'm of the opinion that when people feel comfortable and safe someplace, they're going to take more creative and intellectual risks.

This. One of the reasons I'm taking a long hiatus from Tumblr is that it caused me to question everything about my writing. I feel far more safe on SWG.

Yeah, I remember those days-- gatekeeping archives, gatekeeping comments on ff.net (which is where I hung out in my early years in the fandom), gatekeeping behavior up the wazoo. I'm truly grateful large areas of fandom seem to have moved past that and yes, I think SWG's open posting (and policy of no flames) has helped it happen.

You are very welcome! I can't just sit by and not try to help, not when SWG means so much to me.