No one's posted here in over a year so I'm reviving it. Yay.

I realized the other day that this year is my tenth SS anniversary which! is! crazy! Especially since I've been pretty much gone for like 4 those years with random moments in between when I'd show up all, 'what up' before promptly disappearing again. Oops and yikes @ me. Anyway, I was thinking that I have a lot of fond memories from this site and got to meet a lot of amazing people who also happened to be amazing writers. I didn't appreciate it much then which is WILD now that I'm thinking about it, but it was also a constant thing, this--me surrounded by them and constantly interacting with them. Like, on a daily basis. It really helped me grow as both a person and as a writer. Because of them, I got to flex my brain muscles, a lot. Because of these people teenager me also felt like a productive member of the Harry Potter fandom and this was obviously a big deal for me then. I guess it is now, still.

But back to the point I should have made from the beginning, and the whole point of this thread: I don't think anyone's mentioned her yet, and I think this is possibly because most of you never met her but BREE was AMAZING. Tagren Sevens is the first character who just POPPED out for me when I joined this site. Like, I have a distinct memory of this thread between Tag and BUCKY! in the Trophy Room and I also remember thinking, "Wow, I will never be this good and that's okay." He was really so nuanced, and funny, and Bree just wrote him in such a way that, I don't know, man. It stuck with me. She was not afraid to make him flawed and he was just--so human.That sounds strange, but yeah. It was great. They are both super great.

Oh, and Shout out to Con's Nico Toussaint and Ama's Ocean Tea Jones and Roro with BUNBURY They were the best, too.