The Capacity for Self-Improvement · 12:35pm Apr 16th, 2017
Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday to me,
Hap-py birth-day, Mo-ri-ar-ty...
Happy birthday to me.
Tinker by Chris Rahn
Hey, guys. You'll, uh, have to bear with me for a moment. I've... taken a few tumbles recently, and I needed to make some repairs.
insert generic sounds of screeching metal
I've been meaning to make some changes around here for a while now. I'd like to think that's sort of an automatic impulse, as a writer. This constant drive, the need, the desire to become better than we currently are. It can be one hell of a motivator. It can also be very, very scary and make you feel totally guilty about just not pushing yourself that hard on a particular day.
There's no actual obligation to make these changes, of course. Creative stagnancy is such a non-issue for us that we're currently complaining about the show breaking long-established format to open the season in a different way, and bemoaning the staff's attempt to shift show focus to characters we haven't already developed to death. I don't even have any total super-bestie-best-friends whispering in my ear that I should definitely try to make a huge leap forward in skill. It's all me.
Of course, it's probably better if it's me deciding to do this. Most of my best stuff has all been my choice. Hell, I got into the Royal Canterlot Library with a fic written entirely on a whim. No suggestions from friends, no workshopping it, just going for the gut feeling and throwing it all out there.
So, with that said... I'm sorry.
I am so sorry. For anything I ever did to hurt you. Any of you. All of you. Yes, even you. Even the things that all my friends said I was justified in saying to you, I'm sorry for that too. And I'm sorry for always being so angry. Sorry for treating so many people so callously. Sorry for literally being the kind of person that gets directly compared to an undead wizard-king whose presence is a constant nail-grinding weight on the minds of all those present. Sorry, in short, for being a dumb little brat who wouldn't shut up about his own self-righteous garbage.
I'm gonna try to mellow out. I mean, if you're the sort of person I'm actually apologizing to, you know I don't really do mellow, but I'll be trying.
People still try, right? It's still cool and hip to put effort into what we do, yeah? I hope so.
Happy birthday, and best of luck with the out-mellowing.
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Happy birthday!
hap birt
van canto bes :D
I know, right? People that complain they don't want the show to go the way of Spongbob or the Simpsons and just end before it 'gets bad' seem to be the same ones complaining the loudest about the stuff the show does to ensure that does not become the case.
Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday, and Happy Easter King!
Many happy returns and best of luck on your plans. May they always favour you.
Happy Birthday you *********** ************ **************!!!
Happy birthday. Is that Urza at the top?
Happy Birthday and all the best for the future!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday, and I wish you the best of luck on your future plans.
Happy birthday mate!
happy nearly belated birthday man
I don't know about all that apology stuff, but happy birthday!
4498459 It's Tezzeret, actually. Urza never really went down the cyborg path, and didn't do dreads.
Now, as for you and everyone else, I'd like to thank you all for the well-wishes. Intensely appreciated, and I hope you're all as excited as I am for what comes next.
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Self-actualization?
4499347 Breakfast, actually.
4499348 Post-epiphany pancakes or waffles?
Happy belated!
Happy belated birthday, and may God go with you
No apologizes needed long as you don't smother your fire.
Happy Belated Birthsday!
Happy birthday!