#angry train thoughts

[engineer-gunzelpunk]

Victorian Railways R-Class Hudsons

Its to be pointed out that it at the time that the R-Class was introduced as an express passenger locomotive, they had already thought to start introducing diesels (which they did in July of 1952, as the poor R-s needed extensive work at the Shops after their trip by boat) and thought to phase out the S-classes. Any blame on the R-classes themselves is pure arse covering and ignores how deeply ideological the introduction of the diesels was and how short sighted at this point the VR had become.

(They had already dropped the ball on rejuvenating the post-war rail network by reinforcing the lines, were cutting a lot of branches, scrapped Heavy Harry's two other siblings before completion; thought to introduce diesels but then ordered the R and J classes... and when they finally introduced the diesels, it was in this arrogant, pig-headed fashion that ignored that the diesels at that point were quite new and a lot of kinks to iron out.

They withdrew and scrapped the S-class Pacifics before any preservationists could save them and painted the diesels in the blue and gold VR express livery as a statement... and refused to let steam engine crews rescue or take over trains from broken diesels because it made VR look bad...

One particular incident at Seymour involved a diesel that was hauling a banana train breaking down, and the crew of an already prepped and ready R-Class Hudson being told it was more trouble than their jobs were worth to go and pull that train, so they had to sit by while fitters were called from the diesel depot at Dynon.

No Super Rescue here I'm afraid.

Sorry about the rant, its kind of a weird bone of contention in gunzel circles apparently... and its awfully convenient the foreign manufactured locomotive gets the blame. Hhhhmmmmmm...).

I headcanon these fellas as Scottish, but we Aussies have a whole thing of Scottish folks we adopt as our own (Jimmy Barnes, Malcolm and Angus Young, etc.) and Victoria itself as a very strong Scottish influence in a lot of place names and culture. They are solidly Scottish-Australian in my view.

[luck-of-the-drawings]

EDYN TIDESTRIDER, CHALLENGER OF THE UNDERSEA, RIVAL OF THE DEEP. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR BROTHER WAS CHOSEN TO BE A WEAPON OF THE GODS? HOW WILL YOU UNDO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HIM?

[moreaugriffins]

IDK who needs to hear this, but Egon and Ray aren't the only autistic og ghostbusters

Peter is too

Your telling me this man with two PhDs related to psychology, who always has the exact right thing to say to manipulate a situation to his favour (when it's a planned/known situation), but cocks up massively when it's an unknown situation, who has a massive reaction to getting slimed (more so than the others), who would rather joke all the time than take a situation seriously because wtf should he say

you're telling me this man is neurotypical?

nah

Winston's the only NT in this group (idk how he deals with these weirdos (affectionate))

[creakysocks]

I was thinking abt piccolo and gohan talking after the events of superhero and wound up with this interaction between them

[grif-hawaiian-rolls]

if you're still taking requests, please please please draw some bitlomo (bitters/palomo)!!! if you're not up for it it's okay, i'm just obsessing suuuper hard over them lately x3c

"Shut up, Palomo," "Is this about the sniper rifle thing? Because I feel like it's about the sniper rifle thing," "Oh my god," "Cause if it is the sniper rifle thing-" "CHARLIE. SHUT UP!" ... "I shtill feel 'ike you're mad 'bou'he shniper rihful thing," "For fuck's sake"

[cienie-isengardu]

Mortal Kombat 1 Behind the Scenes AU: Scenography (1)

[Cage’s Mansion] [Waiting for Liu Kang] [Special Bonus] [Grandmaster’s commentary] [Climbing scene] [Madam Bo’s Inn] [Cage’s Mansion 2 (fire extinguisher)] [Medic] [Shang Tsung’s sad face] [Smoke's Fall]

[rottkitt]

being a plural/system who’s obsessed with inanimate insanity (specifically taco, MASSIVE attachmenr) is fucking hilarious because it’s just like

taco and fran: “awwww sour screen/tacopad is so cute this ship is amazing its so literally us and our partner!! were gonna ship this forever”

pickle: “I F😡U😡😡CKING HATE😡😡😡😡😡😡 MEPAD.😡😡😡😡 LEAVE HIM IN A DITCH”

like WHAT do you have against him. why are you so angry. you haven’t even fronted in almost a month and the first thing you do when you come back is start screaming about your newfound hatred for mepad

[allisonjamaica]

losing my mind at how earnest liam is in so many of his interactions with theo in 6b especially. like he is genuinely so non-confrontational at times?? and yeah obviously half those times (pressure test bathroom talk, the fake fight in triggers) theo ends up antagonizing him into anger, but the fact that he goes into so many of these interactions so earnestly has me (and theo probs) kicking my feet and giggling

[m4resr41lr0ad]

you can tell that I'm way too fixated on this attraction because tell me why I'm drawing a oc I made for the ghost train getting possessed

[oftenlyshitposting]

i wonder if they'll ever pull another wolfwren inverse in the next season of ahsoka or other related mandoverse projects

because i wanna see sabine growing out her hair for a padawan braid, then chopping most of her hair back to a short and helmet-friendly length, perfectly blending her mandalorian heritage and her jedi padawan training; the braid contrasting just right against her beskar breastplate

additionally i wanna see shin conflicted with herself on whether or not she should chop off her padawan braid as her hair is getting longer and no apparent sign of baylan's return; eventually deciding to sever her padawan braid, but collected the little crystals embedded within it

there's just something about the idea of sabine with a new padawan braid, whereas shin being the one who chopped off her own padawan braid instead of her previous master

[the-warrior-of-the-mind]

what would you do if Tiresias came looking for you?

Hide.

I’m not immortal anymore- so- Y’know…..

or just in case I.. I raise my voice or- hell who knows the horrors I could do.… I mean I’d argue I’m a lot more threatening than them so..

[twilightown]

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[silverwhittlingknife]

antigone. jean anouilh.

quotations from antigone: a tragedy by jean anouilh. translated by lewis galantière.

comic panels in order are from: battle for the cowl 3 (x3), batman annual 25, batman and robin 5, batman and robin 6, battle for the cowl 3, batman 416, battle for the cowl 3, battle for the cowl 2, batman annual 25, batman and robin 6, under the red hood, battle for the cowl 3 (x2), batman 427, lost days 5.

[silverstreams]

going to preemptively say that I know disability doesn’t give a shit

but like

so many times (usually when crying from frustration and/or doubled over from pain) I can’t help but ask, what am I doing wrong?

why can’t I get relief, despite following all the instructions from my doctors?

what is there to do that i’m just not trying hard enough at?

[paragonrobits]

a random thought but it occurs to me that the Sith invariably and inevitably turning into burned out, hateful and lonely killers who impulsely wind up either murdering everyone they care about in fits of anger or not caring anymore about the causes that originally drew them to the Dark Side has a lot of merits, viewed objectively

among other things, the Dark Side encourages drawing on the worst parts of yourself; your drive to hurt others, the need to destroy, violence and anger for its own sake, and the specific point I think about is not only does the Dark Side involve a cultivated lack of compassion and willingness to hurt others

but also an erosion of self control, and especially impulse control. The light side is all about harmony, compassion, connection and so on, and especially discipline. The Dark Side specifically abandons that control.

So a Dark Sider is functionally supposed to be someone who embraces their darkest feelings and aggressively acts on them, and that self-control and not instantly obliging your impulses are antithetical to the Dark Side. To be a true Sith and use its powers consistently and well, you have to not have any self control. All signs indicate that impulses and violence drive a Sith and other Dark Siders as much as anything else.

When you have people entirely motivated by anger, resentment and hatred, it doesn't just erode their ability to care about anything or to cognitively understand that other people have feelings and lives, the sort of things the Sith do makes even more sense.

So in this case, Darth Vader strangling his wife in a fit of rage by him immediately assuming she's betrayed him at the first sign of her not instantly being on board his military empire idea, is not an isolated incident, or even something that would be particular to him.

For a Sith, this kind of violence is actively encouraged and demanded by the Dark Side. It's an inevitability.

[permanentreverie]

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