#simon laurent

[cursed-iris]

this is so old but you bet i'm still going to post it because i think it's funny.

[overh0l]

simonposting in 2024

[saccharinescorpion]

it's been three years since Infinity Train Book 3 aired. here's something i made like two years ago and never posted

[crysolis]

GET THEM BEFORE THEY GET YOU

[strawdool]

guess who remembered infinity train on 2025 <3

[kingoftheu]

Infinity Train Book 1: Man this Train is fucked up!

Infinity Train Book 1 Finale: Just kidding the Train is good lol

Infinity Train Books 2-4: lol get pranked again the Train is really fucked up

[nymphacae]

i was planning on making this a print if people are interested! The Gang's All Here

[johannesviii]

Skate park shenanigans

(I thought it would be fun to draw them at various ages from about 13/14 to 16, hence why they look different from one pic to the next. Grace tends to extend her arms like a ballerina even when she's rollerskating. Simon tends to fall and hurt himself more often if Grace is watching him lol)

[dallasurr]

you know i had to do it for them (original)

[trauma-express]

I wanted to talk a bit about how actually looking through the series, Grace seems be to doing a lot of them emotional support in her relationship with Simon. Simon seems to rely on that support without offering much in return.

In The Musical Car and the Jungle Car we see Grace trying to cheer Simon up over being separated from the Apex. She tries to joke and give him things to do to keep himself from just worrying. This seems to just come naturally from their differing personalities, but it’s there in the beginning of the Book.

In The Debutante Ball Car she also regrets bringing up the Cat seeing how upset Simon looks at it. She tries to move on with a joke and reassure him that they have time to deal with Tuba.

But in Le Chat Chalet Car when Grace is staring unhappily at her hand, Simon doesn’t seem to notice anything is wrong. He’s just annoyed at Tuba and tries to get Grace’s attention so they can move on.

In their argument later, Grace looks like she regrets her comment about Simon needing her to make decisions for him, though she goes back to being annoyed. She also later apologizes for not acknowledging his feelings. There is also a small moment of her checking in with him before asking The Cat about the snow.

Simon does not realize Grace might also be upset until she lets him know, nor apologize for arguing with her over circumstances she couldn’t control. Still, in this scene he does offer her emotional support over her worries.

Then in The Canyon of the Golden Winged Snake Car, Grace gets angry with Simon when he grabs her. He clearly hasn’t considered that things between them might be tense at the moment after killing Tuba and belittling Hazel’s grief (also if someone says don’t touch them just don’t). But she looks guilty seeing Simon upset, though she stops herself from apologizing, just trying to smile at him to seem like she isn’t actually angry. 

Simon meanwhile, doesn’t think to apologize, reflect on what happened, or ask her what is going on, instead going to the Cat to find some way to deal with her “not acting like she should” and shutting him out.

Then after the truth about Hazel comes out and Simon finds out Grace kept it from him (out of fear for Hazel’s life!), he gets much angrier. He does not care at all how upset Grace is over Hazel leaving, simply feeling jealous and betrayed rather than any sympathy for the person he was so close to for eight years.

Grace meanwhile is upset, but still feels some sympathy for Simon when he expresses anger over the lies. The storyboard even labels this expression as guilty. Even though Simon has rapidly spiraled into cruelty and is currently messing with her mind in a very literal sense, Grace feels guilty. Meanwhile the storyboard says Simon looks disappointed as he leaves Grace.

And we also see that their very first meeting involved Grace comforting Simon and him looking to her for support/answers, feeding into the dynamic they would eventually have

And it ends in their fight in The New Apex, where Grace saves Simon’s life and says that she knows he’s hurting. She also, however, declares that she does not owe him anything and is not responsible for his problems. Simon, meanwhile, tries to kill her multiple times, and feels that she does “owe” him.

Their relationship was definitely shaped by a lack of healthy adult figures, other peers, or boundaries. The way it turned out makes sense with them having no one else to rely on for a long time. However, Grace was willing to change and make other connections, while Simon refused to look at other perspectives and tried to cling to what he knew, alongside the subtext of his romantic interest in her.

[aerielart]

Hey look I'm somewhat in time for an art trend for once lol!

I'll always take the opportunity to remind people of Infinity Train

[sofekozz]

he has beautiful princess disorder

(infinity train book 3 still has me in a chokehold)

[book-three-my-beloved]

A little style study I did of Infinity Train 💚

The little sticker of Amelia is from @paperkoifish

[scribblenator]

i looove book 3 guys oh grace you will always be famous

[lalalvlove]

Drew this very late for the #givebackinfinitytrain trend on twitter yesterday :]