#tathp

[unpopularvivian]

OH OH OH OH MY FUCKING GOD

TATHAM HAD THEIR FIRST THREE CLIPS RELEASED ON YOUTUBE

CHECK THIS SHIT OUT

[str33tydr1ft]

I fucking

Oliver from tathp omg

If he has no fans then I am dead

If he has one fan it is me, i am that fan,

If he has 1 billion fans then I am the main one who leads the tathp oliver fanbase

If there was a puddle he was about to roll over that would ruin his wheels it would be gone for i had sucked it all up so it wouldnt ruin his glorious paint

If anyone was an asshole to him they would be mute for i had cut their vocal cords out,

I love him, i would do anything for him, hes a baby

[tinessensahthe]

Some more finalized stills from "Arcane Merchant," featuring one of my favorite shots in the whole film with Daisy and Henrietta!

[q89fanyuma]

some stupid thing i drew at school idk

[thechaddyengine]

Nah, It's a joke name I thought of. Tobias is his full name in my AU tho and him being part diesel is a bit of the same to TATHP

Mavis: SHUT UP YOU FALSE WOMAN, I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR SEVERAL DECADES, YOU DARE SAY THAT MY SHUNTING IS SHIT!

Linda: I'VE SHUNTED TRAINS DURING THE FUCKING WAR YOU PISS YELLOW TEETHED LOOKING BITCH!

Mavis: I WILL FUCKING RIP YOU APART YOU AMERICAN LITTLE SHIT!

Linda: BRING IT UGLY!

*Toby just gave them a death stare shutting them up, the air went ice cold whilst he gave the stare*

Don't mess with Tobus lol

[trainpalsforthawin]

damn i keep coming up with "ENGINE TO HUMAN LAB EXPERIMENT GONE WRONG GONE EVIL" AUs wtf..

this current one rn is. Wild

under a readmore just in case bc theres disturbing horror elements

(to clarify i've made Several of these kinds of AUs but im only sharing this one for reasons?)

copied from my notes:

again another mecha-biological experiment gone wrong but its only Thomas that goes through the procedure but he comes out fucking horrifically wrong and twisted and they AbandonTM him.... and he becomes jaded and cunning and violent because of it, hiding in the shadows, trying to take down the railway, the government..

the corruption arc from being adored and loved but then being abandoned and shunned... OOHHH THAT GETS MEEEEE

(yes this is pretty inspired by shed17 and project g1. FUCK pauls vids but he went hard with the concept. it lives in my brain rent free.)

youll see why g1 too..

bc GORDON goes thru the improved procedure DECADES later because Thomas is like the kingpin of the underground mafia and Gordon would be only Being on Earth that could stand a chance against Thomas. Wow me.

its like pretty similar but SO different...

Yeah i think one could see the influence from TATHP too with the villain plotline sort of.

forgive me im insane

[daikenkki]

TATHP - Montague Fan Art by HighLaneBury

[corialicetale]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiVayBEn7Qs)

[rad-libra]

This has been the most successful birthday. I got 7 new records and I got caressed by Tommy from Tommy and the High Pilots. I also got a poster from Caitlin that has Darth Vader on it. Love her. Just so much awesomeness this week.

[mockthebells]

Tommy & the High PIlots @Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, 8/1/13.

[cocklestrash]

[tinessensahthe]

Some finalized stills from "Arcane Merchant," featuring color grading and VFX and the proper 2.39:1 aspect ration!

[rinnysega]

My overtime money went to pledging for Tommy and the High Pilots. 

I worked hard for you boys. Keep rocking <3 

Can't wait to get my handwritten lyrics in the mail with the CD with my name in the credits (,=

[tinessensahthe]

Early this morning, before I go to bed, I'm gonna post what is my most widely known project and my first feature-length film that I ever made: "Tobias and the Half-Pariah"!

A widely known, prolific work amongst the older, adult fandom of Thomas the Tank Engine, this was my first truly huge project that I ever undertook. It took 2 years to make this movie, from August 2012 to its eventual release date on August 24, 2014, my move-in day for my freshman year of college.

It is wild, it is crazy, it is edgy, dark, and ridiculous - a very big departure from Thomas the Tank Engine's normal vibe, both in the official show and in most fan content at the time this was released, and even today.

Toby the Tram Engine is a steam-diesel hybrid in this film. His eyes glow blue like in sci-fi anime when he activates the diesel half of his body, and he gets into actual fights with other engines with very heavy, hard-hitting physicality. The story starts out like a slice-of-life storybook, as the original stories did, and then morphs quickly into an action-thriller-drama. The villain is a fan favorite character, Duck the Great Western Engine, here reimagined as a wrathful, deeply insecure weakling. He's a steam engine who used to be a diesel - until he got into an accident with Toby 18 years ago, and his diesel engine was used to make Toby into a hybrid while his consciousness was transferred into a tank engine body. There's even a Lord of the Rings-esque final battle with steam engine and diesel armies squaring off against one another with epic music blaring and a giant fight breaking out! There's even swearing and violent, shocking deaths! Very much within PG-13/12A standards, but still! Everything about this film was, as one reviewer put it, GO BIG OR GO HOME, and that's a pretty apt summary of my mindset making this movie.

So, a very far cry from "normal" Thomas's gentle, quiet storytelling, storybook world that you can get lost in, and dry, biting British wit. I made this on a then-8 year old computer which could barely handle all the work I was making it do. This is a machinima film, and my computer could barely run the program I used, Trainz Railroad Simulator 2009, even at its lowest graphics settings. I often was forced to film footage at sub-10 fps levels and then speed it up in post, often having to account for this while I was filming in terms of blocking, how fast characters moved, how fast the camera moved, and how I would coordinate multiple characters moving on screen at once, interacting with each other, etc. - often all at the same time. That old computer, may she rest well, nearly died on me 4 times during the production of this movie and nearly cost me the entire film, so, yes, this is a real film and I'll hear nothing to the contrary.

Despite all this, though, despite the film's age and all the technical limitations, and my own limitations, I still think the film holds up pretty well. There are definitely some things I would do differently now, but I'm still happy with what I was able to do with this movie, my first ever feature-length film, and if not happy, then at least - content. Satisfied.

Thank you to all who’ve stuck around for the last 9 years! “Arcane Merchant” is finally in post-production, but it’s turning out to be a lot more work than I expected, especially as I don’t have the energy I had when I was a wee 19 year old. I hope I can still make the December 2023 release date, but the good news is, if I can’t release the film for this year, then it will absolutely be released next year. We’ll see.

In the meantime, have a good one folks, and I hope you enjoyed the movie!

[tinessensahthe]

The most recent teaser trailer for "Tobias and the Arcane Merchant", featuring Caitlin "Kayak/Caiac" Hill (ButterflyCoffee) as the voice of Henrietta! My personal favorite trailer thus far, as I've been waiting since 2015 to be able to use this particular Florence + The Machine song for a trailer for this film, and it finally happened!

[tinessensahthe]

Teaser Trailer 2 for "Tobias and the Arcane Merchant", featuring John Robledo as the voice of Oliver! Currently the best performing trailer for both this film and that I've ever released on my channel.