someone really got assigned to do thomas storyboarding and said "ok time to put 100 and 10% into drawing the fat controller" and honestly? good for them, good for them
'Thomas had been asked to take a fish train one morning.
"I fuckin' hate fish." sulked Thomas.
...
"That's my boy,,,," said Henry. "He was just a pilot like it was yesterday..."
theres one undeniable thing, no matter the take, headcanon, or version of percy that truly makes him percy.
its that he almost dies every other day. if he doesnt have a daily near-death experience it aint percy.
"The other engines were very cross at being left behind but Emily didnt care. Away she went to collect her coaches at long last!
'Look at me now! Look at me now!' "
"did ya see Alicia Botti last night?"
"Oh of coarse I did, did you sEE what she wore?"
"Oh yes, she crashed her mothertrain right through cunt station at full serve throttle! Destroyed the whole station no less."
...
"what does... any, of that mean..." pondered Percy.
"this is the end- no salvation, no hope, no sense of right in the world - we're doomed, clarie, dOOMED."
"annie, dearie. we're just at maron"
"..."
"..."
"i said what i said"
one day gonna need to make a defense of emily vid with a segment thats a defense for stirling singles of "no daryl, stirling singles were not weak thats just the early fandom misogyny"
like darling they went OVER 80MPH they were BUILT for speed theyre not slugs just outclassed
"Now Mavis quite liked the Earl's engines. She found their stories quite interesting - however, she wasn't as much a fan of their trotting down the branchline, especially when was stopped to let them through.
'This is a railway, not a parade route. I've got trains to deliver!' "
think the funniest outcome of all this is that arry and bert's faces ended up on trainz models before their sudbliss physical models
also henry with the face and no smoke deflectors i did not know it was possible to make him look bald [yeah know the beards are a bit odd]
"Ease up, we don't bite," the gronk chuckled. "Or at least I don't, ey griz?"
Bear didn't like the mainland - it was colder than Sodor. The company was rotten, usually with something snide to say when he visited. He always felt an endless sea of eyes staring at him as he went...
On one hand
Emily as number 12 feels right
On the addition finger, Arthur being number 13 is absolutely hilarious irony he was doomed by the plot day 1
"My top surgery went really well", said Duncan.
"C'est super! My bottom surgery is next week."
"I can't believe we're both narrow gauge and trans," the little engines chirped together.
[...]
"I'm tired"
The quarry had begun its final bit of clean up before closing down completely. Two little engines were given the task - neither of which fond of it.
"Bertram, do you ever feel like you're being watched?"
"Hmm... can' say I have. Have 'eard an odd thumping sound, though..."
if diesel just sulked like a normal sudrian after being an idiot in pop goes the diesel this man wouldve absolutely become a sodor engine like
this man is very much sodor brand stupid. like he was chilling in the shed gloating to himself right in front of sth like
do not let this man anywhere near barbershops, bodies of water, trucks, diesels, crossing gates, hybrids, trap points, sleepy scots, foul, water foul, water thats quite foul, james the red engine, most bird seeds [breaks into a rash], among other things
" 'Driver says I don't need him now,' he told the others.
'Don't be so daft,' snorted Percy.
'I'd never go without my driver,' said Toby earnestly. 'I'd be frightened.' "
My entry for the
#AwdryDioramaChallenge
: a diorama based on the first illustration of Branch Line Engines~
"thomas would you still love me if i was a worm?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"percy this is why youre banned from the abs... absurd... asbestos fiction section."
"but would you"
"...... youre already a caterpiller, its close enough"
honestly little detail that kinda gets looked over is how thomas regularly trusts percy with annie n clarabel
with other engines hell hold a grudge for the longest time but with percy hes just "oh you're taking them? bring them back by 5 k"
ya know
think peeps do kinda overlook a lil detail in the books
that henrys not meant to be a total asshole. its something alot of fanwork and even the christopher books misinterpret
'Bill and Ben eyed the newcomer.
"Look at this," chirped Ben. "4 wheels, just like us!"
"Yeah, but he's alot more boxy don't you think," replied Bill
"If he wants to be a square, then WE'LL have to round him out!"
Timothy didn't like what this 'rounding out' meant...'
head empty only this specific bit of Edward's Exploit where the narration and writing gives a different tone of Henry's "did you see him straining" vs james's "positively painful" or gordon's "just pathetic" where henry has a softer slightly concerned tone highlighted with
"Ballast trucks are some of the worst on the line - they're rude, foul-mouthed, and careless. They find a way to get into trouble, destroy anything in their path, and haven't a care for anyone - not even themselves. No one likes the ballast trucks.
Devon, is worse."
do you think in another life, things are different?
that we didn't make those mistakes?
or in all those choices, did we still make the wrong ones?
who were we in another life?
𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗... 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 c̷̜̟̬͎̻̺̦͍̱̓͌̉̏ǐ̸̢̪̝̙̘̍́̚r̵̗̝̪͓̼̠̫̥͙̥͝c̵̡̡̤̱̍̓̒͝l̵̡͖̜̰̗̖̻̈́͒̈́̇ͅͅe̶̮̱͖͇͛͜ͅş̷͈̀ͅ.̶̬̤͙̓̈́͑̈́̏̓.̶͕̜̯͍̔̏̊͛̊.̴̡̨̹̭̙͒̑̎̈́͗̚̚͝
Life's too short so i listened to the voices. reference time teehe
As promised, heres AU Paxton!
A Class 09 that's often found on the West Coast of Sodor, taking trains from Arlesbourgh & The Mid Sodor down to Tidmouth. He helps with shunting and supply trains to Earl's Castle.