Community catch-up thread!

[DELAWARE]

[attr="class","twfpttitle"]HOW ARE YOU?

[attr="class","twfptcontent"]Hey everyone! It sure has been a while. <3 Plenty of things have happened during WF's hiatus, and I thought it would be nice for everyone to have the opportunity to catch up and share what's going on in their life. Even if you're not planning on coming back to the site, it would be great to hear from you, and to hear how you're doing. Feel free to also just pop in and say hi, if you're not keen on sharing personal details! Regardless, it'll be good to hear from you. <3

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[chill]

omg GUYS!!! :')
i literally don't even remember when most of the site was still active and i fell out of activity in the discord pretty quickly so i don't know where a catch-up begins or ends for me, wowie. for the sake of anyone who reads this i feel like i should just reintroduce myself honestly, even if some of you have known me for almost a decade at this point, which in itself is so insane. sooooo.....

HELLO! my name is lyss but you can call me chill, it's the best nickname i'll ever have! as i said before, this fall will mark my TEN WHOLE YEARS here which makes it the longest running rp site i've been a part of. i've played many parts here and made so many friends, seen people come and go, but more than anything twf kept my love of writing alive throughout my adulthood and for that i'm so so grateful to all of you and i love you to bits.
out in the real world i'm just a dumb 28 year old stumbling my way through austin, tx (and the world). as i always say, the best way to describe me is "'lil cute, 'lil dumb, 'lil yeehaw." around two years ago i somehow found the most obscure job ever that gives me so much joy, shaping and styling custom stetson hats for anyone from random tourists to celebrities. other than that i'm the same old boring goober who loves to sit around and watch movies and play video games with my cat mochi or my perfect human boyfriend. i've gotten really passionate about film photography in the last year and wanna try and figure out how to make a profession around it! i have my website linked in my profile now but i always need to update it.

idk what capacity i'll be returning in as of right now, i still need some time to think and talk to a lot of people. while i love twf with the tenacity of a wildfire, it's something i would need to really ease my way back into. at the very least i want to get more active in the discord again! y'all are my buds and i miss you!

i am so excited to see how beautiful and new and fresh this all is and hopefully pull some old friends out of the woodwork. so many hugs for all of you. so happy.

xoxo chill.

[jackelyn]

Hi guys! It's been a long time I hope everyone is well! Chill, your job sounds so cool and interesting! I had no idea, that was the name for that kind of hat haha. Good luck with your film photography too! We never really talked much before, but, I remember that you really like film, I'm glad it's still a part of your life!

I wasn't very active OOC so, I don't know if anyone remembers me, but, I was the RPer of Wintersky the ShadowClan medicine cat since... Wow. 2010! Sadly she isn't coming back this time, she deserves her rest, but I'm very happy to have had the chance to RP her for so long. Otherwise, hi! My name is Jack, I've been a part of WF on and off, also since 2010. I think it's one of the longest lasting things in my life, ha ha, oh wow.

The biggest news from me, I got married last year! It was very nice to have this celebration after the past couple years, the pandemic wasn't easy for me and my family. But, we made it through and, things are much better now! I even have extra time again which is why I'm glad to have WF back, it made such a big difference in my writing... It's a little embarrassing but, outside of WF I don't write very much at all even though I really enjoy it. So I'm happy to be back !

[Scarlet]

Hello fam ♥

I've been mega busy since everybody went quiet. It's crazy how long it's been... I signed a limited license deal with Dragonsteel Books (Brandon Sanderson's company) to produce a coin display for the challenge coins from his Way of Kings Leatherbound Kickstarter. I earned over 1200 orders and I'm almost done, I only have 80 more to make. That started back in September of 2020. It really helped jumpstart my whole business, and I've been able to produce multiple kinds of collection displays. If you want to take a look, it's all over at Dragon Woodshop.

My kids are growing up. Lilly turned 10 in Feb and Cassie is turning 5 in July. Lilly has been learning piano, and is pretty good at it! She excels in doing things that have an immediate response, such as building and piano and video games. She's all caught up on the Warriors books as well, and even starter her own fanfiction. Cassie enjoys nearly anything but especially unicorns, and just yesterday tried her hand at Minecraft on PC. She's uber talkative, loves to learn, and could sing to you all day if you let her. She starts Kindergarten next school year!

Jason is doing well! He's busy at work. We have been working on a video game based on a story he is writing, and that has been going alright. The story is basically all done, now the game creation begins. We have a concept artist working on our creatures right now, and she's fabulous. You can see her portfolio here.

My most recent projects, unrelated to my woodworking, have been going pretty well! I launched a Cosmic Balance Pin Set earlier this year and it was moderately successful. I have another crowdfund coming up, this time for an ADORABLE calendar celebrating collections and collectors of all kinds. The illustrations are all done by the amazing Abi "Nerdy Alchemist" Park. We have a preview available here. She's been an absolute delight to work with and her art is soooo cute! The calendar is just the first steps for all kinds of adorably projects we have planned around the Collectors Guild Cafe.

Basically, per usual, I have been working through loads of ideas and turning them into projects of all kinds. I've even worked on quite a few logo commissions for various companies, which is always delightful! Jason and I are posting all kinds of reviews onto YouTube. We talk about so much we figured we should start recording some of our stuff and posting it up, mostly so we can reference it later if we need to, ha!

I'm very excited to see TWF coming back. I've dearly missed being here and writing stories with you all. I'm not a very good creative writer, and that's ok, but I loved being able to write here about cats based on a fandom that has been in my life for 19 flipping years.

jackelyn huge congrats on your marriage! Hope you have loads of happiness!

chill any chance of seeing some of those hats?

[Christalclear]

Where do I begin?

Hello, my name is Christa. My username is a pun: (Christa)lClear. For a while it's felt like my life has been on pause because I have been in school, BUT I AM FINALLY GRADUATING IN MAY!!! I will have a degree in liberal arts and sciences. Double majoring in anthropology and history with a minor in American sign language. I  have officially been a children's librarian for a year now at work and it gives me so much joy. They have been so supportive of my health journey (I was recently-ish diagnosed with a chronic illness) and my schooling. It has been great.

I recently celebrated five years of marriage with my husband! We unfortunately did not do anything big for it because of school, however, we are going on a cruise later this year to celebrate. 

I am head of our local corgi community. Starting in May we will meet once a month. I am also a part of the corgi community that is in the big city by me where we also meet once a month. 

I plan to re-start my Youtube channel after I graduate since I have absolutely no time to breath let alone do anything semi-fun. 

I don't really have anything else to say because school and doctors appointments have taken up so much of my time the last year or so that I haven't done a lot of fun things. Haha. 

I'm excited to write again and have fun on here! It's amazing to see how many kids still read Warriors fervently and it makes me miss roleplaying. 

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FRIENDSSS

OMG it is so good to be back- I have never stopped the occasional lurking, but to be honest, things have been BUSY. I can't believe it's been nearly 12 years (my anniversary is 5/31!!!) since I first stepped foot into TWF, but it has been the best writing community I have ever been a part of.

The last few years have been busy- I got married to my husband/partner of (now 8!) years in April 2021, in a beautiful amazing ceremony in my parents' back yard. We've been friends since we were 15 and he's the best at being my husband. THEN, I graduated medical school in May 2021. Tell you what, doing med school in COVID was a whole thing.

I'm a resident in Family Medicine in Oregon now, and I'm actually planning to stay here! I love it, I get to take care of patients in all settings. I have my own primary care patients, and I take care of patients in the hospital too. I even deliver babies! I'm living the dream. The husband and I just bought a house, any my parents are moving here, and I am very excited to live my dream of having a garden and chickens any my family close and being a doctor!

My darling baby princess (aka my old lady dog) died last May- I'd had her since she was young, so it was a tough loss, but she had a good death. In January, we got our first cat together, and he is a precious baby. He's loving the new house since it has hella windows.

All in all, things are going well. I'm busy because that's how life is for a resident, and I can't imagine being happier. I'm so glad to be able to add TWF back into my life, this time at a more manageable level than before. I've missed writing with you all!

HUGS AND LOVE!!!

[andromeda]

you fairies...this is bananas

it's so so beautiful to me to hear about all of your lives~

so i have to admit something! something that i was on the fence about revealing when i rejoined the site in 2019: i RPed here throughout my middle school and high school years as sen/inhale/foggy (whew, digging really deep here) having joined in 2007/2008 when the original creators were still around! i floated onto college and got a little lost chasing *serious adult things*, but WF would blob to the surface of my consciousness once in a while. so the summer before i was due to start grad school (in architecture and urban studies) i click clacked those fingers and made an account! there was a bit of drama during my days as sen (of course there was -- we were all dumb little bbs going through the pains of adolescence!) and i was scared that it might follow me around, but i feel so beyond that -- really just feel a swell of awe at how much we've all grown together, are experiencing such richness in our offline lives, and have collectively made this community truly an oasis on the thing called internet! this is a place that has literally seen me through my most formative years, and i will always always feel that special tingle of home here. it's a really really special privilege to have been able to be a part of this community and to know you and have you know me!!

OKAY, now that's out of the way, what am i doing with my *serious adult life TM*?

WELL, i got a degree in biology and did research on astrobiology, then i did a stint on sustainable urbanism, and now i'm living a VERY content life in los angeles (where i grew up) organizing for climate justice, occasionally helping my parents out with their business, spending lazy nights with my mom, nomming across town with myself and my people, being silly with my (polyamorous) partner of 3 years, and crying and laughing with my girlies. i'm learning how to roller skate! and swing dance! i live in a movement house of four and i love cooking for the fam bbs. living this life has meant the world to me in the way that it has shown me what is really important (spoiler alert: not the fancy degrees): the micromoments of clarity and joy that a life oriented towards love, care, and pleasure can give ad infinitum. this is the life that i'm committed to fitting WF in - not as the summer fling, but as a constant companion.

i feel so much for you all and for this place!! really really giddy about easing back into my writing rhythm and to exist in ever deeper relationships with you all <3