What Zelda Universe means to us all..

I probably can't say much about it since I've only been here less than a month, but I already feel a connection of sorts growing and becoming firm. I'm one of those guys that you could call awkward and nerdy and as everybody knows, the computer seems to be a sort of a refuge from the world of social caste. I'm normally very nervous around people and can't seem to ever have a good time because I'm wondering what people think of me, usually just my appearence. But ZU enables me to meet people from every corner of the world and interact with them in friendly discussions and conversations. And it has already become the home I refused to acknowledge all my life.

The place also gives me a palce to share my opinions and thoughts, even if people ignore it. I know it's out there, to say to least. And people can also take me seriously. I'm thirteen and I have many experiences where nobody would take my values simply because I was too young and generally by default, immature and rash. And that also is another finer point of ZU. Most people here are generally mature and would like to converse in civilized and informative manner. But forget the n00bs. Most people my age are thinking about girls and how they would like bang them and such. But you guys actually talk about stuff worth responding to.

Originally Posted by bloodsword

That was truly touching, e_alert. Really. I feel the same way, although I would never be able to describe it through words, in just one post.

hehe, thanks. i didnt really believe i could do it either, but i dont get perfect english marks for nothing you know . besides that, i just let it all flow out, i didnt actually know what i wrote until i posted it and read back on it. but thanks again.

Originally Posted by DekuQueen

1.) Stay up till sunrise reading all of the latest Zelda information.

ohh.. the memories. i have done that too much :-p

10.) And also meet those special ones . . . that you just fall in love with. (three guesses who)

if you had any idea how i felt when i read that, youd probably kill yourself so that you'd die happy. i could rant on and on and on about people i have met here and love, but none moreso than Fianna. The reason i didnt mention love's - and still refuse to discuss in this thread - was because i knew i would rant endlessly and go offtopic. For me, talking about love is for another time, and another thread. but i assure you it means a lot to me.

and hah, it is good to see many people, even newbs, who are becoming or have become attatched to ZU. it really is awesome.

When I first came to ZU, I joined merely so I could comment on the main site and post my fan fiction - I was desperate, having no other place to do so, since my parents had (with GOOD reason) banned me from Fanfiction.net. I was initially wary of the forum. But then, after seeing the avatars of ZeldaRomance, I came back to the ZU Forums with the sole intention of picking out a very nice avatar for myself. It was then I began, albeit cautiously, to post. It then dawned on me that I could post my fan work on the forums and perchance get more replies than on the main site. And so, I started a thread, and have continued to post here ever since.

To paraphrase something I once heard, I find it difficult to kick the ZU habit. This site has quickly become an addiction. I suppose my love for the forum devoloped for reasons similiar to those imparted by Frost Guardian: beyond the computer, the sphere of my existence is quite small. I'm miserably shy: I have no skills in initiating conversations, holding conversations, and interacting with people. But I so desperately want to share my thoughts and ideas and opinions with others. ZU gives me a place to do just that. It's also nice to be surrounded by people whom you have at least one thing in common with. And I love the light, open atmosphere: it doesn't frighten me, like so many other places on the web do.

The Zelda Universe Forums mean quite a bit to me. All hail ZU!