Snowflake Challenge #1

[autodach]

The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.


This kind of challenge is always the hardest for me. I’m bad at talking about myself, which I guess does tell you something about me after all, haha.

I’ve been consistently participating in the challenge in the couple of years I’ve been on DW. It was pretty much the first thing I did here, and it’s been fun! People I had never spoken to made me feel welcome in this new place that first year. I hope I can make other people feels welcome now that I’m more established myself. I’d love to make more friends, fannish or otherwise.

Comments

[mekare]

>> People I had never spoken too made me feel welcome in this new place that first year.

That is so great!

Also, hi, I think I‘ve seen your name around. :-) I think we share a couple of fandoms, let‘s be friends?

[autodach]

You seem familiar to me also :)
Yes, let's be friends!

[potentiality_26]

It was pretty much the first thing I did here, and it’s been fun! People I had never spoken too made me feel welcome in this new place that first year. That's awesome, hope it goes well for you this year!

[autodach]

Thank you! I shall try to 'give back' a little, haha.

[walgesang]

I feel similarly! Snowflake just feels like a chill gathering where it's got a lot of newcomers (and even at my age I still sometimes feel like a newcomer). Happy New Year!

[autodach]

Happy New Year!

[tjs_whatnot]

I’m bad at talking about myself, which I guess does tell you something about me after all, haha.

OMG! I love when people expand on their comfort levels from time to time. Snowflake is such a great way to do it too because you know everyone is here because they really WANT to interact. ❤️❤️

[autodach]

Yes absolutely! I am always most active during the challenge <3

[mossy_bench]

Hello! I hope you don't mind if I subscribe—I stumbled upon your journal thanks to the Snowflake Challenge, and I'm always up for making new fandom friends. :) (I'm on the fence about participating in the challenge myself, but appreciate it as an opportunity to meet new people!)

[autodach]

Hello and nice to meet you! I hope you can give the challenge a try! I usually do some, but not all, of the challenges.

[huxleyenne]

I feel welcome already. <3

We can be friends if you want.

[autodach]

❤️
I'd love to!

[mywitch]

Hi, nice to meet you! I'm looking forward to seeing how this snowflake thing goes :D Hope 2026 gives you all you desire!

[autodach]

Hello there and Happy New Year! Wishing you good vibes for the challenge and the year!

[silveradept]

Talking about yourself can be hard, and sometimes talking about things that are adjacent to yourself can make things easier. (I find it slightly easier to talk about myself if I'm talking about some other thing, and there happens to be a relevant anecdote to share.)

More friends is good, so I hope you get all kinds of new people stopping by and saying hello to you.

[autodach]

That is absolutely true and good advice!
Thank you so much❤