#duncan the grumpy engine

[visionarylocomotiveworks]

Season 6; Episode 26 - Faulty Whistles

I wanted to show my love for S6 for the collab this year, and this being one of my favorite Duncan episodes.

Also, a little wink-wink to the "headmaster". IYKYK.

Happy 40th Anniversary, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.

[masterjarthub]

Here are my old drawings of The Skarloey Railway engines 1-6 plus Proteus all made in June, 2021. (^ー^)

I'll be remastering these at some point.

[lomotunes2008]

Oh... That's gore... That's gore of my comfort characters...

[masterj]

Bachmann cancelled Duncan

WTF

[sirmontague48]

I drew Duncan.

I did a coloured version as well, but I feel fifty fifty about it. I don't think that it's bad, but I do like a sketch.

[number1spongebobfan]

Sorry for drawing Duncan for the 50th time, will do again <3

Duncan in his animal form, with his son. Madge (kitsune with lorry wheels on her legs) was pregnant with two pups (and one fox kit). I gave him a colored muzzle but I don't know if he looks better with or without it. IDK ._.

reference image:

[jessythebunny]

Hi there first of all *hugs you*

Second of all happy pride month to you

Third do you at any point of the month be able to draw either Rusty x Duncan or Rusty x Sir Handel for me

Hello ^^ *hugs her back*

Happy pride month to you too🏳‍🌈

Yes i drew Rusty x Duncan because this ship is canon in my AU. But Rusty x Sir Handel is also cute

Here you go i hope you like it hun✨

P.S: again,this pose is also from pinterest 'cause i'm too lazy to draw something by myself ;-;

✨🩷💛💙✨

✨💛🤍💜🖤✨

[jasminesanriofan]

That rock 'n' roll demi boi Duncan.

[masterj]

Yep, that's the episode. XD

Cool Truckings animation

I feel like it could have been better, but oh well

[esperfruit]

And last but not least, the Narrow Gauge Squad!

Skarloey Fletcher

Age: 64 (at disappearance)

Height: 165 cm

Rheneas Fletcher

Age: 61 (at disappearance)

Height: 167 cm

Falcon "Sir Handel" Hughes

Age: 35

Height: 170 cm

Stuart "Peter Sam" Kerr

Age: 35

Height: 168 cm

A quartet from Wales that now runs the Blue Mountain Quarry. Decades ago the Fletcher brothers ran a narrow gauge line, called the Mid Sodor Railway alongside Duke England until Skarloey and Rheneas disappeared without a trace. Unable to run the railway by his own, Duke retired and returned home to Wales and told stories to the local children. Two of them were Falcon and Stuart, who were inspired to work on a railway themselves when they grow up. One day the young men could not find Duke anymore but still pursued their goals.

When the Fletcher brothers suddenly reappeared as pseudo-spririts and the news arrived the mainland, despite attempts to cover up this supernatural phenomenon, Falcon and Stuart, now calling themselves "Sir Handel" and "Peter Sam" left their workplace, the Talyllyn Railway to be transfered to Sodor.

Skarloey is a friendly elderly man, who enjoys his works just as much as he used to but he can also be very authoritarian and can send fear into other with his deep booming voice. His younger brother Rheneas had a reputation as being gallant thanks to his work ethic and looks after Peter Sam.

Sir Handel is pompous, grumpy and competitive and with how his engine can pull tiny express trains, his demeanor can be easily compared to Gordon, he also hates to be mistaken for a relative of James just for sharing the same last name.

Peter Sam is polite, optimistic and easy to please as he often does not need much to be happy. He is one of the few drivers who can handle trucks flawlessly. He is a bit gulliable and can take teasing a bit too literal. His engine is something he is very protective of and was very upset when its funnel got destroyed in an accident.

Duncan Barclay

Age: 29 cm

Height: 175 cm

A former factory worker with a foul mouth and a bad attitude. He doesn't have much appreciation for passangers and just wants to get his job done. Duncan doesn't really like to work to begin with and only gets along with Rusty, who can motivate him to get through the day without getting into any fights. He likes rock'n roll and jokingly liked to call his engine's occassional wobbeling that.

Rusty Hornsby

Age: 26

Height: 162 cm

A maintenance worker at the Blue Mountain Quarry. Rusty is seen in a good mood most of the time and loves to help others out with their skills. They not only can repair engines and rails but are also skilled at medical care in case someone did get injured. Rusty and and Duncan are very close to each others despite their opposite personalities. They were a bit cautious to work at a mountain at first because of an incident they had with a boulder once.

Luke Stuart

Age: 22

Height: 159 cm

A young man from Ireland that came to Sodor to work there but went into hiding for a while after he was involved in an incident, where he thought to have accidentily killed Victor. Luke hated himself for thinking of himself as a murderer and looked for shelter at the Blue Mountain Quarry, where Skarloey and the others helped to hide and protect him. He was more than relieved to finally learn Victor is alive and holds no ill-will towards Luke and is now an official Sodor resident, driving a tiny green narrow gauge engine. Luke is very shy and timid and also self-councious about how short he is. He used to get picked on a lot back in Ireland and now tries to get over his insecurities.

[anonymousboxcar]

Moving Forward AU: Romance?

(This was something I meant to have out by Valentine’s Day, but… yeah. No spoons. The silverware drawer was empty. Apologies for the lateness, folks!)

I’m pondering what romantic shenanigans Stanley might get up to in my AU. I imagine it would be years before he felt up to pursuing that kind of relationship. But once he’s had time to settle into his new normal, process his trauma, and make new friends, he might feel more comfortable with it.

One possibility I see is that he and Duncan decide to give it a try!

I like the idea of Duncan falling for this rough n’ ready, plainspoken engine who helps him not blow up over the little things in life. And for awhile, Stanley is too busy adjusting to his new life to see it. But he feels ever fonder of his grumpy friend who makes him laugh and doesn’t ask him to be patient all the time.

Once they sort themselves out, they’re not ones for extravagant gestures. They do what they did before, watching tapes of George Carlin and cracking jokes, with the new understanding between them. It’s very easygoing and comfortable for them both.

(There’s also an ongoing competition between them to call each other the most ridiculous, nauseating pet names possible.)

Another possibility: you know how there’s a notion in the RWS of engines being paired up with coaches, almost “courting” them? I like to think Stanley scoffs at this. It seems silly and quaint to him. But he’s also rejecting any closeness due to his old, ingrained fears surrounding derailments and getting somebody hurt.

And then, at the rail museum, he meets a truck.

The truck works with Stanley in his capacity as an exhibit on trench railways. They used to carry troops and supplies during WWI, though not on the same railway as Stanley’s old wartime circuit. At the museum, they haul passengers around the grounds.

They notice Stanley’s uneasiness over this business and try to reassure him: “So what if you slide off the track? I blew up once!”

“…what?”

“Well, it was a ways ahead of me in the train. Got a face full of shrapnel and a bent axle. But! Point is, I’ve had worse. I can take a bump or two.”

Full of irrepressible cheer and optimism, the truck helps assuage the worst of Stanley’s anxieties. In return, Stanley — grateful and a touch bemused — does his best to give smooth rides. This wins him the trust of the truck, who never experienced such gentleness in an unpatronizing package.

They start chatting on their runs and at the end of the day about museum gossip, guests, and their old lives. The truck shares their adventures with other trucks after the war. Stanley tells the truck about operation on a more typical railway like the SKR.

Hearing about Skarloey and Rheneas’ treatment of their coaches, the truck wonders what it’s like to be treated the way a civilian engine treats their coach. Stanley, thinking of his own struggles to fit into a “normal” railway on the MSR, offers to help. The truck accepts.

Stanley stumbles over calling the truck “dear,” as well as the other typical flowery compliments and language. He’s self-conscious and a little embarrassed by the time the day’s over.

But he’s also flustered by the warmth in the truck’s responses, their own compliments towards him. They’re not flowery, demure, nor outrageous, but honest and open.

The truck, seeing how red in the face he is, apologizes for making him uncomfortable. “You already made me feel respectable, proper-like, before I asked you to do this.”

Stanley admits he liked their compliments. “Just didn’t know what to with ‘em, I guess,” he says. “But… I really did like ‘em. Made me feel good.”

“Oh. Well, you can tell me that, if you like.” The truck looks Stanley in the eye. “You can tell me anything. I won’t laugh.”

“Not even if I ask you to keep doin’ what you did today?”

“Not even that. Though — if I’m honest? I’d like it if you kept up your end of things, too.”

So they keep at it. Their exchanges become more natural, more like second nature over time. They become mixed into casual conversation, become less about meeting expectations of engine-rolling stock relations and more about what they like in each other.

After a certain point, one curious child visitor asks for how long they’ve been married.

A pause follows. It’s long enough for Stanley to realize he isn’t surprised or confused by the child’s assumption. It’s long enough for him and the truck to make significant eye contact, to see his happiness and hope reflected back at him.

“A year,” they both say at the same time, smiling.

[moneygramhaasf1team]

Here we are since I can't draw atm I've decided to offer this "short" story I've wrote for Duncan or 6/6 I hope you enjoy

Angst with a happy ending

Duncan was a grumpy engine to everyone and a majority of them would avoid him. They would refuse to talk to him or even acknowledge his existence because of his constant complaining. They would just talk over him whenever he tried to talk to them.

They had made Duncan an outcast and a burden to the whole railway. He originally thought it was a prank and he laughed but all he got were glares from the others. He immediately took the hint and he had quickly shut up.

"Why does everyone just hate me" Duncan had spoke to himself in a very broken scottish accent. He genuinely had no clue what he had even done. Not even his boyfriend Rusty was talking to him and they'd avoid him.

The only engine who had shown any care for Duncan was Rheneas who saw this as disgusting. He would go out of his way to make Duncan happy and smile. He made sure to take time out of his day to talk to Duncan.

Duncan was really grateful that Rheneas was the only engine who cared about him still after everyone else abandoned him. Rheneas and Duncan were really close and they'd spend days on end hanging out and pulling trains with one another.

"Thank you Rheneas" Duncan spoke one day to Rheneas while they sat in the sheds together. "You don't have to thank me Duncan, I saw how everyone outcasts you" Rheneas responded with a warm gentle smile. Duncan smiled back and it was the first time in awhile since he genuinely smiled.

[lomotunes2008]

I made some art of Rheneas earlier but I didn't really like it so have a mini Duncan instead :3

[ghostlyworgen]

Charlie (Charlotte) and Duncan Franklins. The siblings were a last-minute addition to the Tulpar crew partway on their delivery route after a pitstop. They are meant to stay on the ship until the Tulpar's final destination, which is where they'll be dropped off. (They do not know about the company layoffs) -- Duncan (Age 36) is Charlie's older brother and a temporary engineer on the Tulpar. He is a bit grumpy at times and has little patience for some people, though he knows some are trying their best. (He's much more understanding with Daisuke, as Daisuke was an intern.) He is quite protective of his little sister, but he knows to keep his boundaries with her. Charlie (Age 30) is a temporary medical intern who assists Anya. She is taking Pony Express Nursing Classes and hopes to one day become a qualified nurse. Charlie is a kind and understanding person. She can be quite patient, but she has her limits with certain people (cough, Jimmy cough).

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[sirmontague48]

Have some Sir Handel headcanons

•He has a big appetite, and gets very grumpy when he is hungry.

•He is left handed.

•He has AuDHD (autism and ADHD).

•He is good friends with Duncan due to them having similar personalities (and they both have ADHD). They love to complain about things together, listen to rock music together and gossip about everyone and everything. He tolerates the other engines, but gets easily fed up with some of their lectures and some of them telling him off all of the time. Sir Handel has a lot in common with Duncan, and Duncan doesn't try to tell Sir Handel what to do since he is too busy grumbling. They still argue though, and Sir Handel is quick to give Duncan a slap, often to the back of the head.

•He has a like-dislike relationship with Skarloey. He likes how Skarloey doesn't try to lecture him or tell him off, but doesn't like how he winds him up.

•He rocks and rolls like Duncan.

•His favourite music genres are rock and classical.

[number1spongebobfan]

This is Duncan from thomas and friends dressed up as King Duncan from Macbeth. I thought it'd be funny cuz they have the same name.