#ttte splodge

[marxmatter]

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[thechaddyengine]

Ttte AU memes:

[thosesillytrains]

Magic railroad behind the scenes my beloved

[pistonsandgearsinc]

Traintober: Day 3 "Twins"

"Oh hell, more twins!"

[Vicarstown Goods Yard]

Algernoon surveyed the new arrivals with distain.

“Oh hell, more twins!” Algernoon grumbled.

The two diesel shunters stared at him, then looked at eachother.

“Dodge when were you gonna tell me we were twins?” One said. “Its news to me I thought we were cousins-” Dodge replied. “Isn’t there a song associated with that?” The other one ventured.

Algernoon's face fell, and whatever he had for blood began to boil.

“Oh my god they’re as stupid as they are ugly.” He groaned.

The purple one, known as Splatter, looked over at Algernoon, “You wanna talk about ugliness-look at those bags under your eyes!” he guffawed.

Dodge joined his laughter, albeit more shortly, and finished with “Looks like you could use some sleep, big guy!”

"I sleep just fine. . . “ Algernoon muttered.

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Sprites and Backgrounds by Princess Muffins.

I took the first day to plan and work on some stuff.

[class42warship]

Oomf did it first but I had to put my own spin on it

[motharaya]

All the 08 twins!

[kiwijordyporgieagain]

more editssss

[yourfavhassiblings]

Your favs are not only children! Splatter and Dodge!

[just-an-emily-existing]

TTTE angst:

Splatter and Dodge stayed around Diesel 10 because they see him as their only real friend as no other engines wanted them not even other diesels. But Diesel 10 only cared for himself only. When the two finally abandoned him it was them finally learning to stand up for themselves after being mistreated for far too long.

Y E S W FOR SPLODGE

[moneygramhaasf1team]

Imma actually make a new blog for the adventures of splodge in Newcastle as I want to keep this as my main account for just ttte silly stuff

[anonymousboxcar]

TTTE AU: Cockade the Actor

Recently, I’ve been playing around with an au!Diesel 10 that fits into a more RWS-type world. Known as D810, or Cockade, he isn’t villainous or bigoted against steam engines. This is in part because he noticed a growing disdain for diesel-hydraulics such as him, thus realizing he wasn’t in too dissimilar of a boat.

Where most of his class didn’t survive, Cockade did. He was a warm, affable engine who endeared himself to many people. He was also something many of his siblings weren’t: a minor celebrity.

Ever since a background appearance in a local commercial, Cockade wanted to be an actor. He pushed to appear in more commercials, instructional tapes, and TV episodes B.R. used to drum up good PR. These amounted to only several seconds of screen time apiece, but he loved it. He loved becoming a character, embodying part of a story. He thought it could help him work toward the silver screen.

And eagle-eyed rail fans recognized him in all his roles. He developed a small following that advocated on his behalf, working to get him — and at his urging, as many of his siblings as possible — preserved.

He never lost his passion for acting, nor his dream of a “big break.” So when the producers of a project called Thomas & The Magic Railroad came knocking, he all but threw himself at them.

His heritage railway loaned him out to the producers, who gave him his character’s — Diesel 10’s — livery and excavator claw. His enthusiasm and flair for dramatics proved infectious on set. He had only one serious hiccup: he tried method acting.

He didn’t mean any harm by it. He only wanted to try out a new technique; he wanted his first ever film performance to be his best and most convincing. But for all his good intentions, acting like his villainous character 24/7 got on everyone’s nerves.

Thomas, playing himself in the film, got fed up. “Do you want to ‘method act’ some bent buffers, too? I can help you with that.”

Cockade stared at him. “What?”

“The script calls for it, doesn’t it?”

“But that’s — oh. Ohhh.”

It was the wake-up call Cockade needed. Embarrassed, he apologized for his behavior and saved his acting for the cameras.

While still somewhat miffed at first, Thomas softened after Cockade helped him through some stage fright without any judgement. Cockade respected Thomas’ tenacity and sense of responsibility in turn. The two had a similar sense of humor, making each other laugh between takes and teasing the others.

He and Thomas also became close to Sarah, a recent custom-built engine cast as Lady. She gave as good as she got with their teasing, while also becoming interested in the technical aspects of film production and writing. Her perspective on something in the script was always fresh and helpful (even if it was critical).

The engines playing Splatter and Dodge — who didn’t have names of their own, and liked their characters’ names enough to adopt them — came out of their shells at everyone’s encouragement. They loved to ad-lib scenes with Cockade, and they contemplated going into improv comedy once their work was done with TATMR.

A good time was had by all. Cockade felt very satisfied with himself and the overall production, delighting in having so many new friends and connections in show business.

And then the film bombed at the box office.

These days, Cockade says it was a valuable lesson: there’s a lot of moving parts to a film production, and nothing can be perfect. You can only do your best with the part you have. What matters is that you had fun and you gained more experience.

It took him some time to absorb this lesson, though. He wondered if he could’ve done something more, if he could’ve helped. He feared this was the end of his career.

“I’ve been working towards this my entire life,” he said late one night. “I had plan, a vision, of my career. This was my chance at the big time. And now that I’ve had a taste of it, it’s all up in smoke.”

Sarah nudged him. “You read the books, yeah? Look at how many times Mr. Number One over there messed up. He’s still doing alright.”

Thomas only rolled his eyes a little. “My foul-ups did me a world of good, actually. I wouldn’t be famous if those stories didn’t get out.”

“Besides, so what if that’s it for your career or whatever?” Splatter asked. “You’ve been at the bottom.”

“S’not so bad down there. You’ll have us, for one,” Dodge said, grinning. “And if you went up that incline before, you can do it again.”

“…I can,” Cockade said after a pause. “Thanks to all of you.”

In the end, lots of people still liked his performance as Diesel 10. At his request, his heritage railway put him back into D10’s livery for “Day Out With Thomas” events. He auditioned and got to act in other, smaller productions. While typecast as a villain for some time, he considered that a small price to keep doing what he loved.

He still visits Sodor every now and then, both as himself and as Diesel 10. Thomas is always happy to see him. They often chat about how Sarah’s doing as a railway consultant in television writing. Other times, they listen together to Splatter & Dodge’s latest improv comedy podcast released online.

Cockade’s big break didn’t go as he imagined it, but that’s alright. He doesn’t need the glitz and glamour of Hollywood anymore to have a fulfilling career. To him, the fulfillment comes from the wonderful people he meets along the way.

“And failure is never forever,” he tells people, smiling. “It’s always an opportunity — if you let it be one.”

[ollyoliver]

Ooooone more roleplay idea for the time being. If this sounds interesting, dm me here or on discord! My username is kazikuns

Diesel 10 paired with Splatter and Dodge. I watched ‘How Diesel 10 Stole Christmas’ and I love the introduction of Splatter and Dodge. I missed them a lot after tatmr so having them introduced in a fan series is everything to me lmao

But hear me out, Splatter and Dodge? Biiiiig flirts. Half the time they don’t even know they’re doing it since they ramble so often. Or, the other way around, where Ten warms up to them pretty quickly despite their dullness and around valentines day he realizes his weird friendship with them has developed into a big crush. Which is totally weird to Ten, he’s never crushed on anyone before. So he tries to flirt after learning that’s what you’re supposed to do but he’s super awkward at it. HOWEVER that totally works with Splatter and Dodge because they’re….well, they’re them.

[theflyingkipper]

important images 3, pride edition

[thosesillytrains]

The magic railroad as memes: one these didn't happen In movie

( i just realized I misspelled Dodge's name along with splodge..)

[sudriantraveler]

Some silly Diesel 10 and Splodge ideas

What if at the end of Calling all Engines Thomas got Diesel 10 to help by sorta tricking him.

Thomas: You know, on second thought maybe it's best you don't help. That claw looks so clumsy and unwieldy it'd probably do more damage than good.

Diesel 10: Clumsy?! Have you SEEN my rock carvings!

Given how Diesel 10 often uses Pinchy for additional gesturing, what if Diesel 10 were secretly a theatre nerd and often used Pinchy to make big theatric gestures.

Like just imaging, Diesel 10 is in the Dieselworks giving a soliloquy to himself about his evil plans… and then Paxton just... awkwardly enters behind him.

Last one: Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but from Splatter and Dodge's perspective, and it's done sorta like a Thomas version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead!