Okay, so I'm sure that there has been plenty of forums like this, but wow. I can't thank everyone on this site enough. This community is amazing and full of people who come from so many backgrounds. And I think it's just...beautiful.
Now, you may be asking, Star, why did you just make this now? Well, random voice, I was reading some of the topics on this site, and seeing how kind and caring everyone is to one another made my heart melt into gooey mushiness...
So, thanks to Kim and everyone else who has helped create this amazing community and site where people can come together, not only to roleplay, but share things that are important to them...and I think that's cool.
This is my kudos to the entire RPR because you all are amazing...
I really hope this isn't considered spam, as I'm not trying to break any site rules, but I just had to get it out there, Mods, if this is considered spam, please delete it, but know I only mean the best intentions. I did check over the rules, but couldn't find anything that said that this was against the rules.
Now, you may be asking, Star, why did you just make this now? Well, random voice, I was reading some of the topics on this site, and seeing how kind and caring everyone is to one another made my heart melt into gooey mushiness...
So, thanks to Kim and everyone else who has helped create this amazing community and site where people can come together, not only to roleplay, but share things that are important to them...and I think that's cool.
This is my kudos to the entire RPR because you all are amazing...
I really hope this isn't considered spam, as I'm not trying to break any site rules, but I just had to get it out there, Mods, if this is considered spam, please delete it, but know I only mean the best intentions. I did check over the rules, but couldn't find anything that said that this was against the rules.
If this is spam this is the best, most profound type of spam ever.
I often find myself feeling the same. It is amazing what a loving community this one can be. Thanks for this, Star, and right back at you.
I often find myself feeling the same. It is amazing what a loving community this one can be. Thanks for this, Star, and right back at you.
Demilicious wrote:
If this is spam this is the best, most profound type of spam ever.
I often find myself feeling the same. It is amazing what a loving community this one can be. Thanks for this, Star, and right back at you.
I often find myself feeling the same. It is amazing what a loving community this one can be. Thanks for this, Star, and right back at you.
Demi, I love seeing you around the forums, just making people feel better. I just feel so blessed to be a part of a community that is so loving.
I think it's amazing that people feel safe enough to share things like this. I think they are so brave... 
I this, and I feel the same way!!
this, and I feel the same way!!
Agreed. There are so many amazing people on here who are supportive and caring people on here. It makes me happy to see that there are people out there that are nice as I don’t see much off it in my personal life.
Also just met you and you seem pretty cool so far, thanks for this post.
Also just met you and you seem pretty cool so far, thanks for this post.
Exactly, in a world, sadly, might I add, where people go to war because someone is different, I think this is a great sanctuary! And *hugs to all of you*
And *hugs to all of you*
Thanks to kim for creating all of this for us. I have found so many beautiful blessed supportive freinds on this website. Kudos star for posting this ⭐🌟.*hugs star*
8_Stars_8 wrote:
Exactly, in a world, sadly, might I add, where people go to war because someone is different, I think this is a great sanctuary! And *hugs to all of you*
And *hugs to all of you**hugs to you back!*
Definitely not spam! Spam is like when I posted a thread of nonsense words. :p This creates a topic for discussion, so I'm pretty sure it's the opposite of spam!
And yep, I've seem the same thing said over and over again and have said it myself. It amazes me. Whatever kind of magic we have here, I think the real world needs it.
A friend of mine and I were talking about it, and we agreed that one reason why people tend to be kind here is that we all come here to create art, and creating art is something that makes one vulnerable--you're showing something that's inside of you to the other person you're roleplaying with. I think it's a beautiful, intimate thing, and when you're being vulnerable like that, I think it puts you in the mindset to be kind to others because you need people to be kind to you when you're in that state. It sets up the most wonderful positive feedback loop. I've felt honored every time anyone on here has shared anything personal with me, because it's a sacred honor, you know? They've entrusted something valuable to me, that being their truth, their story.
*grins* glad you found whichever forums gave you that insight. It's fun when someone realizes there's something up here and starts freaking out about it. I love it!
Supportive communities in the real world are too few and so when you stumble onto a supportive community like this, it's like..."what...the heck? Where am I? This...this isn't how people act. People aren't this nice. What's...going on...here?" It's lovely.
I had a similar moment of awe, and wrote about it on my profile:
My freakout about RpR being unusual
If you listen to me sing, you know me. If you read what I write, you know me. God help you, if you write with me. You've been on a journey inside of my mind and heart and soul and you hold a sacred place there...or is that overdoing it?
It's not everyday people create worlds together.
It's special to me.
It's an honor to be known, and it's an honor that anyone on me would want to know me. I am honored. I'm just honored, all the time. I can't get over it.
That people could share these things, with each other, open their minds and hearts to each other, I hardly know what to make of it.
Its like an oasis. Where people can create art together. It's like...what is this? What is this place? Could this be real? Is someone going to burst the bubble and the illusion disappear? How could this be real? People that are so honest and so forthcoming about themselves? When are people going to suddenly clam up and start talking about the weather? How long am I going to have this privilege? How long will this magic last? How is it being sustained; how can I make sure I never break it?
I am not a person of groups.
I have no clue what to do in a group.
I know what to do with one person. I know how to let one person at a time know that they're valued. I know how to do that. When there are 10 or 3 or 7--I don't know how to make those people feel valued! I don't how to shut up. I don't know how to wait my turn. I don't know how to relax. I don't know how to breathe. I don't know how to wait. I don't know how to listen. I don't know how to just. Let it Be. I don't know what to do with them. It's best for me to avoid groups of people that are not strangers.
So...what...a group of people who actually like me...who are not put off by me? Really? It makes no sense.
How can there be this many understanding people in one place? Is it a writer thing?
In other words...
Who are you people, and why are you nice to me? Who are you people, and why do you open your lives to me? Who are you people, and why are you so special? Why are you so beautiful? Why are you so amazing?
Who are you people, and why do you want to know me? Why do you hold me in high regard? What have I stumbled into here?
Why do you think I'm worth something? Instead of thinking I'm an awkward oaf who blunders through sentences, rambles through social gatherings, hides out in cars and bathtubs under many guises to avoid too much social stimulation, even from the people that are closest to me?
Who is late for everything, and interrupts everyone, who can't control a classroom, who can't not be awkward, who renigs on their responsibilities, who is barely hanging on but always makes the car payment and the rent, who knows what to do, but half the time can't do it, who doesn't know how to move forward? You treat me like I'm somebody. Why?
But I know why. I don't need a boost, I just need to explain.
I need to explain what mystifies me about this place. Why I'm constantly standing in the middle of the plains of RpR, doing 360 degree turns, looking around like I've suddenly found myself in the Land of Oz. Why I'm always giving everyone compliments.
Who are you people, and why do you treat me like somebody important?
Why do I feel, every day, like I'm talking to the next Einstein, or the next Leonardo, or the next Picasso? Why do I always feel like I'm in the presence of genuis? What's happening here? Why are you all so good?
I feel known. I feel seen. I feel heard. I feel understood. I feel like I am in Bizarro World.
That's why. If you're wondering why, that's why. This is like water to a thirsty person. Like food to a staving person. Does it make more sense now? Why I seem like the Orphan Annie singing "the sun will come out tomorrow" in the middle of the Great Depression? It's not because I'm so wonderful and great. It's because I'm not. And, yet, you treat me like I am. And that mystifies me. And I appreciate it. And that appreciation overflows, like a river, and floods the plains. That's what you're seeing. A reject being treated like a worthy individual, and the gratitude that that engenders. Does that make sense? Y'all should expect it.
If you listen to me sing, you know me. If you read what I write, you know me. God help you, if you write with me. You've been on a journey inside of my mind and heart and soul and you hold a sacred place there...or is that overdoing it?
It's not everyday people create worlds together.
It's special to me.
It's an honor to be known, and it's an honor that anyone on me would want to know me. I am honored. I'm just honored, all the time. I can't get over it.
That people could share these things, with each other, open their minds and hearts to each other, I hardly know what to make of it.
Its like an oasis. Where people can create art together. It's like...what is this? What is this place? Could this be real? Is someone going to burst the bubble and the illusion disappear? How could this be real? People that are so honest and so forthcoming about themselves? When are people going to suddenly clam up and start talking about the weather? How long am I going to have this privilege? How long will this magic last? How is it being sustained; how can I make sure I never break it?
I am not a person of groups.
I have no clue what to do in a group.
I know what to do with one person. I know how to let one person at a time know that they're valued. I know how to do that. When there are 10 or 3 or 7--I don't know how to make those people feel valued! I don't how to shut up. I don't know how to wait my turn. I don't know how to relax. I don't know how to breathe. I don't know how to wait. I don't know how to listen. I don't know how to just. Let it Be. I don't know what to do with them. It's best for me to avoid groups of people that are not strangers.
So...what...a group of people who actually like me...who are not put off by me? Really? It makes no sense.
How can there be this many understanding people in one place? Is it a writer thing?
In other words...
Who are you people, and why are you nice to me? Who are you people, and why do you open your lives to me? Who are you people, and why are you so special? Why are you so beautiful? Why are you so amazing?
Who are you people, and why do you want to know me? Why do you hold me in high regard? What have I stumbled into here?
Why do you think I'm worth something? Instead of thinking I'm an awkward oaf who blunders through sentences, rambles through social gatherings, hides out in cars and bathtubs under many guises to avoid too much social stimulation, even from the people that are closest to me?
Who is late for everything, and interrupts everyone, who can't control a classroom, who can't not be awkward, who renigs on their responsibilities, who is barely hanging on but always makes the car payment and the rent, who knows what to do, but half the time can't do it, who doesn't know how to move forward? You treat me like I'm somebody. Why?
But I know why. I don't need a boost, I just need to explain.
I need to explain what mystifies me about this place. Why I'm constantly standing in the middle of the plains of RpR, doing 360 degree turns, looking around like I've suddenly found myself in the Land of Oz. Why I'm always giving everyone compliments.
Who are you people, and why do you treat me like somebody important?
Why do I feel, every day, like I'm talking to the next Einstein, or the next Leonardo, or the next Picasso? Why do I always feel like I'm in the presence of genuis? What's happening here? Why are you all so good?
I feel known. I feel seen. I feel heard. I feel understood. I feel like I am in Bizarro World.
That's why. If you're wondering why, that's why. This is like water to a thirsty person. Like food to a staving person. Does it make more sense now? Why I seem like the Orphan Annie singing "the sun will come out tomorrow" in the middle of the Great Depression? It's not because I'm so wonderful and great. It's because I'm not. And, yet, you treat me like I am. And that mystifies me. And I appreciate it. And that appreciation overflows, like a river, and floods the plains. That's what you're seeing. A reject being treated like a worthy individual, and the gratitude that that engenders. Does that make sense? Y'all should expect it.
So yeah, *grins*
I KNOW, RIGHT?!?! Bottle this up and take it to the U.N.! Lol
gives the 8_star some Stars 8 of them for being amazing.-
Yeah, topics like this go up from time to time. I know I've done it at least once.
And I love it every time I see it.
And I love it every time I see it.
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