Welcome to the final episode of Ida the Hobbit and the Christo Queer Deers. This episode will feature Ida confronting her own feelings about her identity and what effect her behaviour has on her friends. Ida is sitting at the cafe scrolling through her Instagram when she comes across a post about a coming out party that her friends are going to. Ida finds out that the party is only for deers and the hobbits are not allowed.
Ida is feeling a bit sad about not being able to come but then decides to prove to her dear friends that she is actually a deer inside and not a hobbit. Ida decides to go to her good friend Tyrone and asks for his advice. Hi Ida, what is up? Hi Tyrone, what are you doing tomorrow? I'm going to a coming out party, what about you? I kind of wanted to go to that but the invitation says that it's for deers only.
We once had a hobbit come to a party, they started yelling and calling us names, they even attacked one of us. I fully understand and that is horrible. Even though I look like a hobbit I identify and act like a deer but I do not know how to prove it. I have an idea, maybe we could write letters showing what makes you feel like a deer. This might convince the other deers by showing them you understand the struggles. That is a really good idea, I will probably do that.
Thank you for the advice Tyrone. No problem, I'll see you at the party dude. See you there Tyrone, bye. Ida decides to act on Tyrone's advice and goes back to the sunny side up cafe to write her letter. While Ida was thinking about what to write many things popped into her head. Old beliefs, things she had done and she realised how awful she had been all this time. She realises that her behaviour was the result of her upbringing and the internal conflict around her own gender identity.
After writing the letter Ida is dealing with feelings of shame and is afraid to confront the group. Ida is on her way to the coming out party, practising what she will say along the way. The closer Ida gets the more anxious she becomes. Ida arrives to the coming out party and pauses for a moment. Ida tells herself that she has to do this because she does not want to be a hobbit anymore and knocks on the door. One of the deer open and notices that Ida is a hobbit and tells Ida to leave.
Tyrone spots Ida standing outside and tells the group to give her a chance and listens to what she has to say. The people at the party gather and all stare at Ida. My dear friends, I understand how you feel about hobbits and what hobbits have done to you. I am indeed a deer. I understand that I don't look like one but I think, act and feel like a deer.
I hope you all can give me a chance to show you through my actions that I am not a hobbit and that over time you learn to trust me and treat me like a fellow deer. I brought drinks and snacks for you to have as a peace offering. Thank you for listening to me and I would like to join you at this party if you allow me to. Ida feeling relieved after finishing what she had to say, Ida realizes everyone is still staring at her in silence. The deer accept Ida's apology and undo the curse.
Ida feeling relieved and exhausted from the stress, sits down and loses consciousness. Ida wakes up and the first thing she sees is clouds. Suddenly she feels a very bad headache and sits up. She is covered in eggs and is very confused. She remembers that while staring at the trans guy, she tripped and dropped the eggs. While trying not to fall, she slipped on the fallen eggs and was hitting her head on the ground knocking her out instantly. Ida gets up and heads home to get cleaned up.
After getting cleaned up, Ida calls Bartholomew and tells him she really needs to urgently talk to him about what happened. She asks for permission to come to the coming out party and promises that she is an ally and that she has changed because of what had happened. Bartholomew even though skeptical, allows her to come. Ida at the party explains what happened to Bartholomew.
Bartholomew is shocked to what he has heard and he cannot believe that this has happened, but he can see that this really deeply affected Ida and can see that this has changed her. He then introduces Ida to the rest of the group and they all cheer and embrace her with much love and happiness. And that's the end. Or is it? Thank you so much for listening to Ida the Hobbit and the Christo Queer Dears. We hope you enjoyed Ida's redemption and the individual journeys of the Christo Queer Deer.
We hope you enjoyed the journey of our Christo Queer Deers had and we thank you all of our listeners for their time. Thank you so much for listening to Ida the Hobbit and the Christo Queer Deers podcast. We really hope you enjoyed. This podcast was created in collaboration with Duke Street Community House, Brimank Youth Services and the Christo Queer Program. The podcast features the voice talents of Archie, Charmaine, Quinn and Sienna.
We would like to thank all of the members of the Christo Queer Program and the program facilitators Courtney and Jacob and Louis from the Duke Street Community House. We are thankful and proud to be supported by the Melbourne Airport Community Fund, a sub-fund of the Australian Communities Foundation.
Lastly, Duke Street Community House and Brimank Youth Services would like to acknowledge that the podcast was created and recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri and the Bunarong people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We would also like to acknowledge that land was never ceded and it always was and always will be our original land.