A LOT OF BAD STUFF HAPPENED. BUT A LOT OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENED TOO.
I turned eighteen. I got my first tattoo (and my second!) I legally changed my name after three years of waiting. I took an impromptu trip to Disney and got to meet Maleficent. I took an impromptu trip to New York City and got to meet Lori and Kat. The team I have rooted for my entire life won the World Series for the first time in 108 years. I voted. I got to see Wicked again, but this time at the Gershwin.
I did a lot of the things this year Iâve told myself throughout the years that I know would make me feel like my best self and the person I am meant to be â changing my name legally, getting tattoos, traveling alone, etc. This is going to be my first full year as an adult. This is my first full year as legally Briar. Iâm going into it a tattooed adult named Briar with an amazing job and family that support me. And Iâm the luckiest motherfucker.
But a major part of why this year was amazing is because of all of you. I love Maleficent with all of my heart, you guys know this, but Iâm still here because of you guys. Because you guys make me feel so loved and welcome here. To have been around going on three fucking years and still have so many amazing roleplay partners that are interested in our plots and ships and honestly just still give a semblance of a shit about me and our dumb gay faerie here? Itâs shocking and amazing. I thought Iâd be on Mal two weeks, and Iâve been here two and a half years â all because of you guys.
THANK YOU SO ABSOLUTELY MUCH FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME, whether youâve been following me two years, two months, or even two days. You guys are absolutely amazing. I know 2016 was a rolling trash can of a year that I think a lot of us are happy to leave out on the curb, but I hope that regardless of all the bullshit, you had a fantastic year and I wish you an even more amazing 2017.
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