I don't think people really do this anymore, but what the heck.
Dear lineart, I could tell you a lot of stories about how I came to join your predecessor, about how I waited for months to join because I was worried that supersuit would be yet another superhero community that crashed and burnt after the first or second adds, but it surprised me. These characters surprised me, this home. I had been out of games of any kind for ages--there had been attempts, but nothing that I'd survived in beyond the initial month. Then came this place, this concept, these characters--and I feel like we've only begin to scratch the surface of their situation, and I look forward to all the crazy ways everything will go wrong in the future. Thank you, mods, for all of your hard work--we've hit some rough patches along the way but you have poured so much into the community and you've worked so hard at working with as many people as you can that it's absolutely incredible. We couldn't ask for better leadership. So thank you guys, thank you for letting me write out this crazy bastard, for making me feel like a valued piece in the community, and for giving me a place to treasure the way I do my home here.
behemoth -- This is obviously not where we met. This isn't close to the first time our characters have been snarled all over one another--but I'm earnest when I say that this was not planned. I didn't point you towards the place with anything except the intention of friendship--Frank was complicated enough, I had a hard enough time trying to make him fit in in the slightest--because he's kind of a loudmouth and kind of impetuous and more independent than is probably rational (read: stubborn beyond reason), but something about him and Robert clicks. Something about them is just right. At his heart, he's Clint Barton so I don't exactly get the opportunity to go poetic on you very much, but there's something about his relationship with Robert that is safe--and not in the way that means unchallenging or passive, in the way that means that they are a refuge for each other even when they're angry at the world, even when they're angry at each other, and even (most commonly) when they're angry at themselves. You know how much I love your writing, but this is the time when you say that sort of stuff so I'll say it again: you are the kind of writer who commands attention when you post, and I will always be the kind of person that has to stop to listen. I love you. I look forward to doing this gig with you for as long as you will let me.
pinup -- Frank would not be who he is without Roman. In fact, that's short-selling it. I feel like I wouldn't be who I am without you. I admitted to you once that of all the characters in the community, she was the one I was most afraid of interacting with--I was already almost positive that you would hate my version of him because he is so much more reliant on comics than the films, and I was worried that they wouldn't gel, that they'd never be the bros they should have been--but I got lucky, so lucky with you. I think your writing is phenomenal and your crafting of her is so spot on, complex and complicated and the perfect counterpoint to his stubborn humanity. I heart you, bb. Thank you for everything.
wonders -- Diana wrote in a narrative once that she would never have expected her friendship with Clint--she isn't the only one who didn't expect it. But to be honest my favorite friendships are the ones that spark organically, and these two doofs are so endearing. I don't think Diana is easy to write--people don't like to admit it but characters that are so strictly good are extremely hard to write--you manage to write her with a beautifully organic quality that I flat out envy because she is so good and yet so easy to relate and talk to--Clint keeps describing her to people as Steve but easier to talk to, and it's accurate in so many ways it's a little scary. I've told you before that I adore your writing, but I'll say it again: you're amazing. You make me feel lucky.
hawkingbird -- Did I ever tell you that you were the reason I joined? No lie, it was your ads that brought me in. I love the way these two echo each other in strange and usually heartbreaking ways. He isn't lying when he says that she reminds him of himself, they're both always trying to do their best, always screwing up in small but reverberating ways that they feel achingly guilty about. He can talk to her about the stuff he can't talk to anyone about and that's precious to him, so. You know. Thanks, Hawkeye.
machinegun -- Oh my god, can he please be her pineapple--hello, favorite. I’m not even sure how that relationship developed but their relationship is one of my favorites and I just love your girl so freaking much. She is one of the most maturely written women I’ve ever gotten to see written and that is kind of an honor, really. I love how they play off of each other and how much it’s developed over the past couple of cv weeks and I honestly can’t wait to see where it goes next. (Dude, she is going to be the best mom, for serious, I have had literal conversations about that.)
tinman -- I think one of the most fantastic things about these two is how much Clint trusts Tony, and he is not a character that trusts easily, or that tends to be particularly honest when he’s actually worried or scared, but something about this damn guy just drew it out of him from the very beginning. It always has, it always will, and I love it. It’s no secret that I am the biggest freaking fangirl of his wife and his relationship with his wife, and I think your portrayal is one of the most surprisingly deep in the community. You do a wonderful job of walking the line between flippant and depth and it’s such a beautifully Tony quality so, just, you know. Thank you. You’re amazing.
americanshield -- Man, your Cap is one of the characters that really made me want to stick with this community. You do a wonderful job of representing both his strengths and his faults and he’s beautifully complicated that way, and that’s wonderful to see in a character that is too often represented in a one-sided way. I adore you, and adore him, and look forward to them working together in the future.
astrophysician -- You know that I love you to death, and that you are one of the people that I have bonded with in the strangest, most unexpected way. I love your girl, I love her persistence and her tenacity and her intelligence, I love the way she keeps her humanity wrapped up tight until someone draws it out of her--but she is so humane. I love all the ways she has grown, all the ways you’ve built her and let her grow with the changes that have happened for Jane in actual canon Marvel--it’s amazing, you’re amazing, and I am running out of great words for all the ways to tell people how much I love them.
doubleside -- Jemma is actually the sweetest thing, I swear. I adore her and you in all of the ways I’ve gotten to interact with you, and I just wanted to say how happy I am about how they’ve interacted (and I really look forward to interacting more).
florist -- I love Isla. I love her complications. I love how complete an understanding you have of her, and how she can both be complicated in her friendships and the most protective. All at once. We’ve never really managed to build anything despite how much these two have in common but I just wanted to tell you (over and over) that you are awesome and I feel lucky for all of the times I’ve gotten to interact with you.
humandisaster -- I feel like Clint and Howard are just getting to know each other--you’ve been a later addition to our little group, but you have been so much freaking fun. You’re such a unique voice and I think you’ve found a perfect match character wise. Plus, you love Hawkeye, and people who love Hawkeye have to stick together, right?
People I don't know half as well as I would like: regenerative, enforced, pelvicmagic, totality, combatant--guys, please don't take this as some throw-away mention of people I'd love to love more, I am sincere in my desire to have more with each of you because you are incredible in all forms I have seen and I feel lucky to get to interact with you and greedy because it will literally never be enough.
I'm missing a bunch of second characters in a bunch of places--please trust me when I say that I love them and I have never felt as lucky as I feel now--that I have never interacted with such a talented group in my life.