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Happy Valentine's Day 2024

Every year, there is a Valentine's Day ball at the Stewart family residence that many of the engines always attend. Dressing up in their finery (which for Edward and her daughters includes donning the family jewels), the engines look forward to a night of good food, good company, and dancing with their beloved in the ballroom.

This year, Edward and Zebedee took the role of hosts and led the dancing to give Edward's parents a rest.

Victor and Luke were very happy to be attending the ball together for the first time, and Luke was excited to join the dancing.

Gordon and James, naturally, had to be at the centre of things. After all, James had hardly picked a dress that showed off how much baby weight she'd lost after having Leon for nothing!

Duck had plucked up the courage to wear an evening gown for this year's ball, but Donald was still on hand to offer them a little assurance as they stood to dance.

Henry and Emily had no reason to show off, content to simply enjoy the moment together. That being said, they may have some good news to shout about soon enough...

Meanwhile, Bill (forced to wear his hated 'William' tiepin by Edward) has finally plucked up enough courage to ask Nia if she would like to dance. Both are excited, nervous, and in Bill's case, a little lovestruck!

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Happy 2/2 Everyone!

It's 2nd February, which is Edward's day. But it's also Rheneas' day, Big Mac's day, and Zebedee's day, so the four of them are here to celebrate together.

It's also a special day for Edward and Zebedee in my AU, as this day is also their anniversary. Rheneas is happy for the 'lovely young couple' while Big Mac is concerned about Zebedee taking Edward's weight on one shoulder.

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One Year of BiggSodorCityStories!

So, one year ago today, I created this blog.

A year ago, I didn't really think very much would come of it. I'd been very upset with Deviantart's tone-deaf decision to try and force its entire userbase to "embrace" AI imagery and make their entire galleries ripe for the stealing, and created this blog to act as an image repository in case DA's stupid decision caused them to implode.

Honestly, I thought that I would lose interest and leave this blog to gather dust in a few months at most.

However, one year later, and this little blog has amassed over 100 followers (would have possibly been 200 or more if it wasn't for the pr0nbots, but they don't count) and my interest is still very high.

I have met some lovely people in the last year and gotten the chance to engage with them and other talented artists and storytellers, none of which would have happened if I hadn't bitten the bullet and joined this site.

I would like to take this chance to thank you all for your kind support over the last year, be that through likes, reblogs, asks or private messages (no matter how cheerfully I may or may not have received them at the time). Every single interaction has meant a great deal and been very welcome. I hope to see you all again over the next year of this little cracky blog.

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A Zebward Reunion

A little comfort ship drawing of Edward and Zebedee's reaction every time they see one another.

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Edward and Zebedee's Mothers - Sketch

Today is Mother's Day in the UK, and I wanted to share my designs for Edward and Zebedee's mothers to mark it. Unfortunately, I only managed to finish the lineart today, but I think it's enough to share.

Edward's Mother: "The Countess of Cumbria" Daphne Stewart. Percy takes after his grandmother very strongly! XD

Zebedee's Mother: Lai-Ling Moran.

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Happy Halloween!

Toss a Coin to your Witcher, O Valley of Plenty...

For Halloween, I was inevitably going to draw my comfort ship in suitably nerdy costumes. In this case, Zebedee and Edward decided to dress up as Geralt of Rivia and Yennefer of Vengerberg from The Witcher series (timelines and continuity be d*mned).

I took inspiration from the games, particularly The Witcher 3, for costume and appearance. While I'm far from happy with Edward's face, I'm very happy with the costumes and Zebedee overall

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The High Elven Queen and her Fenghuang Consort

I'm not really planning this into a full AU, as many others have some sort of myth or folklore inspired project, and they're much better, but this has been stuck in my head for a while.

I've always pinned Edward as a high-elf or wizard, so I went with the former. As for Zebedee, I wanted to tie into my headcanon that he's half-Chinese and made him a Fenghuang* - a Chinese Phoenix.

I messed up the colouring a lot >.<;;;

*Strictly speaking, Zebedee is a Feng, which is the male name for the phoenix (with Huang being female), but the names are often combined into one gender-free name. I just wanted to point it out because it bothers me.

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More Zebedee x Edward fluff

I've been sick with a migraine all day, and I'm feeling a little sorry for myself. So, I decided to draw my comfort crack ship.

Poor Zebedee has come down with a fever and has been put to bed. Luckily, he has his ever-loving wife - the literal 'Mum of Sodor' - to be his nurse.

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Cousins & Retail Therapy

Molly Stewart & Susannah Moran

Just a little doodle of Molly and her cousin/best friend, Susannah (daughter of Zebedee and Edward), engaged in a little shopping trip. The two have made a tradition of going shopping since Molly came out as transgender to her cousin.

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STEAM TEAM (OC) FANKIDS!

WARNING: Shipping.

From Left to Right: Susannah Moran (22/23) and her (baby) sister, Eve Moran (eldest and youngest daughters of Zebedee and Edward; Tyler Stanier (4) (only son of Henry and Emily); Anthony Stanier (12/13) (only son of Henry and James); Leon Gresley (baby) and Hope Gresley (4/5) (son and daughter of Gordon and James)

I'm on a real fankid kick right now

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"I knew that marrying a tug wasn't going to be easy, Zebedee, but I never imagined you'd be taken to the other side of the world from me. We were supposed to raise our family and have all the children we talked about having. We were supposed to watch them grow up, then grow old together! Not spend our lives apart for all but a few days a year, wondering if the next time we see each other will be the last time..."

I've been on a bit of a downer all year. I'm not sure if it's a bit of post-Christmas depression or just bad luck, but I was in the mood to draw something angsty with my comfort ship.

No matter how wise Edward is, nor how resilient Zebedee seems, spending most of your time in a different part of the world from your soul mate has to leave a mark.

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"Ooooh, that smells yummy..."

It's been a long week, so I drew my comfort crack ship again.

Reminder that in my headcanons, Zebedee is half Chinese on his mother's side. His mother taught all her children how to cook (just on the offchance that her sons didn't find wives straight away), so Zebedee is pretty talented in the kitchen.

So Zebedee is cooking himself some fried rice, which attracted the dainty nose of his teeny wife, Edward.

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Zebward and Sons!

When you're so used to your troublesome twins that catching them is automatic!

More of my headcanon - Bill and Ben are the younger sons of Zebedee and Edward

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WHO MADE MY KITTEN CRY?!

Zebedee is a gentle giant and completely passive and non-confrontational. However, he will make an exception if he sees any abuse towards women.

So if he finds out that someone has been making his wife, Edward - his beloved 'kitten' - cry... there's no hope for them!

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A Zebward Valentine!

I could hardly ignore my comfort ship on Valentine's Day, right?

Zebedee x Edward vs. Zebedee x f!Edward