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Posting this under Community Projects > Thanksgiving because this is a tribute to the most precious community project ever seen on deviantart - and I'm here to give my thanks So lo and behold
In response to the closure journal of HeartShrineVillage
In this end of an era, I believe it's a beautiful time appropriate for speaking one's heart out - as the stars have aligned just right. So here we go

The stars are all lanterns, in actuality For every heartshriner out there - may the lanterns shine. We all made them shine - lighted them up and sent into the fresh night air, each in their own time, fashion and intention - those may have collided grandly at times, but in the great design of things, it was always done for the love - however each of us understood the concept and tried to share that understanding.

I was questioning myself what to draw that could fully embody the spirit of HSV in these parting moments. Wondered whether there should be teams and teammates, clans and couples - it feels somewhat weird when you get older than your very own OC (supposed to be all mature and level-headed) and yet feel back again like a 17-year-old, still on quest for the wisdom of the ages, its calm and omniscience
So in the end, it's Joshua with Momo here, lighting their own lantern; the former battle priest and the human embodiment of the Heart Stone , the parent and the child, the past and the future.

Here I'd like to thank everybody who's been with me on this incredible journey ever since 2012 Everyone who supported me with comments and faves, elicited new ideas, helped ignite more lanterns and fires and candles that guided through the darkness - to all of you, my heartfelt thanks

Two songs to add to the equation: on kinship and believing in a dream (ESPECIALLY this one, yes please)

HSV was a project of great learning value, for me. I could never really RP seriously like most of us did, like the very environs of HSV were prompting us to do - yet I was forever enchanted with the designs and structures behind the scenes: the organization of items , the outlooks, - and world-bending on top of all that.

World-bending was and forever stays my personal favourite of HSV activites, the few I actually partook in of the plethora that was offered by the heroic admin team throughout the years

Despite our motto, I do regret that the Kansei clan never came to be Here's to the memory of the crazy idea and its side-stories

This is also where I ironically discover the reason Tenshin fell for Yukari Yoshida , the one I thought was literally a non-existent type of crack - well, it was NOT, apparently Always hyped for moar of HSV-ancestors shenanigans, come to think of it, even after all these years

All of my Heart Shrine Village arts & shenanigans

And now the long-desired time to get shamelessly personal in a perfectly public place To shower folks with love I may have withheld in the past due to my own hesitations and fears and whatnots - something that you've showed me through the years how to fight and overcome with your own examples. Here be my gratitude.

iLupinus - Lupi, wherever you are now, please know, always know just how much I admire you. Your resilience and poise, your wisdom and tenacity, cold head and the warmest heart. And know how much I root for you - whatever you may be engaging in. I hope you become a professor at MIT. Or Berkeley's. Or Harward. Anywhere you'd like to - I hope you prosper in any field of knowledge, actually, be it nanomedicine, cryptosafety or eliminating the frustrating peculiarities of time-space totality.
And may be one day I can hear you talk live, and we would sing olde Kansei carols of yore with those voices of ours, like time totally will have created a loop for us to catch up on the whole world, the plethora of parallel worlds - I hope we find each other throughout all of them.

Forward-Darkly - Lexxy, whenever you may read this - I hope if/when we are reincarnated, we can be siblings or cousins at the very minimum, as you're my precious soul sister, the captain of the ship my heart sailed (all the ships, actually), and the greatest lore master among all masters. I hope we meet again - in this life or the next - so I can talk to you for all the times we couldn't talk here, caught up with real lives separated by oceans and miles and whatnots - or maybe worldbend some worlds of our own, together. And roam all the roads ahead of us, and sail all the seas, oceans and space oceans too.

Machina-Su - Su, honeybun, I'm so happy you've been with us on this crazy HSV ride That you decided to join and blessed us with the force of your emotion and artistic skills. Your HSV-arts are my favourite in terms of the truest heartshriner's spirit - most raw and dangerous in its unreleased powers, pink ninjas we may be, but NINJAS we are, always. I hope you have a publishing house of your own, a line of magazines and web-zines and an illustrators' school to share the awesomesauce and the rawness of the heart's powers. Because you're epic as that.

Shikafy - Shika, would you believe it, but your voice is one of my fondest HSV memories I wish I could hear your voice again, someday. Listen to the audio books narrated by you - an entire library of those, whatever subject they may feature. I hope you become the Supreme Judge of the Galaxy and read the verdicts for all the planetary systems to hear and obey. I also hope you are happy in whatever path you're following - and may there always be joy ahead of all your ways, joy and camaraderie and a deeper sense of kinship.

Through all these years I was secretly shipping Josh/Ubume to hell and beyond (them as adults, you pervs out there: a seasoned warrior Ubume returning back to the shrines and meeting a no less seasoned battle priest there - this scene always brought such serenity to my heart ) Pack69Alpha guessed it the moment I posed the mystery question , shrewd as she is, but I couldn't really admit it publicly - now I guess is a perfectly fitting time to do so - at first it would've caused even moar drama to that already surrounding Joshee and his turbulent love life, and after Ubume's leave that was kind of a bittersweet memory neither me nor Joshee could quite let go of - you, and your characters - are just so precious. I'm so happy our paths crossed in this life

BayneezOne - Bay, your art skills and the truest love you put in them are greater than we ever deserved to witness, and your humbleness and kindest heart are a shining beacon to all wandering the darkness. I hope you draw always, no matter what you may be engaged into irl. I hope you have a manga of your own - be its main characters Yoshidas, or space nagas, or even Baytman herself - the world needs the joy and the resilience you always manage to convey through your art, the incredible light and faith and passion for all things creative, constructive and heart-warming.
I hope you maybe teach your method (not just of art, but of the joy) world-wide, or establish your own clothes line, or weapons line - or roam the ocean and swim with whales, either way become a head of a huge corporation and have the main office building designed to resemble a huge golden duck for the lulz of it. Thank you for the everlasting joy of your art

SerenEvy - at first I guess I was too young and raw to fully embrace the meaning of Momo for HSV - guess I understand it better, of now. None of the above could've happened without your designing Momo. As is none of the above could even exist without your idea that gradually took form and volume and meaning and space and involved all of us. And I cannot stress enough how much I love the fact that HSV has been a groundbreaking educational project together with its other missions - how in the bestest of Rock Lee's fashion the members overcame their old selves and became better at what they did - so gradually and casually yet so visible and important at the peak of their paths!

I hope, in fact, you could create something like HSV irl - a haven and a sanctuary, yes, open for creativity and inspiration (and silliness that actually is the magical engine that made POSSIBLE so many concepts! ) yet with an educational value also - not just about learning something, but of learning how to become a better self. Better through creation, facilitation and inspiration. I know this doesn't sound like an easy road - but of all people, I know YOU could shoulder it. For me, you're that proverbial being the change you wish to see in the world - and so you shaped the world around you. Thank you for being the example of how to. May your light shine especially bright and proud, always.

Description
Posting this under Community Projects > Thanksgiving because this is a tribute to the most precious community project ever seen on deviantart - and I'm here to give my thanks So lo and behold
In response to the closure journal of HeartShrineVillage
In this end of an era, I believe it's a beautiful time appropriate for speaking one's heart out - as the stars have aligned just right. So here we go

The stars are all lanterns, in actuality For every heartshriner out there - may the lanterns shine. We all made them shine - lighted them up and sent into the fresh night air, each in their own time, fashion and intention - those may have collided grandly at times, but in the great design of things, it was always done for the love - however each of us understood the concept and tried to share that understanding.

I was questioning myself what to draw that could fully embody the spirit of HSV in these parting moments. Wondered whether there should be teams and teammates, clans and couples - it feels somewhat weird when you get older than your very own OC (supposed to be all mature and level-headed) and yet feel back again like a 17-year-old, still on quest for the wisdom of the ages, its calm and omniscience
So in the end, it's Joshua with Momo here, lighting their own lantern; the former battle priest and the human embodiment of the Heart Stone , the parent and the child, the past and the future.

Here I'd like to thank everybody who's been with me on this incredible journey ever since 2012 Everyone who supported me with comments and faves, elicited new ideas, helped ignite more lanterns and fires and candles that guided through the darkness - to all of you, my heartfelt thanks

Two songs to add to the equation: on kinship and believing in a dream (ESPECIALLY this one, yes please)

HSV was a project of great learning value, for me. I could never really RP seriously like most of us did, like the very environs of HSV were prompting us to do - yet I was forever enchanted with the designs and structures behind the scenes: the organization of items , the outlooks, - and world-bending on top of all that.

World-bending was and forever stays my personal favourite of HSV activites, the few I actually partook in of the plethora that was offered by the heroic admin team throughout the years

Despite our motto, I do regret that the Kansei clan never came to be Here's to the memory of the crazy idea and its side-stories

This is also where I ironically discover the reason Tenshin fell for Yukari Yoshida , the one I thought was literally a non-existent type of crack - well, it was NOT, apparently Always hyped for moar of HSV-ancestors shenanigans, come to think of it, even after all these years

All of my Heart Shrine Village arts & shenanigans

And now the long-desired time to get shamelessly personal in a perfectly public place To shower folks with love I may have withheld in the past due to my own hesitations and fears and whatnots - something that you've showed me through the years how to fight and overcome with your own examples. Here be my gratitude.

iLupinus - Lupi, wherever you are now, please know, always know just how much I admire you. Your resilience and poise, your wisdom and tenacity, cold head and the warmest heart. And know how much I root for you - whatever you may be engaging in. I hope you become a professor at MIT. Or Berkeley's. Or Harward. Anywhere you'd like to - I hope you prosper in any field of knowledge, actually, be it nanomedicine, cryptosafety or eliminating the frustrating peculiarities of time-space totality.
And may be one day I can hear you talk live, and we would sing olde Kansei carols of yore with those voices of ours, like time totally will have created a loop for us to catch up on the whole world, the plethora of parallel worlds - I hope we find each other throughout all of them.

Forward-Darkly - Lexxy, whenever you may read this - I hope if/when we are reincarnated, we can be siblings or cousins at the very minimum, as you're my precious soul sister, the captain of the ship my heart sailed (all the ships, actually), and the greatest lore master among all masters. I hope we meet again - in this life or the next - so I can talk to you for all the times we couldn't talk here, caught up with real lives separated by oceans and miles and whatnots - or maybe worldbend some worlds of our own, together. And roam all the roads ahead of us, and sail all the seas, oceans and space oceans too.

Machina-Su - Su, honeybun, I'm so happy you've been with us on this crazy HSV ride That you decided to join and blessed us with the force of your emotion and artistic skills. Your HSV-arts are my favourite in terms of the truest heartshriner's spirit - most raw and dangerous in its unreleased powers, pink ninjas we may be, but NINJAS we are, always. I hope you have a publishing house of your own, a line of magazines and web-zines and an illustrators' school to share the awesomesauce and the rawness of the heart's powers. Because you're epic as that.

Shikafy - Shika, would you believe it, but your voice is one of my fondest HSV memories I wish I could hear your voice again, someday. Listen to the audio books narrated by you - an entire library of those, whatever subject they may feature. I hope you become the Supreme Judge of the Galaxy and read the verdicts for all the planetary systems to hear and obey. I also hope you are happy in whatever path you're following - and may there always be joy ahead of all your ways, joy and camaraderie and a deeper sense of kinship.

Through all these years I was secretly shipping Josh/Ubume to hell and beyond (them as adults, you pervs out there: a seasoned warrior Ubume returning back to the shrines and meeting a no less seasoned battle priest there - this scene always brought such serenity to my heart ) Pack69Alpha guessed it the moment I posed the mystery question , shrewd as she is, but I couldn't really admit it publicly - now I guess is a perfectly fitting time to do so - at first it would've caused even moar drama to that already surrounding Joshee and his turbulent love life, and after Ubume's leave that was kind of a bittersweet memory neither me nor Joshee could quite let go of - you, and your characters - are just so precious. I'm so happy our paths crossed in this life

BayneezOne - Bay, your art skills and the truest love you put in them are greater than we ever deserved to witness, and your humbleness and kindest heart are a shining beacon to all wandering the darkness. I hope you draw always, no matter what you may be engaged into irl. I hope you have a manga of your own - be its main characters Yoshidas, or space nagas, or even Baytman herself - the world needs the joy and the resilience you always manage to convey through your art, the incredible light and faith and passion for all things creative, constructive and heart-warming.
I hope you maybe teach your method (not just of art, but of the joy) world-wide, or establish your own clothes line, or weapons line - or roam the ocean and swim with whales, either way become a head of a huge corporation and have the main office building designed to resemble a huge golden duck for the lulz of it. Thank you for the everlasting joy of your art

SerenEvy - at first I guess I was too young and raw to fully embrace the meaning of Momo for HSV - guess I understand it better, of now. None of the above could've happened without your designing Momo. As is none of the above could even exist without your idea that gradually took form and volume and meaning and space and involved all of us. And I cannot stress enough how much I love the fact that HSV has been a groundbreaking educational project together with its other missions - how in the bestest of Rock Lee's fashion the members overcame their old selves and became better at what they did - so gradually and casually yet so visible and important at the peak of their paths!

I hope, in fact, you could create something like HSV irl - a haven and a sanctuary, yes, open for creativity and inspiration (and silliness that actually is the magical engine that made POSSIBLE so many concepts! ) yet with an educational value also - not just about learning something, but of learning how to become a better self. Better through creation, facilitation and inspiration. I know this doesn't sound like an easy road - but of all people, I know YOU could shoulder it. For me, you're that proverbial being the change you wish to see in the world - and so you shaped the world around you. Thank you for being the example of how to. May your light shine especially bright and proud, always.