#gerstlauer

[ahsokajedi]

smiler, alton towers (18.03.23)

[stengeldive]

happy valentines day 💚

[smoothoperationz]

Hangtime @ Knott's Berry Farm, July 2023

[jerzeyjimmy]

this is an exceedingly rare "jimmy actually puts effort into track-merging" episode

[caspiechai]

Made a coaster called Gold Rush. It’s a great layer Infinity Coaster in a forest

[scranbatteries]

life update there is snow outside i am tired im getting a cup of tea

[mikiruma]

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drew this while i was out of town! it was actually SUPER cold when we went to the theme park, so i was remembering when we'd get absolutely cooked at our home park...

[psyke-underground]

A close up of Psykés trains.

Such a nice train design, but I do like the rainbow colours of the original Schwarzkopf ones.

[saltedserval]

Being a ride operator is weird bc like 90% of the time I feel like a fucking NPC but then as soon as some shit goes down I am suddenly the main character and I'm fuckjn putting on a harness with the massive srl cable and climbing a goddamn rollercoaster to get the ppl off of it.

Anyways my bones are sore :]

[lesbians4scully]

tom scott rollercoaster video. I Am About to head back into a Massive Coaster Nerd Phase

[jessiscollateraldamage]

Setsujo

I have finally decided to post my characters onto here to expand multiple audiences of course!

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Name) Setsujo Gerstlauer

Ride guardian) The Smiler

Age) 20

Gender) Female

Height) 6 feet

Weight) 199lb

Nationalities) British German

Park) Alton Towers

Location) X Sector (with Olivia

Family) The Smiler Shop TV Duo (they are dead in my AU) and Daunrinku (her elder sister)

Occupation) Ride Guardian,Pizza master

Best Qualities) Always happy,learned how to make people smile naturally rather than force,communicative,joyful

Worst qualities) When people bring up her reputation,a little crazy,used to be insane

Reason why she has a crown?) Ressembles her 14 inversion record

First to get victimised by the Takeover Crystal

Has the most messed up theming than any other ride in the world

If you would like to use her for anything,just ask me

(If bloody and slightly gory that is 100% fine)

[ahsokajedi]

smiler, alton towers (18.03.23)

[evilwizardcrab]

Assinging popular UK rollercoasters TMA fear entities.

Because sometimes your roller coaster autism and magnus archives autism combine into a secret, third thing.

Also, obviously most roller coasters are kind of inherently tied to vast/spiral, but for the sake of variety I'll only be assigning those entities when it happens to be really thematically relevant.

All clear? Good. Then in no particular order, let's begin.

1 .The Smiler (Alton Towers)

Figured I should start this out on what is quite possibly the UKs most iconic rollercoaster. At a whopping 14 inversions this Gerstlauer infinity coaster holds the world recor-

The spiral. It's the spiral. Yes, I know I literally just said I would be reserving spiral judgements for certain rollercoasters but just. Just look at this fucking thing:

This is quite possibly *the* most spiral aligned rollercoaster you could possibly make. In fact it might literally be the most spiral aligned rollercoaster ever, because with 14 inversions it literally is the most amount of spiraling you can physically do on a rollercoaster.

I mean, watch the goddamn TV Advert for this ride and tell me Fuckhands McMike didn't have a (yaoi) hand in the creation of this thing. Fuck Sanakov land I'm pretty sure the smiler singlehandedly counts as a failed spiral ritual.

It literally sends you insane! That's it, that's the theming! It's logo is a literal fucking spiral! Words themselves cannot get across how quintessentially Spiral this coaster is!!!! Even the FUCKING MUSIC is spirally!

It's even yellow.

So yeah, 10/10 spiral aligned coaster would ride again.

2. The Swarm (Thorpe Park)

From one heavily themed rollercoaster to another, let's take a trip down south to The Swarm, Thorpe Park. I'm going to be biased off the bat and say that the swarm is absolutely one of my faves (just look at that inverted drop!) not to mention the being only wing coaster in the UK.

That being said, despite my fanboying The Swarm was initially a hard one to place. My gut feeling was the Vast (mainly due to how it emulates the feeling of flying) or the corruption (literally called the swarm).

But then I took a step back,actually looked into the theming and lore itself, and it became clear. The Swarm is the Extinction through and through.

For those of you FREAKS no well aquiantted with Rollercoaster Lore, the story of swarm is as follows - an evil Swarm has destroyed humanity).

Thorpe Park even went as far as to put up fake posters around the park and release ARG Style adverts about it (and this song, because Merlin is nothing if not excessive when it comes to it's parks)

So with that in mind, swarm absolutely embodies the two main aspects of the extinction; both the active destruction of the apocolypse and the fear of something new replacing us (in this case presumeably sentiant rolercoasters)

3. Oblivion (Thorpe Park)

I'll keep this entry to roughly the same length as the ride itself.

You go in a Big Hole In The Ground

It's The Buried.

4. The Roller Coaster Formerly Known As The Pepsi Max Big One (Blackpool Pleasure Beach)

Finally, a coaster entry that isn't from a Merlin park. And being both the tallest and steepest rollercoaster in the world, let us introduce the pepsi max big one.

(off screeen whispers)

Wait what do you mean it's no longer the tallest rollercoaster in the world

(more whispers)

What do you mean, "or the steepest"

(even more whispers)

Wait, what do you mean it's not even the Pepsi Max Big One anymore? The Big One? really?

The Big One is an interesting case to me, in that despite technically being the tallest rollercoaster in the UK, there appears to be somewhat of a relative lack of discussion surrounding it. It's just ... there. Hell, while making this list I actually forgot it was the tallest rollercoaster in the UK. Not to mention the whole deal with its changing, corporate name. It just feels so Bizzare. Strange, even ...

That's right motherfuckers we got ourselves a Stranger rollercoaster! It perhaps isn't the most obvious choice, but I'll be damned if I hand over the tallest rollercoaster in the Uk to the Vast, that’s just boring. Plus, I personally find it quite thematically pertinent. Something about the idea of an object getting so subsumed by it’s corporate identity that when that is removed, it’s left with nothing. Something about staking a permanent identity on inherently shifting factors leading to a [redacted] Big One shaped void. 

If you want to, if you can imagine it was initially Vast before Fairchild enterprises took a hit and Nikola Orsinov swooped in to claim it. 

5) Stealth (Thorpe Park)

We've got ourselves our first pure Vast rollercoaster here folks! Coming in at a hot 5th place we have the 1st most fastest rollercoaster in the UK, that launches you 0-80 mph up 62 meters of pure steel baybe!!

And um.

It doesn't do much else.

But that simplicity is exactly what makes it so vast! The Vast wouldn't fuck around with complex things like "inversions" or "ride experience". It goes up. it goes down. If Simon Fairchild made a rollercoaster it would look like this. Take one look at this thing and tell me it doesn't embody the spirit of Mike "sought out the tallest ride at the carnival" Crew.

If the Spiral gets The Smiler as its quintessential rollercoaster, The Vast gets this.

6) Wickerman (Alton Towers)

Now, the Wickerman is another personal fave of mine, and (in my personal opinion) a key example of how amazing theming can elevate practically any rollercoaster. (To go on a tangent, I'd absolutely recommend riding this during the evening at fright night, if you can. The night serves an already great ride experience into something amazing)

Not only that, but the central theming of said rollercoaster centers around both a) Cults and B) Copious amounts of fire. So, in a manner clearly befitting its assigned entity, it doesn't exactly take an expert to put two and two together and get Ouch. That’s right, it's desolation. 

RIP Agnes Montague you would have loved this ride.

Scratch that maybe not considering how she seemingly felt about her cult. Let me change track.

RIP Gertrude Robinson you would have FUCKING LOVED this.

8) Nemesis (Alton Towers)

What, you thought I could make a UK coaster list without bringing up Nemesis? Surely not,I wouldn’t dare shaft  everyone's favorite (and currently unavailable!) B&M invert. Wait, what do you mean you don't want to hear about how it "holds up amazingly well over 30 years" and it's "Intensity rivals even that of modern coasters"?

Jokes aside, Nemesis was another hard one to place. Like Swarm, I had a very strong initial preference - this time for the slaughter, mainly due to the whole "trapped alien" deal it has going on.

But, once again like The Swarm, another look into the deeper RollerCoaster Lore (TM) revealed another core aspect of nemesis - this time, that of the Buried.

Specifically, the Lore of Nemesis centers around a mysterious alien entity (aptly named nemesis) found Buried deep underground, and having to promptly be pinned down with tons of steel (which also coincidentally, happend to be the exact shape of a rollercoaster). Hell, the lore even had a comic book made of it. 

Not only that, but the actual construction of Nemesis actively involved digging up the earth in order to create the space for it. And if that doesn't scream "buried" it's probably because you can’t hear it under all the layers of dirt. 

Honerable Mentions - Kiddy Coaster Edition

9. Flying Fish (Thorpe Park)

It's everones favourite Thorpe Park Kiddy coaster, Flying fish - a coaster with a title that is only 50% inaccurate.

In all seriousness I only chose this coaster because for some inexplicable reason I associate it with the Lonely. Specifically, Peter Lucas. No, I cannot justify this choice other than the fact that look at it and tell me you can't picture Lucas sitting on this, alone, going around and around. He doesn't move or make a sound. Just sits there. Silently .Having the time of his life.

 I like to imagine he buys out the entirety of the park for a day with the Lucas family fortune just so he can enjoy this one ride without having to see another human being (you wouldn't catch him dead in a theme park otherwise)

And this is probably as good a point as any to finish the list. Obviously there are way more UK rollercoasters you could assign fears to but these felt like some of the more interesting ones to explore. Anyway if you made it this far then damn. Well done, but also thanks for sharing in this incredibly niche magnus brainrot with me :)

[smoothoperationz]

Vertical lift on Hangtime @ Knott's Berry Farm March 2023

[chaoticreations]

My 2022 work!

2022 was my first full year of being a full-time fursuit maker. It was also my most productive year as I had finished 8 fursuits (this includes 2 fullsuits from 2021 that crossed over into the new year). To stop you from having to scroll as much, I've compiled these creations into collages rather than posting the images separately.

From top left to bottom right:

Binary the Fluffy Gecko - My first fullsuit in a very long time. Completed early 2022!

Gerstlauer the Trash Gryphon - Plantigrade fullsuit with experimental elements. Since this photo was taken, they've had adjustments done and had top surgery scars added!

Bec 3.0 - A re-do of a long-standing and beloved character. I only did their head, handpaws, and tail, and made some changes to their already-existing bodysuit (added belly nips, added zippers to their arms for their huge stuffed handpaws, tidied the bodysuit up a little bit)

Forest the Fallow-Raptor - Artistic liberty partial fursuit. I was given the species and a natural, cottegecore aesthetic as a prompt!

Remi the AWD - This was a trade with Wild Dog Works. This suit marked a turning point in my style, edging its way towards more cartoony!

Halloween Opossum Premade (now called Nyx) - Created on a whim, this premade is my most successful work to date. This one fueled my love for UV reactive designs, and made my love of hypnotic eyes even worse.

Starry Cat Premade (now named Stella) - This premade was upgraded to a fullsuit by its auction winner. She has lights in her tail, hair and eyes! She was very experimental and she turned out lovely.

Entity the Fennec Fox - Another experimental build! Entity has EL wire antennae, lots of UV reactive elements, huge magnetic ears, and colour-shifting LEDs in their eyes. They also have dramatic/large feminine padding!

[jessisnotcollateraldamage]

Past Setsujo

(TW: T0RTUR3,D34TH,and some true events)

This is Setsujo before the marmalisation

Her original name was Leonie Semmelweis. A young girl that wanted to help hospitals by introducing them to wash their hands to reduce the death rates to less than 2%. But she didn't tell them and forgot to show it to everyone. Her parents believed she lost her mind and acted insane.

They later planned Leonie a family holiday to Austria to one of their hospitals but she found out it was a trick and her parents abandoned her there. Leonie surmised what was happening and tried to leave. She was severely beaten by several guards, secured in a straitjacket, and confined to a darkened cell. Apart from the straitjacket, treatments at the mental institution included dousing with cold water and administering castor oil, a laxative and a lot of injections.

She feared she might die here but was later rescued by 2 people who worked at the Ministry of Joy and flew her back to the UK. She was in deep shock and trauma until they proceeded with the correctional process which wasn't painful or torturous in her perspective and after that in 2013,she was later renamed to Setsujo Gerstlauer.

In 2015,Setsujo's parents died in an accident and she never felt even more grief in her life. But she had to keep working with her ride. But suddenly she was brutally injured which caused both of her legs to be replaced with robotic ones covered by rainbow stockings.

But now she ignored her reputation immediately and forgot what it even was anymore and proceeded to make people happy naturally rather than doing it by force