Hmm for ship opinion bingo I have like two so: Edward x Emily, Edward x Toby?
Edward x Emily
brb gonna go through their whole ship tag
I was worried that I was missing a lot of their canonical interactions in consideration for this post, so ofc i went through what others thought of them! don’t have strong ideas for an interaction name/tag, though i’m considering names w/themes of them both being helpers/rescuers or just simply naming it #best friends after that episode (lol).
i like it in very specific scenarios that only exist in my head
this is a duo that i think canon doesn’t do justice much and i’m quite bitter abt it! i would love to see them in a Henry’s Hero type of episode where they foil each other’s attitudes when it comes to helping and caring for others! more romantically though, i think they have the potential to also be very sweet (though i didn’t think sufficient enough to mark that on the board). like, i find the dream sequence in Emily’s Best Friend stupid, but it reminds me that they can both be so dorky? also, i want to see them blab to each other (emily abt factoids/subjects (ex. A Blooming Mess), edward abt stories/legends/sayings (ex. Haunted Henry, Happy Ever After, Scaredy Engines, Thomas and the Rainbow, and many other instances!)).
compatible brand of freaks
again, because they’ve shared similar roles in relation to others (being the level-headed advisor or helper), with very different attitudes abt it, it’s so intriguing!! there’s no way i can’t imagine emily looking to edward and being at the very least curious abt how he handles his work. i also can’t help but think of how they both seem to dote on/care abt Thomas (and perhaps, also keep Gordon in check) in particular, so maybe that’s one common aspect that can bring them closer?
Edward x Toby
brb gonna go through their whole ship tag
ngl i’m a little surprised that this one’s more of a rarepair! if i had to give them an umbrella interaction tag (ex. #togetherness), id feel bad for referring to it as #cows… maybe something along the lines of “oldies but goldies”? please tell me if im missing canonical interactions between them, i think i am.
in a relationship. not sure what the relationship is but they’re in one.
see [compatible brand of freaks]! at the very least, i think they should be very amiable!!
they’re sweet
when toby defends/reassures edward in Cows when gordon and henry laugh abt it? yeah. i need ten more scenes with this exact formula on my desk by monday thank youuu.
thematically delicious
oh my god the amount of potential??? on a superficial level, they appear to fill the same sort of archetype— they’re older, wiser, underestimated & overlooked, etc; but notice the ways in which they react to situations or carry themselves like toby’s lesser tolerance and care abt the big engines & sitting back when tensions rise between his shedmates at ffarquhar vs edward being initially very hurt and bothered over them while helping them & trying to see the best in everyone… i think they’d be really cool foils and i wish this was expanded upon more by the show?
compatible brand of freaks
i rarely say this but they’re like the ultimate porch grandpas. by that weird term, i mean they’re the kind of folk that sit around and watch shenanigans unfold from their fellow neighbors from afar (figuratively). they should’ve gossiped, they should’ve talked abt their mutual peers (ex. heck— they both know philip!), they should’ve been more prominent of a duo?? idk if their respective jobs are why they don’t seem to interact as often but it’s a darn shame either way.