The Introduction Thread

[Róisín]

Esko, glad to see you back. I remember you from the early days, though don’t know if I was commenting by the time you disappeared, or still lurking. In either case, glad you are back!

[Esko Oksanen]

@Keep Looking
Thank you! It's mostly based off of the Mutant Year Zero RPG with some light modifications for simplicity/theme, but the goal is to make it super accessible for anyone with six-sided dice. Anyway enough about that nerd stuff, how are ya?

@Roisin
Hello! Don't recall seeing you prior to my disappearance but it's honestly heartwarming to know a lot of older members are still around How are ya and is there anything major I missed?

[Róisín]

Lots of story, a few upsets and disagreements in the comments, but mostly good company and fascinating discussions. The Forum has probably grown a lot since you were last here. And you have missed a lot of amazing fanfic and fanart. And don’t know if things like the Yule gift exchanges of fanworks, or the Advent Calendar, were about when you were. You will find many of these things in the ‘Forum Memories’ thread.  A whole new lot of good things to explore. And some of the even older fans, like Sunflower, are still about, folk who have been here since the very beginning. I arrived partway through ‘A Redtail’s Dream’, but didn’t figure out how commenting worked until early 2015.
Glad to see you again!

[Keep Looking]

I'm good, thank you! One other thing you may have missed (I don't really know what happened back when you were last around) is that people write poetry in the comments for each page. And I - uh - I'm one of those people! Haven't been quite as active lately because of studying and all that stuff, but I do enjoy it.

[Alkia]

Welcome back Esko!! You probably don't know me, I'm also kind of new (hello!). Also, there's a whole board of SSSS role-play stuff in the Forum now, don't know if that was there years ago or not or if its just much bigger (although you've probably already seen that )? Anyway, a tabletop SSSS rpg sounds really fun!! please, tell tell when it's done, I think my friends would love doing that too

[wavewright62]

Hello again Esko!  I am also a fairly long-time member of the fandom, but I think I slid in right about the time you slid out.  Róisín and Keep Looking are correct, the poetry and artworks are still going strong.  In addition to those, a lot of day-to-day stuff happens in the Discord server, many of those folks are gamers.
I don't know if you've checked out some of the innovations such as Minna's Twitch art-streaming sessions (under the name Hummingfluff), or her side project, City of Hunger.  The latter should especially interest you, as she's teaching herself game coding by developing an AU set on an ice planet. http://www.hummingfluff.com/

[Mebediel]

A very belated welcome to Fluffyfinance and a welcome back to Esko!

[Lueley]

Hi everyone, I'm Lueley 😁.

I've been reading SSSS since 2015 (when Emil met the dog/rescued Kitty!) but I only ever lurked until last month I decided to upload some of my writing to AO3 (about to finish my first ever fanfiction today 😅- I'm editing the final chapter right now). I read a couple webcomics but SSSS has been the crowning favourite for five years and I doubt that's ever going to change!

I live in the UK; my hobbies are writing, adventuring, trying out crazy food, and linguistics. I have a crazy dog called Rudy who will definitely not survive the apocalypse but I love him anyway.

Feels great to finally be getting involved in the awesome community!

[Keep Looking]

I thought your name looked familiar - I've been reading your fic, and I really like it! Anyway, welcome!

[Róisín]

Lueley, hello and welcome! Another writer is always doubly welcome.

[RanVor]

Welcome to the forum, Lueley!

[Alkia]

Hello and welcome Lueley!! Great to have a new/old Minnion in this forum

[Mebediel]

Welcome, Lueley!! Glad you're here

[Kyara]

Hello, I am Kyara.

Some may have already seen me through my attempts to post on Disqus, more or less successfulyl.
I discovered Minna's works via A Redtail's Dream (which was my Christmas gift) then I followed up with the first two volumes of SSSS before reading in two days all the chapters available.

Suffice to say that I loved it, then to the rhythm of Minna's publications, I read a little more and participated on Disqus conversations. The community seemed so kind that I decided to join the forum and .... Tadaaa?

What more can be said ? MMh ... I am 25 years old, I am French, currently a biotech doctoral student. I try to find a little time in the evenings to draw and get into digital drawing. I particularly like the color palettes of Minna and at the moment I am a bit of a copycat, the time to find my style. I also write my own novel and paint. Mmh. I like sweets.

I hope to get to know you, even if I have already had the pleasure of discovering you via Fanfics and poems posted to the discussion threads and on AO3. Please, keep it up, your work are trully amazing and stunning and wow. I love to read them !

I am sorry for my bad English but I hope chatting with you will help me to improve. Looking forward to enjoy time with you guys.

[Alkia]

Kyara, Welcome!! Nice to have you on the forum, I've loved your fan art for SSSS so far