#flatdust

[green-planets]

would love to request some flatdust for valentines day <3

Them <3

[honey-dont]

dustin apologizes to inanimate objects for accidentally bumping into them while flat top just smashes them to pieces with his brick

[thespectralelectral]

StEx Advent Ficlet Masterlist

VoltaJoule - Ice Skating

VoltaJoule - Fireplace Cuddling

Freight Vs Freight - Snowball Fight

OLC ElectraBoose - First Winter

Dinah & Pearl & Buffy - Hot Chocolate

Volta & Ashley & Purse - Winter Clothes

Wembley Freight - Sledding

Wembley Coaches & Rusty - Cuddling Pile

Electra & Components - First Snow

The National Engines - Gift Giving

The National Engines - Secret Santa

The Components (ElectraBoose) - Gift Planning

CB (GreaseDinah, GB/CB & ElectraBoose) - Mistletoe

CB - Christmas Pranks

Wembley Coaches (PRusty, GreaseDinah) - Christmas Time

Wembley Freight & Mama - Hydra's First Christmas

Rusty, Electra & Components - Stuck in the Snow

FlatDust - Sleeping and Slipping in Snow

RustRepair - Feeling the Cold

Kitchen Repair - Sulking and Cuddling

Wembley Freight - Shenanigans

PRusty - Christmas Market

[the-french-eurobitch]

~DAY #15: DUSTIN

(***Hiya folks! I apologize if this may be a liiiitle bit of a lackluster poetry piece. I was going through some personal mental health issues in the past week, and needed to focus on sorting those out for the time being. But now, everything's good! We're back! :) )

-x-

Favorite Actor: Gary Love, Toby Poole, Duncan Leighton, & Dale Branston (from the UK closing show boot; some of you might know him idk) 

Favorite Songs/Scenes: 

Dustin’s intro in the Freight Sequence; I always love seeing him and Flat Top have fun in a like “go crazy go stupid” kind of way

Him teaming up with Rusty after “I Am The Starlight”—So cute! I care them. 

Favorite Costumes: 

They’re all the same. :)

Favorite Ships:

Dustin x Ashley

Dustin x Duvay

HONORABLE MENTIONS: FlatDust & Dustin x Rusty

Headcanons:

He usually carries a lavender scented stress ball with him in his pocket, and he CAN AND WILL CRY if he accidentally drops it. 

Much like Rusty, he is also an early AM riser as well. :))

Every time he plays Chess with Flat Top, the poor soul gets beaten by him many times.

Unpopular Opinions: 

Dale Branston's overall performance completly goes in line with my interpretation of Dustin. I really like seeing him carry, with a cartoon-coated look, a jovial and very boastful energy! :)

[marastriker]

STEX APPRECIATION MONTH DAY FIFTEEN: DUSTIN

Favorite Actors

Ben Lancaster, Gavin Ashbarry

Favorite Costume(s)

His redesigned Broadway/Bochum costume, with the update makeup! <3 (He doesn't need to look like a terrifying clown smh)

Favorite Songs/Scenes

Racing with Poppa/Momma, and with Rusty! I also love to watch him vibe during Blues.

Favorite Ships

FlatDust, I hc them as QPP <3

Headcanon(s)

He's aroace but loves strong platonic bonds. 😊

Unpopular Opinion(s)

Not sure I have any!

[cielfangirl1]

Stex Appreciation Month 2023 Day 15-Dustin

Custom/Actor- Jamie Landmann 2022

Song-Freight( Bochum 2015)

OTP/BrOtp-Rustin and Flatdust

Headcanon-Has a collection of plushies that the other freights have given him over the years, he loves everyone of them.

[goblin-iz-whack]

Dinah is me because I ship them

[suppenzeit]

Rat, C.B., Dustin, Dinah? :)

this got long lol

Rat/AV/OLC-CB

Sexuality Headcanon: Bi, but with a strong preference for men. He's not super invested in long-term relationships tho (but won't turn down one if one happens to develop)

Gender Headcanon: Cis man, pretty masculine, but isn't concerned about masculinity the same way GB is.

A ship I have with said character: Electraboooooose (or, well, spagratti). They are canon in the OLC you can't change my mind (im only mostly joking about this).

A BROTP I have with said character: He hangs out with Dinah and Greaseball, though overall I think he's closer with Dinah. He does "dude stuff" with GB (they drink and watch tv).

A NOTP I have with said character: Hmm, I can't really think of any ship with him that I've seen that I've been totally opposed to. Not a super big fan of OLC Rusted Brakes but at the same time I don't hate it

A random headcanon: Likes to doodle, usually random things but might doodle a little portrait if theres other people near (he has so many doodles of Electra).

General Opinion over said character: Fun fact I used to not like him for a hot second before my brain realized that he's literally a shitty little man with a mustache and now he's one of my faves. I love a grimy little guy.

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CB

Sexuality Headcanon: Gay. He went through adult magazines as a teen and didn't understand what all the fuss was about.

Gender Headcanon: Cis guy, but doesn't give a shit about how masc he is.

A ship I have with said character: Rusted Brakes is the one I ship most seriously. Greaseboose/Electraboose/Cheater Boys are mostly there cause I think they're funny.

A BROTP I have with said character: He's bros with GB, but they aren't super close on an emotional level

A NOTP I have with said character: Hmm, can't really think of one

A random headcanon: Incredibly flexible!!! He's got no bones. Lounges around in bizarre poses.

General Opinion over said character: He's so funky and fun I love him <33

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Dinah

Sexuality Headcanon: Hm.... straight, perhaps bicurious.

Gender Headcanon: Cis woman. Very feminine.

A ship I have with said character: I.... don't really have one. Like, I enjoy GreaseDinah and Dinahboose, but neither of them are OTPs for me.

A BROTP I have with said character: She's besties with Buffy and Ashley!! But I think she's good friends with most of the yard. Who doesn't like Dinah.

A NOTP I have with said character: Again, can't really think of one!

A random headcanon: She's surprisingly good at fixing things. GB doesn't know much about tech and sometimes it's inconvenient to invite CB over so Dinah has to be the one to fix whatevers broken.

General Opinion over said character: I like her! I like that she gets an actual arc in the show.

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Dustin

Sexuality Headcanon: Hmm....... uhh. Let's say bi.

Gender Headcanon: Cis guy, but likes being a little bit gnc, as a treat.

A ship I have with said character: FlatDust I guess, but I'm not too invested.

A BROTP I have with said character: FlatDust again, but also Dustin and Rusty

A NOTP I have with said character: Uhh I don't think I have any

A random headcanon: Hums when he does things!! He doesn't even notice it, and the rest of the freight find it nice to listen to :)

General Opinion over said character: I like him! I don't think about him too often but I do like that he exists

[1010neveragain]

Starlight Express Appreciation Month Day 16: Flat-Top

Favorite Actor(s): *computer dial up noises*

Favorite Song/Scene(s): After Terrorizing Rusty when he gives Rusty’s helmet back and leaves the Gang behind. Also Freight where he just. threatens to throw bricks at the audience 

Favorite Costume: London!! Big fan of his hair and outfit. It looks like he’s actually wearing clothes, which I feel his later costumes don’t. 

Favorite Ship(s): FlatDust!! (Also Flat-Top x Greaseball but only as a one-sided crush)

Headcanon: Flat-Top hung out with Greaseball’s gang because he felt like it was the only way to get respect as a freight truck (spoiler alert: the gang still didn’t respect him). 

Unpopular Opinion: I wish his costumes leaned a little more into the punk inspiration!! it could be really interesting

[goblin-iz-whack]

FLATDUST/DUSTTOP YES

Reblog if your OTP is gay

I just wanna know :)

[honey-dont]

flatdust doodle

[goblin-iz-whack]

@hearth-goddess-99 OKAY THIS COULD BE ANY STEX SHIP: DUSTBOOSE, RUSTBALL, FLATDUST,

LIKE ANY SHIP

Jerry: I can’t believe we’re stuck in this room together.

Ralph, swallowing the key: Truly unfortunate.

[marastriker]

Let's cap off StEx Ship Appreciation Month with all the edits I made! :D

[honey-dont]

stex month day 13: flat top!

favorite actors: SO many. ross dawes is my forever fave but i also love delano williamsen, dennis courtney, luuk hartog, todd lester, mark davis, richard mylan, marcel brauneis, and paul treacy! plus whoever played him in tuacahn, i've never been able to find a cast list </3

i think a lot of actors tend to play him pretty one-note so i love when people balance his jerk asshole side with his softer caring side! plus he's always fun comedic relief, shoutout to ross for smacking himself in the face with his own brick. and how can we forget dennistop's goofy helium laugh. love him

favorite songs/scenes: watching him mess around in freight and the blues is SO fun he's so funny <33 the lil spin and suspender snap paul does is adorable, also love him bothering this poor random woman in the audience with his brick. i mentioned ross above but him climbing around on the set like a jungle gym is so so cute!! also tuachan flats getting super excited to see rusty and waving at him!!

love literally all of his and dustin's interactions too, esp when he waves off the rockies for teasing him ough. their little goofy solo in freight!! <3

AND ofc all of his and rusty's interactions! him being a little shit to poppa and rusty jerking him back by his couplers....peak sibling behavior. love him giving rusty his helmet back after he gets beat up, esp how ross does it bc he doesn't tell him to give up!! he still believes in him!! brb exploding

him and poppa/momma are rly fun too, flat top is definitely their least favorite child but they still care about each other <3

honorable mentions to dinah giving him a cheek kiss too it's so cute

OH wait one last thing. when he hears about cb's plan and he looks SO disappointed in greaseball bc that's him finding out that his hero isn't who he thought he was and UGH. it's so good

wait i lied one more. him and rocky messing around during the megamix and throwing the brick to each other <3

favorite costumes: london!! oh my god all the little details are so good like he's quintessentially 80s london punk and it shows. his little socks! the steel toes on the skates!! the bigass frankenstein bolt collar <3 i'm especially fond of his earlier fluffy black & silver wig, it's adorable

i also loooveee the 3d glasses makeup but the bit where he just had graffiti scribbled all over his face is so funny like "hey what should we put on him to show that he's rebellious?" "just write SEX + DRUGS" "ok got it"

also brick on a chain my beloved <3 AND in late london where his belt was made of wood planks to show that he's a flatcar!! so good

i also have a fondness for on ice flats. his stupid nail boots. and tuacahn bc i respect the decision to put him in a crop top and chaps

favorite ships/friendships: flatdust is my train otp i love them i love them i love them <333 they have it all....friends to lovers....sunshine/grumpy....introvert/extrovert....good stuff. their friendship is so sweet to me bc they're total opposites and yet! special shoutout to that one boot where it genuinely looks like they're about to start making out onstage

i love him and rusty too, they're absolutely siblings to me and wind each other up all the time but they still care for each other! also him and cb in a frenemy situation bc cb thinks it's funny to push his buttons

his hero worship on greaseball is also really interesting bc it ties into his whole self-discovery arc imo

headcanons: he's physically the weakest of the freight and he absolutely has a chip on his shoulder about it </3 i hc him as a bulkhead so engines tend to dislike him too due to him being prone to derailing at speed, so he's desperate to prove that is he is cool and strong actually!! he's also like 5'4" without the boots lmao little guy

he's scared of thunderstorms but won't admit to it so dustin will hold his hand and pretend that he's the one who's scared ;-; he also helps dustin out in his garden sometimes but he sucks at it so he just gets to stand there and be moral support. guy who doesn't get the concept of seeds and will just rip up whole flowers for dustin to plant

also very rarely smiles bc he doesn't like his tooth gap :( dustin thinks it's cute tho

unpopular opinion: flat top is such an interesting character bc like. he does NOTHING and yet he has one of the strongest character arcs in the whole show! it's all about him figuring out who he is and where he belongs and it's so fascinating to watch unfold in the background. him racing with rusty in the final would've been such a good culmination of that

also i don't think this is unpopular but on my knees begging him to be punk again like that's his whole point

anyway sorry for writing an entire essay i'm normal about him.

(last two pics are commissions from arachnidal and sparemayonnaise!)

[honey-dont]

the flatdust makeout fakeout still makes me insane like what are they DOING

[honey-dont]

Flatdust with 3C? *autism creature face*

you have to image flat top is standing on something for this