So yes, if I choose to write a more satisfying follow-up to 'Rusty and the Boulder' -- something that I alone can enjoy -- then so be it.

...Whew! That was a lot more than I'd intended to say 😅

Thank you if you have reached this far!

And that's also why I enjoy writing. It's one of my forms of escape. I can tell whatever story I like, even a happy one. Something to pour my emotions and thoughts into, even if no one else bothers to read them.

*I* wrote it. And if *I* enjoy it, then I've already won ⭐

And the thing I love about Thomas in particular is, yes, there are certain stories that have their "dark" moments, but nothing to the extremes that many try to push today. Because those same stories still have hope in a way, lights at the end of the tunnel, true happiness by the end... (cont)

These last few years outside of the internet have been tough for me, I'm not going to lie. I've been through just as many lows as I have ridden the highs. And life has been hard enough already without being reminded of the unfairness of it all day after day... (cont)

Lately I'd been asking myself: "Why this episode? One of the most unrealistic, the most unsettling, the most-quoted / parodied / heavily-adapted episode in the history of TV Thomas? Why inspired me to write a happier follow-up to this story?"

And then it hit me... (cont)

This was a fantastic finale! 8 years in the making, spanning 16 years of real-time progress...I watched the first two videos to refresh my memory, the better to enjoy the third.

And it was worth the wait. Really well done ⭐👍

Oh, yay! I forgot all about that! Great to see this brought back to life 😅👍

Thanks very much! 😊