#But shout to my moots who helped me ALOT when i posted

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[killyjapes]

Pinned Post: Introductions, Clarifications & Plans:

Hi everyone, and Merry Christmas from 2024 if you're reading from the future. After the joy of writing my long post earlier today, I thought it best to make a little (read: extremely long) pinned post to introduce myself and what I shall be pulling from in regards to any future lengthy TTTE/RWS posts.

The Long-Winded Preface.

Before getting into the swing of things, I would like to thank some users. Some are friends, and some for now are strangers.

I would like to thank my dear friends Andrew and Ryan for their support and enthusiasm when sharing my thoughts in smaller spaces and for helping give me the confidence to unleash my thoughts into the wild.

I would also like to shout out another dear friend in Mike as well as many other skilled fellow fandome members such as @demonofnowhere , DDandT6, @joezworld @mean-scarlet-deceiver along with many more fic/headcanon writers here and on AO3 for sparking my desire to explore my own interpretation of the 'verse in the first place.

Below the cut, I will be introducing myself personally as well as my diving into my (admittedly early and subject to change) interpretation of the TTTE/RWS Universe.

Which, from now on will be tagged seperate from general Thomas-posting under the working title of: Our Magnificent Machines or TRWS: OMM

The Boring Personal History Lesson.

I'm Killy, common username: PapaJape, I'm a member of "The Fandome" (I will never call it anything else, thanks for the brainrot Mayoorhan), who's been active since 2014. In my time I have gone under a few names on places like BlueSky, DA, SiF and the old TTTE Wiki Chat. You may already know me from time spent as PapaKilly, KillyJapes, KnapfordTerminus, SpecialCoalMaster99 and NorthwesternE2. My primary forté is Trainz, where I enjoy taking pretty screenshots and producing the very occasional video.

I am a former moderator on the late Sodor Workshops Discord Server (may it never return) and a member of the "marketing team" for the site, that while not disbanded, it has been about as active as the site itself in the last couple years, which is to say, not at all.

After a long time, a recent diagnosis of adult AuHD and the ongoing exploration of treatment thereupon, I have found my love for this universe reignited, the enthusiasm led me to discovering (and reading alot of) works by the users mentioned above and many others besides, which led to this post and (hopefully) beyond.

Since 2020, my interest in work inspired by the RWS waned heavily, my main interaction being the support of my friends such as: CarsonsVideoWorkshops (Watch The Jury it's very good), AuldLangSyne, TardisRescue and Rydyronen. Aside from these, there was only the occasional wade-in when other friends made content for trainz or when moots shared interesting train related projects.

It's my Sandbox, and I Pick The Toys.

So, vehicle things at last. In most instances, I will be using the lore provided by The Island of Sodor: It's People, History and Railways and Wilbert's letters, layouts and lectures as my main base of operations, from there I will be frankenstien-ing on bits and pieces that I find interesting and some that bring me joy and/or amusement. All versions of the TV series, spinoffs, and even fanworks (with proper credit, respect and right to request removal to the authors) shall be subject to the plucking of bits I like.

I am a Doctor Who fan, the sorting, accepting and vetoing of mountains full of contradictory lore is a way of life. It will not be much different here.

In future posts things shall be refined into a more discernable (yet even more complicated) shape but in short:

Almost every official story and character exists in some form in OMM with some tributes to my most treasured unofficial stories, concepts and characters likely to sneak their way in as time goes by.

To Mercifully Conclude.

I hope I didnt scare anyone off with this merciless text-wall but I thought it best to consolidate my main information before diving into minutiae. If any TTTE-blr users have made it to this point thank you for reading, I look forward to interacting with any and all of you in the days and weeks to come.