My Farewell. Thanks for everything, but I have to go · 5:00pm Dec 31st, 2019
Dear Princess Twilight:
Nothing lasts forever. There is no drastic reason for this. Simply, I think my duty here is done, I planned out to be this way since my first word was written back then in September 2015. Meanwhile, the interest of the people has been also decreasing, so I've reached a point where I got stuck. Neither I wanted to write, nor was there any demand for it to do so. Both things are normal: it has been 3 years of ups and downs, and throughout that time I've spoken, even more than once, about almost everything that obsesses me about ponies and fiction. When I started, I wanted to share my ideas with everybody else. It seemed the ideal option to express my "important" opinions. Today, I don't have time to write or to think about new ideas. As I've got through all thespent hours and though visions fill my mind of the awesomeness I've had here, for better or for worse, I've realized and accepted that I was just another face in the crowd. Perhaps a more notorious one, perhaps a less notorious one, but one more face overall.
Of course, because in good and bad times this blessed site has been a key thing for me. Through it and what it has generated I have matured, I have learned, I have come to know myself better, I have refined my style, my criteria and my critical eye, has helped to specify the parameters that make up the fiction that I like, and most importantly, directly or indirectly, it has helped me to meet splendid people who make my life happy every day. This blog, in short, has contributed considerably to becoming the person I am now, and I think it's a good sign that I feel embarrassed when I remember my first steps.
That's why I won't erase it. I'll go, turn off the lights and lock, but the blog will remain here for those who want to visit it again and for the reasonably valid stories that have seen the light over these years, which are the ones I have kept. I may come back one day and I may write another story, but for now all good things must end. One way or another, my duty's done.
Choose life, choose things are different now. Choose that people are obsessed with social media and when they're hurt they use it to hurt you back, choose your friends may move on faster than you, but with you it might just need more time, choose assholes been in a position of power when others would suit it better, choose that you can't control it, choose reflecting on a life that wasn't so complicated but now is, choose wanting to make a difference in the world but knowing it's too big to make a mark, choose to not worry so much, choose to put the attentions to the ones you love, choose to see you can grow up, choose that times passes, choose that you need to stop worrying and take a deep breath, choose that life can have pain but can have happiness, choose that life doesn't always go your way but to choose to fight anyway, choose to keep going, choose to find yourself again, choose to enjoy the small moments when the hard moments seem so big, choose to never forget that innocence and optimism you had when you were younger, choose you'll get older, choose that you might not run as fast as you did but now your wisdom runs faster, choose to just keep going, choose to trust in fate and things can get better and most of all, choose to love yourself no matter what lies ahead. Choose your future. Choose life.
It’s difficult to write this letter to you after so many years of leading me and many others on a path of empathy and friendship. Our time together has come to an end, but I want you to know that the memories we create together will stay with me forever and will accompany us in our hearts. Thank you for realizing that we’re better than we think. It’s hard to say goodbye, but it must be done, because even good things must come to an end. I’m not sad, because it comforts me to know that at any moment, I can look at the past and relive all those lessons you taught me. As I write this last post, I remember all the memories I made while following you on your adventures since you were that scared little girl with no friends until we met all those amazing people: Rarity’s generosity, Rainbow Dash’s loyalty, Applejack’s honesty, Fluttershy’s kindness and the countless laughs Pinkie Pie caused us. Thank you for teaching me that second chances exist and that people can change for good, that we can all redeem ourselves with a little friendship no matter how difficult it seems. No matter the years that pass, I’ll never forget the lessons I learned with you and your friends, the adventures we lived together and the friends I made along the way thanks to your guide. That’s why I want to share with you and the world the last lesson of friendship that I learned: it’s okay to accept the purpose of things. That everything from the happiest moments to the saddest moments will eventually end and that, to feel full, you must learn to let go, continue with your life, carrying all those memories that make you who you are so that they’re the light that guides you in your new ways. I say goodbye to you for the last time, thanking you for everything you have done for me.
Finally, I want to give a special message to the following people: Vanilla Mocha, Night_Shadow12, Silver Malice, Sparkletop Rainbows, Elec (RNBW), Opium4TmassS, Frosted_Shard, TwilightMoon, Cookie Crumbles, Tide Hunter, twilightsparkle3562, VTek44, Quillamore, Godzillawolf, Jesse Coffey, MrDerpface, MetaLord395 and Moviemaster8510.
Thank you very much for accompanying me during all this time. In any story that you have read, have helped me write or simply giving you a like, you were the true protagonists of this story, because you were always those with whom I could count for any event that could happen and who motivated me to follow ahead despite the difficulties. Regardless if you have known me for a day or 3 years, if you'll continue here for years to come or you're already gone and won't read this, I send you many greetings, for those of us who are far apart, for all the good and bad moments that we had to live, and to all with whom I am having a great time, thank you for being here and for being who you are. Nothing else. Thank you all, from the heart, for all these unforgettable years.
It’s time to let go, say goodbye and continue each one on our own paths. Maybe we'll see each other again someday, the possibility will always be there. But for now, may we meet again, in a better life. This is not a goodbye forever, it is only a goodbye until next time I log in. See you soon.
Sign, with love, your most faithful student.
We may not be very well acquainted, (though I have seen a few of your previous blogs in passing), but I'm certainly happy to hear that, even if you are leaving, it's on the best of terms.
Good luck with your future endeavors, wherever they may take you!
-AP
It is always with a heavy heart when I have to say goodbye to a good friend. I have always enjoyed my time hear with my friends and I am proud to count you as well. I know their are good things in store for you and I wish nothing but the best for you in your travels through life. I hope one day to see you again and know of what you have gained in it all. Till then farewell and always be well.
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I wish the best for you, no matter where you are, you'll always be my friend in my heart. Thanks for all the good and bad moments we shared together, may we meet again, in a better life.
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Good luck to you too. Take care.
Goodbye dude. It was nice knowing you. May we meet again soon.