TOBY. Toby is a 90s TY Beanie Baby Bernie and I have had him since I was 7. My mum bought him for me as an Easter gift and he still goes everywhere with me. I love the sound his beans make and he can fit in my jumper sleeve if I am anxious. Sometimes he sits on my shoulder.

CINNAMOROLL. This funny misshapen Cinnamoroll was given to me by my best friend. I love him. He makes a great pillow and his silly floppy form makes me smile. So scrungly.

FRANCES. Frances is a huge Pokémon Time Togekiss plush that used to belong to my best friend. I first saw this plush when I helped them arrange their Pokémon in a cute display and I fell in love with it. Years later, when we were redoing the Pokemon display, they gifted it to me! We had a very fun day playing 'Pokémon Centre' - cleaning up all the plushes together, bathing and brushing them. In Pokémon Sword, I named my Togetic Frances and, when she finally evolved into Togekiss, I named this plush after her. Plush Frances is very fun to hug.

ROND BOI. Rond Boi is another of my favourite Pokémon, Rowlet! He is very squishy because he is from the Mocchi-Mocchi plush series.

FURRET. This is the best Furret plush ever because it's actually a neck pillow!

DRAGON. This dragon is a plush from one of the How To Train Your Dragon TV shows, which I have never watched, but I just thought this dragon is so cute! He has wings that flap! And he was on sale so cheap, I couldn't resist adopting him when I went on a toy shop date with my boyfriend. He really needs a better name, but I keep just calling him Dragon!

RAT BEAR. Another gift from my best friend! They gave it to me when I was helping them tidy their room, because they had two in different colours and wanted to declutter.

GREG. My boyfriend bought Greg for me from a Pride market. Greg rode with me in my wheelchair in the Pride march, the first one I have participated in. Greg says trans rights now!

SAMARA. I bought Samara from a neighbor who was moving house in the 00s. I had always loved the big plush tiger my childhood friend had on her bed and I was really happy to find one of mine own. Samara is very comforting to hug and makes a great pillow too.

AMAURA.

ETHEL. Vulpix

MAREEP.

ROTOM.

winged cat

CALLIE. Callie is a Scruff-a-Luv that I adopted in 2020 lockdwon. Me and my boyfriend both got one and had a fun day together washing them. My boyfriend actually had a dream the day before where he predicted the exat ones that we would get! A blue cat for me and a pink bunny for him.

pink griffin baby. Griffin's are one of my favourite mythical creatures. My bestie got a fantasy Scruff-a-Luv where you could get either a dragon, pegasus or griffin. They ended up not liking the griffin they go and, knowing my love of griffins, gave it to me! There's something very 90s about this fantasy collection. The fur has tinsel, the wings are iridescent, like many 90s fantasy themed things, and the collar and comb are both in transluscent plastic. The brush that came with this griffin has become of my favourites for doing doll hair.

MY SWEET PIANO. Piano is my favourite Sanrio character. In my opinion, this is the most perfect Sweet Piano plush. She came as a pair attatched to a My Melody plush, but me and my bestie unpicked the stitches so they could both roam free. My friend has the Melody, I have the Piano.

ARABELLA. I have had this bunny since I was a kid in the 90s.

ASTARION. My boyfriend got me this adorable Astarion plush from MCM. He is so cute and I love his glow in the dark eyes! He is handmade by Galeorb, who also does other BG3 characters

EGG SON. My nanny knitted me this Humpty Dumpty when I was a kid. At the time, he was probably about the same size as me! More recently I started calling him 'Egg Son' and it just sort of stuck, although he's almost as old as I am!

PEEPY.

BLOOPY.

MEEP.

MOSSLET.

MOLEY.

LEMON.

KIKI.

LILI. green bunny.

MILO. bee

pink bunny blind box

TY butterlfy

ty kerrison dog.

LOTTIE.

KING BUSHY.

ACE.

HELLO KITTY. TY pink plaid.

SARAH. Knitted sailor made by great nanny.

MEOWTH. BAB.

STITCH. 00s Disney store.

JUMBA.

PLEAKLEY.

SCRUMP.

PURPLE OWL.

ty fish.

knitted dino in egg.

I HAVE WHEELS. I love the book The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett, and one key thing about the titular 'educated rodents' is that they named themselves after things they read in the rubbish dump, before learning what the words all meant. I had a wheeled underbed storage box as a child and a big sticker on it boldly preclaimed 'I have wheels!' I thought this was a great phrase that might catch the eye of a freshly literate rat, so that is how I Have Wheels got her name. Rats are one of my favourite animals.

ty rainbow dalmation.

ty frilled lizard.

sister cat.

SCORCH. An iconic Beanie Baby. I really love his holographic wings.

BLOATY FISH. Named by my dad, I have had Bloaty Fish since I was a child. He is named thus because I cheerfuly asked my dad "what should I call him?" and he jokingly replied "Bloaty Fish" presumably because of his round shape. I, being a child, had no idea what his joke meant, or even that it was a joke, so Bloaty Fish he became and has been ever since.

90s dolphin

90s seal.

arcade triceratops.

TERRAPI. Terrapi is a friend from my childhood.

GIMMICK.

CERA. green 90s dinosaur.

MANGO. snake

EXCALIBUR II. green snake.

DEWDROP. green BAB frog

LAVENDER. swirl BAB frog.

wheelie ellie.

ICHIGO CAT.

ROWAN.

APPLEJACK.

TY inchworm (big).

TY inchworm (medium).

BAST.

FRANKLIN PEACH. I got Franklin Peach at the first ever convention I went to - Hyper Japan. It was a terrible convention, but I still had a great time because I was with my boyfriend. Franklin Peach has a squeaker inside him and his long body is so cute!

KORILLAKUMA.

GHOST BUNNY.

crochet octopus.

MR TICKLE.