#Functionally Immortal Crew

[brucenorris007]

Shadow's old person trait-that is, being from the 50's-is that he prefers physical media. And since he distrusts the government about as much as his teammates, his DVD collection is, of course, pirated.

Rouge introduced him to the practice and it's one of the calmer activities he and Omega like doing together.

[inixplicable]

I only got into Severance like a week ago so I'm not sure what ground the fandom had already covered, but here are my theories heading into season 2:

-MDR is sorting memory data for severed people or severance candidates. The 4 types of data they're sorting are the 4 tempers (WO - woe, DR - dread, FC - frolic, MA - malice), not sure what the 5 categories represent yet.

- Each of the MDR crew represent an overabundance of one of the tempers. Mark is woe, Dylan is frolic [editor's note: S1!Dylan], Irving is dread [editor's note: pre-Burt's retirement], Helly is malice.

-Lumon is using or has used brain dead people as test subjects for severance. They can somehow sever the dead parts of the brain & essentially create a new person from whatever functional portions remain. Gemma/Ms. Casey is one of these subjects. [editor's note: I no longer subscribe to this theory]

-Ms. Cobel has a comatose loved one under Lumon's care right now and that's why she's so obsessed with Mark/Gemma. She's desperate for confirmation that a severed person can recognize a loved one with enough prompting & familiar stimuli. [editor's note: I no longer subscribe to this theory either]

-Outie!Irving is a labor activist who infiltrated Lumon's severed floor & his sleep deprivation + painting the testing floor + Ace of Spades is an attempt to create a liminal state in Innie!Irving and an image strong enough to break through.

-The ultimate goal of the severance project is two-fold: 1) create the ultimate worker drone by siloing undesirable attributes & indoctrinating them into the Lumon ideology/corporate culture 2) achieve immortality for the Eagans by fully digitizing human consciousness.

[probablyautistic-definitleygay]

ok before I get totally infected by the Bashir Brainworms I just gotta say that i love Data so much. he’s a machine with a human soul. he’s a human made of wires. he has a heartbeat. he’s curious. he’s autistic. he gets drunk. he loves to paint. he’s ambidextrous. he doesn’t pick up on social ques. his quarters are decorated with trinkets from his friends. he has a evil twin brother who got the reverse trauma. he misses his father. he values all life. he writes odes to his cat. his teeth are in great condition. he accidentally seduces people. he has dreams. he has nightmares. he is susceptible to finger traps. he’s a culture of one. he organises his closet by colour and function. he’s a cowboy. he’s canonically handsome. he sits up at 90°. he forgets to blink. he hovers outside conversations. he’s a Lieutenant Commander graduating class of ‘78. he tries so very much to sneeze. he can fly the Enterprise all on his own. he’s being so brave. he can sing. he’s so silly. he can be genuinely terrifying. he can pinch the barrel of a gun shut with two fingers. he wears a little visor when he plays poker. he went on trial for his own life and personhood and right to choose and won. he wonders about getting married someday. his voice is perfect. he’d love quiz bowl. he’s asexual. he’s programmed in multiple techniques. the first person he slept w was a lesbian. he keeps a hologram of her at his desk. he grieves. he’s been suicidal. he chose to stay. he glows in Geordi’s VISOR. he gets the emotion chip and immediately crashes out. he does standup comedy. he could take over the Federation in an afternoon but he just wants to play poker instead. he willingly violates the Prime Directive so he can save a little girl’s life. he can easily lift five tons with one hand but carries Spot with the same care as you would a baby. the only difference between him and a human is his physical form. he’s anxious. his side profile is gorgeous. he can control the rate of his hair growth. he fears he’s alone in the universe but considers the crew his family. he’s kindhearted. he’s gentle. he gives second chances. he has so many questions. he does drag. he loves his job. he’s immortal. he’s mortal. he’s genuinely funny as hell. he’s a poet. he’s a telephone. he makes a fedora look good. he hates Sigmund Freud. he twitches like a bird. he’s curious about romance. he can pry open metal doors with ease. he enjoys botany. he infodumps constantly. he plays the violin AND guitar. he gets kidnapped. he cares deeply. for 23 years he never knew what a friend was until he met Geordi. he joined Starfleet to help others. he loves Sherlock. he cosplays. he imprints on every small child he meets. he’s a cat dad. he’s a single father. he loves his daughter. he can breathe underwater. he once lost all memory and his first instinct was to help others. he’s made of circuits and wires. he’s so very warm. he looks damn good in a suit. kids love his peculiar swag. he’s a mafia boss. he values all life. he roleplays for fun. he cries when he reunites w Spot. he doesn’t understand hatred but he understands revenge when his family is hurt. he has an unwavering sense of justice. he’s a professor at Cambridge. the Enterprise is his home. he’s empathetic. he owns at least seven cats. he was fully willing to destroy the emotion chip bc he would not forsake his best friend‘s safety. his greatest desire is to be human. he says he has no emotions but he so so obviously does. he is a machine he is a person he is a microwave he is conscious he is alive he is sentient he’s my specialest little angel he’s my android husband he’s my sweet cheese he’s my good time boy he’s my dearest love he’s my favourite blorbo.

“this is your man?” yes he’s made of tripolymer composites and friendship <3

[headlessgrasshopper]

I’m really curious about how the casino employees’ contracts work. Are they just functionally immortal so they can work at the casino forever? Do they die and then the devil replaces them? Idk I get way into the details of world building sometimes 💔.

(also your art is so lovely! It’s good to see that cuphead askblogs are still alive and well)

They will all die someday, but their lives are extended double the individuals life expectancy. The devil considers this crew irreplaceable, but yes he’d get new workers.

(THANK YOU 💥🫶)

[noxcorvorum]

John battle who wins

John Gaius vs Jonathan Sims vs John Doe vs Jon(ny) d'Ville

You can either vote for your favorite blorbo or consider the information I have provided beneath the cut (spoilers ahead). No results button pick on pure vibes if you have to

John Gaius, Necrolord Prime

- the first necromancer, created the 9 necromantic houses by resurrecting the solar system

- 10,000 years old

- immortal

- was a twitch streamer

- incredibly powerful necromancer (bone, flesh, and spirit magic), once reformed himself after getting vaporized

Jonathan Sims, the Archivist

- the specialest little guy of the Ceaseless Watcher, a fear god surrounding eyes, knowledge, and being perceived

- avatar, the Eye heals him supernaturally quickly, functionally immortal

- has vaporized multiple people with his mind

- asexual

- canonically greying in his late 20s, has so so many scars

John Doe, the Undefeated

- piece of the King in Yellow residing in a 1930s private investigators eyes and arm

- purple prose, says Arthur's name a lot

- tenacious, stubborn, determined, survived the dark world and the dreamlands for quite a while

- the survivability of a cockroach

- supernaturally wooden finger

Jonny d'Ville, First Mate

- mechanical heart that regenerates and resurrects him

- immortal steampunk space pirate C̶a̶p̶t̶a̶i̶n̶ First Mate of the starship Aurora

- unfathomably old through time shenanigans

- permanent death that is foretold (bar fight)

- loves guns and blowing things up and violence

- played by Jonathan Sims who wrote and voiced Jonathan Sims the Archivist

- narrator, dramatic, too many belts

For the purposes of this exercise:

- the Resurrection Beasts are nowhere near J. Gaius for the entirety of the battle

- they are nowhere near a bar fight for the entirety of the battle

- J. Sims has his full Archivist powers

- J. Doe has Arthur, is able to manifest as in part 40, they have their bag and whatever the hell is in it (glass, stone, mask, books, etc), and they have a gun and as many bullets as they would reasonably carry

- J. Doe and Arthur will not be receiving help from Kayne for the duration of the battle, but they start with no serious injuries and are not currently fighting with each other

- teamups are allowed, through there can be only one left alive at the end

- no one has access to their allies (the other Mechanisms, the Archives crew, the Lyctors, the Mithraeum, or the 9 houses)

[firefly-suite]

here's my nonsensical, silly arc three wishlist!

(they're in no particular order, just little details and stuff, not to be taken seriously! not comprehensive in the SLIGHTEST nd i may add more. - feel free to add more i'd love love LOVE to read them!!!!)

ELLLIS - i certainly didn't forget about her

AN AKIRA SLIDE!!!

one f bomb and it's gren something along the lines of rayla in s4 where she cuts herself off but there's just a cut to the next scene. i think opeli deserves it but honestly many of them do.

a cat

the smoky cat works even, i just want to see a cat in tdp is that too much to ask for??

CORVUS EZRAN HUG PLEASEEE soren ezran and corvus hug as well

opeli vs aaravos and she just fucknig decks him

OPELI UPDATED DESIGN SHE DESERVES IT

“you know what? in a few years, when you’re older, buddy, we’ll sit down and have a heart-to-heart talk about sandwiches.” - the sandwich conversation between ez and callum

a callback to if 'i am the king, then you have to let me go'

if anyone is interested here is a list of quote callbacks i would like

more corvus being a gentleman

married rayllum and rayla calls callum her husband and callum just passes out. like she gets a little flustered when he calls her my wife but the other way around, he just full on dies

miyana's twins to be local MENACES

more gren!

side plot where rayla wants to get ez and amaya's blessing to marry callum. and then also visits harrow, sarai and damian's graves to ask them

gren amaya corvus friendship ON SCREEN OKAY GUYS, I CAN'T FUNCTION WITH JUST THE CRUMBS

...epic the musical reference(s)... for me?

LA👏 DY👏 JU👏 STI👏CE (ez's dream of her, also potentially, a startouch elf.....)

another corvus cello moment - solo or duet i do not mind heheh

...sabah x marcos... remember them guys?

soren wearing corvus scarf. who needs wedding rings amiright

tdp jazz look i told you this list was nonsensical okay guys

HAIR DOWN ASTRID!!!

ez using a staff/spear for sarai, corvus' kaginawa, and to save someone, asks for runaan for his bow.

ruth (villad's wife of whom the ruthless is named after) speaking appearance grey delisle mayhaps?

musical episode PLEASE i would sell my soul for this you do not understand

beach episode!

KATOLIS LORE MYTHOS ND RELIGION

a montage

someone quotes karim and janai gets literal war flashbacks

we find out what viren could have done with zym's magic back in s3

genre awareness

kppar.

lissa actual appearance without strange lighting that makes her hair look green

NOIR DETECTIVE EPISODE like that she ra one

dnd/ttrpg esque filler episode - like i am aware we won't have the time but i can dream

unreliable narrator flashback episode

HEIST

it's a bit silly but i've always had a headcanon that ezran has had an arranged marriage to the youngest prince of neolandia

claudia's white hair grows out and she styles it like leola :) unintentionally :)

MORE SKYWING ELVES!! especially suroh, the one rayla saved in bloodmoon huntress!!!

saying that,

KIM'DAEL MY BELOVED

tales of xadia characters actually turning up, animated and speaking. but they're all voiced by matthew mercer LOL

i did make my own ocs for the rest of the dragon guard but i will also take canon ones

CANON NAMES FOR THE SIX HORNS again i have my own but STILL

PRINCESS BRIDE REFERENCES i do have a fic of this in the works but i can dream

aaravos has a vision of leola and sir sparklepuff :)

STAR WARS REFERENCES PLEASEEE TDP CREW DO THIS AND MY LIFE IS YOURS like i know we have i know and

bUT when they go to the evenearan library or whatever has that star thing - 'impossible. perhaps the archives are incomplete'

'aren't you a little short for a mage?'

ethari aanya friendship

callum making stupid dad jokes like harrow

bait being immortal.

superhero landings

hEY let's not forget about the nukes (that the twelve year olds developed)

SOMEONE WIELDING DUAL SWORDS AHSOKA TANO STYLE (for me, it's ezran, but they are both my favourites soooo - look, guys, i'm nothing if not predictable)

rayla's colour palette being lighter, more silver in it THE SYMBOLISM GUYS

... goatee callum

IM JOKING I'M JOKING PUT DOWN THE PITCHFORKS GUYS-

those light-being sunfire elves

MORE EARTHBLOOD ELVES

someone calls corvus lafayette. and no one questions it except from corvus.

i will always love pop culture references

a dance or a ball or something like that - even a culture exchange kind of thing (i think you can tell i read fanfiction LOL)

ez can feel animals pain is not just a novelisation thing ohh my GOD I'VE JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THE END OF SEASON 7 AND THE ARCHDRAGONS WHAT-

“It matters a lot… to Ezran.” “To the King, yeah.” and it's their marriage proposal LOL

*sees a tunnel*

soren: *inhales*

corvus, knowing what's coming: *slams a hand over his mouth* nope not doing that

he was going to start singing secret tunnel - they both learnt it at camp

THE ORPHAN QUEENS NAME i've taken to calling her eve 'evie' or leah (the jailor is julianna 'jules')

terry ezran friendship (terry calls him 'little man')

ezran has been sending letters and keeping in touch with nth'an

the crow lord is voiced by erik dellums yes i said what i said (same va as aaravos)

GRARK APPEARANCE

[delta-pavonis]

'allo! may i have a bit of Friend Like Me? ;)

Absolutely! I have posted some of this before, but once again Tumblr's search function is failing me and apparently I can't organize my own tags for shit so... This is Matthew + Hob used to be partners in crime (literally) and Hob may or may not have started the crew from Leverage. 😂

100% G-rated fluff over here.

Hob has to do this every few decades otherwise he would be up to his eyeballs in storage units. It isn't fun, but neither is having too many moving parts to keep track of and potentially getting caught by another asshat with a hard-on for immortality. 

What was that quote he had read? "No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style." 

Not to mention the myriad other enemies he had accumulated via his network of grifters, hitters, and hackers. 

(What? The current state of technological advancements meant that Hob needed to get better at tracking and erasing his digital presence back in the late nineties. Was it his fault that while he was living in the States he had accidentally amassed a highly skilled group of "criminals" who were all connected to him like spokes to the hub on a carriage wheel? And that it turned out that they were, as a team, really great at liberating funds and removing items from billionaire idiots who didn't need a fraction of their accumulated wealth and power? That they did it so well that Hob had to fake his own death earlier than expected to get out from under a particularly angry arms dealer? Was that really all because of him?)

(Yes. Yes it was.)

Yeah, anyway, Hob didn't leave the house without at least one blade on his person anymore. 

This is why, when Hob is interrupted by a large black mass swerving into his storage unit through the crack in the door that should be far too small to admit such a creature, he pulls the nearest throwing knife (he was crouching, so he went for the one concealed in a sheath on the outside ankle of his black leather chelseas), clocks the intruder's movement in his peripheral vision, and wings it directly at them. It hits the wall with a satisfying kthud, which is promptly followed by a very avian squawking.

"FUCKING CAWCHRIST MY DUDE WAS THAT A KNIFE!?! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS, THE IDES OF FUCKING MARCH?!"

That voice! Hob's head snaps up to see a sizable black bird falling in a tumble. It hits the concrete floor with a sound not unlike a briefcase hitting pavement from a story up (what? It is a very distinctive sound), leaving three large feathers tacked into the wall by the knife.

"Fuck me sideways that HURTS. Note to self, birds no likey losing butt feathers." The bird (A raven? Like this is the bloody Tower of London?) walks out from around a cardboard box with a bit of a waddle in its step, trying to look back at his tail while he moves. "I guess the Boss didn't tell you I was coming then?"

Hob sits back on his heels. That voice is still hauntingly familiar. But he would damned well remember meeting a talking bird. "Well, perhaps if you told me who your Boss is..."

The raven leaps a solid four feet into the air with a screech. He lands on top of a small writing desk, scrabbles against the smooth surface to balance himself, and then looks down at Hob with one glass-black eye. "I can't believe... no fucking way... Robbie? Is that you? Didn't you die in 2017?"

"Mattie?!" Hob's ass hits the cool floor as he is blown back by the revelation. "Didn't you die in 2020?"

Matthew Cable had been one of Hob's favorite grifters. Not because he was absolutely perfect at his job (oh no, Mattie had fucked up spectacularly more times then Hob’s blood pressure wants to recall), but because they had quickly become "let's get absolutely toasted and MST3K bad horror movies while we bitch about our love lives" buddies. Hob had missed Mattie immediately upon his own faked death and had mourned when he heard, through various channels he still kept an ear to, that Mattie had died in his sleep not too long ago.

"Yeah, but when I died I was given, like, a choice? Apparently the King of Dreams needed a new Raven and I decided to give it a go. Sounded much more interesting to work for him than actual death. There must be some mistake because I was sent here with a message for Hhh..." Mattie freezes.

"Dream sent you?" Hob tilts his head in interest. This was the Matthew he had often mentioned? A raven that carried his messages? Hob had been jealous over a bird?! (Oh Christ, how embarrassing.)

"Wait... what the fuck are you doing in Hob GaaaaAAHHHH!" Mattie the Raven starts hopping around frantically. "YOU ARE NOT JUST IN HOB GADLING'S STORAGE UNIT. YOU ARE HOB GADLING! FRIEND OF THE LORD MORPHEUS, KING OF DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES!"

Hob can't help his laughter. "Oh, he told you I was his friend, did he?" That Dream had called him friend to someone else shouldn't feel as good as it did. Hob tamps that useless bit of emotion down hard. (No good can come of that, better to put it away.) "Only took him six centuries to get there, stubborn wanker that he is." He fails to keep the fondness from his voice. 

"Christ you have no idea how much of a wanker sometimes..." Mattie shuffles his feathers. "Look, I gotta know the story here, man. How did you meet the King of Dreams?"

Hob stands, brushing off his jeans. "That... is a rather long story." He considers for a minute, barely that, rubbing at the back of his neck, before coming to a decision. "Look, it isn't like I get my close friends back from the dead every day... how about we head back to my flat, pull up something ridiculous like Slenderman, and I will fill you in on my story? Like old times?"

Mattie flaps over and lands on Hob's shoulder. "Hells to the yes. Especially if we can find out if ravens respond to THC. Shit, you ever get more of that Amnesia shit the team picked up in Amsterdam during that art heist job?"

Hob's belly laugh echoes in the small room. "I think I still have some squirreled away from my last trip to the continent." 

He locks the storage unit behind them. All the spring cleaning can happen another day. 

___________________________________

They did not, upon making it back to Hob’s flat above The New Inn, actually end up watching their intended horror movie. Instead, as they were flipping through options, they stumbled upon the live-action remake of Aladdin and Mattie had been so damned adamant that he wanted to see it while high that Hob had allowed the deviation from their established pattern. 

“That bird is a fucking useless sidekick. I will show you how to do it!” Matthew stands, wobbles, and falls off where he had been balanced on the arm of Hob’s couch.

Hob cackles, slouching back into the cushions. “Well, that’s your answer to the question about birds and THC, innit?” 

Matthew flapped his way up onto the space next to Hob. “Hey, I am still getting used to this stupid body without any fucking thumbs.” 

“Fair enough.” He shrugs, sinking even further back and letting the movie drift into the background, a gentle blanket of familiar songs. “So I can feel you trying to not ask questions. Ask away, Mattie. I owe you that much, at least.”

“Fucking right you do, faking your death like that caw.” The raven shakes his head. “Where even to start… Oh! I got it! When and how did you meet the King of Dreams and Nightmares? That must have been a trip and a half.”

The memory makes Hob even warmer and he feels himself grinning as he looks at the ceiling. “I was drinking with my pals at a tavern, the White Horse, in the year of our lord thirteen hundred and eighty nine…”

“Wait. The fuck? You are…” Mattie clearly stops to count for a blink, “almost seven hundred years old?”

“That I am, now let me finish… I rather loudly proclaimed that I had decided not to die. Just wasn’t going to fucking do it. And that was when he approached the table,” Hob closes his eyes, the swooping feeling of seeing Dream for the first time still razor sharp in his memory. Should he tell Mattie? Well, he had never been dishonest with the man before, no reason to start now. So Hob let all his emotional walls down. “And I swear to God, Mattie, it was like seeing a meteor shower for the first time. It was like discovering a second moon. I was absolutely dumbstruck by the beauty of this cocky young Lordling, all standing before me like he owned half the country. Looked it too, with that giant fucking ruby around his neck and his fine clothing.” Hob shakes his head, grin widening. “He offered me a deal. If I wanted unending life, then I could come back to that tavern on the same day at the same time one hundred years hence and tell him of my experiences of life so long-lasting. And here I am.” When Mattie doesn't immediately respond, Hob opens his eyes and turns his head. “What?”

The raven was studying him intently. When he spoke it was carefully metered and very much not in jest. “Robbie. I might be a bird now, but I would know that expression on your face anywhere. Do you… Are you…”

He didn’t need to put words to it, Hob knew exactly what his friend meant. He shrugged. “Aye, I probably am. But you have to understand, Mattie, he has been the only constant in my whole long life. Hundreds of relationships. Thousands of friendships. Centuries of life. And he was my only anchor.” Hob lets himself drift on that thought for a moment before coming back. “Did you know that I didn’t know his name until a few months ago when he showed up at the New Inn?”

“What?! What kind of asshole doesn’t give his – oh, wait, this is Dream I am talking about, isn’t it…”

Hob laughs. “You are very correct. Dream’s stubbornness is only surpassed by his beauty.”

“Wow. You’ve got it bad.”

“Most likely.” Hob inclines his head. “But I am happy with whatever type of relationship he is capable of with me."

The raven whistles. "Got it baaaad."

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And so it happens that Hob and Mattie are stonedly bickering over if Will Smith’s portrayal of the Genie was a good homage or a bad mockery (all while A Whole New World starts up in the background) when the King of Dreams and Nightmares steps out of nothingness and into Hob’s living room.

“Matthew! You were told to deliver a message, not spend an entire day-”

Hob cuts Dream off with an overdramatic, “OoooOOOOoooh, Mattie, you are in trooooouble.” Dream’s stern face snaps to Hob’s and he slaps a hand over his mouth while he giggles none-too-loudly, “OooooOOOh, now I am in trooooouble.”

That makes Mattie burst into giggles and let it be known that the giggle of a raven is not actually a pleasant sound to take in.

So it makes Hob laugh harder.

Then he sees Dream’s absolutely bewildered expression.

And that makes Hob laugh even harder.

Sobbing as he laughs, collapsed to the floor (having initially fallen clear off the couch in surprise at Dream’s entrance), clutching his belly, Hob can’t even bring himself to worry that Dream might actually be angry with him. Fuck, Hob just got Mattie back. This is fucking great.

Hob wipes at his face as his hysterics subside, trying to keep his voice steady as he addresses Dream from his place on the floor. “I’m sorry, m’love, I didn’t mean to patronize you, I just-” He cuts himself off when he sees, for the first time, a petal-pink blush color his Stranger’s cheeks.

“You called him your love!” Mattie cackles. Hob feels himself blush now, too. That was a slip. That shouldn’t have happened. (Ah, bollocks.) “You are so in for it now. The Boss hates pet names! Once I tried to call him Lord Mew-mew because he was acting like a wet fucking cat and-”

“Enough.” Dream waves his hand to his Raven and the bird is immediately silenced. “Matthew, leave us. I am not asking.”

“Aww, maannn.” Mattie shakes himself off and seems to become shockingly sober with just a ruffle of feathers. “Roger that, Boss. See you back at home.” Then he nods to Hob. “We should do this again sometime.” 

Before Hob can respond Mattie has taken wing and flown out a window that definitely was not open a moment ago. When he looks back up it is to have Dream’s hand in front of his face, gently offering to help him stand. Hob takes it, if only for the excuse to touch his Stranger’s skin for the first time. (His touch is cool, his fingers long and uncalloused, his skin smooth. Hob memorizes every sensation greedily.)

Dream seems to realize this once Hob is on his feet because the blush deepens slightly and he retracts his hand with a jerky motion. 

“I am sorry if I offended you, Dream.” Hob takes a step to the side and tries to catch his friend’s eye. Dream keeps purposefully looking away. “It is just a silly human endearment. I am rather high on some excellent weed and I didn’t mean-”

“Ah.” Dream interrupts and Hob’s jaw clicks shut. Dream is still not looking at him and so Hob can see the way the muscles in his jaw flex with tension. “Just a silly endearment. You did not mean it.” 

Something fiery swoops inside Hob. Dream has never acted like this. Never avoided Hob’s eyes. Never interrupted him. And all because Hob had accidentally called him love.

See, thing is, Hob does mean it. More than he has words for. But never did he think… Dream couldn’t possibly. Fuck. Hob is too high to think clearly about this.

Hob steps into Dream’s line of sight, forces the slightly taller anthropomorphic personification to meet his eyes. Why it comes out a whisper when Hob speaks he will never know. “Dream. Do you want me to mean it? Do you want me to call you,” he hesitates for a moment because this could ruin everything. (But look at him! Look at the hurt in his expression, the tension in his shoulders. He does not hide it well, now that Hob knows what to look for - thanks, Sophie.) “my love?”

It is answer enough to see Dream’s pupils dilate and his nostrils flare. Oh fuck. Oh fuck. Oh fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck. 

He is shaking when he goes to take Dream’s hand, brings it up to press a kiss to those beautiful fingers. “If I am reading this wrong then please please let’s just chalk it up to the THC and pretend this never happened. But…” Hob takes the last step in and now they are almost chest-to-chest, “I thought you would have figured it out after 1689… you are my guiding star. It is you who I wait decades for. You who I hope to impress with my experiences. You who I have yearned to touch with every fiber of my being for literal centuries.” Dream is blinking wide eyes at him now, confusion and surprise and hope all written there. “And if your friendship is all I can have, then so be it. But, Dream. If I had three wishes I would spend them all just to be able to call you love.”

[dingodad]

What’s going on with the God Tier Clock, isn’t it a juju? How come when Slick whacks it with his crowbar it doesn’t have any temporal effects like destroying it’s affect on the timeline or destroying it’s time loop?

When Caliborn breaks it, it releases time energy, but somehow the clock is repaired I guess by the time of Midnight Crew? Unless Yaldabaoth takes it from Scratch’s office or something? But I feel like it’s the other way around. Also wouldn’t destroying a Juju just create a new timeline where the objects temporal effects don’t exist, and erase the old timeline?

the comic never seems to suggest that's what the destruction of a juju does, so i see no reason to believe that's what happens.

i see where you're coming from with the temporal energy; english's safe releases temporal distortion when pried open with the juju breaker, and so does caliborn's god tier clock... but i think you're being misled by the assumption that "temporal energy" is the same as the rainbow energy which caliborn calls his "CLOCKWORK MAJYY. MAYJYJ. MAKJACK." i believe it's more helpful to think of the rainbow energies that emerge from the broken clock not as generic time energies, but rather an enchantment that is specific to the clock. when a god is reborn, the clock and the god both shimmer with a rainbow aura; similarly, when two cherubs engage in their mating dance they become immortal, because they flash with the same rainbow energy "perme8ting all those endowed with immortality." (when you put those two panels side by side, it's clear to see how the cherubs' mating form was probably inspired by the crocodilian motifs found on the clock.) so the rainbow stuff is best thought of as immortality energy rather than time energy. the page where we see the fully-realised Handmaid using that rainbow power is even the same page where we learn that she has been cursed to immortality.

a timeline, meanwhile, can never really be erased: temporal energy can have a destructive effect on the physical surroundings, but its primary temporal effect is ultimately just to make it possible for the new timeline to grow to replace an old one. (...so maybe there is something to be said about how temporal energy and immortality energy serve essentially the same function? but as far as the visual language communicates, we should still think of them as distinct from each other.)

assuming for the sake of argument that the magic clock IS a juju because it is primarily interacted with via the juju breaker: slick hitting it DOES have an effect? the clock's "effect on the timeline" is that it shows whether a god is going to be resurrected or not, and when you nullify that enchantment it stops doing that, which is exactly what you should expect to happen. the fact that the egg timer, biscuit oven and god tier clock all come back without much fanfare is all the proof we need that the 'jujus can't be destroyed' rule remains true even taking the crowbar into account; some other version of the juju will simply take over as the 'real one'. when caliborn smashes the clock apart, it nullifies the effect the enchantment has on him, but as you say, he still needs that clock as part of his decor later in the timeline, so it obviously isn't gone forever and it remains true that no juju has ever really been got rid of.

[bawmbo]

hi. decided that i can probably ramble a little bit in general here

i realize that theres not a lot of content revolving around the star sanses (and no jab and nightmare and the crew, all of them are interesting characters in their own respects, both together and separately) but. id say so for the stars too

i want to introduce the concept of cross joins the stars too. obviously take my character readings with a hint of salt because some of it is a personal twist on how i see the characters and i wont ever be able to recreate them as accurately as their creators do but imo cross doesnt seem like the guy to want to further havoc across the multiverse or bend to every one of nightmares whims. i think that would drive both of them up the wall

but say ink takes in cross, or dream, or blue finds him and drags him home. their roles are pretty interchangeable in that scenario. dragging home a grumpy cat, he doesnt want to be there. not at all. but everyone has food and water and theyre learning to respect his space and quickly cross realizes hes been kidnapped into a team of idiots that hes now having to call friends that are widely known and trusted as the guardians of this multiverse. great

they all anchor each other nicely in personality and battle. dream and ink struggle with similar feelings, though not directly the same, but having to be tied to a job and a one-dimensional purpose; not feeling as though they belong in any specific space (not feeling connected to the people around them for very different reasons, but otherwise not validating their humanity). both of them disagree on the end solution, "everyone needs to be saved and i want everyone to be happy" versus "not everyone can be saved for this to continue." imo creators and nim, whatever they have going on, can be really easily tied into some religious metaphors or trauma but i digress

blue can be a nice middle ground of either. he holds a more realistic view of it and has to completely reconstruct his world view after being taken out of his timeline. its scary fighting battles when your other two teammates are functionally immortal (with minor exceptions) and you are very aware of your mortality and where your feet are in battle. they love you and respect you just as much but everyone is scared for the day that you actually bite the dust. some people have the misconception that youre actually immortal when they havent heard of you. and adding cross in on it is so much better for relatability, for schedule and stability. is it selfish to be scared to die first? theres so much more going for you.

i have so much to say about dream as a character in general but i will be quiet. for two seconds to continue

cross and ink are horrible at the emotional aspects of battle de-escalation, both can be blunt and mocking or cruel. they can be jerks but usually accidentally. so dream and blue handle the emotional aspects and its easier

but dream and blue arent so good at being mean immediately and cross can put his foot down really easily.

all of them could be really close with each other. dream and ink can start off rocky and everyone in that group can annoy each other but id argue that they can be very close. i think the harsh affects of being widely idolized or demonized / the general public having such a polarized view on you would be interesting to explore too. how would it affect their personal relationships? people dont let nightmare and his crew just waltz around their house, how do they feel about the stars? are they angry they cant save everyone? are they happy they do their jobs? they dont know everything about them. and the stars are at most just 4 people out of thousands and thousands of people who could potentially need saving. i think even in a lighthearted way, a lot of the dynamics in that group could be really interesting if it was explored. isnt it funny to imagine seeing the multiverses widest known heroes wearing cat pajamas and doing summersaults for fun over park benches, playing respective instruments in the center of the city block? oh look at those guys. theyre actually just a little more eccentric than normal people. and now theyre playing uno and now theyre taking random arm wrestling requests from strangers. one of inks dads is a clown and there he is dressed up as one. hes also the local tailor. blue is devastated watching as his brother who no one ever sees is dragging an entire pallet of honey away that he was just putting down.

anyways i love writing and i think a lot of characters have a lot of writing potential. theres so many scenarios to put them in and i want to explore how everything they have to go through affects them

[brucenorris007]

Though he is acutely aware of the day each of them pass, Shadow does not attend the funerals of any of his friends or acquaintances. Some report catching glimpses of him, but only ever from a distance.

While he improves in many respects over the years, he remains quite ill-equipped in handling death.

The one exception, of course, is Rouge.

And he dissociates for the vast majority of the several days.

[holybagelsstuff]

Decided to share this theory anyway because I like it too much. Disclaimer: before you read it, you have to forget that movies after M1 exist. This is based on the first Matrix solely.

MATRIX THEORY: Neo Is A Failed Agent

We all know the basics. Agents are used to keep the Matrix's stability and protect it from threats. To ensure its safety, Agents need to be regularly updated. So I'm asking you this.

What if throughout the movie these new, more efficient Agents were in beta testing until Neo realized his potential?

Of course it doesn't mean that Neo is a program. At least, he's not exactly one. When he wasn't awoken yet, his real body didn't had a life of its own. Only his brain was functioning. A human brain can be reprogrammed – that's what happened when Tank installed martial arts knowledge in Neo's head. So that means that Neo's consciousness is a part of the Matrix and he's only physiologically human.

Redpills can break the laws of the Matrix. But the difference between them and Agents is that the latter are immortal. They can't be harmed by weapons. Even if they take over a Bluepill's body, only their vessel will die when a Redpill attacks them. Morpheus also mentions that everyone who tried to fight an Agent one-on-one has died, which I assume includes the previous Ones as well. Neo was also on the verge of dying at the end of the movie, but once he accepted his true self, he stood up again as if nothing happened. "He's the One", they say, but it's a little bit more complicated than that.

Neo is not some mythical type of human that can control a computer system. He's in this computer system. A completely new type of an Agent designed to guard the Matrix.

Since the very beginning, Neo shows that he knows that something about his life is off, he just can't explain it yet. He's said to feel like this his whole life, but this phrase is kinda vague. When exactly did he start to pay attention? We don't know, but there's one thing that makes him stand out from other potential Ones we can see in the Oracle's house. They're all children while Neo is an adult. Children find it easier to escape the Matrix because they aren't painfully attached to it yet. However, Neo accepts the situation he found himself in pretty fast, even though he must struggle with it, being inside the Matrix for at least 30 years of his life.

So what facts do we have?

All of Neo's predecessors died at the hands of Agents.

It's easier to wake up children than to wake up adults.

Neo, a grown-up, accepts the existence of the Matrix without much resistance.

Conclusion: the previous Ones discovered their powers when they were very young and couldn't stand their ground to Agents. Neo's fast adaptation means that he's the mightiest One in history. That's from a human's point of view. From a program's POV, Neo's predecessors were failed prototypes of a new Agent, while he himself is a final, perfect version.

But if those Ones were failed, why did I call Neo the same in the title? He's failed because he didn't do what the Matrix had planned for him. Morpheus and his crew found him before he could finish his Agent transformation. If they didn't do that, Neo would peacefully lead his life until his time comes and he becomes the Matrix's protector. The "higher-ups" needed him to exist as a Bluepill so he learns more about human life and uses it later to blend in. That's why Neo doesn't see himself as anything but a person, so of course he joins Morpheus and helps him.

Also also, the Oracle never said that the One has to be a human. Her only purpose is to show those who come to visit her the right way, and the matters of species are irrelevant to her. A person or an Agent, that makes no difference for her prophecies. She's part of the Matrix herself, after all.

Another question is, can Agents harm each other? It was never stated in the movie, and I assume that they have no need for that because they have the same mission, but since Neo is the only one who could defeat them, it means they can. He can dodge bullets in a similar way and he can possess bodies (that's what he did to Smith in the end, which makes him even more dangerous since he can affect even his own kind's code). Among his powers are also flight and telekinesis that the OG Agents don't have. All of these was given to him to protect the Matrix, but he chose his side.

Morpheus, Trinity and the others fight alongside an Agent without knowing it. Even Neo himself doesn't know it. And I guess it's a good thing that he doesn't, because imagine what would've happened if he accepted it. Redpills wouldn't stand a chance.

A human being by body, an Agent by mind...

[bearcatart]

crew of the U.S.S. Gloster Canary, my Orville fan-crew! this ship is commissioned after the kaylon war to make up for the many exploratory vessels lost in the battle with the kaylon. it functions as a support ship, so it goes around and helps other exploratory vessels with first contact, larger event space, security backup, etc.

character info under cut!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM:

CAPTAIN ZOZIA KORE, 45, she/her, Xixeven (original species*). She was the first of her kind to attend Union Point and is very very reserved. Her only close friend is Lyrez, the ship's other Xixeven. She keeps her bridge crew distant emotionally, but is a fine leader and would do anything for her crew. Over the course of the story, she learns how to open up and be calmer. She's got a Traumatic Past.

FIRST OFFICER VAYALA KATT-CLOSERMAN, 39, she/her, Human-Xelayan. Autistic and very awkward. Her special interest is the Union, she knows every code and regulation by heart, and she's very rigid. Heart of the crew. Positive to a point of it almost being toxic. Has a parrot.

SECOND OFFICER RIDGE JAMISON, 30, he/him, human. Ridge is Irisa's half brother, and they have a VERY difficult relationship. Ridge is serious, intelligent, calm, and cool, but his sister is his weak spot - and he had no idea she was the science officer on the Gloster Canary until they got there. Now they have to find a way to put differences aside and work together. He tries desperately to get Captain Kore to open up.

CHIEF ENGINEER YUSRA AZE, 27, she/her, human. Very sweet and outgoing and a lover of literature. She is very close with Vayala and has a huge crush on Ridge. She's one of the Union's best engineers and knows it. Outside of uniform she loves bright colors and citrus tones and cute accessories.

SCIENCE OFFICER IRISA DRENCH, 38, she/her, Human-Dakeeli. Her father was kidnapped and taken to a Calivon zoo shortly after her birth, leaving her human mother heartbroken. She never really forgave her mother for moving on, and she is very formal and serious about her work. She didn't speak to her brother for decades until seeing him as the Gloster Canary's second officer. She has a special affinity for sea creatures and nature and often spends time in the simulator visiting different planets.

SECURITY CHIEF ZORALEI ZYXY, 27, she/her, Unknown Species (based off a background alien from the beginning of 2x03). Zoralei is short and timid but her race has naturally enhanced speed, giving her an advantage over almost any enemy. She is also an extremely skilled fighter who has been studying the history of alien martial arts her whole life. Very shy, but also kind of a "bro". She develops a closeness with Dr. Serenity.

ENSIGN LAUREL PERK, 27, she/her, human. The ship's navigator and kind of stupid but that's OK. She's an artist of many mediums who really only joined the Union because she comes from a military family. At first she sets out to get banished from the Union so she could pursue what she thinks is her real dream, but Zozia catches on quickly and takes her under her wing and help her decide what she wants to do.

CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DR. SERENITY, Unknown Age (Immortal), she/her, emotionally-enhanced Kaylon. In an effort to show good faith to the Union, Kaylon Primary orders a unit to Earth to be altered with Timmis's emotional enhancement and given an official Union position. The unit, after asking Timmis about his experiences with emotion, decides to name herself after a word he chose that sounded particularly beautiful - Serenity. She ALSO becomes a lesbian!

HELMSMAN LYREZ, 29, xie/xir, Xixeven*. A rebellious and chaotic being who, despite maintaining the Xixeven pacifism, loves gossip and drama. Xe loves old Earth culture and typically takes the form of old toys from various planets.

*The Xixeven (pronounced six-seven) are an energy-based, highly advanced culture. Their bodies are technically particles of organic mist—several almost microscopically small, shimmering organisms with a singular mind uniting them. These small particles can join together to form a physical body when needed, but Xixeven need time dispersed as prolonged physical forms are strenuous to maintain. They can essentially shapeshift, but anything they shapeshift into will be purple/blue. When a physical form is not needed, the Xixeven maintain the appearance of their humanoid bodies, but the particles are only loosely floating next to one another, giving the Xixeven a holographic or glitchy effect. They can "teleport" by dispersing their particles, floating away, and reforming them in different locations. Xixevens are one-way telepathic; they communicate by “thinking” words into the minds and perceptions of others as they have no physical capability of speech. They come from a mysterious planet known as Xix that very few solid life forms have ever been to due to the planet lacking typical physical structures. Due to being a society of pacifists, very few Xixeven join the Union.

[hms-no-fun]

What is the date format used by EWL?

great question! so here's a screenshot from B1 chorus 4 featuring the EWL's date format:

this is something i've spent a lot of time thinking about and that i'm entirely uncertain how if ever to incorporate into the narrative proper, but basically-- the EWL is a coalition of outcasts from every conceivable species across all realities. this includes creatures whose lifespan is extremely brief to those whose lifespans are nigh immeasurable. and while many in the Legion are god tier & thus conditionally immortal, just as many are not. add to this the fact that every planet has its own day/night cycle, and every society its own concept of time, suddenly you've got a huge logistical nightmare in terms of maintaining the Legion's day-to-day function.

for all these reasons and more, the EWL relies on a squishier and more subjective view of time in its own record keeping. to wit, the Legion deliberately historicizes itself through the lens of an ongoing serialized anime narrative. S6A8E089 above means Season 6, Arc 8, Episode 089. these designations are often determined retroactively, as "an episode" can contain anywhere from a few hours to several months worth of activity, depending on how narratively eventful that interval of time was. these ultimately correspond with the "official" EWL anime that fictionalizes major events in Legion history with a goal of highlighting up-and-coming figures in the organization, some of whom get their own spinoffs. this is a manifestation of the Legion being a society run on hero worship that relies on the youthful desire to prove oneself. we've already seen some of this with how Dane idolizes Silverbark in B1.

[an important addendum to the above information is that the EWL is huge and contains many satellite organs that operate on different expectations. this is about the core of the EWL focused on the Universe Engine Intervention Program, which occupies a tremendous amount of attention and resources within the EWL both as content-generation for entertainment products/history and for recruitment of more godly orphans to the cause. this is cynical and pretty dystopic, but it's important to clarify that this is not the only nor even the *expected* route for a new member to take, especially a younger one. i promise it's not child soldiers all the way down lmao]

then there's the second value after the numbers and letters. RST stands for Relative Subjective Time, and it exists to more directly address the issue of polychronological bureaucracy and timekeeping. the idea is that anywhere you see that blue field with courier bold text in it, that is an objective marker in time being automatically translated into whichever timekeeping system you're used to. this particular document reflects military time because that's what makes sense for the kind of document it is-- but it's highly unlikely that the crew of the Hours Badger utilized a 24 hour clock in their own operations, even despite the timepiece-themed nature of the ship itself.

management of time is a tremendous challenge within the Legion, which is why an inordinate amount of resources are assigned to precisely this task. RST functions automatically on the user end, but it only functions as a consequence of the tireless work of Legion Syncopators. every member has a Syncopator assigned to them whose job it is to synchronize the lifecycle and subjective experience of time with the shared consensus established within EWL culture. the result is that a member in need of 8 hours of rest and a member in need of 30 hours of rest may to go to bed at the same time, sleep the exact amount they need, and still wake up at the same time as though they shared the same objective time stream. RST is just one of many ways the EWL produces a shared subjective reality among disparate peoples by utilizing god tier powers to massage objective reality to their whims.

[d20brainrot5]

I've seen a few people point out that it doesn't really make sense for the Sirens to be able to drown

Given the Sirens in Epic are likely the mermaid version as opposed to the bird women, it doesn't add up that creatures who live in the sea could drown.

However, I am here to make this part so much worse for the Sirens and make Odysseus seem all the more monstrous.

So you know lobsters? (This relates, I promise)

Lobsters are actually functionally immortal, with the main requirements for them to live being to molt, eat, don't get eaten, and breath.

However, in the wild, Lobsters will usually encounter many health threats, such as barnacles, which hinder their ability to do one or more of those things. Most commonly, the inability to molt is the cause of death in lobsters.

They aren't really immortal, as the older they get, the harder is is for them to molt. They lose the energy to molt properly, and end up just sitting on the ocean floor until they die.

Now, as far as we know, Sirens don't need to molt. So what does this have to do with anything?

Well, most aquatic creatures have similar requirements for life: Eat, breath, and don't get eaten.

Now what happens if said creature can't move?

You may know that sharks can't stop moving or they won't be able to breathe. They need the movement to help cycle oxygen through their gills, or else they will die.

And you may have heard about sea creatures who lost the energy to move and died, seemingly by drowning. Now, animals who breathe under water can't exactly drown like humans can, but they can end up unable to move, unable to hunt, and therefore, unable to eat.

What does this mean?

Well, Odysseus tells the crew to cut off the siren's tails, effectively destroying any movement they have. Since they can no longer swim, they can't hunt, or out-swim predators.

Additionally, they are likely still bleeding out when they are thrown back into the water, which will either kill them by blood loss, or it will attract a predator to kill them.

Tl;dr: the sirens won't technically drown. What they will do, is bleed out, starve, or be eaten by a predator.

And Odysseus does this to them seemingly without remorse.

[gx-gameon]

Going off the ask where the crew loses Jaden - what if Atem DID find him in the afterlife?

This is a torturous thought for sure.

In my original “Jaden’s gone” idea the reason they couldn’t find him was because by fusing their souls Jaden and Yubel are now something else.

Jaden couldn’t go to the afterlife for that is where humans go when they pass on. Jaden’s soul is the reincarnation of the supreme king/wielded of gentle darkness. His soul is constantly being reincarnated so that the universe can survive. Jaden soul will never rest in the afterlife.

By fusing with Yubel he’s semi breaks this because he’s now functionally immortal unless killed in battle to which his soul would then reincarnate. With Yubel and as rule of the 12 realms he can visit the afterlife no problem but cannot be a part of it.

However in the “Jaden gone” idea Atem can’t find Jaden’s soul because it is no longer ‘Jaden’ he should be looking for. Jaden’s soul has changed to something different. My idea here was that by fusing the two locked themselves out of reality. They aren’t a duel spirit or a person but a third thing that cannot exist and there for their souls became one with the gentle darkness itself.

But that doesn’t answer you question.

If after Jaden’s fight with Yubel he had died and went to the afterlife what would happen?

He would end up in the field of reeds and be welcomed by Atem’s court. They help the boy adjust to the fact his life is over. They also try to keep a certain pharaoh away (over protective aunts and uncles) Aknamkanon is doting on his grandson.

The news is heartbreaking for the Dm cast and Gx crew. Jaden’s friends take it a lot harder. Jaden is dead. They will never see him again (at least not in this life time. Heck unless they chose to go to the Egyptian afterlife they won’t even see him in death)

The dm cast are devastated.

But Seto does have a way to visit the afterlife….. and they really shouldn’t but you know Yugi and Seto rushing to see their son.

Seto and Atem are definitely working on ways to bring Jaden back. Seto using tech and Atem ancient magic.

Go is trying to process the loss of his child and comfort Jaden. His boy is at peace with what happened. His death returned all of his friends and family from the stars. He can find peace in his sacrifice saving them. Yugi can’t.

Seto definitely blames the Gx cast for what happened to Jaden. Therefore he does mention the ability to visit the afterlife to any of them.

A lot of the Gx cast is overwhelmed by grief.

I think Jesse might eventually find out and be aloud to go say goodbye. That or he finds out that Jaden is in the Captain afterlife and makes plans to join him upon his eventual death. He’s not rushing to it but he wants to make sure he and Jaden are reunited someday.

[mushroompoisoning]

Good friend, I ask of you because I trust you, what are these "The Mechanisms" you are so fond of?

Okay I tried to type out an incredibly long summary but tumblr deleted it so you're getting a semi-sane version instead

The Mechanisms are a band of immortal, space-faring pirates travelling the universe singing about the tragedies they witness for our entertainment!

There are nine main members you'll hear about, with the tenth - Dr Carmilla - having left much earlier and making her own music 👍 ( there is technically an eleventh but they're more of a mystery easter egg than anyone we know things about )

Quick lore thing: the mechanisms immortality works from the mechanical part(s) they each have. They can die and get injured, but they'll revive whenever the narrative wants them too. All logic in this universe functions off of Would It Be Good For The Story

The cast is:

Jonny D'Ville (he/him) is the ship's first mate ( don't let him tell you otherwise ) and he's got a mechanical heart

Nastya Rasputina (she/her) is the ship's engineer and girlfriend! Yea the ship - Aurora - is alive btw. She's got me hanical blood

Ashes O'Reily (they/them) is the ship's quartermaster and best arsonist! they've got mechanical lungs

Drumbot Brian (he/him) is the ship's pilot and the only one with a moral code. It's controlled by a switch which flips between Means Justify Ends and Ends Justify Means with no nuance. everything is mechanical except for his heart

Ivy Alexandria (she/her) is the ship's archivist! Pretty chill, cares more for books than violence but that doesn't mean she disapproves of the latter. she's got a mechanical brain

The Toy Soldier (it/its) is the mascot and whatever else they tell it to be! it just wants to be involved. will follow anything you tell it if you ask nicely ( or with enough force ). it's not actually mechanized, and is instead a sentient wooden man

Gunpowder Tim (he/him) is the ship's master at arms! madman war veteran who I love dearly. he blew up the moon. he's great. I pick favourites. he's got mechanical eyes

Raphaella La Cognizi (she/her) is the ship's unethical scientist! nothing is off the table when it comes to research. nothing. theory is she mechanized her, but iirc that unconfirmed. she's got a mechanical spine and wings!

and Baron Marius Von Raum (he/him) who is neither the ships baron nor doctor. he claims to be both, though. Deeply unserious fella. he's got a mechanical arm

^ here are some good images for crew reference

OKAY! Now onto actual music

They have six albums and a couple singles!

Once Upon a Time (In Space) is an unconventional retelling of classic fairytales

High Noon over Camelot is a retelling of King Arthur

Ulysses Dies at Dawn is a greek mythos adaptation

and The Bifrost Incident is a norse mythos adaptation

there's also Tales To Be Told volumes I and II, and the two single Frankenstein and Death To The Mechanisms ( technically that one is part of an album but the album is just a bunch of their other songs from already existing albums )

The tales to be told albums contain some of the mechanisms origins!

One Eyed Jacks is Jonny's

Lucky Sevens is Ashes'

Lost In The Cosmos is Brian's

and Gunpowder Tim vs The Moon Kaiser I don't think I have to say

Nastya has an origin song, but it was never officially put on anything. You can find it on the @mechanismslorearchive ( you can get any lore you want on there )

They also have a number of live shows ( you can find those on youtube ) and written stories on their website! I recommend these if you wanna get to know the mechanisms as characters better

that is the basic rundown. I'm not an expert on the mechs so if you're looking to talk to a metaphorical seasoned nurse instead of a med student I'd go to @bugsinthebayou or @gunpowderdtim (sorry for tagging yall)