#Espresso the Italian Engine

[chaosghoulx]

The ship has sailed y'all

[dreamdancerdotfile]

Fanart for the ch11 of the WONDERFUL stex advent fic written by @thespectralelectral

Find it here 👇

[kingscribbles]

Lowkey obsessed w/ this tiktok from the german crew

[tabooiart]

post i made last night actually got me Thinking about what on earth i'm gonna do with the nationals so i did some doodles to get my ideas out. the concept is that they all still represent their countries but i completely removed the flags from their designs and just based them on real trains. these are subject to change but the base idea is there

[uselessjester]

Forgot to post this here

[trainqueen379]

CHIBI NATIONALS!!

(I apologise for the bad translations, I used google translate)

[raventreehouse]

Lastly the international trains for the stex fnaf au! Had to juggle between putting them in the skating rink or kids room and ended up going with the kids' room as they are perfect for educational stuff like a friend of mine suggested

International trains: Bobo, Coco, Espresso, Ruhrgold, Turnov, Manga and Brexit

The international trains - 

Bobo is made to be entertaining, but also an educational animatronic. He is one of the lively characters in the kids room made to entertain them and teach them French. Incredibly kind and maybe slightly overdramatic if you ask the others, especially the staff. He’s kind enough though and not many people 

Coco is made to be entertaining, but also an educational animatronic. She is one of the lively characters in the kids room made to entertain them and teach them French. She’s rather cutthroat and rather often at the other end of the stick of her brother’s never ending dramatics, is tired of it and the two often become a bit for the kids. 

Espresso is made to be entertaining, but also an educational animatronic.He is one of the lively characters in the kids room made to entertain them and teach them Italian. Rather dramatic, but not even close to Bobo, although the two have some kind of rivalry despite that. Other than that is often friendly, but easily offended which is rather easy around kids. The kids love him though, even if it is slightly to make fun of him.

Ruhrgold is made to be entertaining, but also an educational animatronic. He is one of the lively characters in the kids room made to entertain them and teach them German. The embodiment of a gentle giant, incredibly kind and even though his large stature makes some kids uncomfortable, most of them love to latch onto his legs or give him a hug whenever he comes by.

Turnov is made to be entertaining, but also an educational animatronic. He is one of the lively characters in the kids room made to entertain them and teach them Russian. Kind of a hardass, but incredibly friendly if you’re not terrified by his stoic face. It’s just his neutral face and you would think kids are often scared, but quite the opposite. He’s absolutely loved and adored. It’s probably because of kids’ scary good gut instinct.

Manga is made to be entertaining, but also an educational animatronic. He is one of the lively characters in the kids room made to entertain them and teach them Japanese. Extremely polite, almost to a fault. A wonderful role model towards kids in manners, even if he can be rather competitive and has often brushed it off on kids before. Not like the other engines are much better in that regard. 

Brexit is made to be entertaining, but also an educational animatronic. He is one of the lively characters in the kids room made to entertain them and teach them proper English grammar. He’s pretty laid back, but very often the butt of the joke. Takes in stride though, he gets rather annoyed when people make fun of British accents though, that’s when he’ll want to fight.

[hypotonuseisguud]

i think Espresso and Ruhrgold kiss sometimes. Maybe the occasional hand hold

[starburst2000]

Starlight Express Appreciation Month 2024!!

Day 23: National Engines!!!

🎶Let's hear it for the Champion Engines of the world!🎶

[green-planets]

StEx Appreciation Month Day 23: The Nationals!

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Favourite Song/Scenes: This answer is going to be the same for all of them so the races, Rolling Stock, and Coda of Freight! They all have super fun background interactions too!

In addition, I also believe Bochum could probably get away with gender blind casting for all of the national engines

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Ruhrgold!

Face Claim: Josh Crowther, George Olney, or Will Luckett

Favourite Costumes: ICE RUHR SUPREMACY FOREVER AND ALWAYS

Favourite Ships/Friendships: Ruhrgold x Carrie, Ruhrgold x Joule (as exes). He's friends with all of the nationals but closest with Coco and Espresso, after he and Carrie start dating I could see him hanging out with some of the coaches, and he becomes friends with Rusty post-canon

Headcanons: He's extremely charming. Whenever he's late, all he has to do is smile and apologize and most people forget why they were upset at him in the first place

Unpopular Opinion: I don't have any!

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Bobo!

Face Claim: Fraser Fraser or Darren John

Favourite Costumes: Orange Bobo!!!

Favourite Ships/Friendships: Bobo x Espresso.

Headcanons: Bobo started flirting with Espresso as a power move (trying to psyche out his rival with mind games). Over time, his flirting became more and more genuine until he finally confessed his feelings

Unpopular Opinion: I like Coco way more than Bobo (but I don't think that's unpopular lol)

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Coco!

Face Claim: Molly McGuire!!! or Clare Maynard

Favourite Costumes: I love her costume! I know girl=skirt is a bad design philosophy but unfortunately Coco slays. I wouldn't be sad if they swapped the skirt for a pair of shorts or something though

Favourite Ships/Friendships: Coco x Pearl, Coco x Brandi, Coco x Volta. She and Zero are bitch buddies, of the nationals she's closest with Ruhrgold and Brexit (he may be a twerp but he's HER twerp), she has no problem hanging out with Bobo or Espresso separately but thinks they're absolutely insufferable when they're together, she's also friends with Greaseball and Brandi

Headcanons: She's the same Coco from the Japan/Aus tour! Trans Coco real!!

Unpopular Opinion: Not unpopular, but the Chanel references need to go

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Espresso!

Face Claim: Noah Jordan or Darius James

Favourite Costumes: Current Bochum! I really like the red and green split!

Favourite Ships/Friendships: Espresso x Bobo!!, Espresso x Zero (more of a one-sided crush on Zero's end), Espresso x Bidecker (as exes)

Headcanons: He finally realized that he was gay while dating Bidecker. She was planning on breaking up with him anyway because their personalities were too incompatible as romantic partners, so their split was fairly amicable and they stayed friends afterwards

Unpopular Opinion: I don't have any!

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Brexit!

Face Claim: Kevin Köhler!!! (Born to play silly little guys!!) or Anthony Cragg

Favourite Costumes: I really like his costume (minus the tie)! The flat cap is so cute

Favourite Ships/Friendships: Brexit x Rocky 1!! The other nationals like to pick on him the most but they are friends! He also befriended Memphis Belle and I could see him getting along with Rusty

Headcanons: Brexit was going to apologize to Rocky 1 for dropping out of the race but when he saw how upset he was, he chickened out and hid. He ended up meeting Memphis Belle in the freight yard. She made them some tea and they had a very pleasant chat (she also gave him advice on how to approach Rocky 1)

Unpopular Opinion: Also not unpopular, it would be so sooo easy to change his name to something silly like Biscuit and give him a different tie. And they should totally let him race with Rocky 1 at least once

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Turnov!

Face Claim: Chris Southgate or Joseph Connor (but Jayred Lempriere Turnov slayed)

Favourite Costumes: Current Bochum costume, I like the red padding he has under his chest and shoulder boxes more than the dark gray

Favourite Ships/Friendships: Turnov x Hashimoto (platonic or romantic, I just think they're close). Hashimoto is his closest friend out of the nationals, he also hangs out quite a bit with Brexit and Brandi

Headcanons: Turnov and Hashimoto were perfectly content to sit in silence with each other and do their own things, but after the race they spend a lot more of their time together bitching about a certain caboose

Unpopular Opinion: He could be cut and I wouldn't really care. He's the national I think about the least :/

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Hashimoto!

Face Claim: Mayo Kawasaki

Favourite Costumes: I prefer the blue costume but I don't mind the current Bochum one

Favourite Ships/Friendships: Hashimoto x Turnov. He's closest with Turnov, but friends with the rest of the nationals

Headcanons: He's usually pretty reserved, but really cuts loose during the races and after-parties. He likes to spend some one-on-one time with each of the other nationals before they all have to part ways again

Unpopular Opinion: Also not unpopular but holy shit stop casting white people to play him </3 And stop giving him stupid names!!

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[chaosghoulx]

Turnov: "Is something burning?"

Espresso: "Just my love for you."

Turnov: "Presso the toaster is on fire."

[dreamdancerdotfile]

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[rosienewsies]

I SHIP IDC 🧡❤️

[goblin-iz-whack]

StEx Appreciation Month Day 26: Nationals

Turnov:

Favorite Ships: Brexnov

Headcanons: Really just needs love, has had a pretty difficult life, and deserves to settle down

Unpopular opinions: Idk

Coco:

Favorite Ships: French Wine

Headcanons: The "5" is because she was the fifth in her litter of siblings, Bobo is her overprotective Dad

Unpopular opinions: I hard-core dislike her skirt- You can make a feminine/female character without shoving them into a skirt.

Espresso:

Favorite Ships: Iced Coffee

Headcanons: Is Gay but flirts with anything that moves and talks, even humans and sentient machinery that aren't trains

Unpopular opinions: Idk

Brexit:

Favorite Ships: Brexnov

Headcanons: Real name is "Windermere", Dad dancer, Smallest of all the Nationals

Unpopular opinions: I don't think it's Unpopular that his name and tie need to go.

Ruhrgold:

Favorite Ships: Him and Bobo tbh

Headcanons: Twins with Rhinegold, One of the few Nationals that doesn't get caught up in racing drama

Unpopular opinions: Idk

Manga:

Favorite Ships: ...him and Dinah

Headcanons: Real name is "Hashimoto", uhhh idk what else he really likes arcades?

Unpopular opinions: Tbh I hate the name Manga-

[marastriker]

My StEx HC Looks

Espresso the Italian National

Update costume Faceclaim: Terence Uphoff Mannerisms/Body more like Luuk Hartog Has a more chiseled face with stubble at all times, sometimes he grows it out longer Has a fair amount of body hair but waxes before a big race Tan, olive toned skin Almond shaped brown eyes Much taller than you would expect, about 6'2" Slim with lean/toned muscle Aggressively tossing pizza dough IS a workout what do you mean Longer, sleek, thin black hair

[trainqueen379]

Bobo and Espresso!