#starlight express dinah

[phopollo]

Been thinking about this for a couple days now

Personally

1 and 4 are my favorites

[skylashadow]

„Back off girls - he’s mine” -Dinah rn, probably

[base/pose reference by mellon_soup !]

[starlight-lesbians]

I wanna write an au where all the stex characters work at either a coffee shop or the taco bell next door (rosters tbd) bc they’re all broke college students

They do stuff like organizing trades (burritos for lattes etc) and get stoned out back together on their breaks

So far I think it would go like this as for rosters:

Coffee Shop Crew:

Dinah

Pearl

Tassita

Belle

Electra

Momma (shes the manager and Real Adult™️)

Taco Bell Crew

Greaseball

Rusty

The Freights

They don’t get a real adult :( Greaseball is the night shift lead but she only shows up to stare at the pretty girl that works the coffee shop drive thru LMAO

[thewizardofschnoz]

Starlight Express makes a lot more sense when you remember it’s all just a little kid’s imagination. Free will is a lie

[csodaturmix]

the girls ever..... 2

[sunshinerory]

could you do some hurt/comfort hcs for greasedinah?

a/n : omg ofc ofc! I wasn’t sure of the scenario you’d want so I went with the aftermath of canon, so like right after everything :)) hope you like!

Hurt/Comfort with Greasedinah

warnings: talk about insecurities

Even though Dinah forgave Greaseball and decided to give their relationship another shot, she’s still really hurting.

The love of her life up and dropped her for her best friend just to win a stupid race, of course she’d be emotionally conflicted!

In the days following the race Dinah is kind of distant and sad, her insecurities eating her up from the inside.

In the past Dinah pulling away and seeming sad wouldn’t have fazed Greaseball, she never was very good with other people’s feelings. But now that she was working on being a better girlfriend, she started to notice how different Dinah was acting

“You feeling okay doll?” Greaseball came into their shared room to find Dinah curled up on the bed with that same dejected expression she’d been wearing for days.

“Of course, never better.” Dinah fixed her face into a clearly forced smile, trying not to burden Greaseball with her worries. In her mind, if she was less of a burden she’d be easier to keep around.

Greaseball came and sat next to her on the bed, taking a deep breath, “You’re sure? You seem…I don’t know, sad.” It made sense for Dinah to be hurt and sad over what happened, she felt horrible for causing her that kind of pain to begin with.

Dinah sniffed a little, trying to keep the floodgates from opening back up. She’d been crying on and off for days, and since her and Pearl were still not really made up, she didn’t have her usual person to vent to at present, “I’m fine, just tired is all.” Her voice broke, shattering the mask she’d been trying to hold up

Greaseball watched helplessly as tears fell down Dinah’s pretty face. Starlight, she was terrible at comforting people, but Dinah clearly needed it. “Dinah, you’re not okay, just talk to me, okay doll?”

Dinah shook her head, wiping her tears quickly, “It’s stupid, you don’t need to worry yourself about it.” The little sobs that interrupted her words made her seem supremely unconvincing.

“Baby, if it’s upsetting you this much, it isn’t stupid, I want to know so I can help. Even if it’s something I did, especially if I did something actually.” Greaseball held Dinah’s hands, squeezing them gently. She was glad to see her sobs were starting to subside.

Dinah paused and thought for a moment, finally deciding to just tell her and hope for the best. “It is related to everything with the race a few days ago? But I’ve just been in my head making myself worry.” She looked down at her lap and pulled one of her hands away to pick at her skirt.

Greaseball looked puzzled for a moment, “Making yourself worry about what?” She had promised Dinah nothing like that would ever happen again, so what was she worrying about?

“Um, I guess seeing you with Pearl kind of made me think about how she’s all shiny and pretty and perfect, and I’m just not so much.” Dinah sighed, she knew she was pretty, but she just never felt pretty enough anymore.

Greaseball was taken aback, Dinah thought she wasn’t as pretty as Pearl? How was that even possible? “Baby, you’re like, insanely pretty, it doesn’t matter if Pearl is shiny and new, she’s not you.” She held Dinah’s cheek in her palm, rubbing the tears off with her thumb.

“I spent a long time wondering when you were going to realize I wasn’t good enough and go find someone new, and I guess I thought that day had come. I’m glad it didn’t, and I’m happy we’re trying again, believe me, but I guess I just worry that I’m not special or interesting enough.” Dinah sighed, wiping her eyes and leaning into Greaseball’s hand.

“If anything, you’re too good for me, I’ve never thought you weren’t good enough, and I don’t think anyone else would either, not that their opinion should matter.” Greaseball couldn’t even wrap her head around Dinah, the kindest most wonderful person she knew, genuinely believing she wasn’t good enough for her.

Greaseball knew that may be partially her fault, races made her irritable and antsy, and she definitely had been dismissive towards Dinah leading up to this race, “If I ever, and I mean ever make you feel like you aren’t good enough, I want you to smack me, because clearly I forgot just how amazing I have it with you.” She was absolutely serious too, Dinah deserved to know how loved she was.

Dinah laughed and wrapped her arms around Greaseball tightly, burying her face in the crook of her neck, “I love you.” her muffled voice declared, followed by Greaseball kissing her head and grinning at her now much more relaxed girlfriend.

“Can we cuddle for a bit? I missed it.” Dinah looked up at Greaseball with pleading eyes, and she was helpless to resist.

“Of course, c’mon.” She scooped Dinah up and placed her on her lap, squeezing her tightly against her torso so she could kiss her face and make her laugh.

They stayed like that for the rest of the night, and Dinah finally seemed back to her usual happy self again.

Hope you liked! I know it’s a bit long lol

[charleystrainyard]

💙 DINAH 💙

[satrelight-aexprez]

Day 4 of me posting a Stex-Drawing yay!

I love Dinah. She is a wonderful train lady ;-;

[undyworld]

i haven't posted anything art in a while. take some apology dinah doodles

[cocoo299]

hi

Art trade with @sileagen

[blue-inferno]

"There's Always Me"

This scene and song will forever make me tear up like an idiot. I love them for life...the kindness that spills out from C.B to Dinah is one thing Ill treasure forever.... 😭

[phopollo]

Do you think Greaseball was like

Already the racing champion by the time she and Dinah met?

Or were they both just the prettiest girls in the room when they met?

Anyways

I'm having way too much fun thinking about fem Greaseball and sapphic GreaseDinah, I had so many ideas while I was working on this but I physically was unable to so anyrhing else until I finished this

[skylashadow]

Ömg what?? Stex art? From meeeee?

[starlight-lesbians]

The random au generator (my brain) picked another one for the day….

Pop star!Dinah x Famous athlete!Greaseball

(it’s cute okay)

Inspo for Dinah as a singer is Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan lol, I just know she’d LOVE the heart corsets Sab wears

[i-may-not-be-first-class]

StEx Appreciation Month Day 4: Dinah 🍽️

Jane Krakowski (Broadway 1987, first cast)

Favourite Actor: Jane Krakowski, Abigail Dever, Rose Ouellette

Favourite Songs/Scenes: A Lotta Locomotion, That was cheating, Dinah’s Disco 🪩

Favourite Costume: Broadway but with the early Bochum skirt

Unpopular Opinions: post 2018 Dinah doesn’t really work for me :|

[welcome-to-the-districts]

headcannons on Dinah mayhaps?

Sure thing! Headcanons under the cut. Tw for mentions of war. Labeled mature because it’s in my au. Just a precaution.

Dinah is one of the more docile and gentle coaches, known for being rather sweet and concerned about the well being of the humans that work around her and her passengers.

She insists on feeding her crew, even if they brought their own lunches. She’s very nurturing, and open to them. It has reached a point humans that are close to her go to her to receive comfort and advice. She doesn’t mind that at all. If anything, she’s rather flattered folks feel comfortable enough around her to open up.

She and Greaseball met when they were young, close to the time GB was going to race for the first time. Racing eventually got between them and he eventually broke up with her. However, after the races, she got back with him after GB changed for the better. They’ve since settled down, but Greaseball still races. He just makes sure to keep racing from getting between them again.

She adores every single member of the gang. She enjoys spending time with them.

She knows diesels can’t have sugar so she keeps all sugary sweets hidden so the gang or Greaseball can’t get to them. She unfortunately learned that Greaseball can easily sniff them out and a determined diesel is no match for the hiding places she uses. She always has that disappointed mother look when Greaseball gets sick after he snatched a few treats without her looking.

She and him eventually tied the knot after the war. She’s now the beloved queen of the Shadow District.

She takes over ruling over the Shadow District once Greaseball starts hibernating. Humans can bathe a sigh of relief as Dinah makes sure they’re well taken care of.

She’s very split about the idea of humans being treated so horribly. She knows humans can be awful but humans can also be good. Regardless, she makes sure each human is cared for.

She sneaks food she had made to the humans. She wants to make sure they get enough to eat. This also goes for drinks too.

She enjoys spending time with Rusty. She finds the Star District to remind her of home back in the South. She loves the warm and cozy vibe.

She keeps in contact with the other coaches and will gladly travel to see them.

She can’t enough of the snuggle session with Greaseball. That diesel is warm and Dinah can’t get enough of it.

She finds his purr it be rather reassuring. A gentle reminder everything is okay and GB wouldn’t let anything happen to her.

She’s incredibly patient but can be rather nasty if she absolutely has to be. She immediately regrets it afterwards and cries in private or seeks GB out for comfort.

With humans serving the rolling stock, she still insists on cooking, claiming she’s a dining car. She’s not going to sit idle and not do what she was made to do. That and it’s her favorite thing to do.

She probably can purr, but it’s nowhere as deep as GB’s. More on par with a cheetah than anything.

She sometimes hums when in the kitchen or doing anything in general.

She probably has a diner in the Shadow District. She tries to be there as often as she can. The diner serves most of the food she offered to guests before the war.

She was close with Mike, so the incident with GB shook her to the core, but she understood GB tried his best to fight it off. She knows GB still feels guilt for it and tries to cheer him up.

She’d love to be a mother but GB and her are taking their time before they decide to have an heir.