#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

[duskstargazer]

[2015]

During the winter months, work at the quarries would grind to a standstill. Between the ground freezing solid and becoming considerably more difficult to excavate and the frost further hindering their progress, some such industries temporarily ceased operation.

The Suddery Clay Co. was no exception. Bill and Ben were glad that they didn't spend the winter cooped up in their shed, but being contracted out to other companies meant they were often split up.

Ben had been sent up to the yard near the big station to help keep things moving. But Bill and Ben are small tank engines. The trucks, vans, and coaches seemed to tower over the low-slung saddle tank. Without Bill, the yard began to feel very claustrophobic.

“Helloo!!” A booming voice echoed across the yard. “Flatbeds full of crates, where are you?”

Ben shrank back behind a van. Without his twin - the engine he'd worked alongside for just about his entire life - he didn't have half the confidence he normally would have.

“Hey there - wouldn't happen to have seen any flatbeds with crates on 'em, would'ja?”

Ben stared. Standing before him was easily the strangest looking engine he'd ever seen. And he'd met someone with an engine at each end.

“C'mon, you, lighten up!” The backwards-looking (according to Ben) cyan engine grinned. “It's Christmastime! The festive time of the year that friends and family come together, an-”

“The time of year where I'm split up from mine.” Ben said, quietly.

The bigger engine blinked. “What do you mean?”

“Bill - my twin brother - and I always work together. We have our whole lives. But…” Ben sighed. “Apparently there isn't enough work for all of us at the clay pits this time of year, so we get sent to work elsewhere… and usually apart. And this year is no different.”

“Bill is still here on the island, isn't he?”

“Well- yeah, but-”

“And he's still your brother?”

“…”

“Then hold onto that feeling. Remember how much he means to you. And you'll get to see him again when the clay pits reopen, so you have that to look forward to.”

“I guess…”

“Merlin taught me that.” The big cyan engine said proudly.

Ben had absolutely no idea who Merlin was, but he smiled anyway.

“For the time being, you shouldn't have to spend Christmastime alone. I'm Lexi. The engines at Knapford Sheds probably won't have an issue with letting one more engine in, and out of the cold.”

The small saddle tank engine smiled. “I'd… like that. I'm Ben.”

[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.

[nwr77]

they have been finished ~! (technically yesterday, but I didn't have the time to post lmao)

Going with the headcanon that CGI series was essentially live-action version of the series, all the movies obviously had red carpet premieres on Sodor, and Journey Beyond Sodor is no exception, even if most of the main cast had to be dragged out from the Mainland.

[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

[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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S̷̭͕̃ ̵̟̼͑̕H̶̲͗͛̂ͅ ̸̜͙͖͙̽É̷̝̊̕ ̸̨͍̿ ̶̤͍̎̎̀̐I̸̙͈͊͗͆͘ͅ ̷̛̳͌̆S̷͓̘̈ ̶̛͙̓̓̿ ̷͉͗G̷̠̃ͅ ̵̲̘̞̈́̈́̿O̶͇̘̦͝ ̸͉̳̀̀̋̿Ṇ̸̇̎ ̷̰̅̎͝Ȩ̸̯͗̂ͅͅ

[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)

[jasminesanriofan]

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

[bladexjester]

Lexi the cab forward 🩵✨🩵✨

“Hi! Hi! Hi! Pleased To Meet Ya!!!”

[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.

[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.

[neutrallyobsessed]

Give it up for the cab-foward engine, Lexi! She was my fav of the experimental engines, specially because I could do this for her humanization ^^.

I do plan to do Theo and Merlin later (among other humanized engines with unusual body... configuration? lol idk what to call it) so stay tuned for that~👀