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DAY 9: BELLE THE SLEEPING CAR(S)

- Favourite Actor?

honest i love both of memphis belle’s og actresses !! pp arnold and janet williams adderly were perfect for og belle. as for belle jr, ashlyn weeks and bethany rose-lythgoe are also both perfect for this belle.

- Favourite Song/Scenes?

for memphis belle, i’m ALWAYS a fan of her song, suggestive as it is. i love how belle knows her worth, and holds her head high, knowing that while she has lost her youth and beauty, she’s still the same sleeper as she was before, and her run down state says absolutely nothing about who she is as a person. additionally i love her passing down her knowledge to dinah in girl’s rolling stock, telling her that she can be awesome on her own (even if it is in service of getting greaseball back together with her) also her racing with rusty and defending him during the rap is amazing hello ???? i love belle being one of the few characters with an actual moral compass LMAO

for belle jr, she appears to be similar to belle the BAR car so most of my favorite scenes from her are the same for the bar car, however, i’m such a fan of her leading i am me and her and tassita assuring dinah that she is absolutely NOT at fault for greaseball breaking up with her. i love jr has the same moral compass and the desire to empower her fellow coaches as the original belle, it’s very much in spirit of what memphis would do.

- Favourite Costumes?

both of memphis belle’s costumes are pretty fire to me, but her broadway costume in my eyes is the most realized it has ever been. one of her shoulder boxes falling off, her little hat, her broken wheels, but that’s a tangent for another time.

belle jr has had one costume thus far and i have to say she has the strongest one out of all the coaches. her purpleness is like the best thing that could’ve happened to her, her shoulder pads, and neck pillow and spacey whoville hair is such a vibe ,,,,

- Favourite Ships/Friendships?

i’m very much a fan of both belles being close with the other coaches, and in a sense, being their LIFE coach. them both trying to help the younger coaches to flourish and be happy is so wholesome. i’m also interested in their relationship towards each other even if they never met and don’t even exist in the same show, im a sucker of the idea that memphis belle is belle jr’s mother, or at least a mother figure towards her. her being a parental figure to jr would certainly explain the latter’s inclination to empower her fellow coaches. additionally, memphis belle’s relationship with rusty is cute, it’s like he’s a grandson meeting his old man’s old flame from his youth, i think it’s cute !! if we also operate off the idea that jr is memphis’s daughter or daughter figure, i love the idea of her and rusty having a sibling like relationship, which could extend to slick as well (it completes the triad of rolling stock siblings !!!)

- Headcanons?

i think that belle jr was rather shy and reserved when she was younger, especially when she was brought in to replace memphis in the passenger train, og belle was EXTREMELY high class prior to retirement, so she left very big shoes to fill. however, much like poppa/momma with rusty, belle senior taught jr all that she knew about providing the best service to whatever passengers she would carry.

- Unpopular Opinion?

i don’t really have any !! i think that both belles are pretty awesome !!!