#spark mail

[demetrioparrilla]

Shift from Mac Outlook to Spark Account - 2025

[gingermaple]

teamwork

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Sending Gifts to Myself, or: Book Mail!

[unknowns-musical]

Okay, starting off this is gonna be my little brain dump for how I think the trains are made in this universe. So, prepare for a lot of text and silly scribbles. If you make it to the end, I'm gonna explain why I first came up with this idea and that it links to Hermes and his past.

To start off with, the trains are toys they can't be born but made. Even as toys, Control sees them as real trains/people, meaning that they have to be made in his world and not just in the real world as their toy forms. But, since he sees them as people that also means they can age and I do believe this is a thing considering Momma, Poppa and og Belle are older than the rest of them, and have a history from when they were younger. If any of you know transformers, I'm basically gonna describe cold constructs in my way.

The first step is to make a base form of what kind of engine or car you want. A simple frame work that contains their internal structure that holds their power source and lets them keep their form. In a way like their version of a skeleton, organs and muscles. You want to make an engine? Their chest would contain the engine part, and the rest is spread out under their "skin". For a freight or coach? They still have a power source, only it's smaller as to make room for their original purpose to hold/carry things or people in their chest cavities.

This is just a rough idea of what they would look like in my head. Kinda like a puppet, a basic form that can be changed and molded to what they're being made for.

However, in this state they are just lifeless, an empty shell of what they should be. So, to give them life they need a spark to give them life. That power that the engines have the strength and speed to race, that power that gives the Freights and Coaches that energy to do what they need to do. That spark is shared to give these base forms life.

The spark doesn't always work though, it won't give these base forms life if they were made incorrectly most of the time or if the user is incapable of sharing the spark in some shape or another. Be that age, an injury, or a fault in their own system.

If they spark can be shared then it is a race to finish the base form before difficulties arise. The spark not only gives them life, but the last bit of energy needed to finish the outside of the body. An outer shell that can fuse to their form, that gives them protection and allows them to grow as they get older. Giving them an overall human appearance, which varies on what you make. A Steamer needs a form of chimney or vent to let their smoke and stream out. The electrics need extra padding to prevent themselves from shocking others on accident and prevent rain from getting into their systems. Diesels need several vents to let out their smoke like steamers, but also a large room to for their internal controls and to monitor their engine, as well as store their oil.

The energy is used up at this point to finish off the form and give them life, creating a child of a varying age depending on how old they were designed to be. Usually they're about six to eight, sometimes older if they're in a rush for them to get to work faster since they have less time to reach that maturity. But creating them younger is overall more beneficial as it gives them more time to learn about the world and develop properly.

Now we're onto why I created this idea and how it links to Hermes. His backstory is very basic: he was found as a toddler by CB who was a child at that point and was adopted into the family since he looked similar to him and CB wanted a little brother. That lead me to thinking about his backstory more... If the trains are created, then like a birth certificate they would have a certificate of manufacturing. Saying who made them, where and what their original purpose was. What kind of train or car they are, so in future if they had to be converted they could convert them without harm.

Yet no one knows who made Hermes or where he was made they have no where nearby that a child like this could come from, which gave me the idea of what if he wasn't complete? If he wasn't complete, then he wouldn't have a certificate of manufacturing, meaning something happened that stopped his creator from finishing him and somehow got separated once he gained consciousness. But if he wasn't finished, no one knows what he was meant to be so the Freights, and their guardians attempted to finish him without knowing what he was. So, the body he has when he is older isn't his true form.

Now, I will say who made him and what he was meant to be but no one in the yard knows. Og Caboose was his creator, his father and by default Hermes was meant to also be a Caboose like his dad and technically his bio brothers as well. What stopped him from fully finishing Hermes I don't know, I have yet to decide. Despite being incomplete being a Mail Freight in a sense is close enough to his original purpose. He carries both people and mail, for long journeys and travels a lot.

Now, being incomplete I had the idea that the extra energy that was meant to be used to finish off his form never left. It was meant to be used up before he gained sentience, but it was never used up, so instead it stays with him. That energy is why he is always energetic and why he is so fast, even faster than the engines.

As a byproduct it creates two issues: he rarely gets tired and he wears out his parts faster then everyone else. With all that extra energy, it's hard for him to get tired in general so he has to work twice as hard and twice as long just to tire himself out enough to sleep. Then we have the wearing out his parts faster than the others, being on wheels more often his wheels and pistons are gonna wear down from over use. Easy enough to replace and fix, but annoying to deal with since it means he needs more medical attention compared to others.

That's everything I have so far and thank you for reading this if you made it all the way through!!

[tgmsunmontue]

"Mav! Why is there an Aviation Trader magazine on the counter?"

"Uh. Looking for parts?"

"Parts for what? The Mustang doesn't need parts... Wait. Did something happen to the Mustang?"

"No! I'm just on a mailing list."

Ice feels a little bit relieved that there isn't a Mustang in pieces.

"You sign up for mailing lists Mav. Why did you sign up?"

"I was thinking of maybe another plane?"

"With what money?"

"Well, you know how you're always bugging me to finally move in with you and sell my shitty apartment..."

"Are you being serious?"

He's been asking Mav to move in with him for over a decade.

"Only you would agree to move in with me on the condition you got a second plane."

"Well, I thought this one I could do up for you, and we could go flying together."

Jesus, when did Mav get so sweet?

"Sell the apartment first, then you can buy a plane."

[paarksunghoon]

do you have any practical writing tips?

I sure do!

1. refrain from making your first paragraph describing the weather and season if you’re not going to do anything with it. it’s overdone and tells me nothing about your story. the goal is to hook your reader and make them care about your body of work at the start of your story. instead of talking about the sun shining, introduce your character and start with dialogue or what they’re up to. try talking about what’s happening in the events of the story. if you really want to talk about how the sun is shining, tell me why I should care that it is.

example: “Today is Tuesday, October 29, and the sun is shining. Although, that puts a damper on my mood because I do not feel particularly happy.”

2. write your dialogue the way you would talk. sometimes you don’t need to go the whole nine yards and think about why people talk the way they do unless that’s important for your fic. when I write enha, it’s challenging to write dialogue for 7+ people in the same conversation but you have to imagine you’re the person they’re talking to. how would you react if X said Y?

3. ask yourself “so what?” and “why does this matter?” when you feel stuck. why should character X care that character Y said what they did? why should your reader care that character Y is acting the way they are? if they do something—so what? why are they doing it? what are they thinking? when you have your answer, write it down.

4. do not skip editing. if you want to be satisfied by your work, you will need to read over your story at least once to catch typos, plot holes, and sentence structures so you don’t lose your mind when you inevitably reread it on your dash. saves you a lot of embarrassment in the long run.

5. you cannot edit a blank page. the first draft is the rough draft. write to your heart’s content and make a decision about it after you have words on a page.

6. when you inevitably hit writer’s block (it will happen, don’t fight it), sometimes the best way to get over it is to abandon that wip for the time being and start a new one. sometimes you need to experience Life and explore your other literary ideas before you get an ‘aha’ moment and know where you want to take your story.

lastly, and most importantly: do not write because you want notes. don’t write and publish because you want people to praise you. it will leave you unsatisfied. write because you have something to say.

[sodaneko]

mutual culture on tumblr is nice until someone treats you like some rare collectible

[bloodbruise]

Evan fucking regulus on the bed and barty and James jerking each other off, watching entrances as their boyfriends fuck

every time i open my inbox its like that tiktok audio "what is it finna play.... WOAH"

[littlestar-center]

Where did sparks and carmella REALLY come from?

…?

“Perfect. I’m on the account. Hello there. Who I am or how I got onto this account is of no concern to you, and I will answer no questions about this. I’m simply here to answer this question, although I will be revealing a bit more than asked for. Autumn’s creator created lifeforms, Autumn, Carmella, and Sparks. But there’s another.

Casper.

Casper would have been here today with them, but due to a lack of the creator’s research and a chemical spill, Casper’s form changed greatly. The Creator didn’t know what to do, and because of his lack of knowledge in the situation, 3 children were greatly injured. It was then the creator realized that he was not worthy of keeping these creatures. So, he hid Casper somewhere no one would find him, removed all memories of before the incident from the lifeforms’ mind, and sold them to the creator of Little Star to pay the hospital bills for the children.

I will not be answering anymore questions… for now. Eventually, I may reveal more, if I feel like it. That is all to it. I ask you not to speak of this with Autumn. The child does not need to deal with that.”

([asks art +lore] Thanks to @thatonewizard1806!)

[burnxngslash]

message within the leaves: 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 | ❛ i can’t stop thinking about you. ❜ With Akira | sender: @theshytigergirl I 𝙰𝙲𝙲𝙴𝙿𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶

It was a shame that the ‘games’ of last night had been disrupted by what seemed to be a familiar emergency, but it seems that even past those hours her mind still lingers upon Akira as Akira’s was on Noah. With each other’s face burned into each other’s thoughts..he wonder if she had the urge to kiss him as he does to kiss her. 

━━   ❝   𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥.   ❞  There was a light flush that managed to form across his face..great his own blushing face was showing. 

[noelledeltarune]

[universe-2666-spiderspark]

Hey-o, far out! Not too often I see another Spidey from around my era! You're still a couple years behind me, but pretty close! Nice ta meecha! The name's Harvestman!

🌼 @far-out-harvestman

Woah This is swinging! Wasn't expecting someone else near my time around here either! I am jazzed! Heheh-! Oh uhm-

My name is martha may parker, but you may call me molly, or spider spark, or just spark! I don't really mind hehe- and it's an pleasure to meet you too Mr. harvestman!

[iwaasfairy]

Fairy queencess (sorry if that's cringe (人ಥ_ಥ)) happy early birthday firstly, you're the goat at everything you do <3. Please keep being awesome this year! Secondly I came seeking your aid with a problem of mine. I recently got whore knee and was inspired to write the ficked up scenario my ovulating brain came up with. I've never seriously written before, but now I've got this 9k words piece of horny that idk if I should share with the world or lock it in Tartarus. I kinda want to, but I'd feel embarrassed if my writing sucks ass, plus where would I share it? I don't use Tumblr as much and it seems difficult to build a blog just for one brain dump. And idk how much harassment you get for writing incest, but I think anyone would get a bit drained reading hateful stuff so I'm a wee worried about that too. What was it like for you starting out? I'd so appreciate any advice you can give as well 💝

Thank yoU BABY LOVEEEEE you’re so cutepFGDBFJFJ It’s ok we are all cringe but free don’t even worry about it and thank yoUUU for the bday wishes I eAT THEM N GROW STRONG

And I would totally post it! It sounds to me like you want to share it, so you should! Even if it doesn’t get a lot of traction, it might not if you make a new blog, but like— writing is such a wonderful hobby even if you end up deciding it’s not for you to post publicly

Also don’t worry about not being “good”, that’s totally normal. You get better at smt by doing it. I’ve been posting smut since 2016, and writing even before that. And I still feel like I’m learning new ways of writing or techniques every fic I write ♡♡

Lastly the hate thing,,, it’s honestly really reasonable? Maybe bc people notice that it doesn’t bother me at all hHAHAHAH it’s literally just words on the internet from people who don’t know me,, i truly could give less of a shit. But I don’t get a lot of hate in the first place I’m very lucky (but also hate wouldn’t stop me from writing incest I am here to corrupt everyone into liking siscons)

If you end up posting it please tag me or link it to me somewhere bby!!! I’d love to see your obsession

[mwagneto]

hi sorry may i ask what happened with the user with the young lenin screenshot ? if you dont want to explain dw its fine im just curious and confused

oh i phrased the caption too vaguely, the person in the screenshot is just a rando that added something stupid onto an existing post, the op of that post is the one that has me blocked

under the cut is my impassionate recounting of some stupid ass tumblr drama from ages ago that noone should reignite and PLEASE DONT GO BULLY OP none of this matters in any way and it's been many many years. anyway

cw for brief mentions of homophobia and strange behaviour towards minors

op of the post (gaud) was involved in some stupid drama ages ago that consisted of ppl calling them out for homophobia (kinda warranted but eh), soliciting explicit drawings and fanfic from minors (which did happen, they didn't target minors specifically but their following was mostly made up of minors), and ebegging for rent money which they then spent on champagne. what makes the last thing even funnier is that they did this by eating a ton of crayons on a livestream. they mostly got flack for this coz like i said earlier most of their followers were minors and thus most of the ppl donating were (or were assumed to be) minors. and also coz they didn't spend the money on what they said they would. and also coz they filmed themselves eating crayons on stream.

now in hindsight these callouts mainly happened because people found them annoying and wanted a reason to hate them like i do think these all deserve criticism but also lowkey who gives a shit. this is tumblr. i still think they're annoying but the whole callout was very much a product of its time coz everyone was obsessed with doing callouts back then. OH EDIT. ALSO. someone made an anti gaud blocklist lmfaooo i did not make it on there despite literally being blocked by gaud for posting abt the drama. but whatever. thats fine. i dont even care. whatever. sniffles. shuffles feet. whatever. kicks rock

im not saying what they did was ok or wasn't ok im saying i don't care at all coz i go outside now and usually if i see their posts i just scroll past coz i love having fun and i don't like getting annoyed but the addition i posted made me laugh really hard. i cant even decide what's funnier someone (especially someone insinuating they're a communist) confusing stalin and lenin or someone genuinely thinking young lenin is sexually appealing. anyway sorry to everyone who read this you could've used this space in your mind for many many better things but now it's gonna have this in there instead

[lilolilyr]

blasting the positivity ray: 🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, and publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

Thank you so much for this ask! <3

You're getting some a bit different songs than I'd usually list because I just had a little nightly bathroom dance party with myself, had fun hopping around to an electro playlist to tire myself out before bed :D

[minty-sweet-art]

Have another hug cuz it's better to have more hugs than just one! :D

I also thought you deserved another one <33 ❤️❤️

Sprite bird ahhh!!! Your to kind

You to shall get a hug back