As we all know, today marks our 50th episode of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. You all have been with us for six months now and I’m humbled and honored to have gotten your congratulations and excitement and posts and gifs and fanart and what-the-heck-ever both today and every other day since we started. YOU all are what makes any show worth making, this one included. I’d like to say my own personal thanks.

I Am Lucky Because.

Without this show I would not have the thousands of you that follow me on here, twitter, youtube, facebook, instagram, whatever, and remind me every day what my life is about and what I’m trying to do with it.

Without this show I wouldn’t have met people like Hank and John who are constantly constantly inspiring me with their work and devotion to you.

Without this show I wouldn’t have gotten to go meet you all face to face at VidCon, or been to Chicago for the first time at LeakyCon. I would not have stood in front of more people (screaming people) than I ever have before, making this project and this world so tangible and so visceral, and so wonderful.

Without this show I would not have made some of my best friends, friends that I think I will keep for years to come, long after this project is over.

Without this show I would not be getting to make the last character from literature I ever expected I’d play into one of my favorite people I’ve ever had the opportunity to be.

And without Squaresville I might not be in this show, and without LBD a lot of you might not know about Squaresville. And while it’s much less visible, L7 is celebrating its own milestone of sorts this weekend. And I am so thankful for both of those families.

My life has changed more this year than any other year before, and I have you all to thank for that. We’ve come so far and we still have a ways to go. I am so happy to be going on this journey with you, and so happy that it’s not over yet.