Thorns

So, since, as I thought might be the case, this post was too hard and confusing, here is an easier version (with the same answers, so the comments to the old version might be useful)

Every clue contains a pun on, or reference to, the username of the person it's about. Some of you have made this very difficult for me but I have persevered.

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1) I'm still glad you took time out of your life as a supervillain in London to help me out when we were facilitators on the Brights Forum together.

2) I don't know that I made much of an impression, but it was fun meeting you in person (one more time than I have (1)!)

3)I was glad to hear that you and (2)'s dogs joint holiday went well. How did you get them to travel such a long way without going crazy: A bus? A car? ....?

4) Ah, I'm sure you weren't that mean to (3) at school (now sadly lost in the far-off recesses of time...)

5) I am really glad you introduced me to (4), even if you weren't actually the first to do so. Also that you didn't explode when you found out you weren't a bridesmaid.

6) Huh. I see you've friended (5), I didn't know you guys knew each other! (Yeah, ok, so I probably did, but hey) Also, I have to say I really admire your writing ability, even if you do use it to prove the old "mightier than the sword" adage on many occasions.

7) You a fun local community, it's a pity (6) can't make it.

8) I'm glad you bugged me into joining (7). It amuses me how much less spiky and crazy your hair is in person than it is in your comics (or lj namesake)

9) I haven't figured out who you are yet, but the fact you've friended (8) is a major clue. The whole violent marsupial thing should be helping, but isn't ringing any bells...

EDIT: Answers are all in the comments, congrats to ataxi, linstar, capnoblivious, infamyanonymous and wintal for being the first to get various ones (with some repetition from when the first person to get it right was just guessing :))

Though the change from "I don't like it, with these exceptions" to "I like some of it but have very high standards" isn't a huge paradigm shift.

Warning: Sleepy and grumpy, will almost certainly revise this after I've had time to realise which bits of it are stoopid. Sometimes you just have to let your ideas go out into the world knowing they'll almost certainly come back battered and changed.( And now, I justify my patheticness )