#Official gnr

[jezcat-18]

Official Guns n Roses tour photos from 2016 onwards 🌹

[rocknrollflames]

The General - Official Video - Guns N' Roses

Any thoughts about this video, GNR fans?

[we-will-swallow-your-soul]

GUNS N' ROSES - USE YOUR ILLUSION III (Full Album, 2024 Remaster)

[wonyrs]

your eyes only

nishimura riki x fmr gnr fluff, est relationship warnings not proofread wc 472 + library #

‘ dealing with your clingy, whiny bf! drabble style

riki sighed and dug his face further into your neck, draping his arms lazily around your waist.

“‘ki-“ you let out a breathy laugh. “it’s not even bad. one picture isn’t going to kill you, ya know?”

he groans out even louder this time, the rumbling of his voice tickling your skin. “it is that bad, n/n- i’ve been trying to hide it all year, and some stupid page ruins it!”

you deadpan, sighing at his antics.

just an hour ago, the school’s official website on poopgram released candid photos of the basketball team’s behind the scenes photoshoot- one slide including riki’s ‘never-seen-before’ left angle. to him, it was like the end of the world- his oath to never show his left side on social media was now broken, and could never be restored.

in reality, no one actually noticed. at all.

riki lets out a huff of defeat when your hands pinch his cheeks, mumbling about ‘losing his streak’. “people see your left side at school all the time, babe,” you say, attempting to rationalize his complaints.

“but not on purpose!” riki lifts his head up and stares at you. “they had all the space for another angle yet chose the worst one.” his eyebrows scrunched up in distress and his pretty lips pointed downwards in a pout.

he opens his mouth again to continue when you lean forward to kiss the area between his brows, successfully easing the frown on his face. normally you’d just kiss his lips to shut him up, but they were far too low to reach.

you couldn’t lie though, it was satisfying watching him slowly regain composure and snuggle up to you even more.

you let out a grin, “‘ki, you don’t have a bad angle- i mean it. one picture the school posts isn’t going to ruin the image you’ve set up.” your hand brushes away the loose strands on his face, the other caressing his cheeks in a gentle manner.

“right side or not,” you giggle, “you’re still a cutie pie. my cutie pie, to be exact.”

riki’s pout grows faint, now replaced by a small smile. his grip on your waist tightens as he rests his head on your shoulder once again. his voice is muffled on your skin, “yeah, i know. just a bit upset right now, that’s it.”

your grin gentled as you laid your head on top of his. “that’s okay. just remember what i said, alright?” your fingers play with his hair. for some reason, it was always softer than yours, something you’ve envied since the start of your relationship.

“i will, of course.” he taps his fingers on your back in a rhythmic matter. riki’s throat lets out a hum in thought. “you think they’ll take it down if i beg hard enough?”

“okay, moment ruined.”

note back from the dead! um soz.

[hoonvrs]

SECOND BUTTON — n. riki

PAIRING riki × gnr

GENRE fluff, confessions, coming of age

WARNING none

W. COUNT 0.5k

S. NOTES happy bday to my baby <//3 cant believe he’s growing up

finishing high school is a bittersweet feeling.

realising that you’ll never be in the same school as all your friends anymore, that you won’t be seeing them five times a week when everyone moves on with their lives attending different colleges. safe to say it isn’t the happiest day in your eyes.

halls filled with students crying and hugging, some with markers in their hands as they write their goodbye messages on each other's t-shirts, their own covered in colourful messages.

everyone roaming the buildings one last time as a high school student before they leave to officially enter their adult stages. thankfully exams were over so the weight on your shoulders had lifted slightly, making sure to cherish the last few moments you had in this stage of life.

“guess what? i heard that kei is going to give hana his second button,” your friend gossiped, filling the whole group with gasps.

“poor guy, she’s definitely going to reject him.”

every year there would always be a select group of boys handing their crushes the second button of their uniform, a common confession practice at the end of high school year. there’s something sweet about it, giving the person you like the button closest to your heart instead of outright saying it.

it feels youthful, too shy to speak but brave enough to do something so bold in front of the whole school.

so after witnessing keis rejection live, your friends decided to go out to eat not being able to handle the second-hand embarrassment from their classmate. you didn’t make it too far out the school gates before someone called your name.

“yn!”

turning around to see someone running towards you, nishimura riki. everyone knew of riki for his dance skills always shown through the multiple stages and events he holds yearly, and maybe you’d spoken to him a few times but nothing enough to be considered friends.

you can hear your friends mumbling behind you as you walk towards him meeting him halfway, “hi riki, what’s up?”

there’s no denying riki is cute. from the mole adorning his face and his pouty lips, anyone could see he was blessed with looks alongside talent.

“erm—“ you could see him nervously fiddling as he reached for something from his pocket, “i just wanted to give you this.”

in his hands was a single gold button engraved with your school's cherry blossom design. you look up, scanning his uniform to see all his buttons intact except one.

the empty space where his second button once was stared back at you, as riki was starting to feel his adrenaline wear down and embarrassment start to crawl up his body when he noticed your friends a few feet away giggling and talking amongst themselves.

“you don’t have to take it. actually, this is stupid. i’m—“

before he could finish his sentence, you grabbed the button before his hands could close around it, clasping your own around the metal and pulling it closer to your own heart, “thank you riki, i'll text you?”

under different circumstances, you would’ve been worried how red the boy had gotten in the face as he aggressively nodded his head before running back the way he came. 

maybe this next step is sweeter than expected.

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[unknownperson246]

Hi! English isn't my first language, so I apologize in advance for any grammatical errors.

I would like to make a request, or two. I really love your writing. You can totally ignore this if you feel uncomfortable writing this.

I would love a story about 90s!Axl, post divorce. I would like a story about him and [reader] who is also in a rock band, an all girl rock band. She's the lead singer and her band has been close to GnR sine the late 80s and there has always been tension between [reader] and Axl.

After Axl and Erin divorced, [reader]'s band is performing at the Ritz Hotel and [reader] decides to dress in Axl's clothes on stage, bandana and all. Axl, who has been attracted to [reader] for years sees this and becomes *a bit* feral about that and they meet up outside of the hotel after the show.

The rest is up to you, but smut please.<3

hiii I’m so very sorry it’s late I loved this idea but I hope you enjoy it 🩷🩷

My Sweet Darling:

Words: 1,441

warnings: *smut* *fluff* *p in v* *cussing* *usage of substances* *divorce* *mentioning of a loved one passing*

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You are in an all-girls rock and roll band called the Wild Cats. Your band started in 1985 and ever since then, you've been great friends with Axl Rose. You met him when they were performing at a local club in 1986. They would always sing “Don’t Cry” for you. You were also very good friends with his entire band Guns n Roses. You, Steven, and Duff would always write songs together. You, Izzy, and Slash had many amazing conversations about rock and roll, and you and Axl always just clicked more than that. He had written a song for you when you were very sad about your friend who passed away. You both had a lot of common interests in music and how you both wanted to live your lives. You often visited him and Erin in Beverly Hills whenever you got the chance. You and Erin seemed to get along very well. There has always been some sexual tension between you and Axl but you always thought nothing of it. You thought he was just being friendly. You just found out that Erin and Axl got divorced officially and you went over to his place to give your condolences. You drove over straight after band practice.

“Hi, Axl,” You say to him at the door as you hug him.

He looked like he had been crying for days. 

“I’m sorry about the divorce,” You say, trying to comfort him.

“Yeah, it's whatever,” He says, trying to distract himself from the disaster that happened. 

“I know this isn't a good time but…” You pause thinking clearly of what you're going to say to him so you don’t piss him off.

“Go on,” He says softly. “I wanted to invite all the guys over at the Ritz, me and the rest of the girls are performing on Wednesday night,” You say.

“Sure I need to get out of the house anyway. I’ll let the rest of the guys know.” He says smiling.

“Oh wait Axl I got all of you backstage passes,” You say smiling handing them to Axl.

“Thanks, Y/N what time is the concert at?” he asks and stares at your still figure on his couch. 

“At 10 pm,” You say smiling.

“Oh, and I bought you something Ax,” You say smiling hoping it would cheer your friend up.

“Aw thanks,” He said with a voice that was a bit more raspy than usual.

You hand him the present, it's all wrapped in light blue wrapping paper. He opens it and it's a guitar. 

“I hope you love it,” You say smiling, reaching over to kiss his cheek quickly. Axl wanted to grab your face and kiss you. You get up and go over to the door.

“I love it so much,” He says.

“See you soon Ax,” You say smiling after you shut his door.

“Bye Y/N,” He says as you leave. 

You leave Axl's house and go to your own. Wednesday night rolls around and you see all of GNR backstage. All of them conversate with you and the girls. Axl watches you tease your hair up like him. At one point he even offers to help you with your hair. He wanted to teach you his hair techniques. He says he uses a lot of hairspray to get it to stick. Sometimes it takes two cans to make it stay up. You go over to Duff and Izzy. They sit on the couch drinking beer. They offer you a bottle and you take it. While you drink you spill your beer all over your clothes.

“SHIT” You panic.

Duff gets up and grabs a kilt and a black leather jacket from an unrecognizable bag and one of Axl's bandanas so you could replace them for a bit. You did not know that you were wearing Axl's clothes but they looked so familiar to you. You went on stage comfortably and started to perform with your band. Axl watches backstage on the TV and he sees you in his clothing. A spark starts in him. He felt his romantic feelings for you grow even more at that moment. He wanted to fuck you so hard. He wanted you so bad. You wanted him but your feelings were suppressed. The more he watched you perform in his clothes the more his boner grew. He has dirty thoughts about you during that moment. His thoughts keep getting more dirty as you perform. As soon as the concert ends you end up wanting to go to your hotel room. You get driven by the band's manager. You get into your hotel room and you see Axl has broken in with a devious smirk and a lustful look in his eyes. “Hi, Axl. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be on your way back to LA in a jet with the rest of the band?” You question him.

“Well I couldn't leave without my favorite clothes,” He said, staring at you.

You were confused and dumbfounded. “Favorite Clothes?” You mumble in confusion. You find why the outfit was so recognizable to you now. 

“Shit I’m sorry I spilled beer all over my clothes and I needed to borrow them so Duff handed me these,” You say explaining why you were in his clothes.

“It’s okay. Just do me a favor and take them off for me.” He says smiling.

Before you're about to remove his clothes from you, you feel his hands on your waist. You feel yourself getting wet from his touch alone. You longed for him.

“Axl.” You whisper.

Without any hesitation, you took his clothes off from yourself quickly. You start to kiss him while you feel his hands moving up and down your body. He moved them up and down like he does with his mic stand. You feel him stroke your needy pussy. “Axl I’ve been waiting for this” You let out a small sigh.

Axl knows you wanted each other. He does not say a word and continues to do what he is doing. He removes his clothes and discards them on the floor of the hotel room. He grabs his huge cock and places it at your quivering entrance. “Watching you wear my clothes and performing gave me a boner,” He said admitting to what he thought of you.

“Mmm” You let out a soft sound of satisfaction. 

“Fuck me” You moan. With your words, he pushes his cock inside of you and you don’t feel anything at first but you feel a tingling sensation and then you feel yourself reaching for his shoulder. You leave small soft bites on his shoulder. You start to kiss his neck. You feel the effects of coming closer to your orgasm each time he hits your g spot. 

“Axl,” You moan.

“Y/N,” He grunts. His lips part and you go deep into his mouth with your tongue. 

You feel him going deep inside of you. His hips thwack with yours each time he pushes inside of you. You feel his hands on your tits trying to get you to orgasm quicker. He wanted you to feel him. You wanted to be there for him. He was so in love with you and being in love you made him feral in so many ways. You loved seeing him like this for you. You knew he would love and protect you from any harm. You knew then and there you would do anything for Axl. You wanted to show him your love.

“Axl I’m about to come” You scream.

All of your band members who were in their hotel rooms nearby could hear you as they came back from the stadium. “Come for me my sweet darling,” He says with a grunt but sounding soft.

“First come for me Axl.” You commanded him. 

“Fuck. You're so tight” He grunted before he threw his head back.

You both ended up coming at the same time. You felt him throw his head back as he moaned your name over and over again. You wanted this moment to never end. Your hands intertwined with his as his head went back. He freed his wet load inside of you. It was your turn to come and you felt yourself dripping on Axl's dick. You could feel cold and slimy goo going down your thighs. You knew it was the product of your and Axl’s lovemaking. Axl pulled out of you and pulled your arm. He got you closer to the bed. You both were breathless and popped down on the bed naked. You both fell asleep after having fun. 

[valupuyhol]

ANNOUNCEMENT

After a long period of absence for different reasons, some of them work issues and others. I love to officially announce that I am back with more content from GNR and Izzy, tumblr, followers and besties from now on you will have Izzy spam every day from me that will be almost unbearable and annoying hahahaha

Damn I love being back because I love uploading content about what I like and thanks to this blog I have met beautiful people.

Remember that the wallpaper requests are now open again, I have many things to upload so these days expect more content, videos, wallpapers and more surprises, stay tuned 😍💫💕

Love Val. 💫🖤🫶🏻

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[rocknbolan]

Rock RP Recap 7/1

Attention all rock star would-be chefs!

Tired of burning water? Sick of lighting your stoves on fire? Done with your bandmates mocking you for it or banning you from the kitchen?

Then sign up with Eric Brittingham's (@n0thingfofn0thing) cooking class! Learn how to microwave ramen with proper timers! The fundamentals of reading packages. How to keep your water from burning.

Sign up now before it's too late!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Baz and Scotti of Skid Row have figured out how to break Rachel. It's not that complicated, it only requires short shorts.

Roger of Queen managed to burn spaghetti somehow. And the stove. And Brian's cupboard.

Congrats to Krist of Nirvana and Melissa Auf der Maur who are officially married. Party planned for the future, RSVP with Melissa.

The Megadeth house are all Netflix parasites somehow.

Les of Primus is apparently being invaded by spiders. They're everywhere.

Marilyn Manson @w3re-the-n0b0di3s has joined the chat!

Jani Lane @32-p3nn13s has joined the chat! (for some reason this will not link, apologies.)

And now, the weather.

As no one missed yesterday, we had Hurricane Axl (GnR) vs Sharknado Vince (Motley Crue).

A most brutal catfight between the two frontmen, everything from easybake ovens comparisons to ginger disparaging. Rock stars everywhere paused to watch the two stormfronts clash over the west coast.

[jessepinkmancrystals]

Shshsjs I wrote gnr clasic line up orgin :3

The story of Guns n’ Roses starts with guitarist Izzy Stradlin. He was living with Tracii Guns, guitarist of L.A Guns. At the time, L.A guns was in need of a new vocalist, Izzy had suggested Hollywood rose singer, Axl Rose. This is the start of forming of what is to be Guns n’ Roses in March of 1985 by Axl. The line up at this point was of (Left to right) Rob Gardner (drummer) , Izzy (guitarist), Rose (vocals), Tracii Guns (lead guitarist), and Ole Beich (bassist).

Left to right! Ole Beich ,Izzy , Tracii, and Rob!! Axls obv the 1 at the bottom xd

Tracii stated in an interview with Eddie Trunk in 2019 that Rose had gotten into an argument with their manager at the time and said the manager had fired him. It was awkward for them because they all of them lived together, that night that they fired Axl they started Guns N’ Roses. The next day Tracii called Izzy asking him if he wanted to be in it. They got the name Guns N’ Roses from combining the names L.A guns and Hollywood Rose. Some of their rejected band names that the record didnt allow were “Heads of the Amazon” and “AIDS”. After the first two band rehearsals they fired Ole Beich and replaced him with Duff Mckagan. The band’s first rehearsal her duff they recorded three songs which would be featured on future records. These songs were : Anything Goes, Think about you. These would be features on their debut album ‘Appetite for Destruction’. The third song was ‘Don’t Cry’ which would be featured on their 3rd album “Use Your Illusion I’. These songs were played on their first ever radio interview. This interview was 2 days before their first ever show on March 26th (my birthday!) 1985, this show was at the ‘Troubadour’ Club. At the time, the band was planning on releasing an EP (Extended Play) with the three tracks recorded with Mckagan and a cover of ‘HeartBreak Hotel’ by Elvis Presley. But things backfired as Tracii had a fall out with Axl. This falling out was caused by an argument between Guns n’ Roses. Due to this argument, the plans of releasing the EP disappeared. Tracii Guns was then replaced with Hollywood Rose member Slash also known as Saul Hudson. Rob Gardner, the last standing L.A guns member in Guns N’ Roses, soon quit the band. Gardner was replaced with Steven Adler who was also part of Hollywood Rose. This concluded the formation of the “Appetite for Destruction” lineup, also known as the “classic lineup”. This line up was finally set in stone on June 4th when Slash and Steven officially joined the band.

:33 Hope u read allat!! I can write smch abt gnr bro ask me a question & give me 10 minutes 2 research if i don't alrd know & liek 5 to write w/no proper grammar & punctuation tho! :3

if theres anything that doesn't make sense/isnt spelt right js tell me English isn't my 1st language!!

[randgugotur-6]

April 7, 1990

On this day 34 years ago Steven Adler performed his final show as an official member of Guns and Roses, a 2 song set at Farm Aid. The performance included the songs “Civil War” and “Down On The Farm”, a song which later appeared on The Spaghetti Incident album with Matt Sorum on drums.

Steven would make a few guest appearances during the “Not In This Lifetime” reunion tour but there seems to be no chance that he will permanently return to the band in the future.

Have you seen Steven perform solo in the past few years? Do you think he could do a GnR tour?

[asimpledreamwanderer]

i'm a little ill right now and honestly don't have motivation to make sketches (i haven't posted my art here in a long ass time- and honestly good for me because i look back to those pictures and think damn, was that me??) so here's some little emily headcanon / backstory thing i came up with based on these facts about her on the ttte wiki and the official wikipedia page about her basis:

so without furder ado, my emily backstory headcanon(s):

so we all know that emily is the safety engine- and compared to the other members of the steam team, she doesn't get herself into very silly accidents or derails often- sure, sometimes she can't read the atmosphere or does gestures that aren't exactly helpful to a specific situation (such as getting mavis flowers when she was down), but she's very introspective, often being able to tell what's up with her friends and frankly, doing odd jobs until she becomes the safety engine- but also having a bit of a bossy attitude about her when it comes to such things, like bossing around thomas and percy following a storm, and becoming impatient when she feels as if the other engines have little regard for their work or her work- but the question remains- why?

it's known that emily's engine class faced issues with traction and staying smoothly on the rails- something that we see frequently in the model series, she lightly "rocks and rolls" on the track- additionally, her engine class got into two big derailment accidents- one where the engine derailed on broken rail, killing a passenger, and one where the removal of a speed restriction on the track caused the engine to derail and kill two people

additionally, only the first of the class is left preserved in the current day- i headcanon that in ttte, this engine was last minute bought by the fat controller to help out on the northwestern railway- something that emily remains thankful for, but unused to.

i headcanon that since most of her class was removed from service around the 1890's (just around when edward was born), emily has little to no experience about railways in the more recent times, and that emily remained pulling passenger trains on her former railway with an "engines are seen, not heard" attitude- similar to what duke says to peter sam and sir handel about his younger days. additionally, since emily was the first of her class, i would assume she would be subject to more experimentation and/or exposure of what actually happens to engines rather quickly, given her curious personality- she would probably spend a lot of time at the steamworks on the gnr, with the workers there adoring her curious personality and her desire to be learning new things- leading to them talking to her through any and every modification she might receive, any repairs she might receive, any repairs that other engines might receive- the works. the workers there treat her very humanly, almost as if she's purely a human without arms or legs- they let her smell and experience the texture of human food and drinks (receiving some funny reviews from her in the process), read the paper out loud to her, teach her how to do things such as mathematics and telling her about literature- you get the point. around when her class became decomissioned and the railway preparing to send the other engines for scrap, the workers talked to her about it- and her reaction was very very human. more human than most other workers had seen throughout their lifetime.

while emily was devastated over her siblings' deaths, she also remained confused- she had not officially been named by her controller at the time, and she experienced the same issues as the rest of her class did, but up until then was lucky to never have derailed or killed another being in the process. the engines on the gnr were given numbers after older locomotives- essentially taking their places on the railway as the older locomotives would soon be forgotten- making emily wonder "why? why do i deserve to stay and be preserved and restored to working order while all my siblings are sent for scrap?" this also made her feel queasy about being a new engine and/or about seeing new engines on the railway- she began to worry about how it was unfair, that older engines would be sent to scrap as newer ones came, but also terrifying her to realize that they didn't even stand some sort of protection in the process, and that the vast majority of steam locomotives would eventually face the same fate as their predecessors (additionally, i like to think the gnr had a "no-fraternizing-during-work" policy for the engines, and most of the engines would be too exhausted at the end of the day for deeper conversations with one another- also leading to emily panicking about who even are the engines she worked with, what are their likes/dislikes, etc- this also leads to why she got frustrated at thomas when he slept with her in the sheds in calling all engines but that's a point i'll get to later)- sure, she spoke to the engines while they worked, and in fact sometimes told them what was going on and tried to reassure them while she was in the works- but it was never enough to keep the guilt about her being chosen to be preserved and an engine's life cycle away.

due to all of these things- most of emily's relaxed conversation occuring with humans, the majority of her knowledge coming from humans and their perspective, and the lack of fraternizing with other engines while at work, emily became somewhat stunted developmentally- sure, she's older than edward by a good twenty years- but she doesn't even know how to act on a running railway anymore- after all, the times have changed. this leads to emily's occasional short temper with the other engines, and even leads to the events when we first meet her, where she takes thomas' coaches on accident- she was not used to asking, she simply did as she was told on her own railway- twisting her attempts at becoming friendly with the engines on sodor at first

when sir topham hatt first bought her, the workers at the steamworks were delighted that emily would not only be able to run again, but that she would be in a place that she would be cared for, that sir topham hatt would be able to put the time and energy into repairing her and taking care of her that the workers at the gnr were beginning to lose access to- this led to a little "going away" party for emily- many tears were shed, and many memories were shared- even if now most of the workers are gone, emily looks back at them fondly, probably telling the engines about her times with them, and her times on the gnr.

here's where emily's safety engine backstory comes through- remember how her engine class used to derail and "rock and roll" quite often? this led to her become a worrywart- not just about herself, but about the other engines and their safety as well- she was concerned about henry when his tubes were leaky, she stood up for salty against thomas and percy's teasing, she looks at james and thomas almost like her little brothers (because obviously, they get into some of the dumbest and most careless accidents- and in the earlier series, don't really learn from it)- the list goes on, but she essentially ends up worrying about herself and the other engines A LOT. however, deep down this is because of her revelation about scrapping while she was at the gnr- she herself does not want to be scrapped, but she doesn't want any of her new friends to be scrapped either- especially since many perfectly working steam locomotives would be sent to the scrapyard at alarming rates.

now this is where her probably not socializing with many other engines whilst working or resting during her time at the gnr comes in- remember when thomas sleep whistles, keeps chatting off to her, and snoring when they shared a shed together? and just how annoying she found it? i believe she was overstimulated by it, seeing that she was still a rather new engine at the time, and slept by herself at knapford sheds. secretly, she was probably scared thomas' sleep whistling might send her away, or distract her from her rest and cause issues tomorrow- when she realizes that that isn't the case, when thomas leaves she begins to feel lonely, having enjoyed the company of her friend and realizing that nothing was going to happen to either of them after all- and when she was invited to take a berth at tidmouth sheds, she was delighted- with some learning curves, obviously- after all, she's very new to this

i imagine that edward would take to her endearingly, realizing that she's probably having an inner conondrum she doesn't openly speak of, thus being easier on her- he would also probably wonder how he ended up being an engine younger than her by the years but older in personality, but chooses to not mention it- sometimes they get along talking about their days on their old railways, and it would imagine they can get into pretty deep philosophical conversations (do engines have philosophy?) if emily ever lets her guard down

similarly, henry would probably look to her for advice and learning how to stand up for himself, and being kinder- not only was he more of a cynical character in the early series, but he was also very very ill- and that combined with his desire to prove himself past all his ailments probably turned him into a very harsh person- something he originally couldn't really understand- and something that emily was able to help him through, talking about his feelings

obviously in the series she also has her bossy moments, being impatient when clearing up the rails from a storm and taking gordon's express- i imagine that it was taken control of by sir topham hatt in a much different manner, remembering how emily was at the gnr's steamworks- he speaks to her almost like a teenager about her actions, letting her bask and self reflect instead of immediately assigning her to other work until she can be trusted again- thus making her one of his more sensible engines

however, emily does have her own moments of not being so sensible- for example, when she wished to be streamlined like caitlin, admiring her (and victor was basically like nah you don't need that 💀)- insecurity from her old age and wishing to be something more than just an odd jobs engine probably made her a little bit insecure. another great example is when she's with whiff- obviously, she's not one for smells, but to go on and laugh at him and be frantic about being seen with him just because her peers laughed at him? clearly she had a moment of smokebox fog there.

i imagine that emily actually wouldnt have much prejudice towards diesels- sure, she got mad at him for taking the coaches when being ill, but that was because he was ill and pushing himself- it has nothing to do with him being a diesel (something i assume would surprise diesel, especially for such an old engine like emily)- i believe that she wouldn't even know what diesels actually are for a while, but she would see them as any useful engine, and that once she did learn about the steamie/diesel conflict she would try to calm her inner crisis about scrapping- sir topham hatt wouldn't do that, and they're only doing their purpose after all

additionally, emily probably doesn't take kindly to hearing about engines getting scrapped- in her younger days, she probably remained blissfully unaware of the mechanics of it, but as she got older and learned more about scrapping it probably terrifies her, and she believes that all engines can be useful and don't deserve to be damned to the scrapyard for any reason

back to thomas and james? yeah. she probably sees them as her "annoying little brothers" that she loves very dearly- which is confirmed for james in a magazine story- but it's definitely a much different relationship than what she had with younger engines at the steamworks, with her relationship with the two being more freeflowing. i assume james has some sort of insecurity about being a "failed prototype" and an experimental engine on his old railway, and emily manages to help him get through it while talking about the positives and the actual mechanics of it, and reaffirming that he still is a really useful and really good engine.

and as for thomas? playful banter. so much banter. sometimes they act silly and fight like actual human siblings would, but at the end of the day they do care for eachother deeply- think of her having to hold a metaphorical leash on him, at times 😭

back to emily's conondrums- this leads to her being a very safe engine- in fact, being one of the safest on sir topham hatt's railway- initially i imagine she wouldn't care much for not being numbered, as it soothed her inner panic of not taking a scrapped engine's place, but over time as she began to heal i imagine that she would desire it in some way- and experience such delight when she is numbered and given the position! she wears her number very proudly on the nwr and is very very proud of being the nwr's safety engine :)

sheesh, this was LONG- i'm taking some time away from the phone- if you managed to make it this far i hope you're having a lovely day :) (also can you tell i'm an older sister 💀💀)

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Guns N' Roses - Perhaps (Official Music Video)

Song 🎵 of the day 2: Perhaps by Guns N' Roses (2023) #gunsnroses #GNR #perhaps #2020s

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Ohh 55 or 58?

@shinygoku already requested 55 (it's coming sometime soon!) so I'll talk about 58: the gays can have some gordon!angst. as a treat

This is one I shared the first chapter of — where a pre-NWR Gordon has a brother named Nestor!

(Why can't I resist giving the engines twins as a backstory? It's because of my addiction to character foils.)

I've put this on the backburner because I already have three separate prequel universes at this point (QLIR, Nobby/Bird-'verse, and the 124/125 one) so I really don't need a fourth.

This one is sooooo fun though. (And by fun I mean horribly depressing!)

It ricochets between Gordon's early days on the NWR and flashbacks to his trials with the GNR. I'm keeping the second part close to the vest, but here is the cast as I get to play with them on the NWR side of things:

Gordon: Arrives on the NWR after several years as a testbed for the GNR, showing every sign of wariness, even trauma. However, his resting bitch face prevents virtually anyone from noticing. For a while he's private and aloof and only thing he takes joy in is speeding along with the express. Gradually, he decides he can let down his guard and bask in his increasing press attention.

The Coffee Pots: Very minor characters (as Gordon barely allows himself to be aware of their existence), but worth discussing so I can unveil how, in this universe, the NWR was experimenting with a more formal naming system. Before their railway was absorbed into the NWR, they were No. 1 'Tidmouth', No. 2 'Knapford', No. 3 'Elsbridge', and No. 4 (no dice... although informally called 'Hackenback' by the workers). There was every anticipation that, when the line was extended and a tank engine was fitted with push-pull apparatus to run it, said engine would be named 'Ffarquhar.'

The Big Blue Bastards: These are also "Eastern prototypes." They were on Sodor about a year before Gordon and have already made themselves quite at home as the self-appointed Most Important Engines On This Railway (Also The Most Insufferable). Right now they are No. 9 and No. 10, but they expect to soon be renumbered and officially christened 'Harwick' and 'Wellsworth.'

Wellsworth, like Gordon, is GNR and they ran into each other in their testing days (neither was a fan of the other!) He's a 2-8-0 with the world's most irritating snigger. 'Worthie has a petty, competitive streak but you really can't hold that against him too much, that's just the baggage with which everyone on the Eastern prototype circuit was saddled from day 1...

Harwick is not GNR but from another Eastern pre-Grouping railway that had made him because they were flirting with the idea of compound engines. The Designer (he does some shady shit so I am declining to identify him as Gresley) pointedly made it clear that he had no interest in pursuing compound steam so Harwick's home railway sold him to the NWR ahead of Grouping to avoid seeing him scrapped. If only Harwick had been worth such trouble — he never acknowledges his previous railway at all. He's snobby and self-absorbed and runs his mouth so much that you might not notice right away that he actually fails quite a lot.

The BBBs, however, realize pretty quickly that the newcomer, Gordon, has twice as much ego as both of them put together, that he is more reliable than both of them put together... and that there just might be a new alpha bitch in town.

They certainly are not going to be able to deal with him the way they dealt with the other baby Pacific...

The Other Pacific: Henry arrived the less than a year before Gordon. Like Gordon, he was purchased for express passenger services and, although he wasn't the Atlantic that Hatt thought he had paid for, he caused a great stir—he was officially the first Pacific ever in service on a British railway.

Obviously, it didn't last long. The BBBs were... hang on, I think I already had Edward explain it the best: "The other big engines hated him beyond all reason, out of jealousy I suppose. They acted like they were all friends, but they gossiped behind his tender viciously, and gave him the most terrible advice. And they thought it the greatest joke in the world, when Mr Hatt had Henry bricked up in the tunnel." Said terrible advice included telling an untested, baby Henry to avoid running in a downpour, as a heavy rain would be sure to spoil his paintwork. Yep, this is how the BBBs roll.

Henry is still in the tunnel when Gordon arrives and stays there for most of the fic, a pathetic solitary cipher that Gordon spends more time than he would admit trying to solve. He also serves as an object lesson in What Happens to Engines Who Defy the Fat Director (which again, Gordon won't admit it but the moral was deeply impressed upon him... for a time, anyhow).

The Little Red Engines: There are several of these chuffing about in the background — the NWR owns two (Edward, still in Furness livery, and 'the Yank'), and the LMS still sends engines over to run the Norramby services and occasionally loans a couple to the NWR when their big new engines are all being particularly useless.

The BBBs are aware that the little red engines are there to pick up the slack for them until they are finally made reliable. In return they give this 'Midland riffraff' their eternal gratitude disdain.

The Yank is a Midland 2501 that was offloaded to the NWR along with some other MR engines for war service. Since the Yank arrived on Sodor already badly in need of overhaul, and Crovan's Gate had in fact gone ahead and overhauled him, the MR let them keep him. The NWR replaced his red paint after they mended his boiler, although it is minimally lined out and even before they purchased him they had not bothered to replace his MR lettering.

He was (originally—a few have been replaced!) made of Baldwin parts but was assembled at Derby. He still has an American accent, though, and when the U.S. "finally" entered the war in '17, joyous workmen at Tidmouth named the Yank after the president (though whether they actually call him Woodrow or Wilson is something I'm still deciding—opinions welcome. I did consider John or Pershing but neither of them really fit the character.) 

Woodrow is a placid workhorse. He's pleased to be left on Sodor; once the MR's own "locomotive crisis" had passed, they had always rather overworked and neglected the 2501 class, and had been ready to scrap all of them at their first boiler expiry. As a result he's willing to work very hard for his new home. And — since they have shared the experience of building and running the railway through the war and beyond — he's good friends with Thomas and Edward. (Everyone who knows what I inevitably do with likable OCs in my prequels: Jobey... nooo! Me: Jobey yes 😈)

Next to Woodrow, Thomas and Edward are notably very type-A. Woodrow is a hard worker, but he's also not one to waste steam. And, unlike the other two, he saw very quickly that there is no point in giving the big new engines advice (Edward), trying to order them about (Thomas), or complaining about them (literally everyone else). So—he doesn't. Everyone underestimates Wilson's intellect coz he's not an engine of many words but he's also the only one around who is during this era living an even vaguely peaceful life. ;)

Meanwhile, Edward has the reputation among the big new engines of being "a bossy know-it-all." (Certainly Henry is spending a lot of time in the tunnel realizing that he completely misjudged which engines he should have been listening to!) There is considerable smug satisfaction among the BBBs when Gordon's success soon leaves Edward completely sidelined. They figure it'll finally take him down a peg or two. (They're... they're not wrong.)

The Stirling: Speaking of sidelined bossy know-it-alls! I would be remiss if I didn't reveal that Emily is a one-chapter wonder. In a flashback Gordon and Nestor discover her deep in storage at Doncaster. It's a darkly comedic moment of characterization for the two younger engines, showing that they may be dicks but their dickishness is pretty shallow—everyone starts off just boasting and criticizing, in classic express engine style, but when Gordon and Nestor so unsportingly bring up the patent fact that Emily is now just gathering dust in storage the older engine crumples. As her eyes fill with tears, both the new Pacifics are horrified and fall over each other trying to take back their words. This is not how it's supposed to go! She's supposed to grudgingly and enviously acknowledge their superiority—but she's not supposed to cry! They cannot handle the idea of dealing with a miserable engine falling to pieces in front of them.

Luckily, Emily even at her lowest point is a proud, spirited sort of racehorse, and she manages to recover her dignity... and to spend the rest of the scene again matching them boast for boast. <3 (Still afraid she might burst into tears, the Pacifics accordingly fawn over her lightest word!)

Heartwarming moments, truly. Y'all know how much I love the uncomplicated, unproblematic fluff.

[hoonvrs]

PRETTY BABY — p. jongseong

req for 1k event!

PROMPT [ four, 11 ] “you’re gorgeous baby, come here, let me spoil you with all my love.”

PAIRING jay x gnr

GENRE est. relationship, fluff

WARNINGS swearing

W. COUNT 0.3k

S. NOTE i am so in love with jay it’s insane (hoon look away)

you and jay had officially been dating for two months, if you ignore the year of pinning over each other. you’ve experienced a lot of firsts in life with jay; first boyfriend, first love. i guess another first will be explored today.

both of you weren’t new to home dates, but both preferred to go out together whether it be the park, museum or an expensive restaurant that jay has had his eye on for a few weeks. this date, however, was at home, specifically jays house.

home dates typically were held at your place, usually because you’d unexpectedly get a knock on the door because your boyfriend spontaneously decided to visit you.

last night, he had messaged you about having a date at his place, specifying for you to bring your pyjamas and skincare ( he apparently already bought you two matching toothbrushes ).

that’s how you found yourself waking up to see jay awake just staring at you with a fond smile adorning his face, “creep.”

“good morning to you too, pretty.”

you scoffed, turning around in an attempt to get out of bed, “you’re just saying that because you’re my boyfriend.”

“you’re gorgeous baby, come here, let me spoil you with all my love,” the room suddenly was filled with your screams, as you felt two arms wrap around your waist and pull you back into the sheets.

the playful fighting didn’t last long as you quickly gave up after getting tired after two minutes of wrestling him — curse jay and his endless stamina. now laying face up as you try to catch your breath as jay watches over you to make sure you don’t die on him.

“you really are so pretty, even after you wake up. it's not fair.” he got up, making his way around the bed.

you messily threw a pillow at him, missing him by a mile, “didn’t know i was dating a liar.”

“good thing you’re not,” leaning down, leaving a quick peck on your forehead, “i’ll go start breakfast, get washed up.”

“you’re so male wife, i love you.”

the last thing you saw was him throwing the middle finger up at you as he left the room, leaving you still out of breath.

“unfair, my ass.”

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thank you so much for the matt sorum bio link!!! i really appreciate it! he definitely omitted the more juicy things or things that would embarrass the gnr guys. like he leaves out axl thinking about buying his own Nicaraguan militia in the official version. he also leaves out that duff and slash never showered lol. and he left out how axl was in bad shape after the st louis riot and how he gave him a pep talk to get him to perform and then called out duff and slash for enabling axl's behavior. the leaked version is so much better! thank you again!! <3

sure thing!! Yeah, im curious about how that change went down lol. Did he decide to make the changes? Did gnr get involved?? Probably for the best that he didn’t publish the original version, as much as it’s more interesting to read… would have caused a whole mess 😂😂

I’m gonna hazard a guess he didn’t include this part in the published version:

considering he’s recorded with both of them since then..