u/AngryTrainGuy09

I personally prefer Saarinen a lot and I think he should be remembered much more.

Give me your thoughts on it. What can I improve? What did I do well? Was there anything in particular that stood out? What do you think about the thumbnail.

As a swede I feel a strong connection to Poland. My granfathers family were from the Wrocław area back when it was german. His family were ethnically german but they had a polish surname that I carry with pride. The times I’ve visited your country it has felt like home to me and people have been kind, honest and respectful. I love Poland for many things like the food, architecture, culture, history and the resilience when facing tough odds and still coming out on top. I have nothing but love and respect for you and I will continue to visit your beautiful country. I want to show this gesture and gratitude after what happened in Gdánsk a few weeks ago. I won’t go into it here because it’s so embarrassing and tragic for people to behave like this. It’s my responsibility as a swede and neighbour to show how much I love your country. Thank you for being a good neighbour unlike Russia 🇸🇪❤️🇵🇱

Ps: I think Wrocław is a much better name than Breslau and I want it to remain polish.

I’m not against antagonists villains being redeemed. It makes sense for Diesel, Spencer, Bulgy, Splidge and even Arry & Bert to an extent to be redeemed but I think Diesel 10 should remain a villain. The personality he had in Magic Railroad was perfect and he was one of the few good things about the movie. He managed to be both comedic and intimidating at the same time. I really dislike how they tried to redeem him later in both Calling all engines and Day of the Diesels and in fan stories too.

Real life has bad people so what stops Thomas, a show that is generally more grounded than other kids shows from having bad irredeemable characters? Why the classic series (S1-5) and the railway series books by Awdry were so good are because they didn’t shy away from showing the crueler and darker sides of reality.

Redeeming Diesel 10 in my opinion takes away the thing that makes the character click. Even if you remove the claw and make him a more grounded character you can still have him remain evil and bitter, just look at a fan made character like Dudley.

Any particular things you’d like to see return or any new mechanics? I’d like to see Ribbon and Adeline get a bit more time to shine. I know they were in Star Allies but they weren’t major characters. Of course I want to see new characters and copy abilities too.