Yay, congrats on 1 million posts everyone, that’s seriously awesome!! I really wish I could read everyone stories right now because I’m sure they’re all awesome, but unfortunately I don’t have that time right now. Maybe some day I’ll come back and read all these. Oh, and be prepared for a very long post.
1. To answer the first question (how I joined the Shard), I’m just going to copy and paste what I put on my AMA, since I answered it there haha. I was looking for a Knights Radiant quiz online (since I think that kind of stuff is fun, even if it's not super accurate haha). One website that popped up was a thread on the Shard with a link to a KR quiz and people discussing their results. I took the quiz, but then I came back to the thread on the Shard and thought, hey, maybe I should share my results too. I found out you needed an account to comment, so I made one. Thing is, after making the account, I never actually commented my results. I got too shy. It was a new website that I didn't really know the rules for or how it worked, so I decided I'd get to know the website a little better before I actually did anything. It's a good thing I did too, because if I'd just commented my results, I would have been necroing a couple-year-old thread haha. But yeah, after lurking for a little while and getting to know the Shard better, I found out it's a super cool place, and started getting involved.
2. I don’t even know what to say for this one. I mean, the Shard is just such an incredible place with incredible people. One of my first friends I made after I transferred High Schools was because of the Shard. I’ve made so many friends here. And there are so many things I wouldn’t know about if I weren’t a part of this community. I would love the Cosmere as much as I do (which would just be sad), I would never have discovered booktube and therefore kpop (which have both had a big impact on me), and probably so many other things I just don’t realize I discovered here. Not to mention how many awesome friendships I’ve made, which I will never forget.
3. There are too many to type out here. I was actually thinking about this last night after hanging out on TLT for the first time in awhile, and there are a storming ton of amazing memories I have from on the Shard (or Shard based discord servers). I’ll try to just put a couple here. One is just all the fun we’ve had on TLT, especially in the first 100 or so pages (though of course it’s still fun, I just remember a lot of those pages). Making up Butt, Arnold, Noodles TM, and just referencing the most random things on there is the absolute best! Oh, and that time we make book forts and someone stole my Oreos, but then we had a campfire so it was okay. And speaking of TLT, does anyone else ever just have the urge to randomly say, “But that was irrelevant.” now, or is that just me? Can’t forget about the fun times in the TUBA PMs either (like that time I threw knives at Bit, but they ended up hitting the tree and then we ate ice cream that Archer brought us ). Oh, and Ene’s wedding planning, of course! That was honestly so fun, making bridesmaids dresses with Ash and everything else. Wow, okay, this is getting super long, so I think I’ll stop there haha.
Sorry for the super long post! And sorry if that sounded super cheesy lol, it wasn’t on purpose! I love you all and think you’re amazing, the Shard would not be the same without you. Congrats again on 1 million posts!!!!