When you commit to something, you do it wholeheartedly and do not let tangential matters interfere.
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You have elevated IGS pedantry to an art form.
With footnotes.
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You are the antithesis of a chipped earthenware mug filled with tepid bile. A chalice hewn from the frozen tears of the most elevated of angels would not be a sufficiently grand vessel to carry even the foulest of your fair fluids.
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I bow before your unchallenged sovereignty over words, O master of eloquence and conqueror of dictionaries! Please accept this humble offering of a compliment from the rest of us, to whose sentences the literary genius you so comfortably demonstrate, is amiss.
Edit: Please consider this more a friendly jab than sarcasm.
You snark well.
We donât always agree and, sometimes, can get very frustrated conversing with you. Bou make Goons more palatable than the Court of Public Opinion would have us believe.
You are also very eloquent and cogent with your arguments - a trait many others could learn - and I can almost see you brewing a âkiller questionâ that would tear down many a capsuleerâs argument. Sometimes, I must admit, I donât always see the importance or relevance of some of them - much of this is down to my own ignorance I am sure - but I do try to word my posts with âWhat would Arrendis tear apart in this?â in mind.
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Most of what you just said about Arrendis applies to you as well.
Youâve grown into quite a well-rounded person, less inclined to just take the narrative that someone else has provided for you. Now you create your own views, your own narrative, and though I donât agree with them all, I certainly respect the way that you express them.
Actually, âgrownâ might be the wrong word. I think youâve evolved. Youâve become something else while still retaining elements of yourself, and thatâs so admirable. This is something that some folks who have been here for a decade or more havenât achieved.
Iâve called you a CODE. flunky and a Chakaid flunky, and Iâm not sure how much your views have changed from those. But back then, I felt like we were trying to win over a sock puppet, with someone elseâs hand forming your mouth. Now, whatever your views may be, I get the sense that they are yours, carefully considered, carefully phrased. And you adapt to new situations as well. You allow other opinions to inform yours. You feel like a person now, not a sock puppet or meat clone. And youâre engaging to read and talk with. Itâs a pleasure to see your avatar in a topic or on the Summit router.
Welcome, Ange des Larmes. Itâs lovely to meet you.
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Iâve seen much of the cluster in my time, and Iâve had the chance to speak to many souls in my travels. Many said they were fearless, independent, not beholden to the demands of their peers. Few who say so truly meant it. You have. Time and again youâve been told what a tremendous mistake youâre making to not take the routes easily traveled. Time and again youâve taken them anyway.
Iâm so proud to be one of those mistakes youâd not be dissuaded from. When I was hurt or nervous, you made time for me even when there wasnât a reason to care about some fool clark worried about a dozen other things. And when something worked out right, you celebrated with me, righteous about the accolades I canât recall ever feeling that I deserved. And even when I was wrong and you knew it, you never called me hopeless even when I did deserve it.
So thank you, Melisma, for filling my life with meaning I wasnât sure I had. For understanding me, for supporting me, for loving me. I doubt Iâve done enough to deserve that either, but so has my life been filled with blessings I shant find means to repay. If in some measure, though, it is some small recompense for the boundless conviction you bestow, I love you with all my heart, and there is nothing in Creation I treasure more than to be called yours.
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In an otherwise pessimistic cluster, you stick hard to your policy of full-time optimism. While Iâve had my share of disagreements, and even full on heated arguments with you over it sometimes, your positive attitude has still served as a valuable contribution to the lives of myself and others on many, many occasions.
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Your probably one of the most honorable enemies Iâve fought, I donât say that lightly. I do have to give respect where itâs earned.
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You might not be the most visible of us, but I can always trust you to have our backs if something needs to move behind the lines.
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You are the best of Matari! A protector of our culture and traditions. Few have done more for the cause of our people than you, it is always an honour to fly with you.
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You have a very strong sense of what is right and what is wrong, and of what is worth standing for and what is not. I donât necessarily agree with where that inner compass leads you, but the confidence that you are able to derive from it is commendable.
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You have an innocent, uncluttered view of what people should be. If more people shared it, this would be a better cluster.
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I like your hair. And your footnotes.
Youâve gotten a lot better at understanding when people are trying to take advantage of you and making that progress really isnât easy at all. Goodness knows Iâve had my fair share of indoctrination, too.
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A beacon of sensible male fashion.
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A beacon of beacons.
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You have a way of being insightful but not overly verbose, a combination that is rare among us and certainly valuable.
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You seem really open to meeting new people and trying new things. You also seem to try and judge each person, thing, and circumstance independently of prejudices you may have. You may not always succeed, but the effort is noted.
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