Tuesday, 24 March 2026
A Grizzly Look At Domestic Cruelty
The latest story I got up to in Grizzly Tales: Toy Time Terrors is The Bugaboo Bear, a sort of like crossover between Stephen King and Toy Story about what happens when you abuse your toys instead of take care of them or take them everywhere with you. In other words, it's a story about the horrors of child psychopaths and domestic abuse and torture, portrayed through its main character, Emily Stiff.
Emily starts the story off as your regular average little girl stereotype, skipping and jumping and dancing and baking sweet treats like chocolate cakes and cupcakes. At first, we are lead to believe the bear she loves, Cutie, is her best friend forever, and they share in everything together...but no, this isn't a sort of 'kid and his bear' story, and soon the domestic abuse theme weeps into its innocent narrative. From there, things get worse and worse.
Emily plays 'games' with her so called best friend, torturing him in a variety of harsh ways by throwing him out the window, sinking him in the bath and locking him in the fridge as if it were a meat freezer in a butcher's shop about to become a jail cell. When she finally has had enough of the bear, she cuts him open and takes his stuffing and his voice box out.
This displays the warning that somewhere in the world, a disgruntled, emotionally neglected child is becoming a psychopath, and is planning revenge on all those who left him out of their games at school or in the playground, or the family who just keeps being lazy and eating pizza and watching TV rather than inviting him to watch his favourite film.
The point is: Cutie IS the abused boy, while Emily is the cruel, heartless mother. Much like the main character's abusive mother who starves her baby to death in Goodnight Mr Tom, only he gets revenge on her for what he did to his baby sister - and the Bugaboo Bear's siblings are his stuffed animal brethren, who also want to kill Emily for what she did to her.
So, Cutie fills Emily with sawdust and sells him to a charity shop, where the little girl who buys him indulges in the same cycle as Emily did with Cutie, who throws open the cupboard door and frees all his family from their terrifying fate.
The story is a visual representation of cruelty and domestic abuse that wasn't just present in Toy Story, but also Stephen King's story Misery too, as depicted by the aggressive fan towards her idol.
If you feel the same way as Cutie did when Emily tortured him and want to find out more about what you both have been through, visit Childline to find out more:
Monday, 23 March 2026
Had A Bad Day?
I have.
To start off, I was absolutely angry. First I got angry because I had to get up multiple times to get my lunch, then my dog Mylo wanted to play and almost destroyed everything near me on the sofa, and I wanted to scream and throw things in all directions, like The Incredible Hulk in a bad mood.
And then, I got into heaps of trouble during wind down time. I looked into someone else's window when I wasn't meant to, I tripped over a stick and almost screamed in public, and then I threw too much paper on the floor for Mylo to play with and I had to clean everything up - and I thought I was being punished for causing trouble.
I'm turning into Horrid Henry!
So, I told Mum everything about my horrid day, and she said these two words of wisdom which you probably know already:
1. Spend 5 minutes in your room when you're about to fly into a rage.
2. Ask yourself if you're being logical or illogical.
Now, would you try these techniques yourself when you have a bad day?
The good news is: thank god it's over. I thought I was going to die in my sleep, thank heavens I made it out of yesterday alive. With a few painful bumps on my head, which I'm going to rid by washing my face.
I'm going to need a breather...
Better Luck Next Time, Gil!: The Butcher Boy On Greed & Jealousy
The first story in Grizzly Tales: Toy Time Tinkers is absolutely chilling. Just enough to make your spine freeze into ice, because it's the gruesome fable of a boy who wants every single thing in the world that all of his friends at school had, but then an evil son of a butcher comes along to teach him a lesson. And what's that lesson you ask? Well, P.D. Grizzly didn't tell you anyway. I can. Listen carefully:
The Butcher Boy actually delivers a warning message of greed and jealousy, plus a wise message on spending money wisely. If you've read the book Money Ninja before, you have heard absolutely nothing. Gilbert is jealous because everyone else at school has, unsurprisingly, enough pocket money to buy some very expensive toys, which he tries to compete against by buying his own.
Now, before Gill actually met Chuck and his creepy, blood-soaked family in the animated version, throughout the episode there is a repetitive image of a butcher carving some meat violently with a bloodied cleaver. This is a cleverly vile representation of the 'Three Strikes & You're Out' warning, as every time this image is shown, the Knucklebones fiercely and secretly give Gilbert a few strikes before he is given his punishment, something that would leave him meeting his fate at the hands of Chuck and his sinister, meat-cutting family.
In my opinion, I think what Gilbert should've done to avoid this horrid punishment is keep a collection of notebooks which are wish lists on what he wants to get someday, and spend his money wisely on little things instead of big things, such as: a bar of chocolate, or a small toy, or a magazine or comic, which is what all kids his age buy with pocket money.
And that's what everyone desired to do after reading this cold, blood-stained tale. What about you?
To learn more about how to make a Wish List page in your bullet journal, or a wish list journal in fact, visit:
Sunday, 22 March 2026
10 Things I'd Add In A Room For March 22
- Leopard print and zebra stripe wallpaper
- An artificial cherry blossom tree
- A Pokemon rug
- A bright red desk
- Cherry blossom scented air freshener
- Lion, snake, cheetah and zebra plushes
- Green snake doorstops
- A fridge full of Korean/Japanese snacks and drinks
- Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet mugs to store my pencils and pens
- A comfy, rose-pink armchair from DFS
10 Things I'd Add In A Room For March 21
- Green wallpaper with yellow stars
- Bluey and Peppa Pig curtains
- A kiwi rug
- A shelf full of activity, sticker and colouring books
- Drawers full of sticker sets
- A fridge full of Highland Whiskey chocolates
- Mess free bubble mixture
- A podium with the new New Captain Scarlet box set perched neatly on it
- Comfy pastel beanbags
- Stand up cardboard characters - Bambi, My Little Pony, Bluey, The Lion King and Tarzan
In The Air For A Great British Bear!
Do you recognise this bear? He has transformed over the majority of the years - traditional hand drawn animation, horrid CGI....now, he's about to become part of something much, much greater. Not a marmalade sandwich nationwide competition, but something else.
Click the link below to see what he's up to.
I Hate Her Majesty's Moley!
You know what? I'm absolutely not bothered about reviewing Her Majesty's Moley. Not only is its depiction of cruelty to animals brutal and shocking, but it also depicts Mattie, the main character, as annoying and spoilt, wanting everything her own way, including her beloved 'Moley' back.
So, to free you from this horridly unsettling story, I suggest on behalf of Buckingham Palace that you listen to this song instead.
Saturday, 21 March 2026
My Reaction To The New Captain Scarlet Box Set
JAMIE: Ladies and gentlemen, I present: New Captain Scarlet. In a packed new box set, with newly designed postcards of Captain Scarlet wearing only his underwear!
CHRIS: Oh my this is revolutionary! Marvellous!
ME: OH MY GOD! They got a new Gerry Anderson series re-release. I MUST! HUG!
DESTINY ANGEL!
NSync For Dancing Clothes
To be continued...
HER MAJESTY'S MOLEY!
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Friday, 20 March 2026
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