proteusofthehills

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you, artist online. somebody has referenced you in conversation irl by your online handle and somebody else knew who you were talking about. somebody has kept up closely with your posts for a period of time like their morning paper. somebody found a music artist because of you, thinks of you when they hear them on the radio. somebody followed you years ago and remembers you randomly even though they can't find you. somebody has screenshotted and saved your posts and sent them in discord servers. somebody has made your drawings their lockscreen, added them to their favorites folder and looked at them when they're going through some shit, has sent them to their best friend and sparked conversation in private chats. your art in particular could be the source of a keen sense of nostalgia for someone. maybe they've even printed out your images using their home printer and taped them to their bedroom wall and they look at it every day and they never even told you. isn't that scary? isn't that awesome? remember this well.

submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known so that you may turn around and see the impact you leave and the light you cast on others.

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I don't know who to send this ask so I'm gonna leave it out here for the public because it just came to me out of the blue: locomotive literature

And I don't mean literature about locomotives, but rather literature written by locomotives

Train biographies detailing their lives on the railway and documenting how things have changed since they were first built

Ghost writers publishing literary works written by trains

Trains with human editors sitting on their buffers as they write down what their engines say and making adjustments for those especially picky or who's words cannot be transcribed because they will be banned otherwise (looking at you Duncan)

Just

Train authors you guys

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Hi!

So as i'm writing this, I realize that the definitve season 1A video peobably won't have the credits for each episode, but if it did, would you ever consider reinstating We Didn't Start The Fire as the ending song for Branchline Work? I know it had to be axed for reasons that I forget, but I saw the og version with it on twitter a good while back and loved it since Billy Joel is my favorite musician and Ep. 3 is my prsonal favorite episode from season 1A. Also, will the unique ending songs be making a comeback in 1B?

I probably wouldn't use We Didn't Start the Fire, just because it resulted in the video being blocked in every country except the United States.

Some episodes in S1b do have specialized ending songs, things we've had in mind since the start, and whatnot :)

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🚂+🚂=🏳️‍🌈? 🤨

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a pile of silly from the discord!! some silly speed sonnys i did for my buddy @mindthegoop, a funky james from a collab piece (which was AWESOME!!!), peggy and sybilla being adorable wives, repton with a very innacurate headboard, and james gets a biscuit!

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My favourite gag right now is people posting photos of seagulls saying "Edward sighted"

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IT'S OCTOBER!! TIME TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WAY TOO FUCKING EARLY!!

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My favourite gag right now is people posting photos of seagulls saying "Edward sighted"

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sifting through old flipnotes today and found this

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Hey tumblr gang. We've been busy.

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I sure do love the Skarloey Railway, everyone there gets along so well! <3 (Audio)

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"We've no money to mend you... to the back of the shed you'll go"

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IT'S TIME!!!!!!!!!!

AFTER SO LONG.. IT'S TIME FOR THE SPINNING JAMES OF CHIRSTMAS

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It look funnier in my head

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happy 40th anniversary to the show that singlehandedly changed the course of my entire life. without you, i wouldn’t be where i am today. happy birthday, thomas the tank engine and friends.

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Some sketchbook drawings (both new and old) that I'm pretty sure I haven't posted