Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4531192-20141126231219/@comment-1515612-20141203062822

I guess I should say my story now (procrastinating like mad right now).

I came across this website when I was 13 and I had just finished reading all the books that I had come out for spring break (Only TLT through BoTL existed). I honestly have no idea how I came across the community. I must of been searching for something. Anyway, I joined the community back in late 2009, but left in spring of 2010 because I hated everyone here and most of it was drama about the gods being real blah blah. I came back again in Fall of 2010 for a round two and stayed again until like spring of 2011 and then I thought I had given up Wikia for good (lies). The stupid trailer for the movie came out so I came back, lol. I clearly remember that only people I didn't want to strangle most of the time were the admins (Super, Biguglyalien, Pers, Ath, the avatar) and other none morons: Dark and Pbre.

Coming back to the wiki was a huge change for me. There were a lot of new users and I didn't know if I could fit in. I instantly clicked with Princess Mena and she was basically my best friend. She was offered an admin position because someone was leaving and then a short while after I was offered one and I was seriously skeptical about taking it. I never wanted any form of power and I didn't want to have the responsibility of people relying on me. I'm not particularly nice (lol sorry guys) or happy, but I think they wanted me because I had been here the longest and I edited. Anyway, that was a big thing.

I remember meeting Borean and it was so awkward lmao. I think it was just the language barrier (Borean's first language is not English, fyi for those lost) that really did it in, but I remember so clearly that it just ended up being both of us on chat and how awkward it was hahahaha. I also remember that you and Menara and I were like the inseparable trio and we were always on chat together. I miss Mena lots and wish she didn't decide to go on vacation forever, lmao.

I also truly remember the dark times of this wiki and the hot messes. Aka, the complete and total mess of what happened with blog posts, Artemis12 and Ghost being blocked, demigod vs mortals (by mortals i mean the sane people like all those kids were crazy). Also, REMEMBER WHEN ANON WAS ENABLED those were dark times indeed, lol.

This one time all the admin girls (back when majority of admins were females feat. Sayu, Mena, Atelda, & HC) we were going around deleting things and old templates that no one used and by accident someone deleted the "!" template, but we were deleting things in masses so no one knew which template was and like EVERYTHING on the wiki broke like all the infoboxes and we had to go back and undo everything lmao it was so bad and it turned on Mena did it and that's why you don't delete the "!" template guys, lol.

Also, I'm so glad that Little Bells came to the wiki because she is so sweet and a saving grace. I feel like I've slightly tainted her while she was here though, lol.

I'm grateful to everyone who has made my Wikia experience great. I've learned a lot about people and I've made some really great friends while I've been here and although this is the internet, I hope that even after we leave Wikia those relationships will continue through Instant Messengers or something because although it's the internet... It's still real, you know? Those attachments and feelings. They mean something. The internet has always been my escape from reality of things around me and I'm so glad to have discovered a great group of people. I've invested over 5 years of my life into this Wiki and Wikia. I do not have many friends in real life or have the best family relations so I would just like to say thank you to everyone for this experience, through the hard times and bad times. It means a lot to have watched this Wiki grow from where I remember it in 2009 to now in 2014. Thanks again for everything.