Hey just beware that this post is just me rambling about some stuff.

Everything by everyone.

Some people seem to forget the "everyone" part of that slogan. I have seen some people gatekeep those who joined the site because FNF got popular. So what if they only found out about the site because a game got popular? They got inspired and want to be apart of a community, that's what matters. As long as they don't break any of the site's rules and don't be a total dickhead, they're welcome in my eyes.

I joined this site in 2019, back when I was 12. (Yes underaged I know, I was that kinda kid who lied about that.) I was a very immature lil shit back then, but I have gotten better as a person since then.

I joined this site because of Eddsworld, I'm not gonna deny that. I found the series on YouTube and found out it originated from here and went "Oh yeah, Newgrounds is a site that exists!" I wanted to make my own webshow, and it pretty much started out as an Eddsworld rip off. Now I still do actually want to make this show, but it has evolved from it's original concept so much that I don't even think I can call it Eddsworld inspired anymore.

But I didn't find out about Newgrounds just because of Eddsworld, I knew about it for a long time. That show just only made me remember it existed at all. I remember playing the Castle Crashers demo over and over on my PS3 when I was young. Ah, good times.

I'm not that active on Newgrounds, but I do go on here regularly if that makes any sense. That doesn't change the fact that I'm apart of this community, how active I am, when I joined, or why I joined doesn't change that. Newgrounds is a site I love deeply, it's certainly way better than the shit hole that is YouTube. This site is where I mainly post art publicly. On this site I can talk about the stuff I love, I can talk about stuff I'm working on! Community spirit is what I love about Newgrounds and It's sad to see people get mad at people finding this site again because of Friday Night Funkin, especially as someone who knows exactly what it's like to be excluded for my interests and who I am as a person.

My point it, don't fucking gatekeep who gets to be on Newgrounds or who is a "True Newgrounder"

Don't take everyone part out of Newgrounds.

Everything by Everyone.