Trusted Author At Last

As I entered the forums and made my way to the Prefects' Lounge this afternoon, something caught my eye.

The Prefects' Lounge is a place for the more trusted members of the HPFF forum to discuss the site itself, or go more into depth about things mentioned in the main forum. Only Prefects can access this section of the forum. As I am a Prefect, this is where I first heard of this year's April Fool's Day event.

As I was browsing the Lounge, looking for an interesting topic, I found one entitled "Hello Trusted Folks." Immediately, I clicked on it, for I had been hoping to find any information about becoming a Trusted Author on the archive. (A Trusted Author is the equivalent to a Prefect on the forums.) I had been coveting this status for a year now, and had begun to worry that I would never reach it.

Several months ago, I foolishly attempted to make my own banner for a one-shot that I was posting, and, unaware of the size limitations posted it only to have it deleted and an email sent telling me it was a pixel or so too large. From reading various things about Trusted Authors, I knew that this meant I would be returned to "square one," and would have to wait quite some time to achieve the Trusted status—if ever.

Much to my delight, this is what I read:

Well, Lauren brought up the list of prefects that
weren't trusted and compiled it. You all understand the site rules, so please
don't break them Most of you were bumped to trusted except for the author names
I couldn't find. So, if you are a prefect and your account hasn't been moved to
trusted - here it is - your chance to yell at me. Actually, if you could just PM
me your pennames if you can't log in that would work too
shade

I bit my lip and hurriedly returned to the archive to log into my account. And sure enough, as I logged into my account and proceeded to click upon the "Add New Chapter" link under Edit/Delete Stories, I found that I could, indeed, add a new chapter. Excitedly, I rushed to log into a friend's account, someone who I knew wasn't on the Trusted list. And when I went to add a chapter, it told me that I couldn't (or rather, she couldn't, depending how one would choose to view it at the moment) do it. I was given an error message.

And so, I am ecstatic to say that I am now officially a Trusted Author on HPFF, thanks to my status as a Prefect. I've had such wonderful luck this week on HPFF, I feel a rather blissful happiness wash over me as I lay here upon the sofa—the same sofa on which I was so frightened last night.