#admin maig

hi friends !!!!! just ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!! cause like literally how am i here, seven years later, still being a damn sap over this place. i am genuinely in shock at how i am so fucking lucky to still be able to keep this place going for all of you, to have such a community to always turn to, and to share it with all of you so you have the same. i, once again, must spin the tale of how hidden came to be, which is in a spite fueled rage at 2 am where i vowed to make a group where people felt welcome no matter who they were, that they were valued and loved as dearly as they deserved to be, and when we hit the tags at 5 am that same morning, never once did i look at my group and think i would be sitting here seven years later, still enjoying and loving every single minute. i never thought that hidden would grow this big, to become bigger than me, than the team, than what we ever could have imagined hidden to be. it has grown into the home i always imagined, but never wanted to jinx, it is home, for so many of you, because of you!! i could never have made it here without all of you making this place your own, growing this community filled with love. it’s all because of you, guys. 

to our members ; those who have been here for a week, seven months, or all seven years, for those who have poured their hearts and souls out on the dash, bared everything out in the chats to grow together, those who have come and gone, the ones who take up characters because you just have such a deep love for them, or those who take up someone as a bit and end up playing them for years.. hidden is only here because of you, because you have given your effort to showing every person who has come and gone, or stayed, the love that i always hoped would be here. this community would not exist without the work you all have put in. the way you all have rallied together to help one another, the red carpet welcome you all make sure each new member gets, the chaos and the laughs.. i sincerely sit here and just stare sometimes, because damn how the fuck did i get so lucky to call this place mine? and we haven’t even touched on the talent and the plots that hit the dash, like holy shit??? i could probably go on for another whole post just about how much fun i have reading all the threads on the dash, how much i love seeing everyone’s skills with edits or whatever ideas you all come up with!! i am seriously in shock that we got this lucky. the magic in hidden has and always will be you. the heart and soul of this place is the love that exists here, the friendship and community that has grown because of all of you. hidden is and always will be special because of you all. and i just love you all so much, i don’t know if i could ever say thank you enough to each person who has been here. you do not go unnoticed, no matter who you are. everything you do is appreciated. just know i am giving each and every one of you a little kiss on the forehead right now. just.. thank you. seriously, more than anything, thank you. 

but while i have everyone captive, i do have to give a shoutout to the team that makes this all possible. i know it’s their favorite time of the year, where i get to be proud mom and appreciate my admins for all that they do, day in and day out, all that is seen and unseen. these people are the only reason i have survived this long, i want them to know how grateful i am for all of them, and i only get to do it once a year or else i think they’d block me.

sunny; gotta start with my day one, always. you have been at my side for everything, when you sent your app a week into this place being open, i know you never expected us to be sitting here seven years later, experiencing so much of life together as a team. we have only gotten stronger because of all we have gone through. i don’t know where i would be without you on my team, but i know hidden wouldn’t be here without you. you have been my rock, my grounding presence, in everything. you are always the voice of reason i need when i am going off the rails and panicked, and i know that us finding each other wasn’t an accident. the universe knew we needed each other. there is no one else i would rather have as the holder of the braincell. i can never thank you enough, really and truly, for everything.

aria ; sincerely, i don’t think anything would get done on the main without your input. somehow, some way, you always find a solution to a problem. i swear, you are magic, when it comes to fc suggestions and complicated ethnicities, you somehow always come through. i know when you’re typing, we’re gonna be saved cause man, i don’t know how we ever function without you. on top of just being a powerhouse on the main, and being literally one of my most valued people, one of my dearest friends, you are sincerely one of the funniest people i have ever met, and when i see little guys, they always make me think of you. there is so much i could sit here and thank you for, but i hope you know when i say thank you in the chat, or that i love you, that it is meant with every ounce of sincerity i have. 

jodie ; the heart of the team for real, like truly just the most fiercely loving person i have ever met. when someone is in need of help, you are the first person there, even if your offer is chaotic, you are there to pick people up when they need it. thank you for always making me laugh, for always being at my side for some chaotic idea and cackling with me over it. you carry the team with knowing about fandoms some of us don’t even want to research, and i am forever grateful for that. and despite how much i hate the time difference, i do love that we have you for those times we cannot be around. thank you for always being there as the support and heart, i don’t know what i would do without you at my side to laugh with. 

and kasey ; saved my bluetooth twin bitch for last, because i know you hate being perceived and loved like this, but you gotta deal with it for one day :)) our braincell needs to be together to work, or not work.. depending on your view. thank you for being my platonic life partner, for being the person i know i can turn to when i gotta vent and then be told to chill the fuck out. you always know how to stop me from bugging out, no matter what the situation is. you always allow me to be unapologetically me, and i cannot thank you enough for that. i am so glad we get to be friends, to be each other together, and that i can always count on you to be there when i need you. thank you for always being ready to deal with whatever comes our way, for always being down for whatever insanity i wanna do, and for bringing in your own insanity. i am forever grateful for everything you have done for me and for hidden. 

alright, i am forcing myself to stfu, i promise. i just feel so beyond blessed, that hidden is so lucky to have these four supporting it, supporting me. i couldn’t do this without all of them, they have given so much for hidden and it does not go unnoticed. i love you guys so fucking much. and hidden, members past and present, anyone who just sees us in the tags : THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. seven fucking years guys, i am just !!!!!!!!!!!! i love you all so much. it has been the greatest joy and blessing in my life to call myself your head admin. thank you for making hidden your home. here’s to SEVEN FUCKING YEARS and all the ones after it! i cannot wait to see what this year brings for us!!!

all the love, always – admin maig ♥♥

hi :)) somehow, by some miracle, we have made it around to yet another anniversary, and i can say with utter disbelief and overwhelming gratitude that hidden is now SIX YEARS OLD. i feel like a damn grandmother telling y’all a story here but, when i started this place in a 2am spite fueled, sleep deprived rage, and then hit the tags that same morning at nearly 5am, never once did i look at a main and think i’d be making a six year anniversary post. that we’d even stay open for that long, that this would grow to be… bigger than me, bigger than the team or hidden  itself. hidden is a home to so many, a place where people can be themselves and find a community together, and that has everything to do with all of YOU.

the members who have been here for 6 days, or 6 years, those who have been here and poured their hearts out onto the dash, who have been here just to play a joke character.. the members who have come and gone, the members who are here now, all of you are the reason hidden is the way that it is. you all have created this incredible community with each other, that sometimes all i can do is just sit back and admire all of you. the way everyone has been so welcoming and warm to every new person who has joined, that you all have welcomed people in with open arms and genuinely like ?? no prompting from us ?? just from being yourselves. not only is this a home, a true real home in such a difficult world, but god the TALENT ??? i have never seen such amazing writing, or editing, the absolute joy you all have in writing your characters comes across so easily, the support you all have for each other. the events that we have, i don’t think could ever be pulled off with another group. i truly am sitting here just consistently in awe of all of you. i really could not do this without all of you here, you are the heart of hidden. the warmth in this place, the joy, the backbone, everything is you, friends. thank you for allowing me to be your head admin, allowing me to be utterly odd and strange and still loving me the way i love all of you, thank you for supporting this team, and this place. thank you for all the time and energy you put in here, and know that it does not go unnoticed. truly, just thank you.

and now, for 5 people’s absolute favorite time of the year, the moment when i gush like a proud mom about my admin team. please allow me to highlight these people, to lift them up for everything that they do, to show them the gratitude i truly hope they feel every other day of the year. sunny: gotta always start with you, my day one, the other half of my brain. i don’t know what i would do without you, genuinely. hidden would absolutely not be here today without you, without your support of me and my absolute batshit ramblings that i send in your dms, the way you have been able to look at a situation and calm it down with just one message.. for being the voice of reason that i need, for being the best friend i could ask for. finding each other wasn’t an accident and i’m so glad that i have gotten to know you through this weird fucking hobby and found so many more to share with you. also?? thank you for being there during my wedding, for keeping my head on straight that day. i love you so much. ♥ jodie, i just fucking love you fam,  the absolute heart of the team. you are one of the kindest, most fiercely loving person i have ever met. if someone is struggling, i know you are right there to offer any kind of help you can (even if it's biting someone). you are always the one who i know will be there to have someone’s back, to support everyone when they need it. and i hope you know that that goes both ways. you are so loved on this team, thank you for all the research you do, thank you for taking all the marvel questions, for being the other teacher of my star wars school, for always laughing with me when we’re about to do something utterly ridiculous to get us yelled at. i am just so thankful for you, and i know i would’ve gone nuts if i didn’t have you here making me laugh. kasey, my player 2 (or i’m player 2?? idk), my bluetooth connected bitch. i swear people think us being the same person different fonts sometimes is a bit, and really it’s not. our shared braincell just doesn’t know how to function alone. thank you for always being there when i need to vent, for being able to offer a kind way of telling me to chill tf out, for being my platonic life partner. i know you hate the sappiness but i just need you to know that i couldn’t do this without you either. also a quick thank you for also being there during my wedding, for allowing me to be unapologetically myself and keeping me calm and laughing during all the insanity that was going on that week. just thank you. really, i love you so much, bitch, i won’t make you suffer with being loved on more.

aria, the actual owner of the braincell, the powerhouse of fc suggestions and research. your knowledge and ability to find suggestions and solutions to complex situations always has me in awe. i know when i see you typing in the chat, we’re going to get an answer, a solution or something new to consider that helps us fix whatever is going on. you truly are the reason things get solved around here. and also thank you for being the other face on the main, the way that you and ollie clear the inbox so fast always has me dumbfounded. and thank you for every check you have done, every moment you have spent here with us. i hope you know when i see little guys in shows, i always go “oh aria would love them”. your icons in the chat / your names always have me dying. you’re truly so fucking funny fam, the comments you make in dnd take me out. i just hope you know how loved and appreciated you are. thank you for being my friend, i love you a lot. and ollie, i don’t know what the fuck we would do without you. seriously, like only a year and a half in and you are ???? the reason the main gets cleared out most days. i don’t know how you do it, one moment it’s full and the next the entire mains cleared, the pages are updated, you and aria are working through their list of fixes and the entire check is done (INCLUDING MY PARTS :(( ). despite all of our teasing about changing the password on you, i hope you know that none of the work that you do EVER goes unappreciated. i also am just so glad that i have gotten to know you better over the past year and a half, that since you joined the team i am so glad that i get to call you my friend. also, i always know when i send a new frog, you’ll come in yelling about loving them and it always makes me smile. you’re so loved by me and the team. thank you for everything. okay, i’m done now.

i’m making myself stfu friends i promise. just, hidden you have no idea how utterly blessed we are to have these five as our admin team. i know i barely even know sometimes, because fuck i couldn’t do this without them. i just am so filled with love and appreciation for every single one of you, those who are here now, and those who may be lurking and have come and gone. know i love you all. and just THANK YOU. it is the greatest joy and blessing in my life to call myself your head admin. thank you for making hidden your home. here’s to SIX FUCKING YEARS and all the ones after it!