Feral Heart has become a part of my life in ways I didn't expect. Much of what has been said before me, which I won't be able to repeat in the same wonderful way, I also can relate to.
Feral Heart has first and foremost been a home to me. It's strange to think about how such a small community compared to the masses of the earth can bring so many people together and weave into their lives. Feral Heart has been a childhood friend, but also a growing and (hopefully) long-lasting companion. Just as you learn about life and the world through and with a friend, I've learned a few of many things through the people I've met on the game- both good and bad, mixtures of reality and fiction, the darker things and the brightest. It hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but reflecting on how something like Feral Heart has affected you, personally, can really change your perspective on things. Seeing and hearing about how Feral Heart has affected the people around me has also, in turn, shaped my thoughts.
The entire experience of the game as well as the people I've met has always sort of intruiged me, which is one of the reasons why I think I have stayed for the length that I have. Some of the wonderful people that I've had the fortune to meet have become, in my eyes, friends- Kind people, encouraging people, similar people, dissimilar people, people I just want to be around.
In conclusion, I think I've learned a far greater deal than I intended to by entering into this game we know and love. I feel as though I have learned not only about the individual people who make the game what it is, but also life, in general- a knowledge and understanding of different people with different views and outlooks, the good and bad things about human society, how to learn to communicate and work with people who don't always share the same view as you do, and to be able to reflect on things beneath the bigger picture. In most ways, I think that it has also taught me about myself. At times you may ask yourself a question that you cannot answer, and sometimes the only way to find the answer is by deliberately not looking for it. Feral Heart has in a way been an answer I was never looking for. It's an odd concept, and one which I'm not too familiar with, but it has become one of my greatest friends.