#bad teavee

[badteavee]

Sit With Us

Tws / Cws : None

Genre : Fluff (?)

Word count : 1,063

Parings : Regina George and Rich Goranski / Veruca Salt and Mike Teavee , Vague Rich Goranski x Jake Dillinger

Ever since they started middle school , Veru and Mike never on the same social tier. Veru was typically treated how she always was at home , like the queen bee , she rose to popularity quick. Mike , on the other hand , wasn’t as easily accepted. Being home schooled all his life and his general not wanting to interact with anyone attitude meant that he was largely bullied or otherwise ignored.

That’s how it was up until their Sophomore year , Mike had stopped showing up at Veru’s house to bother her when their friends weren’t around a few weeks before the school year started , which she wouldn’t admit that she did anything but not care about that fact. It felt off but whatever , he still texted them at ungodly hours. He most likely got himself sick from being outside for more than a minute or something even more stupid. She wouldn’t put it past him. Unfortunately , he did show up at his usual time so they could drive them to school , but he looked a little different this year. Thankfully , he wasn’t wearing any of those ugly Underarmor shirts he owned , instead he wore a blue sleeveless shirt with an eye and his camo pants were actually normally colored this year. What a miracle. 

She gave him an unenthused stare while she grabbed their things , adjusting their outfit as she dragged him out of the house. “Why do you..” She couldn’t ask him why he looked cool , that’d be admitting that he was. “Why’s your hair pink.”

“Because I wanted it to be ?”

She slowed down their pace , turning and squinting at Mike. Where the hell is his lisp ? “.. It looks soo good.”

“Hey , the ladies will love it.”

They rolled their eyes , ‘the ladies’ haven’t loved anything he’s done since he was born. She threw her bag into the back of their car , “Get in the car.” and got in , Mike following suit. She took another glance at him before starting the car , he looked too weird like this. Not just the clothes , his posture was straighter , a green bandanna in place of the headphones he’s been wearing since they met , just weird. At least he didn’t look like a ten year old dressed him anymore.

They eventually pulled into Veru’s designated parking spot that she technically shouldn’t have yet , her stopping to adjust their makeup in the rear view mirror. Usually Mike would begrudgingly stay in the car with her and fuck around with his phone since there was no one to run off to and bother but this time he almost immediately go out , leaping over the car door to jog over to Jake. “Yo , Jakey D !” Veru almost stabbed themself in the eye with her mascara from how fast they turned their head to the boys direction. She watched , bewildered , as they dapped each other up like they’ve been friends forever. What the fuck happened over those weeks.

Whatever. Whatever , they were going to ditch him for Gretchen and Karen anyway. At least she wasn’t going to be bothered about every little thing she did. They put their makeup in her bag and got out to go meet up with her friends , now that they were finally pulling up , they tried to push how Mike was acting to the back of her head for now. This could be dealt with later.

Unfortunately , later meant Mike sitting with Jake at her lunch table. Damn. She inwardly huffed as they sat down next to Gretchen , who was way too excitedly questioning Mike and Jake. “Are you sure you’re not new ? I don’t remember you.”

“You just didn’t notice , nobody did.”

Karen butt in , “Are you a magician ?” She unfortunately sounded like she’d believe him if he said yes.

Veru cut him off before he could answer to ask her own question. “Mike , did you get rejected from your loser table ? Why are you here.”

“I hoped you wouldn’t mind , I wanted to invite my boy to eat with us.”

“I didn’t know you two were that.. close. Good for you.” She eyed the two , putting on that ‘ally !!’ Type smile.

“It’s not like that !” For whatever reason , Veru genuinely laughed at that , maybe she didn’t believe it or Mike was suddenly funny.

“Whatever you say , Michael.”

Actually , Veru found themself half stifling laughs at a lot of the things Mike said during lunch , everyone at the table seemed to agree he was funny. Mike was never this funny before. Not from what Veru remembers. But at least he was tolerable now.

At some point two geeks walked by , Veru never remembered their names , just the red hoodie and the awkward one always with the red hoodie. Mike suddenly turned , putting his leg out and tripping the awkward guy. She had to take a second to process what just happened , Mike just tripped a guy on purpose ? And he’s not getting his ass kicked ?? Either way , she couldn’t hold the snicker this time , joining her table in laughing at the poor guy , who’s already been hauled up and away by red hoodie.

The table spent the remaining time laughing the losers , watching the boys make competitions out of throwing trash and Karen occasionally asking Mike questions. Apparently , Mike now skateboarded and was best friends with Jake , who he only started talking to in those few weeks he was gone. So that’s who she was ditched for. Huh.

In the middle of their conversation , the lunch bell rang and the entire table sighed. Nobody wanted to go to their next class , almost all of them had the same math class with the worst teacher ever. They cleaned up and got their stuff together , Karen and Jake splitting off to go to their classes and leaving the rest to talk as they walked. Veru knew they didn’t have time but stopped Mike before they went into the classroom anyway , Ms. Smith can wait. “I don’t know what happened to you but you should totally sit with us. You actually qualify now.”

“You want me near y-“ Mike’s posture straightened a bit more as he cut himself off. “Yeah , cool.”

Veru took Mike’s hand , interlocking their index and pinky fingers in the handshake that they made when they were young. “You’re still weird.” They let go , both of them walking in to Mrs. Smith already yelling about lateness.

[imalivetintin]

Idk what they’re doing😭

[your-da-sells-avon]

jesse pinkman will go through the most traumatic event ever and be dressed like this

[lucky-knight]

I have so many genius big boy thoughts about life and media but then my brain goes 'time to clock in at the autism factory' and I have to listen to 'Teavee Time' and 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong?' on loop or I'll explode and die with lots of blood

[bluektw]

There is this one video on YouTube about Violet and Veruca iconic moments in the 2005 movie, and there is a small moment where Violet and Mike are looking through a window (?) in one of Wonka's inventions and the creator said something like "Is it wrong to ship them?"

Every. Single. Time. I watch this video I go back to the rabbit hole that is Violet/Mike and I'm not even mad about it.

[wildsparrows]

Fledglings AU intro post

"I can be different, I can't be puppeted!"

Birds Of A Feather, or the Fledglings AU, is basically about five orphan kids from Playcare who narrowly avoid being experimented on for varying reasons.

The Fledglings AU is heavily inspired by a song. In this case, it's Bird Cage Blue And Yellow by Yaelokre. It fits enough that almost every lyric can correspond to an event in the plot in a sort of animatic, except I don't have the motivation for that.

The main five kids are based on the five kids from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. The Charlie in this case being Joseph, a minor character in the game who canonically was friends with Kevin and questioned one of the scientists after seeing them carrying Kevin off while he was asleep.

The other four are pretty much OCs, who are:

-Nathan Hauksson, stand-in for Mike Teavee

-Yara De Costa, stand-in of Violet Beauregard

-Scott Choudhury, stand-in for Augustus Gloop

-Lyssa Lee, stand-in for Veruca Salt

This is pretty much in the order of which kid escaped first, with Joseph being the last to escape. And by that, I mean he escaped during the Hour Of Joy, the day he was scheduled to be experimented on.

The four used to act more like the rotten kids themselves, but have somewhat matured since then. Same with Joseph, who's more jaded compared to his younger, bright-eyed self.

In a bad ending type scenario, I'd imagine them being turned into toys based on each kid's fate in the movie. Yara could be a Strawberry Shortcake-esque blueberry doll, Lyssa could be a plush squirrel, etc.

Going back to the Yaelokre song the AU is inspired from, I've added a lot of sparrows and birdcage motifs to the plot. For example, in any flashbacks showing one of the five kids during their orphan days, a sparrow will show up nearby to foreshadow their eventual escape.

It's mostly referencing the line, "Malayang Maya, Malayo-layo" meaning "Free Sparrow, Far Away". In contrast, any kid foreshadowed to be experimented on will have a taxidermied sparrow nearby, typically left by the prototype as a warning.

There's also an in-universe reason for the abundance of sparrows in the factory. Because in the AU, the scientists began experimenting on sparrows with poppy gel first instead of rats, luring the sparrows first with poppy seed feeders.

Birdcages would also frequently be seen in the lower levels. Sparrows still lurk in the factory because of the poppies that still grow in the labs, and it's not rare for some toys to look for sparrow nests to eat the eggs...if not the birds themselves.

I'd probably run this blog as an ask blog with the occasional oneshot in the format of a document or a tape. I won't always be able to respond due to college, and even if I do, it won't always come with a drawing. With all that out of the way, let's get to the rules for the asks:

No weird asks. All five orphans are underaged. I will allow the occasional dirty joke to slide since they're rat bastard teenagers, but I'd appreciate refraining from that anyway.

No spam asks. The more you spam, the less motivated I will to answer. I'd probably just delete your spam asks instead.

Anon magic is unfortunately not allowed for this one. Idk, I don't think it'd fit the kind of vibe I want this blog to have. OCs and other RP accounts are of course welcome here, as long as they're not too OP for the Poppy Playtime universe.

This is a Poppy Playtime AU, so it's of course gonna tackle a bunch of dark topics, and I'll make sure to tag and put trigger warnings outside of the usual death and child experimentation tws accordingly. Still, there may be some asks I might not entertain if it entails darker themes than what the AU is tailored to.

I have the right to not respond to an ask if it makes me uncomfortable for some other way not mentioned here. What? You want a refund?

Idk what else to put here, just use common sense and Netiquette.

[reesiereads]

The fact the children are the ones who are punished in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has never made sense to me. Like isn’t the whole point that the parents are the ones at fault for the children’s behavioral issues and struggles? Every fucking song describes how the parents caused the problem.

The Gloops never taught Augustus self-control. The Beauregardes pushed and pushed on Violet to be the best to the point she valued being number one over her own safety. The Salts spoil Veruca to hell and back to the point she doesn’t understand the world doesn’t revolve around her. The Teavees neglect Mike and allowed him to essentially be raised on television and the internet, leading to him growing up too fast and not developing any social skills.

Like, don’t get me wrong, the children aren’t entirely exempt from their own actions, but I was under the impression catcf was supposed to be a cautionary tale? Like “raise your children properly as they will become a result of what you allow.”

I guess you could argue punishing the kids is meant to shock the adults into change since they’re being forced to face the absolute worst sides of their own children, which they created. However this, to me anyway, doesn’t work with all of Wonka’s vindictiveness? If Wonka agrees the children’s behaviors aren’t their fault then why would he punish them? It doesn’t seem fair?

Because traumatizing/killing children for their bad behavior literally does nothing to help them because, as the source material is literally trying to say, their behavior is stimming from their parents poor parenting. So why isn’t it that the parents are punished and forced to change so that the children may then change under better parenting?

Not only that but the things Wonka punishes the children for are sorta arbitrary, particularly in Augustus’ case. You’re telling me Augustus deserves to fucking drown because he happens to eat a lot and is fat? By this logic if you told me Wonka decided to kill off Charlie just because he’s poor and spent that dollar he found on what he wanted instead of his family I wouldn’t even be surprised!

Obviously I’m taking it too seriously, it’s not that deep, but I stand by my stance that the parents should have received the children’s punishments.

[152unocards]

Now which one actually 'deserved' what happened to them 🤨?

It was always bothered me that Violet Beauregard arguably got f*cked up the most when she really wasn't bad. Sure she was bratty but she got that ticket fair and square. She did not deserve to be inflated and turned blue for the rest of her life.

Augustus Gloop got it fair too and was just kinda a greedy brat, but he just got a drowning scare and covered in chocolate. Incomparable.

Mike Teavee? I mean, he figured it out. Smart, gotta give him that. But he was awful. He also doesn't even like candy so he's there just for the clout? "Cheating" to win something he knows he wouldn't even enjoy. Did he deserve to be stretched and be 8-foot Flat Stanley for the rest of his life? Maybe.

And Veruca Salt... Ugh, don't get me started. Her overall behavior during the tour honestly wasn't terrible but she was spoiled rotten. It's how she got the ticket. IT'S HOW SHE GOT THE TICKET. Evil cheating bastards. Had an army searching for a ticket for this brat. Stolen ticket more like it. Sickening.

And you know what happened to her? She got covered in trash.

And she got the best Oompa Loompa song.

[inawearyworld]

little things in the wonka score/soundtrack that get me every time: a post made by a music major with severe brainrot (seriously it’s getting bad)

• even though i’m not sure how to feel abt what they did orchestrally to pure imagination when it was sung in full, i loved the way it was interwoven until then-the opening credits, the clock tower chiming its intro, etc

• when the intro to hatful of dreams ends and the instrumental HITS. that was the moment i was sitting in the theater like “…oh i’m going to be so charmed by this movie huh”

• something abt the way timmy sings “i’ve put everything i’ve got into my choc’late”. see above bullet point

• welcome to scrubbit’s has no right to be that much of a banger

• the low brass in scrub scrub HELLOOOOO?!?!? the chromatic slides. the muted trumpets. abacus’ bass moments (go off king). the song is literally about laundry and yet IT GOES SO HARD

• walk into the club on a friday night like FIRST YOU PICK UP THE APPAREL AND YOU

• the instrumental of ynhclt that plays while everyone’s flying is so cheesy and so golden-age-of-hollywood-children’s-musical and i cannot help but smile

• the cuh-lassic “one instrument at a time” opening of sweet tooth

• mathew baynton’s voice. that’s it that’s the bullet point.

• #GiveTheCartelMoreTight3PartHarmonies2k24

• well we’ve got lots and lots and lots and loTS AND LOTS AND LOWHY AM I SINGINGGGGGGG

• somethin about how the “noodle noodle” countermelody is a sort of arpeggiated outline of each chord, like a vocal warmup, like he’s letting her take the melody bc he knows she will in time. i’m gonna sob they’re literally family

• the orchestration of for a moment, esp while they’re dancing on the rooftop, just SOARS. idk if anyone here has seen mr magorium’s wonder emporium but that movie shaped my childhood, it’s probably my favorite film score ever, and this instrumental bit is SOOOO reminiscent of it

• clock tower. a fifty-second masterpiece

• CHOCOPOCALYPSE. (for those of us who were on the theatre kid side of the internet in 2018, i think chocopocalypse should be the new calculust. hear me out)

• mat’s voice gets a second bullet point bc what the hell man. literally the sonic embodiment of dark mint chocolate. h e l p m e

• …#fickelgruberisathinmint2k24

• noodle’s portion of ynhclt, while she’s teaching willy to read, has a few instrumental nods to mozart’s famous sonata in c, a typical piece for piano beginners-kids-to learn. in the 1971 film mrs teavee incorrectly identifies mozart as rachmaninoff. this MOVIE

• i wish there could have been more, and more involved/complex, ensemble vocal moments

• charlotte ritchie <3 (okay i’m biased sue me)

• the new orchestration for the oompa loompa song is straight fire

• the LEITMOTIFS the fucking LEITMOTIFS!!!!!!!! the opening fanfare that became the basis of hatful of dreams popping up here and there. the melody to a world of your own playing whenever he thinks of his mom. every time we think willy’s safe from the cartel, ope there’s that descending major sixth again.

• (now that i think about it. sweet tooth is in g major of all keys, rather atypical of a villain song. most of the intervals are major too. it’s the trembling strings that give it that “evil” sound. and it fits so well-like, “we’re not completely immoral! time for a fun little tango! there’s colorful lights! killthisguyplsOH LOOK CONFETTI!” they’re so sinister i love it)

• the way that the intro to a world of your own echoes the intro to pure imagination

• THE ORCHESTRATION DURING “chocolate bushes, chocolate trees” etc AND THE WAY IT BUILDS OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOD. MY HEART JUST BURSTS. EVERY TIME. I AM NOT IMMUNE TO CHEESY MUSICALS.

• the!! chromatic!! basslines!! in!! that!! song!!!!!!!!

• the fact that the bridge comes before the second verse-name any other songs where that happens i dare you. just another example of willy changing the narrative in every way

• the fact that sorry noodle is AN ENTIRE *OTHER* COUNTERMELODY that then falls back into the for a moment melody at the end what the FUUUUUUUUUUUCK

• the monks chanting “giraffe. a massive giraffe”. so fucking funny

• stripping down pure imagination to its essence while willy sings it to noodle was a thousand percent the right decision. and the lyric changes for the situation are sooooooo clever

• as someone who grew up with the 71 movie and has been utterly enamored with its music her whole life, i’m not the world’s hugest fan of this version’s pure imagination orchestration; i get they felt they had to do something different, it just feels slightly too modern/disneyesque, but it had the vibe that they intended for the end of the movie

• anyway god i love this score

[badteavee]

Bad Teavee use one of those period cramp simulators and Mike tanks it until 8-9 but Veruca’s on the ground in tears at a 3

[joannerowling]

The bad HP takes are memetic at this point. It's always the exact same list of inaccurate things. And these people always claim to have been obsessed with the books, yet they keep pushing points that aren't even true!

And the name thing is the most annoying go-to low hanging fruit. Sorry it's a children's book series written by a woman with a flair for thematic naming? Better go toss out those Roald Dahl books too! There's a kid in one of those named Mike Teavee who is obsessed with... wait for it... television! What a hack!

Roald Dahl has two advantages over Rowling though, a) he's dead, b) penis.

[believed2beseen]

CATCF West End vs Broadway (soundtrack) - Act 1

Heyy I'm new here and CATCF has been a recurring fixation of mine since I first read the book and watched the Gene Wilder film as a kid. The musical since its inception has ALWAYS intrigued me though I never was able to see any rendition of it live, with the Broadway version really not looking worth the money but alas all 3 versions of the play have their wins and their losses soooo I guess I'll start yapping about this by comparing their songs and what I think about them? Starting with

1. Almost Nearly Perfect/The Candyman

With context removed, of course Candyman is the clear winner, but as an opening number and put in the place of the story? That goes to Almost Nearly Perfect. We get to see what Charlie's all about and what makes HIM an interesting character. We as an audience get a reason why to care for this kid, something I think no other adaptations outside maybe the 71 film were able to do. He IS the titular character, after all.

.....And a side note...having Wonka reveal himself at the very start personally weakens the Act 1 closer to me. Him being in disguise but never revealing himself is much stronger.

OH while I'm still here can I talk about the absolutely stunning opening animation the West End version had?? That NEEDED to be kept idc what anyone says

2. The Amazing Fantastical History of Willy Wonka/Willy Wonka! Willy Wonka!

While I think it was a smart move to turn the "Willy Wonkaaa!" leitmotif into a full song, it unfortunately can't compare to The Amazing Fantastical History of Willy Wonka. His grandparents telling Charlie about Wonka shows THEM off more as well as showing their bond they have with him rather than Charlie just telling Wonka what he already knows.

I'll try not to mention visuals here from here on out but god the choreo in the West End version with the shadow puppetry projections really enhance the song.

But DESPITE that........I think THIS is where they should've placed the Candyman. The song itself is short and sweet and the Broadway version already puts some dialogue inbetween verses. His grandparents singing that song while telling Wonka's tale in between each verse or so would personally be definitive to me.

3. A Letter From Charlie Bucket

Virtually the same song, BUT his dad is alive in the West End version, and I love that. That being said I think it's unfair to put one over the other from that alone, so I'll put them on a tie

4. More of Him to Love

I'm a slut for campy German polka. What more is there to say. They're both the same song but I'll put West End over it just because I prefer all the kids being played by kids

5. When Veruca Says

West End. Idk I just like her being British more.

Personal opinion here though but similar to how I think Candyman would fit where TAFHoWW would be, to a lesser extent I think I Want It Now could fit here, though I'm less sure of how it could be integrated smoothly.

Matter of fact nah I think When Veruca Says is a much better song

6. The Double Bubble Duchess/Queen of Pop

OUUGH okay this is a tough one. Double Bubble Duchess being a rap honestly fits Violet's character much more than Queen of Pop does ("It started as a baby cause I talked a mile a minue"), but...Queen of Pop sounds more memorable. Just thinking about the songs while writing this made that song go off in my head, so I'll have to give it to Broadway.

7. It's Teavee Time/What Could Possibly Go Wrong/Little Man of Mine

Here's where I think West End did the weakest "winner" song. Mrs. Teavee's parts are forgettable and Mike's is just. Bad....

What Could Possibly Go Wrong on the other hand I think is the catchiest and Mike's parts are a SIGNIFICANT improvement. Now I WOULD put this as the best version if it weren't for Little Man of Mine. Sorryyy but I love reprises and I love how they have Mrs. Teavee sing it again later on.

8. If Your Mother/Father Were Here

Easily West End. The struggle Charlie's parents have here is more unique than Broadway's in that they're far apart from each other despite being together, and I'd imagine that'd make raising Charlie together difficult.

And while I'm still here I adore how the UK Tour used Candyman for this scene, but again, doesn't fit as well as it would in TAFHoWW

9. Don'cha Pinch Me Charlie/I've Got a Golden Ticket

It's a dead on tie here. Both songs are good in their own rights but also have their own weaknesses. I'd start with a problem that the weak songs in the musical have which would be that on paper they're FANTASTIC. They're almost poetic and they match the Roald Dahl vibe down to a tee. Yet, when actually sung they're forgettable at worst and not catchy enough to really stick. Don'cha Pinch Me Charlie, while full to the brim lyrically, and admittedly is one of the catchier tunes, isn't nearly as catchy as the 71 expy.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I've Got a Golden Ticket is the complete opposite. It's a catchy, nostalgic household tune, one people would think of when they hear CATCF mentioned, but when put into the context of the story it's just.."I've got a golden ticket". We don't hear much about how this specifically affects Joe's, Charlie's, and especially the rest of the family's lives. The grandparents in the 71 film don't even DO anything besides lay there in silence, and that's where Don'cha Pinch Me Charlie SHINES.

Ideally this is where I think some bits and pieces of DPMC can be put into Golden Ticket. The grandparents' verses could be put in without ruining the flow of the song even. But MOVING ON

10. It Must Be Believed To Be Seen

West End just because I LOVE Douglas Hodge's portrayal of Wonka. He really feels like if book Wonka stepped out the pages and I'm sure he's not a far cry from Dahl's vision of him.

BUT

I'll give credit where credit's due, I absolutely love the harmonies in the second half of the Broadway version. Does it make sense logically for the ticket winners to be singing with him? Absolutely not, but it SOUNDS good. Honestly I'd see the backing vocals as the press instead who are just idk WITH Wonka intimidating the winners.

Also the UK Tour version of this song sucked hard idk why they felt like they needed to change that

[miketeaveesmom]

I have a young brother who just turned seven today and when I called him to wish him Happy Birthday he just started listing every country in Africa - just... from memory... then he did the same for every country in Europe... and South America... on and on and on... (it was a wonderful thing to witness btw)

And I just sat there and went 'Mike Teavee seems like the type of kid to unprompted begin listing things related to his computer based special interests' and I wanted to present this concept to you as you are his dear mother. I just imagine you at the dinner table with him trying to ask him about his day when he just stares at you and begins to rattle off binary or like computer science jargon for no discernable reason. I don't know, I just figured the idea would amuse you.

OH MY GOD YES ANON THIS IS SOO TOTALLY HIM 😭😭 he absolutelyyy starts talking about like complex math algorithms / tech / code out of the blue, and i’m so bad at mathematics and technical stuff that i’d have to like. ask him to explain a hundred times LMAO . literally have to tell my own son “explain it like i’m five please” HAJSJA

[starboy-lovebug]

Why does the Broadway version of the Chocolate and the Charlie Musical like to make Mike Teavee like an actual criminal? Like why do they portray both him and his mother as the worst people ever?

Also... side bar... the song 'Little Man of Mine' I think is my least favourite interpretation of Mike Teavee because it frames him as the sole problem and his mother as a helpless victim which I think doesn't fit the overarching idea of the original that these children are products of bad parenting... also it depicts Mike as not just passively violent because he plays video games but physically violent as well and directly states he needs to be physically restrained for large portions of the day - it just is such a pessimistic, and unusually cruel take on the character it really bothers me.

I have a lot of gripes with the Broadway version of the musical to begin with but this version of the song just makes it all so much worse...

[diegeticdivinity]

Mike Teavee actually gives me insane gender envy, and so does Willy Wonka. It’s an odd thing to say but yeah. I think that’s why I want the role of Mike so bad…. I mean yeah he’s my favorite/comfort character but also it would feel validating

That’s actually so cool!! Yeah, I think I’d get massive gender euphoria from playing Willy, not just because I’m fictionkin of him but also because I’d get to be as wildly enthusiastic, theatrical and unapologetically odd as I want to be with no reason to feel anxious about it, and I’d get to wear a long coat (awesome) that’s my favourite colour (awesome) over the most outlandishly colourful suit imaginable (most delightfully silly).

[the-catcf-confession-blog-ever]

Some people are extremely ridiculous about how “bad” the parents are. Violet is an exception because I know she is a genuine example of abusive parenting in some storylines but parents like the Gloops, Salts, Teavees they are not as bad as that like even remotely??? I grew up with parents similar to the Teavees so it genuinely kinda baffles me that some people think they’re bad parents. Yes they’re flawed but they’re not BAD. And they most certainly don’t need to be rehomed because of it.😭😭

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