StEx Appreciation Month Day Twenty-Six: The Nationals!
I'm blowing the dust off of another ancient draw the squad meme. Grouping them all together here:
Favorite Songs/Moments: Coda Freight (this song slaps so hard), Entry of the National Engines, and the races
Favorite Costume: I like all of the current costumes (but I'm in the Brexit needs a different tie camp)! Orange Bobo > Blue Bobo. I actually like Espresso's current costume more than the yellow base one. Hashamoto did look good in blue and Ruhrgold's ICE costume is soooooo much better than anything Weltschaft had going on
Favorite Ships: Bobo x Espresso, Coco x Brandi, Coco x Pearl, Brocky, Ruhrgold x Joule, Ruhrgold x Carrie, and Rustgold is cute
Unpopular opinions: I know it's not unpopular, but some of their names have really sucked (I'm looking at you Japanese Engines and Brexit). Ofc this doesn't affect my enjoyment of the characters but the writers could've tried harder
Turnov: A very loud and and brash engine. He has an alcohol problem and a reputation for getting up to all sorts of crazy things while drunk. He once got black out drunk and had a one night stand with CoCo which he is rather embarrassed by because they don’t usually get along. He has also purposed to Rusty several times while drunk.
Brexit: A bit fastidious and snobbish. He is rather serious and straight-laced and very gay. He has a huge crush on both Ruhrgold and Espresso but he won’t admit that, even on pain of death.
Nintendo: A trans gamer who likes to present himself as quite serious and intense but is in actuality is rather shy and generally chill.
BoBo: An arrogant playboy type. He is related to CoCo and the two are the most intense rivals. He loves to bring up her history with Turnov because of how much it riles her up.
CoCo: A serious perfectionist and a total lightweight when in comes to strong drink. She once got black out drunk and had a one night stand with Turnov. She is extremely annoyed whenever anyone brings this up. She is related to BoBo and the two are the most intense rivals.
Espresso: Very bold and confidant engine. He knows he’s the best looking engine around and loves to flirt with anyone regardless of gender. He is aware of Brexit’s crush on him and likes to flirt just enough to rile him up but not reveal that he knows.
Ruhrgold: A very serious and disciplined engine. He expects a certain level of luxury as his status as a racer and is a big believer in that expanse should equal quality which should equal success. If things don’t go well he blames it on cheep components. He is often heard to say “*thing* wouldn’t have happened if they had just bought German! German Engineering is the Best!” He and Espresso have had an on-again off-again relationship for years on the down low.