Dear Detourstuck / Wallspaghettis:
Warning: feelings post in honor of the new year ahead.
Double warning: This is kind of my 'year in review', so it starts out a bit sad.
But first - thank you. To the two groups of people most important to me this year - God, thank you so much.
Exactly one year ago, I was not in a good place. I was in a bad relationship that had been slowly killing me for over a year at that point. I had stopped writing, stopped drawing, and lost interest in many of the things which I had previously been passionate about. In retrospect, I was probably nearing a clinical depression. I sure as hell wasn't happy or functioning like a regular person. My moods and self-worth were determined by my girlfriend's opinion of me that particular day.
I broke it off with her, by sheer I'm-sick-of-your-shit, and have three weeks of the month of February that I don't even remember.
But then Homestuck. And then Detourstuck. And I've done a lot of feelings posts about you guys, but I basically just wanted to post this so that you all could understand what you've done for me.
Even those of you that I don't talk to or see all that often. Just having a group of friends like this, that I can rely on, that won't abandon me even if I make a bad decision or do something stupid - I've never had that before, and it means everything.
(It means that when my ex called me and asked for me back, I had the strength and self-confidence to say no for the first time since my sophomore year of high school.)
I want to get even better in this next year. Once upon a time, I was consistently filling up almost a full notebook with stories every month or two. I was constantly making stuff and coming up with ideas. I was pretty outgoing and nice to people and happy.
I'm closer to getting that back than I ever have been before, but I really want to get all the way there. Between Detourstuck (and particularly Maya, Sara, and Ashley) and Chelsea, Dan, and Lauren, I almost feel like a different person than I was at the beginning of this year.
Thank you. Thank you. Just for being here. Liking my posts. Talking to me occasionally. Telling me that I was worth something. Loving me.
I have a lot of words, but there really aren't any for how much it means to me.
Or how much you guys mean to me.