snowflake challenge #4

Challenge #4:
IceBreaker Challenge! Tell us about yourself.

I'm svgurl (and svgurl410 | svgurl410 | svgurl on discord). I am in my mid 30s and have been in fandom, on and off, for about fifteen years. I started reading fanfic when I was about 13 - my introduction to fanfic was through Sailor Moon after I stumbled upon an Usagi/Mamoru fansite while looking for something else. When I was a teen, I began writing original fic that I liked to imagine were Bollywood movies. I was inspired to start writing fanfic though when I fell for a rare pairing while watching Smallville. I couldn't find enough fic and one day decided, 'maybe I'll just write it'. I created a LJ in early 2007 and didn't look back. :D

After Smallville, which was my main and only fandom back then, ended, I gradually drifted away from writing fic and fandom. I was got into rp'ing on Tumblr for a few years before I left that behind too. I went back to reading fic but didn't think I would write again, until the pandemic hit, and all of a sudden, I felt inspired to do so.

I got into exchanges in 2021, which really helped me try to write new pairings/fandoms/ships. Thanks to lands_of_magic, I've also worked on improving my graphic making skills, especially icons, and that has been fun too.

My main fandoms are MCU, Gilmore Girls, and Smallville, and I have dabbled in a few others, like the DCEU and Power Rangers.

I currently mod comment_bingo, a bingo challenge that uses prompts to inspire people to comment on other people's fanfics (an idea that actually came from a response to a snowflake_exchange challenge!), rarefemslashexchange, and co-mod rarepairexchange.

In my free time, outside of writing/reading fanfic, I love to bake, watch sports, and do yoga, and have recently gotten back into reading too.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask! :)