You can join discussions (both Pokémon and non-Pokémon), play forum games or roleplay, that's most what there's to do. There are also places where you can showcase your art or writing if you made something.
That's okay. Since you plan to do that anyway, what do you think if I start showing you around my favorite sections? I'm mostly in Pokémon Trivia, The Underground and the flying type club Sky High in Pokémon General.
So... what should I do in general? Also... I hope you don't mind, but I tend to stay with people who teach me things, so even after you've finished being my mentor, I'll continue to sort of follow you around on this website (I've kind of always been that way...).
Hi, sorry for not being able to reply earlier. I was asleep. :P (I live in Europe.) I see you figured out how VMs and PMs work by now. (Maybe I should have explained that first, oops...) Also, don't ever worry about asking too many questions, better ask them than cluelessly staring at your screen.
I saw you like gifs, so I don't see why not. Go for it! You can always combine the gif with the text you currently have, if you want.