I'm not saying it for Shadow, I'm saying it for everyone here. And also saying it because I am tired of studying for Chemistry. IB test tomorrow, wish me luck.

The majority of us come on here when we're 11 or 12 and leave around the age of 14 or 15 because we've grown up a bit. A number of older CBers are saying that there's a large amount of drama here, which I guess there is. But there always has been.

Do the Admins remember the banning of Warriors RPs and the fights between warriors fans and anti-warriors? That was five years ago, but it's stuff that happens now a days too.

Does anyone old remember Tiffany and SC's fight in the dragon RP back in late 2011/early 2012? Do you remember when I got paranoid in the Lemmings War when I thought SC was reading my thoughts? And speaking of the Lemmings War, remember the drama over the revival threads and the different factions and the "novelization" of it? Do you remember JtsF getting upset at the Admins and getting upset at me for censorship? Do you remember when people admitted to having crushes on me and Red and the CBer crush weirdness happened?

Drama's been happening since the beginning of time and hey, it makes us human. We make mistakes. We're not perfect beings. Sure, some of us may look at it and think it's stupid because we're older, but c'mon, guys. Please. We've all done this same kind of nonsense.

It's okay to not like every CBer as family, especially not right away. Here's a semi-secret: I'm really curmudgenous and will usually hate people for a while when first meeting them. Do you want to guess some of the people I used to loathe? I used to dislike Joe the Stickfiddler so much I wrote an angry tirade about him to one of my friends (I found it again and am now laughing at my angry younger self), but now, I legitmately like him a lot. He's a supercool dude with some weird, but pretty great, ideas. He's a total dreamer and his passion for what he likes is awesome. 

And believe it or not, I really didn't like BHR when she frst joined. I thought she was too happy and gung-ho. (Because, you know, we all need more grumpiness in our life. You can quote me, Ruby Scrooge, on that. Bah, humbug!) Now, she's one of my very best online friends and dearest people to me. She's so much braver and stronger and courageous than I ever thought. She's also much more timid and much more shy and quiet than I ever imagined. She's a wonderful, multi-faceted human being that I never expected to see from the start.

So, here's what I'm trying to get at. It's okay to not like CBers. You don't have to pretend to be chummy with everyone. Just leave them alone and move on with your own business. In the end, who knows? You could be really surprised with how close you two become.

And here's the thing. We're just kids on the internet and statistically speaking, we're very, very likely to look back on this in later years and cringe. (I know I do, and I will continue to cringe at the things I say now when I'm older) We're going to embarass ourselves somehow, so don't worry too much about it. Just have a good time and enjoy yourself, okay? We can't all always get along because we're humans, not some utopia machines. Let's just do our best to have a good time and make the most of what we have now.

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OK Shadow I will try not to overreact. Please come drop by and say hi every once and a while. I know this is probably the worst good bye ever but. Good-bye

Adios Shadow Dragon! Please stop back in! Like Ruby said, we are just kids on the Internet, and I KNOW that I will cringe oh so much about the Cedri stuff that me and Abi are doing when I am older, but I'll live. We all make mistakes. We all do stupid stuff. We all have insane AEs who have massive crushes on each other(No Lie! Torstyn+Puck and Elsa+Torstyn is still alive! It makes Torstyn very conflicted). We'll get through. 

Hey, Ruby said that perfectly.

But, SD, listen.

I'm really immature. Well, no, I'm not. I'm really, really quick to say things. Anything that comes into my brain I want to voice, and I usually do. Then later I look back on it and think, "My gosh, I'm such a freaking idiot." Because Ruby's right. We're still kids, we're still growing, and once we mature we look at smaller, younger children and think them immature. I get it. I do it; I will do it, I'm sure; we all do it, at some point.

And everyone has petty arguments; I spend every lunch period arguing with a really idiotic guy who doesn't listen and I hate, but I argue with him anyway about Doctor Who and how Batman would totally not beat Harry Potter. They're petty things, yes, but at the moment they seem so important. It's human nature.

As for the drama.... I think the reason for that is the Internet. Most of us don't actually know each other personally, so we aren't afraid to talk about things we wouldn't otherwise. I've made plenty of threads about my own dillemas (which I spelled wrong). We've posted about piano recitals and stage crew and crushes and it's drama, drama, drama because really, it's all just words. We don't know who we're speaking to and that makes us more secure. Because who knows if a secret will leak out if you tell someone who could become involved? If you live in Arizona and are telling someone in California about your troubles, it's not likely to get out.

A part of it, also, I think, is how close the CBers are. A lot of websites are very large and you don't have the personal connection that we do. Given enough time, I bet I could list almost all CBers active today, and a few from the past. We're more of a family than, say, Twitter, and therefore we feel more confident and secure confiding to each other.

But now that I'm finished talking... South Dakota, I will be honest, I think you and I have become a lot closer than we were. Or at least, I feel like I've come closer to you; the feeling may not be mutual. But I think I would label you a BCBB of mine. I know you're not going to see this; I don't know how I feel about that. But I know that you're the kind of person who's serious about this-- you're not kidding and I know it. So, take a break if you want to. Come back if you want to. I'm not a drama queen. I have written nothing in caps, there has been no sobbing. Simply honesty, and you can expect that from me... especially on the Internet.

So, so long, South Dakota. 

You'd better come back. You … I don't have the words. You were the best writer in my first RP. I idolized you. I— I don't want to talk. But I know what you mean. I want to say some things which aren't … appropriate for the CB.

We'll miss you Shadow Dragon. Although I do not know you that well, I hope you come back sometime soon to see us again. 

If you hate drama, then why did you make this thread? You're giving more people more opportunities to get upset or overreact.

I'm sure this will all blow over and everything will be relatively fine.

You are and always will be one of my CB idols, and I would hate to see you go.

Oh no! I'm sorry, it's definitely a problem. Come back soon! We will miss you!