Goodbye to everybody. My friends, my acquaintances, strangers, even those I’m not fond of.
I know I’m likely going to continue knowing most of you, but it won’t be the same. This is a terrible day and I feel sickened and sad. I have a feeling I’m going to cry once this beautiful place is finally gone forever.
I know this isn’t the end, but that doesn’t really make it any easier to bear. This is home and the home of countless other people and fools are taking it away and I can’t do anything about it.
And it hurts.
But I don’t want this post to be a negative one. I want to thank you, every one of you, for being here with us. For signing the petitions, for protesting, for coining, for talking, for existing and letting us welcome you into this amazing community.
These people helped me through some incredibly hard times in my life, and I’ve made so many good friends here. I have so many memories that I doubt will ever fade.
It’s hard to remind myself that this isn’t goodbye. That, if they want, anybody can follow us to flarum to talk and not lose one another. It won’t be the same, but we’re still the same.
I keep almost saying ‘this place’, but it’s not the place. It’s the community. And this community has helped me and thousands of other questioning people discover themselves, even just a little bit. And that’s invaluable.
I started a little tradition of saying goodnight whenever I could. I wanted to see how long I could keep it up. I was curious if anybody would notice if I ever stopped. But now my hand is being forced to stop.
So now I’m saying goodbye — just for a bit, though, until I see you all over on flarum.
Goodbye, everybody. I love you so, so much.
— Bunny
Pinging the people who’ve made me smile the most: @.sweetest.nectar. @-starfall-moth- @Essence-34459