Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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~This collab is dedicated to a wonderful friend. His name is HTTYD2014~

If you haven't met him yet, you should, because the joy of the Lord follows after him. If you haven't been touched by his words and his kindness, by his respect and by his humility, then I'd say you're missing out on a unique person that, personally, I thought I'd never quite find in the world. He's taught me that there still are young Godly, deeply understanding people in the world, who value the Word of God and who strive always to serve the Lord Jesus Christ, and who believe that despite challenges, we can and should always trust in Him. If you think I'm over the top here, I'm telling you honestly, I'm not.

Thank you, 2014, for being my first friend here, for leading me to so many Godly and talented people, and for always being an open ear to my spazzing, my sadness, and my joy. But most of all, thank you for being an example to me, by showing me always that joy cometh through trust in the Lord. For that, you have my deepest loyalty and respect.

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This collab started on August 20, 2012, from conversations started by your 3-part HTTYD tribute for your first anniversary of seeing HTTYD. I learned that you brought iVishu into the Circle. So I asked him if we could make a collab thanking you. Turned out, all Circle members had you to thank for bringing us together. Eventually we got even the newest member, WhispertheWolf, to collaborate with us. Making this collab brought the Circle much closer together imo, especially in the early days excitedly discussing our plans. I capped my inbox when the then-Circle members answered the call. It was my first PM contact with some of you, and to think, your responses right above 2014!
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YouTube was never social for me, until you showed up on my very first vid 9 months ago. You subbed after my 2nd vid, and on my 3rd vid, formally introduced me to two people I hold dear: "theNightFuryfan95 and hiccuptoothless94. I figured I might as well tell you what's the best of the best to save you some time."
Later you introduced me to iVishu and WhispertheWolf. My time on YT was never the same. Like you once said, there are real people behind these monikers, people who care about each other and about the values we share.

I must make a special note about the PMs we've exchanged over the months. Through them, we've discussed everything from history to politics to why HTTYD attracts certain kinds of people. We discovered much in common we share, shown by the exponentially expanding length of our PMs. Like you said once, our similarities are just "another feather among the giant nest of feathers we've discovered between each other."

Those messages are truly a source of so much joy for me. I once told a Tumblr friend who thought I couldn't be sarcastic that I do actually poke fun at the people closest to me. I've had many laughs with you in our messages, from your infectious humor to my infamous (between us two) GIF responses.
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I look forward to your every comment or message, in a shamelessly spazzy way. XD
In the spirit of that humor, I present my theatrical poster for this collab of ours
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Because you're always saying we killed you anyway. (the title references iVishu's "Skin" vid)

Your videos are truly an inspiration, especially your trailers. Your dub to The Dark Knight Rises made the selfless phrase "I've not given everything, not yet," live forever in my dreams. (and as you know, 24.media.tumblr.com/c77a553dd61769e3724d4210ee04d882/tumblr_mgwiigC7fO1rtmlvfo3_250.gif)
Our collab was unique for me. Special is too simple a word for how thrilled and honored I was to create a little magic with you.
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Your birthday gift is so very much loved. That's the thing about you, you always notice what someone likes best and consider that in your gifts.
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Happy 1st year on YT, 2014! And to my collab partners, YOUR TALENT HAS BLOWN ME AWAY! "Inspiration leaps along" took on new meaning as I watched your awesome segments. I did change my part after my YT comeback on Jan 16, 2013. The song I ended up with really moved me, especially 5:07-16, which is far more literal than symbolic to me.

To my Circle friends, may we lift our symbolic glasses:
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Is any pleasure on earth as great as a circle of Christian friends by a good fire? -- C.S. Lewis