There is a shade of purple now gone from the world

[minoanmiss]

My friend acelightning has died and I don't even know what to say. With all thanks to contrarywise for letting us know.

I just -- I can't proprly phrase right now what she meant to me, all the ways her presence in my life changed me for good, all her awesomenesses. Hav this essay she wrote about herself.

Why I Am The Woman Who Made Friends With Electricity

I'm going to miss you so much, Ace. I'm glad you saw the Solstice.

Comments

[corvidology]

May her memory be a blessing. ♥

[full_metal_ox]

Then I hope she’s in second-wave Neopagan Elysium with her departed loved ones and all her friends from Bulfinch’s, enjoying Hestia’s bread and Inari’s rice and riding purple lightning bolts to the strains of “The Immigrant Song.”

And/or has returned to her native dimension, since she was pretty clearly an SFF protagonist.

A quote of hers from earlier this year:

... with monotheistic theology rewritten
and leaving out Victorian-era infant mortality:

Now I lay me down to sleep;
Gods, keep my nightmares buried deep
And, keep me safe until I wake -
I’ve things to do and roads to take.

(Source: https://acelightning73.dreamwidth.org/42500.html#comments

[gingicat]

Oh, that's lovely.

[jenny_evergreen]

Thanks for this.

[rydra_wong]

I'm so so sorry.

[musesfool]

I'm so sorry for your loss. *hugs*

[cmcmck]

She had so much of an affect on so many of us!

[pameladean]

Oh no, I am so so sorry. I'm stunned, that's awful. She made the quirkiest, most original comments with such good heart.

P.

[sage]

I'm so sorry for your loss. She sounds like an amazing person.

[princessofgeeks]

Oh no! I would run into her on DW here and there. I am so sorry.

[bikergeek]

I'm sorry for your loss. A loss to all of us who read your DW, really--I enjoyed her comments here, and I am sad that I will never get to meet her in person.

[asakiyume]

Yours is the account where I would see her comments. I'm so sorry for your loss ;_;

[jadelennox]

I am so sorry for your loss. May her memory be a blessing. 💛

[teenybuffalo]

This is awful. I'm so sorry to hear it.

[lb_lee]

Jeez, really? Feels like she was just here, commenting... that's too bad...

I'll miss her, too

[dialecticdreamer]

I didn't know her well, but I certainly enjoyed her comments on my stories.

For those who lost a friend, may her memory be a blessing.

[sabotabby]

*hugs* I'm so very sorry. I didn't know her but you can judge people but the friends they have and she was friends with some of the most wonderful people I know on here, and thus my heart grieves for them.

[mific]

I'm really going to miss her purple text comments. *hugs*

[sovay]

Her memory for a blessing. I'm so sorry. Much love.

[goss]

I'm so sorry. *hugs* I enjoyed reading her comments in your journal.

[gwydion]

There are never words adequate in these situations. I will be thinking of you.

[dissectionist]

I am so sorry, my friend. 💜

[cellio]

I am sorry for your loss. I kept bumping into her in comments in your journal and thinking that I should get to know her better. There is never enough time. :-(

[magid]

I’m so sorry for your loss. May her memory be for a blessing.

[amaebi]

*love*

I am so sorry for your loss.

I can't wish you an easy digestion of it, but I wish you a nourishing one.

[lunabee34]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

*hugs*

I wish peace and healing for you and everyone else who loves her.

[petra]

I'm so sorry for your loss, and for the world's loss.

[jesse_the_k]

So sorry for your loss, and ours.

[hitchhiker]

oh no :( may her memory be a blessing

[julian]

*hugs*. One of those *extremely themselves* people.

[jenny_evergreen]

Yes!

[full_metal_ox]

She was the girl who wasn’t even like the girls who Weren’t Like The Other Girls.

[jenny_evergreen]

Yes! Me, too. That's why we got along so well. <3

[contrarywise]

Thanks for helping to spread the word. She was a prolific commenter, and many people knew her in that context. I'll miss seeing her purple text pop up in the comments and her own posts as well.

[claudia603]

I'm so sorry about your loss. ***fierce big hugs*** As others have said, "may her memory be a blessing."

[lynnenne]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[flamingsword]

I grieve with you.

[jenny_evergreen]

I just got the news. *hugs*