I Think The Thing About Denki Is That Yes He Does Do Some Of The Same Dumb Pervy Shit That Minoru Does,

Bro got dragged

they're going to a concert :3

I'm normal abt these two I swear

Also having read hus Biography, I can state the rather unfortunate reasoning for the use of the N word was shoe polish.

Yeah it was used as a colour name on those tins, hence him using it as a noun in HtGE, he basically was trying to say the boys looked like they had been covered in shoe polish, and wrote it in the worst way possible.

a reminder that

• the Rev Awdry named Mavis after his neighbor

• Daisy and Mavis were the only diesels to have a redemption arc

• Daisy was the first diesel owned by the NWR, and the first diesel to not be prejudiced against steam engines (every female diesel would follow this trend)

• Chris Awdry chose a pair of female diesels to succeed Gordon

• despite both Daisy and Mavis undergoing similar character development, they are unique in personality. They are also friends and don't try to undercut one another

• Annie and Clarabel are written as more sensible than Thomas, the Skarloey coaches are written as unruly and mischievous to their engines, and Henrietta is written as Toby's equal (character diversity)

• the Rev Awdry's wife is the whole reason we have the books, and ergo, the TVS

The man never cared about gender. He cared about good characters.

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...

Pages from Deku's creature chronicle... part 2

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NOIBAT!

jirou 💜🎧

This cover has some brilliantly odd colours, mainly Tsu's Olive costume and Momo's Black and White over Red and Yellow.

Team Up Mission 52 - Last color page

Guess he really is a Gyarados he can use Surf.

Beach episode…. Save me beach episode……

Jason cracking a cold one: Sit down boys, call me a math problem the way all of my trauma is compounded.

Dick, reading a post online: 'Daddy issues make you a people pleaser but mommy issues make you a sociopath.'

Tim: ok that explains you and Damian. Doesn't explain Jason though.

Saving this one for later

Ahh yes everyone with their weird little banks of high level knowledge.

Hydroflouric acid!!!