idk about u but tom is feelin 22

tada it is the one, the only, the legend, the dork, tom's 22nd birthday! after a number of delays including but not limited to my lazy ass, my surprisingly busy schedule, the failure of tom to give me a good time to post his thing, and no fewer than three late submissions, here is a birthday thread for the birthday boy! (at least it's still his birthday in our timezone lmao)

but without further ado, let's share some glorious submissions that i have gathered to celebrate this absolute unit's birthday, why don't we?

-kaplan

- cameo

i want to but i'm gay - elegant (valid)

- ryan

Happybirthday.gif - frankel (my personal fave)

- wt

- shrimp

- calla

- lyndis

- saph

- ems

How about we kill the culture of asking ppl to send gifs??? Let’s act like “send a gif” is the new fuckboy asking for nudes. This is INTRUSIVE TO MOBILE USERS!!! RAAAAAAH! (Damn I’m such an Aquarius ur all so lucky) - dars (ok mood)

- charade

- thundy

- alex

- griffin (apparently dars is squidward)

link - kaplan

Serious? Idk... He never replies to our threads <3 Kidding kidding, this Game and (especially) the last one I've definitely loved all our threads - & of course our threads with Anastasia & Oasis(= - cameo (him not replying is a mood)

i think ronan actually killed me i love him - ele

Everything? Just pick a Ronan post. Do it. - ryan (pick a ronan post urself u coward)

Like anything Teddy to be honest. Just slap me with a Teddy post and i’ll be happy. - frankel

find me still crying about that Carter-Jack reunion oneshot - wt

what's wrong with me / my lips speak to the cold dark evening / i burn the ashes of my helplessness / streets linger with the smell of gunpowder and alcohol /an empty space where time flows and empty people escape to / the sign of a place where pax tells me to avoid / fuck that- - shrimp

that amos thread he did for white elephant omg the whole thing - calla

that one scene where Daphne is egging on Levi and Jordan to fight each other - lyndis

Literally any post Tom has written tugs on my heartstrings - saph

Any Teddy post - ems

I’m on mobile but if I weren’t I’d either send the teddy/Mackenzie thread we had right after the 79th or I’d send Caine’s death post. OOH OR NO. ID FIND THOSE THREADS WHERE YOU TRIED THE DIFFERENT LIKE REALLY POETIC WRITING STYLE I THINK WITH CALLA??? Those were some good ones. - dars

MASON All of MASON - charade

PICKING THINGS IS HARD BECAUSE EVERYTHING TOM WRITES IS GREAT - thundy (mood)

"We can’t save them, can we?" Save them. The frown comes quick as memories of Zeke, Ansel, Faline and even the dreaded Aeson come to his mind. Saving them had been his goal, but he never was close enough to save them. Saving lives was all he ever did before the games, but now he couldn't save a single life from death. Not one in his past three years of being a victor. A sigh from his lips as he places the bottle of unopened expensive wine on the arm table next to Stella's chair. Victors and victims. Born from the same flesh. - only because i love me some stellaxteddy action - alex

i love everything he writes (pls forgive im on mobile rn) - griffin (ur not forgiven, just look at dars)

Literally Teddy Ursa’s name. - kaplan

Every games day that he was convinced Teddy was going to die xD - cameo (god so much same)

adventures in cali with lanceypoo and kay, I'm always going to remember that fondly REMEMBER WE DRANK SANGRIA AND GOT IN AND OUTTTT - ele

the 78th? The 79th? The 80th? All of them? Still waiting for us to be in an alliance together though >.> - ryan (call him out )

We stan "Dandy not Daddy" McDong - shrimp

when i made him watch a dozen different reiterations of that screaming cowboy meme and he didn’t complain once asjdbdjsk - calla

"I am like the rock a kid put googly eyes on and said "good enough"" - lyndis

"cboxbot is trying their best" "they're*" -last night - saph

When I think of tom I always think of when I was in Cali and he happened to look at the Snapchat map and he was like “...why are u... in my city” and we didn’t even get to see each other it was devastating but thATS OKAY BC IT MEANS WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO!! - dars

too hard to pick just one - charade

sitting in the tinychat while aggressively trying to change the topic away from the 80th twist? priceless - thundy

omg when is tom not a meme/funny? honestly such a fucking ray of sunshine in my day and he knows it <3 - alex (same)

FJDJD EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS MOSTLY MEMEY AND I LOve hIM SO MUCH FOR IT - griffin

Thyme Scarborough! - kaplan

Oasis! (Who wouldn't love an adult game) - cameo

me if i was a tom character - ele (mood)

Aeyrn Kite - ryan

Enzo Krearns - frankel

Not Enzo!! - shrimp

daddy mcdong pls - calla

💞 take your time Tom, but I'm looking forward to Aeryn's demise 😈 or Rogue's, that works too 🐱 - lyndis

Enzo - ems

Harvey, if he isn’t brutally murdered in the clue plot(: - dars

Wilson Izar-Krane (except he aged out so) - charade

..... I don’t want to say Teddy because that’s not possible and also Bad BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE THE FEELS - thundy

carter uwu - alex

carter laws uwuwuwu - griffin

Tomalot is the gay shit that reminds me of Tom - kaplan (fair)

Tom - enough said - cameo (also fair)

THE BEACH DAY AND THEN WE GOT ITALIAN SODAAAS - ele

- ryan

- wt

- shrimp

really gay shit - calla

- lyndis

Oh man. When I was in the games with Mackenzie tom was always messaging me and telling me good luck and saying he was rooting for me and he was in my corner, and it really did make me feel so loved and appreciated and that’s like the one thing y’all taurus are good at besides eating and staying in so !!! Well done ily - dars

- charade

gay - thundy (same)

tom endlessly sobbing over his tribs is so damn gay but i love it so much - alex

christian hogue - griffin

TOM! Happy birthday my friend! You’re absolutely amazing, and deserve a birthday that’s absolutely amazing, too! I hope you know how great of a friend you are, and how much I appreciate you as a friend. Happy happy birthday!! - kaplan

There's not enough words in the english language to express that <3 Plus Tom already knows how much I adore him to pieces(= My fellow peace-maker (not keeper, obvs) who can make just about anyone feel about.. Unless you're Lance, cause we all know Tom is terrible at that lol <3 But yeah, I love you loads Tom - everything about you, the beauty of your writing, and of course the laughter you bring in our group calls <3 - cameo

more gay shit - ele

Tom Tom tom tom tomtomtomtotmtotmtotm!!!! hi. You are amazing and awesome and omg, you are such a nerd and I love it tbh. I value our friendship here and your birthday just gives me a reason to give you all the gay love in the gay world and that makes me gay happy. I hope 22 treats you well as I hope it every other year treats you well as well. You are amazing, a star, an icon, a bi-con, and someone who I know I can talk to about anything and everything. Much love and have the most wonderful birthday ever please please please. - ryan

Happy birthday Tom! I have so many site memories with you, you have been a great friend over the years and I love your writing and characters! I hope you day is damn fabulous because you deserve it! - frankel

happy birthday Tom! I hope that it's whatever you want it to be and kicks off a great year <3 - wt

Happy birthday Tom!! Thanks for being a great friend, it's been absolutely fantastic getting to write with and ideate with you ❤️ I hope your day's spent with good food and good people, have an amazing day! - shrimp

tom!! you know i’m not good at this sappy stuff but ily so i’ll try my best. you were the first person to welcome me to the site, the first person to welcome me to the games (and get me through them lbr), and also the first person to really put up with all my ranting and raving. you always know what to say, even when you have your own shit going on, and it still amazes me that someone could be as caring, encouraging and considerate as you are. you really are my guru and i wish i was a lot more like you. idk if you truly know how great you are, but you can bet i’ll always be checking in to remind you. have some fun and have a great one old man!!! - calla

Happy birthday to our one and only furby bear. 🐻 - lyndis

Happy birthday Tom! We love you so very much and I hope you have a great birthday! Best wishes for an awesome night and a great year to come! - saph

Happy birthday! I hope you have a good one <3 - ems

Well, for starters, I’m dars. So you know. If you want someone who is clean down there and an actual witch with super powers then here I am!! Or maybe your preference is cancers who live in Oregon idk your choice. ANYWAY ILY HAPPY BIRTHDAY U LIL PRINCE OF SUNLIGHT U LIL COTTON BALL SWEET CHEEKS BOY - dars (the only reason i'm letting this slide is that dars somehow wrote the most of anyone across the entire form entirely on mobile so props to u but ur on thin fuckin ice boyo)

Tom describes himself as a rock with googly eyes, but in reality he's like the sad puppy in the shop window that didn't get picked first but deserves love - charade

Tom!!! I don’t know what I would do without your support and friendship. You are a bright light on the site - oh m y god that rhymed - and I wish you the best birthday ever. - thundy

Tom! I Hope you have a fabulous birthday! You’re a wonderful listener and just a great friend to talk to. You are a great writer and deserve Rogue actually being kind to you and giving you birthday cuddles. Happy birthday! - geebs

you already know and i don't need to say it twice because it would honestly put everyone else to shame, but you are one of my most favorite humans and you deserve the world, love. i love you lots. <3 - alex

i love you, tom! i hope you have a birthday that matches the level of amazing that you are. you are one of the friendliest souls on this site and is always looking out for others. i hope you celebrate your birthday with the ones you love! - griffin