The Bookwyrm

And so the time has come.

In the past I imagined making a huge post where I listed all of the important people and said something nice, but...let's be honest, there are a lot of you. Which is awesome. I'm so glad I've had so many people here be receptive and welcoming to me and my weird ideas. I'm so glad that this has been a community where I can express a part of me I didn't really know I had before I came here. And I'm glad it's still going strong today, even if a lot of the people who were with me at the start have left.

It's kind of hard to figure out what to say at the end of all this. It's strange, because I know this isn't the end for me. I have a whole lot of awesome stuff in front of me. I've received so many witnesses that this is what I'm supposed to do, and that I'll find joy and happiness in my service. So I'm not sad about that. But...it's still an ending. An ending, even though it may be a temporary one, to little relationships I've had for a long time now. And that's kind of sad.

But I'd rather focus on the happiness that came from those relationships, rather than the gap there'll be going forward. Journey before Destination, right? In the end it's more important what we had, rather than the fact that it might have to end. (And I'm lucky in that I have a lot more journey ahead of me.)

So...thank you, everyone, for everything you've done. If you're dissapointed that I didn't ping you specifically and say something specific, if you think you know what Bookwyrm would have said about you, then know that you deserve that. Each of you deserve to be satisfied with how you made my life a little better. Remember that.

Will I come back? I think I'll try to. I've invested too much of my time into this not to want to check in again in two years. Will I stay? That depends. If a lot of you have moved on, then I might move on too, unless I can somehow carve a spot for me in the future Shard two years from now. We'll also have to see where my focus lies in those years after my mission.

Regardless, I'll make an attempt. But I do have a request; make sure the community section keeps going while I'm gone. Draft some new people and be welcoming to those that join. Teach them to participate in TLT (don't let TLPW beat it. Ever. Under any circumstances). Get them into RPs. And SE. And Hunger Games. And all that jazz. Even if the Shard won't be for me in two years, I still want it to be for someone.

So yeah. Thank you all, again, for everything. Until we meet again!

(Also, if you wanted to be on my email list and didn't get added, just ask around and find someone who did. They can send me an email with your address, and I'll make sure you get added.)

...Did...

....Did I just hit the rep limit?

For the first time?

Literally days before I'm going on a two year hiatus from the Shard?

...I never thought this day would come.

NO COMPRENDO ESPAÑOL

ES DEMASIADO DIFÍCIL

ESTE MUY MAL

AYÚDA ME

Wait, it's your birthday? 

Happy Birthday!

I did this once a long time ago, and Silh was the one who figured it out...but then the Shard updated, so it changed. So....who can figure out what shade of grey the SU reply boxes are? 

Hey you

I know you aren't around that much and your activity has fallen

But I just have to say

I saw your member title and I get it now and I greatly appreciate the reference.

I'm going to make this now before I procrastinate it again!

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ON MY MISSIONARY EMAIL LIST, PLEASE PM ME THE EMAIL YOU WOULD LIKE MY MESSAGES SENT TO.

I'll probably send out one or two reminders before I leave, and I'll try to reach out to people who I think might want to be on the list if they don't contact me.

Can I just learn all the languages?

For the record, I don't recognize xkcd's Anti Mind Virus as valid or effective

I respect it for a lot of things, but The Game has a much farther reach than that.

I personally only accept two ways out; either you go your entire life without losing, or you use the method I learned from @Ranryu, which is that you have to go on TV with the Pope and say "I won the game".

Happy birthday! Thanks for Shardcasting and keeping us rowdy Sharders in line!

Help, I have fallen down a conlang rabbit hole.

I'm supposed to be learning Spanish, not Toki Pona...

But it's so fascinating

WAIT

It's your birthday?

Happy Birthday!

Once again, I have a hyperfixation and no one to talk to about it

Is it weird that I keep finding myself instinctively capitalizing the word Idea?

Welp

There's a new game in the top five

Maybe top 3

I don't know, my ranking system is all wack because I never like things for the same reasons I like other things.

Heyyyyyyy!

We know you!

Welp

I finished it

I'm sleep deprived and reeling

WaT spoilers:

And I know this is like my third SU within 24 hours but this is a good story and you should all experience it.

Completely, totally unoriginal story idea that I want to write anyway:

In the distant future, a gigantic spacecraft - an ark - carrying hundreds of thousands of people flees a collapsing Earth, only to crash land on a distant planet. Almost all of history and knowledge of how to use the technology is lost after the crash. Millenia later, society has been reduced to a medieval state, but the knowledge of humanity's origins remains hidden amongst various legends and religions, and the remnants of their hyperadvanced technology lie scattered in ruins that can be found across the surface of the planet.

Everyone should play Outer Wilds

And they were all right

Go in completely blind

It's so worth it

(No, I haven't beaten it, but oh my GOSH)

Happy birthday! Thanks for all you do!

I have begun.

Santa is real, but he's more of a spren, not a guy.

...Freefall Seven-Layer Burrito World?

Excuse me?!

Hey

You 

Yes, you 

I went and rediscovered your old arts

They are much good

You should do more some time

If you want 

Because 

You know 

They are much good