Boy or Girl? - An Original Thomas & Friends Story

Charlie is a very funny tank engine who loves telling jokes. It's his favourite thing to do in the whole world! But underneath all those puns and laughs is an ever-looming dread that something is wrong with him. He doesn't know what. Or why. But something is off. If only he could figure it out… NO GENERATIVE AI WAS USED DURING THE PRODUCTION OF THIS VIDEO. I DID IT ALL MYSELF, FOR BETTER OR WORSE. OBVIOUSLY I DO NOT OWN THOMAS AND FRIENDS. THIS SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING. IT BELONGS TO MATTEL AND WAS CREATED BY BRITT ALLCROFT, BASED ON THE BOOKS BY REV. W. AWDRY. TRAINZ SIMULATOR IS NOT OWNED BY ME EITHER. THAT HONOUR GOES TO N3V GAMES. So, uh, I guess we doing Thomas the Tank Engine now! The autism is demanding it. Oh hey, an autistic person got really into Thomas & Friends. Wow, what a sHoCk. I've seen so many fantastic T&F fan stories being created in Trainz Simulator, and I wanted to take part. I adapted one of my own fanfics, and... here we are. Am I making more of these? ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY! And for my first foray into this, I... chose a story that doesn't even have my favourite engine (Henry) in it, and instead focuses on a character most fans don't even like all that much (Charlie). But I think it does a good job demonstrating what I want to do with my own Trainz videos: focus on rarely-used characters, deal with issues most creators don't, base it more on the Brenner Era, etc. This whole story was inspired by how Charlie is seemingly getting genderswapped in the upcoming reboot, so here's a story about the OG Charlie realising that she's trans! But yes, trans rights are human rights. Trans women are women, trans men are men, enbies are non-binary. Respect people's identities or you're an asshole. I'm a cisgender woman myself, but I can tell you that my transgender girlfriend approves!