SHOWER YOUR FRIENDS WITH LOVE AND KISSES - Compliments thread

A thread on one of the trans reddits meandered into talking about trans/nb teachers, and it made think about how much I love/appreciate/am proud of Schazer and Sunspider.

(note: I originally wrote this in third person ("they"/"she") but then decided to change it to second person ("you") at the last minute so some of the tenses may be a bit messed up)

Schazer:

• I'm really proud of you/happy for you for getting a good job as a teacher in New Zealand. You sound like they would be a really great teacher! It's really cool how much stuff it sounds like you've done for LGBTQ people at your school, and also I vaguely remember something about an indigenous studies program which is also wonderful!
  
  
• Your enthusiasm for birds and bugs is wonderful and adorable and infectious and I hope you share it with your students
  
  
• You're... really cute??? Seriously. In all the pictures I've seen of you, you NOT ONLY have impeccable taste in brightly-colored fashion (that really matches well with your interests in birds and bugs usually) but also a heartwarming smile and I think I might be a little gay for you.
  

Sunspider:

• It sounds like you don't do this anymore or maybe it was just a one-time thing, but you talked before about teaching middle-school kids about game design and narratives and different ways of telling stories. That's really cool and I wish I had been taught that in middle school! Your general interest in storytelling is really good, and I super enjoy the conversations had on discord about it.
  
  
• Speaking of game design, you're super talented. You're a great writer and a great artist and a great musician, and even if you deny your skills at programming, there's no denying that you gets more done in that aspect than I ever do. It's super impressive.
  
  
• I really look up to you, and I think a lot of other people do. It amazes me how much care you pour into this community. I sometimes think of you as a kind of server-wide mentor and mom. Your advice, whether artistic or personal, is always helpful and appreciated.
  
  
• More specifically, I really appreciate all you've done for me this past year, as I've struggled with gender identity issues and such. You've been so, so helpful, and so kind, even and especially when I felt I didn't deserve it, even when I said some kind of nasty things because of how upset I was. I cannot thank you enough.