ooc;; sorry I've been gone, I been dog sitting, which I'm abt to have another job tomorrow. So idk how active I'll be, but have this headcanon I been thinking abt off n on lol
HEADCANON: After what happened in EP33 S:2 - A Shaky Foundation- when Tom Ravenhurst ( son of the Foundation's head ) failed to help them improve Nigel's Thornberry's Animal World TV show, he was still determined- for whatever reason he still wanted to try and 'help' them. Despite them not needing it, if he couldn't get in on the action he'd try another angle- by selling merchandise. Nigel Thornberry's survival kits, camera bags, but it's mostly just his face stamped on miscellaneous items, anything Tom Ravenhurst could think of.
He even made a fanclub, of course, there had already been one by the fans of his show. But he claims his is the real official website. Nigel and Mariann are no stranger to fans coming up to them. But he's had a few obsessed fans- once someon snipped a piece of his hair and sold it online.
He gets a lot of fanmail, but because they hardly stay in one place for more than a few weeks / maybe a month, it's hard for him to get it, let alone have time to read them. Debbie takes it upon herself to read the ones they get, it's mostly stuff she finds corny ( despite acting the same way with bands she loves. ) There's one fan who writes them the most, she's got all of his merchandise, records every episode on her VCR. Sends letters with her face or her pets, talks to him like they are lovers. Writes poems / fanfiction about them or what animal they should film next. Keeps a corkboard of all the places he's been.
Debbie finds it kind of weird, but doesn't mention it to her parents because why worry them with some weirdo fan who seems out of touch with reality.