#aeg henry

[augustlaven]

An old sketch with an aeg version of my au. Edward and Henry went to live in a happy train marriage, leaving Gordon with a sore back and a midlife crisis.

[mmprviolet]

Hot take but Henry Gordon and James drifting apart was a good thing because they were toxic together and they need the space to carve out their own interests, interactions and growth.

[imitation-steamroller]

Rating More AEG Redesigns

Did one last year, might as well do another this year.

Initially, I wasn’t into how big they were compared to Thomas, but it’s kinda grown on me. It reminds me of how the narrow gauge coaches were taller than the engines. And I like how they both have slightly different face designs. Don’t know if you can see it too well, but Annie has brown eyes, while Clarabel has gray eyes and freckles. Solid 8/10.

That sure is a grandpa right there, I’ll tell you what. I I feel like whenever Hiro visits the island, all of the little engines gather around to hear his stories. I would too, ngl. I feel like if the engines could eat, Hiro would totally slip them some extra candy when no one is looking. 10/10

Edward, honey, what happened to you? Why is he so big? Why does he have extra wheels? Edward’s wheel config was my favorite part of his design, why change it?

All that aside, he exudes just as much grandad enerdy as Hiro. He looks like the kind of grandpa who’ll listen to whatever his grandkids have to say, even if it’s something silly like a cool rock Kana found. 5/10.

Ashima was a bit of a surprise. I figured she would be another kid if she was introduced, but no? She’s apparently a teenager? That’s what I heard on Twitter at least. Maybe a young adult? Either way, I get why she isn’t a kid. Trying to squeeze all those colors on an engine Thomas’ size sounds like a nightmare.

If Hiro and Edward are the grandpas, Ashima is the cool older sister. The kids probably look up to her and have probably tried to act older around her at least once, but she 100% joins in on their little games and shows them the silly things she did when she was their age. 9/10

She’s so big. Why? Like, imagine if you had a model train layout and you asked your friend if they wanted to put their engines on it. But instead of bringing an HO/OO engine like you expected, they bring a massive G scale Stirling Single. That’s Emily. And that coach of hers is even bigger.

Emily doesn’t speak much in AEG (Like, I’m pretty sure the end of the second movie is the most she’s spoken throughout the series so far) and I’m gonna pretend that it’s because she keeps to herself a lot. She can talk to the kids or hold a conversation just fine, but she isn’t usually the one to initiate it. 7/10

Ooh, this one feels weird. Okay, so Henry’s character model is clearly just Gordon’s with a little tweaking, but I don’t hate it? He’s like if Henry wasn’t completely rebuilt into a black five. And the brass dome is kind of a look? It kind of reminds me of the copper chimney cap he had in Tank Engine Thomas Again. 5/10

That is not a character who should be smiling /hj. I guess since the show already had Cranky, they couldn’t have another grumpy character? I don’t know. I feel like this Bulstrode hasn’t gone through whatever made the original one the bad tempered barge we all know and love. This guy is just out there enjoying his days out at sea. 8/10

[master-of-the-railway]

Screw it, infodumping abt my AEG au because I have a lot of thoughts actually

*Prefacing this by saying: if you don't like this particular show, just keep off this post

(Most) events that happened in the other two series are canon to my au, but they happened without the characters who are children and therefore quite a few things are different. All of these events happened before the children came along or while they were incredibly young. Emily has her scottish accent in this btw, her AEG voice is great but it pains me that they didn't make her scottish. The events of AEG take place in modern day (based off of small observations, and Nia knowing what an emoji is).

One day, for an unexplained reason that still hasn't been fully figured out, a bunch of little machines just...showed up. All over the world. It caused a lot of confusion and panic, stations and companies were exchanging phone calls like mad to try and figure something out. They came to a worldwide consensus: the children will be adopted out to older machines who will become their new parents, and the parents will be guided to raise the children while the humans try to figure out what the cause is. This resulted in some not so great scenarios, and a lot of switching around, some machines just aren't fit to raise young kids. It's hard for all of them, even the good parents. These are the first machine children ever after all.

Sodor became a far more relaxed place with the introduction of the machine children, most places had to put in new laws and adapt, which includes the island. They had to create regulations to protect the children as well as invent a system to keep the new families in order, to track who is whose child. For the first few years they had rules set to keep the children from working, but they quickly discovered that it's instinct for them to work as much as it is their adult counterparts. They started to get antsy being forced to stay in the yard because they're meant to move and work. They get unhappy if they have to sit around all day.

So, when the kids got a little older, they started to get small jobs with the supervision of parents or other older machines. They all became far happier and so they were allowed to keep working and helping out around the island. Nowadays they don't have constant supervision and are trusted to work by themselves, so that they can already be adjusted to working by themselves before they get older. Some voice concerns considering the frequent mistakes, but they're assured that these mistakes are part of the learning process, better they make them as little engines than as larger ones that can do more damage.

All of the kids are around 10 years old at the start of the show's events, Sandy poofed into existence a tiny bit later so she's more around 8. Ages obviously subject to changing as time goes on in the series.

A very random tidbit based on how ADORABLE the episode Something To Remember was: Yong Bao, while not a father himself, is very very fond of engine children. He thinks they're all a wonderful gift to this earth and he's always thinking of Sodor's little ones. Does frequent babysitting for the few on his railway back in China that do have kids when he's not on the job himself. ...SERIOUSLY HOW CUTE IS THIS THOUGH:

And for reference, the family set-ups I have at the moment (might be subject to change) are: Gordon and Henry- Thomas and Percy's adoptive fathers. Gordon was a bit apprehensive as he isn't the fondest of children and doubted his ability to be a father, but he ended up being a very good father. Henry is the softer one and he has trouble being stern, so he appreciates his partner's ability to be tough with the kids. Percy and Thomas are sometimes a bit more than their fathers can handle, but they're a very tightly knit family and they love each other a lot. Emily- Adoptive mother of Diesel and Bruno, she had actually always wanted children of her own and didn't mind the idea of raising a diesel engine. She's determined to raise him to have no prejudice towards other types of engines, and she does her best to help Bruno learn to adjust to new things, she knows it can be hard for him after all. Also stands in as the caretaker of Nia, who was brought to Sodor when she was about 5 years old as her original mother from Kenya ended up being unable to handle the pressure of raising a child after a few years once it really set in, and Sodor had the room to take an extra kid. Cranky- Adoptive father of Sandy and Carly, originally just Carly's father until Carly uncovered Sandy and ended up attached to her. He was very against the idea of having a kid at first, but as the only other crane on Sodor (with the exception of Bereseford, but he just couldn't take a kid at all for unspecified reasons), Sir Topham Hatt managed to talk him into trying it out for Carly's sake. Now he adores both of his daughters and does his best to be there for them even as a stationary crane. Hiro- Kana's adoptive father, also a father figure towards Kenji. Kana stays on Sodor as part of an exchange program sort of deal, but she makes the occasional visits to Japan to spend more quality time with her father and older brother. Kenji does the same when visiting Sodor, Hiro tries to as well but he can't come as often as Kenji can. Hiro adores both of his children even if they're a bit fast and far more futuristic than himself, and he does his best to keep in touch with Kana. She's his special little girl!

[jobey-wan-kenobi]

The Engines as Mentors

Okay but I'm eternally salty that TVS in particular—though it was RIGHT to expand the NWR fleet—failed to use the dynamic of the OG characters from the books all functioning as Mentors and Elder Statesmen to the newer and more obscure and younger engines.

It would have been THE way to effectively integrate the newbies (looking especially hard at you, HIT era). Like, some of the best use of the new characters already are when they fall into a mentee dynamic with one of the established characters. But the TVS writers really only ever let this happen with, like, Thomas? To a degree? And Edward? A bit? And then the best and most beloved BWBA episodes (BWBA!) are when Gordon and, again, Edward get more of this sort of material. And then again, in fuckin' AEG, the most popular thing so far seems to be Gordon's whole Grumpy Dad shtick.

But I think canon and fan writers should have done this with all the classic characters. After decades as The Famous Eight—erm, Ten—(but not Eleven—to me Oliver is in that category of newbie that needs looking after. which is what the rest of the Little Western spends most of his one book doing!) they are all  kinda old af and well-qualified and honestly just should be mentoring the diesels and younger steam engines and whatever wide-eyed newcomers are brought to the Island Where Fever Dreams Come True and Culture Shock Is Probably One Hell of a Bitch.

LIKE. Percy. Yes, absolutely Percy! He's inconsistent about standing up for himself or making good decisions in his own working life but honestly his instincts when it comes to others have always been completely on-point. And he never has any hesitation about acting on his instincts so there is a recipe here for big-brother success. He must be so wonderful with uncertain new engines. I think he would have been much better for taking Molly under his wing than Thomas, and he must be a god among many of the newer tank engines. Like the dynamic I tried to paint in my headcanon post about Harvey—Percy gives whiplash as your mentor because he will always support you 100% but sometimes he will suddenly make the most baffling decisions and if you are not, yourself, a natural chaos gremlin, you are just along for the ride and possibly dying of secondhand embarrassment. But again, you also get over it because no one will ever show up for you more consistently than Percy the Caterpillar Engine.

The BWBA era thing where Gordon winds up mentoring Rebecca is... like, fine, I guess. I don't have any complaints about it, but—as I tried to show in my ficlet with him and Derek—I think Gordon's most typical mentorships have two unmistakable characteristics:

it is insanely arbitrary as to whether or not he decides to take you on. if you wind up in his circle of trust you probably weren't trying or even remotely expecting. it is also hard for anyone else to understand why Gordon looked at a new engine and said to himself "Yes. That one." Because the way Gordon makes emotional decisions is utterly impenetrable—this is RWS canon. Why did Gordon one day go from being Pure Unadulterated Jackass Whose Only Thought So Far In His Life Has Been "Me! Me! Meeeee!" to the engine who (evidently? without?? snark???) suggested the Fat Controller let Henry out of the tunnel to take a turn on his train? Honestly we don't know but it remains Gordon's signature style. Why did Gordon do an about-face after James took the express and graciously decide James was his new buddy? Well, to save face of course, but Gordon is also not above a good grudge so it feels like a coin toss. Why did Gordon decide to be super gracious when he rescued Percy and Thomas from their RWS scrapes? No one knows but somehow these moments are so quintessentially him (even though showing up moaning and scolding would have also been quintessentially him). And—most relevantly of all—there is what I regard as his archetypal moment with BoCo. 'My dear engine! You SAVED MY LIFE.' 'I mean, you're welcome for getting rid of them but they were never actually going to kill you.' 'YES THEY WERE. THEY HAD MURDER IN THEIR HEARTS. YOU ARE A GOD AMONG DIESELS, STANDING STRONG AGAINST THE FORCES OF DARKNESS.' '... Sure.' Gordon logic is not the same as earth logic and his reasons for rejecting or accepting others seldom make much sense.

If he does take you on, you may not even notice. Gordon is very stuffy and kind of... emotionally remote. His mentorship style consists of long rambling bouts of relating/boasting about his own experiences and/or advising you, without you able to get much of a word in edgewise—but then, he does this with everyone who is ever stuck with him—and doing extraordinarily nice things for you such as pulling strings to get you the best assignments or upgrades but he'll do it all behind your back, so it might take a while before you realize. (But you'd better, because even though he deliberately decides to do these things in secret, he will also privately feel hurt and hard-done-by if you don't figure it out and thank him. Or at least exclaim happily in his presence and sing the praises of your unknown fairy godfather.)

So yes, mentor!Gordon is a lot like friend!Gordon and worker!Gordon. He is pretty damn high-maintenance but he is also genuinely quite worth it. What his relationships lack in... comprehensibility they make up for in loyalty and generosity. ALTHOUGH. It's worth laughing because I think most of the engines he takes on are decent, polite engines who perhaps have some self-confidence issues. Basically it's like any engine he meets afterwards who is in the Edward mould he is actually magnificent to, which is hysterical considering that one of the keynotes in early canon was Gordon bullying the shit out of Edward. (I still think that wasn't malicious though, and more Gordon did not yet have the remotest understanding of Himself, Theory of Mind, or How to Be a Friend.)

If you have self-confidence issues but you do not win Gordon's capricious favor, never fear! You have James. Who is even more capricious, but that's not to say he's never been the most faaaaaabulous mentor in the world, c'est ne pas? Look. I want to see James as the catalyst for shy newcomers having a glow up. In appearance and attitude. I don't think he does he often but it has definitely happened around twice. I somehow have never actually watched "Rosie is Red" or "The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor" while paying attention but I've been assuming that's exactly how Rosie's Confident Girl Arc went down. Maybe he could be a similar idol for Neville or Flora. Another thing that has happened twice is James just flat-out corrupting a couple of the Good, Buttoned-Down Boys and Girls. I still want to see James take, like, Porter or Arthur and teach 'em anger. Introduce them to the world of (tiny) rebellions. By the time James is done with them, they are starting to Display Behaviors, and Act In Certain Ways.

Henry, I firmly believe (sticking out my tongue at most of the TVS and magazine writing for him), is actually regarded very intimidating. Like Gordon and James are intimidating too, but they are also known jackasses and the universe is known to have slapped them around reliably when they get too far up their own tenders. Also Gordon usually puts on an air of affability—in RWS it's Henry who is the Grumpy One (and meanwhile James, though he has a foul temper, is just too ADHD to be properly intimidating). I suspect Henry's actually always had the reputation for being extremely snobbish. Which is silly because he's only mildly to moderately snobbish, but there you are. He also doesn't put himself out there socially, but of course if you put yourself out there to him he's perfectly friendly. Anyway newcomers and young engines wouldn't know this right away. I think Henry's specialty is mentees in the mold of Bear and my OC Laura and even Rebecca—extroverted, expressive engines who show him respect. In those cases you see his best side, all kindliness and unstinting support. And Henry's support is really valuable, for the usual reasons that all the OGs have a lot of pull on the railway but also because Henry is surprisingly sage and sensible. He doesn't have the reputation for it the way Edward does, due to some of his notoriously poor decision-making in his earlier years and the way he can still sometimes be a bit literal or naive. But even if he's had to learn most things the hard way, he hasn't lied to himself about it and therefore he's developed a very clear-eyed view on things. Refreshingly simple and sound. We see this already in the RWS Super Rescue—he's got Bear and Spamcan pretty well-pegged long before the story ends. He also values engine solidarity in a really consistent, utterly unpretentious way that shows you he doesn't even think about it, it's just become a part of who he is. I love it. And, of course, he's bold as brass. He once hissed steam at his boss and essentially told him to fuck off for no better reason than it was raining and he just wasn't feelin' it. He had the most horrid wreck in the series and after being rebuilt he just got right back on that horse, pulling Flying Kippers again for the next century without the slightest sign of trauma. So if you need him for something, he won't hesitate to move earth and heaven for a friend. He may be a bit of a hypochondriac and likes to predict doom and gloom but he is fundamentally pretty fearless when it comes time for action. (Cut him a break with the elephant thing—he's allowed to have tunnel-related trauma, okay?)

Of course there was one extroverted engine inclined to hero-worship that Henry rejected in canon as a mentee, and that was Philip. Which brings us to Edward, and I fully agree with the fandom consensus that he is the mentor ever, capable of and inclined to look out for, like, everyone. All I'm saying is that I think the others can also step up in this way... Anyway, Edward's specialty of course is engines who are in the mould of Thomas, engines who are excited and eager to work but who talk a lot and might have a streak of mischief and who are definitely considered Too Much by everyone else. Edward likes energetic gremlins. They've always kept him young at heart. And, more importantly, they trust him so completely. Probably because they can tell he's one of the few who genuinely doesn't mind them at what everyone else considers their Most Annoying. He never tells them to hold still or quiet down or make themselves smaller in any way, so they are incredibly receptive to whatever he does tell them.

But what if you're Too Much and you are not eager? If you are not susceptible to admiring Edward's stellar work ethic? I think this is where Thomas shines. Like I think HIT abbreviated and simplified the conflicts with Dennis and Billy too much but it was such a gold mine. Because Thomas, see. You get these little sneaky rotters who don't want to listen to anyone—and at first Thomas seems like the most out-of-touch engine on the rails. Coz Thomas is a tryhard. He also has that whole "corporate positivity" thing going on. Like, the way I resolve the way TVS massacring my boy is by supposing that, after all, Thomas might have really tried to adopt that persona, especially in the '80s when he was inducted into the National Collection and the, well, television series got underway and Thomas becomes damn near the most famous locomotive in the world, certainly he knows he is an icon for children, and he might have figured that, well, this means I have to be a Good Role Model and Teach Children Valuable Lessons. And so he really did try to do this whole pep-talk, moralizing, sugary sweet encouragement thing (and he has a Word of the Day calendar, lol).

And the Dennises and Billies of the world look at that and—understandably, I think—retch a little. But then they double down. And the thing is, when they push Thomas too far, Thomas forgets to be sweetness and light, and just becomes himself. First of all, a foul-mouthed little drill-sergeant wannabe ("Cinders and ashes!!!!" "Who's been late every afternoon this week?!" "You're too fat—you need exercise!" "IF YOU DIE? IF YOU DIE, MOTHERFUCKER? SO WHAT?! I WOULDN'T GIVE A SHIT COZ I'D BE TOO BUSY FINALLY RUNNING MY GODDAMN TRAIN TO TIME." - all direct quotes from Thomas the Tank Engine, ladies and gents) Secondly, an extremely experienced engine who really has done a bit of everything by this point (he even hitched a ride on the Wild Nor'wester that one time, lol) and who is pretty skeptical so he's hard to fool (Percy was the last engine to really ever get one over on him, during the Ghost Train incident, and that's ancient history by this point). If you try to get away with doing a shitty job he's bound to notice and he will be quite acid-tongued if you've pierced his PR Persona. Third, although he can be kinda self-involved and the last to "get" what's going on with newcomers, he is surrounded by his old friends, who are all pretty good about either clocking an engine's whole Deal, getting all the tea like the gossips they are, or both. So while he was still in his amiable-idiot stage of your acquaintance, you, poor rebellious fool, thought you had the run of things but all the while he was getting up to speed on your whole deal. Which means you won't be prepared, should you really commit to ongoing antisocial behavior, for Thomas the Beacon of Children Everywhere to abruptly cast up your entire life story to you and to read it for filth, telling you the merciless truth about yourself in a way that the other engines pieced together but with which they probably never hit you deadass between the eyes.

Of course, this doesn't mean the would-be punks and malcontents who get onto Sodor are instantly cured, lol (though it has gone down that way a few times—my alternate version of Billy's intro story would feature an end where he's just gobsmacked into submission). Sometimes it just means you are going to decide Thomas is your Hated Enemy for Life, but you know what? You will have to step up your game in order to compete with him or even to gain enough clout to try and sabotage him so you're still playing into his hand (if we accept TVS's idea that 'Devious Diesel' did become a part of the Sodor family, I think this is how he was successfully integrated. At some point Thomas unexpectedly read him the riot act and Diesel was like 'who the FUCK are you?? like i know i already had beef with all the main line engines but where the hell did YOU come from???' but then after decades of competition they are essentially frenemies). But mostly the thing is, you are shell-shocked for just long enough, and you'd probably shift to being a bigger asshole than before... but, during that period where you're still burned, you are also looking at all of Sodor and every engine on it with fresh eyes (because if Thomas the Merchandise Engine could ream you out like that, perhaps you underestimated everything about this place). And you are noticing something else. Once Thomas has scalded you with his bitchery, he's also your friend. It's almost his version of sharing his lunch with you on the playground. (Something something salt and vinegar.) For all he rode Henry so hard from some of the earliest days of canon, I bet you he also beat down any 'outsiders' who took shots at him. For all he and Percy squabble, they are the closest of friends (and they weren't! for decades! but the more they squabbled, the closer they got). Getting into a knock-down fistfight is alarmingly close to Thomas's love language, and by the time he's savaged you verbally he is also invested in you. Once he's told you what he really thinks of you, he's also going to start showing up for you genuinely.

And that's when the little shits see the final side of Thomas. The genuine good humor. Obviously it doesn't win over everyone but there is a real groundedness and humility that I am sure Thomas can show (I tried to show this in the fic I made with @shinygoku based off their artwork of Thomas and Daisy) that is hard to resist. He's also fucked up along the way in every way imaginable so even when he side-eyes you, he's not looking down at you. I can just see him showing screw-ups a lot of grace so long as they let down their guard even somewhat because he's been there. Hoo boy, has he been there. That's why kids actually love him (it's not your vocabulary lessons and beaming smile, Thom, though the effort is appreciated), and it's why young engines can wind up loving him too. He doesn't hold what you've done in the past against you; he genuinely believes in second chances (and third, and...). Plus he knows every engine needs some excitement and responsibility in their lives. He has never forgotten the insanity-inducing frustration of being tethered to Vicarstown station.

Basically, once you cut past Thomas's earnest (and bullshit) attempt to be Perfect Kids' Role Model, he's actually always been great at keeping it real. And that's where a genuine respect can often grow.

[thebunnylord]

Some ttte human headcanons for characters I don’t like

Rebecca: Rebecca has Parkinson’s disease, she gets tremors that she cannot control, she gets frustrated at not being able to control her body similar to her engine counterpart where she has the wheel slip issue that she cannot control. She and Henry are both members of the chronic illness club and hang out with each other as they can relate to each other with their struggles with a chronic illness. Rebecca being younger often looks up to Henry who’s older than she is. Just like her engine counterpart, she is a people pleaser to a fault and really wants to impress Gordon. She also once cried over a dish set that had a scuffed up and damaged box because she was afraid no one was going to buy it and love it, so she bought it.

Caitlin: she has ADHD and is often unaware of volume and hyperactivity. She gets frustrated when she is told to calm down because she has trouble relaxing, she also has trouble sleeping and can be a bit reckless (this includes racing down the mainline)

Connor: also has ADHD, enough said.

Sydney: after sustaining a serious head injury in a crash, he can’t form new memories. He knows who he is and his past before his injury, but other than that, he can’t remember anything. He keeps lists everywhere to try and help him remember (though he keeps forgetting to make those lists or read them) and he has sticky notes everywhere reminding him to read certain sticky notes. Percy did give him a planner to help him keep track of things, but he just forgets to either write in it, or look at it. What does seem to help is if he repeats what he needs to remember out loud, or record it on a tape recorder.

Bruno: disclaimer I have never watched AEG because I am too cultured to stoop that low, Bruno is originally from America, his parents moved to the UK when he was five, he has autism and struggles to make friends at school, he’s about primary school age and prefers watching people than playing with them. He also loves trains even though they can be too loud for him. One day he decides to skip school and go down to the yard and watch the engines instead of putting up with the kids at school and being made to play with them by his teacher (fun fact: this happened to me in second grade, my teacher assigned two girls to play with me at recess and told me to play with real friends when I introduced her to my shadow. I hated every single moment of it as recess was my time to recharge)

Then Diesel came in the yard and while he was refueling his engine, Bruno just walked up to him and asked if he could watch. Diesel had no idea what to do and was stuck with Bruno following him around all day until finally the police arrived and took Bruno home. They still hang out together after school, and Bruno likes watching him shunt in the yard and the mechanics work on his engine.

[kingdicemrwheezyflowertor]

Who all in ur ttte au and tugs au likes hugs? (Or can with stand at least one on certain occasions especially if they usually hate them)

Oh boy; List time! Let’s starts with Ttte:

Thomas

Edward

Henry

Gordon/G-1 (He is a gentle Giant)

James (Though he will clean himself off later; Germaphobe)

Percy (Is very bubbly about it)

Salty (Very cheerful with his hugs)

Cranky (May be mean but will stand for hugs; Blame salty)

Bulstrode (He may be high off life but he will give the best hugs)

Harvey

Skarloey

Rheneas

Peter Sam

Sir Handel

Duncan (Slowly warming up to giving more hugs than before)

Luke

Rusty

Conner

Caitlyn

Vinnie (Slowly warming up due to Conner and Caitlyn)

Neville (Nervous shy bean likes hugs)

Molly

Stanley

Diesel

Annie

Clarabelle

Mavis

Ryan

Donald n Douglas

Paxton (Best baby for hugs like Percy)

Duck

Diesel 10 (Be careful of Pinchy)

Pinchy (She has a human form for when D-10 isn’t wearing her)

Toad

Oliver

Hiro

Kenji

Yong Bao

Beau

Nia

Rebecca

Duchess

Flying Scotsman (Be mindful of his weak health)

Arry n Bert (They are touch starved bastards)

Peter (From Victor Tanzig’s series)

Reginald (VT series)

Brian (VT Series)

BoCo

Bill n Ben (When they aren’t pranking anyone)

Timothy (Both Thomas’s brother and the twins’ babysitter from work)

Alfred

Kroven

Sir Topham Hatt (Benjamin and Bertram)

Sara Hatt

Terra Hatt (Daughter to Sir Benjamin Topham)

Dowager Hatt

Lowham Topham Hatt

Toby

Henrietta

Harold

Bruno (AEG)

Sandy (AEG)

Now time for Tugs:

Ten Cents

Big Mac

OJ

Top Hat

Warrior

Sunshine

Grampus

Zorran

Zebedee

Zak

Zip n Zug

Big Mickey (he’s in both worlds but he was mostly seen in tugs)

Captain Star

Captain Jason

Izzy Gomez

Maria Gomez (Izzy’s Daughter)

Lillie lightship

Hercules

[ttte-tugscrowskullausmainblog]

@elovesrandomfandom It has been updated since my last post.

Human au/present day

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Thomas - 22

Gordon - 40

Edward - 56

Percy - 21

Henry - 47

James - 36

Diesel - 24

Toby - 18

Donald+Douglas - 26

Duck - 34

Carly - 25

Sandy - 17

Skiff - 28

Cranky - 43

Bulstrode - 45

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BoCo - 55

Bill+Ben - 25

Emily - 30

Scott - 42

Spencer - 39

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Human au/AEG timeline(eight years earlier)

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Thomas - 14

Gordon - 32

Edward - 48

Percy - 13

Henry - 39

James - 28

Diesel - 16

Toby - 10

Donald+Douglas - 18

Duck - 26

Carly - 17

Sandy - 9

Skiff - 20

Cranky - 35

Bulstrode - 37

[nwr77]

Never Newer

A.K.A. the frustrations of AEG; short story, 1225 words

"Can you believe that!!" Thomas unceremoniously stormed into Edward and Henry's apartment, where the two of them were having afternoon tea in company of their adopted families (Gordon, Rebecca, Bill, Ben and Philip) and Percy, for some reason.

"Told you you wouldn't like it!" Percy shot back without looking as the twins started giggling hystericaly and elbowing each other. Philip and Rebecca both leaned forward, curious about the reason behind the commotion, while the supposed "adults" looked at each other, slightly horrified. Thomas groaned.

"Okay, I admit you were right. But you knew that it would make me more curious if you said that!" he pointed his finger accusingly, to a quite comedic effect.

"I'm sorry," Edward interrupted cautiously "but what are you all talking about?"

"Well..."

"Bet you fifteen quid it's some stupid bullshit" Gordon whispered, careful so that only Henry could hear him.

"I'm not taking that bet, there is no way I'd win."

"Honestly, fair."

In the meantime, it seemed that none involved (or even informed) were completely willing to share.

"Well...?" Edward prodded.

"..."

"... I watched All Engines Go..." Thomas finally admitted and the table seemed to explode. The yellow trio roared with laughter; Philip, Edward and Gordon were stunned into silence; Percy dramatically mourned the "loss" of his friend's "innocence"; and Henry went on a tangent about "why would he do that" and "he should have known better than to give those (word so bad it should not be repeated) a chance". It was... pretty chaotic.

"It was only the pilot episode!" Thomas amended, frantically waving his hands in an attempt to ease his friends' reaction.

"THAT'S NOT ANY BETTER!" Henry cried out, throwing his hands up, and walking out "I'm going to Hiro's, don't wanna hear anything about that shit!" he left with a slam of the door.

"So, uh, I guess we should... talk... about it... now?" Gordon asked, uncertainly and awkwardly. Thomas' eyes widened, not quite liking the idea, but it was lost among the cheerful agreement and gleeful smirks of the others.

"Okay, first things first, because I know Hen generally hates all the TV shows about us, I gotta ask; is it really that bad?" Edward asked, not fully believing their husband's opinion (and perhaps their scepticism was not completely unfounded, given that he'd rage quit the show they used to act in). Somewhat surprisingly though, both Thomas and Percy nodded their heads - Thomas with the face of someone who was deeply traumatized, while Percy was more mock-serious than anything.

"Gordon was the wise mentor figure in that!" Thomas wailed, and everyone instantly turned to the A1, trying to picture that in their minds. Eventually, Rebecca spoke up;

"How?" she asked, flatly. She loved her dad, really, she did, but he'd never been the wisest or most fit to teach anyone at all - she suspected the only reason she learnt anything from him was because he had a soft spot for her almost from the get-go.

"Well, he seemed to be a completely separate Gordon from ours! Like, Percy and I still had some of our personalities, but-"

"Wait a second!" Gordon cut in "but I'm younger than both of you! Tell me you weren't the ones I was mentoring."

"Us. And Diesel."

"Fuck."

"I know..." Thomas nodded, solemnly "and Diesel seemed to be our friend, can you believe that!?"

"He's not that bad!" this, Rebecca could understand, though she neglected to realise Diesel had a soft spot for her as well.

"Oooh maybe you were meant to be friends this entire time!" in contrast, Bill and Ben found the reason of complaints hilarious "Yeah, like soulmates! I mean, you're basically same engine, different font!"

"You take that back!" Thomas lunged at the twins, and began a chase around the apartment. Philip also jumped up in the moment, but to grab and protect the teacups instead; he gathered them in his arms and even retracted his wheels to make sure they got to the kitchen safely. Moments later, Edward walked in with the plates and cake.

"You know what I'm taking back? Telling you all that I don't have a favourite kid." they winked at Philip, who just stared for a moment pefore pointing a finger at himself in disbelief. Edward laughed;

"Well, you're not destroying my living room right now, are you?" at that, Philip joined in the laughing.

"I'm so going to hold that over their heads."

"Go right ahead. Do you think they've calmed down a bit by now?"

Philip peaked out to look;

"Not really, but the Gresleys seem to have them restrained, so it's probably safe to get back."

"Well, I'll get the cookies, they should calm down for them." Edward sighed before the two of them made their way back into the living room. Philip's assesment had been correct - Rebecca currently had Thomas pinned to the wall, elbow to neck and one leg blocking his, while Gordon held the twins like cats by the necks (or, in this case t-shirts that they were trying to get out of). Percy was busy taking photos, no doubt to make memes out of them later on. Edward cleared his throat.

"I've got the strawberry jam cookies, and you'll get to eat some if you behave and not antagonize each other." Like a spell, everyone calmed down immediately, not wanting to miss out on the homemade "lovebird cookies" as they've been dubbed by James. Edward waited until everyone go situated at the table again before speaking.

"So, are you all calm and ready to finish the conversation?" There wasn't much response aside from some nods, as everyone busied themselves with the cookies. It went for solid couple minutes before the silence was broken by Philip:

"Uh, Perce? Don't you have work in, like, half an hour?"

"Shit, yeah, thanks for the reminder! Take photos if something funny happens again, kay?" Percy hastily threw on his flannel before rushing out of the flat. Edward shook their head, amused.

"Well, do you have anything else to say about the show, or can I call Henry back?"

"Not much, I guess... Oh! They made Carly - you know the crane Carly, Cranky's surely-not-girlfriend Carly - a moving engine! And, like, who the hell is Sandy? Do any of you know a Sandy? And the purple one... Well, I guess that one could have been Kana, but the rails she appeared on were not adjusted for electric engines so.. Also, for some reason they treated wheels and tenders like legit, extandable, movable body parts! Like you watch it and have to contain screaming that engines don't work like that! Like, honestly, Eddie, be glad you and Hen are apparently not featured almost at all in that... that... thing!"

"I don't know if I would call that not much, lad" Edward ruffled Thomas' hair, breaking the stunned silence that enveloped everyone "but I'm glad you got it out of your system. Now, if you excuse me, I have a husband to call back home."

"Speaking of home, we'd better be going too" It was Gordon who spoke up, but everyone evidently shared the sentiment, as they all started gathering their things, with Philip helpfully bringing the rest of table contents into the kitchen. Edward nodded ear already pressed to the phone, and waved as they left. Henry picked up relatively quickly;

"I take it the subject is over?" he said in lieu of greeting.

"Yeah, you'll be pleased to find they didn't include us again" Edward replied softly, smile evident in their voice.

"Thank fuck."

[omegaplus]

# 4,403

May 28, 2022 Playlist.

The opportunity to attend Sacred Bones’ 15th anniversary presented itself pretty quickly. Tickets were released for sale four weeks before the show and I grabbed them right away. I missed out on both Sacred Bones’ 10th shows because of nine months of stay-at-home recovery and now their 15th was a chance to redeem myself.

The build-up was getting heavier as the show drew closer. I had anxiety like never before waiting to attend a New York City show. The 28th came and it started on a dim, greyscale note. Long Island had a string of wet days with Saturday no exception. Rain arrived at the Central Islip station before I had with no telling when it’d stop - if it did. Halfway from my home station to Woodside did the storm subside to nothing.

By the time I transferred from the 7 line to the Q39 bus had the clouds open up to welcome in the blinding basking sun and matching sweltering humidity. The Q39 raced, whipped, and turned wide all throughout Sunnyside and ultimately Maspeth to drop me off in a dense neighborhood of hazy, white 75*F temperatures. I’m in the middle of an unfamiliar yet dense neighborhood. I walk a few blocks into a suspiciously silent area of shackled-up factories, closed warehouses, and shipping centers closed for the weekend; all by myself not knowing or worrying about any rogues waiting in the wings to start trouble. I drew closer to the new activity of open businesses, moving vehicles, and the pedestrians walking through the gauntlet to the Knockdown Center.

Nothing that I could ever imagine would conjure up a would-be dream-state that would become a magical reality.

I was in New York City (Queens) associated with preferably some of the best people in attendance. Surreal dreams I’ve always had now become a reality. The way showgoers sat outside the Knockout Center felt like I was on another college campus. People sitting on the floor silently observing Constant Smiles play as the rays peeked through during sundown. A hypnotized crowd witnessing Anika and Spellling’s mesmerizing performances. A super-colorful closing set by Black Marble, and a sit-down lecture about time - at a music festival? Whether Sacred Bones gamed it themselves or by sheer coincidence, this event had some unusual moments that made for a truly unforgettable experience.

The next day’s opening shift was in the back of my mind; more apparent as midnight approached. Regrettably, I leave the Knockdown Center a little earlier than desired and hitched a ride to Woodmere’s train home and guarantee six hours of sleep. I’m stunned. Bedazzled. My mind is processing the last five hours of what just happened. I’m organizing and interpreting the swirl of feelings, the sights, the colors, the sounds, the crowd, and the happenstance of everything that unfolded as I wait for the rail’s arrival. I take a seat facing direction to the Jamaica stop where I had only one minute to race and take the double-decker train’s upper-lever seat for the rest of the way home.

Spring is over. Summer has officially started.

Offset, The: Spectacles: “Colour”

Smile, The: “You Will…”

Aeges: “Who Are You”

Black Dresses: “Angel Hair”

Iguana Moonlight: “V”

Antonio Sanchez feat. Nine Inch Nails: “I Think We’re Past That Now”

Better Living: “Kid”

Ritualz: “Reintegration”

Feels Fine: “Washed Out Blue”

Doc Hammer: “Commanche”

Kaputt!: “Highlight!”

Grimes: “Shimigami Eyes”

Muslimgauze: “Qom” (edit)

Jade Hairpins: “Mary Magazine”

Totally Unicorn: “Filmed Before A Dead Audience”

Dead When I Found Her: “Dry Bed”

Beauty Pill: “At A Loss”

Savak: No Blues…”

Kaputt!: “Parsonage Square”

JK Flesh: “Urge”

Luca: “Undertow…”

Pink Siifu: “Wayans Brothers”

Alchemist: “Broken Bottles”

Henry Mancini: “Men’s Room Rock”

Principe Valiente: …

Smirk: “Irrelevant Man”

A Number Of Names: “Sharevari”

Daniel Johnston: “In A Lifetime”

100 Proof: Aged In Soul…

Kaputt!: “Accordion”

Kae Tempest: “Salt…”

[augustlaven]

I came across a couple of times on TTTE x HNK aus and I am absolutely delighted with this idea.

Under the cut there will be various notes and sketches on lore and the like.

Thomas: The Eilat Stone, 6

Edward: Red Zircon (body), 8 + Blue Spinel (head), 7,5

Henry: Chrysocolla (head), 6,5 + Green Diamond (body), 10

Gordon: Blue Diamond, 10

James: Opal (body), 5,5 + Ruby (head and legs), 9

Percy: Sphen, 5,5

All the replacement parts for gems are leftover parts from Edward's previous teammates. Even Edward's current head. This explains the abrupt change in behavior of some characters. So Henry got skittishness and anxiety from Green Diamond, and James became more pompous because of Ruby.

Thomas's red tie is made from Edward's old gloves.

Steam engines - Gems, diesel engines - Lunarians, electric engines - Admirabilis.

Percy flew to the moon to Lunarians, Thomas went underwater to Admirabilis.

They came from the moon to break your ass, Blue Diamond.

[malaysiankpopfans]

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[xylem-3-keys]

TTTE Humanized 1-39

Based on my headcanon of Sodor's NWR engines.

This is a list of humanized engines I made. You can come to my Instagram to vote for who I should humanized next. I'm not humanizing Nia because I hate her. Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand aren't canon in my human headcanon. International humanized engines are not canon. No AEG characters as well.

Thomas

Edward

Henry

Gordon

James

Percy

Toby

Duck/Montague

Donald

Douglas

Oliver

Emily

Thirteen/Terry

Spencer

Fergus

Arthur

Murdoch

Molly

Neville

Rosie

Whiff

Billy

Stanley

Hank

Flora

Charlie

Harvey

Scruff

Belle

Connor

Caitlin

Timothy

Marion

Porter

Samson

Ryan

Dustin

Rebecca

Sonny

[daikenkki]

AEG Edward and Henry Fixed by Aidenhelicopter2355

[master-of-the-railway]

Thought abt putting Sonny in my AEG au, he'd also be one of the kiddos, and I realized that if I gave him the backstory he has in my cgi au then he would be such an emotionally shaken little guy. Anyways I'm giving him the same backstory. (Slight TW for mentions of child abuse? Sonny's a steam engine but in this AU he is one of the child locomotives so it's the same principal. just wanted to give a warning just incase.)

In this AU it's more like: he ended up at the site of an old mining business as a newborn. The owner of the company took him in and raised him, and he worked shunting coal trucks for a good while until the buisness unfortunately shut down and his owner had to give him up for sale. Two men bought him and offered to treat him as part of their family, which he was happy to hear...until he found out they were using him as a getaway vehicle. He's hard to fit in for two adult humans, sure, but he's young and fast and he's really good at hiding both off and on railroad tracks. Sonny objected to this a lot at the start, the elder engines and the owner of the coal company had brought him up with good morals, and he wasn't going to become a dirty stealer! But his new owners, specifically the sterner and seemingly smarter one, found ways to shut him up pretty quickly. They never hurt him severely, but he got a lot of dents and bumps, and he was yelled at quite a lot. Eventually, Sonny stopped protesting. He put on a brave face and tried to enjoy being a thief.

Then he came to Sodor. His "caretakers" were planning a pretty big heist, and he was instructed to make friendly with the trains on the island so no suspicions were raised. He ended up encountering Thomas, who helped him with deliveries and ended up being a pretty good friend. Sonny tried to be snappy and mean, but it just isn't him, and Thomas is too nice for him to be mean to. So he spends time with the other kids, and he starts to really enjoy being surrounded by other young engines his age. Until it comes time for the heist. He disappears suddenly in the night, and as he's getting loaded up to take away the cargo- Gordon and Thomas catch him and his caretakers in the act. Gordon looks furious, Thomas looks betrayed, and Sonny is terrified. He's trying to get his wheels to move and he can hear one of the men shouting but he's too stricken with fear to move it. Gordon's loud whistle is blocking everything out and Sonny is panicking and shutting his eyes as he's forcing his wobbling wheels to carry him forward as fast as he can go. But he's stopped. Big engines surround him. James and Henry come screeching to a stop as Gordon appears behind him. Thomas is at his side, Percy and Nia right there alongside him. Sonny's eyes shut again and he prepares for whatever's about to be done to him...

And then his caretakers are arrested. He's sitting there, tears in his eyes, as he feels a huge buffer beam gently bump his little one. "You're alright." Gordon whispers softly, "Sonny, you can open your eyes. We're not angry with you." And so Sonny opens his eyes, Gordon's kind face looking back at him, reassuring him that everything is going to be okay. All of the big engines and those in charge of the railway perfectly understand that Sonny isn't to be blamed at all, he's simply an engine and a child engine at that. He was just doing as he was told, and as Sonny would later testify, he was being threatened in the process.

They take him in. He's put under Sir Topham Hatt's leadership, in which he's assigned to do most of his work on a quiet branch line not very far from where Edward is stationed. They share a shed infact. It turns out that Sonny's treatment from those who "adopted" him caused him to severely distrust humans, he panics in the presence of them and sometimes reacts with more than just panic if he's afraid he'll be in trouble for doing something. He has genuine trauma that's being slowly worked on, but for now the poor kid is being given his space and Edward is always close by to keep an eye on him and take care of him. He is still friends with Thomas, and he's become pretty close pals with Diesel, who tries to come visit at least once a week.

[xujadelocul]

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