It’s been entirely too long since I’ve posted in this thread. I admit that I am shy about doing so, due to the awkwardness I feel when expressing appreciation, and the concern that I am not giving everyone their proper dues (thoughóin keeping with the purpose of this threadóI intend nothing remotely resembling favoritism). At the same time, however, I feel an obligation to reciprocate the gratitude expressed by others toward me, and I definitely feel that I am deeply indebted to everyone on the GOF. So I decided that there was no better way to commemorate my 1,000th post than by thanking the members on this forum who have made me feel welcome, comfortable, accepted, and useful here.
Cancerian Tiger: This is an individual I have immense admiration for, particularly for her confidence and her habit of straightforwardly speaking her mind (something I am chronically shy about). In addition to being terrifically fun to RP with, I feel that she does much to brighten the GOF. I have to say that have become quite attached to her, despite having not spoken to her directly that much. I also suspect she may be at least partly responsible for instilling a fondness for Cera in me.
Rat_lady7: Another member with many qualities I admire. Among these is her initiative in starting new topics, including this one, “Dinosonas”, “What are you thinking about?”, “How are you feeling?”, and, of course, “Ask me anything”, the thread that became a trend. Furthermore, there is her RP, “In The Land Before Time”, which I have enjoyed so much that more than a tenth of my current posts are located there. I greatly enjoy conversing and RPing with her, and consider her to be another member that the GOF just wouldn’t be the same without.
Caustizer: This member continually astounds me with his skill and prolificacy at story writing. But what really justifies his inclusion here is the fact that he repeatedly comes to me for ideas and feedback, and the credence he gives me for my (as far as I consider it) humble service.
Darkhououmon: On top of being an outstanding artist and writer, Kacie provides some very insightful and intellectually stimulating perspectives on certain topics, in a manner that is objective and straightforward yet also considerate. Not to mention that she has been engaging me in fascinating and fulfilling PM discussions since the beginning of my participation on this forum.
Malte279: Another individual on this forum whom I greatly look up to. An astonishing writer who time and again amazes and inspires me with the analyticity, practicality, and thoroughness of his posts. While my direct conversations with him so far have been limited, I have enjoyed them greatly as well.
Nimrod: I regret that I do not know Patrick very well, but he strikes me as a very friendly person who I would like to converse with more often. He was one of the first to contact me by PM when I openly joined the GOF, with a very warm and polite greeting that immediately made me feel welcome.
Saft: Another very kind member who contacted me early on, whom I have since spoken with again on a few occasions, but not enough to really know that well. As a fellow Aspie, Saft immediately understood my insecurities regarding social situations, and despite the brevity of our initial chat, I think she did a lot to help me feel comfortable here.
The Friendly Sharptooth: I have only recently had an opportunity to chat with this member, and it proved to be every bit the enjoyable experience I hoped it would be. He truly lives up to his username (well, the first part of it, anyway
), and I daresay that his concern about being polite and non-bothersome to other members exceeds my own.
While his activity on the forum is sporadic, I hope that we will have more chances to converse in the future.
Almaron: This member does not seem to have been very active lately, which is a shame, because he has been responsible for some extremely interesting and thought-provoking posts. I have tremendously enjoyed my discussions with him in the “
An Attempted Map Of The Lands” thread. Almaron also deserves credit for initiating the thread that led to the creation of the LBT Glossary (which, as you know, I am in charge of).
Finally, I’d like to put in a few words for
Pikkutassu. This member informed the GOF that he owned a video recording of the original
The Land Before Time that included scenes that had been cut from most releases. He went to a lot of effort to share this material with the rest of us, and when it turned out that, sadly, the recording had been lost, he promptly told us so. (In my view, that was very brave of him, to be the bearer of such severely disappointing news, after getting so many members’ hopes up that he would come forward with the lost footage.) And after that, he contacted the TV stations that had originally broadcast the footage, in the hopes that they could do so again. And even though we did not (or if we do not) get to see the missing scenes, we now know, thanks to Pikkutassu, that they were not all discarded before the film’s release, as we previously believed. Whether the scenes still exist somewhere, we don’t know, but now we at least have hope that they do.
Thank you, all of you (everyone I have mentioned, and many who I have not.)
