call me Rusty!

he/they- Rusty from Starlight Express fictionkin blog! acc. owner is 19

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

Intro post!!

I go by a different name irl, but this is a self-indulgent fictionkin blog so just call me Rusty!

Nonbinary transmasc- I use he/they/it pronouns!

I’m not sure which production specifically I kin from, so I just consider myself as the general concept of the character, from any and all productions!

Not an RP blog!

I’ve only recently started considering myself fictionkin, so if I am wrong about some things feel free to correct me!

I’ll be posting both fictionkin thoughts/rambles/experiences + general StEx nonesense!

Also probably going to post cosplay updates bc I’m working on a Rusty cosplay of my own design!

I’m 19, but this blog will be sfw!

Asks are open! please talk to me and ask questions!

I’d love to make StEx mutuals, esp other fictionkin- don’t be shy!

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Personal tags-

#✧ steamer speaks! ✧ - Kin thoughts/rambles/ experiences

#✧ nobody can do it like a steam train ✧ - other

#✧ stexposting ✧ - StEx posting

[stealthkragen]

patina

[apri1fool]

I’ve missed that steam train….

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

GUH…. /pos

[mooncrow6260]

Call me rusty if you like!

[yearning-for-stars]

beautifully clear nights remind me of home

one day, I will return.

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

scared to go on stex tumblr because my barber/close friend told me today that they are active on here. gulps. hello 👋

[cunfuzzeldmind]

Pro shots from the competition were finally posted!

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

wooooooowowooooooo you wanna join my rp server so bad

Check out the The Yard {16+ Starlight Express RP} community on Discord - hang out with 5 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

It is a new 16+ Starlight Express RP server that is centered around OLC and Bochum productions! currently all characters are open!!

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

love that part of right place right time in the OLC reordering where Rusty goes “SHUT IT. I WAS CHEATED-!” and there’s just an awkward pause before the Rockies start singing. I imagine they’re just sitting awkwardly shuffling their feet like. “damn. chill out bro. we were yolking.”

[phopollo]

Realizing I saw a steady decline of GreaseDinah and solo Greaseball art/posts and I really haven't seen anything about them in quite a while now

So like

Did we finally all collectively get pushed away from actively enjoying them because of the small handful of people who couldn't stop being weird about them, or was that just my experience?

[azraelzspace]

I think people just kinda got pushed away or stopped participating in the fandom as much on here ngl.

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

this brings great sorrow :( fortunately (or unfortunately) I live here so I can’t go anywhere. I like built a house here. I pay taxes to the Starlight Express. I’m on the train census

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

AHH AHHHH AAHHH

*transforms into The Freakster*

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

// suggestive

me trying to get through a six hour shift at my job: lalalalala

Pearl, from my memories: I am Going to Touches You. 👁️.👁️

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

who up drowning in the horrors of having a body which is not built with any similarities to the one you are used to

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

shoutout Electra for making my yard a lot gayer than it was previously

[couldtheyworkretail]

rusty the steam engine from starlight express

Could Rusty the Steam Engine from Starlight Express work a retail job?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 23, 2025

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

can confirm. I work at a clothing resale store

[apri1fool]

Long time no see steamer

[callmerusty-ifyoulike]

THIS IS JUST ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that’s just what my face looks like…. so much joy…. eats this art

[mercury-arc-rectifier]

fascinating list of actual and theoretical reasons why so many people queer-code electric trains. It’s so widespread and it’s fascinating.

-have never strongly followed engine/coach or freight/passenger binaries that particularly conservative old people try to push. It becomes downright laughable with combine EMUs being a thing in the trolley era.

-often treated as a deviant modern thing due to their older history being obscured and erased. They have always been here, actually.

-strong association with liberal urban areas with higher gay populations. Their fanbase is actually disproportionately LGBT

-electricity seen as “weak” and almost “effeminate” vs combustion (this is cartoonishly wrong with trains which are uniquely OP among electric things)

-I think I’ve seen jokes about electricians being gay because “they’re always in closets”

-The AC/DC thing in Starlight Express is left field but hilarious and amazing

-“pansexual” is also funny in the context of pantographs often being called “pans” for short

-VERY long history with amusement parks which are notoriously a very gay interest

-Judy Garland and her trolley song

-delicate pantograph movements kind of resemble the “limp wristed” affect