW or NSFW sorts of stuff. Like... for game/animation stuffs, there's a few art and game creation/mod discord servers I'm in. In most of the non-furry ones, I feel like "the weirdo furry." In most of the furry ones, I feel like my content isn't always really hitting the vibe there. Like... I'm not making NSFW game stuff... in an NSFW server. Folks make me feel welcome, but I kinda feel like I'm "breaking the flow" or the odd one out in a sense if there is a very particular subject matter/interest most in a server have that I'm not really falling in line with, similarly, I feel like the weirdo in the room. Lol. Another one is in NSFW places, I'm often relucted to share in them, because my stuff is clearly the "over the top/excessive" sort of weird in some cases, or "over the top" in not quite the right way.

I've ended up taking a bit of a game-designing break after I converted over my new system for the 3 starter characters, I guess partly as a weird "identity crisis" (not really) as a creative, and opting to focus on commissions for a while until I sort of thoughts out on that.

I do always feel folks are welcoming and nice. Lots of folks wanna commission me, more than I can keep up with, lol. I do feel well liked. Still, I wanna jump more on the art I really get into. (and some of you out there working with me on the ideas and using my critters in coms, awesome, I really really appreciate you guys making it extra fun for me to work on. <3)

I honestly donno where I'm going with all this bullshit, I'm just rambling.

[TL;DR]: Any cool discord or telegram groups out there that I'd fit into?
Can be SFW or NSFW, as long as there might be a shared interest in the sorts of shit I like. A places that'd like to see SFW furry-bait game art stuff. NSFW places that might share the interest in weirdo bananas stuff I like to draw in that regard? I eventually might try to find some servers and such relevant to games I like, but I haven't been playing much games lately.