Post by Horcat on Nov 17, 2024 8:27:53 GMT -5
I think I can finally breathe long enough to finish it.
Call me Horcat. I would say I've been a hobbyist writer since about 1990, but by "hobbyist writer" I really mean "chronic daydreamer who has to put some of those dreams on paper so they'll get out of my effin' head!" I've been lurking in the fandom since '94, forums specifically from ~'96 to '06, and finally started sharing my own work on SoFurry in January of '22. I'm a computer-addicted little Feline with the emotional stability of a Newton's Cradle, and this forum's pulled the starting pendulum all the way horizontal.
Why? I've already pined over that more than I should in the few posts I've made here, but this weekend has been purging a lot of stuff I've had shut away for a looong time. (I promise I will settle down eventually and stop mentioning it... but it'll probably take a week or so. I apologize in advance for everything in the meantime.) By my rough estimate, 3/4ths of the best days of my life and 4/5ths of the worst days of my life are all tied up in those old forums I keep mentioning. That I still remember them so fondly, and yearn to see them again, should (I hope) say something about how powerful a community really is. Everyone, even the most heinous kinds of people, should have one (in part because I believe we'd have a lot fewer of the most heinous kinds if they did). I haven't for a long time, and now I'm getting my hopes up.
Am I over-reacting? Probably. This place is incredibly young, and might burn out like a signal flare. It's too soon to be anything like the places I remember... yet. The pessimist in me is screaming that I'm keyed-up and primed for another heartbreak as I type this, but dang it, I'm here for it. If this place can become a community like that, it'll be worth the heartbreak at the end.
It is an absolute pleasure to meet all of you, and I look forward to coming to know you better.
Call me Horcat. I would say I've been a hobbyist writer since about 1990, but by "hobbyist writer" I really mean "chronic daydreamer who has to put some of those dreams on paper so they'll get out of my effin' head!" I've been lurking in the fandom since '94, forums specifically from ~'96 to '06, and finally started sharing my own work on SoFurry in January of '22. I'm a computer-addicted little Feline with the emotional stability of a Newton's Cradle, and this forum's pulled the starting pendulum all the way horizontal.
Why? I've already pined over that more than I should in the few posts I've made here, but this weekend has been purging a lot of stuff I've had shut away for a looong time. (I promise I will settle down eventually and stop mentioning it... but it'll probably take a week or so. I apologize in advance for everything in the meantime.) By my rough estimate, 3/4ths of the best days of my life and 4/5ths of the worst days of my life are all tied up in those old forums I keep mentioning. That I still remember them so fondly, and yearn to see them again, should (I hope) say something about how powerful a community really is. Everyone, even the most heinous kinds of people, should have one (in part because I believe we'd have a lot fewer of the most heinous kinds if they did). I haven't for a long time, and now I'm getting my hopes up.
Am I over-reacting? Probably. This place is incredibly young, and might burn out like a signal flare. It's too soon to be anything like the places I remember... yet. The pessimist in me is screaming that I'm keyed-up and primed for another heartbreak as I type this, but dang it, I'm here for it. If this place can become a community like that, it'll be worth the heartbreak at the end.
It is an absolute pleasure to meet all of you, and I look forward to coming to know you better.
