#ttte tabitha

[steam-beasts]

Happy (late) Father’s Day!

For the two best beast dads!

[anonymousboxcar]

TTTE/RWS Headcanons: Tabitha

Tabitha is a cat who appears in a TTTE annual story called “Gordon’s Stowaway.” I just really like playing around with the idea of a railway cat who adores Gordon (and whom Gordon adores in return, lol)!

—————————— -Within Tabitha’s first week in Tidmouth Sheds, a workbench became swamped with cat toys brought in by cleaners and engine crews. Yarn, felt mice, battery-powered doodads — you name it!

-This is partly because of Tabitha’s inherent cuteness. It’s also because NWR employees discovered bringing a new toy was the fastest way to curry favor with Gordon.

-Gordon insists on inspecting every new toy, ensuring it’s “suitable” for her. Nine times out of ten, he accepts this latest tribute with the loftiness of a medieval lord.

(-The one time out of ten is anything with catnip. Gordon still hasn’t recovered from what he calls The Incident.)

-But Tabitha’s favorite toy is a simple feather. The engines take turns having someone lay it across their funnels. Then, they let off steam. The feather goes flying and she jumps after it.

-Tabitha doesn’t share Gordon’s musical tastes. The first time they put on his tape of The Magic Flute, she hid under his buffers for an hour. Still feeling guilty, Gordon now refrains from playing his opera tapes whenever she’s there.

-The others sometimes exploit this, coaxing her into the sheds so they don’t have to listen to the “Night Aria” for the hundredth time.

-She seems indifferent to the other engines’ preferences, as long as it’s at a reasonable volume. With James’ jazz CDs, however, she curls up on her cushion and goes straight to sleep. James and Gordon still bicker over whether she’s comfortable or bored by his music.

-If one of them is in a bad headspace, she’ll sit with them on their running board and purr. Nobody knows how she knows, but it’s clear she has a sixth sense for it. And she always makes them feel better.

-Tabitha has her own YouTube channel! Run by a cleaner at the sheds, it mostly consists of short clips: chasing birds, slow-blinking at the person behind the camera, playing with string, etc.

-For a short while, none of her viewers knew she was the NWR’s cat. That changed with a video of her running to Gordon as he came back to the sheds, meowing at him.

-(Not only did the video go viral, but the moment Gordon’s face lit up upon seeing her became the most viewed part of the video.)

-Tabitha’s Internet fame has since been used to spearhead various causes: fundraising for other heritage railways, railway safety campaigns, and so on.

-Thomas also has a tongue-in-cheek, one-sided rivalry with Tabitha over who should be the mascot of the NWR. It’s mostly something he plays up to amuse visiting children or to spur on fundraising. (The others make sure he doesn’t get too into it, though.)

-When there’s no mice to chase out of the sheds, Tabitha joins Gordon on his morning trains. A porter brings along her cushion, from which she watches the scenery go by. The coaches adore her and scold any passengers who disturb her.

-The first time Gordon had to go to the works after Tabitha settled in, he figured she would be fine at Tidmouth in his absence. The others would care for her.

-And they did. So much so, in fact, that they caved to her mournful meowing and pacing in Gordon’s empty berth. Gordon couldn’t be upset after Henry explained this to him, Tabitha jumping into his cab.

-Tabitha’s clinginess is her one bad habit. Since she can’t always be at the works with Gordon, everyone does their best to keep her occupied and happy. Even the Fat Controller will slip her a treat.

[fannele]

@steam-beasts Marlyin name in British mean “star of the sea”,

Bruno name mean “brown” ,

And Tabitha name in Aramaic mean “gazelle or gracious”

[unpopularvivian]

Incorrect Ttte Quotes 177:

If Toby and Gordon met their past selves:

Tabitha, to Toby: Holy shit!!!!! So you're me in the future??!?!? I actually get to become a guy!!!!!

Gordon: Younger me, it is my pleasure to inform you that you're able to talk in the future!

Greedon: 😄

Toby: Anyways, do you two want to hear about our stories?

Tabitha: Hell yeah!!!

Greedon: *Nods*

*Later*

Gordon: So, do you think?

Tabitha: Eh. It's pretty good, for old people.

Greedon: *Nods in agreement*

Toby: PRETTY GOOD?!?!!?

Gordon: OLD PEOPLE!?!?!?!

[steam-beasts]

Thought I'd just put this here :P

The guy behind the stroller is Toby's fireman btw

[steam-beasts]

Froggy :)

A teaser for a little comic I've begun working on

[steam-beasts]

Scary! - short story

It was a bright and sunny at Arlesdale End. Theodore and Charles had brought the two little pups for a very special surprise.

However, the pups had to wait, so Toby's crew dropped Bruno and Tabitha off by the lake and let them play around while they went to fetch the surprise.

Now that they had open eyes, the two little babies were fascinated in everything! The grass, the water, the trees...

They rolled around in the grass and wrestled a bit until a little frog hopped out of the lake. Tabitha squealed and giggled, getting off her little brother to see it, Bruno wagged his little...tail??? As he too wanted to see the green little creature.

The frog croaked and looked up at the little tram with its doughy eyes, Tabitha stared back down and babbled with delight, ringing her little bell. Bruno giggled and cooed.

The frog remained still, and croaked at the big face staring down at it curiously.

The bushes rustled, and suddenly, a huge shadow loomed over the two. Bruno and Tabitha didn't notice, as they were fixated on the frog. The frog in question did notice the shadow, and hopped away with instinct. Tabitha chirped with disappointment as she watched it disappear. Bruno stopped giggling and looked disappointed, his tail stopped wiggling.

Where was Mr frog going? They wondered.

"Oh, Toby! Look at them!" A voice suddenly piped up. The pups froze, recognising the voice immediately.

"Th-They're...they're really here!" Said another voice. This one was also familiar...

Wait...

It's their mama and papa! They're back!

Bruno and Tabitha squeaked happily and quickly spun around to properly see their mother and father for the first time. But instead of mama and papa being there...

...it was two big scary beasts.

One looked like a giant version of Tabitha, but with sharp fangs, fiery yellow eyes, and big scary horns! Charles and Theodore were inside the creature's body. It must've eaten them! Bruno thought.

The other looked like Bruno, but more orange, and she had small horns with cow-like ears and blue eyes. She had weird claws on her paws.

Toby and Henrietta both smiled happily at their little pups, they were so happy to see that their eyes had opened.

"Come here, you two–" Toby tried reaching out a paw, but the pair recoiled back with high-pitched squeals and cries. Toby pulled back with a shocked look, Henrietta was the same. Tabitha and her brother backed up a bit more, shaking and squeaking in fear from the two scary monsters.

Charles frowned, a look of realisation dawned on his face "Oh dear..." he said "I...I think they're scared of you two"

"S-Scared?" Henrietta repeated quietly, her ears flattening, tears pricking her eyes. Toby whimpered, bringing up a paw to cover his horn.

"I-I didn't think our own pups would ever...be frightened of us" He said sadly, a guilty look on his face. Maybe they should've considered how the little ones would've reacted to their appearances...

Toby and Henrietta exchanged sad and guilty glances, backing away to give the little ones space.

Charles patted his side "It's ok, ol' boy–"

"It's NOT ok!!" Toby cut him off with a low, grieving snarl "Our own kids are AFRAID of me and Henrietta!! We're just..... big scary monsters to them..." he said sadly.

"This is their first time actually seeing you two. They are surprisingly smart for babies, so I suppose this wasn't what they expected you to look like" Theodore reasoned. The old couple just let out small cries and whines, Henrietta let the tears fall out while Toby tried holding them in.

Just then, Bruno and Tabitha suddenly came crawling out of the bushes, approaching the giant beasts. They both tensed up and remained still, not wanting to scare them further. Bruno carefully approached first;

He went up to Toby's paw and poked it before quickly jumping back. Seeing as nothing happened, the brakevan chirped at the old tram, feeling less afraid. Tabitha remained hesitant, going to investigate the giant Bruno-lookalike beast.

Charles watched and cooed "It's alright...this is your mama and papa". Bruno and Tabitha's faces lit up at the familiar words, any fear they had disappeared as they instantly began nuzzling against their parents' furry arms.

With tearful eyes, Toby and Henrietta picked up their young and made little chirping noises to them, which were mimicked by the other. Toby's tail wagged, as did Henrietta's.

They were finally together again.

[steam-beasts]

Ellooo! Random question:

How did Hannah reacted to Bruno and Tabitha? Does she know them already??

She was ecstatic! Hannah absolutely adored the two once Henrietta allowed her to hold them, even with how jittery she was.

Hannah; "Oh sister, they're ADORABLE!"

[steam-beasts]

I imagine sir toperham hatt run to see the two pups sleeping next to Henrietta, and he turn his his head around to his workers in shock and ask them did this happen and one worker said that they have no idea. This that happen?

Suffice to say, the hatt man was shooketh

[steam-beasts]

*slams the door open* I JUST CAME TO A REALIZATION (kinda)

Are the babies (Dj, Tabitha and Bruno) gonna trans from into humanoids too?!

Shhhhh....

You'll see them soon 🙂

[anonymousboxcar]

Gordon introduces his cat, Tabitha, to four people. And one person receives the honor of Tabitha introducing herself.

[steam-beasts]

Do the pups have personality? Also can I see the engine cuddling with their pups?

[steam-beasts]

Are Bruno and Tabitha twins? :0

No, they were born separately at different times.

Tabitha's the oldest, and Bruno's the youngest :)

[steam-beasts]

Something tells me Toby and Henrietta will be quite upset their babies opened their eyes while they were asleep and not there to see it

Yeah...sadly. But they'll be very happy nonetheless. For the babies, it'll be their first time in properly seeing their parents, what the poor things don't know is that their mama and papa are quite scary-looking

[steam-beasts]

Next December story's gonna revolve around Bruno and Tabitha (my ocs).

[steam-beasts]

Hay DJ? How do you feel about being the only man made pup that can talk but hard times communicate with natural born pups who were brain not being developed because they’re only a baby pups?

DJ: "It's kinda frustrating and boring to be honest. All that comes out of Bruno or Tabitha's mouths is pure baby gibberish, yet sometimes...it kinda feels like they can understand a bit of what I'm talking about, they always respond when I say something, so... I don't know, I'm probably overthinking things. At least they're good listeners"