#loco scenarios

[yangwonz]

SYNOPSIS: you and jake have been the biggest fans of ikon for as long as your friends can remember. it was no suprise, that the two of you went crazy when it was revealed that they will perform at the LOCO festival! after getting the tickets, time went by quickly and now it’s almost time to leave your tiny city for the 3 best days of your life! the only problem is that you guys are not friends anymore.

PAIRING: kinda fboy!jake x fem!reader

GENRE: smau, festival au, comedy, fluff, angst here and there, slowburn kinda, (ex-)friends to ??? (that’s gonna be a suprise)

WARNINGS: english is not my first language, ignore the timespams, lots of cursing, jokes about death, alcohol consume, sexual jokes, smoking/vaping, jealousy, oh and jakehoon are kinda assholes :(

FEATURING: members of enhypen and txt, ikon + kim hanbin, a bunch of khh artists and kpop groups/soloists (cameo as performers)

STATUS: ongoing ! (slow updates)

TAGLIST: open <3

A/N: so i decided to rewrite my U MAD?! jake smau!!! i feel i didn’t really put into much thought at the beginning. and this smau deserves to be wayyy more planned out! so here i am again, trying to make a comeback on the tumblr writers scene >< U MAD?? is now back as LOCO (9:00PM) please come and follow the group on their journey at the LOCO festival! also the header will be changed for the better i swear 😭

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[todayisafridaynight]

experiencing mental illness <-- thought about masadai for .3 seconds too long

[positively-mine]

Just a friend? (Kuroo x reader)

A/n: Wanted to use this scenario for Suna but i know i got to write with someone else :’) Also the timeline is supposed to be set during college.

You’re currently at a party with the Nekoma and Karasuno team. It was supposed to be a get together for everyone but it was no secret that it was to set up an informal match after a year of not seeing each other.

Right now, you’re sitting at a table with Suga and Yaku. You have no idea how the conversation shifted from how your coping at school to your slightly-more-than-just-friends situation with Kuroo.

You’re sitting on the side listening to the two of them discussing your ordeal. Wouldn’t be the first or last time that they bring it up. Suddenly there’s a question directed to you.

“What do you think of him?” Yaku blurts out.

“Well…,” your eyes wander to the living room to see Kageyama and Hinata tussling it out. “He’s just a friend.”

All of a sudden, you feel a warm hand with cold rings grip your neck from behind.

Before you can look to see who it is, Kuroo pulls your neck up and kisses you. But while he’s kissing you, you feel the Monster mango loco drink he was consuming moments ago go down your throat.

You pull away hissing from the gassiness of the drink.

After that happens you see Suga smiling like a madman and Yaku with his mouth agape staring in astonishment.

Kuroo leans down to get closer to your ear.

“So am i really still just a friend?” He asks in a breathy voice before breaking out into a boyish grin.

You have no idea what to make of the situation but one thing is for sure. That was totally hot.

[trollsedits]

Brozone as K-pop Songs + Poppy and Viva headcanon

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I Love listing to kpop I was in my kpop era back in high school and middle school but I have stop listening to it but I started listening to it again to really brings back the memories and I also love listening to new kpop songs aswell :]

My favorite kpop group is Bts and Twice

I grew up with OG kpop groups like 2NE1,BigBang, Exo, Girls generation and so on in my inbox please do leave suggestions on your favorite kpop songs/ group I might check it out my current favorite kpop song is

Omg (New Jeans) and Love Dive (IVE)

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John Dory:

-Monster (Exo)

-Let’s not fall in love (Big Bang)

-Sober (Big bang)

-Blood,Sweat & Tears (Bts)

-Life Goes on (Bts)

-I am the best (2NE1)

-what is love? (twice)

-obsession (Exo)

-forever Young (BlackPink)

-red light (Fx)

-Butter (Bts)

-spring day (Bts)

-Tempo (Exo)

-Loser (Big Bang)

Bruce:

-Love Shot (Exo)

-love me right (Exo)

-I love you (2NE1)

-Love Scenario (Ikon)

-Kiss kiss (Ladies Code)

-Fantastic baby (Big Bang)

-Fake Love (Bts)

-seven (jungkook)

-Shine (Pentagon)

-The Feels (Twice)

-Crush (2NE1)

-Call me baby (Exo)

-bae bae (Big bang)

Clay:

-Russian Roulette (Red Velvet)

-Power up (Red Velvet)

-Rover (kai)

-You think ( Girls generation)

-Look (GOT7)

-Never ever (GOT7)

-Good boy (GD & Taeyang)

-Gentleman (PSY)

-Fire (Bts)

-I’m not cool (Hyuna)

-ma city (Bts)

-Run (Bts)

-Omg (New Jeans)

-Dope (Bts)

-hate you (ladies code)

-sugar free (T-ara)

Floyd:

-Hard Carry (GOT7)

-Chained Up (VIXX)

-Lounder than bomb (Bts)

-Black Dress (CLC)

-Love Option (Bestie)

-Set me Free (Twice)

-miniskirt (AOA)

-I Got a Boy (Girls Generation)

-so wonderful (Ladies Code)

-Love Dive (IVE)

-killing me good (Jihyo)

-save me (bts)

-Stay Tonight (Chung ha)

-Dice (NMIXX)

-Set me Free (Ladies Code)

Branch:

-Permission to dance (Bts)

-idol (bts)

-I’m gonna be a star (Twice)

-What is love? (twice)

-Shut down (Blackpink)

-playing with Fire (Black pink)

-ready for love (Black pink)

-Hate (4 Minutes)

-Yet to come (Bts)

-I’m fine thank you (ladies code)

-Lotto (Exo)

-I Need U (Bts)

-Lucky ones (Exo)

-Free somebody (Luna)

-Not that Type (gugudan)

-killing me (Ikon)

-Super Shy (New jeans)

-Feel special (Twice)

Poppy:

-Ice cream cake (Red velvet)

-Me likey (Twice)

-A girl like me (Gugudan)

-Queencard (G-idle)

-Gotta go (Chung ha)

-Fancy (Twice)

-Dance the Night Away (Twice)

-Boy with love (Bts)

-shake it (Sistar)

-Pretty Pretty (Ladies code)

-All Night (Girls Generation)

-Thumbs up (momoland)

-Wonderland (Gugudan)

-pop (nayeon)

Viva:

-Pink Venom (Black Pink)

-Loco (ITZY)

-Seniorita (G-Idle)

-I can’t stop me (Twice)

-You and I (Dreamcatcher)

-Crazy (4 minutes)

-Go hard (Twice)

-Tomboy (G-Idle)

-Girls (Aespa)

-Moonlight Sunlight (Twice)

-Saturday Night (Son Dambi)

-make me go crazy (Ladies code)

-Electric shock (Fx)

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Anyways, I’m not taking any requests currently but still do leave some ideas or so I will come back to it eventually but anyway please so leave me some kpop song suggestions in my inbox I will take a look at it…. :]

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Like + Follow are very much appreciated! ✨

[houseboatisland]

Operation Nestled Dragon

Even before the passage of its iconic Transport Act 1947, the first Attlee ministry had been laying the groundwork for what we would today call a strategic steam reserve. Operation Nestled Dragon, which went into effect as early as December 1945, called for “at least 4,000” steam locomotives to be stored and kept in constant readiness in the event of “any cataclysm which could strain supply.” This was a somewhat arbitrary number; the LMS alone had 8,000 locomotives on the eve of Nationalization. It was believed that a majority of the country’s engines would survive attack during a wartime scenario, the most likely reason to activate the reserve at the time. 4,000 engines kept as a backup to unscathed stock was deemed sufficient. (It has to be said there were no strategic reserves of coaches or trucks, whether planned or even merely discussed!)

These engines and the necessary facilities would be dispersed as needed throughout the country. Bigger towns would have more engines and more MPDs (motive power depots) allocated to them, London having the most. The number of engines kept in a single “strategic MPD” was always limited to 20. In this way, an attack such as an aerial bombardment would be less likely to take out a population center’s entire locomotive stud at once.

To “activate” the reserve, the Minister of Transport was required to approach the Prime Minister and his Cabinet, and a vote be held on the matter.

Strategic MPDs could be crude or elaborate. By design they were severed from the nearest railway, so that no tracks were visible for any overcurious trespasser, potential spies or reconnaissance aircraft to follow. Every MPD had to be able to have these missing rails laid back in “within or under three hours” if called upon. Often, abandoned mines and tunnels were used and their insides fitted out. These ‘naturally-occurring’ locations were codenamed “dragon’s lairs.” Other times a location had to be built from scratch; these artificial MPDs were codenamed “rabbitholes.” Always was there emphasis on keeping the MPDs dry, ventilated and fireproof. Each MPD needed a turntable, a reliable water supply, coal bunkers, storage space for rails, sleepers, a small number of spare parts, adequate headroom and an overhead crane for heavy repairs like boiler swaps, and of course bunks for crews should the reserve be activated and they be based there. Otherwise bunkrooms were vacant, although men on duty for maintenance of stock and depots did find use for them during their shifts.

There was little methodology in place for which engine classes were preferred for the reserve. Great Western engines were less favored as they were built to run on high-quality South Welsh coal, and it was assumed the quality of coal sourced during a crisis would be poor. In any event however, some still “found their way in.” In general however, Eastern, Midland and ex-WD locos formed the majority of the workforce. Every engine belonging to the various military railways such as that at Longmoor were considered part of the reserve too, so it could be said that several pieces of the reserve’s stock were out in the open all along. Also joining their ranks as they came about were BR Standard classes, some built specifically for the reserve. These had neither BR nor serial numbers, being built “off the books.”

At first, engines reserved were simply stored and maintained in the livery they wore at the time of their “reassignment.” As time went on, (and their maintainers became bored,) a semi-official livery of black with white and navy blue stripes was settled upon and applied, one engine at a time. Quickly a crest for the Strategic Reserve was designed by one anonymous artistic crewman, and the reserve’s motto agreed: “Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit,” a superstitious British phrase.

Attlee and Churchill were both said to have toured a strategic MPD at least once. “Here we are in the belly of the beast. You lot have done some splendid work; Britain thanks you,” Attlee had said on his visit. “Men will do anything to play trains away from the wife without interrogation,” Churchill remarked on his, perhaps half in jest.

Thus was the system. As steam on the public or “civilian” British Railways was phased out, further freshly withdrawn engines were added to the reserve stocklist. Much speculation was made as to why coal bunkers and hoppers and water towers continued to be maintained even as the steam engines finally vanished from the national network in August 1968. This was explained away as infrastructure left in place for railtours by preserved engines, and in hindsight must have sounded ridiculous.

As generations of enginemen retired, they had to pass on their skills to the fresh blood. The years then went by without significant cause for alarm. The closest the reserve came to being activated was at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962; declassified materials confirm that as many as half of the reserve was in full steam awaiting the call, and track gangs were ready and waiting to lay in rails. The crisis ebbed of course, and by the second week of November, the number of engines idle was back to “Normal.”

Margaret Thatcher’s Government planned to shut the program down, but this was averted… just. John Major however couldn’t be dissuaded. Privatization was in full swing, and the Soviet Union had dissolved itself. The reserve suddenly seemed very redundant, (but per its own 1945 definition, not completely,) and the winding down of it all began. On the 1st of December 1998, some 53 years after the beginning of Operation Nestled Dragon, all 4,855 locomotives and their associated depots and crews were demobilized by the Blair ministry and most of the reserve’s documentation declassified. Everything became public knowledge, including the engines themselves, quite literally overnight.

At once, the locos and their facilities were up for auction. Dozens of Strategic MPDs were made into living museums demonstrating how the reserve worked. Many of the engines belonged to classes otherwise thought extinct, such as the LNER Thompson L1s and the LMS Garratts, and here were surviving specimens being pulled out of the metaphorical wardrobe like nothing. The British preservation scene was in a matter of hours awash in perfectly functional engines no one expected to still exist, which coupled together in a line were longer than most if not all of the railways themselves! Several also were sold abroad to the United States and Canada.

The public couldn’t be blamed for this all being such a shock. They hadn’t been prepared.

Their predecessors however certainly were.

[doiesfav]

NCT MASTERLIST

a masterlist for nct (This blog is dedicated to the actual 25 members of nct!)

texts masterlist info presentation

->Johnny

->Taeyong

Slam Dunk (TBA)

->Yuta

->Kun

->Doyoung

Love Letters Strawberry Sunday || Parenthood series

->Ten

Music, Dance

->Jaehyun

Blooming spring || Parenthood series

->Winwin

->Jungwoo

Moving Day || Parenthood series

->Mark

Scenarios pt.1 Mr. No name PT. 2 || Birthday special Press Start || Boost Your Energy series (TBA)

->Xiaojun

Starlight Couple headcanons || Birthday special

->Hendery

Couple headcanons || Birthday special

->Renjun

Arcade Racer || Boost Your Energy series (TBA)

->Jeno

Loco || Boost Your Energy series (TBA)

->Haechan

My Youth Poison Everyday Work || PT.2 Level Up! || Boost Your Energy series (TBA)

->Jaemin

The Pink One || Boost Your Energy series (TBA) Couple headcanons || Birthday special

->Yangyang

Couple headcanons || Birthday special

->Chenle

2127 || Boost Your Energy series (TBA)

->Jisung

Mess, chaos, and disorder || Boost Your Energy series (TBA)

->NCT (in general)

->NCT 127

Barbie or Oppenheimer - 127 VER

->NCT DREAM

Love Again [H.RJ & N.JM] (TBA) Boost Your Energy Series Barbie or Oppenheimer - DREAM VER

->WAYV

Barbie or Oppenheimer - WAYV VER

->NCT DOJAEJUNG

Parenthood Series

Thanks guys for supporting me and Im sorry If the TBA ones aren’t still releasing, some of them aren’t even started TT (blame college pls)

[ultravioletqueen]

I decided to continue with the tcoaaltober and I will draw more content of this in the next few days.

I also took advantage of this to design xabier's parents (my oc) and julia/jeanette's parents.

Joan mclaren is xabier's mother and usually spends time away from home working in a punk bar (where she even wrote songs and played instruments there), she is a tough but quite sociable and fun woman, she loves being able to teach her friends. children the teachings of the punk movement and that they grow up to be people who do not allow themselves to be trampled by authority.

Joan is a loving yet authoritarian mother and wife, she knows how to set clear boundaries with her family and makes sure they do too.

Hobart McLaren is Xabier's father and unlike his wife he is a quiet and soft-spoken man, but no less punk. He met his wife at the punk bar where she worked and let's say the spark was almost immediate. .

Hobart is usually a very pampering father with his children and likes to spend quality time with his family. He greatly encourages his children's creativity by accepting all their crazy ideas since according to the saying "no genius is complete without some madness."

Jasmine is Julia and Jeanette's mother who is practically Matilda's honey teacher, super sweet, kind and positive about life, she is a very cheerful lady who works in a flower shop in the city and is well known and loved by her neighbors.

Jasmine adores her daughters but understands that they need their space as young adults and often puts her husband Casimir's feet on the ground when his nerves drive him crazy.

Casimir is the father of Julia and Jeanette, this man is a constant bundle of nerves who usually thinks of the worst scenarios in the face of the slightest difficulty, which means that although he is a realistic man he is also very pessimistic.

He is quite overprotective of his daughters to the point that it seems ridiculous to the people around him, the only person who can make him lower some levels is Jasmine.

(Español)

Decidi continuar con el tcoaaltober y dibujare más contenido de esto los próximos días.

También aproveche esto para diseñar a los padres de xabier(mi oc) y a los de julia/jeanette.

Joan mclaren es la madre de xabier y suele pasar tiempo fuera de casa trabajando en un bar punk(en el cual ella incluso escribió canciones y toco instrumentos ahi), ella es una mujer ruda pero bastante sociable y divertida, le encanta poder enseñarle a sus hijos las enseñanzas del movimiento punk y que crezcan siendo personas que no se dejen pisotear por la autoridad.

Joan es una madre y esposa amorosa aunque autoritaria, ella sabe poner límites claros con su familia y se asegura de que ellos lo hagan también.

Hobart mclaren es el padre de xabier y a diferencia de su esposa es un hombre callado y de voz suave, pero no por eso menos punk, el conocio a su esposa en el bar punk en el que ella trabajaba y digamos que la chispa fue casi inmediata.

Hobart suele ser un padre muy consentidor con sus hijos y le gusta pasar tiempo de calidad en familia, impulsa bastante la creatividad de sus hijos aceptando todas sus locas ideas ya que según el "ningún genio está completo sin algo de locura".

Jasmine es la madre de julia y jeanette que es prácticamente la profesora miel de matilda, super dulce, amable y positiva con la vida, es una doña muy alegre que trabaja en una florería de la ciudad y es muy conocida y querida por sus vecinos.

Jasmine adora a sus hijas pero entiende que necesitan su espacio como adultas jóvenes y suele ponerle los pies en la tierra a su esposo casimir cuando sus nervios lo ponen loco.

Casimir es el padre de julia y jeanette, este hombre es un manojo de nervios constante que suele pensar en los peores escenarios ante la mínima dificultad, lo que hace que si bien sea un hombre realista también sea muy pesimista.

Es bastante sobreprotector con sus hijas al punto que parece ridículo para la gente que lo rodea, la única persona que puede hacerlo bajar unas rayas es jasmine

[silenthillmutual]

do you have any recommendations for non-serious/silly media. if not, that fine! i just wanna hear your recommendations

certainly!

Young Frankenstein (dir. Mel Brooks) - a sort of... spoofish sequel (?) to Frankenstein. Victor's grandsone returns to his lab and winds up carrying out the same work.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail [<- IA] (dir. Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam) - Monty Python's goofy take on Arthurian Legends. really fun to watch while high.

Mortal Kombat [<- Tubi] (dir. Paul W. S. Anderson) - is this movie good? absolutley not. but i have a fun time watching it.

My Cousin Vinny [<- Tubi] (dir. Jonathan Lynn) - two young adults get accused of armed robbery and get the help from a lawyer in the family who is. well. joe pesci.

Clueless (dir. Amy Heckerling) - basically the same plot as Jane Austen's novel Emma, except they're high schoolers in America.

The Addams Familiy & The Addams Family Values (both dir. Barry Sonnenfeld) - live action Addams Family films from the 90s are a classic to me. i also recommend the tv show from the 60s.

Clue [<- PlutoTV] (dir. Jonathan Lynn) - an adaptation of the the board game Clue

A Night at the Opera (dir. Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding) and Duck Soup [<- IA] (Leo McCarey) - they're Marx Bros films so they're silly as all get out.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - very silly sci-fi story about a human who winds up saved from Earth's destruction because his best friend is an alien. And he didn't know.

Mort by Terry Pratchett - a kid who isn't really good at anything gets taken on by Death as an apprentice. Discworld book but you don't have to know anything about the world to read it.

if you're okay with kid's lit, i was a big fan of the Bunnicula books as a kid (family cat thinks family rabbit is a vampire) and have been meaning to reread them.

the original Spyro or the Spyro Reignited trilogy - very comforting series to me

Unpacking - there is a story here all through environmental storytelling, though i mostly just sort of fell into the need to organize things with this game

Elite Beat Agents - pop music rhythm game for the DS with made up scenarios to go with the music

Loco Roco - platformer where you're just some little guys.

Haunt the House: Terrortown - cartoony game where you play as a ghost to scare people (sometimes to death) (i play this when i'm having panic attacks)

i've been enjoying putting on Way of the House Husband when I'm having a bad time

also the manga/anime of Chi's Sweet Home

and Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san

the music of They Might Be Giants, especially the album Flood [<- Spotify]

MandaloreGaming's video on a weird adventure game called Mystery of the Druids [<- YT]

hbomberguy's classic Sherlock is Garbage, and Here's Why

TF2 Yeah Toast! [<- YT]

TB Skyen reads an article about how Millennials are Killing Mayonaise [<- YT]

hope one of these clicks for you!

[dca-prompts]

I can't stop imaging a scenario with Moon singing out the popular part of this song, given someone on TT made a video with a vrc avatar of Moon. I'm giving y'all the brainrot too-

Sun meanwhile: "What the heck is wrong with my counterpart-"

Meanwhile Y/N, supposedly in front of Moon:"... WHAT?" doesn't understand anything he's saying

Give the song a listen before judging.

Spanish songs are just, different 🙃(at least to me once I found out they hit so hard, I'm gonna put some time into learning some Spanish, not much)

. . .

"I'm getting closer to you and I say softly in your ear.."

Me voy acercando hacia ti y te digo suave al oído

"Listen to me mommy...."

Escúchame mami....

"I am loving you..."

Yo te estoy queriendo...

"I feel something inside~"

Siento algo por dentro~

"And you tell me "You're very crazy, stop that" "

Y tú me dices "Estás muy loco, deja eso"

"Mommy I am loving you~"

Mami yo te estoy queriendo~

"I feel something inside"

Siento algo por dentro

"I'm dying to take you.."

Me muero por llevarte..

"What's your name, I don't even know..."

Como tú te llamas, yo no sé

"Where did you come from, I didn't even ask.."

De donde llegaste, ni pregunté..

"The only thing I know is that I want to be with you~...."

Lo único que sé, es que quiero con usted~...

"Stay with you until dawn.."

Quedarme contigo hasta el amanecer..

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Slightly suggestive ig? Not really, bc y'all wouldn't understand Spanish in this case- And he is just tryna rizz you all up. Ofc failing bc you didn't understand a single thing he said.

Again, sorry if this ain't appropriate. You may ignore this and delete it if it is inappropriate for this blog. 😬

ㅤ

[seokjinsonlyone]

if bts were american and ate our fast food, where do u think they would eat at

i love this question so much it is just out of the box enough for me omg mind u i'm an east coast girlie so ion know nun bout dat in and out or whatever else they got on the west side

haters gon say it's fake but jimin would 100% main popeyes like catch him getting a 3pc chicken combo dark meat only 🤪 and he'd drizzle honey and hot sauce on the chicken either that or the 5 pc strips with the sweet heat sauce if he's feeling a sense of childlike wonder every other month he goes through a weeklong spicy chicken sandwich phase always drinks sweet tea exclusively

jin would swear by chickfila and i can't blame him! like the consistency is always there in the food and the service and that's just what he needs in life like my man has high standards and they just don't disappoint when it comes to the food i can see him getting the grilled chicken club sandwich with a side salad as his go to meal, the regular deluxe sandwich when he's feeling indulgent, and the 30ct nugget when he's feeling ravenous. whenever there's a seasonal shake he has to try it at least once otherwise it's him and the diet lemonade against the world

joonie is giving cookout like there's just so much variety if he want a burger they got it, barbecue they got it, chicken quesadilla, hot dog, corn dog, chili cheese fries, just.... all his wants and needs would be at cookout and when he's feeling a sweet treat??? boom they got the best milkshakes in town. i think his go to meal would be a big double burger tray with a chicken wrap and onion rings for the sides and he got to have cheerwine for the drink mhm iktr

it pains me to say it but i can really see tae up at 2am getting a deluxe cravings box from taco bell like i personally can't stand taco bell it just ain't for me like don't get me wrong there's been times when i worked overnight and it was bought for me so i ate it but i wouldn't choose it but i think tae would 😭🙏 like it's more convenient than chipotle bc it's open later and has a drive through so it's conducive with his lifestyle so that's where he's at in the parking lot at 2:30 with a crunchwrap supreme a doritos locos taco and a baja blast sigh

jungkook would LOVE wawa like i don't think you understand how many times i've imagined going to wawa with jk especially after seeing his camping vlog and there was one point where he was eating a sandwich and he was like if he could eat any food for the rest of his life it'd be a sandwich and it was at that moment that i knew me him and wawa would be written in the stars like catch us at 11pm getting an italian sub some takis and a blueberry pomegranate smoothie

suga would def be at wendy's like i don't think y'all understand how much i love the wendy's app like she has never steered me wrong she is there for me when it's midnight and me and my friends have no place to go we be in dat parking lot fr 😭🤞 and bc yoongi is my twin flame my best friend he would feel the same like it's better than mcdonald's and the way you can rack up rewards points like nobody's business like it's an economical choice it just makes sense i can see him getting the double stack biggie bag with spicy chicken nuggets and a diet coke to drink

i had to think hard for hobi bc i'm like he so boujee these days with his steak and truffles that i couldn't imagine him getting trash food with the commoners but with a little brainpower i placed him directly in zaxby's like you cannot tell me he wouldn't love him some zaxby's sweet teriyaki boneless wings with some fries and that slice of bread they put in the box on the side with a sprite to drink of course yeah that would do it for him every time

i really don't think you understand how much i loved this question like imma be thinking about this scenario for the rest of the week sodfjakjdl

[engineer-gunzelpunk]

Traintober 2023: Revolutionary (The 1950 AFULE/ARU (Victorian Chapter) Strike, part 2

What The Engines Said

(Wholly fictional scenario of what I imagine happened if the engines at North Melbourne Loco were sentient)

North Melbourne Loco Sheds was achatter with the rumors of a strike by the human enginemen running wild in the yard.

In the evening, the locos were being shedded and the rumors were seemingly being validated with talk among the drivers... who's locos then passed this talk on to everyone else.

"Fireman says we might go on strike... whatever that means..."

"A strike! How exiting!"

"Does this mean we are getting smacked in the face?"

"No, you dummy! It means the enginemen are going to stop working a while!"

"Jeez, a strike... we finally get a break when the human drivers demand something...", grumbled the Norf yard shunter, E 236 "Hercules", a little tank engine.

"Oh do be serious, Hercules... we have no idea what this could mean", intoned S302 Edward Henty, the S-class Pacific, from his special berth.

"Yes we bloody do! It means we all get a rest! I've been run off me wheels since the bloody War ended..."

"He's right!" barked Pluto, A2 986, "We've been running ragged since the war, me cylinders are coming apart..."

"I need an farkin' overhaul..." grumbled Heavy Harry, who coughed painfully and spat a wad of ashy, clumpy black spittle, "They've been a bit stingy on the maintenance..."

"Me axelboxes didn't get looked a when I complained about it! What gives!?" rejoined X29, who had a name but everyone called him "Boofhead".

"Me smoke deflectors are about to fall off.. no one wants to tighten me nuts! Don't even get me started on me boiler tubes!" shouted another loco.

The shed was filled with the sounds of complaint from the locos, until a driver appeared in the middle of the round house.

"Quiet!"

"I'm sure you heard a lot of things... well, I've been sent to tell you that from midnight... there will be a total strike.., no passenger or goods trains are to be pulled until further notice!"

A ripple of amazement went through the locos in the shed.

"Can more frequent maintenance be put on the list of demands?" wheezed Harry.

"It is part of our rationale for the strike already, Harry... you don't need to worry about that..."

"What of the Progress sir?" asked Edward Henty.

"Cancelled, old boy. You could all do with a rest...".

"What of the other sheds?"

"They will be notified in due course... but you heard it from me first... we can trust you for your support, yes?"

More murmurings...

"Whats to stop scabs from climbin' in us?" asked Pluto.

"You're all clever dicks, you can figure it out... lest your tiny little minds blow a fus..."

"Ooooh.... ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...", a chorus of rising engine voices.

"Have a good night, we will let you know if the situation changes..." said the driver and walked out.

"So, what do we do?" asked Boofhead.

"I reckon we just sleep, would love a bit of sleep..." chuckled Hercules.

"How long do you reckon it will last, sir?" asked Harry.

"I dare say not that long... the Commissioner can't be that stubborn" said Edward Henty.

"Ah phooey! Of all the things... you reckon they'll listen to the drivers... they'd sooner replace us all with bloody exploding zeppelins than give an inch...", barked Pluto.

"Let the striking drivers and firemen do their work and we'll see..." said Edward Henty.

The shed fell silent, as the assorted big and little engines drowsed off.

The strike was to go on for 55 days... but those are stories for another day.

[jupiterjunebug]

i hope yoh gets better soon and is even more loco after it.........i shared the kiss w a friend who doesnt watch nooj recently and now im thinking about them. slice of life cartoon ass scenarios. loony toons ass motherfuckers. i hope they have to get married via contrived situations

[master-of-the-railway]

Are any of the Big Boys trans? (Anon Orange)

Nope! Silver and Alpine are just like that!

The sentient machines, at least the way I interpret them, have a very loose sense of gender/sexuality. They can be trans if they choose to be, and they do use those labels and gendered terms (brother/sister) in the same way we do, they just happen to be less weird (aka less homophobic/transphobic) about it than humans do...or at least a good portion of them tend to be. Their attraction can be based in the way other machines present their gender and for passenger locos or more social machines that is often the case, but their dating preferences are stronger in the sense of what type of rolling stock/machinery they want to date. For instance, most steamers prefer other steamers for partners, and their genders are more just like...what do I feel more comfortable being called? But as they're machines it doesn't rlly go beyond that bc they can't really wear clothes or anything, it's just a comfort sort of scenario, they just choose what makes their identity feel more them and that's usually that.

Silver just said "eh. I don't really feel like a he or she" and their siblings backed them up against any backlash from any humans that tried to fight it. And Alpine adopted they/them alongside their usual she/her that they had been going by. The others simply just go by what the humans gave them and were pretty pleased with what they were assigned as.

[shinygoku]

thoughts on cgi episodes of ttte? I'm curious to hear whatever praises or criticisms you have for that era of the series

Apologies for the delay, I started this but felt it was too Stream-of-Consciousness to be worth publishing. After a virtual pair of scissors it's much better but it's not one of my best metas. Still, I sure have Thoughts! So if you happen upon this month late answer, enjoy~

I think, much like the model series, it's quite the mixed bag... but even at its best None of the CGI episodes or specials reach the early pinnacle set by Seasons 1 and 2.

I'm famously[?] s3 Critical but I'm much more likely to wanna watch one'a the episodes where David Mitton was director than anything CGI (...depending on the episode lmao, some are nuclear waste as early as 3 and a lot in 6 lmaooo) -- that's in part due to my immense fondness and respect for the scale models and practical effects.

This ain't me ragging on CGI, but it is me saying that for Thomas the live action Supermarionation style works best for it. The CGI itself allows for things that wouldn't be possible [or finacially sensible], and that's good! But I feel like it became a crutch for the series to continue spinning wheels without covering new track, y'see?

Like, the Engines as models are still limited in some of the same ways irl Steam Locos are - they have to have track to run on, there's an upper limit for the rakes they pull, you can't bash them into walls without heavy damage, things like that. This also helped inform the post-Awdry stories they ran, it's the kind of limitation that makes writing more robust.

This doesn't make it immune to running out of ideas, of course, but it's a reliable guideline. The model series very much running out of plots is why I don't watch any post season 7!

With CGI there's an "all bets are off" aspect where they could use it for more complex settings, scenarios and characters. But a rot still started to creep in and hit the nadir with BWBA, where they just do whatever a weird ass mandate insists upon.

There's also the moving faces debate, I suppose. CGI letting them lip sync and giving them individual voices was another big game changer. But was it needed? The books lend themselves so well to the Narrator style (when it's someone like Ringo, even better hahaha), but the more distinct voices there are, the more room there is for something to sound ...off.

So let's sum up some CGI pros:

Increased possibility of complex designs, mechanisms and scenery

Episodes should be easier to produce and more effort could go into other areas

If lucky, the voice acting will be good

And some cons:

The majority of the CGI is still pretty daggy looking, and bad CGI ages it much more than seeing the edge of a physical set

The episodes either don't do much interesting with the freedom, or go too far and do stupid shit like an action movie bridge jump or the whole engine rocking back and forth like a kiddie ride when they talk

The voice acting isn't well suited to the stories... or it ain't good at all!

I mean it genuinely when I say not only is 2D Animation better for a less-realistic version of Thomas, but AEG actually going as balls to the wall is an improvement over the dying thrashes of BWBA. The CGI shoulda held itself to more realism, but didn't, but at least Very Cartoony Trains having extendable spider limbs is more consistant with itself.

...In summation, I am Not A Fan of CGI Thomas. Which is why I limit my input of CGI eps, honestly! I ain't saying everything about it sucks, but the collective whole of it isn't good enough to keep me watching.

[jade-kyo]

Red vs. Blue seasons 15-17 retcon pros and cons:

Season 15

I actually don’t mind season 15 so much so it’s a pretty even split between things I’m glad to see go and stuff I’ll be sad about

Pros:

No more Jax (just don’t care for him personally)

Vic is still alive!!

Not dealing with all the film making jokes. A few of them were funny but overall they were just kinda annoying

The implication that Church thinks that Grif and Simmons would have sex in a closet

The emotional gut punch that is all of this being a simulation by church meaning he created a scenario where his friends grieve him and at the slightest hope of him being alive they immediately jump at the chance to save him

This makes Grif quitting even more painful

Tucker no longer has a ton of kids (I just personally never really liked this joke)

Not dealing with the way Sarge’s character was done dirty. This is not the same man who gave several of the best speeches in the whole series.

A bunch of Freelancers are alive again

No seriously Vic is still alive and I’m a big believer in the “Vic was the love fragment” theory IM JUST SAYING

Praying the animation is better than this in the final season 💀

Seriously Sarge is done so dirty. Everyone wants to say red team never got development till now but I disagree. Sarge easily has some of the best character development in the series, it’s just done much more subtly than any of blue teams development.

No. Fucking. Time. Machines. God I hate time travel stories

Loco is not dead

I actually don’t care for the whole bit with Caboose saying goodbye to Church. I like the sentiment of the lesson Caboose is learning but the whole actually seeing Church one last time thing always felt too fairytale-ish to me

VIC IS ALIVE

I just think we really need to consider both the emotional and comedic implications of all of this being Church’s simulation.

Like if Vic really was a fragment then church basically wrote himself sacrificing himself for his friends again.

Church thinks Grif, if separated from Simmons and the group, would go crazy and start talking to volleyballs

Dylan’s whole speech about what makes the reds and blues hero’s would actually be Church

Fr there’s so many implications here

Cons:

Losing the blues and reds (tho I have theories on how they might still be around)

Losing Dylan (tho she still canonically exists in universe)

Kai is back in Blood Gulch and not part of the main crew :(

Just the absolute loss that is the entire episode of the reds and blues introduction in this season

Grif and Simmons no longer canonically had sex in a closet

Just how much Tucker cares for Caboose and the others in this season

Literally every Carolina and Wash moment

Carolina calling Wash “David”

No seriously just everything about Wash and Carolina

The whole Freelancer death room is actually a great scene (even if I do like that the freelancers would be alive again)

Actually love Temple and Biff and their story. Sad to see it go (tho again I do have a theory)

Tucker actually asking Caboose his thoughts on things

Fr the blues and reds are fascinating

Grif and Locus

Caboose learning to cope with death

Wash’s injury

Literally every Grif and Simmons scene

Grif and Kai hug

Verdict:

If everything post 13 is truly getting retconned the way it seems to be implied then I’ll actually be kinda sad to see this season go. It’s not bad! Could’ve definitely been a lot better but it had quite a bit of potential and some strong ideas and moments. Evil sim troopers is a fascinating idea and I wish they would’ve explored it more thoroughly.

[narunarunarcissist]

my favorite kpop songs over the years except you can see when i switched to gg stan

disclaimer: if any year is off thats my bad ig lol

also this is in no particular order

2007

into the new world - girls generation

lies - bigbang

tell me - wonder girls

2008

haru haru - bigbang

mirotic - TVXQ

bad boy - bigbang

rainism - rain

nobody - wonder girls

replay - shinee

2009

gee - girls generation

ring ding dong - shinee

bo peep bo peep - T-ara

sorry, sorry - super junior

i hate you - 2pm

breathe - g-dragon

please dont go - minzy

2010

lucifer - shinee

oh! - girl generation

run devil run - girls generation

2011

bubble pop! - hyuna

fiction - BEAST

hands up - 2pm

mr. simple - super junior

please dont... - k.will

stay - mblaq

2012

history - exo-k

warrior - bap

nillili mambo - block-b

when i cant sing - seven

heaven - ailee

2013

i got a boy - girl generation

hush - miss a

crescendo - akmu

no more dream - bts

2014

catallena - orange caramel

200% - akmu

boy in luv - bts

overdose - exo

girls girls girls - got7

2015

like ooh-ahh - twice

love me right - exo

call me baby - exo

i need u - bts

mansae - seventeen

if you do - got7

me gustas tu - gfriend

ice cream cake - red velvet

my type - ikon

trespass - monsta x

playboy - exo

2016

rough - gfriend

skydive - bap

monster - exo

russian roulette - red velvet

why so lonely - wonder girls

youre the best - mamamoo

feel so good - bap

the 7th sense - nct u

all in - monsta x

hide & seek - astro

toy - block b

fly - got7

re-bye - akmu

save me - bts

knock - knk

2017 ( the best year for kpop imo)

heart attack - chuu (song of the century)

hands up - bap

spring day - bts

baby - astro

red flavor - red velvet

peek-a-boo - red velvet

you are - got7

likey - twice

crazy sexy cool - astro

dramarama - monsta x

never ever - got7

beautiful - monsta x

signal - twice

cherry bomb - nct 127

knock knock - twice

plz dont be sad - highlight

hola hola - kard

wake me up - bap

heart shaker - twice

rollin - brave girls

really really - winner

wee woo - pristin

2018

bad boy - red velvet

love scenario - ikon

bbibbi - iu

la vie en rose - iz*one

latata - gidle

what is love - twice

get it - pristin v

lil' touch - girls generation

district 9 - stray kids

jealousy - monsta x

we go up - nct dream

starry night - mamamoo

power up - red velvet

wow thing - (mixed artists) (not typing that out)

shoot out - monsta x

pirate king - ateez

2019 ( fell out of kpop a bit)

say my name - ateez

boom - nct dream

fancy - twice

psycho - red velvet

icy - itzy

dont know what to do - blackpink

violeta - iz*one

feel special - twice

dalla dalla - itzy

gotta go - chunga ha

2020

i cant stop me - twice

la di da - everglow

wannabe - itzy

oh my god - gidle

back door - stray kids

gods menu - stray kids

Daechwita - agust d

secret story of the swan - iz*one

so bad - stayc

2021

asap - stayc

after school - weeekly

lilac - iu

the feels - twice

scientist - twice

hwaa - gidle

alcohol free - twice

ptt - loona

eleven - ive

pirate - everglow

loco - itzy

vanilla - lightsum

2022

run2u - stayc

alive - lightsum

drive - miyeon

smiley - yena

super yuppers! - wsjn chocome

wa da da - kep1er

nxde - gidle

tomboy - gidle

o.o - nmixx

gingamingayo - billlie

pop! - nayeon

beautiful monster - stayc

attention- new jeans

talk that talk - twice

ring ma bell - billlie

dice - nmixx

hush rush - chayeon

28 reasons - seulgi

birthday - red velvet

cheshire - itzy