#capskiff

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When i was in Edinburgh recently I saw this advert which made me think of Capskiff because well .. sailor and lifeguard. So anyway I still think about them a whole lot

Captain and Skiff (c) TTTE

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Oh, captain, let's make a deal Where we both say the things that we both really feel I feel scared and I'm starting to sink And I only sink deeper the deeper I think

Oh, captain, make up your mind Before the salt burns your eyes and you run out of time

This is the bit where you think 'ah wow Butters is being all deep yay' but its not its those damn boats again /lh

Captain and Skiff (c) TTTE / Thomas and Friends

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Oh good lord what’s she up to now is it- yes it is! 

It’s a redraw of an old 2018 piece for comparison:

Watched SLOTLT again cause I brought it on DVD years ago and well ... I gotta be honest the TTTE fandom was a bit of a rollercoaster and I’m happier in the Smurfs fandom now, BUT ... well there’s a part of me I think will always love the characters. And it’s not like I regret it! The TTTE fandom lead me to my best friends and yeah, even Smurfs in a weird way XD

Also, funfact! I FINALLY found Captain's basis (been looking for 4 years) and got a 2 hour pleasure boat ride last week~ 

You know what I kinda wanna revamp them, not too much, but some tweaks here and there! I was 17 back then and 21 now, idk I can do better there's some iffy bits that need fixing. Can't believe it's 2022 and my man Captain still has no justice tho >:( Skiff and Captain (c) Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends / TTTE

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Ok so, I’ve decided I’m going to call this the ‘Sodor Rehydrated AU’ it’s a pun bcuz I’ve not touched TTTE in years so it dried up, and also my favourite two characters were boats but anyway. I don’t necessarily want to touch the fandom with a 10ft pole again (but y’all that were my best friends in there please get back in touch I miss u guys ,, wherever you are dfjsfjjk) 

But!! That doesn’t mean I can’t just do things for myself, which is what it’s going to be :) Making small changes here and there, tiding up bad writing and iffy parts, fixing horrible character design bcuz I was a teen that sucked at humanisations - that sort of thing. So first refreshers being my OTP, didn’t wanna change their designs too much cause I liked where I left off, but I compressed the timeline a lot to make it run smoother and shaved a couple of years off Captain’s age for the same reason. (And cause, ya know, I want em to be together as long as possible fjsdjfk)

Yes I still think I could have fixed Captain. All I want is to write one (1) episode. I don’t even know if TAF is still going or if it completely switched to AEG now? Probably. Even still I could treat him right I know I could. I wanna write a retrospective episode where Skiff somehow saves Captain. It’s ironic, you see, that the lifeboat would need saving, which I think would give him decent character opportunity. That and a Scotsbees episode. Those 4 are my next for revival >:)

Captain and Skiff (c) TTTE / Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends

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*Pushes past main characters, shoves aside one episode wonders, tosses fandom favourites over my shoulder and grabs Captain The Lifeboat from the very back of the character storage closest*

“Yeah this dude with like 12 lines and who even the writers made a joke about in an episode is my favourite now”

- Me, 2017 - present

My ideal OTP dynamic is just some guy that has some weird thing about Mermaids and some other guy that doesn't but is kinda down to indulge it apparently 

Captain and Skiff (c) TTTE

Handy and Clumsy (c) The Smurfs 

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Is the TTTE fandom still active on Tumblr?? I haven’t checked for 2 years and I’m kinda scared to dip my toes back in the mess it became when I left

But uh, you know :) These two were kinda ‘ma thing’ then and well, being in Cornwall and seeing the boats and RNLI station ... it came flooding back to me

I do miss my boat babies,,,

Captain and Skiff (c) TTTE / Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends

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I should not be allowed access to memes ever