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imitation-steamroller · 2 years ago

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So assuming that Percy is the only engine in The Fat Controller's fleet to be named by the man himself (You could probably make an argument that Thomas and maybe Edward were too, but Percy's the only one that we canonically know for sure), do you ever wonder if he got puffed up about how he was probably the favorite because of it?

Like, I can so clearly see the engines talking about where they got their names - either because Gordon was talking about his family or someone asked BoCo where he got his name from - and Percy's just like "The Fat Controller named me! Didn't he name you all, too?"

And upon finding out that that's something unique to him, he'd parade around the yard like he owns the place, only to get into trouble and eat shit not long after.

#ttte #ttte percy #thomas and friends #roller's ramblings #i've been running through all the engines as i type this to make sure #toby duck and oliver had their names (and nickname in duck's case) prior to coming to sodor #we never saw engines 1-5 when they first arrived so we don't know how they got their names #donald and douglas gave themselves names after 'losing' their numbers #the books specify that *thomas* gave annie and clarabel their names #tfc *probably* named the coffeepots but we never see them in the books #and i can't remember if tfc said he named glynn in the tvs #only that he built him #the tvs original characters all arrived with names #i *think* the other engines named bear?#i'm still in the dalby era of the books so don't quote me on that

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