This is pretty much an accurate depiction of babies. They suck the life out of everything and everyone around them, because they require 100% of your attention at all times.
SPOILARZ below the break I guess. But first, something I found amusing when I tried to search for these episodes on Dailymotion:
Well played, troll. Well played.
This blog post will contain big spoilers for the last two chapters of A Survey, which I've just published. So don't read this unless you're caught up.
Something funny happened. A friend asked for my help with a specific aspect of his fanfic, and I dove right in. Then I enjoyed the exercise so much that I started writing more. And then I found a story buried somewhere in the nonsense.
That story is in editing right now. It's going to be something completely different.
Here's a completely out-of-context hint:
If, by some chance, you don't already know about the TV Tropes Wiki, then there are two things you need to know: