My introduction to Thunderbirds happened roughly fifteen years ago thanks to my boyfriend at that time who was a big fan of everything Gerry Anderson. I remember I started to make up stories, though as that was long before I had a computer those stories are now lost - which is probably a good thing, as they were very much of the 'Mary Sue' type. I soon drifted off to other fandoms with a short stop in the world of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. This is notable because that's where my penname 'Sapphire' originated, thanks to a 'Lt. Sapphire' I've created there and who happened to be another Mary Sue (I think quite a few authors have written a MS at one point or another...luckily, most of us do grow out of it).

For the longest time I didn't think of Thunderbirds, until at the beginning of 2004 I happened to sit in a movie theatre in Frankfurt in order to watch Lord of the Rings: Return of the King for the umpteenth time and the trailer for the Thunderbirds movie came on. My friend didn't quite understand why I was so giddy afterwards.

Finally, after a long time of waiting, the movie came to the theatres and I naturally went to see it. Of course, I know there were a lot things wrong with it, but all in all, I really like it. There's no way to describe the exhilaration I felt when Thunderbirds 1, 2 and 3 landed in Jubilee Park in London. My inner geek certainly rejoiced.

I do write fanfic on and off - that is, it can be I don't write anything for a year or longer, until my muse decides all of a sudden to pop out of the woodwork and prod me to write again.