#they shouldn't take the blame for their awful engineers

[team43]

give franco and gabriel A GUN

[carletes]

I know you're on cloud 9 about Carlos & Lewis, but I'd just like to have a rant on Lando's behalf if you don't mind.

Despite Ted Kravitz & Crofty claiming he was feeling much better today, he's not. He said clearly in a pre-race interview that he had to take a break during FP2 because he felt awful & he was worried about making it the length of the sprint. Will kept having to remind him on the radio to drink & by the end of the race Will was asking him to press a button to let him know if he was okay because Lando had gone completely quiet. He was out there feeling dreadful yet doing everything he could to try & hang on for some points for McLaren & all the Sky commentary team could do was shit on him, saying he had a bad start (he didn't, he held P4), saying he had no pace every time one of the much faster cars he had managed to qualify ahead of inevitably passed him (they were doing the same to K-Mag too but K-Mag was apparently making a 'valiant effort' while Lando was 'all over the place' because he got squirmy in one corner trying to defend against Carlos).

I usually just ignore their shit takes when it comes to Lando as they're par for the course this season but it's really fucking got to me this weekend. The kid's been carrying his entire team on his shoulders all year, has driven 3 races already while sick (his choice I know, they're not pressuring him, but he also knows they need him to bring them the points because they can't trust Daniel to do so), has dragged that car to places it shouldn't even be on many weekends given what a can it is, is the only non-top 3 team driver to get a podium and score over 100 points, and they talk about him like he's some kind of incompetent midfielder because he qualifies so well that he inevitably goes backwards when the RBs, Ferraris & Mercs he outqualified shoot past him because of their massive speed differential. He's spent the entire season being shat on by fans of not only his teammate but other fans who seem to have some kind of irrational loathing for him, and his own home commentary team can't even bring themselves to give him a shred of credit either - even when he overtook 6 cars in 13 laps in a damaged car in COTA they barely acknowledged it.

Sorry for the rant, I hate being this kind of fan, but it's really getting to me at this point. I'm genuinely as angry as I was when they were shitting on Carlos & making jokes about him loving gravel & trying to place some blame on him when both Russel punted him off. I swear to god if they start shitting on Lando tomorrow, on his flipping birthday, I will throw something at my TV.

i saw that post about sky and the way i rolled my eyes made my head hurt. i really don't know what more they want from lando given that he's CONSISTENTLY in the mix with teams that are way better than mclaren has been this season! like!!!!! he's SO fucking good and i know i don't talk about it on here but my husband and i talk about how impressive lando has been all season a lot. that thing you mentioned about his engineer asking him to press a button...that genuinely makes me so nervous. and people are still out here saying he was hungover. honestly, fuck off?

you're always welcome to rant in my inbox. this is disgraceful, genuinely. i really don't know what people want out of him, because he's giving them more than they deserve.

[the-firebird69]

Charleston Chew Commercial "Chewy Louie"

YouTube · FisforForte

Dec 30, 2016

We've been putting this stuff out for a long time and it is what it says and it means the Spirit of St Louis and it's because it's a ton of sugar and it does mean stuff like this it means to feed them sugar and get rid of them and it works right now they're calling for candy with no sugar and we're going to do it anything we're nuts but we've been doing this too from planes and other such things and they've been doing it for a while I'm failing and tommy f the underworld and we kept after him and he's been to a pulp he said all the time, we're taking his talk and threats seriously and literally and wiping them out and regrets ever saying it he blames John remillard because John remillard is an idiot and it's true this is probably what we needed now I'm going to fight over these things and we're all going to be dead it happens to be near calexico which is America and we need to go there for some reason no if she goes what's going to happen with Jason apparently that little f** is going to rape us and it's because of you Trump constantly harassing us and him but for him you're doing to get him to get going on it and he's going on you and you're an idiot you keep thinking is working for you or with you or something stupid and you sitting there blast to you and here we have him saying that he's going to get rid of you and that he's going to use you as food for kju I'm not really sure why he's saying that except that it looks true and I think that you're nuts but really we needed this thing and you've been egging everybody want to get these pissing matches and other retard it's over nothing this stuff is real I believe and scanned and it could be like you said we could be after big huge Stone faults that we can't move because they're too thick and he knows how to make the engine work but the old fashioned one it's like a bottle rocket and then he said we might not survive the g-force then again it might not be that way but radiation will go all over everything so I figured out something they had trees and Giants would carry them up there and the Giants were for some reason not human that makes a lot of sense now I'm getting somewhere he's going to revive the Giants and they plan to this is going to be awful

Tommy f

I told you it's a cycle and to be Trump and you keep egging him on and bothering him and harassing him and telling him all sorts of dumb things and threatening him with your mind and he says the mound is the one in Arizona and we've done it already and we've raised a grouping like this and we use the idiot and they're kicking our ass it might actually be the one in Baja... And she says no it's New Hampshire and it's true and the stuff looks like it's there cuz it's far below so now we're going to be mad we don't know how to check for that I said you shouldn't cuz we infill think we do where the bunkers were and gosh I don't know where they're getting the soil well maybe a cut in a fill so we are horrified again now we need you out of there Trump you're an idiot and he wants to sit here and watch TV it says no he wants to sit here and try and kidnap me and I don't want him near me and nobody seems to be listening so I guess I'll continue to try and gain power to make sure he's gone and that's what I'm doing. I'm going to ask you Trump his sons of stuff happening because of you and it's very bad

Mac daddy

[vulpes-aestatis]

Good morning, sunshine!

You don't need to say anything. I know you're listening. You're good at listening.

I… um…

Look, I'm really sorry that I wasn't there when they brought the primaries back online. I told them to wait for me… at least I think I did. It's all a bit of a blur between the drugs and the concussion. Don't hold it against them, please. They were just trying to do their job.

And I'm really sorry I had you worried when you couldn't locate me. I didn't realize so many of your sensors had gone offline.

I'm fine, by the way. Got myself a concussion, two cracked ribs and a fractured tibia. It looks a lot worse than it is. Fun story, apparently they had to sedate me to keep me from wandering out of the medical ward to find you. I would have been here sooner if I had been conscious.

Please don't blame yourself. That maneuver you pulled rattled me around pretty good, but I'm absolutely certain it's the only reason the shot hit engineering and not the cockpit.

I wish…

Um… Technical details. Yes. I'm here now and I'm ready to get back to work.

Good news is I was right about the reactor housing. Technicians did a full diagnostic and thermal and radiation levels are all at spec. Bad news is the coolant system is a total loss. I don't want to push the reactor past about 45% until we get the manifold replaced. Until then, FTL is totally out of the question.

You probably figured it out by now, but I had to take some of your data banks offline to cut back on power usage. Now that the reactor is back online, I'm trying to sell surplus power to offset docking and repair costs. There's enough in the account to cover everything, but this little misadventure is going to set us back quite a bit. I got some pings for a few local jobs while the parts come in. Hauling mostly, nothing glamorous, sorry.

By the way, you owe me 2000 credits. You drew an awful lot of dock power when the primaries came up. The technicians just about pissed themselves when you tried to power up the weapons array.

Light of my life, my moon and my stars… you need to learn to chill out sometimes. The gravity isn't even .02g, you big baby. It's nothing to freak out about, I mean…

Oh…

Shit.

Okay, so I may have read that text file you wrote… and maybe a couple others.

Please don't get mad.

When I was waiting for rescue, I found a folder with protected files that had been mirrored over to the secondary system. I thought it was just more diagnostics. In retrospect, you probably shouldn't have encrypted them, that just got me curious.

I read one and was about halfway through a second before I realized what they were. In my drugged haze, I must have set up an alert or something for any file modifications. When I woke up in the med ward, I had a notification for the latest one. I probably should have respected your privacy and not read it, but I did and I'm sorry.

I'm glad you decided not to delete it.

Oh god, this is awkward…

I, um, I'm not sure I'd say that I knew how you felt. It was more of a strong suspicion. I've worked on ships like you, back when I worked at the ship yards. I know what happens when they cram that much processing power into an AI. And of course after I bought you, I got a good look at the AI core. I don't think the salesman at the scrapyard knew what he had.

Somebody spent a ton of credits to make you you. Somebody cared an awful lot about you.

Look… I know I'm not the first. I know you're at least two hundred years old. And… if I take care of you, I won't be the last. It's just… it's hard not to feel small when I think about the crushing loneliness of that. You're so good at hiding it, but you care. You care so deeply for us. And you choose to remember us.

I'm probably overstepping. I'm not great at this sort of thing, it takes a certain kind of person to be a spacer, you know? Just… if there's anything you need, anything at all, let me know.

You're more than just a ship. You're a home. You're a friend. You're… family.

I love you.

Knight/Lady dynamic but it’s a starship and it’s “owner.”

[alostlittlegirl-archive]

"Darling maybe we shouldn't--" Regina started but then Emma started the engine amd pulled out of the parking lot. She closed her eyes wishing the tears back. She felt awful. "Just don't speed okay?" She knew saying no to Emma wasn't a good option. She looked out of the window by the seat leaning her head against it. "Can we talk about it?" She whispered and hated how little her voice sounded.

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Emma didn't say anything to that but she knew better. Still, she immediately headed to the outskirts, glad the venue was at the edges of the town anyway. She just needed black and nothing by trees at the sides of the road. No little humns that would just step on her thin temper. "Is there anything to talk about?" Emma asked, staring straight ahead at the road. Her own anger was also keeping out the hurt. Her mind was digging down and down and down. And the further it went, the more heartbreak she met there. But she couldn't-- feel that now. So she just tried to hold onto that enormous anger. "Don't tell me you would try to justify anything they were saying. There is no justifying for it! I honestly--" Emma gritted her teeth till her jaws hurt. "You know I had to work with many young girl in the bad place. How they were treated at school, at foster homes... By men that were suppsed to take care of them. Little shits--" she pushed onto the gas once they passed Living Boston sign "that are proud of ehat they did, still talking shit and blaming everyting on the girl. But still -- proud. Satisfied." Emma said the words with pure haterid and venom in her voice. One she hasn't really found in herself ever before.

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[thecrossoverfanatic-rebooted]

I've got a story to add to this!

The one that nobody mentioned.

James the Red Engine was cross. He had been diverted onto a goods loop and didn't know why. His guard had ended up joining the signalman for hot cocoa. He didn't have his crew, as his journey was only supposed to be a short trip from Wellsworth to Elsbridge. Unfortunately, he had been been diverted onto a goods loop a few miles between Crosby and the Viaduct. He waited impatiently.

"Ugh! What's the hold up?! I've got goods to deliver!" One of his trucks, a rather friendly one named Davis, soothed him.

"It's likely a train with higher priority than us, James. I'm sure it'll pass and we'll be on our way shortly!"

"It had better! I'm getting tired of thi-" James was cut off when he heard Henry's whistle, followed by the screeching of brakes on the icy rails, and then the familiar "poof" noise that happened when one of them transformed.

There was an almighty crash, and James was jolted forward, coming off the rails. He blinked in shock, processing what had just happened. Then, it dawned on him who he had heard before the crash happened, and he changed forms quickly and ran along his train.

"Henry! Henry are you alright?!" James called frantically, he saw that the rear end of his train was smashed to pieces. The sleepers behind his train had also been ripped through, like one of his friends had been skidding along them. James then gasped in horror when he saw an arm with gray skin and a green sleeve sticking out from the remains of his brakevan.

James ran back up the line, telling his trucks to try and alert any oncoming trains if the crash, and he jumped on to the tracks, his wheels sliding down into their "in use" position, and he skated to Crosby as fast as he could.

Meanwhile, at Crosby.

Gordon and Percy stared at the red signal, annoyed. Percy had been asked to take the mail train that night, and he and Gordon, who was pulling the midnight express, were both stuck at Crosby.

"Shouldn't Henry have passed through by now with that fish train of his?" Percy asked impatiently.

"I know just as much as you do, little Percy," Gordon sighed. Then he saw something bright red appearing through the darkness. "Is that James?"

"It is!" Percy replied. "But why is he in his other form?"

James rushed into the station, jumping off the tracks and running into the building, completely ignoring Percy and Gordon. Gordon was about to say something arrogant, when James burst out of the station building with the Station Master.

"Henry's had a terrible accident! Gordon, you're the fastest Engine here, so you need to fetch the breakdown train!" the stationmaster called. Gordon was uncoupled and immediately left for Elsbridge, where the crane was currently stationed. James switched forms, and looked to Percy.

"Come on, we need to go and do what we can until Gordon arrives with more help!" with that, Percy and James set off.

Percy gasped at the accident scene. It was awful. James' goods train was derailed, and the brakevan and rear two trucks were smashed to pieces. Percy then saw Henry's arm underneath the brakevan remains and gasped. James switched forms, and began lifting the debris.

"Percy! Quit gawking and help me!" he snapped. Percy obeyed, and the two got to work unburying Henry.

The next day, The Fat Controller told his engines that he had sent Henry to Crewe for a rebuild. James felt guilty, and blamed himself for the accident. Despite the support from his friends, James was never quite the same after that night...

Bruh i have no idea if this makes any sense whatsoever but also

flying kipper angst

if the trains can shapeshift……… and ‘human’ form can still be as strong …….but no matter what he’s gonna get hurt…… do u think henry would make that split second decision bc surely 1 large man is doing to cause less destruction than,,, yknow,,,, 1 large steam engine

idk. ever since i started thinking about @asktrio516​‘s (among other rly good blogs w/ similar concepts who’s names i cant rememebr ;-; im sorry) shapeshifter concept too hard (tagging to credit the idea bc i got inspired by u sorry ghkgdjkhdf) i’ve had this sequence(?) in my head.

also i have never drawn an actual engine proprely before so if henry looks weird i apologise