#NATM2

[caterpillarinacave]

NATM Textposts: 8/?

[doltbimbo]

Chat..it took me 3 hours to make him and I finally did it (:<

[sliceocheese]

more lore: ive been wantinng to make a jedetavius centered natm comic for SOOOO LONG OMG and i 1 need some help lol 2 dont wanna be discouraged by… anything ngl

so im getting yalls opinions on things to see how im going to go about this :D

PLEASE REBLOG THIS POLL AND ADD TAGS AND @‘s OR WHAT EVER :DDDD

[princessofsmithsonian]

“Here are the new assistants as these display pieces added to the castle for a new upgrade!! So feel free to talk to any of them, but don’t be inappropriate!” - Jove

//talking in OOC//

//Hi, I’m doltbimbo running this account and please read before spamming asks//

1) No rude, sexual or creepy remarks, as Yes this is an RP group Blog, I am a REAL PERSON running this Blog

2) DO NOT flirt with my characters

3) cursing is fine but please refrain from cursing out or using slurs

4) THEY ARE NATM OCS and this Blog has no Connection to the ACTUAL natm franchise itself,

5) Please remember to seperate the ocs from their hisotrical figure counterparts, I made them for fun

[ricardian-werewolf]

Ohhhh no. Oh dear god no! The hyperfixation that led to the infamous “sardine sarcophagus,” joke with @the-oo-o-odore!

But also Ahkmenrah...

istg he awakened shit in me

[night-at-the-musian]

as soon as i grab the japanese audio of natm2, who wants to help me animate the hourglass scene as the shoujo anime it clearly was meant to be

[mostly-natm]

I just woke up from a horrible nightmare of this account being hacked. Some notable highlights:

- They were definitely a real person/artist. They also liked Star Trek, but only made content of their Star Trek Muppet OCs.

- They changed my blog colors from green to bright red. They also changed my tagline to something longer, without capitalization (I can’t remember what) and replaced my icon and header.

- At first, they didn’t make their own posts but just edited all of mine to replace the content with their own. They also had commissions, so they just edited my pinned post. They changed many of my posts to link to YouTube videos of their main Star Trek Muppet OC, where they had actually created the thing and filmed it professionally. Can’t say they weren’t talented or dedicated.

- They had their OWN blog and “brand” and everything. Their name was Ugly. Their videos started with something like “Ugly Creations!”

- I didn’t lose access to this account, but was terrified that anything I posted would be immediately deleted by them anyway. They DMed me from their OWN blog to tell me how much they hated me and to “leave Data alone 😂”.

- Once they’d edited most of my posts to replace my content with their own, they also started making text posts. Everyone seemed to interact with them like they had no idea they weren’t me, which drove a stake through my heart. Simultaneously, they must have known people knew something was up, because they posted a text post pretending to be the actual me, gaining my account back, saying we had “worked it out! 🥰”

- Of course I looked for recourse for all of this, but the only solution Tumblr had was to make a new blog all together. I debated what I should change my URL to since they still had my old one. Mostly-Natm2 or Mostly-Natm 2.0 were the top contenders. I also had a stressful time trying to remember my blog description word for word.

- I’ve used emojis here to convey their tone, but actually they typed more like this: “leave Data alone —=+ [ | %.. ! = )” Again, though, they were definitely a real person.

[caterpillarinacave]

have I ever mentioned how much I love the costumes in NATM

[thejackalxi]

just seen your tattoo - woahh here i thought i was a fan! looks like you’re having fun 👍 how’s it healin’?

Not sure how old this question is, but it healed great!

(fresh in 2015 versus 2023)

[doltbimbo]

This trend but with beet kare

[togetherness23]

A TTTE character that could work in NATM…

Now, I already relayed the suggestion that at least one of the tracks in the Western diorama is G gauge/scale (45 mm) in another post. However… please consider that this has a really funny implication— you could put a Bachmann Large Scale Thomas the Tank Engine (TTTE) model engine on the track and they would fit on it despite sticking out like a sore thumb.

Model engines (from model railroading companies such as Bachmann or Hornby) can be expensive- they’re typically different from a blocky wooden toy train with magnets in that they are often built to resemble the engine (AFAIK). I doubt that a kid could just casually walk around with a Bachmann Thomas and then leave it in a MUSEUM DIORAMA full of other realistic model engines with no faces, and have it left there unnoticed until nightfall. If there ever was a Bachmann TTTE engine placed in there, I would probably chalk it up to be an expensive prank from one of the museum staff.

Given that the Eureka* model engine appeared to be fully operational with steam coming out of itself, its whistle blowing, and all that jazz during nightfall ✨, who’s to say that a Bachmann Thomas couldn’t come to life at night and start yapping about where the hell he is? If only at some point the live action trilogy made like Ant-Man and got the rights to… ah, who am I kidding, they already got Oscar and Darth Vader in NATM2.

However, there is one standout TTTE character that you could put in the diorama and maybe get away with it since it’s surprisingly (to me, at least) appropriate to the time period— apart from having a face, that is: Beau, from the CGI series!

Beau is an old geezer mining engine that works in the Grand Canyon. His place of operation and line of work is similar to Eureka and UP 119*, and he works with cowpokes- all of which fits well for the diorama. I’d like to imagine that he would get along well with the Western miniatures because of it.

He’s based off the real (and preserved in museums!) steam locomotive Virginia & Truckee No. 12, Genoa**. Genoa, along with Eureka*, was built from Baldwin Locomotive Works, ran on wood, and worked in Nevada. They were built in 1873 and 1875, respectively. In real life, Genoa and Eureka wouldn't be on the same track since Eureka runs on a narrower gauge while Genoa runs on standard gauge- though that fact is where Genoa shares a similarity with UP 119*. Speaking of UP 119*, Genoa has also been modified multiple times to play the role of Jupiter, the engine that met with UP 119* at the Golden Spike ceremony, in anniversary celebrations of the event. Assuming the upper track is also G scale/gauge, that would be the more ideal place for Genoa or Beau to be put in to dodge that small real-life inaccuracy despite all the models presumably being the same gauge.

In terms of aesthetics, the Bachmann Beau model isn’t too bad compared to other models! For reference, this first image is a Bachmann model of Reveille, a sister engine to Eureka*; the second is UP 119*; the third is of Beau’s basis Genoa; and the fourth is Beau himself. The one below it is a prototype of the model- it being on an actual set might be a better visual to actually picture it being in the diorama.

Beau is probably as good as it gets as a TTTE character to add to the Western diorama and to smooth things over with Dr. McPhee if he confronts you about it!

*For reference, the model engines in the Western diorama are of the Eureka (the one that hit Larry, lower track) and UP 119 (background, upper track).

**Bonus: Another Ancient Roman parallel?—- Looking up the etymology of Genoa, it may have originated from genua (Latin), which is the plural word for genu, meaning ‘knee’.

[fdrsamericanflagduckfloaty]

?????

so i was looking at the NATM2 poster because why not and i just realized:

they got Jedediah on a horse, which, okay, cool, love that for him, but then they have Octavius just standing really... stiffly? without his then-new canonical pet squirrel? and now i'm wondering why they gave Jedediah his horse but not Octavius his beloved pet squirrel.

Give Octavius his god damn squirrel.

[natmdirtyconfessions]

was recently informed about a deleted scene in the og NatM2 script in which Kahmunrah swallows Octavius whole and now I really want that to be me. I can't stop thinking about it. I truly detest myself as a person.

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[night-at-the-musian]

with how much everyone draws the natm2 jedtavius hug, maybe i should make a video comparing them. not as in “which is better”, but as in “look at these varied takes on the same moment”