#Purse of Money

[brudders]

Essentially — Small Towns

Advocating On Behalf of the Real World, a Famous for Being Famous List of Die Hard Impersonators of the Very Important Persons w/ Privileges; Weird "Al" Yankovich Hints to Couch Potato Included 'Patchwork Quilts' in a Music Video and Other Heckling at the Lifestyle Come from Various Slogans and Gestures Used for Promo at the end of the Vernacular

* There are People Who Make Believe the #PoloBear Stands Between Ambition and the Way that Person May Dream; When In Fact the Only Changing of Ones Behavior like the Chino (fem. china) of Mexico Whose Foundation is Meant to Show Support or Raise Awareness 🗺️🗾

* Couch Money Is Nothing Like Old Money These Days; It's the Internet of Things Grappling w/ Americas Stake in Distribution of Winnings; A Purse of Money 🤑💰

*If the Real World/Road Rules Challenge Happens Today There Will Be a Movement of People from Southern US Between Educated People Movements by Organizations Fixing Them and High-Rollers In Anticipation of an Old Comrades Songs and Anthems.

[msterpicasso]

@kheumani

[expulence]

[ew-selfish-art]

Dp x Dc AU: Tucker gets hired by the JL to work on the Watchtower’s cybersecurity... He might have a few friends visit. 

Batman looked over the application for visitors presented to him by Dr. Foley, who was nervously wringing his hands but seemed excited to talk about his two close associates, and it appeared that everything was in order for the pair to be allotted a short visitation time slot. 

The paperwork was established by Batman himself after all, needing a way to permit non-members (His Children) to visit him at his office in the watchtower. Looking over Dr. Foley’s application, the invites to Dr. D. Fenton and Dr. S. Manson seemed to be somewhat warranted.

Dr. Fenton is a well known astrophysicist and Dr. Foley had been upping the security to reflect more complex physics models as the ‘lock’ mechanism for access to Watchtower servers. Dr. Manson was a more controversial figure in social justice but a biochemist to rival Dr. Pamela Isley, not to mention she was someone Bruce Wayne had met a number of times and not completely hated (though he was sure she hated him and everyone else in the gala). She was a fan favorite guest by his children and a great advocate for animal and human rights. 

Batman approves the application, allowing their visitation for a few hours at a time once a week until the completion of Dr. Foley’s project. 

He doesn’t hear much from it, nor from Dr. Foley, but things start to come down the rumor grapevine that the two guests were more than they seemed. Red Robin was the first to comment on it to him, and as practical and efficient Tim could be, there was a look of chaos in his smile as he discussed the two additional PhDs. He was stingy on details and that always meant something bad for Bruce’s mental health. A few others asked a few questions as to who exactly the pair were visiting, and Cyborg commented that they weren’t really doing too much to assist Dr. Foley. 

Batman decides to intervene and meet these two for himself when he hears Constantine complain (not that the man wasn’t always complaining about something) about the two new magic users being way too OP for normal humans. 

This is how the JL gets to become allied with Ghost King Phantom and Thorn (not Poison Ivy pt.2 as Robin insisted). Turns out they weren’t sure if the JL could be trusted with interdimensional politics, so Tucker spent the last two years gaining their trust to let Danny and Sam up here to ‘check the place out’ before they committed to becoming members. 

Batman doesn’t even get to raise alarms at the espionage of it all because Red Robin has already programed their new badges and welcomed them on with open arms and a project to take down the LOA’s Lazarus Pits “safely”.

[sketchy-lizards]

My favorite evil pride parade 🫶

Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Volta, Joule!!! and umm ‘checks hand’ kumquat 🥰🥰🥰

[bambi-on-the-ps3]

This is their dynamic. to me

[mrs-trophy-wife]

[pastafossa]

My most hilarious moment at the market today.

Little girl comes up to my table by herself. Like, 7 years old, maybe 8 if a day. She has the most solemn, serious little face as she closely examines my carvings. I day hi but have no idea what to say because, well, do you sell your art to kids? I have no guidebook for this.

My friend sharing the table with me: "Which one's your favorite?"

Little girl, eagerly pointing at literally the most expensive piece on the table, a large hand painted whimsical sea serpent: "This one! It says... 7...77?"

Me, somewhat sadly: "75."

And to my growing dread, this child pulls a little cat change purse out. And shit, is she going to offer me ten bucks in quarters? What age do they learn about money? Am I going to crush this child's heart? Is she going to cry? Like maybe I could knock it down to 70, but-

And this child

Triumphantly yanks out

A fucking giant ass roll of money.

Me and my friend stare in disbelief. Holy shit, does she actually have-

Little girl, frowning hard at the money for a long moment before blinking at me: "I need my mom to count. I'll be back ok?"

Me: "I... yeah, I'll save it for you."

My friend, once the kid is gone: "If that child actually has 75 dollars, I'm going to lose my mind."

Anyway, after her mom helped her count the bills, guess who walked out with my sea serpent? Well played, tiny child. 😂

[stealthkragen]

trying to figure out component designs

[tabooiart]

also since all the refs for the components are done i put them all together in a lil lineup :3 you can tell i drew all of these at wildly different times because the head to body size ratios are all over the place lol

[bunnyrafe]

kissing rafey’s face all over and going “thank you, daddy!” after he buys you something you’ve been begging for and he questions why he ever denied you in the first place because he’s absolutely lovesick when you do that…

[etchif]

some chronically left facing components

[wonderful-magician]

Messy train sketches from this week, still finding my style for these silly guys.

[expulence]

𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓑𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓮𝓋𝓮𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓰...🖤

[calocera]

back with trains 🚂👍

[dinahdoeeyes]

My ideal production of Starlight Express.

I suppose I'll just get right into it. First the list of characters, then the songs (excluding little bits/non-songs like Taunting Rusty and the races), then the rest.

Cast:

Rusty

Pearl

Greaseball

Dinah

Electra

CB

Ashley

Buffy

Poppa

Belle, the Sleeping Car (called Memphis Belle)

Dustin

Flat-Top

The Rockies

Volta, Joule, Wrench, Purse, and Krupp

The original National Engines

Duvay and the Sleepers

Control

Setlist (* = will be addressed below):

Entry Of National Trains

Rolling Stock

Call Me Rusty

A Lotta Locomotion ('83 Workship version, but with Buffy added)

He Whistled At Me (Minus the Rusty/Pearl conversation)

*Dinah/Greaseball duet

Freight (With the girls bullying the boys)

AC/DC

Pumping Iron ("Trying to build my body, trying to lose my mind" and "Stretching my bullworker, heaving on my weights" switch spots because I just feel that it'd sound better that way.)

Sleepers moment

*Dinah solo

Hitching and Switching (probably original)

Crazy

*That was Unfair (extended)

That's Me/There's Me (duet)

Poppa's Blues

Belle's Song (Combo of OG & Broadway — especially "sniffing the coke")

Starlight Express

The Rap: Hey You

*Make Up My Heart

Pearl Twirl

U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.

Girls' Rolling Stock

Wide Smile (Mostly the Broadway version, except he says the OG "...C.B." in the chorus instead of Broadway's "...the Red Caboose," until the ending after Electra & co leave.)

I Was Robbed

Right Place, Right Time

I Am The Starlight

Rusty and Dustin

*Dinah's Disco (extended)

No Comeback

One Rock & Roll Too Many

I Do and/or Only You (I really want "I Do," and it feels redundant to do both in a row, but I feel like "Only You" is important?)

*GreaseDinah reunion (extended)

Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Starlight Express Megamix (of course)

Notes:

We are leaning hard into the 80's here! None of that trying to modernize StEx they've been doing since the 90's. It doesn't work, and the hyper-80's...ness is one of the best things about StEx!

This is about 60% the 1984 original, so keep that in mind.

Dinah & Greaseball look most like the original Dinah and Greaseball. (Though Dinah's hair looks like this. I'll get to her costumes below.) Greaseball looks completely like Jeff Shankley's GB.

Most of the costumes look like the Broadway versions.

However, Pearl gets 3 costumes; her pants outfit from the '84 previews (but with white pants), followed by her sleek Broadway dress outfit (w/ Electra), and then the fluffy dress outfit (w/ GB).

Dinah has 2 costumes; the first one being more Broadway (but I dislike the leggings, so different ones), and then, when she pairs with Electra, she changes to an outfit that is similar to her OG outfit.

C.B.'s look is very similar to the original, except his pants are black, and he has his later hat.

I want some of the choreography from the '83 workshop. ( x x x x )

Dinah & Greaseball banter a bit because "Incapable of feeding yourself, Greaseball?" Ohhh *chef's kiss* 2017 London Workshop did something right!

*Dinah & Greaseball get a couple's duet. It's a fun, cute, rock/80's pop mix song that touches on their love for each other and how they don't care about others' bullshit. ("Our Lips Are Sealed" kind of vibes, I suppose.)

Ashley and Duvay are sisters.

Greaseball pulls the girls during "Freight," like he originally did.

*Dinah gets a solo after "Pumping Iron" after the Sleepers talk their bullshit. It'd be about 3½ minutes long. If you've read my Dinah rants, you can get an idea of what it's about.

Greaseball, Bobo, and Espresso are part of the choreography during "Crazy" toward the end, racing around with Dinah, Ashley, and Buffy. (I promise this is FIRE in my head. Have faith. 🥺)

*Grease & Dinah have a longer argument before their breakup.

Dinah and C.B. have a duet. It's the Broadway version of There's Me combined with That's Me. (Dinah singing her solo part first.)

*Pearl sings "Make Up My Heart" about Rusty, Electra, and Greaseball. (Explanation here.)

*"U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D." is slower, sadder, and has more lyrics, like it was in the '83 workshop.

Buffy & Ashley are finally canon. It's Complicated™️, but they get it together by the end.

*"Dinah's Disco" is a bit longer, as is *Dinah & Greaseball's reunion/makeup.

Pearl is absolutely like original Pearl in this: A selfish bitch (who learns and gets better by the end); she is not "naive." ("Further from my vision" over "Sadder but no wiser.")

We actually acknowledge that Pearl is an asshole. But, like Greaseball, she learns and is working on herself by the end! 🙌🏽

Pearl apologizes to Dinah at the end. FINALLY. (During a break in LATEOTT.)

Control loves the trains/coaches/freight, and they love him. He's just a bossy little kid, but they're also actin' up. (I'm open to Control being a girl.)

Electra and the Components do come back.

I... think that's it. I hope didn't forget anything.

CHOO CHOO! 💋