#thomas bertram

[curiousb]

The Mansfield House Yearbook: Volume IX

Alexander and Theophilus - well, mostly Alexander - have decided to throw a party, to celebrate their recent engagement, and have invited their nearest and dearest, including Frederica, who's getting her first taste of uni life.

Unfortunately, the guests aren't behaving themselves with any decorum. The very-married Eleanor and the recently-engaged Hester can't resist a smooch, for old-times' sake. And the family feud between Jasper and Bennet is unabated. It's such a shame, as they were so close as children, but Jasper can't contain his disappointment that his brother is still toying with Sophia behind Thomas's back.

Good-hearted Alexander can't bear for his brothers to be at odds, and just wishes they could put their differences behind them.

He really wants everyone to just be friends. Maybe a light-hearted game of Don't Wake the Llama will do the trick?

That's better!

Meanwhile, Edward treats them to a display of his guitar-playing expertise. Knowing that his cousin Jasper is a maestro on the instrument is a little intimidating.

But wow! He approves, and it means the world to Edward.

The evening finally ended well, but the next morning, things are not looking so bright. Nathaniel doesn't seem to have got the memo that Alexander is engaged now, and hazards a flirt with his crush.

Although initially taken off-guard, Alexander soon sets him straight. (Actually, it seems that Nathaniel had more than a crush going on.)

But Theophilus is a sensitive soul, and takes the misunderstanding very hard indeed.

An apology just isn't enough, no matter how earnest it might be.

Theophilus needs some space, and throws himself into his term paper, by way of distraction.

Alexander uses the time to offer some fashion tips to Llama Guy.

But with his term paper completed in one marathon session, Theophilus is in urgent need of some fun, and Alexander manages to convince him that their favourite game is just the thing. Maybe it will work its conciliatory magic once again?

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Fascinating. Reading Mansfield Park today in honour of the anniversary of Jane Austen's death. It's a book that popular opinion had taught me to be prejudiced against. Yet I am enjoying it, and gaining new story ideas because of it.

The beginning of Mansfield Park introduces the mysterious Ward sisters in such a strange way. We have no information about their family, we don't even know if they are in the gentry class. All we know is that they have a dowry of 7000 pounds each and an uncle in the law. Then, almost like the three little pigs, they marry into entirely different spheres of life, a straw, wood, and brick house. Maria Ward, the middle child, marries a baronet and moves to the top of the gentry, Miss Ward, the eldest and unnamed, marries into the clergy, securely within the gentry but near the bottom, and Miss Frances, the youngest, marries a "lieutenant of marines" and already on the fringes of the gentry (the marines was not equivalent at the time to the navy, it was considered lesser, paid less, and had less opportunity to accumulate wealth). The division is so exact, it's like a fairy tale. One sister married high, another in the middle, another low.

For such a realistic story, the set up feels so mythical.

About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet’s lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income. All Huntingdon exclaimed on the greatness of the match, and her uncle, the lawyer, himself, allowed her to be at least three thousand pounds short of any equitable claim to it. She had two sisters to be benefited by her elevation; and such of their acquaintance as thought Miss Ward and Miss Frances quite as handsome as Miss Maria, did not scruple to predict their marrying with almost equal advantage. But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them. Miss Ward, at the end of half a dozen years, found herself obliged to be attached to the Rev. Mr. Norris, a friend of her brother-in-law, with scarcely any private fortune, and Miss Frances fared yet worse. Miss Ward’s match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible: Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield; and Mr. and Mrs. Norris began their career of conjugal felicity with very little less than a thousand a year. But Miss Frances married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a lieutenant of marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly. She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.

Mansfield Park, Ch 1

[fabianvalencia561]

I can't really wait anymore so

I'll show you guys a little bit the new reboot of my au

I'll show more once I actually finish the old au

Here's Percy's redesign

Young Bertram (Sir Topham Hatt), Jane (Lady Hatt), and Gordon in their past

And a D10 drawing :]

So yeah :]

[edwin-paynes-bowtie]

Okay. To supplement the women one tag 12 CANONICALLY queer characters you love. For funsies

[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

Propaganda...

Sir Thomas Bertram (2007): NIce big house, curly hair

Mr Weston (2020) : Mr Weston is a family man, he’s a committed husband. He’ll set you up with his son, he’ll personally apologise when his son blows you off. He uses humour to diffuse awkward situations. He’ll throw a ball in your honour. He loves dancing. Truly just the loveliest dilf in all of Jane Austen.

He's gorgeous in an unintimidating way, without being snobbish or vain. He's super friendly and likeable and welcoming to everyone.

[junewongapologia]

It is no secret that I hate the Fanny/Henry pairing, bc like...

How can you read that book, and how Henry acts, and the distress it causes Fanny while we're in her head the whole way through...

And want her to be wrong? And want her to be the one to have to admit she was wrong?

No! Terrible, awful ending. Henry Crawford is not a good person. He's not, like, evil. But he's selfish and self-centred and thinks he deserves Fanny because he's rich and charming and made the bare minimum effort to seem like a better person. I fully buy into the idea that he likes her because he likes a challenge, and that if finally faced with what she like every day (shy and retiring and quiet and uncomfortable around loads of ppl) he'd start to resent her sharpish.

This is a book about selfishness and selfish people, and even in this cast, he's near the top of the most selfish, the most careless with the feelings of others. At the centre is Fanny, who is maligned and mistreated, but despite all is selfless and good, though she struggles with jealousy and negative thoughts and feelings.

It's a book about how she - poor and dependent and not especially well educated or taken care of by her relatives - knows her own mind and deserves to be treated as a rational, intelligent person.

It is literally crucial to her arc and the arc of the story that she's right about Crawford!

[lizzy-bonnet]

Muppet Mansfield Park. Fanny Price is the only human, everyone else is an absolute fucking muppet (derogatory).

[motharaya]

AU Narrow Gauge food time!

The refreshment lady that Peter Sam helped (Called "Ms. Dowley") is retired. She is a volunteer worker who works for the Skarloey railway. When she gets taken around (usually in her café car, but occasionally in the cab) she will have her café car dropped off in a siding at the picnic site. She then sells themed food and drinks about the engine who drove them there!

Duncan: Duncan's Donuts (They're lemon custard filled) Skarloey: Strawberry cheesecake Rheneas: Raspberry cheesecake Peter Sam: Red Leicester and Spring Onion toastie (The drink included is Orange water (Both is by his request)) Falcon: While he should have a blueberry cream cheese puff pastry, he's notoriously hated so now he has a can of plain water Bertram: While he is a rarer engine for trips, Warriors Waffles with Watermelon Mighty Mac: Mango Macaroons sealed together in pairs with icing

While she did have other idea, they don't run passenger services. The other ideas were

Rusty (Mainly used for maintenance now): Orange trifle Freddie(Used in workmen moving): Tiramisu Duke (In a museum. This food is now served in the museum café): Tuna mayonnaise and cucumber sandwiches, Fruit scones, and Cream (Gran)Puffs

Lady and Proteus also have their own foods based off of them! They are only made for the festivals for those engines (Proteus is Winter Solstice and Lady is Summer Solstice. The festivals are mainly used to show off the history and folklore of the mountains though)

Proteus: Hot chocolate with Gold sprinkles in, Spiced Rum, Fruitcake with those gold balls on it Lady: Blackberry juice, bread and butter pudding

[duskstargazer]

[2006]

“Wonderful, isn't it?” Bertram smiled, as the two fought against the pounding rain.

“What. The fuck is “wunderful” aboot this crappy weather?” Duncan growled through thinly veiled anger.

“Don't you worry, kid. We'll make it through this storm.”

“Call me 'kid’ again, and ye won't live ta see the end a’ this storm.”

“Okay, okay.” Bertram chuckled.

Duncan rolled his eyes in exasperation.

“How arr you so damn cheerful all th’ time?”

“Well,” Bertram replied, simply, “if you're well looked after and in steam, then there's always something to smile about.”

Duncan wasn't quite sure what Bertram was getting at, but also couldn't think of a retort, so fell silent instead.

[pinkyberet]

TTTE Humanized Duke, Bertram And Smudger

And Here’s Duke England, Bertram England & Smudger Jennings :3

[curiousb]

The Smith Family Album: Volume XIII

Continuing our tour of the Sanditon families, just across the road from the Bertrams live Bennet and Anna, whom we haven't seen in a very long time!

They're still uninhibited free spirits.

Anna is still the hottest girl around.

And they're still close to their extended families - Bennet's best friends have always been his cousins (Benjamin, Miles and Bertram).

Sadly, although they were close as kids, a rift has developed between him and his brother Jasper, over Bennet's continued dalliance with Sophia (the fiancée of their mutual friend Thomas).

Anna's half-sibling Louie is also a welcome visitor, and is keen to update old friend Bennet on this new phase of their life.

The pair are also starting to make headway in their careers.

With a couple of pay rises in the bag, they splash out on that Romance-Sim essential - a hot tub for the back garden.

Anna's ambition to romance the whole neighbourhood begins with fellow athlete, Philip.

The new hot tub is central to her cunning plan. What's a little snow, when there's romancing to be done?

[sandgambler]

Ooohh I love the way you designed the NG 🤩🤩 but if it’s alright asking who’s was that researcher, is it someone we know or an oc?

AHHH thank you! I am definitely biased for the narrow gauge engines!

Now this is definitely a real character, and I think they genuinely appeared for only 1 episode with no speaking lines

Say hello to Bertram, one of the acolytes! All he knows is research research research! A follower of the gods and a reader of the stars!

I wanted some of the supposed ‘older’ narrow gauge engines to be a little different from all the other forest guardians, just to mix things up and add to the lore

[the-cerene-rewritten-railway-au]

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

~

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.

~

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.

[spc-rambles]

So fandom, what exhibits would you like to see in a Sodor Railway Museum? Doesn’t have to just be engines. It can be ancient tools, salvaged machine parts or even what uniforms railway staff used to wear, things like that.

I remember they were planning Duke and possibly Bertram to be a part of it but besides that, what else could work?

[mwolf0epsilon]

I've neglected to mention so far that out of all of the mimics who live and work on Sodor, only Glynn, Hiro, Duke, Peter Sam, Sir Handel, Bertram, Skarloey and Rheneas are from a time where mimics were still considered unwanted railway pests.

They lived through a period of time where railways were beginning to transition from that line of thinking, slowly beginning to train and employ stowaway mimics with the promise of food and shelter for minimal labour (an arrangement the mimics realized would maximize their chances of survival).

Following that line of progression, Emily and Edward belong to an era where taming mimics right off the bat was still a relatively new concept, so there were a few things to iron out in the process (which is why Edward used to be a little terror before he settled down on Sodor).

By the time Gordon was bought by Sir Topham Hat to become the express mimic, he already came straight out of the workshop fully trained and ready to pull trains. The process had been practically mastered and the result was mimics that work with little to no unease around people.

That said, there were still ways of botching the process for a quick penny...

[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

Propaganda...

Mr Woodhouse (2009): He's got a little pink scarf and the ability to make me cry just with a look. He's got gravitas and vulnerability and will not let your kids eat too much cake. He could have sent his girls away but the man said no way I am a girldad!

Sir Thomas Bertram (1999): ...