* Uika 🧢
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* DEMON OF NOWHERE ATK 0 DEF 0
* Even in the city, you can see the North Star.
* PFP: "BanG Dream!"
* They/it, 20, White/Asian
* Multi-Fandom, but Thomas the Tank Engine refuses to give up the spotlight
* Even in the city, you can see the North Star.
* PFP: "BanG Dream!"
* They/it, 20, White/Asian
* Multi-Fandom, but Thomas the Tank Engine refuses to give up the spotlight
* ( TTTE )
* it would be a nightmare to cross-post over here (and between you and me the reason i didn't post it here is because i trust people here to give nia and rebecca their respect), but i wrote a long thread about nia and rebecca on the other platform!: x.com/DemonOfNowhe...
* it would be a nightmare to cross-post over here (and between you and me the reason i didn't post it here is because i trust people here to give nia and rebecca their respect), but i wrote a long thread about nia and rebecca on the other platform!: x.com/DemonOfNowhe...
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
* ( TTTE )
* it would be a nightmare to cross-post over here (and between you and me the reason i didn't post it here is because i trust people here to give nia and rebecca their respect), but i wrote a long thread about nia and rebecca on the other platform!: x.com/DemonOfNowhe...
* it would be a nightmare to cross-post over here (and between you and me the reason i didn't post it here is because i trust people here to give nia and rebecca their respect), but i wrote a long thread about nia and rebecca on the other platform!: x.com/DemonOfNowhe...
* ( TTTE )
* "Huh," puffed James, "I'm glad that's not me. "
* "Huh," puffed James, "I'm glad that's not me. "
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
* ( TTTE )
* "Huh," puffed James, "I'm glad that's not me. "
* "Huh," puffed James, "I'm glad that's not me. "
* ( TTTE )
* "our expressions in the adaptations do not adequately match the ommitted text of the original stories which has led to nuance in our characters being lost and contributed to people thinking we are too nice/too mean-spirited respectively" starter park
* "our expressions in the adaptations do not adequately match the ommitted text of the original stories which has led to nuance in our characters being lost and contributed to people thinking we are too nice/too mean-spirited respectively" starter park
![A comparsion between The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends adaptation of "Woolly Bear", regarding the text reading: "[...] scolded Thomas, but he spoilt the effect [...]"
In the book, Thomas is chortling. In the show, Thomas looks bemused and a little fed-up.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5vsh3i6c45fi6aao3kzwmyyb/bafkreid4g7swxqd6nifxkdd7vs4ijshtyiclbpvv5te434tnz4kjwrbvpe@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
* ( TTTE )
* "our expressions in the adaptations do not adequately match the ommitted text of the original stories which has led to nuance in our characters being lost and contributed to people thinking we are too nice/too mean-spirited respectively" starter park
* "our expressions in the adaptations do not adequately match the ommitted text of the original stories which has led to nuance in our characters being lost and contributed to people thinking we are too nice/too mean-spirited respectively" starter park
* ( TTTE )
* and how will i get back again?
* and how will i get back again?
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
* ( TTTE )
* and how will i get back again?
* and how will i get back again?
* i would like to apologise for not streaming this golden moment of tomodachi life.
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
* i would like to apologise for not streaming this golden moment of tomodachi life.
* alice and mirabel in chorus, externally: "the nasty old thief, he's stolen our people!"
* alice, internally: "the nasty old thief, he's stolen our people!"
* mirabel, internally: "THE TIME FOR VIOLENCE IS NOW"
* alice, internally: "the nasty old thief, he's stolen our people!"
* mirabel, internally: "THE TIME FOR VIOLENCE IS NOW"
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
* alice and mirabel in chorus, externally: "the nasty old thief, he's stolen our people!"
* alice, internally: "the nasty old thief, he's stolen our people!"
* mirabel, internally: "THE TIME FOR VIOLENCE IS NOW"
* alice, internally: "the nasty old thief, he's stolen our people!"
* mirabel, internally: "THE TIME FOR VIOLENCE IS NOW"
* ( TTTE )
* "I've never liked your shed," scoffed James, thinking this was a good start to a conversation.
* "Obviously," Edward smiled, "it isn't red enough, is it?"
* "I've never liked your shed," scoffed James, thinking this was a good start to a conversation.
* "Obviously," Edward smiled, "it isn't red enough, is it?"
October 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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* "I've never liked your shed," scoffed James, thinking this was a good start to a conversation.
* "Obviously," Edward smiled, "it isn't red enough, is it?"
* "I've never liked your shed," scoffed James, thinking this was a good start to a conversation.
* "Obviously," Edward smiled, "it isn't red enough, is it?"
* ( banG dream! ave mujica , but also my Real Actual Body, Sorry )
* for the first time, i have (relatively) faithfully committed fictional identity theft through my attire. does this count as cosplaying, i feel like it shouldn't considering how uika chooses the plainest fashion sense ever
* for the first time, i have (relatively) faithfully committed fictional identity theft through my attire. does this count as cosplaying, i feel like it shouldn't considering how uika chooses the plainest fashion sense ever
October 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
* ( banG dream! ave mujica , but also my Real Actual Body, Sorry )
* for the first time, i have (relatively) faithfully committed fictional identity theft through my attire. does this count as cosplaying, i feel like it shouldn't considering how uika chooses the plainest fashion sense ever
* for the first time, i have (relatively) faithfully committed fictional identity theft through my attire. does this count as cosplaying, i feel like it shouldn't considering how uika chooses the plainest fashion sense ever
* these are at the same place. like the teio/james expression post i know this is incredibly self-indulgent of me and very much showing of my brainrot but this revelation is killing me
October 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
* these are at the same place. like the teio/james expression post i know this is incredibly self-indulgent of me and very much showing of my brainrot but this revelation is killing me
* ( TTTE )
* "I," Percy began, "shall never, EVER, understand, Mavis, why you leave your stone at the station. Why not use the goods depot, the goods SHED, or the OTHER goods shed, or-"
* "Or YOUR shed!" added Mavis, with her biggest smile.
* "Dickhead," puffed Percy, in front of a poor child.
* "I," Percy began, "shall never, EVER, understand, Mavis, why you leave your stone at the station. Why not use the goods depot, the goods SHED, or the OTHER goods shed, or-"
* "Or YOUR shed!" added Mavis, with her biggest smile.
* "Dickhead," puffed Percy, in front of a poor child.
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
* ( TTTE )
* "I," Percy began, "shall never, EVER, understand, Mavis, why you leave your stone at the station. Why not use the goods depot, the goods SHED, or the OTHER goods shed, or-"
* "Or YOUR shed!" added Mavis, with her biggest smile.
* "Dickhead," puffed Percy, in front of a poor child.
* "I," Percy began, "shall never, EVER, understand, Mavis, why you leave your stone at the station. Why not use the goods depot, the goods SHED, or the OTHER goods shed, or-"
* "Or YOUR shed!" added Mavis, with her biggest smile.
* "Dickhead," puffed Percy, in front of a poor child.
* TL;DR: skarloey is not real
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
* TL;DR: skarloey is not real
* that is why the isekai of sodor appeals to writers, because it is the easy way out for showing the differences in sodor
* sodor IS a world away from ours, i think accepting that is the first step of making a thomas story. we just need to figure out how to show there is in fact nothing like it
* sodor IS a world away from ours, i think accepting that is the first step of making a thomas story. we just need to figure out how to show there is in fact nothing like it
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
* that is why the isekai of sodor appeals to writers, because it is the easy way out for showing the differences in sodor
* sodor IS a world away from ours, i think accepting that is the first step of making a thomas story. we just need to figure out how to show there is in fact nothing like it
* sodor IS a world away from ours, i think accepting that is the first step of making a thomas story. we just need to figure out how to show there is in fact nothing like it
* sodor's a fictional ideal we dream of, where things make sense and work out easily, where everyone is ensured to be safe and looked after, to be treated as family the moment you are simply kind to others
* what IS a "normal" thomas story, without the parts that make its fiction so compelling
* what IS a "normal" thomas story, without the parts that make its fiction so compelling
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
* sodor's a fictional ideal we dream of, where things make sense and work out easily, where everyone is ensured to be safe and looked after, to be treated as family the moment you are simply kind to others
* what IS a "normal" thomas story, without the parts that make its fiction so compelling
* what IS a "normal" thomas story, without the parts that make its fiction so compelling
* sodor's whole existence is based in refusing to conform to reality's bleakness, bleakness that awdry witnessed happen and wrote into his stories (though not flawlessly. . . )
* i think it is important to stress, sodor being in the "real world" is not for realism: it is to CONTRAST our own world
* i think it is important to stress, sodor being in the "real world" is not for realism: it is to CONTRAST our own world
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
* sodor's whole existence is based in refusing to conform to reality's bleakness, bleakness that awdry witnessed happen and wrote into his stories (though not flawlessly. . . )
* i think it is important to stress, sodor being in the "real world" is not for realism: it is to CONTRAST our own world
* i think it is important to stress, sodor being in the "real world" is not for realism: it is to CONTRAST our own world
* ( TTTE )
* what's interesting about the marc forester film's proposed isekai of sodor angle is the response: i'm seeing fans reject it with "why can't they just make sodor a place in the real britain™️?!"
* i think it illustrates a misunderstanding: sodor is a place that just cannot exist
* what's interesting about the marc forester film's proposed isekai of sodor angle is the response: i'm seeing fans reject it with "why can't they just make sodor a place in the real britain™️?!"
* i think it illustrates a misunderstanding: sodor is a place that just cannot exist
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
* ( TTTE )
* what's interesting about the marc forester film's proposed isekai of sodor angle is the response: i'm seeing fans reject it with "why can't they just make sodor a place in the real britain™️?!"
* i think it illustrates a misunderstanding: sodor is a place that just cannot exist
* what's interesting about the marc forester film's proposed isekai of sodor angle is the response: i'm seeing fans reject it with "why can't they just make sodor a place in the real britain™️?!"
* i think it illustrates a misunderstanding: sodor is a place that just cannot exist
* ( TTTE )
* "Of course, I hope Percy gets better quickly," Thomas went on, "but the harbour always runs much better when I run it!"
* "You should come help us more then," smiled Henrietta, innocently.
* "Oh, err, well. . . " stammered Thomas, "you know Annie and Clarabel wouldn't be pleased. "
* "Of course, I hope Percy gets better quickly," Thomas went on, "but the harbour always runs much better when I run it!"
* "You should come help us more then," smiled Henrietta, innocently.
* "Oh, err, well. . . " stammered Thomas, "you know Annie and Clarabel wouldn't be pleased. "
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
* ( TTTE )
* "Of course, I hope Percy gets better quickly," Thomas went on, "but the harbour always runs much better when I run it!"
* "You should come help us more then," smiled Henrietta, innocently.
* "Oh, err, well. . . " stammered Thomas, "you know Annie and Clarabel wouldn't be pleased. "
* "Of course, I hope Percy gets better quickly," Thomas went on, "but the harbour always runs much better when I run it!"
* "You should come help us more then," smiled Henrietta, innocently.
* "Oh, err, well. . . " stammered Thomas, "you know Annie and Clarabel wouldn't be pleased. "
* ( TTTE )
* one happy family
* one happy family
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
* ( TTTE )
* one happy family
* one happy family
* seeing uika, the girl who feels inhuman, who spends every moment of her life doing only what she thinks others would, who cannot intervene even if she'd benefit from doing so, who is constantly self-sabotaging, in this stupid chibi style where she is so little and goofy is incredibly funny
October 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
* seeing uika, the girl who feels inhuman, who spends every moment of her life doing only what she thinks others would, who cannot intervene even if she'd benefit from doing so, who is constantly self-sabotaging, in this stupid chibi style where she is so little and goofy is incredibly funny
* ( TTTE )
* "Ah!" beamed Duck, as he watched Toby's train pass, "I remember hearing about engines having to back their coaches into Gloucester Station! There are plenty of places like that. "
* "Oh really," puffed Toby, who knew of plenty himself.
* "Ah!" beamed Duck, as he watched Toby's train pass, "I remember hearing about engines having to back their coaches into Gloucester Station! There are plenty of places like that. "
* "Oh really," puffed Toby, who knew of plenty himself.
October 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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* "Ah!" beamed Duck, as he watched Toby's train pass, "I remember hearing about engines having to back their coaches into Gloucester Station! There are plenty of places like that. "
* "Oh really," puffed Toby, who knew of plenty himself.
* "Ah!" beamed Duck, as he watched Toby's train pass, "I remember hearing about engines having to back their coaches into Gloucester Station! There are plenty of places like that. "
* "Oh really," puffed Toby, who knew of plenty himself.
* ( TTTE )
* steamies and diesels need to work together!
* steamies and diesels need to work together!
October 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
* ( TTTE )
* steamies and diesels need to work together!
* steamies and diesels need to work together!
* ( TTTE )
* i just had the realisation that i, the resident series 5 loather, could stream my live reaction™️ to the series 5 production documents like it is a nintendo direct
* i just had the realisation that i, the resident series 5 loather, could stream my live reaction™️ to the series 5 production documents like it is a nintendo direct
September 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
* ( TTTE )
* i just had the realisation that i, the resident series 5 loather, could stream my live reaction™️ to the series 5 production documents like it is a nintendo direct
* i just had the realisation that i, the resident series 5 loather, could stream my live reaction™️ to the series 5 production documents like it is a nintendo direct
* also, regarding mavis' debut story, i do not think daisy is being genuine when she says "whatever steam engines do, we diesels do better"
* we know from the text that daisy was expressly delighted to have another diesel to talk to, she just got caught up in the moment when encouraging mavis
* we know from the text that daisy was expressly delighted to have another diesel to talk to, she just got caught up in the moment when encouraging mavis
September 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
* also, regarding mavis' debut story, i do not think daisy is being genuine when she says "whatever steam engines do, we diesels do better"
* we know from the text that daisy was expressly delighted to have another diesel to talk to, she just got caught up in the moment when encouraging mavis
* we know from the text that daisy was expressly delighted to have another diesel to talk to, she just got caught up in the moment when encouraging mavis
* ( TTTE )
* another wave of the unlucky topic: having a (very agreeable) gripe about a lack of focus on daisy helping clear the mess in "percy's predicament" only to erase her agency in doing so in your adaptation by having stupid old toby lie about her helping is insane.
* you were so close.
* another wave of the unlucky topic: having a (very agreeable) gripe about a lack of focus on daisy helping clear the mess in "percy's predicament" only to erase her agency in doing so in your adaptation by having stupid old toby lie about her helping is insane.
* you were so close.
September 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
* ( TTTE )
* another wave of the unlucky topic: having a (very agreeable) gripe about a lack of focus on daisy helping clear the mess in "percy's predicament" only to erase her agency in doing so in your adaptation by having stupid old toby lie about her helping is insane.
* you were so close.
* another wave of the unlucky topic: having a (very agreeable) gripe about a lack of focus on daisy helping clear the mess in "percy's predicament" only to erase her agency in doing so in your adaptation by having stupid old toby lie about her helping is insane.
* you were so close.
* thank you to all donators, i did this on a whim but am so happy we got to raise money in the most ridiculous way possible
* thank you for taking an interest in my work, even if "sudrian rails" doesn't represent much of me anymore, to see people still like it is a high honour
* thank you for taking an interest in my work, even if "sudrian rails" doesn't represent much of me anymore, to see people still like it is a high honour
September 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
* thank you to all donators, i did this on a whim but am so happy we got to raise money in the most ridiculous way possible
* thank you for taking an interest in my work, even if "sudrian rails" doesn't represent much of me anymore, to see people still like it is a high honour
* thank you for taking an interest in my work, even if "sudrian rails" doesn't represent much of me anymore, to see people still like it is a high honour
* 11 and an extra third) and finally, as people have asked me before, i'll finally confirm it as thank you: yes, johnson was going to join the railway of nowhere after the great railway show. it wasn't right for them to stay on sodor, but audrey happily welcomed it to her home
September 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
* 11 and an extra third) and finally, as people have asked me before, i'll finally confirm it as thank you: yes, johnson was going to join the railway of nowhere after the great railway show. it wasn't right for them to stay on sodor, but audrey happily welcomed it to her home