Before you read any further… yes, I had a crush on Basil Brush 🦊💅

And before you judge — let me explain.

It wasn’t really about him.
It was about the feeling.

The comfort of Saturday mornings.
The laughter.
The way certain characters just felt safe, familiar… like they were part of your world.

When you’re a kid, your brain doesn’t separate things the way adults do.
You just know: I like this. This makes me happy. I want more of it.

And sometimes that turns into a “crush” — not in a weird way, just in a
“this thing brings me joy and I feel connected to it” way.

Asten Does Nostalgia (ADN) is a place for exactly that.

The weird, the wonderful, and the “why was I like that?” moments from growing up in the 90s and 00s.
The shows we were obsessed with.
The songs we knew word for word.
The characters that meant more to us than we realised at the time.

Because nostalgia isn’t just about remembering —
it’s about feeling again.

The comfort.
The chaos.
The glitter.
And yes… the slightly questionable childhood crushes.

So this is your official permission slip to:
✨ love what you loved
✨ laugh at your younger self
✨ and realise you were never as weird as you thought

Welcome to ADN 💖
You’re among your people now.

Boom boom.