I just realized I never made a thread here

[Mad_Scientist he/him]

Well, since I never made a thread here, I guess I should make one now. I usually never post intro threads on forums I visit, I just jump in and start posting. That's what I did here, but now I'm rectifying the fact that I never introduced myself.

Anyways, my name is Matthew. I am 25 years old. And male, as you might guess by my name. I was introduced to the works of Brandon Sanderson after he took over the Wheel of Time series. After I read his first WoT book, The Gathering Storm, I became curious about his own works, and ended up finding out that I loved them. He's probably my third favorite fantasy author now, behind Robert Jorden and Tolkien, and he actually has a chance to rise above both of them since he is still writing.

I love math, though I am out of practice now. At one time, I thought I might like to become a math teacher, or a programmer who works on video games. I love books, anime, video games, tv shows, movies, manga, and anything else that can tell a story. I really love stories, and am an aspiring writer. Haven't published anything, or even finished much of anything, due to various issues, but I am finally making good progress now. On the finishing things front that is.

I love speculation and theories. If you've read any of my posts in the various Book Discussion sub-forums here, especially general theories, you probably already know this. I think this has partially inspired my desire to be a writer. I'd make huge posts about various series, detailing guesses of future plot twists and secrets, coming up with ideas that I would find very cool. And a lot of the time, those ideas would prove to be completely and utterly wrong. But then I'd think to myself "hmm, that idea would make for an interesting story if combined with a few other ideas, and if (series X) isn't going to tell that story, perhaps someone else should."

I am a Christian. This fact doesn't come up in most of my posts, but it's something I should mention if I'm going to tell you about me. Afterall, my beliefs are a very important part of what makes me who I am.

As for my personality, what you see on the forums isn't always accurate to what I am like. Not to say that I am deceptive, or that my forum persona is some false mask, but rather, my posts on forums showcase the best parts of me. For example, in truth, I am rather insecure, and prone to brief bouts of extreme self doubt and extreme arrogance. I flip flop between them rather quickly sometimes. But on forums, where I have plenty of time to compose my thoughts, I can usually avoid letting such things show.

I am kind of surprising myself with how much I am revealing here. Would you believe that the first time I ever posted on a forum, I was utterly terrified to even make a simple completely non-personal post commenting on possible features for the sequel to a video game I liked? But I'm much more comfortable with myself now than I used to be, and I rather like this community, so I'm sharing more.

Oh, I also was recently made an Ardent. That means I'm a moderator for the Book Discussion sections of these forums, in case you're not familiar with what sections an Ardent covers. Unsurprisingly, those sections are where I make most of my posts.

Anyways, that's all for now. I think this makes for an ok introduction thread.

[Gagylpus he/him]

A belated welcome to you! Excellent name you have there. (Yes, my name is also Matthew.) Congrats on being accepted into the Ardentia.

[Joe ST he/him]

Well hey there Matthew, can we call you Mad Matt? though I suspect thats just an attempt to distract people from the rest of our's madnesses

I'm glad you feel you can be so honest and frank about yourself, though I;m kinda the opposite, in that I'm cripplingly shy IRL, and have escaped to the internet to be myself, heh.

It's great to have you on the staff here, and though I cannot remember any particular of your theories (I'm out of practice on visiting those boards), I cant wait to get chance to catch up with them.

Seya round

Joe

[KChan she/her]

A belated welcome to you from me as well, and congratulations on your recent promotion! I'm glad to see you're enjoying yourself around here thus far.