The Syndicate

I don’t half a memory on this site that’s more fun than my interactions with TH in Epi’s amazing Arkham game. To tell it in short - we each thought the other was claiming the same role (based on the meme use of the phrase Why do we fall? throughout the thread) and so trusted each other almost fully. Then I had some sort of epiphany and deduced they had spent the whole game manipulating me, that they were playing a masterful baddie game and had me doing their bidding (yeah of course that was my reaction to the consequences of my own misguided instincts!). Nobody else bought it and we eventually made up. I couldn’t stop laughing! Neither of us had ever really claimed that role, and TH was not manipulating me but they sure were confused by me.

That silly anecdote just as a reminder of how much fun has been had here, and I would think in most people’s experience, how integral TH always was to it.

You always want to say the nicest things when somebody passes. When it comes to TH I couldn’t mean this more than I do: they carried some of the best vibes of anyone I’ve met online. They were hilarious, and kind, and empathetic. They were a reassuring presence that never acted in bad faith but took everything with good humor.

I don’t feel like I’m personally less for their passing, not at all, I feel enriched and happy to have coincided every time we talked over the last 12 or so years (since we were kids). I wish it had been more, but at any rate, it was always a positive contribution.
The world is less, though. That’s just impossible to dispute. What they gave to us they gave in active waking life and it will always be missing now. Rest in peace my friend.