While I am almost positive it's been done before, perhaps even in news article form, I'd like to thank $lolly, $Moonbeam13, $realitysquared and the rest of the AR team and staff for their efforts recently on behalf of all the deviants who've waited this thing out and sincerely appreciate the effort and patience that has gone into the recent MC fiasco. (If I am ever an MC, that's gonna be my name. MC Fiasco.)

Rather than add to the massive amount of notes, e-mails, and comments on the matter that range from sympathetic to shooting your brain out your ear, I think a short and sweet news article that everyone can comment on and have a say in is more appropriate. I don't care if the rejections outdo the favs, what I feel needs to be said will be said.

Not only have they fixed to sort this thing out and taken the time to explain it again and again, but they've been patient with those of us who acted out and shot e-bullets when realizing they might not be seeing a nipple or two. This whole thing turned into something far bigger than it needed to be, and we owe it to them for doing their best to keep the community calm.

While I can't say too many flowery-phrased expressions of gratitude, should this get TL;DR, I'd like to finish by simply saying that, as a simple =deviant who seldom steps into the community, I speak for all of us in thanks. I'm not a poet or a motivational speaker (and if I tried to be, dA would go into maintenance mode until I shut up ), but I am true-to-heart.

Here's to you guys for keeping the community afloat through hell and high clown content! </corny>