I'VE BEEN THINKING about watching Bluey for some time now and my friends have offered to watch it with me.

Now, I’m not a very emotional person, but Bluey makes me feel… a lot. It’s a mix of happiness and envy. I feel so happy watching Bluey interact with her family, but at the same time, it makes me really jealous, because I didn’t have that childhood. I was forced to grow up too quickly for my own protection and this show makes me realize how much I missed and what I will never get back.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN you’re 15 and your brain decides to clash your favourite (at the time) movie with your new favourite game? Simple, you make an OC.

She never got any official art then, only few hundred words of a story, so it was easy to forget about her. I rediscovered her some years later and finally had some ideas for her. She got a proper name, a new design, and family—backstory even! Her story stayed the same but now she gets a happy cosy ending (AND a girlfriend).

I see this as an absolute win.