#Calling All Engines

[engineer-gunzelpunk]

These video pirates get Thomas’ character correct

[asimpledreamwanderer]

this scene makes me think a lot. we know lady is deity-like and lady funny enough isn't actually canon to ttte so there's already the thought of like. do engines have deities? is she a concept? if so, what of to the engines? freedom? free will? safety? but also rusty being here, except rusty is canon to ttte- but in thomas' dream, rusty is here working together with lady- so is rusty also an engine deity? a concept? iirc skarloey and rheneas thought he was a gift for how useful and cheery he was- so is rusty an engine deity? this would be really funny if he was like a diesel engine deity though because he does exist in canon but (at least to this point) has had little to no interactions with standard gauge diesel engines

[sudriantraveler]

Some silly Diesel 10 and Splodge ideas

What if at the end of Calling all Engines Thomas got Diesel 10 to help by sorta tricking him.

Thomas: You know, on second thought maybe it's best you don't help. That claw looks so clumsy and unwieldy it'd probably do more damage than good.

Diesel 10: Clumsy?! Have you SEEN my rock carvings!

Given how Diesel 10 often uses Pinchy for additional gesturing, what if Diesel 10 were secretly a theatre nerd and often used Pinchy to make big theatric gestures.

Like just imaging, Diesel 10 is in the Dieselworks giving a soliloquy to himself about his evil plans… and then Paxton just... awkwardly enters behind him.

Last one: Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but from Splatter and Dodge's perspective, and it's done sorta like a Thomas version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead!

[hi-my-name-is-cosmopathy]

Random Interesting Facts About Characters In The Main Story AU (A.K.A me pointing at the changes of movies in my AU)

Thomas And The Magic Railroad is canonically the first novel made for the TTTE franchise, but the engines were very upset because of how false it was in contrast to what actually happened. Edward should've been the main character, because he started the real life story in the first place. Him finding Lady in that old shed led to the investigation of the old railway she used to work in and why it disappeared so suddenly. There was no magic or big event even involved, time had simply caught up to them and that's what made his adventure so eventful. (Pointing at TATMR which is known as Edward And The Magic Railway, which takes a darker turn with the reality of life but the small metaphorical magic in it in this AU)

There was once a time where Diesels and Steamies had gone against each other, which was usually considered normal because it happens often but this time the stakes had gone higher. Many death threats and violence were involved, and not even Sir Topham Hatt knew about this. Percy didn't like diesels because most of the time they teased him and made fun of him, but not even his steam friends treated him any better. But with the help of Lady, Edward, BoCo, and Rusty, he created a third side which acted as a peaceful paradise to both sides. In the end, it was trashed over by a steam engine as he pretended to stand by Percy's side and planned to demolish all Diesels, including Mavis, Bear and Daisy. (Pointing at Day Of The Diesels/Calling All Engines, which takes a darker turn with violence between groups of different traits and why it's pointless and harmful)

Gordon became Sodor's first representative in the Great Race at the Great Railway Show against his brother, The Flying Scotsman, which sparked a lot of gossip and controversy because: 1, they didn't know Scotsman had a brother; 2, he was from Sodor and said country was very new to this event and was therefore underestimated and ; 3, he was also going against Spencer. Gordon couldn't help but feel upset that Spencer assumed that he wanted to go against Scotsman because he was jealous of his fame, but in reality he already grew out of that phase and he just hated how distant they grew after they first met and thought Scotsman valued his reputation more than his only family. He joined the race to get his attention. (Pointing at The Great Race, which becomes a Gordon centric movie about his family issues with Scotsman)

Oliver once went missing because he'd gone to the mainland to find a lost Toad who was currently kidnapped by Frankie and Hurricane. The Little Western first took notice and Douglas was the one who went out to find him, only to find danger on the way as there were certain engines who knew that he and Ollie were long-time stowaways (Pointing at Journey Beyond Sodor, which is now an Oliver centric movie about him turning back to his past with Douglas, and takes a darker turn with the theme of facing your fears and becoming a stronger person than you were before)

After a very malicious Mallard came to Sodor and started insulting everyone, next thing you know Henry and him are now racing to who knows where and he accidentally gets on the wrong track and meets a very old Japanese engine, Hiro. He empathizes with him because he knows what it feels like to be abandoned and forgotten for being dysfunctional and whatdaya know? It's first love at sight! Because he goes out of his way to fix him and hide him from the Fat Controller and Mallard at the same time. What a guy :> (Pointing at Hero Of The Rails, which turns into a Henry centric movie because both him and Hiro suffer from abandonment issues)

Thomas was sent to the Mainland for a simple task but his return to Sodor was greatly disrupted by an Australian car who started to drag him from country to country because of misinterpretations of the blue puffball on TV and simultaneously starts making friends with people across the world and keeps an unemployed Kenyan engine who watches his back (Pointing at the horrid Big World Big Adventures which is actually the movie that plays on the most craziest way to get lost)

[oblique-lane]

Another take on the TF2 Clone Theory:

Continuation to this.

When I was talking to people about the clone theory, they were always asking me about who were originals and who were clones. I didn't understand why that matters; they're all same people with the same memories of their pre-service past, right?

What I didn't understand is that people had entirely different take on how clones are made than I do. I've never even thought about the fetus tubes until someone specifically pointed out that scene in Emesis Blue... (I also didn't know cloning was a real life thing?? Not just sci-fi trope??)

So yeah I've always thought cloning was instant because it would also explain how respawn works. Classic "resurrection" either isn't the thing (lame) or just takes too much time to commit. However, the super cool very scientific respawn machine will use your remains + storage bio supply to quickly rebuild a new body (as it was at the assigning day) and put your consciousness into that body so you feel like you're living nonstop.

(at least that's the theory)

Also, to answer these questions:

They do remember their connections, their past and their memories. Memories of the past are the same.

Their families were not cloned, they aren't involved in this business in any way. They don't know.

However, to keep this secret from the mercs... Of course if both of the clones will speak to their families they will soon spot some weird things and inconsistencies (talking about things that seemed to never happen). Not even talking about visiting family on holidays, that's an obvious no-no.

So... First of all, a big deal is to make REDs and BLUs lives and experiences here as similar (ideally identical) as possible.

And second: I think their connection to the world is just very limited/prohibited. The telephone connection is entirely controlled by the Administration (Sniper has to drive far away to sneak talk to his parents). Letters are monitored, censored and withhold if necessary (or copied if they are FROM the family). No going home until the contract is due (many years??) etc...

Which contradicts comics in s lot of ways but you know what? I don't even care. Comics are an unreliable narrator anyways. I mean uh... I uh. I'll talk about it some other time.

[lomotunes2008]

Good thing it got saved :)

https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/20-0-4-0-furness-railway/

Came across this image today of Furness Railway no.20 being used as a playground

[turtleblogatlast]

Something really just. Nice that I noticed with the bros is that each of them has shown off some pretty interesting skills.

Raph is the one who fixes April’s ceiling fan for her, Mikey takes on half the work when making the new puppy rescue for Todd, and Leo is outright able to reprogram Shelldon’s AI (he messed up, but the fact he was able to do this at all is like??? Raph and Mikey were there too did they know Leo could do that because they were not surprised-)

Of course, this is nothing compared to Donnie’s own immense talent and skill for inventing and science in general, but it shows that the others are not incapable of assisting in his field if need be.

What I like to think with all of this is that they listened to and likely helped with Donnie’s various ideas growing up. Sure they may not get the specifics, and complex science talk goes right over their heads, but in a pinch they’d be able to get Donnie the right tool or set a wire back in place. It’s not as necessary now that Donnie is much more independent when he makes things, but it’s cute to imagine there being a time where the others had to pitch in and learned some stuff because of it.

[pocketsniper]

December 25th

[ruthytwoshakes]

have some shitty tf2 draw-overs of cat memes while I recover from The Sickness

[engineer-gunzelpunk]

Calling All Engines: I only saw this after I posted my first version:

So I had to do a second version hahahahaha!

[kaitaiga]

Ka-Freaking-Boom 💥

So, @alypink showed me a few generated prompts and I thought it would be fun to draw one of the outcomes and turn it into a quick little comic 😄

There’s never not an exciting moment when you’re around these three…no such thing as silence…anyways hope you enjoy!! 🐻❤️❤️

Pookies:

Aly - @alypink

Hannah “Sparrow” Clayton - @revnah1406

Damien Whitlock - me lol

[volno-pesh]

there's a poll made by @dr-ludw1g and i felt like I need to make this. I've seen how some people even been arguing because of the ship's name and like. guys just put all 3 in the tags or idk

[musicallisto]

charles leclerc on instagram, 10.22.2024

[svtskneecaps]

if i get a purgatory 3 before the year is out i'm so sorry i'm going to be INSUFFERABLE

[h00tzz]

HELLO people of tumblr I simply MUST throw my tf2 ocs at you

I swear there’s actual lore and they all have names and backstories and they’re all CLONES living in the clonepocalypse but I’m writing this at 4am and I have places to be tomorrow I hope I don’t regret losing my mind and posting this tomorrow

[noble-atomics-railway]

12. The Tunnel - @joezworld traintober

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In this AU, Henry's engine was never removed from the tunnel. Henry finds it shortly after being promoted to an Engine driver and takes it upon himself to rescue the engine.