Sometimes I forget that Thomas & The Magic Railroad was a real movie and not something I dreamed up after watching both Matilda and several episodes of Shining Time Station when I had the flu in 4th grade
I feel like I had a crush on this lady train but honestly it’s hard to remember
Mara Wilson was in this movie, guys (!!!)
For the sake of full honesty I will admit that this scene gave me nightmares
Turns out I grew up watching Alec Baldwin use a pair of flowers as a telephone and I never realized, wow
Here’s my version of the train goddess herself!! I was inspired by a lot of incredible people here!! She wears much more friller and way more fancier outfits and hairstyles this was my first attempt on her (Because I always project, I made her Afro-Latina 😊)
(Yes, she and Smudger are dating, hence a bit of his colors scheme like green orchids and jewelry on her palette. They wear matching clothes 😊🥺I have so many things to say on this ship which would be separate) ✨💚
💖Lore Below:👇(slight tw: for dark themes)I’ll probably add more later
Her real name is Diantha, no one on Sodor knows these, the only few who do know were/are the former and current ghosts/spirits(ex. Smudger, Kyle, Adeline, the ghost gang/trio), help create Gold Dust but since it spread across the island (ex to protect everyone, her being attacked after the incident plus the more formerly aggressive spirits like the ghost trio making their own dust after it’s tainted from their negative emotions, mainly their envy, jealously complex desires of vengeance)
She usually stays at the Shining Time Railway/Magic Railroad but acts as a guardian/keeper/holder to not just the Gold Dust but every humanoid since she was the first sentient creation unknowing to humans as she was seen as a myth and then everyone else follows soon after, watching over them and doing her best to protect them despite her having to stay in Shining Time, making sure they don’t die from serious accidents that happened, becoming more common later on..
That was fun…
She’s extremely powerful, from making plants sprout back to life, and grow when she’s around to healing anything with her golden tears, teleportation, levitation, anything. After the TATMR where it’s the scientists attempting to capture anything magical, specifically Lady for their nefarious and malicious purposes. Let’s just say it’s involved a Project technology like- humanoid god vs a actual goddess who still looks to be in her early 20s in human years curbstomp battle one was victorious but at what cost..
Before the attack, Lady managed to play keep away but after one unfortunate incident involving Stone,Boomer, D10, and Routh, she escapes long enough to return back to her realm before falling into a coma. Her spirit, however is in limbo and manages to still look over while she attempts to heal herself despite her regeneration as the Project did a number on her. She’s still very much powerful but not to her full abilities
Does not view herself as above the others due to her holy status (ahem cough cough Alfred Godred cough cough) and remains kind,humble and wise beyond her years despite looking youthful(she doesn’t appear to age) but can be absolutely ruthless towards her enemies especially if they harm her loved ones (ex.Smudger, her fellow spirits friends like Tino (Timothy) Kyle (Proteus) & Adeline)
Speaking of, she has been trying to be the peacemaker between the other spirits and attempts to help them make peace with their demons to help them gain another second chance, it’s more of a guiding attempt which falls flat with the ghost trio at first since pre-Alfred and Godred kept demanding to return back, she beats them too many times to count
Takes Kyle on as a apprentice after he comes to Sodor, was slightly shocked but very accepting on the circumstances of his spirit roaming on and connected to the lamp, much to formerly Alfred and Godred’s chargin, one of the few to still refer to him as Kyle instead of Proteus since he likes to try and feel connected to one of the few shreds of humanity he had left
Speaking of, she does help other helpers/guardians which were accidental, folks with a pure heart and welcoming intentions(like the conductors and the stones), Kyle was on the other hand was gifted a bit of magic by Lady to help ease his pain and sorrows and help him, is currently teaching Kyle who tends to stay at the narrow gauge lines to be near Stanley and acts like a guardian angel alongside Lady, who trusts him enough to have him watch over them
Is currently looking for ways for help them regain their lives back or make them understand what they did wrong to see if they’re worthy of being given life once again (ex. Kyle is the only one who was unable to be seen or hear by anyone living except for the other spirits who can interact with the living, helping Smudger during his time as a generator since he was also in limbo and might’ve ended up making him immortal like her)
Most of her materials like clothes or weapons are made from gold dust, and she tends to wear more simple clothes whenever she’s was interacting with others (a disguise), however her eyes which are always sparkling and have pink irises plus her hair always flowing about like Princess Celestia, it’s becomes rarer these days (she was researching more on Tino and Adeline’s deaths, hoping to help them get their justice from their murderers and ensuring the remaining get punishment)
In Sodor, she would be living in a cottage after she regains her physical form back (with Smudger later on)on what folks like to call Muffle Mountain, where it’s impossible to reach her and easy to get lost, the only who can reach her are her close companions where they are guided with golden whistles she has gifted them…we all know what happens next do we?
