#new starlight did so much for character development yet it's often dismissed just bc CB was cut GIVE IT A CHANCE PLEASE

[whistlingstarlight]

Yet another reason New Starlight is way better than people give it credit for, Ashley's line of "I'm a smoker, the last one in the land" gives her character so much inferred depth.

Ashley's a victim of modernization, like Rusty, Poppa, even Greaseball. She's the only dedicated smoking car in active service in the country (usually implied to be America, but the rolling stock have a lot of British inspiration), how terrifying must that be for her? All other smoking cars have been converted, preserved, or scrapped. It's only a matter of time before the same happens to her.