#hidden7years

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 ♥♥

ellie !!! thank you so much, this absolutely made our days, you are so kind for this, we love being y'alls admins for real, this is the best job because of our members ♥