[freightisgreat]

Happy pride month to all who celebrate!

[freightisgreat]

Rare meme post is rare lol.

(Y’all got my permission to draw this if you wish)

[dowzergon]

Little kitchen disaster for you in these trying times.

Just chilling in the corner crying in delight over any starlight express content I can get my grubby little hands on XD

[orangesand-lemons-234]

ayup starlight fans ye haven't learned yer lesson so here we are again :

stop leaking, sharing, gifting, etc boots that are still nft. there are boots being mass-shared on tiktok at the minute by someone impersonating the master. in case you aren't aware, this is a no-go, and obviously not allowed.

this is why barely anybody filmed Y2.

this is why anyone who did will no longer be releasing them.

this is why there will be barely any tour boots.

dont be dumb with your bootlegs people.

[constehlla]

Gavinsty!!! They made a Rusty so yearnful they had to nerf him

wips below the cut bc I keep giggling at the concept doodle

[tinycrownpenguin]

Thinking about like. Train racing as a Sport with the commercialisation and culture and fuckery that comes with that.

I think it's a little like F1 and a little like NASCAR and a little like figure skating all at once. There's a lot of crashes and that's part of the appeal (NASCAR), there's teams and sponsorships and long-running races (F1) and it's a partner sport that's extremely unbalanced (figure skating/ice dance).

In real life, there are hundreds of locomotives/power cars in the UK. And THOUSANDS of coaches/frieght wagons. In figure skating (stay with me here) the ratio of boys to girls is around 1:4 at its absolute best, and varies drastically by region. My learn to skate class had 19 girls and one boy, for example. In the paired disciplines of the sport, ice dance and pairs skating, this introduces a bias in favour boys/men- they're like gold dust and are much more able to transfer partners or coaching staff than the women. I think stexverse would have a similar problem.

Additionally, in paired skating, changes have only recently been made to the strict gendering of the language in training materials and guidelines- e.g, until about 2020, pairs skating materials referred to "the lady" and "the man" when describing the scoring of lift elements (this is now the "lifted" and "lifting" partner or partner B and partner A depending on federation). I think partnered racing is a heavily divided sport in a similar way- it's quite likely in the society the show depicts that Lumber put his name and number down in a box labelled "Coach" to Blue Lightning's "Engine".

Regarding other racing sports, I don't know nearly as much about these- but I think it would be similar to car or motorbike racing where there's a HUGE cost to the athlete... Until you win, and sponsors start tearing eachother apart trying to get to you. Which is partially why I think Rusty's situation would be absolutely bonkers- he'd go from entering a race costing a year's savings to not being able to swing a cat without hitting a low-key predatory brand deal. And that's not mentioning the interviews and articles and show appearances. Someone media train this poor guy.

[colynisdead]

More goobers for the masses! This time I have the Wembley fuel trucks!

These are all available on my shop both as stickers and keychains:3

[blueberryattack]

Wemb!Electra, on seeing (bochum!) Elektra and their components for the first time: this is strange, right? Clearly they've decided to copy us all.

Rusty?: D̷͔͗ȯ̴̘̺ṉ̴̑'̷͔͝ť̸̰ ̷͔̎͝w̵̛̥̝ö̵̩̖́r̷̥̒͌ͅř̵̟̯̎ÿ̷͙ ̶̲̘̇͆a̷̮̍̇b̵͓̖̒͂o̶̯͘u̷̲̭̍̕t̶̪̂ ̴̫͚́͑i̸̙͑t̷̩̾.̶͙͗ ̵̫͗͆T̷͚̎̆ḣ̷̢̀e̴͖̕y̴̙̚͜'̴͕̰́͝ṟ̶͇͒e̴̮̞̒ ̵͖̓o̸̗͕̎́n̴̹͎̊̇ ̵̝̜͒t̸̙̕͝ȟ̵̥̮̆e̶̛̯͚ ̶̖̗̓s̵̰͑͌ä̷̖m̵̥͉̋e̷̥̝̅ ̶̠͂t̴̳͑̽r̷͎̈́̽a̷̫͆̚c̸̣̣͋̎k̴͕̠͋ ̸̨̣̓a̵͈͝s̵̪͕̒̒ ̸̭͂y̷̤̆ō̸̖̟ü̸͔͜ ̴̲̼̅o̷͕̍̎n̶̘̂c̶̛̯͇e̵̩̪̋͐ ̸̻͍̌w̶̳̮͋͘e̸̮̼̅r̸̜̎e̶͇͌̚;̵̺͈́̂ ̸͍̏ẗ̶͕̜́h̸̠͐̈́e̷̫̮̐ÿ̶̞́͛ ̷̘̃̌ͅw̴̲͝ĭ̷͙͙̎l̶͖͙̽ļ̸͖̈ ̶͍͑͝l̶̗̓e̷̤͠a̷͍͒͌r̴̳͠ñ̵̼̊ ̶̭͉́̇ẗ̶͓́h̸̼͒̈́͜e̷̘͋ ̸̠̆s̸͔̖̀̈́à̴̼͇m̷̨̫̄̓e̸̪͋ ̴̡͝l̶̫̜̿ë̶̹́̈́s̴̻̬̀͗s̶͖͐̂ò̴̪͙͒n̷͍͋̈́š̸̬̰́.̶͉̃ͅ ̷͉̥͛̆T̷͇̜̍̂h̵̘͌i̶͍̻̓̊ṣ̵͓͂̈ ̸̧̣̌̅s̴͕̖̽ẗ̸́̄ͅõ̶͇ͅṟ̵͋y̵̿̔ͅ ̸̻̇h̴͓̽̄ạ̷̓̑͜s̶̱͓̀̓ ̴͚̽b̷͚̆̆ȇ̵̞͊ẽ̵̞̙͂n̵̤̈́ ̷̙̱̐̊t̴̫͑ỏ̵͖ḷ̸̛͉̐d̵̯̎ ̶̩͝͠b̶̙̐̅e̷͉̙͑͂f̷̼̫̃o̵̺͚͂̈r̷̖͎͒e̴̺͆͂ ̵̪͘a̸̫̗̒̑n̵̬̿̈́d̸̜͝ ̸͓̼̉̍ŵ̸͉̦i̸̪̟̊̀l̸͉̹̈́̕l̸͕̠͂ ̸̘̔̀b̷̗̿e̶̬̅͠ ̸̡̀̈́ṯ̵̢̅͗o̵͕̔ĺ̶͔́d̷͚̄̇ ̵̜͍̈ā̶̹͉g̶͖̪̉́a̷̱̫͒í̶̬̯͌ņ̶̽̈.̴̼̣̔ ̵͇̼͗̿A̵̢͎̓l̸̗͊͑l̷̝̺͘ ̴̡̦̓̋ï̶̥s̵̨̆ ̴̨̅͝a̶͈̾s̸̥͇͌ ̶̧̼́W̶͈̃͘e̴̺̅ ̸͖̮̎ẁ̵͍̕i̷̛̲l̵̲͉͋͝l̵̹͌͆ ̸̨̽̊ͅi̷̪̐t̷͚̫͋̽.̴̬͓̿ ̶̛͈̒

Electra: o.o

Rusty: ...what?

[raptorstar]

About StEx taking place in a dream. Electra to me seems like two things: - The monster in a completely random and irrational nightmare that gives you genuine terror as a child but is then turned into a genuinly hilarious memory once you've matured. - That one thing that ruins a completely plot cohesive dream and makes it into nonsense.

A glittery colorful mystery being with apparently a lot of fame interrupting the main event in almost total darkness to demand attention and warn about how dangerous it is, make everyone circle around it, and then join in on the main plot of the dream but still not do much aside from continuing to interrupt it is such random silly nightmare being activities. Not to mention AC/DC is in 7/8 after a ton of 4/4 songs and the chorus of the older versions get high pitched and/or out of tune.

[phopollo]

Mad the high of the weather this week is 53 so I started drawing some of my muses from an rp in beach attire

More soon, ive got a lot of guys in this rp

[gazzz1]

:You need to stop drawing weird Lumber arts for your bestie!

Ugh, neveeeer

[freightisgreat]

Lumber my beloved

[artyharper]

Can we have more marshal appreciation?? They're all so sweet

[master-of-the-starsies]

hear me out:

freight fam trying out curling together and eventually they get so good that they go to like nationals and world tournaments, BUT, they’ve never had any like media training so they kinda just say what they want in interviews. momma is like their manager and she keeps trying to tell them how to speak to reporters, but they just don’t listen.

so one day, they’re at a very big tournament where everything is on the line. it’s being broadcasted around the world. then… slick does something that the umpire didn’t like so they call a penalty (is it called that??) on her and she absolutely crashes out in the middle of the game (round? match? no idea) she like moves the other teams rocks (i think they’re called that) and starts yelling at everyone.

hydras kinda scared of her so they kind of just stand there. porter and lumber try to calm her down, but she pushes past them (punching lumber in the face and giving him a black eye in the process) and goes to momma to.. yell again.

eventually she gets escorted out and the game (match?) is cancelled. later, a bunch of reporters come up to her and momma tries to tell her not to say anything, but she starts insulting the umpire on live international tv.

the freight team gets cancelled online.

they never curl again.

[luxlumenexe]

Surprise, Lumen, the hardcore Bochum StEx fan has made a trip to Wembley! And surprise surprise, he loved it and is now obsessing over the champion engines. Do y'all think I have a favorite? Idk. I couldn't tell you /silly

Also If Ashley Rowe has no fans, I no longer exist. This man is phenomenally talented, send tweet

[artyharper]

Been fixated on bettas recently, tumbler wouldn't let me add anymore 😔

Engine bettas!!

[the-bassinatorr]

the creatures but in casual clothes cause bal

also im on a roooooll with drawing n posting heeelloo????

[plushie-illustrations]

When I saw Starlight Express for the first time last May, I got to see Deenah’s debut as Dinah and to this day I still remember how good she was!

She was absolutely amazing!

This is an older piece of work I drew just after seeing that show but since I wanna start posting lots of starlight express art, I definitely have to include this too!