First of all, WHAT?!?! CLOSING??? Since when 
gosh I love this place. Where will forums be moved to? (Edit: I’ve been gone a couple weeks and I just saw it)
And your message is so so sweet! I’ve loved reviewing stories here and being witness to authors creating their first story. It’s so motivating for me, too. You’re so kind and creative, and I wish us all the best!! 
Me too Jem, I’ll miss you so much! This new is honestly shocking to me; to be honest, I don’t know whether I’m motivated enough to keep my background threads, and my knowledge of Episode is so scattered at this point! There’s something about the format of the forums and even the colours of the page; Discord seems so different in even its vibes. While I do have Discord, I don’t know how much of that community energy will remain. And I’m so grateful to you for your energy around the last few years!
Thank you Toasty, tbh I only joined Episode because I was suffering mentally and needed something fun? in my life. I’m at a much better place now but I had no idea about all the wonderful people I would meet, like you. I appreciate you and your backgrounds and overlays, they are fantastic 
Discord is definitely different! I think it’ll take me some time to get used to it haha. I’m trying to save as much of my posts as I can but it’s killing me lol 
I’m not crying, you are🥲
We can cry together 
These Forums were quite the experience. I have benefitted times and times again from previous authors on my way to writing! I got to meet so many nice people and see so many different viewpoints!
I’m sure they don’t know or realize nearly as much, but I got to learn from the greats, such as @Dara.Amarie , @ColeCatalyst , and @jar_output_error .
I got to talk to and support many others, most notably: @r.lewis_writes , @kikiwrites , @eyeballs , @Tabiso.stories , @KikiMoon , @Kennedyx , @MissHaze .
I even got to run my very own commission thread beginning in January!
It was such fun! Here, I got to help amazing people (which I cannot mention because apparently, there’s a limit ). They, in turn, helped me develop my coding skills and create awesome art!
But you have all kept me company and made sure I won’t forget the Forums anytime sure. All my time spent here was worth it because of you. I will miss you all!
I’ll miss this more than you can imagine 
It was a great feeling to help people with Episode things.
But as my dad always said - all good someday will end wherever you like it or not. Changes aren’t escapable.
🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
I’m going to miss you all on here too! The forums have been such an amazing experience for me and I’ve learned so much on here and I continue to learn so much on here everyday…which really breaks my heart.
I’ve met so many wonderful members of the episode community here and I’m really going to miss interacting with you all on such a great platform and resource.
The forums will forever be greatly missed… I’m not sure I’ll ever really get over it… but I guess that’s the harshness that is life sometimes
Man we had a great run! 🫶🏽
I’ll miss you too!
I remember getting an art piece from you! You had an incredible free art thread and so much kindness and skill to share. I appreciate you so so much.
Thank you for your kind words!🩶🩶🩶
I have discord, but I’m not really a fan of it. And I moved my requests to Instagram, as I’m active there. : )