I’m just so glad I have friends who are able to appreciate not only my near-limitless and famous capability for wit and substance, but my ability to be a genuine source of partership beyond just the friendship itself. But not only that, I recognise such qualities in my friends too! For the greatness of friendship is balanced out by each and every one of them having characteristics that make them shine above their peers, shine above those that live in the dark. Oh, how sweet the bounty of laughter and comaraderie is when it can be appreciated by those you care about.
I’m just so glad I have friends who are able to appreciate not only my near-limitless and famous capability for wit and substance, but my ability to be a genuine source of partership beyond just the friendship itself. But not only that, I recognise such qualities in my friends too! For the greatness of friendship is balanced out by each and every one of them having characteristics that make them shine above their peers, shine above those that live in the dark. Oh, how sweet the bounty of laughter and comaraderie is when it can be appreciated by those you care about.
Forgot to do it at the end of the last month, but thanks to everyone here for their friendship over my three years here. I know I can rub some people the wrong way sometimes, and I have been trying to get better at, well, not doing that, so thanks for putting up with my neurosis! Here's hoping year four is filled with more sessions in DubCity, some fun Discord chats, and endless hype over Pokemon finally being playable on the big screen!
I never imagined that I'd reach 10,000 posts during my time on PC, yet here I am! Upon reaching a milestone like this, I typically would've put together a long list of people who have shaped my experiences here. But seeing how I've already done so in my 3000th, 4000th, and 9100th posts (along with the fact that my feelings from those posts still hold true today!), this time will be just a little different.
I would like to dedicate this 10,000th post to a user I hold dear to my heart... a person I will forever be filled with endless appreciation for. Her username is Hyzenthlay, but she will always be Clover to me. No matter how many times I say "thank you" or "I love you" to her, it still doesn't feel like I'm expressing the full extent of my gratitude. After all, I... I always keep finding myself on the receiving end of her kindness. There's so much she's done for me that I want to bring up, like how over a year ago she rescued me from my self-doubt with an anonymous letter, which she didn't even need any recognition for. (It was only recently that I took a wild, risky guess to get her to admit it!) Or I could bring up how she's always so caring and supportive of me whenever I need someone to confide in. In fact, she's the only person I've ever been able to confide in at a deeper level. I used to keep my heart strictly closed off from this world until she came along and freed my heart from its shackles. She might not realize this, but she's the very reason I've learned to properly cherish my own life.
Though, of course, with Clover being Clover and all, she's wayyyyy too modest to even think about giving herself credit for any of her endearing qualities. So I'll do it for her. I've never been able to give back to her in the same degree that she's given to me, but at the bare minimum... I want to at least give her this and hope she can finally see herself through my eyes... and gaze upon just how wonderful she truly is.
Clover is a pure-hearted individual who shines with endless positive energy. Her smile is dangerously infectious, and she's so lively and adorable that it's extremely difficult not to feel warm and fuzzy around her! But on top of that, she's also very selfless—she's the type of person who would willingly endure pain to help others. She can still give her most genuine smile to other people even when she's going through the toughest of times. She just desires for everyone around her to be happy, because her heart is filled with nothing but love and compassion. It takes a strong person to be like Clover. That's why I admire her. That's why I love her with all my heart.
If you're reading this, Clover, maybe now you'll realize just how important you are to me. I couldn't possibly thank you for everything you've given me up until this point, because I still wouldn't be finished thanking you even after a thousand eternities. But I can thank you for giving me hope for the future. I... I kinda thought I had already given up on dreaming big for the future, but the hope you've given me made me realize that the future isn't something we simply wait for. The future is something we build with our own hands. And I'm more than excited to build a brand new future together with you! ❤
To express this hope you've given me, I made you a little present. :') It's a remake of a musical arrangement that I started on five years ago, but never got around to finishing. This music was originally a short, nameless track from an obscure video game, ahaha. I had grown really fond of this piece, so I wanted to turn it into something special of my own. However, I just couldn't find the inspiration to finish it. The title I gave it at the time was "To Our Future," yet ironically enough, I had no one to truly dedicate this arrangement to back then. Maybe that was why I couldn't find the inspiration? Who knows. But things are different now, because you're with me, and I'm dedicating this piece to you. <333 This is my most complex arrangement to date, and (seeing as I'm not an actual musician), this might also be the closest I'll ever get to a composition of my own. At this point, I don't think I could possibly come up with a more fitting title for this piece! I hope you enjoy it! c:
By the way, if you stare at the video for the entire song, you'll notice something slowly happening in the background as the music progresses! And that's exactly what I'm trying to portray with this arrangement—it's how I envision the days we'll spend together in the future! *^__^*
Anyway! To bring this wall of text to a close, all I can say is... I love you, Clover.
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"Anyone can connect with anyone, just as anything can connect with anything. That's all there is to life—an endless series of connections. Even when there's no solution, people grow stronger to keep searching for connections."
Figure I’d do one of these seeing as I’ve been around awhile...
@Revise&Clover: I suspected for a long time something was up between you two and it turns out I was right. When I knew is for me to know but seeing as its public knowledge, seems pointless now don’t it? Boo to blackmail Anyways, seeing as you two mod the section I frequent considerably, I present you this song titled Beautiful World. It’s a piano piece that to this day is still one of my favorites and is in one of my favorite Anime’s(and why it remains one of my favorites). See my tribute in the spoiler below:
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As for the rest of PC, you’re all Pokemaniacs to me. If you find yourself wondering why I did below(much less why you’re named) then I’m clearly too old or the 90’s weren’t good to you lol. It may not be literary gold but it’s on the fly while trying(and failing) to make it mesh with the theme.
It’s time for Pokemaniacs
And we’re insane to the max
So just sit and relax
We’ll perform to the max
We’re Pokemaniacs
Come join the Eevee Brothers
And the Sister known as Sheep
Just for fun we battle on the spot
They lock us in the PokeTower whenever we fought
But we Z-Move
And then vamoose
And now you know the plot
We’re Pokemaniacs
Sheep is cute and Bob yaks
Jiggly packs away the snacks
While Ash battles to the max
We’re Pokemaniacs
Meet Team Fairy
Who want to rule the Universe
FTE flocks together
While Lycan smacks em with a curse
Revise chases Clover
While Cherrim is adverse
The Tables flipped
We have no script
Why bother to rehearse
We’re Pokemaniacs
We have Battle or Battle contracts
We’re Battle Bonded to the max
There’s PokeBalls in our slacks
We’re Pokemani
Totally Insane-ee
Here’s Bob’s namey
Pokemaniacs
Those are the facts!
I'm pretty bad with appreciation posts because I'm worried that if I say too much it will come off as not genuine or if I don't write enough I will end up leaving people off. So for this I am just going to stick to two people(though there are so many more people here I love). But I want to say thank you to Tyler and Adriana for being such good friends and pillars in my life. I've made so many friendships here on PC but these two in particular have been really special two me lately. I know I can go to our 3 way group chat whenever needed and always have their support for anything. Love you both <3
Aight, I surpassed 1000 posts thanks to the Forum Games clown fiesta, but I wanted to give appreciation to the following:
erik_destler, despite u being a bully you have always made Off-Topic fun to post in. U cool
Tsutarja, juliorain, Caite, remer, Meyling and all the other Forum Games spammers (p sure i forgot some), for making Forum Games very fun to hang out in and feeling like a home for the past few weeks. Without that I probably would disappear for a while again xD
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I've already thanked them privately but I think @colours and @Fairy deserve a public thank you for their generosity and kindness. PC might be smaller in numbers these days but thanks to users like you two it will always feel like a community. Since I'm on a mod butt kissing thanking spree I'd also like to publicly thank @Sheep and @Laslow for helping me get back on PC in the first place and helping me with other issues I've had over the years. The staff and community as a whole are great. I'll always appreciate this site.
Rika is a wonderful friend, Fairy is a lovely nerd, Dragon is the nicest person ever, Drew is the coolest, and probably all four are all things at once actually.
To everyone that has contributed towards the activity boom in Video Games - I love each and every one of you pure souls. Thank you so much for restoring my faith in the section; it has felt like a very flogged dead horse for a while and to be honest, I didn't expect LoPC to create the activity it has. More importantly, it seems that we're managing to stick to it! Thank you so much again everyone for all you have done so far
With that comes thanks to @Juno for putting up with my sporadity, haphazard "planning", impulsive decisions and whatnot which probably just give her headaches when trying to deal with stuff <3.
I also want to give some love to those users bringing such great activity to VG! And especially the mods, Juno & Corviknight, for going so far above and beyond their mod duties to make the section so much fun to post in!
Shoutouts to Cici-Sama for being a great poster pretty much everywhere and posting some of the most badass art in the Art Studio right now. Also Meyling for being a really exemplary new member on the forums, Caite-Chan for constantly doing her best with Pokémon Trivia, Black for being a great presence for the Pokemon sections, and Went for endlessly putting up with my bs, lol.
honestly you can say mgriffin indirectly but singlehandedly revived the section (even though I don't think he has posted there once), because I would not have had the motivation to bring LoPC back if he didn't write the automation script and I attribute a great deal of the activity boom to that. E3 certainly helped as well! I don't know if you ever leave Fan Games but if you see this, I really appreciate you :D
Aside from that, I appreciate that Aaron is actually a great pixel artist, and thank you Jo for pitching in with the sprites as well!
huge shoutout to pb for being such a hardworking person and a great fangame friendo
also nina and fairy for being great art moms, noblejanobii for being a great artist and just a friendly face overall when i visit the art studio <3