#belle the sleeping car

[jekyll-doodles]

Some train doodles from class :D

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#stex #starlight express #pearl the observation car #rusty the steam engine #dinah the dining car #belle the sleeping car #cb the red caboose #musical #doodles #traditional illustration #greenghostlyjekyll #jekylldoodles

[1010neveragain]

happy woman day everyone i love women

#selfishly putting all my fav costumes for each character because this is MY world #starlight express #stex #god do i have to tag them all #buffy the buffet car #pearl the observation car #carrie the luggage car #coco the french engine #belle the bar car #duvay the sleeping car #joule the dynamite truck #volta the freezer truck #ashley the smoking car #wrench the repair truck #mama the steamer #momma the steamer #dinah the dining car #belle the sleeping car #i DONT think i forgot to include any characters but if i did.sozzies

[moonkit60633]

When you call your dad’s girlfriend old and peeling and she hears you

It is. SO. HARD to find a ref of Belle, which is a shame bc all her designs are SO PRETTY she’s SO PRETTY ALL THE TIME

#starlight express #stex #rusty the steam engine #stex rusty #belle the sleeping car #StEx Belle #train

[calocera]

EPIC rap battles of history…FREIGHT…versus…COACH

#this is from when I asked ppl for reccs of character designs! I tried to do a design from most eras of the show #starlight express #stex #rusty the steam engine #pearl the observation car #cb the red caboose #dinah the dining car #buffy the buffet car #ashley the smoking car #is there a tag for the Rockies #stex rockies #dustin the big hopper #flat top the brick truck #belle the bar car #belle the sleeping car #carrie the luggage van #duvay the sleeping car #my art

[circus-lemons]

Something else I thought of was why don’t they add back Belle? Some of ya’ll are so worried about representation that you ignore the most obvious choice; Momma and Belle.

And they can still be butch and fem, if anything they have better representation of butch and fem relationships not to mention much better and healthier.

Starlight has never been a show about good representation, we all know this, and it’s not a show to handle topics like lesbian domestic violence, or emotional abuse, which Greaseball has put Dinah through canonically through all shows

(Im an avid Greasedinah shipper so don’t think im shitting on the ship)

These are sensitive topics, not to mention they would have to change a lot to the show by making Greaseball female I don’t think they fully acknowledged.

Anyways

TWO PARENT HOME FOR RUSTY 2024!!

#musicals #starlight express #stex #stex greaseball #greaseball the diesel #stex dinah #dinah the dining car #belle the sleeping car #stex belle

[mamamccoy]

She's so pretty ☺💓

🥰

#starlight express #stex #belle the sleeping car #women 💓

[starburst2000]

Some say: Poppa x Belle

Others say: Momma x Belle

My school of tought says: Poppa and Momma are 2 separate characters, and they're in a lovingly poly relationship with Belle!

#starlight express #stex #poppa the old steam engine #stex poppa #momma the old steam engine #stex momma #poppa mccoy #momma mccoy #belle the sleeping car #stex belle #memphis belle the sleeping car #memphis belle #poppa x momma x belle

[dinahdoeeyes]

My headcanons for StEx characters' ages. (You know... if they were human.)

(I already posted this over a year ago, but it was in a reblog, so I figured I'd post it as it's own original post. I'm just copying & pasting everything I wrote before.)

Okay, so for me, (original) StEx takes place on March 27th, 1984.

Dinah: 23. Dinah really gives me that “Youngest of the coaches" vibe, and knowing that Frances Ruffelle and Jane Krakowski were both 18 when StEx debuted in London and on Broadway (respectively) and Natalie Howard was 21 when StEx debuted in Bochum definitely adds to that vibe for me. (To me, she’s a Pisces, and would’ve very recently had her 23rd birthday.)

Greaseball: 32 or 30, but he’s almost 33 or 31 because I headcanon him as an Aries. I was feeling that Greaseball is a bit older than Dinah, but once I learned that Elvis & Priscilla have a 10-year age gap, I was like, “Yeah, that tracks.” (No pun intended.) But then I thought (literally while writing this), "Hmm, does G.B. seem almost 33?" Even with Jeff having been 36 when StEx debuted, Greaseball gives me more of a 29-31 vibe? Idk for sure now! 🤷🏽‍♀️ My headcanon is that he & Dinah have been together for almost 2 years.

Rusty: 24 or 25. I’m not entirely solid on his age yet.

Pearl: 26. I know people usually see Pearl as quite young, but I'm feeling 26 exactly from, like, every version I've seen of her.

C.B.: 25. Or 26.

Ashley: 30. I read that Ash is like “the big sister” of the girls, while I feel like Dinah is the little sister.

Buffy: 28.

Electra: 29-31.

Volta: 29.

Joule: 24 or 25. She has that younger energy; I don’t mean physical energy, I mean in her personality.

Poppa: 65-70.

Belle: 53-57.

The Rockies: 24.

Dustin: 23 or 24.

Flat-Top: 20. He definitely has the vibe of being the youngest, and I’ve read him described as quite young.

2nd & 3rd Class Sleepers: 26-27.

Duvay: 27. (I’ve gotten the headcanon that she is Ash’s younger sister, which is why I am including her.)

...

I don’t care about the new Belle or Carrie or Killerwatt. I haven’t thought about the ages for Krupp, Wrench, or Purse; I honestly... don’t pay much attention to those 3. 😬 👀

#stex #stex headcanons #starlight express #dinah the dining car #greaseball the diesel #greasedinah #rusty the steam engine #pearl the observation car #cb the red caboose #ashley the smoking car #buffy the buffet car #electra the electric engine #volta the freezer truck #joule the dynamite truck #poppa the steam engine #belle the sleeping car #the rockies #dustin the big hopper #flat top the brick truck #headcanons #txt #Not Greaseball's part being a whole paragraph... 😐 #But I feel like everyone sees them as really close in age or the same age and like they've been together for YEARS and I just... don't. #I see them as only being a couple of years into their relationship; not long but long enough to *know* each other #and to have had some ups and downs already. #And I see them as having some years between them but not as many years as Jeff and Frances. You know?

[i-may-not-be-first-class]

StEx Appreciation Month Day 11: Belle 💤

Janet Williams-Adderley (Broadway 1987, first cast)

that’s my gal

Favourite Actor: Janet Williams-Adderley I guess

Favourite Songs/Scenes: I loveee Belle’s Song, but also Belle (Reprise), Hey You! (The Rap) and Light (omg it’s all so amazing aaa)

Favourite Costume: Broadway of course 🥀

Favourite Ships: Belle × Poppa I guess

Unpopular Opinions: sooo many - I would love to have her back. I imagine her singing I got me in Act 2. Also I would have loved to have her in the original Bochum production. Imagine her song in German aaaa - she would probably race with Poppa/Momma in Race 2

i don’t wanna stop talking about her :(

#starlight express #stex #starlight express belle #stex belle #belle #belle the sleeping car #stex appreciation month #stex appreciation month 2023

[sweet-dining-car]

Aww Rusty and his mom 😊💕

#starlight express #stex #rusty the steam engine #belle the sleeping car #stex rusty #stex belle

[green-planets]

StEx Appreciation Month Day Eleven: Belle the Sleeping Car!

Belle, Belle, Belle the sleeping car!

Favorite Songs/Moments: I really like her original role as a maternal figure to both the freight and the coaches. Belle defending Rusty during The Rap and encouraging Dinah during Girl's Rolling Stock are both really great character moments, imo

Favorite Costume: I wish there were better pictures of her Broadway costume! From what I've seen, I think I like it slightly more than her London costumes

Favorite Ships: Belle x Poppa or Belle x Mama

Unpopular opinions: I don't think it's unpopular, but she was pointless in the Broadway production and should have been given her original role or cut completely. I'm also not sure how many people still want her back, but I don't think trying to fit her character into the current version of the show would work

#stex appreciation month #starlight express #belle the sleeping car #stex belle #my art #stex appreciation month 2023

[finleyforevermore]

2023's StEx Appreciation Month!

Day 12: Poppa and Momma McCoy

Lothair Eaton in the first picture and Maria Jane Hyde in the second picture.

Favorite Actor: Steve Fowler (Broadway, 1987-1989), David E Moore (Bochum, 2009-2016), Mica Paris (2017 Off-West End Workshop), Reva Rice (Bochum update, 2018-2023), and Maria Jane Hyde (Bochum update, 2021-2023, understudy)

Face Claim/Voice Claim: Lothair Eaton (face) and Steve Fowler (voice), Reva Rice (face and voice)

Favorite Song/Scene: Starlight Prelude

Favorite Costume: For Poppa, Broadway/pre-2018 Bochum. For Momma, the one she has looks great! Though I never really understood why she wore a skirt for act 2, when she didn't wear one in act 1.

Favorite Ships: Poppa x Momma, Poppa x Belle, and Momma x Belle

Headcanon(s):

Poppa/Momma is not Rusty's biological parent.

This isn't a headcanon I personally believe, but I think the idea Momma being trans (MTF) is really sweet.

Unpopular Opinion: None for Poppa, and for Momma, I like her a lot!

#starlight express #stex #starex #stex appreciation month 2023 #stex appreciation month #momma stex #momma mccoy #stex momma #poppa mccoy #stex poppa #belle the sleeping car #belle stex #stex belle #memphis belle the sleeping car #memphis belle #rusty the steam engine

[moonkit60633]

He’s!……working on it….

#stex #starlight express #stex greaseball #greaseball the diesel #StEx Belle #Belle the sleeping car #mama Belle is NOT having that anymore #peep the puns in the book titles I’m quite proud of them

[neacle]

HC-look for Belle the Sleeping Car :) <3

#starlight express #stex belle #belle the sleeping car #stex fanart #stex #neacle draws #this took a while but u know shdgshgds #better late than never

[nauticaltrainofthe80s]

Starlight Express Appreciation Month

Day 12: Belle the Sleeping Car

Hey sexy mama

Favorite Actor: PP Arnold, that voice oh my god

Favorite Song/Scene: Her duet with Poppa in Starlight Express :,)

Favorite Costume: Broadway, but that London costume is something else

Favorite Ship: Belle x Poppa/Momma, what else

Headcanon: She’s a first class carriage def, like she smells like expensive perfume and fine wooden cabinetry

Unpopular Opinion: I love her as much as the next person and wish she would return to the show, but oh my god is she pointless in the Broadway version. Homegirl wakes up, sings a song, and then goes right back to sleep. Like couldn’t they have had her race with Poppa instead of Dustin? It would have been so easy, why didn’t they do that?

#starlight express #starlight express appreciation month #stex #stex appreciation month #belle #belle the sleeping car #train #railroad #carriage #coach #passenger car #sleeper car #musical #musical theatre #theatre #80s #80s musical #vintage musical #andrew lloyd webber #alw #art #my art #fanart #appreciation month

[thisismondaymood]

Just a little headcanon: whenever Poppa won a race, he was together with Belle.

#I know that it's a boring one #starlight express #stex #Stex poppa #belle the sleeping car #belle x poppa #sleeping steamer #stex headcanons