Thank you Kayla for reminding me of brighter times. I have tried three times to draft a positive response to your post, and three times I have drifted into negative turf.
Suffice it to say that I believe any lady can blow me. My quest is for the one who can also blow my mind. There was a time where I could read the boards and find the ladies who presented themselves as both playful and intelligent. And frequently not without strong opinion. Wynterstark, Autumn Stark, ~Ze~, Grace Preston, Shae Veile, Reese Foster, TNT Angie, EmilyEzzell, Heather Winston, TheOriginalDannie, Kelly TNT all routinely caught my attention, made me think, made me laugh, and teased the hell out of me. Things were fun, playful, respectful, and relatively safe or as safe as this hobby gets. And while a few of these ladies still offer the occasional post, I miss the days where that was the general tone of the board.
Maybe things will cycle back around and people will get back to playing nice in the sandbox. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking.