Happy Monday everyone!
Hope the start of your week is going better than Sir Handel's is…
Did this one awhile ago, but fans of EnterprisingEngine93's series should find this kind of scene familiar.
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"I heard Manager say we had another bad season" Falcon said quietly.
"We have had worse" Duke grunted.
"He said it could end us!" Falcon insisted.
"Pah! His Grace would never allow it! Focus on your work & it will all come alright" Duke reassured him but he wasn't sure...
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I'm not so sure gordon giving advice to sir handel is such a good idea tbh... given what happened in "trucks"
Oh I didn't say it would be *good* advice!
I probably should have clarified that despite the fact that Gordon is technically the one doing the ""mentoring"" here, the advice in itself is not the point. The core appeal of Sir Handel/Gordon to me is the fact that together, they would have an outlet for the parts of their personalities which other engines find too caustic to tolerate in a relationship context.
So, for a quick example: Let's say Sir Handel complains to Gordon at Croven's Gate that Skarloey or Rheneas or some engine isn't giving him the respect he feels he deserves.
Gordon snorts and gives him a pitying look and says something like, "Not surprising. Little engines hardly know the meaning of the word. They can't be blamed for the poor manners they've picked up on this backwater. It's good of you to recognize that you deserve better little Sir Handel! When engines need to be corrected on their behavior, I speak with a booming voice and give a good blast on my whistle. That usually fixes the problem."
Sir Handel thinks this sounds like a grand idea and tootles off to do whatever it is he's doing that day. When Gordon pops by a few days later though, Sir Handel is c-r-o-double-s.
"I raised my voice and whistled at them like you said Gordon," Sir Handel weeshes. "But they all made fun of me and asked if I was going deaf. They laughed at me! And then the Thin Controller scolded me for disturbing the passengers with my whistling!"
"W-well you must have done it wrong," Gordon splutters back. He was expecting glum and defeated, he was not expecting fury. "No one laughs at me when I do it!"
"They probably do behind your back," Sir Handel snips. "You just don't notice because your tender gets in the way." And then he huffs out of the station leaving Gordon wondering what the hell just happened.
Well, you know you can't suggest things like that to Gordon. In my ideal scenario, Gordon spends the next week acting real squirrely and insecure, trying to find out if the other engines are actually laughing at his behavior and then overcompensating for it by being even louder and more demanding... which causes them to laugh at and make fun of him.
Naturally, the reconvening of the Blue Express Engine Indigence Meeting looks a little more contrite. There are no apologies uttered, but that doesn't necessarily mean they aren't felt.
"Skarloey told me that respect doesn't get passengers from A to B."
"Yes, well. Shows what he knows."
And they both agree that as long as they have the respect of each other, who gives a damn what the rest of the shed thinks?
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