[•·̩̩̥͙*˚ ⪡≡≡≡≡✺—˚*·̩̩̥͙•] "And beside the salty water, I could hold you close, But you are far too beautiful to love me..." Three years ago today, I got a message from Riverclan's admin saying that my bio for Clearwhisp was accepted. I was absolutely thrilled with this. I remember telling all of my friends how excited I was to have gotten into such a big and cool roleplay, and I immediately proceeded to start my first roleplay that same day at school, a little nervous to post my first reply to an open roleplay with a cat named Leopardfrost. After that, I remember replying to a few more, feeling like I was getting the hang of it again after a year or two of hiatus from roleplay on scratch (though I was still certainly a little anxious and felt out of place). Riverclan seemed intimidating at the time, being the second most active clan behind Thunderclan, but I quickly found myself feeling like I belonged after experiencing how welcoming the people there were. Over time, I grew more attached to my character and the community that I found myself in. Clearwhisp developed friendships, fun plots, apprentices, and eventually family. I've said a lot about Clearflight already, from scattered mentions to full on rambles that I've posted about her in the past. I don't think there's much more to be said that hasn't already been said, but what hasn't I think I'll put here. Clearflight has never really gotten a proper birthday celebration project! This year, I wanted to change that. April 20th, 2021. Three years. The core of my love for Clearflight is how much nostalgia I feel looking back. I've made some really good memories with this fictional cat. I've gotten to know some really cool people through her and I'm very glad that I came across TFCRP when I did. Though there are some things that I sometimes wish I could change looking back now, the majority of it makes me smile every time I think back on it. She was the first character I really put my heart and soul into, and I think it shows. She, in part, helped me realize my love for writing and through TFCRP I feel that I've become a better person. Though she's long passed now (though never gone, I will never stop roleplaying her bahaha) I just wanted to say thank you to the community that shaped both her story and my own. Thank you for the amazing memories that I have from her various plots and roleplays. Thank you for helping my writing and art develop through her. Thank you for being patient with me when I may not have been at my best. I could go on and on, but I think leaving it at I have a lot of things to be grateful for from TFCRP will do :) Though I adore my new character, Miracledance, there's a special connection that I feel for Clearflight that I know wouldn't be possible if I hadn't had such a great time with her in TFCRP. So, while this project is in commemoration of Clearflight, April 20th, 2021 was also the day that I joined this wonderful community. To discount that would be entirely unfair, because there would be no Clearflight without a Leopardfrost, a Sea-snakeshiver, an Otterstar, a Nettlehaze, a Sunflame... And every other cat and roleplayer in TFCRP that helped shape her into what she was. There would be no Clearflight without a TFCRP. So, I can finally say that this will be my final thank you of this (long and rambly) project. Thank you, TFCRP, for three amazing years. Song: In Memoriam - The Oh Hellos "But when you're doing all the leaving, then it's never your love lost-- and if you leave before the start, then there was never love at all... And yet you're far too beautiful to leave me..." [•·̩̩̥͙*˚ ⪡≡≡≡≡✺—˚*·̩̩̥͙•]
