Yes, He Is A Bit Too Young To Be A Crime Boss, That Isn't Going To Stop Him.

This poor man

The crack fanart continues. Twitter: @pishposhoats

Ps. If my drawings made you laugh, I’ll have considered it a good day’s work! ^^ Hope everyone’s keeping safe from COVID!

mhhhhh ideasssss

I think one of the things about Bil and Ben is that they probably come off as kinda... sheltered? spoiled? to the other engines.

I mean they'd come off as irritating anyway because Being Aggravating is their stock-in-trade. But I imagine there's an inescapable element, too, of... envy. Disguised as dismissal and disgust.

Because the twins seem to have been bought new. This makes them nearly unique among the standard-gauge Sodor engines, all of whom had to prove themselves, or lose something, or come to the island as a last resort...

But Bill and Ben are privately owned and, I imagine, doted on. (That livery is one that is gonna show dirt fast, and I think that alone says something even apart from the general Vibes.) They have the freedom to roam beyond their clay pits, but they also have their home base that the others can't enter—they'd well shut out of the various stressors of other engines bunking with each other (and roasting each other from dawn till dusk). They are each other's family and they've never been separated, much less suffered the loss of the other. They pretty clearly don't live in fear of their owners, and they also seem to get a lot of attention from enthusiasts (RWS).

I get the sense that Edward and BoCo's tolerance for them is another symptom of how ungrudging and unjealous they are. They're pretty free from the trap of resenting others for their good fortune and that really helps to keep your cool when dealing with the two most cossetted little shits (affectionate) on the island.

I'd love to see their development pushed a bit by some disruption of their idyllic endless childhood, though. I think TVS having them mix it up at the big harbor helps a good bit—I like to imagine that after the era of the Wilbert Awdry books, the S.C.C. started hiring them out to the N.W.R. over the winter months and that allows for them to be at Brendam Tidmouth Harbor with Cranky, Salty, and whoever else at times.

One could take it further, though. What if the powers that be ever rebuilt that bridge that makes clearance into the pits so tight? And then the S.C.C. dieselised? I think Bill and Ben being replaced would be fascinating just because it would be such a big push for them as characters.

I'm sure the N.W.R. would take them in, at least for a while, but that's not dramatic enough for my tastes. Would they struggle to adapt (a la the season 3 story where they screw up their day managing the big station)? Would they be able to stay together? Would the North Western engines put together a deputation to ask them to be purchased, or would some of them kinda hesitate to plead for the most annoying little bees in the world to become a permanent part of their life? Would their diesel replacements kinda suck? What if the S.C.C. asked for them back, to help their replacements get up to speed? Bill and Ben as the seasoned veterans is just such a hilarious thought to me.

Which brings me to my next post...

Saving this one for later

Today is a good day for KamiJirou related shit posts it seems!

I'm not complaining!

Not the guy who requested mirko but can we get denki with Bill and they're like "Look! We match!" While class 1-a is concerned?

Why yes of course, but only cause you look so neat, Mr kitty.

Izuku was definitely a gravity falls kid.

absolutely balling design

I’ve been fixing up my fusions fic recently and thought I’d finally get around to drawing some of them. (And by some I mean just YugaMina) (This took two hours too long)

I have a set watermark and I know I really need to start using it but I just got distracted and forgot, ended up using my phone to tack it on but I’m sure I’ll go back and fix eventually…

You appear on my dash, Go!

Hi I made a gif Its not great but yeah 🤷‍♀️

First Fic will be going up tomorrow.

Yep my first fic and first chapter of Piezoelectric will probably be going up tomorrow morning for me so, I'm going to try and work out the tags, we'll see how that goes.

DING DING

THE SCOTTISH HAYMAKER!

GAME!

drawing dump !

so here’s boomer, donald and douglas, and diesel

YES YES YES, I NEED ALL OF THIS SHIT IN MY LIFE.

ALL THE LOGOS ARE SOOOO GOOOODODOD!

Thee kiddos

I KNEW SCOTT OWNED SUNGLASSES!

He tries. So hard.