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Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - Rewrite Notes

March - June 1968

Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015)

Since the restoration of the Arlesburgh Branch Line, the North Western Railway has wanted to expand their railway beyond Arlesburgh West. In late 1967, the board approved the plan and got the documents needed to construct the railway. Construction began in March of 1968. Engines from surrounding branch lines are tasked to help out, including a newcomer to help him adjust to railway service once again.

As the title says, these are just notes. Mainly for reference.

there's some 1x1014 but its in the author's notes, not the actual rewrite notes

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SAME UP UNTIL Ryan's introduction

Ryan's introduction: Ryan thinks that the branch line Sir Topham Hatt II is referring to is the Brendam Branch Line. Sir Topham Hatt II quickly clarifies that he's currently needed to help with the construction of the Harwick Branch Line. This slip up doesn't initially bother Thomas. If anything, he isn't bothered by him as a threat. He's bothered by Ryan for interrupting the conversation between Sir Topham Hatt and him. He thinks Ryan is disrespectful for this, especially because of his expression.

Ryan's headlamp placement prevents his eyebrows from moving around so much so they're pretty static in terms of pose. His lack of expression gives the impression that he's egotistical or overconfident.

Thomas is brought out of his own thoughts once Sir Topham Hatt grabs his attention. As punishment, Thomas gets his branch line taken away, which STH II sees as an opportunity for Ryan to get used to passenger service. This is where the one-sided rivalry starts.

Thomas expresses his frustrations about getting his branch line taken away. He doesn't blame anyone else.

SAME UP UNTIL Thomas shows up at the construction site after being quickly repaired.

Thomas overhears how Sir Topham Hatt praises Ryan for his work, telling him that he's getting adjusted faster than expected.

While Thomas was gone, Percy had shown up. Percy compliments how Ryan worked with the passenger train. He also makes mention of Annie and Clarabel's opinion, who do enjoy working with him. They all mean this as progress of Ryan re-adjusting to regular service but this rubs Thomas the wrong way. He didn't get the same comments when he first started. Instead, he got scolded and lectured over and over again.

SAME UP UNTIL Thomas come across Ryan at the shed.

Thomas gets spooked by Ryan. Ryan has white irises so when a light reflects on it, it ends up scaring others. he's used to it- scene continues as normal tho

SAME UP UNTIL Thomas and Ryan reconcile.

Ryan's apology is the same.

Thomas apologizes for treating Ryan the way he did. He comments how he thought he was before getting to know him, that he looked like he knew everything, only for Ryan to chuckle. Turns out Ryan was used to it.

Ryan: "That's a new one."

Thomas: ???

Ryan: "I guess my restoration didn't do much for me in that department. Let me guess. Do I look tired, too?"

Thomas: "…Yes. You do."

Ryan: chuckles "Well, it's… hard not to when you've got a lamp attached to your forehead all the time. Next time we speak, don't worry about my face. It'll save you the trouble."

Thomas: "I could've done that! If I had told you about the coal hopper, the dynamite- mess- that wouldn't have happened in the first place."

Conversation continues as canon.

SAME UP UNTIL Branch Line opening ceremony

Daisy and Flora are the ones to open the branch line as they will be the engines running it.

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Not too many changes. These were done to fit my HC! I'm working on something else involving Ryan (for 2.5 seconds) and I somewhat started going into his backstory, so I diverted for a bit and wrote this! :)

Finally, something not involving Edward and James. About time! XD

and because i feel like it, have a few treats from me <3

totally accurate representation of post-SLotLT 1x1014 (or in my cases, 1x1724(GNR) / 32 (NWR))

i purposely shrunk Thomas from the actual TVS canon hieghts (they're the exact same) because i wanted to emphasize that inferiority complex between the two from the beginning. (Thomas wasn't rebuilt until 1960 in my headcanon)

also short king thom for the win!!!

i wonder what happens once Ryan starts working on Edward's branchline. jealousy is TOO obvious. SURELY i wouldn't write that, right?

lies

Busted out my markers for this one.

Here's what im basically trying to say here but condensed. (Haha, condensers)

His lamp iron (that's the thing on his forehead) restricts his eyebrow movement! I've been meaning to play around with this concept as other classes in my AU have this instead of it sitting on top of the smokebox.

silver eyes, my beloved. Unfortunately, they're reflective af and ends up spooking other engines. he's used to it...

livery layout is the same as the original GNR livery, but he doesn't get a darker shade of purple.

fighting with my life with his nose shape. kept fucking it up so i drew it out.

chassis rough design for my own sanity. simplifying it because it'll fit better... and for my sanity. and for the sake of consistency in terms of level of detail, haha-

wears his original number, GNR 1724 but does carry the plate with his NWR number. (BR NW-40032, later NWR S32 in 1992)

this happened because i may or may not have bingewatched SLotLT twice (along with KoTR, TotB, JBS, and s17-21) this week. oops.

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I give you Rebecca

This one was fuuuun.

TTTEblr (artists or not) I need you all to listen for one second,,

CAN YOU ALL SEE MY VISION?? THE HUMANISED ENGINES WEARING THIS??

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teething :((

i have too much free time this weekend HEHEHE- idea's been sitting in my head for a while hehe-

dialogue below cut because my handwriting is 100% a bit difficult to read, sorry-

img 1 James: They're scuffing MY paintwork, Edward. Edward, they're scuffing my paintwork. THEY'RE SCRATCHING MY PAINTWORK BUNNY!

img 2 Edward: They'll grow out of it…! eventually…

and here are the kiddos' colors!!!

Lily Anne: magenta Wren: sky blue Clyde: purple

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happy [belated] valentine's day and happy 2/25/2025 day! :DD

one-sided 2x5, my beloved

based on a scene from my fic, "Like Snowflakes in December"

*other things i ended up ditching and leaving for later lul

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I failed at Takeuchi's style so have my style as an apology 😔💙

First page of new sketchbook, yippeeeee

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<3

You've Got Mail - Prologue

Prologue - Opening Letter (April 1964)

Word Count: 88

Happy 2/5!!! :]

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“Hello, Edward!

It’s me, James! I hope this letter reaches you. My crew is writing this for me.

I know we only talked once but I would really like it if we could be “pen pals,” as my driver calls it.  We can be friends writing to one another from time to time. Would you like that? That is if you can find a way?

 I did like talking to you that day, and I hope we can talk some more.

Sincerely,

James (North Western Railway No. 5)”

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Notes:

As always, no posting schedule. HOWEVER, updates will purposely be slow because I need to build up EoSR for things to make sense here. TGR 2x5 Roleswap is an AU of EoSR. The chapters I have planned as of writing this, 1 - 7, won't cross over into significant events from EoSR but it'll still be slow. I'm trying to keep it consistent and cohesive here.

Speaking of which, I wrote chapter 1 (and more) before the prologue. Classic muxse move.

I have so many ideas for this fic to the point.

Yes, I know how it ends. Been knowing since the previous installment.

As mentioned in the pinned post, the chapter formatting is going to be somewhat different. This is my first original chapter fic (I'm not counting TGR but There's a Roleswap because its basically a re-write :p). Expect a variety of short and long chapters.

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"i'm here right now (right now) right now with you oh-wow, oh-wow i don't even care i'm here right now (right now) right now with you oh-wow, oh-wow i don't even care i'll run my hands through your hair you wanna run your fingers through mine but my dreads too thick and that's alright..." 💜

happy 2/5 !!! :D

tgr!gs!2x5 because yes 💥

overall really happy with how this turned out! :33

program: krita time: almost 6 hours

unfortunately, i'll be busy today so unlike the previous two years, there won't be a shit ton of posts about 2x5 nonsense this year 😔😔😔😔 also didn't want to miss out this year's like i did last year without some form of art so here we are! i already know i wont make it for 5/2 (again) so yeah !1! other than that, i just really wanted to draw this up. its one of many ideas sitting in my head about these two. they owe me so much rent at this point smh

artist notes !1!:

im glad i dropped this project for a bit. otherwise, it would've gone really wrong. xp

before i dropped this for a bit, the lighting was originally teal. im glad i changed it in the end as it didn't fit the vibe. this is meant to be unintentionally romantic so what better color than pink? also, valentine's day is in february so yeah!

edward's sweater would've originally been blue HOWEVER since this is the TGR! version of GS!Edward, i changed the color to hopefully differentiate. he has his rust scars here, (i'll explain my ghost sentience au some other day lul) but you can't really see them >-<

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happy 5/2 !!! have scraps and memes because i got nothing- (not even a chapter or story damn)

and as a treat, have their magic fanbaby, Lily Anne! I love how her human ghost (second image) design turned out (bringing back an old AU for human projections of the engines). Barely noticeable but she's got visible joints, like dolls + robots! A bit of a nod to the host of the ghost, aka a railway engine.

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2x5 but my ghost sentience au :3

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i miss drawing them <3 based on a scene from Ch7 of TGR but There's a Roleswap (i have a favorite chapter ajkfhfhsjk)

semi-one layer? edward was done on one layer and james was done on a separate layer

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the other twin

Not much to say tbh

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Trick or treat!!

treat! <33

get bunnyward-ed!!! >:3

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"But my real name is Montague."

Havent drawn him in a while! Also on time!! :DD

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Here's Princess Daisy! :3 Went more flowy with her design as I picture Sarasaland to be in desert. She's still shorter but now wider than Princess Peach. Her body type is an upside-down triangle.

Dress style inspired by Spanish 1800s regal dresses. Again, these redesigns are for fun!

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Donald just exists to me so I dont know any memorable quotes for him

Took a while but im back to these doodles! :3 this is my third attempt because i kept drawing the face wrong 😔

Both Donald and Douglas wear their Caledonian numbers UNLESS i find a bit of lore that implies that they wouldn't want to be associated with them. However, I think them asking to be painted similar to the Caledonians in RWS heavily implies that they do have good memories of the CR.

In my HC, they have the exact same paintjob with some alterations for my own sanity 😂 one of my favorite livery jobs 🙏 they wear both of their CR and NWR numbers, with the CR number being on their buffer beams with replica number plates and having their NWR number painted on.