#discord fandom server communities

[thefamiliarfanclub]

psssst hey would anyone be interested in a discord server for fans of “the familiar” to meet up and swap fanart/ fanfic ideas? like or reblog if so….

[arcanegifs]

maybe if these people spend a lick of their time creating for the media they love instead of harassing other people with what they enjoy, they'll be less miserable.

if you're wondering why there's less fan content here over the years.... it's this. this is why.

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

Hi maggots, it's Asmi!

It seems we have arrived at That Point again, when I need a new intro post. So here we are! The Official (kidnapped) Good Omens Mascot and uh Maggot Prince has returned with a fresh post.

First, before I talk about myself, here are some important links that people ask me for and I want to make sure they're accessible:

The Official Maggots Server of Doom on Discord: The server of kindness and chaos and brainrot where we just vibe (I promise you'll be welcome there, whoever you are, maggot, so many people who were shy are now screeching at me and I love that). Link here.

Weirdly-Specific-But-Ok The Youtube Channel: Yes, thanks to the 10khaos post, I made a Youtube channel. I intend to cause a lot of chaos on it, I have already begun. Hehe. Link here.

My Ko-fi: Ummmm this exists? Wahoo a Ko-fi. No pressure and I appreciate you all whether you're a silent lurker, causing chaos, supporting me with words or supporting me on Ko-fi. I love you. Link here.

My PO address and email: I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, SNAIL MAIL OR MAIL OR OTHERWISE! Link here.

The Good Omens Ad: A lot of you ask me what Good Omens is about. Never fear! I wrote an advertisement for it ages ago, and @1800ineedshelp edited it fabulously. Link here.

Okay I think that's the important parts, I'll edit it later, and now... uh HELLO!

I'm Asmi, I'm 20 years old, he/him, very queer and probably napping at any given moment of the day. Because of a chaotic post, I now have a fandom. My fans, such as they are, are known as maggots. There is a lot of significance behind that (accidentally, I just picked it because it looked like mascot kind of).

I am the Official Good Omens Mascot, because I was kidnapped by the fandom in January after I made a summary post of Good Omens without watching it, just by what I saw on my tumblr dash. I have grown very fond of this title and the fandom, and have since watched the show (some episodes twice).

Also, this blog is a safe space for all queer people, and yes that includes aroace-spec people, trans people, all queer people. If you don't agree with that, there's the door *points to a pit of boiling sulphur*.

ANYWAY YES ENOUGH TALKING WELCOME TO THE CHAOS JUST BE KIND AND RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER, BE AS IRREVERENT TO ME AS POSSIBLE, AND WE'LL GET ALONG GREAT. YOU DON'T NEED TO INTERACT TO BE PART OF THIS FAMILY, EVERYONE IS WELCOME! WAHOO!

[if you see talk of spare organs, the Wibbles Incident, Fae kidnapping, Red Bull-induced madness, me thirsting over Crowley etc, don't worry about it, it's normal here. just be careful when gardening and/or fishing is mentioned, it's a trap.]

I LOVE YOU!

[luckyartdrawer]

Year In Review!!!

Cutting it close to the New Year in my time zone, so what better way to end the year with a review of some of my favorite art pieces from each month! Let's see how I've grown together eh? <3

Started this out in June because that's really when I started using my Tumblr and posting art! Hopefully next year I have an even fuller YIR collection to show. :3

(Hehe all the Suns and Moons are reaching out. They really like y'all!)

Seriously though, thank you to everyone for being such a welcoming community and making this all possible! I have never felt so motivated to draw as much as I have this year and I have all y'all to thank!

So thank you to all the Artists, Writers, Theorists, Simps, Lovelies, and Mootie Patooties that made this year so amazing and full of lively chatter! The internet never felt so comforting before joining y'all! <3

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE <3 <3 <3

vvv Links to each image below! vvv

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

[cyberneticfirstaid]

I made a discord server!!! Feel free to join 🎀🎀🎀

https://discord.gg/3Es8yQF2rD

[interstellar-inn]

꒰ WELCOME, ESTEEMED GUEST! ꒱

interstellar inn is your newest network and server on the block. we're focused on one main thing: community. we've seen the pleas for that fandom community to come back, for things to be fun again. we've seen the frustration with not being able to find fanfics anymore and, most importantly, we've seen the disconnect between readers, or consumers, and creators.

interstellar inn is here to change that.

we're an 18+ multi-fandom discord server and network aimed at bridging the gap between creators and community. we're all people, and this is a shared hobby! it's time to bring back the fun in sharing it together. from helping people find new writers and artists to love, helping creators locate resources and find help to make their crafts easier, bringing folks together to find new friends (or even reconnect with old ones), we're here to do it all.

our goal is simple. to bridge the gap between fandom and community again. one post at a time.

we're now accepting applications! click here to find out more about us, or follow us to know when we're officially opening our doors. we'll see you at the inn!

[hall0weent0wn]

° Fluttershy Moodboard °

Gorgeous! I don't know much about MLP but i hope this is oki!

[xynczachrome]

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Are you..

Hi, come hang out with us :3

[aroaceleovaldez]

thoughts on the current state of pjo fanart and/or how the fandom interacts with art? sorry if this question is so vague HAHAHHAHAHA i mean we've talked a lot about this in the TA server, specifically how a huge chunk of fandom being a community is lost due to fanartists basically just doing their own thing and the audience largely crowding around fanartists that are more or less established already... i also feel that, same as with fic writers, reception (i dont want to use the word 'engagement,' nor am i sure on if it's the right word to use lol) has drastically decreased compared to before, even though the fandom is reasonably large

Oh i have so many thoughts about this. I actually went on a tag rant on my main blog the other day adjacent to this exact topic.

Basically my current theory is the current widespread-fandom "environment" that exists is a result of a combination of two things: 1.) Widespread social media purges of nsfw material leading to large swaths of fandoms moving to different platforms and a loss of old fandom history and means of communicating that culture to the simultaneous large new wave of younger folks coming into fandom for the first time, and 2.) fandom becoming more mainstream and the way "fandom" as a concept was marketed and presented versus fandom practically.

Cause the way fandom was marketed in the mainstream sense was "This is a subculture surrounding a media. It's all about the media. Fanworks exist but they're just a natural part of fandom - they just kind of spawn or spontaneously appear." There's no acknowledgement of the community that is the actual foundation of fandom (and how some fandoms don't even have a source material!), and implies that fanworks are something guaranteed that you can take for granted and only exist for consumption like the source material itself. It's commodification of fandom.

There's also the secondary aspect of that mainstream marketing of fandom which is the sanitization of fandom, particularly painting large swaths of the community as "those icky weird parts of fandom" and something to be ridiculed, rather than an actual foundational aspect - which is where we see a lot of the purity culture in fandom arise (between that attitude being fostered and the dwindling resources to be able to educate new fans across fandoms). And this once again leads me to my usual spiel of encouraging folks to watch The Fandom documentary by Ash Coyote on youtube - particularly from the 1:03:27 timestamp - because learning pan-fandom history is very important especially right now when we're in a fandom climate where we're seeing a lot of these exact topics and talking points coming up again in different spaces. I seriously cannot stress enough how much I need this documentary to be like base-level fandom education, it's so so useful and important to know general pan-fandom history and major experiences of other fandoms.

Aside from all that though, I totally agree that we've seen a lot more of fandoms - particularly Riordanverse fandom - rarely straying away from BNFs who already have an established presence. I again think that's part of how the lack of community in modern fandom spaces makes it difficult for new fanartists and writers and such to get a lot of traction or footholds, because nobody is actually going out and having discussions or sharing work. The BNFs a lot of the time have old fandom presence and that established audience is how their work continues to travel. But also in modern fandom enviornments they're often treated as secondary source material - which is really terrible for them! Because it's such a rude and entitled attitude to have towards fancreators! And it is absolutely worse for fanfic writers I think particularly because of how when the media presents fandom as a whole in the mainstream, fanfiction very often gets the short end of the stick and is mocked, so new fandom folks don't appreciate it as much or even understand how to properly engage with it.

Especially also given how, because new fans are lacking a lot of fandom cultural knowledge that used to be passed on, a lot of them don't know how to navigate fandom sites like Ao3 and the language and structures used (like tagging systems - most new fandom folks are more used to tagging structures like on instagram or tiktok which is to say, completely nonfunctional) and are struggling with that since the resources to learn about it are difficult to find if you aren't already familiar with fandom - which is exactly why i'm working on my riordanverse fandom infrastructure project.

[professorlaytonarchive]

Hello Everyone! I’m PLA, currently I’m leading Team Professor Layton Archive. Team Professor Layton Archive is a team which is currently working on Archiving everything and anything Professor Layton. The server is focused on archiving all Mainline Games, Spinoffs, Docomo/Mobil Games, Books/Magazine/Manga, and Etc. Please join the server and assist us with supporting this community. If you have any questions please message me. Thank You Everyone!!

~ Team Professor Layton Archive

Quick Note: PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES! Any rules broken will lead to harsh consequences. Thank you.

Discord: https://discord.gg/MJAqt2Tz9X

[diabolik-lovers-weekly]

Events This November~!

Autumn Memories Contest! Post any art or fanfiction that has a fall theme to it! It could range from characters playing in leaves to enjoying fall weather. But please remember to keep it as no sexual content! Simply tag us to participate!

Ayato, Kanato, and Laito crash the Discord Server! OOP- It seems our Tumblr isn't the only thing that's been hacked by the triplets! The trio takes over our channels for the months of both November and December and will freely interact with you in real-time!!

Be on the lookout for more~!

And to join or Discord Diabolik Lovers Community, please DM us either here, or on the owner's account: @bubblespalace

[lobotomytypebeat]

HUZAAAAH DISCORD SERVER JUMPSCARE

■ YEAH. WHAT A SURPRISE. I HAVE A DISCORD SERVER. YAAAY.

SO. A FEW THINGS FIRST. THIS SERVER IS STRICTLY 13+, AND MOSTLY RECCOMENDED FOR HOMESTUCK FANS.

THERE IS A VERIFICATION PROCESS AND I KINDA WANNA SETTLE THINGS AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. THERES A PASSWORD IN RULES SO, READ EM ALL. AND THERES A QUESTION IN THE FORMS RELATED TO THE RULES. ITS LENGTH IS 3 LINES OF TEXT MINIMUM.

YAH UHHH. THATS IT. JOIN IF YOU LIKE LOBOTOMIES IG

WE ARE ALL V COOL AND FRIENDLY.

https://discord.gg/hvsrzxaVJZ

[myfandomrealitea]

That discord server post made me remember the stark difference between Serverstuck (a minor populated server) and Degrees of Lewdity (strict adult-only server)

Serverstuck has the worst mods and owner I've seen because they're all Antis and abuse the rules by excusing anyone who are close to them & punishing others who are strangers, lying to people on why some got banned, and allowed sensitive political topic go unregulated

Degrees of Lewdity, despite filled with people who has crude & cursed-level sense of humor, has strict mods & owner, write the correct information on why some people are banned or muted (they even allow users to request to be ban from the server for mental health reasons), and immediately shut down any conversation of sensitive political topics that cause infighting between members

I feel safer in a server for an adult game development than a "minor friendly" homestuck rp server

While I do welcome servers that have a mixed age range, I don't think I've ever or will ever join a server moderated or owned by someone who is either/both an anti or a minor.

To run or moderate a server you need to be impartial, objective, socially aware, able to appropriately manage conflict and relatively socially seasoned. I've personally found most minors often lack or are incapable of most if not all of these qualities.

(And that's not me hating on minors or calling them ignorant. Some of those qualities are just things you learn or develop with age and time. Some adults never learn them at all, even, but they are qualities you need if you're going to, essentially, be in charge of other people.)

Sephiroth's Server Safety Tips

Always do a thorough check into who is advertising the server, who owns the server, and other members before joining a server where possible.

Once you've joined the server, immediately use the search function to look for key words related to topics you want to avoid, possible past conflict, bullying, ect.

Immediately check the server rules. Its a red flag in itself if the server doesn't have any. Also, 'just be nice' is not a rule. Servers should have clear, clean cut rules and regulations.

Don't be afraid to message server owners, moderators or users privately and ask questions. They shouldn't get offended and if they can't or won't answer questions about basic rules, server safety protocols, ect, you should reconsider joining.

Don't be afraid to ask around other people to see if the server is known or has a reputation, either. If a server is based on a specific fandom, for example, search through that fandom for any past mentions of the server or ask other fans if they've heard of it.

[yrolderbrother]

this is an ad... for a self ship server...

﹐💽 . {your cool older brother has a server now} ﹐💽 .

FOR ALL YOU SELF SHIPPERS! It is minors only, I know, it sounds sketchy but the owner is like 14 and doesn't want people 18+ to join.

🛹┆What this server offers! ﹕☆

multiple channels for art, headcanons, gushing, ect! 𓂃 ★

’ 🎸an 'olderbrothercore' server theme

multiple games from bots, monthly events, ect! ๋࣭ ⭑🔥

🥁.˚~ first come, first serve ndl.

personal channels for you and your f/o ~🕶️'.'

˖🍕 ࣪⊹ fictionkin/system friendly bots!

a welcoming community! ︵˚🍟

we let pretty much anyone in, minus adults and proshippers. any f/o (unless its like a dog, without human sentience) is fine by us! we wont judge you.

Here's the link!

[aartyoom]

also... does anyone wanna join a server with me and my friends we are very nice #Promise

[levihandynasty]

Last advert for the 18+ aot server.

Could I have reblogged this from my old blog? Yes. I am only rewriting this because I thought my former blogs post would be my last 😅

We are NOT a NSFW server, we are a community I made after missing a spot for adult aot fans to come together and share their passion, their art, and whatever thoughts you wish to share.

Rules taken from the server

These will be rewritten soon, but they'll stay somewhat the same.

*𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖒𝖊, 𝕾𝖚𝖇𝖏𝖊𝖈𝖙𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖄𝖒𝖎𝖗.* this Discord is an 18+ one, but that does not mean we are going to toss smutty things about without warning. We have art based chat rooms, if something you post will contain nudity and the like, please put a warning. (Might make a chat room specifically for this if it is ever desired) watch your tongue. I don't want to go on a ramble about what is allowed and not allowed to say in here, we are all adults and we should be able to behave it. We are not too strict, use the chat rooms more as a guide than anything. Chat about whatever wherever and whenever, unless you believe you will clog up a specific chat room with one specific subject, then if there is a chatroom for it, use it. MP’s may ask you to move your conversation elsewhere, please do not take offense to this, you have done no wrong. These are our rules for now. There aren't many so please listen to a MP if they ask you to change your behavior. I hope this will not occur.

Please comment if you are interested, I will give you the link in dms.

I might remove this post once we've reached 100 members.