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Oh gosh the image compression-
![Loudly crying face :sob: 😭](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62d.png)
If only I knew how much one small decision to join a random forum would impact my life. If I could have looked ahead as a kid to see myself now, surrounded by all the wonderful people I've met, with so many good memories and jokes I had collected over the years, I don't think I would have let myself believe there was a place like this online.
This forum has been with me for some of the most important years of my life. I've literally spent my whole teenage years on here, and now I'm a legal adult somehow?? I wanted to create a piece representing the journey I've been through in the form of lots of my fondest memories I've created while on here.
The picture shows me in the form of my self-OC reaching out to my past self, welcoming me to my bright future. I'm holding my silver star wand, the collectible I hunted for for over three years, only to win a version I like even more on Christmas day last year. I'm sitting on the edge of the town tree from new leaf, since that was the ac game I was playing when I joined the forums. In the dirt next to me is a lily of the valley/jacob's ladder, representing the collectible I love a lot. I managed to finally get one recently thanks to the very generous help of Roxxy <3 who I need to repay at some point. In that regard the lotv also represents all the wonderful people I've met through the forums, as it would be too difficult to include everyone in the drawing. There is also a turnip plant sign, representing the chaos that was the April fools event last year, and my personal favourite. I had so much fun laughing and being silly with everyone the whole day, I still smile looking back on it.
![Smiling face with smiling eyes :blush: 😊](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)
In the tree hollow behind me is my favourite of the April fools eggs, representing my favourite egg hunt, as well as the hunts in general, which I look forward to every year. In the forground are butterflies styled after the infamous Princess Peach mirror.
Behind me is the ISC and Moon Bunny mascot flying around together. I was on moon bunnies, and I know there was some issues, but I had so much fun chatting and competing against the wonderful ISCs, and have fond memories of the art thread where everyone was making cute art of out representatives together, as well as the thread I created in my quarters about the various activities of the space whale. There is also a UFO controlled by Zipper (because he's such as icon, whom I love to include in various event entries over the years) abducting little space babies from the space camp last year! I had so much fun on that camp.
Thank you tbt, It's been a wonderful 9 years
![Green heart :green_heart: 💚](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f49a.png)
my own art from space camp
my oc