User blog comment:VictoriousQueen88/i'm so sorry, but goodbye/@comment-35137341-20200118212916

I remember when I first joined the WoF wiki, and you were probably the first user I met there. 'Rick Riordan Madness' - remember that thread? That's where I met you and (closely after that) Stardust, two of my very closest wiki friends to this day.

We were online at similar timezones, participated in similar roleplays, liked the same things. We entertained each other with stupid memes and I got to hear about Mosseh Boi every day. It was golden - and while I know I'll miss it, I also know that it's okay to.

I joined FANDOM as a simple pastime to log onto when I got bored, but I never imagined how many friends would keep me there. For a year, every day when I came home from school, I would go through all my FANDOM notifs and specifically look for your user icons on the threads you were on with me, laughing at your hilarious replies and smiling at the person on the other side of the screen. People come and go. Friends come and go, too, but once they go, they're kept alive from memories.

I'll remember so many things about you. How you were in the first roleplay I'd ever joined. How you were the inspiration for the Blobists. How Mosstail never shuts the heck up. But most of all, I'll remember you for you - the comedic genius, supportive friend, and mind-blowingly amazing author.

As you said, I left the WoF wiki. It was consuming my life to a point where I didn't talk to anyone who wasn't on a screen, who didn't have a profile picture, who didn't have a friend badge. I left it for reasons that you understand now, but I left carrying all my memories. I still look back on them and smile, because of people like you.

I'd like to wrap this up by telling you something: don't be sorry you had to leave. Don't worry about the wiki. You might remember us, and we'll remember you, but memories are things that you'll have forever to look back on. Your life, however, isn't something you'll have forever. Live offline while you can, free and wild. The Victory I know deserves to be free and wild. The Victory I know deserves a life outside of the wiki. The Victory I know deserves to live. So go. Do it. Go live, Vic. And it's okay to not look back.

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Ember.