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• 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚟𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜.

• 𝙰 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑. 𝙴𝚡𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚎: 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕, 𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝙲𝚎𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚌 (𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚎, 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚁𝚘𝚕𝚢'𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚍).

• 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚝.

• 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚢 𝚏𝚞𝚛.

• 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.

• 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜.

• 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜' "𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗" 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 ��𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. (𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜)

• 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚅𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚜. (𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢)

• 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚜.

• 𝙰 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚢.

• 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑 (𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝)

• 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜' 𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 (𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜' 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜) 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜. (𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝙻𝙾𝙾𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰𝚃 𝙰𝙽𝚈𝙾𝙽𝙴 𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙰𝙷!!!!)

• 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜' 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍. 𝙳𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜' 𝚏𝚘𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘.

• 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 (𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚙)'𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚜. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 (𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜) '𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝙵𝚘𝚊𝚕𝚜.

• 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚏 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢. (𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚢. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜)

(𝙷𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜!)

(𝐀𝐔 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨: @steam-beasts <𝟑)

[fabianvalencia561]

Late Oliver drawing with toad :]

When they first met each other when they were children.

[biggsodorcitystories]

Happy Douglas Day (+ Toad)

Happy Douglas Day everyone!

When I decided to do group pictures for every month's characters, it occurred to me that October, November, and December wouldn't have an equivalent SR or TUGS character to include.

So, instead of giving Douglas a solo picture for his day, I drew him with his (RWS canon) break van, Toad.

For those who haven't read the series as written by Awdry or have forgotten, Toad volunteered to become Douglas's brake van in gratitude after he, Isabel, and Oliver were rescued. There is evidence of this in season three of TTTE, as in Toad Stands By, Toad asks permission - and is granted it - for Douglas to let him stay in the yard to help Oliver.

I like Toad in the CGI series, but I was a little disappointed to find him back with Oliver. You could argue that Douglas may have 'released Toad from his "debt" at that point, but I think Toad would likely have stayed with him and the rest of the Arlesbrugh engines rather than latching back onto Oliver. Let's face it, Douglas's relationship with the other Sudrian brake vans isn't going to be the healthiest after he straight-up murdered one (with a smile on his face if you believe the show) when he first arrived, so Toad was probably a dream come true for all concerned.

Oliver won't be alone in November - he didn't escape with just Toad in the books - so Douglas shouldn't be either.

[duskstargazer]

[1958]

“So, you're a fellow agent of chaos.” The ratty old plank wagon grinned. “Who're you after today?”

The brake van stood, eyeing the yard intently.

“James.”

“Bah.” S.C.Ruffey scoffed. “He's easy.”

“That is why I like him.” The van replied. “You can get away with a lot with an engine like him.”

“My reasoning is that the other day, he scraped up my side while shunting. And you know how he shunts.”

“Yeah.” S.C.Ruffey chuckled.

“What about you?” The brake van turned the conversation around. “”Have you anyone you are paying out?”

“Hmm… uh… maybe Henry?”

“‘Maybe’?”

“Well, I mean he… uh…”

“You haven't a motive, have you? No score to settle…?”

“He derailed one of my mates in a siding a few weeks back.”

The brake van sighed diplomatically. It was common knowledge that Henry was terrible at shunting.

“If you have nothing of value to add,” he grunted, “then it would be wise of you to keep your mouth shut.”

“But-”

“‘But’ nothing. You clearly care quite little for the effect you may have, and merely tag along with other troublemakers.”

“I,” the brake van continued, “analyze these engines and carefully weed out those with particular misgivings. Deduce those that deserve a hard time and administer the appropriate response. We are incompatible.”

S.C.Ruffey gritted his teeth - or at least the ones he still had.

“No wonder they call you 'Spiteful’,”

“Watch yourself.”

[esperfruit]

Alright everyone! It is finally here, my adaptation for "Escape" in my AU!

[jessythebunny]

🩶✨Toad x Dilly✨🤍

Innocent love

A cute brake van x a lovely duck

Headcanons:

🩶🤍Dilly likes to tease Toad for being older than her, but Toad really enjoys this

🩶🤍Dilly and Toad love to imagine as a mermaid and a sailor man dynamic (just like Skiff and Maina)

🩶🤍They both love the sea, especially Toad, who always sings his special song that he composed for the whale for Dilly

🩶🤍Donald hates when Dilly is having a boyfriend, but for Toad, he doesn't mind that at all, because Donald knows so well how gentle Toad is.

🩶🤍They don't have a horny or sassy side, because they're still kids

🩶🤍they both like swimming in the lake

🩶🤍Toad sometimes loves to wear a duck costplay to cheer Dilly up when she's sad, and he always makes her laugh

🩶🤍Dilly has a fear of bugs, so Toad comes and helps her by killing them

🩶🤍Dilly loves to joke with him by pour water on him, or hit him with a pillow

🩶🤍 🎵The sailor song-Toy box🎵

[number1spongebobfan]

"Hello Mr. Oliver"

[lomotunes2008]

Some plans for an old coach I found in a book :)

Pictures below if anyone wants to see the real thing:

^ The red one is preserved at Bo'ness and I may or may not take more reference photos next time I go there

[ladychandraofthemoone]

Arlesburgh Harbor Company #1: Rosaura “Rosie” 🌹🥀

First time drawing her in my new sketchbook, based off of wildnorwester and Jasperpie take of her for my au version of Rosie, was brought in to help Fort Sudrian during wartimes before hopping about on BR before officially being purchased to shunt the harbour and yard at Arlesburgh, she’s also worked at Bigg City and is old friends with Bruno

[gummybuggy]

Trucks and coaches and trains oh my! The engines aren’t the only ones to receive beast treatment, the railway becoming like a big farm.

[kenora-pizza]

My Thoughts on "Emily in the middle"

Based off a conversation I had w/@mean-scarlet-deceiver in the comment section of this post of theirs, because Tumblr comments have a word limit that I wasn't aware of, and I'm in the mood to speak my mind on this.

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Alright. So. Emily in the middle. The last appearance of Donald and Douglas in the TV show, and imo, a pretty crappy one too. The Caledonian twins, (Donald in particular) are my favourite TTTE characters for multiple reasons, and there are many things in this episode which irritated or straight up pissed me off. And I've been holding these feelings in for months.

Now, to be fair, I did like some things about this episode. The visuals are gorgeous, and I love how they brought back the twins' season 20 theme from 'Love me tender.' They also carried over this thing introduced (and heavily featured) in 'Love me tender' where Donald acts like he knows better than Douglas, much to the latter's frustration. I REALLY wish they could elaborate further on this in another episode. Like maybe this behavior has been a constant but only now is it getting worse. Maybe this behaviour is related to the fact that Donald had to smuggle Douglas into Sodor, and started thinking of himself as the one who had to take charge and keep them both safe. Maybe it's from some sorta paranoia Donald developed regarding their status on Sodor, and for some time after the events of "Deputation," he still felt the need to protect and ensure that Douglas would remain on Sodor. (I don't know, I just came up with this). And the episode concept itself can be considered humorous, but imo, it would have been better with Bill, Ben and maybe Boco, Mavis or Edward.

First off, might as well get the obvious out of they way. The twins are HORRIBLY out of character in this episode. From the get-go, they're arguing about anything and everything, to the detriment of them and the engines around them. The TV show, especially in the CGI era, unfortunately started shifting them towards the very overdone trope of "They're twins and they argue a ton," but they went the whole way with it on this episode and it's flipping awful to watch. Especially at the end, when poor Emily got derailed by a snowball (while we're on the subject of that how the flying fuck did that thing get so big so quickly?) and they started blaming each other for the accident instead of helping or apologizing to her. Also doing seriously irresponsible things like stopping a HUGE ASS train on the main line and blocking the Express, and stopping the same train on a steep incline and leaving Emily to hold it while they bickered and chased each other up the hill. I mean honestly, they were acting more like Bill and Ben: Indistinguishable twins who frequently argue with each other over petty bullsh!t. The Caledonian Twins are absolute badasses who get sh!t done and clearly love each other very much. So why ruin them like this, Mattel?!

Second off.....this is something to do with a specific event (Brace yourselves for a long-ass explanation). In "Break Van," one of the notable events is Donald ramming a signal box (I'll explain). It's played off as an accident, but the book HEAVILY implies that this was intentional, with the line "But Donald didn't say what he was sorry for. We know, don't we?" and Douglas saying "Anyone would think, that Donald had his accident on purpose!" That's a huge wink wink from the book to the readers. And when you stop and think about it, Donald's motivation for this becomes clear. Think about everything that has happened to them thus far. Smuggling Douglas onto Sodor gave both of them a lot to lose, Douglas especially. By the time "Break Van" happens, Douglas has screwed up twice. And then the cherry on the top comes in the form of that motherf%^king Spiteful Brake Van making him late. At this point, the twins KNOW that Douglas is in TFC's black books and would be the one sent home after the trials if nothing is done. So to make TFC's decision more difficult, Douglas would either have to do better, or Donald would have to do worse. Donald chooses the latter option and it works, with TFC explicitly confirming this.

Now, In EITM, Douglas has been telling Emily about various incidents involving Donald from past seasons, and eventually start talking about the signal box incident. And given the significance of that event........it felt pretty darn scummy to hear them making light of that. That made me feel uncomfortable. Like... it's less "heehee, Donald is clumsy" and more "Donald purposefully injured himself and destroyed NWR property in an effort to keep his brother safe." I can see why Donald would be especially angry about this. It couldn't have been painless ramming into that signal box or fun getting lectured by Sir Topham Hatt, only for his brother to make light of it by laughing about it behind his back with another engine. And while we're on the topic, considering the bond between these brothers you cannot, in ANY WAY, convince me that Douglas would EVER talk sh!t about his brother behind his back to another engine. EVER.

Last off.....god, I REALLY feel for Emily in this episode. She may not be one of my absolute favourite characters, but she didn't deserve this, at all. I actually do like the idea of Donald, Douglas and Emily being a fun little trio, and I wish that it could have been done here.

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Ok wow, this turned out way longer than I expected for my first written Tumblr post. I hope people actually read this. If you reached the end, thanks for reading.

Also, if you wanna see something funny related to EITM, @jammyjams1910 did a fan dub of some scenes from the episode which had me laughing my ass off.

-Kenora

[thefluffyrailway-official]

ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥!!

𝙳𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚜!!! 🐣

[unpopularvivian]

Incorrect Ttte Quotes 366:

*Every single truck that appeared in Modernly Classical was standing in a room as I was talking to them*

Textbook: Freight cars, fuel tankers and brake vans. Today, I want to present a special gift for your depature.

Hector: Hmph! I don't believe that. Not after I accidentally drank old seagull's forbidden monster energy drink!

S.C Ruffery: Hah! You're a loser!

Truck 1: Well, what is it?

Textbook: I would like to announce:

*Oliver suddenly breaks into the room, holding an axe and completely cracked from drinking 15 red bulls*

Textbook: Oliver.

Oliver: HEREEEEEE'SSSSSS OLLIEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Everybody: *Screaming on the top of their lungs and immediately start running away*

*The room is now empty with no more trucks left*

Textbook: Much better!

[verypsbfan019]

Out of genuine curiosity, what made you decide to give your Douglas ADHD? I kinda wanted to ask for a while but ig I was to shy- ; ;

Also sorry if you've been asked this before btw

OMG Nobody actually asked me this before!!!

Alright, here I go!

The headcanon of Douglas having ADHD appeared while I was writing my first TTTE fanfic "Confessions" which was about Douglas being mad at Donald because he tried to impersonate him in order to help him with his crush with Emily.

The headcanon is 90% based on my desire of wanting a character with ADHD in my AU (since I might have undiagnosed ADHD/ASD too).

Canonically, Donald is quite overprotective to Douglas (like in Brake van). Douglas was the twin who was supposed to be scrapped in the first place as well... Douglas had intrusive thoughts about being found out which made him mess up the coaches (The missing coach).

In Love me tender, Douglas's opinions were ignored by Donald. He was getting impatient with the job until he finally exploded. Showing that Donald tend to do this to him.

In Emily in the middle, Douglas and Donald were arguing and they always come to the quote: "You always do what you wanna do" and they fight...

Also, the need of working together. Although we have seen that the twins can work on their own, my headcanon is that Douglas need to work with someone else because it helps him to stay concentrated on his tasks (and that person is Donald) and working without him makes the job not only more depressing but also more difficult to finish.

These are all just my interpretations of the character! I hope it helps hehe 👉👈💖

[jessythebunny]

💚Oliver the great western engine🍃

💚Oliver takes his work seriously and he is very serious about his work to a great degree, and he doesn't like to mess around and play while working

💚he can sometimes be cocky and he has a sassy side, and he can do sassy things, but he is always stern and very creative in anything and he has to do his jobs without dilly dalliying

💚Oliver is a bit softie and he loves to wear some cozy clothes but he gets annoyed when someone's calling him a girl because of his style

💚he's afraid of fireworks because they remind him of the scrapyard, and also when he passes from it, he remember that time when he was there and starts crying

💚The green ribbon on his head is a gift from Duck after he became his boyfriend as a thank you. And he always wears it and he loves it so much

💚he's sometimes being rude to Toad and he doesn't care about him, like when he saw a beached whale and he didn't believe him, and he was singing and Oliver found his voice really ugly and loud, so maybe Toad doesn't deserve all this treatment from this dumbass

💚Oliver likes eating snacks like salted nuts or salted bescuits or strawberries dipped in chocolate

💚he has a massive crush on Duck and he's already taken by him, and also he has strong feeling for Douglas, but like I said many times the two take turns to avoid the fight

💚he's close with Duck, Toad, Donald and Douglas, Edward ,Marina(oc), Skiff, BoCo, Jenny(oc)

💚good friends with Thomas, Percy, James, Toby, Daisy, Emily, Henry, Philip, Mia(oc), and very nice to everyone

💚he's still mad at Diesel for Duck and sometimes when he sees him, he has to beat him up

🩶Toad the brake van🧸

🩶Toad is a very kindhearted and is a pure child with pure intentions and soul, and it is impossible for him to ever swear

🩶Toad works and does his best to be a useful brake van, and he doesn't care if anyone makes fun of him like the troublesome trucks

🩶Toad will do anything and do the impossible to help anyone and be a brake van to anyone when his time is free, just that engine has to pull him slowly because when that engine goes really fast, Toad starts to get terrified. Gordon don't you dare to touch him

🩶Toad enjoys anything related to the sea, and he likes singing about the sea, and he sits infront of the shoreline of the beach and starts singing

🩶Toad really likes to hang out with James and Emily, and he's their child

🩶He likes to call anyone Mr. or Miss, just to show his respect for them

🩶he's close with Oliver, Duck, Donald and Douglas, James, Emily, Dilly, Marina (oc), Jenny (oc), Mia(oc), BoCo, Bill and Ben, Edward, Skiff

🩶good friends with Thomas, Percy, Henry, Toby, Mavis, Philip, Rosie, and he's nice to everyone

[number1spongebobfan]

Oliver: Hello Toad.

Toad: Hello Mr. Oliver.

Oliver: I'm going to take a break from my branchline duties. Would you like to play in the leaves with me?

Toad: Yes Mr. Oliver. But I have to take off my top hat first, because it's going to fall off when I jump.

Oliver: You do that.

Oliver and Toad jump in the leaf pile.

Oliver: Hi five Toad!

Toad: You are my best friend, Mr. Oliver.