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Look at Ross! So cool!

June 7th brings Ross!!! The most relaxed guy ever is a bisexual transgender man!

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SMUG HANDEL

sooo many little guys!!!! sketches from expression+character requests on the discord :)

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Made a small Flying Scotsman! As usual if you would like the model, I can send you the link! More pictures under the cut

Quite the collection now, I also discovered a "smoothing" mode which made me feel good about the intercitys being properly angled

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Excuse me sir, he's extremely small actually

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A small football James I drew up real quick like

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(Turn up your volume, it's really quiet whoopsie)

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Thinking of getting rid of this old junk

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My Queen Anne!

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Some HST EuroCitys!

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Based off of the amazing @railwaycreature's OC Ross, here's another 3D model! Sadly I couldn't add a face so it's more of a regular Class 66, but alas

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numberless workshop larvae

colorpicked from. from. from. f

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To sum up: they still think that trans peoples human rights are an online conversation, and expect the series to run for 10 consecutive years.

So let's get ahead of this right now.

I propose a media-wide blackout of everything Harry Potter related when the first season is released. No tweeting about it, not even to trash it. No posting online about it at all - No Instagram stories or posts, no TikToks, no snaps, no memes on FB, not a word on here, nothing. They will not commit themselves to 10 consecutive years of something if the first season flops. They might attempt a second season, but we can shoot that down, too.

I cannot still be dealing with the hate this woman has for us in 10 years. I cannot still be having this conversation when I'm in my mid-30s. I need her to be dead & forgotten by then, or used as a cautionary tale after her death. We can revive the fandom after she has died, depending what her will stipulates will be done with her bloodmoney. Okay? Is that a good enough compromise for you? You just have to wait for her to die, and not leave her estate & bank account to anti-trans stuff, and then you can get back to loving Potter. Deal?

But in the meantime, we need Warner Bros. to see that they cannot make money from this show. We need them to lose money. We need them to lose enough money that even JKR funding the entire project won't be enough for them to take the risk. Right now, they're saying that JKR's reputation & blatant transphobia have not impacted their ability to find more than enough people to audition for the series. We need them to rethink that. We need them to see that this is not the next Marvel-length franchise to get rich on.

Since I know some of you haven't participated in a media blackout protest before, here's how it'll work:

Don't hype the series / fandom / author / cast up in the lead-up to the series being released. Don't trash it, either. Ignore it. Forget about it. || This means that they won't get good word-of-mouth rates online, which means they will need to really push advertising to get enough people interested.

Don't watch the adverts online. Don't like or comment on the videos, not even with hate or pro-trans stuff. || Engaging with online ads or videos in any way gives them positive data, because it feeds the algorithm & let's them make money from the adverts. We don't want that.

When the series is released, don't watch it. Don't talk about it. Don't tweet about it. Don't post about it. Don't tiktok about it. Don't complain about it. Don't trash it. Pretend it doesn't exist. Ignore it. Forget about it. || They need their launch to earn them money, and even if you're posting about how bad it is, or posting anti-JKR content using the show's hashtags, even if you're watching it in order to know exactly what to complain about & critique, you are still giving them money. They still earn royalties from you watching it, regardless of your intentions. They still get word-of-mouth and clout from you posting about it, even if what you're saying is negative. You know the expression "There's no such thing as bad press"? This is what that refers to. It doesn't matter if you're sharing love or hate for the franchise, because you're still promoting it by saying its name. Also, an overwhelming amount of negative press online can and does lead to other people deciding to watch it to see why everyone is complaining, and arguing about it online, all of which feeds the creators more royalties. We don't want them to earn money from this.

Spread news about other shows & films & franchises & books. Get a fandom which has been dead for 10+ years trending again. Get anime shows & Futurama & ATLA & Adventure Time & Owl House & Over the garden Wall & some really obscure franchises trending across all social media platforms. Get something from the 80s trending in the Top 3 on Twitter. Engage with fandoms you're not even part of. Get BL shows trending in Netflix's Top 5. || This will completely skew analytics online, and it will flood people's dashboards with cmenough content that they won't see promotional content for the series we are blacking out. It will also show spikee data for which genres & shows are more popular & getting more attention & more royalties.

Share media with transgender actors / directors / crew. Share media with LGBTQIA+ storylines. Share pro-trans & pro-LGBTQIA+ content. Share & donate to fundraisers which help Trans & LGBTQIA+ people. Share Trans & LGBTQIA+ history. Show & Share Trans & LGBTQIA+ positivity & love & pride. Do all of this without acknowledging the series or creator we are blacking out. || This will show overwhelmingly positive & inclusive analytics, which will prioritise showing more of the same content. This is what we want the data to show.

Do not give in to temptation to look the show up. Do not look up the cast. Do not look up the directors or producers or executives. Do not look up the soundtrack. Do not put anything remotely related to the series into a search bar of any kind. || Search algorithms still store data, and if enough people look the same stuff up, it will show positive online engagement. We do not want this.

Do not give the actors hate. Do not tag them in hateful content online. Do not abuse them & do not bully them. || This is just unnecessary.

Give the blackout a cool-down period. Continue to ignore it for at least 10 days after the launch. || This forces the show's analytics to fall into negatives. If you suddenly start engaging with something immediately after blacking out the launch, the analytics show a delayed uptake - but it still shows them that people will engage with it, and that they will make money from it. We do not want this.

After the cool down period, mock it. Remember the mocmery that the Velma show got? And you've seen the mockery of the Rachel Zeigler version of Snow White is getting? And how that is impacting the ratings for Songbirds & Snakes because people don't want to watch her, at all, in anything? That is what we need to create on purpose. || If a show gets hate, the creators can use it to feed controversial interest in the show - 'Come watch this to see why people are hating!'. It's as beneficial as positive reviews. They can recover from it. But mockery? Mockery & dismissal is far more difficult to recover from, as it does more damage to their names and reputation. People do not want to be associated with a project which was mocked after it lost them a lot of money. Audiences are also much less likely to engage with a series which has been publicly mocked, compared to hated.

Only mock it for the same amount of time as the cool-down period. || This prevents the series from getting a large spike in analytics.

After this, ignore it. Move on. Talk & post about other stuff. Watch other stuff. || This will result in the show's analytics returning to negatives, and remaining there.

This is a strategy which is proven to work. It has worked for multiple franchises. It is behavioural analytics. It will work for this, but only if we commit to it & get enough people taking part.

All we have to do is:

Do not watch the HBO HP series

Do not post about it online

Ignore it

Do not play, stream or buy any games related to HP

Do not rematch the movies on a streaming service - JKR will still earn royalties from that

Do not post about JKR during the media blackout

Share pro-trans & pro-LGBTQIA+ content & history instead

Support trans creators & actors

Mock the series after the cool down time & then move on

Stick to this method. It WILL work.

And to dispute any attempted justifications for engaging with it:

"But she won't be involved!" || She is listed as an executive producer for the show

"But it's not the actors' fault!" || Actually, it is. The adult actors should know better than to involve themselves with this franchise, and the child actors' parents should know better than to exploit their children's desire to be famous &/ or their love of the series, because the adults should be socially aware enough to know that this franchise will harm their children in the long run.

"But what about my childhood nostalgia!" || What about trans people's human rights & dignity? What about trans children who don't think they'll make it to 18? What about the fact our Prime Minister is selling out transgender rights of his people for Trump? Wht about all of the trans people in the UK who are now facing the possibility of losing more of our rights? What about all of the little trans girls & boys & envies who saw those TERFs celebrating stealing their legal right to identify as their gender, with champagne on national TV? What about trans children who won't be able to go on 100% reversible hormone blockers because JKR funded the vitriol which made them illegal? What about all of the trans women & girls who just lost their legal rights this week? What about our right to legally exist? What about privacy rights and medical & legal autonomy for women & afab people in the UK? What about all the trans people who just watched 21 years of work & progress go down the drain in one afternoon? Are we not worth as much as one of the many memories of your childhood?

Nobody is saying you're not allowed to watch the DVDs or pirate it or read the books or listen to CDs or records of it. Just do not use streaming services for any of it, do not use YouTube, do not talk about it on Twitch & don't post about it online.

We need this franchise to die. We need the producers to see they can't make enough money from this to justify continuing it after the first season. We cannot still be having this argument in the mid 2030s.

We need to get ahead of this right now and stamp the fire out before it kills more trans people.

You understand that buying a Tesla = supporting the Elongated Muskrat & Trump. You understand that buying McDonald's or Starbucks funds Isreal & harms Palestinians. You understand that watching Sandman supports Neil Gaimen. You understand that watching Aquaman funds Amber Herd.

So why is it so hard for you to apply that exact same logic to JKR, when you can see the harm she is causing in real time to real people?

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Just a quick reminder to y'all...

"Separate the art from the artist" works best when the artist isn't directly profiting off of it. I think Lovecraft's books are great, but I wouldn't buy them if he was alive due to the amount of racism in them. Just remember that

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why have one baddie when you can have FIVE,,, heh ,,

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How about Cranky, Harvey, Judie & Gerome, and Rocky met each other? If you could somehow figure out how to add Colin or Reg in there too, more props to you Te! Have a nice day even if you don't do this one

Ahhhh, the crane gang! They're all so much fun. I especially love Cranky; cantankerous characters are always such a joy, especially compared to how bouncy the engines on Sodor tend to be. Thank you for the prompt, and I hope you like this one!

(Prompts are closed, and as stated, I will be finishing the rest on my own time, although I'm hoping to finish them all in June. I had to take a good break after March—life became incredibly busy and I needed some time and space to make sure I didn't burn out—but the rest of the prompts WILL be done! Thank you for your support and your patience <3)

(If you're interested in seeing what I've written so far, you can take a look here!)

One harmonious night on the island of Sodor found the moon quietly making her rounds in the skies overhead, with many of the engines having been put up in their berths for the night. All was silent—or at least, it would have been, if not for the sounds of absolute madness currently assaulting Cranky's poor ears. "Alright, alright!" the crane growled, "settle down! Tonight, we are conducting a test of the inter-crane wireless communication channel, so—"

"Oh, this is so EXCITING!" came a loud, static-filled voice from the radio, and Cranky had to bite back a curse before he said something... regretful. "I can't believe I get to be part of the group! Oh, this is so thrilling. I—"

"Kevin," the larger crane forced out through gritted teeth, effectively silencing the smaller vehicle. "Do you remember what we talked about? Our operators aren't here right now, so they can't manage the radios for us. We're all live right now, so DON'T. INTERRUPT."

"...Yes, Cranky."

"Right," the large gray crane sighed. Already, he was starting to think that this had been a terrible idea, but the managers had insisted that they test the system after hours, in the event that there was an emergency and appropriate personnel needed to be notified. Of course, HE had also been put in charge for some godforsaken reason. Some shit about being "the most patient and responsible crane among them."

Well, whatever. He had a job to do, and the sooner he did it, the sooner he could get to sleep. "Alright, we're doing roll call. Carly?"

"HERE!" burst a loud, excitable voice, and in response, a loud chorus of assorted "ahhhhh!"s and "owwwww!"s, as well as some "ughhhhhhhh!"s and a good old "goddamn mothercrankin—" for good measure all made their way onto the airwaves as the feedback from both Carly shouting and her shout being picked up by Cranky's mic as well.

"Ok, OK!" Cranky grimaced. "Carly, no shouting! Ever!"

"...Got it."

"Thank you. Big Mickey?"

"..."

"...Big Mickey?"

"...Hello."

It took every ounce of Cranky's willpower to not blurt out something nasty, but the tantalizing idea of actually getting some good sleep when all this was over forced him to hold his tongue. "Ok. Good. Harvey?"

"Oh, yes! I'm ready!" a cheerful voice resounded. "I'm always ready to go; in fact, I could go all by myself! Hahahahahahahaha!"

"THANK YOU, Harvey," Cranky drawled before the engine's booming laughter gave him an even bigger headache to compliment the one already forming deep in his plating. "We all know how talented you are, what with being able to move by yourself. Quite amazing. Rocky?"

"Yes! Just let me know what's going on, and I'll notify the appropriate people."

Short, sweet, and to the point. These were all things that Cranky liked about Rocky, and truth be told, it was something of a shame (well, relatively, given his line of work) that he didn't tend to find his way to the docks that often. "Excellent. Thank you, Rocky. Judy? Jerome?"

"Yes, Cranky!" "We're here!" "Quite awake!" "And raring to go!" "Nothing to report so far, of course!" "Nothing except the lovely evening. Can you see the moon from where you are?" "Oh, of course he can, Jerome! Don't be silly!" "I'M silly?! Look here, Judy—"

"Yes, good, thank you," Cranky interjected, feeling The Look that Carly was shooting his way crawling up his tower, but Cranky had already used up his daily allotment of fucks trying to handle a kerfuffle over a shipment of Thomas the Tank Engine poseable plush toys this morning, and so he had come to the conclusion that he simply could not be bothered with politeness. It wasn't his fault that there was ALWAYS some reason or another why he couldn't be bothered with politeness. "Next is Kevin—no, you don't need to speak. I already know you're here."

Choosing to ignore the slightly dejected "Awww..." that came through the speaker, Cranky continued with his list. "Colin? Are you there?"

"Yep! Glad to be here, and I'm glad I get to talk to you all! It's so quiet over here, so I'm happy that we'll have a place to chat!"

Cranky felt his jaw clench and his eyes screw shut as he hissed out, "May I remind you, Colin, that this is a channel for emergencies? It is NOT for socializing!"

"But... isn't that what we're doing now?"

"NO! We are testing the system!"

"But can't we have a good chat while we're testing it? Or is that not allowed?"

If he had hands, Cranky would most assuredly have ripped himself from his perch and thrown himself in the ocean, destroying his radio forever so that he would no longer have to be part of this conversation. As it was, he could only suffer through it, the promise of a good night's sleep swiftly slipping through his, as established, non-existent fingers. "No. No irrelevant conversation while we are testing the system. Besides, we're almost done, and then we can all get some sleep, as we should. Reg? Are you here?"

"Nope."

"...Do I dare ask what you mean?"

"I'm not at Brendam Docks."

Oh. Oh, great. Of course, Reg had chosen NOW to joke around. But no, he'd responded. That was all Cranky needed, and now he could be done. "Fine, fine. Are you there?"

"Yep!"

"Good. Excellent. Alright, we're done here. The testing has concluded. Thank you for participating, and good night."

Cranky was about to shut off the radio, when he heard a quiet "Thank you, Cranky."

"...What are you thanking me for, Kevin?"

"For running the meeting. This sort of thing is good to have, and you're the only one who could get everybody to listen."

"...You know, he's right. That did go by fairly quickly..."

"Huh! Well, that's true. And I guess without a guy like Cranky running things, they might not let us have this."

"It's true! Some of you are so easily distracted!" "Oh, speak for yourself, Judy!" "Oh, SHUT IT, Jerome—"

Cranky tuned out all of the chatter, immersing himself in his own thoughts instead. He'd just been doing his job, all to try and get to sleep. He hadn't done anything special, especially since he had been against this idea the whole time. Kevin's kindness was wasted on him. Still... it was hard to deny the little spark of satisfaction that flared within him at the gratitude. Maybe he didn't deserve it, but it was always nice to be thanked.

"...You're welcome," he finally replied, interrupting whatever conversation the others had been having. "I didn't ask for this or anything, but... I'll do my best. Anyway, I'm going to sleep, but..." He paused a moment, then sighed. Sometimes he surprised even himself by how soft he was. "It's not like I can turn off any radios except for mine. So it's not like I would know if any of you ignore my good advice to go to sleep and keep talking, since our testing is over. Now... good night."

With that, Cranky directed his radio to turn off, and settled in for the night, allowing himself to be lulled to sleep by the ambient, joyful noise filling the air from his fellows' radios.

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Idk gang, I bet on winning dogs, sounds like a skill issue can't lie

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A load of diesels!