Here's to another year on scratch, this one has been quite a doozy, but it was a heck of a lot of fun, and I am very much grateful for the fantastic people I have come to know on this platform. Hope y'all like these little doodles of your characters (lemme know if you want a higher res version of your headshot). Anyway, here are some little notes (going from left to right, top to bottom). I hope you enjoy them, and please only read yours! Alex - I don't have the words for how grateful I am for all your work on lineage and all the time we have gotten to spend chatting. You are truly one of the most interesting people I have met on or off scratch. Each time I head over to your profile with a question or just a statement you respond with an unspiteful and more often than not incredibly helpful answer. I will always enjoy chatting with you, and I hope there are many more conversations to come in the coming year. Thank you for being who you are <3 Amy - Despite not having seen you that much this past year, each interaction I have has brightened my day. You are genuinely the kindest person I have come to know on scratch, and I will forever be grateful for helping me kickstart lineage in its early days. I hope to have more time to chat with you in the coming year and would like to wish you a Happy Birthday (before I forget)! Sasha - I absolutely adore Wren as a character his personality is so fascinating and the way you are always able to capture the essence of /him/ in your writing never ceases to amaze me, Mal and I have enjoyed rping with you so very much, and I hope for many more adventures for our two tortured souls in the coming year. (P.S. Remind me to respond to our current thread...) Blade - I am ever grateful that you and Kinglet have taken Mal as an app. I am in love with their dynamic and how their interactions are shaping Mal's personality, your writing is always stunning, and I greatly appreciate you grinding out those last few training rps before Mal becomes a ranger. Climinto - Thanks so much for another fantastic year of art and shenanigans, I will always adore your style and the character you make. You continuedly inspire me to make art, because it seems to be what you're doing each time I'm around you. I love talking with you and am grateful for all your help keeping me focused when I forget I should be paying attention in math... Congrats on getting through Nutcracker season (so sorry I couldn't see any of your performances) and best wish for 2026 <3 Azure - The holder of one of my personal favorite art styles of all time, the co-founder of home, an incredibly sweet person, and a fellow bird nerd you are truly a force to be reckoned with. Each time I find myself chatting with you, I have an incredible time, may it be about which little dragon I am trying to acquire or a chat about birds, it is guaranteed to be a lot of fun. Thanks so much for a great year and let me know if you ever want to yap about raptors! Gracie - This was by far the hardest of the notes to write because I just can't encapsulate how much you mean to me. Over the last five years I have enjoyed every moment I have spent with you planning the very traumatized lives of our little cats and yapping about bird facts in which you always seem to our shine me. (I am still mad you got into ornithology and I didn't but anyway) You are incredibly creative and each time I see another one of your doodles for one of our little characters it makes me smile. You are a truly unique person (even ignoring the taxidermied rodent collection) and I don't know who or where I would be today without you having been in my life. You inspire me to draw, you inspire me to write, to read, to learn more bird facts and to be the best version of myself. Thank you, so much for everything. Everyone - You are each wonderful, creative and kind human beings who I am so grateful to have spent 2025 with, thank you <3 - Ru P.S. If there is a horrible spelling/grammar mistake in your note I apologize!
