#lexi ttte

[jasminesanriofan]

Journey Beyond Sodor Frankie Crying

Grayson if she is in Journey Beyond Sodor be like...

[ohmystarrynight]

Journey beyond Sodor is so good

[claudemach]

redrew some kill la kill scene for funsies

[dragons-and-magic]

I just found a HUGE missed opportunity in Journey Beyond Sodor.

You know how Lexi, Theo, and Merlin are experimental engines. Well, do you know who is also one?

James.

[duskstargazer]

[1981]

The big bronze green engine blinked sleep from his eyes as he followed Lexi's excited chattering.

“Look!” She beamed, stopping near a siding.

Merlin looked at the siding for a second, before gradually catching on as he noticed small white buds poking out just beyond the trackbed.

“They're blooming!” Lexi squealed. “Just like you said they would!”

Merlin's lips drew into a smile as Lexi doted over the soon-to-be flowers. But his smile wasn't a joyous one.

It was bittersweet.

In such a bleak existence - long forsaken by their railways - or railroad - with only their crews for company, it was important to always try and look on the bright side when and wherever possible.

[deathxxlaw]

REDESIGN TIME

Theo, Lexi and Merlin!

Old version!

[viktuurishipper96]

Working on something with Douglas. And today is graduation day for me and I’m so excited!!!

Here’s the finished piece that I did

[spc-rambles]

I adore the steelworks gang, like more than I've seen other people express online.

First of all...

My little icon Lexi.

They have been known and initially regarded for their silly voices and jolly nature but I don't often see people looking into why they do it. Like their voices make them more wild than Marion who's generally loved by some fans but they also do it in spite of themselves. They and Theo did an entire upbeat song about how much they are failures to railway engineering with lyrics like:

"We're experiments gone bad

in other words whoever designed us must be mad."

These are not the words of someone with self esteem in how funny they are! They even showed them actually depressed when saying 'We can't do anything.' for the final time in the special.

And anyone who knew how long it took for more in-your-face LGBT+ representation in 2018 She-Ra will know that if this special just came out three or four years later, we might've had proper gender-fluid Lexi representation.

As for Theo...

He is still a pure little bean and I feel the ambiguity of his design makes it all the more reason for him to feel bad about his design. I don't know what about his design warranted gigantic cogs on his sides but we don't know what went on in whatever workshop he was built at. For all we know he could've had the Henry treatment, having been dumped on the doorstep on the first desperate railway executive needed an engine, as a last ditch effort for a dying manufacturer.

As for him being on the spectrum, I can still see it in his behaviour. Lexi was truly not gender fluid but once you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person.

And some characteristics are visible in him.

His unintentional bluntness. "Are you being scrapped?"

His tics and stutters.

His shakes in excitement, if you were to count it as stimming.

And who's to say he's not limited to physical disabilities? He and Lexi, depending on how successful you can view it having designs as unique as them on British rails, are the perfect ones to have given the body language they were adamant on giving all the engines back then.

Him being so gentle and anxious is generally adorable, so yeah, not so much to say about his actual personality.

Speaking of not much to say, not much to say on Merlin either, at least nothing that people haven't said already. We all know how awesome he is.

Beresford is MY MAN!

Beresford just wants a friend guys. He said in his own song that he was always ignored by engines who just want to get a job done. No time to chat with him. Loneliness can drive him mad. It is kinda sad that his appearance in Royal Engine was not only a sign of the further appearances these characters could've had but how it was also kinda a rehash of the scene we got in his last appearance, so maybe an episode of his own where he learnt to make friends properly would've been fun.

Ah well, at least he got some friends in another life.

And what can I say about Hurricane?

Keeping it real, working with steel.

Since 1902

He is such a chill guy, that while his companion might've had a lot of hard labour in mind for Thomas, he seems so genuine in wanting to take Thomas in while still acknowledging his terrible position. He could've done with standing up to Frankie though. But whatever, that's meant to be a part of his character, and he was voiced by the chad Jim Howick no less.

It's so funny when people say he sounded like a member of the royal family when he's played kings before.

And then there's Frankie.

Oh my god I adore her so much. Her manipulation being legitimately intimidating at the best times, especially when she's actually chasing Thomas down in the dead of night, her musical style bribing him into working for her, her VA's performance capturing all of her personality through line delivery perfectly.

Everything about her class, her demeanour, most of her lines makes me so curious about her whole life.

How is she running this steelworks better than the human manager of the works if there even is one? How are the human workmen so ok with her doing this? How did the other engines before Thomas get into doing her work? How did they get out? How did Hurricane stay with her for this long, let alone not encourage some potential friends of his to work with her? Was she indirectly responsible for Hurricane surviving as long as he did to still be a tank engine after she was built? Why didn't the railways surrounding this fictional steelworks not agree with this most likely non-existent human manager not just agree to get a lot of their engines to transport steel from their works? What did Frankie do? What are you hiding from us!?

The whole mystery surrounding her and her apparently feeling put-down and apparently not evil at heart according to her character profile and her role in the book 'Delivery at the Docks' makes her potential crimes such a goldmine for story potential that I really want to delve into very soon.

And yeah, that's what I have to say on them in canon. All beautiful characters that I feel need more recognition on a regular basis.

[lunarfeat21]

Clips of Frankie & Hurricane (5)

(1) / (2) / (3) / (4)

[uselessalexis165]

tried making some ttte memes (284)

[bladexjester]

Lexi the cab forward 🩵✨🩵✨

“Hi! Hi! Hi! Pleased To Meet Ya!!!”

[jasminesanriofan]

Lexi; The dessert making chick in double jointed limbs! She got ADHD and a crush on Theo.

[imitation-steamroller]

General TTTE Headcanons

No engine in particular this time, just stuff I’ve been thinking of lately.

- The reason we don’t see BoCo anymore is because he was sent to help out a heritage railway on the mainland. He was meant to come back ages ago, but general shenanigans on said railway have kept him there. You’d almost think that they wanted to keep him there...

- Thomas will never admit it, but the DOWT engines wig him out a bit. There’s something about so many engines dressing up as him that doesn’t quite sit right. And don’t get him started on the dummy units in the States.

- Nia actually has some experience with railway shows, but she has a low opinion of most show engines because of it. Once, the Great Railway Show was being held in Kenya, and Nia was chosen to take part in the shunting competition. Unfortunately, most of the engines there that year were rather rude and unsportsmanlike.

- There’s an old saying about mountain engines: “You can take the engine off the mountain, but you can’t take the mountain out of the engine.” And no engine exhibits that more than Ashima. She loves the fresh air, the dizzying heights, the weight of the coaches against her, and the view from the peak. Honestly, she would live on a mountain summit if she could.

- Nia sometimes puts her work before her own needs. If she’s working with an engine who’s giving her a hard time (i.e. Dennis or the Ironworks twins) or she has some sort of mechanical issue, she’ll often put more focus on getting the job done on time than her own health.

- Bill and Ben stayed blue all the way up until Timothy arrived. When they realized the new engine had ‘their’ color, they threw the biggest hissy fit they could until they were painted yellow again. Some say you could hear the noise all the way from Edward’s station.

- Theo was actually built by Ruth when she was visiting the UK. But something came up and she had to go back to the States, so she left him in the old yard with Lexi and Merlin until she could come back. She meant to come back, but by the time she had the chance, he was working at the Steelworks.

- Long before Great Waterton was abandoned, a fireless engine worked near the mines. There was no sign of them when the town was being rebuilt, but Thomas swears up and down that he heard something during his adventure in Morgan’s Mine.

- Percy and Nia 100% teach each other swears. Why, imagine the Fat Controller’s surprise when he overheard Nia calling a particularly rude stationmaster a... well, I'm not quite sure it’s fit for print.

- Billy has proven that engines can survive underwater. He had an accident similar to Percy’s at the harbor, only Billy slipped much further into the sea. Luckily, they were able to fish him out.

- Engines can will themselves to grow facial hair. Not suddenly like Dennis from SpongeBob, of course. But they can decide if they want it. Flying Scotsman actually had a rather distinguished looking beard in the mid 70′s.

- Whiff used to have contact lenses, but everybody - himself included - was squeamish about putting them in. In the end, it was decided that glasses were easier for everybody.

- Bridgette Hatt grew up to be Toby’s driver, but he didn’t recognize her at first. It wasn’t until she jokingly asked if he was electric that he finally realized who she was.

[claudemach]

yesterday i decided to give into the urges and watch jbs instead of uh I DUNNO season 5???

[dragons-and-magic]

Okay, another Journey Beyond Sodor idea. This time, it's a rewrite.

Instead of James going to rescue Thomas, it's a buddy film with the two of them getting lost on the mainland, getting kidnapped, and working through their personal issues and fears together. (Especially James, my poor messed up dude.😂😭 Insecurities! Yay! Lol.) And they come out of the adventure closer and stronger than before.

Also, the dynamics would be incredible. James and Thomas's verbal warfare is always hilarious.🤣 You get to see James interact with the experimental engines more. And come to terms with the fact he is one as well, through being with them.

Oh, and Percy and Emily are the ones sent on the rescue mission. :)

I'm totally writing this someday. Not anytime soon, but I will. It will be awesome.

[thechaddyengine]

What happened to the experimental and steelworks engines in my AU?

Well, I'll tell yall.

Merlin became an Ulfstead engine, taking special trains around the island and then back to Ulfstead.

Theo and Lexi just do odd jobs around Sodor. Theo only doing smaller jobs due to his small size and Lexi doing more heavier, bigger jobs.

Hurricane works at the Ironworks, he did make friends with Arry, Bert and 16. He does other jobs too, just mostly get's scrap and takes iron.

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