#I have repeatedly thought to myself 'I bet there are people who ship Mr. Hedgehog and Bebe's Mom and those people are categorically WRONG'

[shayvaalski]

a weird thing no one tells you about becoming a parent while being a person that gets overinvested in media is that you will, quite abruptly, exit the type of media people write thoughtful fanfiction and meta about, while -- and this is key -- not becoming any less consumed by the desire to consume thoughtful fanfiction and meta about the media you're currently deeply invested in

what i mean by this is that every time mint and I listen to the podcast we've both pairbonded with i am Compelled to either check the tumblr tags to see what people think about the latest expansion of the podcaster-focused framing narrative, or look for Little Hedgehog and Bebe fanart, or search AO3 to see if anyone has really like, dug into the complicated sibling relationship between the proprietors of competitor business The Sleep Railway and The Sleep Train

and they NEVER HAVE

#the podcast host has a NEIGHBOR who's a POSSUM that LURKS IN THE SHADOWS and throws SHADE ON HER FASHION CHOICES #'lore drop' murmured blue as it played in the car this evening #I cannot BELIEVE there are no fics about Mr. Hedgehog and his career as a writer #I have repeatedly thought to myself 'I bet there are people who ship Mr. Hedgehog and Bebe's Mom and those people are categorically WRONG' #I have made up a guy to be mad at!! #no one is doing that!! #anyway the podcast is called #tiny stories for little people #I'm really overinvested #please note when I say 'the media you're currently invested in' #I don't mean the standard Bluey overinvestment #that's just being a parent in 2023 #I mean the shit your kid is obsessed with that no other child in their peer group shares #this is karmic punishment for forbidding pete the cat and paw patrol from my home isn't it