Whoa, writing stories for a library in a server sounds awesome. If I ever get into a server again, I am definitely doing the same. I'm a writer so it would be fun to pass my shortest works to the good old Minecraft books.
I love Comes alive. It feels great to be able to make friends with villagers, and bringing a spouse home brings so much joy to your base, not to mention getting children. Plus, you can have them do chores, and that is a nice help. Oh, and sometimes I even have enemies. For example, I hated a priest from the nearest village with every inch of my body.
Well, I´m a bit of a coward when it comes to videogames. I get scared often when I hear zombies moaning, or when I see a torch in the middle of the night and think for a moment that it is a spider´s eyes glowing in the dark. I also got really terrified when I was a child and was exploring the forest near my base, and suddenly a poisonous potion was thrown at me, surely a witch, but I didn´t know about them back then. I ran to my house and swore to never step into a forest ever again.
Update: I tried using Fabric and Sodium, but it still worked too slowly. I tried other stuff, teaking graphics, but it still didn´t work. I stopped playing for a few weeks, and came back with zero expectations. I don´t know what the heck I did, but now my 1.12.2 game full of mods works pretty well! In fact, I just came back from my new world, where I can have food spoilage and villager friends I can talk to.
Anyway, thank you for your responses. Have a nice day.