#Memphis Express

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Belle, Belle, Belle the sleeping car

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Poppa & Memphis draft designs for my Stex cartoon idea upon ye

Let's hear it for old people and the other 2/3 of the parental polycule <3

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StEx Appreciation Month Day 9: Belle Jr.!

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Face Claim: Ashlyn Weekes

Favourite Song/Scenes: Unfortunately I don't know enough about her yet, but I do like that she leads I Am Me!

Favourite Costumes: Her costume is cute! I like her hair loopies and she ourple!!

Favourite Ships/Friendships: I don't ship her with anyone. BFFs with Tassita, friends with the rest of the coaches, and has a little sister/big brother kind of relationship with Rusty!!! 🥺

Headcanons: I personally call her Bonnette (Bonnie for short). Memphis Belle is her mom and Brandi is her older sister. She's also the youngest of the coaches!

Unpopular Opinion: Maybe not-so-unpopular but I hate that the name Belle has been recycled for a completely different character yet again

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Bonus Round: Memphis Belle!

Face Claim: Shezwae Powell

Favourite Song/Scenes: I love her song but I prefer the Broadway rewrites, especially the lyric "Won't you catch this falling star..." I also love her participating in Girls Rolling Stock and her Starlight Express Intro duet with Poppa on the OLC album!

Favourite Costumes: Her Broadway costume is so pretty!!

Favourite Ships/Friendships: Momma x Belle, Poppa x Belle, or even Momma x Poppa x Belle. She's a mentor/mother figure to basically the whole yard. She's also friends with Brexit (don't ask why it just makes sense to me)

Headcanons: I hc'ed Brandi as her daughter before Belle Jr. came along so now she gets two! Her wheels are damaged so she has limited mobility. Rusty uses some of his winnings to help restore her post-canon

Unpopular Opinion: She and Momma could have been the first canon sapphic characters if the writers weren't cowards/lh/j

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[charleystrainyard]

🖤 Belle ❤️ the Sleeping Car 🖤 ~

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StEx appreciation month!! Day 9!! Belle and Belle Jr/Barbara!

Favorite performers ( not ordered )

- PP Arnold

-Janet Williams Adderley

- Ashlyn Weekes

Favorite songs/moments

Sadly I much prefer Belle the sleeping car over I am me 😔 I don't really like I am me. But the new belle is pretty cute design wise! Her wig is to die for!

Notes

I understand why Memphis Belle was cut. But I think she's very important to the history of StEx! And Belle Jr is adorable! Even if I have my gripes

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Stex Appreciation Month 2024

Day 9: Belle the Sleeper

Favorite Actor

Memphis Belle: PP Arnold, Janet Williams Adderley

Belle 2024: Ashlyn Weekes

Favorite Song

Memphis Belle: Belle's song, (OLC) Girl's Rolling Stock

Belle 2024: I Am Me

Favorite Costume: Memphis Belle's original costume and 2024!Belle's current costume

Favorite Ship(s): Poppa/Belle, Momma/Belle

Headcanon: Memphis Belle is very skilled in sewing

Belle 2024 listens to Lo-Fi music to relax, sometimes she falls asleep to it.

Unpopular Opinion: Not really unpopular I think but, I'm glad we got a sleeping car in a Starlight Express production since the OG Belle and Duvay.

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Some say: Poppa x Belle

Others say: Momma x Belle

My school of tought says: Poppa and Momma are 2 separate characters, and they're in a lovingly poly relationship with Belle!

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If I had a nickel for every time there was a Starlight Express character called Belle, I'd have three nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it's happened thrice-

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Memphis Mania: Injecting Playful Eclecticism into Your Modern Home

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2023's StEx Appreciation Month!

Day 12: Poppa and Momma McCoy

Lothair Eaton in the first picture and Maria Jane Hyde in the second picture.

Favorite Actor: Steve Fowler (Broadway, 1987-1989), David E Moore (Bochum, 2009-2016), Mica Paris (2017 Off-West End Workshop), Reva Rice (Bochum update, 2018-2023), and Maria Jane Hyde (Bochum update, 2021-2023, understudy)

Face Claim/Voice Claim: Lothair Eaton (face) and Steve Fowler (voice), Reva Rice (face and voice)

Favorite Song/Scene: Starlight Prelude

Favorite Costume: For Poppa, Broadway/pre-2018 Bochum. For Momma, the one she has looks great! Though I never really understood why she wore a skirt for act 2, when she didn't wear one in act 1.

Favorite Ships: Poppa x Momma, Poppa x Belle, and Momma x Belle

Headcanon(s):

Poppa/Momma is not Rusty's biological parent.

This isn't a headcanon I personally believe, but I think the idea Momma being trans (MTF) is really sweet.

Unpopular Opinion: None for Poppa, and for Momma, I like her a lot!

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besties, look what i snagged today, it's SO...🥺🥰🥹 full of details and beautiful.

Elvis' travels were far flung and wild, full of unexpected success and unimagined loss. In a journey like his, coming home is not a reprieve. Home is not a sanctuary. It's a proving ground where your essence is interrogated. What you really love, who you really are, what you want your life to mean. Home is risk, it threatens, it promises. And sometimes, like Memphis in 1969, it rewards. After revisiting the spirit of home, Elvis had a victory he could reflect upon, a confirmation that he was capable of more, a knowledge of the fire burning inside us all that we call hope.

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The Sweet & Innocent  -  Express Your Love (1972)

The name of this Memphis soul vocal group says it all. I can’t find a whole lot about the Sweet & Innocent other than Rubye James and Linda Royston attended Manassas High in Memphis, and the short lived Active Records released it.

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It's Stex cartoon idea content time again

Today I bring you guys;

Family Photos

Find these bad boys somewhere in Rusty (& Momma), Greaseball, and Electra's rooms (respectively)

These were spurred on by the thoughts of "how do they decorate their rooms?" Followed swiftly by "Well if Rusty has a family photo somewhere in his room........... what does family mean to Greaseball & Electra as his foils?"

So teehee, enjoy some of my thoughts, and feel free to share with me if you have any thoughts as well, and/or don't be shy to ask if you have any questions bc I want to talk about my Stex cartoon idea so bad

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StEx Appreciation Month Day 11: Belle the sleeping car

Favorite Actor: P.P. Arnold 

Favorite Songs/Scenes: Ig anything with Poppa idk 

Favorite Costumes: She has like one but I think it’s very pretty 

Favorite Ships: Her x Momma 

Headcanons: Tired girl, has a light sensitivity, married to Momma for a very long time

Unpopular opinions: I dislike her song- 

[charleystrainyard]

MEN, I’M BACK!

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Starlight Express but it’s Pokemon Pt.5

So it’s been way too long since I did Part 4 of StEx but they have Pokemon, sorry about that. But now it returns! This time, it’s the other Coaches who’ve been in the show.  Not sure who else I’ll do after this. Perhaps the Freight?

I know I said I would only do Belle the Bar Coach in another earlier part, but I decided to go back on that and do Memphis Belle too. She’s still a Coach who was in the show after all, even if only for a brief time! She doesn’t have a proper type specialty, but given her team we can say Grass/Psychic specialist. Her team is (from top left to bottom right): Swadloon, Abra, Galarian Slowpoke, Persian, Lapras, and Meganium. - Swadloon, Abra, and Galarian Slowpoke each represent the fact Memphis is a Sleeper Coach. - Swadloon creates and wraps itself in leaf blankets to protect itself. They would absolutely make blankets for Memphis too to keep her protected and cosy, especially on winter days. - Abra are said to sleep for up to 18 hours a day, but can also get Memphis out of danger using Teleport if need be. - Slowpoke as a whole are known to be more dopey, but I went with regular Slowpoke because it’s tail is said to taste sweet, and Memphis herself is a sweet and good-hearted lady. - Persian meanwhile represents general elegance and sophistication, which Memphis as an older Coach definitely has. - Finally Lapras and Meganium are both said to be very gentle Pokemon, again befitting Memphis Belle’s gentle and kindhearted personality.

Onto our OTHER Sleeper Coach, Duvay! She is without a doubt a Normal type specialist. Her team is (from top left to bottom right): Delcatty, Slakoth, Komala, Mareep, Furret, and Jigglypuff. - Delcatty is said to be very un-fussy about where they sleep, choosing whatever spot works and dozing off there. People also joke it has a travel-cushion for fur around its neck. Very good and calm house pet for Duvay. - Slakoth are said to sleep for up to 20 hours a day, even more than Abra. Again, a very calm and simple pet for Duvay to look after. It enjoys being brushed after Duvay returns from work. - Komala meanwhile are quite literally BORN asleep, somehow. They also enjoy clinging to friendly Pokemon trainers. Duvay’s Komala is always clinging to her, be it on her shoulder or her arm, and she adores it. :) - Mareep is the only Pokemon here to not be Normal type. It’s fleece is very fluffy, and I imagine it’s little light-up tail would be a good alarm of sorts for Duvay. Also, counting sheep joke. - Furret are said to curl up around their offspring to help them go to sleep. Also Furret is, VERY big and long and fluffy. Absolutely the perfect Pokemon for Duvay when she gets tired. - And lastly Jigglypuff’s singing can help people go to sleep. Not that I imagine Duvay NEEDS it, but hey, we all have those nights.

Other Belle now, our Bar Coach, and she was BY FAR the hardest come up with ideas for. But her type specialty is, vaguely, Grass/Bug. Her team is (from top left to bottom right): - Shuckle, Vanillish, Petilil, Breloom, Polteageist, and Combee. - Shuckle helps her with making juice, as Shuckles are known to be able to make a tasty berry juice in their shells. - Combee likewise helps with making drinks sweet, as it’s a bee and thus collects honey, which can be used in drinks. Belle’s is a female too, so it may eventually evolve into a Vespiqueen. - Vanillish also helps with making drinks, in their case being able to cool down drinks with their icy breath, or by making ice cubes to go into the drinks. - Petilil’s leaves on the top of its head are mentioned to be harvested safely from the Pokemon and used to make an energising tea. Belle may not make teas often at work, but someone’s bound to order it. It gets along well with Combee! - Polteageist is here because, it is quite literally a haunted teapot. It can still MAKE tea though, and trusts Belle enough to help with providing it while at work. Hers is a legitimate Antique form, passed through the family. - And lastly there’s Breloom, who acts as Belle’s bar bodyguard and bouncer. It’s simultaneously friendly, but also able to pack a very strong punch that can rival BOXERS.

Last but not least, Carrie! Who as you can see, is a Fighting/Flying/Grass specialist. What a combinaton. Her team is (from top left to bottom right): - Sneasler, Pidove, Steenee, Machoke, Pelipper, and Gogoat. - Carrie’s whole team as a whole focuses on helping her in her job of helping people with their luggage, which could definitely prove to be a lot or be heavy even for someone specialising in it.  - Machoke and Gogoat are seen in the games being able to carry both heavy cargo AND people. Machoke in the Gen 3 games are even seen helping with house-moving services. - Pelipper are said to be able to carry Pokemon around, so I don’t see why it wouldn’t be able to help with bringing someone else’s Pokemon safely onboard. - Sneasler are also mentioned to be tough and strong. They’re also quite sassy Pokemon, which definitely fits with Carrie’s personality. Sneasler’s are also said to be more solitary Pokemon, but Carrie’s is the opposite, being very extroverted and cheeky. - Steenee are said to have a strong body that can withstand Flying type Pokemon, so it’s quite safe to have around Pidove and Pelipper. Steenee are also said to have a sharp kick, no doubt helpful when combatting someone trying to steal someone else’s luggage. - And lastly Pidove is part of her team in reference to carrier/messenger pigeons. Though Pidoves aren’t used for that, they’re a bit too forgetful for the job, they’re loved by trainers anyway for being loyal and sincere. Carrie’s Pidove likes to sit on her head while she’s working.