User blog:DogwoodFlowers/bye?

i told myself i wouldn't write a sappy leaving blog but i guess i'm caving

ayy dog here. if you haven't noticed, the past few months i've been pretty dead, save for the occasional touch up to singularity for blazey and going over my thing for firey's challenge. truth of the matter is, around when school started i just kinda lost interest. it's not even that i'm in high school now, freshman year's going real easy on me, it's just the drive i had for wfw that ran from february to august is gone. and gee, you wouldn't believe how potent it was when it was there. i'm still proud of what i did for the wiki in those six months, and the determination and commitment i had to this place? dang was it strong, and a great feeling too.

i'm not really sad that i don't have the devotion anymore, it just fizzled out as i lost interest in wfw. to me, it kinda just became a bunch of little kids running around with warriors fanfiction. the new users aren't integrating into what's left of us, we're already floating away, and every community event just has less and less people showing up. what kept me here is gone. some existing users lost my respect. in terms of writing, i have no interest in warriors fanfiction, and i don't write half as much as i used to (though gladly, when i do, it is a lot better than what i wrote when i was active). friends? i use discord to talk to the two best losers, blazey and pumpkin, rather than chat. i have different buddies now who mean the world to me, and they aren't on the wiki. i've also just lost interest in warriors in general. sure, i stopped caring a long while ago, it might even be a year now, but the wiki kept me around. combined with these other factors though? i'm just not feeling it.

but i owe a lot to this place, so i figured i'd say this goodbye- and thank you. wfw pulled me out of my shell. i was so socially awkward and antisocial before i came here, and spending just one summer here didn't make me the best per say but i was amazingly more open and joking. even my science teacher, who was both my seventh and eighth grade teacher, noticed and his comment on that is stuck in my memory haha. wfw also helped me grow as a writer. i write so, so much better now, and my progress has been exponential compared to the times when i kept my writing to myself. wfw was a stepping stone towards everything i cherish now. lol i'm actually tearing up a bit as i write this, or maybe that's just sleepy watery eyes who knows. i can't thank you all enough for just...everything.

i'll still be on discord, though i rarely talk on the server anyways, and maybe i'll pop by once in a while. but here's my cheesy leaving blog. bye, everyone. may starclan light your path <3