#because then they'll be less perfect but in reality telling each other would make them stronger do you see what i see

[valleynix]

Another one down. I was annoyed for like the first half of the chapter😭

My blood pressure every time the Red pal was mentioned 🔼🔼🔼

Cass has my full support on the dislike of their presence in the castle. SAME. The joy when I read that they finally left...

Anyway.

DANIELA

Daniela, tell me about the lily. What does the lily mean?

Pls her unintentionally killing her lovers coz she's not aware of her strength and the fear she'll hurt Reader too :(

This is always such a sad and heart-aching trope.

You out there doing god's work and giving the sisters different body types <3

But Dani being insecure :( like no, ma'am you're beautiful and perfect just the way you are. This little fly deserves all the reassurance and worship in the whole world 🛐🛐🛐

When you told me about sweet Dani scenes I didn't expect THAT 😳

But I'm not complaining, it was all really sweet indeed and had such safe and comfort vibes and like yes ✨communication ✨

Idk it warmed my heart. It wasn't like the usual stuff I come across in writing.

After the last chapter I was afraid that all the progress made with Cassandra was ruined and that it'd take some time to regain her trust and get on her good side again :/ but what a nice surprise it was that she and Reader talked and Reader even told her about the stuff with the other reality and Lunatic (even if she may think of them as crazy but they already seem like insane so ssdggh). It's good they opened up about it.

If it comes to it, perhaps Cass will be able to at least save her mama and sisters :(

What an even nicer surprise it was when Cass kissed them like oh my god ~200k words, ~30h of waiting for that very moment and it happened in quite unexpected circumstances considering Reader just fucked up badly a while ago.

And Cassandra was so cute with her kisses. Slightly confused about what she's supposed to do, unlike her sisters pls I love her.

It's so nice to see a different interpretation of her character😭

Anyway that was so mean of you to throw that argument with Alcina right after the moment with Dani 😐

Ginger Snaps? Reader Snaps. And comes out as a bird🐥

Wings huh, a symbol of everything Reader hates. Funny how everyone else loves them. Maybe they'll help Reader accept who they are. Because it doesn't define them as a person but can work as an advantage.

^me waiting patiently to hear your lovely takes on what's going on

*AW NO, NOT ANNOYED LMAO. fair though, that was some shit that went on

*you're going to learn very quickly why we don't like Red in this house :D

*listen Cass has the BEST vibe checker, and Red simply does not pass it

*HEHE FINALLY DANI!!

*i really feel like, with the excitement of having another sister/daughter, no one warned her that she was a hell of a lot stronger than she used to be, and that caused... issues, obviously. the main reason she wanted Reader to "take control" (she's a power bottom, cmon now) was so that she would have a much less chance of hurting them. poor baby can't stand the thought of hurting anyone she actually likes :(

*hehe, i tried my best to make them a little more realistic <3 with how much she copies her sisters, i wouldn't be surprised to find she also compares herself to them, and considering they actually have different body types in TPtM... unsurprising she would be insecure and wouldn't have given anyone else the chance to reassure her

*we love communication here! Dani strikes me as the one to communicate literally everything to her partner (where to touch, what feels good, etc.), regardless of what it is or how significant it actually is; the trouble is getting her to not ramble about flowers or rocks or whatever else is on her mind during spicy time

*it was definitely supposed to be a much softer moment as compared to anything else they've done with each other up until then :D

*listen, i could literally never do that (i'm on pc so imagine i put a crying face). i feel Cassandra is too mature for that, and with her already knowing what was going on but wanting Reader to admit to it, i don't think she'd completely give up everything over an accident/misunderstanding

*i think lots of people were surprised to read that Cass was the first to know about everything going on. she probably wouldn't have poked it out of them had it not been for the fact she saw them talking to someone that wasn't there, but it is good to finally have at least one person they can rely on through it all :o

*ahaha... aha.... haha.... about that-

*she has had a week basically to herself to figure out what she's feeling, why she was so upset to find them outside with Daria, why her heart flutters in her chest when they smile at her... all the fun, totally straight stuff you experience, yknow

*listen. listen. i genuinely don't like horndog Cass and feel it can be very bland to write her that way, even as much as she teases others about it (or how she sits on Reader's lap, pins them to the bed, etc. without actually meaning to go further), so i thought... what if... Reader was basically her "first"... her first kiss, her first "human" she's actually cared about... pls she's so awkward i love her

*i have said it before and i'll say it again: Alcina can be a toxic lover. when she wants information, she will get it one way or another, but i think i did write that she apologized for pushing them that far? she's pushed their buttons again and again before, just never to that extent. i can understand her frustrations, but Alcina, pls

*mm, it was nice to write that Reader hates that part of themself and what it means, what it represents, while everyone else thought the wings were cool as fuck. i don't think anyone even mentioned how similar they were to Miranda's (yet? it's been a minute since i've even worked on TPtM), and i feel that's a step in the right direction, distancing themself from her/her influence

definitely looking forward to how you'll react in chapter thirteen, and i will warn you that it's a doozy. be prepared. you may hate me after LMAOO <333

#asks #to promise the moon #speaking of i do have to work on tptm #i had a different thing to work on but i didnt even get halfway #eh #always tomorrow #why be productive when i can write about homosexuals

[daikenkki]

MrDonald09: Since Series 22, what new change has annoyed you the MOST??

tttedrawings: Fantasy sequences and the intro/life lessons outro, they just make the episodes shorter, and most of the time aren't really needed at all.

MrDonald09: Ah yes unfortunately you can only have 4 options on Twitter polls, I’m sure the list would be huge if you could have more.

MasonDey1: To me the whole concept of the Steam Team is just pointless.

MrDonald09: Yeah it limits the characters that are used most of the time.

PSideplates: I voted for bouncing since it's closest to the general "kids show" tone that BWBA takes on. It really is like watching a show you put on for your 3 year old so you can leave the room in peace. It hurts to watch. If we were getting the Brenner era where the engines bounced, had ugly details, went worldwide, and got Nia and Rebecca, I'd be miffed but accept it. But BWBA just claims to be TTTE and acts like a generic preschool show. And I don't wanna be in a position where I'm an adult watching a preschool show.

MrDonald09: Agreed. I feel proud to be a fan when I watch classic era and Brenner era, but if it was like BWBA throughout the whole show I can tell you I would not be supporting it now.

TCKRangeltoon: I blame Chuggington.

PSideplates: I don't. Chuggington ended before they came up with BWBA. If anything, Chuggington made the market for train toys/shows competitive which forced HiT to make good Thomas products, well toys anyway.

ronniethe14xx: Honestly, disagree with the point it's the most general kids show tone. Travelling seems to be the new hip and cool thing to do in kids shows, I'd argue that makes it slightly worse then the bouncing because it's clear Thomas only jumped on that trend to be "hip".

JovanniChavez11: Faster pace and Thomas losing his identity. I don’t mind Thomas going on a trip but that wasn’t the way to handle it.

MrDonald09: Yes. IMO it should have stopped after the BWBA special, I think it should have only been a special.

Bostonthomasfan: Don’t really mind the bouncing but it can be over done at times. For around the world? I wish there were more episodes on Sodor and less around the world. Like 18-8 would be good.

MikeArc31375512: The bouncing. Loathe it with a passion.

ThomasTVNostal1: The thing I hate is constant arguing over opinions.Some people have been told to fuck themselves for disliking an episode of BWBA that the majority of the fandom likes and vice versa. This is unacceptable. As a fandom, we're a team and we help each other out.

ChillerB3: The forced feminism with Nia, Rebecca and the newer Steam Team really rubbed me the wrong way, more than hyper bouncing and worldwide shit did.

MrDonald09: Same, especially how the majority of the audience really doesn’t care about that, having more females, great! but don’t mess with many people’s childhood to make SJWs and toxic feminists happy cuz I guarantee you the people who wanted this change probably don’t even like the show.

ryanburges4472: I didn't read properly and the real thing since Series 22 that has annoyed me the most is the bouncing. I've been more bothered about the steam team without Henry (Just Henry). I'm happy with Edward sleeping at Wellsworth.

MrDonald09: Yeah, I completely agree honestly i’m not mad that Edward isn’t in the Steam Team anymore. It's Henry that annoys me the most.

ryanburges4472: I know! Gordon and James sleeping at Tidmouth without Henry. Edward is best at Wellsworth because he has a branch line which stars from Wellsworth.

CoolCar161: Henry and Edward stopped appearing as much anyway. They haven’t been good characters since series 4, even in the Brenner era they had little to no appearances due to writer's block. Rivets is a nice little detail that makes them seem more real, Thomas always wanted to see the world and the bouncing is hardly that bad.

TheBlueE21: Thomas' world tour. It's so inconsistent. Doesn't tie into the movie that hyped it up, never explains why or for how long Thomas is in each country, 1 ep he's in China, then Brazil etc then Sodor eps act as though he never left due to always being there. Plus most sets aren't great.

halfbakedhex8: For the record, I voted the 'rivets' option because the inclusion of the new detailing runs so counter to what the show is now, that trying to inflict reality onto the now-very-unreal engines feels very confused as to what the show is trying to achieve.

BluebellThEngin: The "bouncing" doesn't bother me much at first, but as time went on, it starts to get a little out of control and it kinda bugs me. I don't have a problem with the added details like the rivets, but they do look a little too big. Shrink them in size and they'll be okay. I'm mixed on Thomas travelling around the world if I'm being honest. The new Steam Team is what bugs me the most out of all of these options. I never liked it to begin with (minus my child self). It makes the other characters look useless. What I love about the Classic Series is we got lots of stories about almost each and every single one of them it makes the series interesting. But with the Steam Team, not only does it focus on the main characters so much, but it also brings them out of character. Especially if it's for the sake of the plots.

fan_ttte: The New Steam Team with Nia and Rebecca is what I don’t like most. I don’t mind the bouncing or rivets, Thomas going worldwide is okay. I don't know, I just feel like it would’ve been better if Nia and Rebecca did join, but also keep the others, for some interesting interactions and episodes.

islandofodor: If Thomas hadn’t gone worldwide, we’d probably still be in the Brenner era. Granted, it’d still be a slight step down but the international episodes barely take advantage of the different setting and opt to use generic plotlines that we’ve already seen on Sodor.

thesaddletank18: Bouncing, rivets and worldwide idea are bad but the new Steam Team is just....why was this done to the show?

Jacob34335638: I liked the new details, I’m mixed on the New Steam Team, and Thomas travelling the world. But the bouncing is what pisses me off the most, it literally makes the show look like Chuggington. The bouncing was at it’s worst in Journey Beyond Sodor and Thomas’ Magical Birthday Wishes.

TWR_Douglas_10: ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!!!!!

DFox1203: Is everything an option?

TheWinnerGuyCJP: Voted worldwide cuz it makes Thomas completely out of character.

SoupyGunzilla: I think a lot of the stories suffer from the shorter time. A lot of them could be better if they had more time.

kofi_milky: The bouncing, more sing alongs, replacing Edward and Henry with Nia and Rebecca. Even Thomas going worldwide. When the Rev. W. Awdry said "Here is your friend Thomas the Tank Engine. He wanted to come out of his station yard and see the world", the world that's he meant is Sodor.

sodordaily: Choosing New Steam Team because I miss the old SO MUCH!

peter_sam_no4: I think for me the bouncing as it’s so unrealistic . A 1 ton lump of metal can not swing all over the place like it has no weight.

Growlithemaste1: I hate the bouncing the most, but the rest are all useless too.

sixteen_dnw: Worst is the New Steam Team, then worldwide, then rivets, and then bouncing. TBH it doesn’t bother me too much.

BearsFlush: It annoys me that Thomas travels the world, as they remove chapters that might be focus on Sodor, and the locations and some engines are not represented correctly on the railroad.

VacentTest: I’m fine with the New Steam Team changing Edward and Henry out for Nia and Rebecca, I’ve always supported it in the beginning because increased feminism is good. Thomas going worldwide, that didn’t annoy me cause I was interested in that, the rivets is minor and nothing to worry about. But the bouncing, annoyed me the most at first but I’m used to it.

SnatchyBoi: The bouncing and the New Steam Team.

GWREngine: The New Steam Team is the most annoying change. It feels like Mattel doesn't care how special Edward, Henry, and Toby are. Plus we don't need to have more than 1 female main character. Emily being the only girl used to make her special. With Nia and Rebecca around, she isn't special anymore.

TurnTable2002: Chris Renshaw's music really annoys me.

MichaelfromNZ1: Bouncing, worldwide and New Steam Team. They represent how far Thomas has fallen since Mattel fully took over.

ArmchairRailway: New Steam Team.

TI4MGP: This is probably the hardest time I’ve had deciding on one of your polls lol. I went with the Steam Team though, but bouncing comes in a REALLY REALLY close second. The other two are less but equal with each other.

jack_bench: TBH, I'm fine with all of them? But I chose bouncing because the rivets are neat, world-tour - while it makes no sense - has a valuable goal (and is kinda fun), and the Steam Team really needed more female representation which we got with two positive role models in Nia and Rebecca. Bouncing is unnecessary, but not horrendous.

Holycro1Michael: Everything!

JosefSnowBall: Rivets was something I actually liked seeing on some engines. Bouncing is something I’m OK with, it’s kind of grown on me. New Steam Team sucks because it gets rid of the 2 best engines, Edward and Henry, and Thomas worldwide sounded like a bad idea to begin with.

TheThomasFan: Probably Thomas going worldwide . The animation is shit and it’s all just recoloured.

TheUnluckyTug: The new Steam Team. I think I'd be a little more accepting of BWBA if Edward and Henry weren't so transparently and obviously thrown to the side and treated as if they don't exist. It was like the biggest "fuck you" to fans ever.

MrDonald09: Yeah, not to mention Nia and Rebecca have such generic personalities they can barely hold a unique episode nowadays. I can understand Edward staying at Wellsworth but they did Henry DIRTY by slapping him at Vicarstown so he can focus on his Mainland duties yet not do any episode focused on this new job.

SteamEn83954980: Ok so ignoring Emily, it was a perfect 1-7 number of characters and now it's just 1, 18, 22, 4, 5, 6 and 12. Like I know it's minor but that fact gets under my skin.

DBlue02: I voted for the bouncing, but yeah, I kinda have to agree with Simon Martin’s opinion on the Steam Team concept, it’s long since overstayed its welcome. I’d prefer a nice balance of the main and side characters getting their share of the spotlight, like in the classic seasons.

TFan512: What if Edward, Henry, Nia and Rebecca were all part of the main cast.

[existentialstatesofmind]

Never A Dull Morning

Clare: waited until she'd heard Dakota's entire idea before speaking again. "Yeah, make it a contest of sorts! Everyone is familiar with calling in to vote for winners on reality shows." Clare always voted for her favorite couple during the weeks Dancing with the Stars was on. It was a guilty pleasure. "How are you going to keep guys from calling in and disgusing their voices though? I doubt most of them will care about this but they'd think it was funny to be 'trolls' and skew the results same as they would online. Maybe you should screen any calls that seem...off...yourself." Clare suggested. She was sure they'd record everything. She moved beside him when he asked and when he was ready, grabbed onto his shoulder. She sat on his back crossing her legs indian style. She put her hands on his back pushing down. "Is this comfortable? Let me know if you want me do something different." Clare held on as he did the first push up. "Do you want to go public with our relationship at school tomorrow or wait. We haven't even had our first date yet but if we hold hands people are going to guess."

Kota: listened when Clare mentioned keeping the guys from calling. "Simple, I'll have a few phones set up with machines, they will be asked to say who they want to vote for. I'll listen to them and make a tallied result. If a guy calls, it doesn't count. If I can't figure out if it's a guy or a girl calling in I'll mark down the vote in an unsure column." He said taking part of Clare's suggestion. Once she sat completely on his back, he started to do push-ups. It was perfect for him because she weighed more than Emi and wouldn't try to make him mess up like his brothers did. "I'm fine as long as you're comfortable." He answered and continued to do push-ups. When he heard Clare's next question he didn't even have to think about it. "We can go public if you want. It'll stop girls from randomly kissing me, which is also how my reputation started. I just didn't want to tell Kelly that part, if I told her a lot of girls walk up to me and kiss me when their boyfriends are near as their way of showing them that they're over, she'd get the wrong idea about the school." He explained as he continued his exercise. After a few minutes, he stopped and checked his bracelet to see how many he did. "We need to talk." He heard and saw Monica, he could already feel Clare moving off him and stood up next to her only to wipe the sweat off his head with a towel from his back pocket. "About what?" He asked. "My friend said you already have a girlfriend. Normally when I send various girls to you and them bringing the idea of a girlfriend to you, they normally tell me that you said you're either single or don't want a girlfriend. Suddenly you're in a relationship and she said there was no way you're single." Monica stated with her hands on her hips and he chuckled a bit. "That's because I'm not single, I'm in a long term relationship." He said honestly. "Why not talk to me first?" Monica asked. "I don't need your permission on who I chose to date and it's not like I'm dating one of your friends, they're all stuck up and act like they're better than everyone, they try so hard to fit in and one of them tried to get me to befriend her simply because you told her I'm the creator of MB." He explained. "But I still have a say, you gave me an expensive backpack and made out with me." She stated. "And nothing more. We made out because you lied to me by telling me you needed help getting out of a bad relationship. I know from experience that he would've been angry and at least yell at us and you, not just shut the door on us and walk back inside. I only gave you the bookbag because I accidentally broke yours." He explained and looked at her. "I'm dating Clare and frankly I couldn't care less about what you think about it. Yes, I know the minute you tell your minions how much you hate me dating Clare, they'll be willing to do whatever you want them to do." "And you still want to date Clare knowing they can break her?" Monica asked. "They won't do a damned thing to her simply because-" "If I find out you're doing something to hurt my Kota or his girlfriend, I will make the rest of your life in school a living hell without a second thought." A girl said as Kota turned to see the captain of the cheer squad and hugged her. "Sorry, the minute I got your text saying you have a girlfriend, I knew I had to meet her so I made Brody go to your house with me." She told him and looked at Monica. "Plus if you try to get him in trouble with Brody simply because he's the captain of the football team, he'll laugh." She said and looked at Clare. "I'm Elizabeth, if a girl like what's-her-face here is bothering you, just tell me. Kota and I grew up together, he's the reason Brody and I are dating, we had a crush on each other and both of us only told him so he set us up since we were both too nervous at the time." Elizabeth said and hugged Clare. "Anyway I have to go soon, I just wanted to meet Clare." She turned back to Monica. "Try to hurt either one of them and you won't only have to worry about other girls who are protective of Kota, but whereas one girl can destroy you, I can just destroy your reputation. Oh, Clare if you ever need anything Kota related or girl advice I'll help as much as I can." She said and left. "How is it that you know the most popular kids in school? Even seniors want to know Elizabeth." Monica stated. "I grew up with her. Our moms are best friends and Brody is like a brother. I can start hanging out with them at school like they want and become popular by association, but I don't care about that." He said and took Clare's hand. "I'm getting hungry and we still haven't gone on an official date." He said and kissed her cheek.

#nadm