I've officially been in the fandom 15 years today..! Wow, that's a long time!!

Way back in 2009 I joined after a few friends over at  Kiteless 's DragonSpot forums convinced me to do so (I think the forums were closing or something??) The gang being  TalonBlaze  NiteDragon  AlexDragon  TastySnack100 and  Baako sorry if I'm forgetting anyone!

"But Sprout, it says your account was made back in 2006!" Ah-ha! Actually my first account on this site was  Sprout_the_Drakeling but back then on this site there was a system to reclaim accounts that hadn't had any activity, so since this account was empty with no posts I put in a ticket in June of 2013 to get the name! (Shortly after I did so they took that ticket option away though... oops!)

But yeah, thinking back, it's been quite a journey. Hard to believe it's been that long! A lot of amazing things have happened along the way, including me and  NecroDrone13 being together for almost two years now. <3 Love you baby! I also owe a lot to me learning how to draw thanks to the encouragement from this site and it's community. So thanks!!

Speaking of, I've made some really close friends thanks to this site, and although my activity here has dwindled over the years it's still a place I enjoy coming back to reguarly. The community is so friendly and talented and it's becoming harder and harder to have a portal for everyone to come to and share things and comment to each other... social media sites and Discord servers just aren't the same vibe.

Anyway, I thought it'd be cool to make a journal and be sentimental on here for a bit. Thanks so much for supporting me and my art over all these years. I think I'm officially a grey muzzle furry now... or maybe an ancient wyrm... yeah that sounds much cooler. I'll still be posting art here and there, so see you around!

And Happy Halloween! Go be a treat for someone :)