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Mlp and infinity train fusion? and with the hottest characters involved? oh im eating GOOD tn
Applejack fused with Simon Laurent from Infinity Train? VERY odd combo, I know, but I'm quite curious as to how you'd think that would look
"Look who came crawling back..."
I thought it should look like Evil Rarijack (+cmc & friends) AU
-Mod Dragonfly
Grace and Simon, Kreese and Terry: A Destroyed Friendship
What would you think if I told you that this friendship
is similar to this one?
So that you can understand it better, here I will explain the similarities between both friendships and the possible fates of Kreese and Terry if they follow the same route as Grace and Simon:
GRACE MONROE AND JOHN KRESSE - PURPOSE, GUILT AND REDEMPTION
Grace came from a home where she was ignored by her parents and she could only get their attention through standards that they put on her and she got into trouble just to get their attention and the train picks her up and the fact of being in an unknown place without knowing what besides almost dying if it weren't for the fact that the false conductor (Amelia) inadvertently saved her, makes Grace consider that the train belongs to the passengers and that the denizens of the train have no value and are just decorations.
Kreese on the other hand had a hard life: her mother committed suicide and she had to work to survive and her girlfriend Betsy gave her hope for a happy life. Then comes the Vietnam War, Betsy's death and the rejection of both the government and American citizens towards the soldiers who fought in Vietnam and this ends up marking him for life with his ideology: peace is just an illusion, if not you attack first and hard or if you just don't win then they will kill you.
They both had a difficult life and had traumatic events (Grace being saved by the fake driver from almost dying and Kreese because of everything she lived through during the Vietnam War) that shaped their way of thinking (with Grace it is that the passengers are the only ones that have value and the denizens are only accessories and with Kreese it's that if you do not win and attack first they kill you) but you will wonder why they create Apex and Cobra Kai? The answer is simple: they seek to give meaning to their traumatic experiences and, by extension, they seek purpose in the current environment they find themselves in because if their traumas and pain are meaningless then they will have suffered for nothing.
Also during their stays on the train and in Vietnam respectively, they meet Simon Laurent and Terry Silver who will be their closest friends by sharing their trauma and therefore end up sharing their ideology and will spend years spreading their toxic ideologies to their friends (Simon and Terry) and the younger generation. Grace and Kreese think they're helping the younger generation survive when in reality they're harming them with toxic ideologies that will only bring them trouble in society.
Grace and Kreese continue with this way of life until they meet someone who will not have much of an impact at first but as time goes on will start a snowball effect that will make them question their ideologies: Johnny Lawrence and Hazel.
At first Grace and Kreese have a good relationship with Hazel and Johnny and even come to love them like family (Grace loves Hazel like a little sister and Kreese considers Johnny his son) but they constantly let them down to the point of that Hazel and Johnny don't trust them and want nothing to do with them anymore, this makes Grace and Kreese realize that they have ruined their relationship with them to an irreparable level but these aren't the only relationships they ruined to that level because they also failed in their relationships with Simon and Terry by manipulating and lying to them all the time not to mention that they feel displaced by Hazel and Johnny until they (Simon and Terry) get tired of Grace and Kreese, betray them and lock them up in prisons (Grace is locked in a tape with her memories and Kreese is arrested for a crime he didn't commit). All this, plus the guilt they feel for all their mistakes, forces them to recognize that they have failed and that they need to change for the better, Grace recognizing her mistakes and wanting to change not only herself but also the young people she has failed and lied to and Kreese will (possibly) have to do the same thing Grace did if he wants to fix his life and his relationship with Johnny because if he doesn't, Kreese will live miserable and alone for the rest of his life.
SIMON LAURENT AND TERRY SILVER - LOYALTY, DENIAL AND MADNESS
On the other hand, Simon and Terry have followed Grace and Kreese for as long as we've known them, but why are they so loyal to them? That's because Grace and Kreese saved them from dying in the past and Simon and Terry feel indebted to them but Grace and especially Kreese share their views with them and create Apex and Cobra Kai as a result, teaching them a dysfunctional ideology. In addition to taking advantage of Simon and Terry's loyalty by abusing it, manipulating them and (especially Kreese) mistreating them.
Simon and Terry are willing to prove their loyalty to Grace and Kreese to the point that they do horrible things to do it (Simon kills Tuba behind Grace's back and Terry almost kills Johnny) and this makes Grace and Kreese angry and they don't know. This is because Grace and Kreese are inadvertently changing due to their relationship with Hazel and Johnny, and by extension, are doing the opposite of the ideologies that govern their lives and their respective organizations (Kreese has compassion for Johnny and saves him from dying and Grace shows grief and pity for Tuba, a train denizen) so Simon and Terry feel like they were lied to all along and as King said in The Owl House season 2 episode 16 Hollow Mind:
King: No one wants to think they've wasted their life following the wrong person.
And this is what happens with Simon and Terry, they don't want to change because that would imply recognizing that they have been following a flawed ideology, a lie and they don't want to feel that their loyalty was for a lie, was for nothing and they choose to blame Grace and Kreese for betraying what they want to believe is the truth.
Also Simon and Terry realize that Grace and Kreese's change is motivated by Hazel and Johnny and at the same time they feel displaced by them.
All of the above (the constant exploitation and manipulation, feeling cheated and betrayed, not wanting to recognize that their ideology doesn't work, and feeling that they were displaced by someone else) makes Simon and Terry tire of Grace and Kreese, betraying and locking them up while they usurp their positions as leaders of their organizations (Apex and Cobra Kai) and while this is happening Grace and (possibly) Kreese reflect on their mistakes and are willing to change while Simon and Terry continue to refuse to acknowledge their mistakes to the point that this effort for denying the truth and refusing to recognize his mistakes turns into madness, making Simon turn the Apex into a cult himself and wants to kill Grace when he returns and possibly Terry ends up turning Cobra Kai into a cult himself too and wants to kill to Kreese when he gets out of jail. All this leads to Simon's death and if Terry continues with that same way of thinking he could end up like Simon.
Kreese and Terry are the toxic versions of Grace and Simon because Kreese is what Grace would have been if she hadn't realized her mistakes and that her way of thinking was wrong and Terry is what Simon would have been if the latter had remained alive and would have returned from the infinity train to the real world.
In conclusion, Grace and possibly Kreese recognize their mistakes and are willing to change, taking a step to redeem themselves while Simon and possibly Terry refuse to change and this only leads them to step into the abyss.
Grace and Simon, Kreese and Terry: A Destroyed Friendship
What would you think if I told you that this friendship
is similar to this one?
So that you can understand it better, here I will explain the similarities between both friendships and the possible fates of Kreese and Terry if they follow the same route as Grace and Simon:
GRACE MONROE AND JOHN KRESSE - PURPOSE, GUILT AND REDEMPTION
Grace came from a home where she was ignored by her parents and she could only get their attention through standards that they put on her and she got into trouble just to get their attention and the train picks her up and the fact of being in an unknown place without knowing what besides almost dying if it weren't for the fact that the false conductor (Amelia) inadvertently saved her, makes Grace consider that the train belongs to the passengers and that the denizens of the train have no value and are just decorations.
Kreese on the other hand had a hard life: her mother committed suicide and she had to work to survive and her girlfriend Betsy gave her hope for a happy life. Then comes the Vietnam War, Betsy's death and the rejection of both the government and American citizens towards the soldiers who fought in Vietnam and this ends up marking him for life with his ideology: peace is just an illusion, if not you attack first and hard or if you just don't win then they will kill you.
They both had a difficult life and had traumatic events (Grace being saved by the fake driver from almost dying and Kreese because of everything she lived through during the Vietnam War) that shaped their way of thinking (with Grace it is that the passengers are the only ones that have value and the denizens are only accessories and with Kreese it's that if you do not win and attack first they kill you) but you will wonder why they create Apex and Cobra Kai? The answer is simple: they seek to give meaning to their traumatic experiences and, by extension, they seek purpose in the current environment they find themselves in because if their traumas and pain are meaningless then they will have suffered for nothing.
Also during their stays on the train and in Vietnam respectively, they meet Simon Laurent and Terry Silver who will be their closest friends by sharing their trauma and therefore end up sharing their ideology and will spend years spreading their toxic ideologies to their friends (Simon and Terry) and the younger generation. Grace and Kreese think they're helping the younger generation survive when in reality they're harming them with toxic ideologies that will only bring them trouble in society.
Grace and Kreese continue with this way of life until they meet someone who will not have much of an impact at first but as time goes on will start a snowball effect that will make them question their ideologies: Johnny Lawrence and Hazel.
At first Grace and Kreese have a good relationship with Hazel and Johnny and even come to love them like family (Grace loves Hazel like a little sister and Kreese considers Johnny his son) but they constantly let them down to the point of that Hazel and Johnny don't trust them and want nothing to do with them anymore, this makes Grace and Kreese realize that they have ruined their relationship with them to an irreparable level but these aren't the only relationships they ruined to that level because they also failed in their relationships with Simon and Terry by manipulating and lying to them all the time not to mention that they feel displaced by Hazel and Johnny until they (Simon and Terry) get tired of Grace and Kreese, betray them and lock them up in prisons (Grace is locked in a tape with her memories and Kreese is arrested for a crime he didn't commit). All this, plus the guilt they feel for all their mistakes, forces them to recognize that they have failed and that they need to change for the better, Grace recognizing her mistakes and wanting to change not only herself but also the young people she has failed and lied to and Kreese will (possibly) have to do the same thing Grace did if he wants to fix his life and his relationship with Johnny because if he doesn't, Kreese will live miserable and alone for the rest of his life.
SIMON LAURENT AND TERRY SILVER - LOYALTY, DENIAL AND MADNESS
On the other hand, Simon and Terry have followed Grace and Kreese for as long as we've known them, but why are they so loyal to them? That's because Grace and Kreese saved them from dying in the past and Simon and Terry feel indebted to them but Grace and especially Kreese share their views with them and create Apex and Cobra Kai as a result, teaching them a dysfunctional ideology. In addition to taking advantage of Simon and Terry's loyalty by abusing it, manipulating them and (especially Kreese) mistreating them.
Simon and Terry are willing to prove their loyalty to Grace and Kreese to the point that they do horrible things to do it (Simon kills Tuba behind Grace's back and Terry almost kills Johnny) and this makes Grace and Kreese angry and they don't know. This is because Grace and Kreese are inadvertently changing due to their relationship with Hazel and Johnny, and by extension, are doing the opposite of the ideologies that govern their lives and their respective organizations (Kreese has compassion for Johnny and saves him from dying and Grace shows grief and pity for Tuba, a train denizen) so Simon and Terry feel like they were lied to all along and as King said in The Owl House season 2 episode 16 Hollow Mind:
King: No one wants to think they've wasted their life following the wrong person.
And this is what happens with Simon and Terry, they don't want to change because that would imply recognizing that they have been following a flawed ideology, a lie and they don't want to feel that their loyalty was for a lie, was for nothing and they choose to blame Grace and Kreese for betraying what they want to believe is the truth.
Also Simon and Terry realize that Grace and Kreese's change is motivated by Hazel and Johnny and at the same time they feel displaced by them.
All of the above (the constant exploitation and manipulation, feeling cheated and betrayed, not wanting to recognize that their ideology doesn't work, and feeling that they were displaced by someone else) makes Simon and Terry tire of Grace and Kreese, betraying and locking them up while they usurp their positions as leaders of their organizations (Apex and Cobra Kai) and while this is happening Grace and (possibly) Kreese reflect on their mistakes and are willing to change while Simon and Terry continue to refuse to acknowledge their mistakes to the point that this effort for denying the truth and refusing to recognize his mistakes turns into madness, making Simon turn the Apex into a cult himself and wants to kill Grace when he returns and possibly Terry ends up turning Cobra Kai into a cult himself too and wants to kill to Kreese when he gets out of jail. All this leads to Simon's death and if Terry continues with that same way of thinking he could end up like Simon.
Kreese and Terry are the toxic versions of Grace and Simon because Kreese is what Grace would have been if she hadn't realized her mistakes and that her way of thinking was wrong and Terry is what Simon would have been if the latter had remained alive and would have returned from the infinity train to the real world.
In conclusion, Grace and possibly Kreese recognize their mistakes and are willing to change, taking a step to redeem themselves while Simon and possibly Terry refuse to change and this only leads them to step into the abyss.
Ahhh yes the protagonist
INFINITY TRAIN: PROTAGONISTS
Ahhh yes the protagonist
INFINITY TRAIN: PROTAGONISTS
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Fanart Of Tokyo Godfathers/Infinity Train
I made a Gift for https://the-magnificent-otaku-draws.tumblr.com/ before Christmas. Hope you like this Fanart. There's more fanart coming soon.
This took me 1 hour and 2 minutes to make this. I had a long break because I was lazy -w-
It's been 5 years since Infinity Train premiered and I still do forgive WB for canceling and removing this and a bunch of other shows. I was hooked after watching it and was hyped for book 3, Amphibia, The Owl House and this was top shows of 2020 for me, I hope one day it would get revisited and revival but I'm down with anything Owen has in store.
turns out there's exactly one (1) practical use of alarmingly high numbers
The Debutante Ball Car works very well as the beginning of Grace's arc of self-improvement.
Because of how quickly she brought them up with Hazel in this episode, and how much she was emotionally affected by just talking about them, and how prominent they were in her tape, we know that Grace's negative experiences with dancing are some of her most defining childhood memories. She wanted her parents to watch her recital and notice her, and they didn't. She saw her group dance class as a chance to bond with kids her own age and make friends, but they rejected her and she lashed out.
The show very clearly connects these experiences to Grace's terrible behavior, because she literally dances when she's being awful.
Once more she is putting on a show in pursuit of belonging and attention and love, but now she's performing as an infallible object of admiration and worship. Much more successful and gratifying, but still not meeting her underlying emotional needs.
In The Debutante Ball Car, Grace is reminded of her younger self by Hazel's longing to join the Apex and be with other kids, and she reminisces about her dance classes. And just when those memories and feelings are coming back, she has a positive experience with dancing.
No instructors or "learning from the best", just a fun bonding activity with three people who know her and like her. She gets to bask in the spotlight while a whole crowd gasps and murmurs about how amazing she is. It's another instance of the second chances theme of season three. Everything that went wrong with her dancing before has gone right this time.
(Sidebar: It comes up a few times that Grace's mom controlled her appearance, including this episode's mention of her making Grace straighten her hair and wear it in an uncomfortable ponytail. So Grace getting to put up her hair the way she wants and wear an outfit she likes that's in "her" colors is another way this is a do-over, and the fact that she bothered to pick multiple accessories and carefully covered the clothes underneath the dress shows how invested she was in the ball.)
It makes sense that Grace, who once was a vulnerable lonely child getting hopeful that her dance classmates could be her friends, would warm up to Hazel and Tuba very quickly after they learned the dance together. And that Grace, who remembered how much it hurt when her classmates rejected her, would have a moment of empathy and regret when she and Simon exclude Tuba from the bonding moment of Hazel joining the Apex.
And Grace being reminded of her underlying emotional needs, and meeting them in a much more positive and healthy way than "recruit kids into my cult and then we all beat people up together", seems to have recalibrated her personal goals. Grace is much more playful and sincere with Hazel going forward. When she snaps at Simon in the next episode she tells him to make his own decisions like she resents him wanting her to be the leader in that moment. And when she's apologizing to him later she admits her number is going down and she was afraid he might think less of her. Overall, she seems less interested in power and control and image, and more interested in having a good time with the group and being friends.
my vision for post-train grace monroe. love u 4ever bbg
bonus:
Apex! Tulip AU
Okay so, Grace and Simon found Tulip during a raid when she was contemplating giving One-One too the Cat. Tulip, so desperate for any answers, decides too join the apex which makes her number skyrocket too the thousands. But now she's an engineer and inventor for the Apex.
Currently she has been apart of the Apex for seven months, her number is up too her wrist making her third highest number in the apex. She usually repairs their grappling packs or a busted machine of some sort from a car they want repair. She uses her freetime too code videogames on computers she's found around the mall.
Grace and Simon constantly tease her and pick on her as if she were their own little sister. They also gave her so many nicknames, almost too many nicknames. Ponytail #2, Tutu, Four-eyes, Carrot-top, Nerd, Glasses, Redhead - I could go on, really. But they also get her tools and parts from raids and stick up for her when nesscery. Sometimes when they act too nice and that's when they want something from her.
Tulip usually let's the Apex-kids play or test her videogames unless she knows they're going mess up stuff. She's also the one who handles and takes care of the Apex kids when Simon and Grace dont feel like it.
It's rare if Tulip ever goes on a raid or wheels a null. Destroying stuff isnt really her think but Simon and Grace urge her too come because "Tulip, you haven't seen the sun in days I swear you look like and act like a vampire-" . She doesn't wheel nulls that often unless they're just really pissing her off that day or they're not animallike and/or humanlike.
What happened too One-One? Nobody knows~...At the moment.
HER - Ft. LemonLime (The prettier name for Grace x April)
More sketchbook WIPs while I'm waiting on my laptop. Gonna redraw it digitally eventually but until then have a ship I've been obsessed with lately
Infinity Train sapphics > everything else
Heyyy happy holidays!
Grace doodle I did for the last trend on twitter!