So here we are, in the future Mellis told us about: browsing for porn at the bottom of the sea, while greco-roman wrestling the pope inside of a volcano. Schweppervescent.

BUT it´s my duty, as an honorable e621an, to whine about this.
Among the changes that would take place here some months ago (the mascots, alias tags, etc.), he told us about a surprise. And I HAVE EVIDENCE:

"--A SUPER SECRET SPECIAL SURPRISE--
There's one more big suprise, but I'm not going to say what it is, except that it's a CRAZY user-submitted suggestion you WOULD NEVER EXPECT. Except that you might, now that we've said you won't. But would we make it something obvious? Does that really sound like us? Truly a Schrodinger's box of possibility! What could it be? WHO KNOWS?! BEGIN BASELESS CONJECTURE AND GUESSWORK IMMEDIATELY."

excerpt taken from http://www.e621.net/forum/show/6564

I am somewhat slow.. So maybe the surprise is right in front of my eyes and I don´t see it, lol I dunno. But though the words huddle together in my throat, reluctant to emerge in a world that is rapidly going mad, I have finally gathered the courage to ask:

what is the surprise?

Also, is it true that Aurali and Mellis are the same person?

Also, please don´t ban me? I can´t help the feeling that this is something I should not be asking. Which makes no sense, right? Maybe I´m slightly drunk with bloody mary.
Bloody Betty White..

Cheers!

Yes, it's true. Aurali is Mellis. So is Riversyde.
also lol

Perhaps the surprise was "WE ALL QUIT AND WE'RE CLOSING THE SITE" :x

oh oh oh! I know this one! I know!

http://www.e621.net/forum/show/8456

ippiki_ookami said:
Yes, it's true. Aurali is Mellis. So is Riversyde.
also lol

Nah, Aurali and Riversyde are completely different people, this is made obvious by how common they have differing opinions (left hand doesn't seem to know what the right one is doing and vice versa).

Whoa whoa, back the fun bus the fuck up!
The surprise was Varka taking over? But, But...
Damn it WAS right in front of my eyes then. Damn I´m slow.
And damn you Mellis! Damn you and your shenanigans and your conundrums!
...I don´t feel jiggy at all...

On a completely different sidenote, I suddenly miss Barbados. His comments were oh so funny. and creepy. mostly creepy.

on a more serious note... I don't think we have a clue what the 'surprise' was. near as I understand, the entire (or nearly so?) admin team switched when the site changed hands. It wasn't a 'planned' changing... it was "we give up, we're done" "no, wait, I'll save the site" "fine, here, have fun."

So... don't think about what they said, just focus on the here and now where we have an awesome team of people working to make things even awesome-er.

Henrik said:
Whoa whoa, back the fun bus the fuck up!
The surprise was Varka taking over? But, But...
Damn it WAS right in front of my eyes then. Damn I´m slow.
And damn you Mellis! Damn you and your shenanigans and your conundrums!
...I don´t feel jiggy at all...

On a completely different sidenote, I suddenly miss Barbados. His comments were oh so funny. and creepy. mostly creepy.

No seriously. I'm not Mellis, for one Mellis can DRAW.

Two, the super secret surprise was never told to the current active staff. So We don't know what it was either.

For all we know it might have already been implemented.

I do believe the super secret surprise was comment voting.

Riversyde said:
I do believe the super secret surprise was comment voting.

Yeah but they just copied that from danbooru source.

Maybe its that OP ban feature in the top right corner.

Kitsu~ said:
Nah, Aurali and Riversyde are completely different people, this is made obvious by how common they have differing opinions (left hand doesn't seem to know what the right one is doing and vice versa).

No, that's just what he WANTS you to think.