⪼Name: Duckie
✦What I do?: I post shitpost, sometimes write in-series characters fanfics and headcanons.
Art requests are accepted too!
Most of the time I write but sometimes I also draw.
✦Fandom: Thomas and Friends
⪼This blog is a space where I let my ideas unravel. Expect late-night writing, art creations, and way too much attention to vibes.
⪼Askbox: open for Q&A | rambles | requests.
Also open for DMs! So please don't hesitate to talk with me.
NOTE: This “masterpost” will be updated periodically! Whether it be with lore bits, headcanonns and short stories. The post will be reblogged each time this occurs!
In the last years of the 18th century, humanity was crippled by a terrible disease.
Lack of knowledge and understanding only contributed to the spread, a spread already so fast and so debilitating that the human race was soon cut down to catastrophically low numbers. Almost in the blink of an eye.
But all hope was not lost. Due to burning the bodies; isolating the sick and other, drastic measures, fatalities began to drop and humanity eventually emerged victorious with a vaccine clutched in hand.
Though it wasn't without its costs, from that victory rose another challenge. With the majority of its human population gone, the world had ground to a screeching halt; for the survivors, chances of recovery seemed slim and out of reach.
Slowly, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the indomitable human spirit triumphed over hopelessness, technology was developed from desperation and a solution emerged. A solution to keep the world running; to keep what was left of the age of man afloat on strong, metal legs; to revive life as humans once knew it.
Their solution? Machines. Machines with sentience.
The start of the story can be pretty much summed up here: X
This AU also focuses pretty heavily on Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics; how closely they're followed and what becomes of a machine who happens to break one of these laws. The main bulk of the story is centred on the Skarloey Railway in the 80’s, but what serves as the impetus for the tale are events that happened on the Mid Sodor Railway. Over a decade ago, perhaps, but the ripple effect caused by what occurred there is still, resolutely felt.
If you've seen literally any piece of media centred around sentient robots, you'll know that all of this combined with the story intro above is going to cause problems in the long-run and cause problems it does. Mainly because quite a few people weren't fully aware of just how sentient their creations were, or they just simply didn't care. After all, so long as humanity can eventually re-claim the earth, breaking a few eggs won't matter. Until it does and an outcry begins.
Despite NG/RWS Stanley being one of the first to raise the alarm about humans' abysmal treatment of engines. Initially it's Peter Sam who unwittingly fires the starting gun by rescuing Smudger.
But! In a nutshell, the TTTE characters are designed to be replacements for humanity; it's why they have arms n legs n opposable thumbs in this universe. They are - for lack of a better word - the reason why humanity were able to survive, which makes it all the more painful when a clear effort to decommission them all is uncovered.
Which brings me onto the bulk of the list:
ART TAG. - Doodles, art pieces, sketches, you name it.
ORIGINAL COMIC PAGES (2016/17.)
Cover.
Page 1.
Page 2.
Page 3.
Page 4.
Page 5.
ONE SHOTS:
'Fallout.' - In which Peter Sam wrestles with the revelation that 'Smudger' was much, much more than just a cautionary tale made up by a diligent, caring mentor.
'Old Haunts.' - The Skarloey Railway receives a visitor; much to Duke’s chagrin.
'Botched.' - Smudger is recovered, but he isn't himself. Peter Sam doesn’t do well with guilt.
LORE BITES/ASKS: TTTE / TUGS.
"Dissent"'s namesake.
Calibration & being 'the engine.'
Single-Calibration / Omni-Calibration.
Brewing resentment.
Duke's boiler and the 'turning point.'
The problem with 'set' personalities.
A ramble on whistles.
How do diesel engines work?
What's the deal with Proteus and his third eye?
"Dissent"'s Bid Bad Evil Guy.
Humans and fashion.
Fletcher Jennings' solar powered eyes.
Young vs old.
Standard gauge vs Narrow gauge vs human heights.
Minimum gauge heights/"streamlined" engines.
SKR/NG Heights.
Coal bunkers and furnaces.
Neil/Older, 'boxy' models.
Teeth.
Extra armour.
Coaches and rolling stock.
SKR engines and dealing with crushes.
Modern day SKR (+ Proteus and Lady.)
Dealing with extreme weather.
Situationships, flickering lights and hobbies.
Hobbies pt 2.
Shoddy Baldwin builds.
Stanley/Bertram:
Stanley IS Bertram.
His guns: X, X, X.
Radicalising Smudger.
Duke:
Stuart and Falcon.
Smudger.
Mistaking Bertram AND Rheneas for Smudger.
Taking humanity off of their pedestal.
The Laws of Robotics.
Rock and a hard place.
Merged into one.
Dismissing sexism.
Peter Sam:
Smudger.
Leading the charge.
Being the protagonist.
Lady:
Origins.
Working for Cora's family.
Proteus.
Captain Starr.
Mighty Mac.
I wanna thank all of my followers for continuing to read along with and support everything I create!! I figured the least I could do was make up this masterpost for y'all- I hope everything condensed here will make my weirdo AU a little easier to understand.
