HENLO, current Spark here.
-We are not as big into dom as Earth, but we profit push at least once a month (we're pushing next week, in fact), which is enough to keep me satisfied. Bossdad needs those new interns. We do have in-flight hubs come push time with incentives to exalt, like raffles. I also as of last month started a monthly raffle (open to all flights) to fund our dom bank (one is in its last couple of days right now). We regularly have collections drives for the bank.
-Forums are neither overwhelmingly fast nor are they super slow (they're like medium slow). They get busier around Welcome Week and holidays. We have a Discord which I've heard is more active than the forums; seems to be the case with most flights.
-We have some forum games like Open the Door, Steal This Dragon, the Scry-A-Thalon, Evolution of Steve (see below), Create the Daily Bonus Dragon, etc.
-I run the Lightning LGBTQ+ Community Hub thread, and we have a decent-sized presence.
-I would describe the Lightning community as friendly and helpful. I feel much more relaxed and at home in Lightning than I did in Fire (my original flight), there's kind of a "socially awkward nerds, unite" vibe with Lightning that I appreciate (while that isn't to paint the entire flight with a broad brush).
-We have a good sense of humor and a lot of (loving) irreverence towards our Boss. We have an entire subspecies, named Steve, based on a very troublesome employee who does things to prank the Boss.
I have a Steve on page 1 of my lair. We have
a lot of other subspecies too!
-If you like the Lightning aesthetic, I assume you're familiar with the fact that our lore and aesthetic is kind of science- and tech-oriented. There's a lot of wiggle-room for creativity with this, you can go all over the place with it, really. When lore discussions happen (which isn't all the time), they are very interesting.
So if you want to vacation here, I think it's a good choice, but I'm biased :D
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