User blog comment:Lvdoomien/Wow./@comment-4080028-20141221233224

Man, all those feels. Seriously, I feel I can connect with a good majority of what's been said to some level or another. And yes, come this February, it'll have been four years to date. From what I've been told, this wiki started in February 2011. Why do I know this? Because I showed up half a year later, in June (thus just shy of the one quarter of a year mark for the wiki. Seems I showed up around the same time as the huge user boom as well, alongside 13th, Undead and Senshi. ...I think)

Anyway, this has also made me realize how amazing it is that some of us have toughed it out for four years like this. Through good and bad, and just downright pleasant times. I mean, I've been trying to write stories, fanfics, and characters since I was 14; 12, if you want to get technical about it. And I've never been as dedicated to my stuff as I have been on this wiki (granted, I've never been to a site like this before, which may explain it. But hey, I tried some RPGs on message boards before, and those would always die off because of inactivity; mine or someone else's.) In fact, this wiki is literally the first place I've ever become a popular superstar, and had my ideas and creations adored and worshipped by someone other than my own brother, Crescent. But enough about me.

Man... You've brought up so many important topics that we've all gone through in some way or another, that my mind is running a marathon in order to try and process my reactions and thoughts on them. I also tend to look back at older blogs, or check my pages' history, to see what they used to look like, and how I used to act. Just, man... We've all grown up on this wiki in four short years without even noticing it. Am I the only one who seriously feels we're paralleling the Straw Hat Pirates now? We keep picking up new nakama over the course of this adventure we call our lives; we all strive to be great at what we do and accomplish life goals and dreams; we have the occassional emotional drama (like the Arlong arc or CP9 saga;) we value each other as if we were born into the same family; and we've all grown stronger, better and greater in some way, thanks to the help of our nakama (much as Zoro pointed out in Enies Lobby, when discussing whether Usopp, as Sogeking, would survive on his own or not.) Honestly, if I'm the only one thinking this, I must either be putting too much thought into things, or I'm just outright shocked in general.

To have gone through my family drama with my uncle while I was here, having adopted our beloved cat, Buddy, and so much more while I continued to work myself to death over One Dream... As you put it, "wow." To have met you wonderful, amazing, hilarious and all around super cool people. To share my beloved One Piece related ideas (and then some,) and even to have friends I could stay in touch with (when I usually end up losing contact with the friends I've known in real life.) Sometimes you just take these things for granted; so I'm happy you reminded me and perhaps everyone else of how special this wiki is. It may have its rough spots here and there, but I'll be damned if any other wiki throughout wikia has the same character and spirit like we do.

As for leaving the wiki, well, given how slow my personal life's been for the past 7, going on 8 years or so, I doubt you'll be missing me anytime soon. I do want to start making something of my life of course, which means I can't make any promises about being here forever, but for the time being, I want to surround myself with my nakama's company and enjoy it for all its worth. If there's one thing Pokemon X and Y taught me, it's the miracle of having family and friends by my side (damn you, Junichi Masuda! I won't cry again!! >_<) You guys are my contant, daily miracles, and I hold you all close to my heart. I could lose all my pages, all my edits, my chat moderator and admin status, and so on. None of that would mean s*** to me, so long as you're all still around. Community. That's what this wiki means to me (albeit One Dream keeps me productive, and I enjoy that. But still.)

Anyway, I guess that's all I could muster. Heh, it dawned on me that I responded to an average-length blog with a long comment. Best know you can never out-lecture me, son. I'm the wiki's #1 motor mouth, essay writing, Cawstwolmian windbag. And don't you forget it, shell-for-brains. :P

XD And thanks, buddy. "I'll shoot all of you if you leave." Aww! You do care!! T_T