#either that or hnoc

[unsat-and-strange]

istg if I knew anything about animation then animating the bifrost incident would probably be my next deployment project

[reegis]

i absolutely love your art and would give my right arm for more hnoc content

may i interest u in hnoc AU where mordred lives, somehow (that i came up with just now, for the express purpose of making this shirt)

[continuousmeowing]

I would totally make fun of Arthur for not putting together the pieces even after Brian told him “YOUR SON DIDN'T DIE. HES GROWN UP INTO A MAN. HE FEELS LIKE HES DECEIVING YOU” but i wouldn't figure it out either so i can't really say anything.

[cillyscribbles]

my 0.3l bootleg mojito energy drink i found in the back of my landlord's fridge: never back down never what me, sobbing over the keyboard as i edit a fic: never give up 0.3l: NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT !!!! me, crying harder: nEvEr giⱽᴱ ᵘᴾ

[thiscatiscreepy]

"this thing in a fictional story couldn't happen in real life" What happened to your suspension of disbelief? What happened to not taking things in a story at face value and instead considering what they represent? Have you heard of the rule of cool?

[duckduckngoose]

Dang I'm rll brainrotting this au huh

[captain-lonagan]

priority list for the weekend is

1. finish current episode of silt verses

2. catch up on riptide (i have one hour left in episode 86)

3. finish a motherfucking mechanisms album. literally just listen to high noon over camelot from start to finish. come on.

[mechanisedbrainrot]

MECHANISMS REF IMAGE MASTERPOST

Okay, so I put together refs for each of the mechs as best I can. I tried to avoid anything in a show lighting, but sometimes it can't be helped. Notes will be underneath each section

Whole cast

Ivy is the only character leaning on the wall in the second image, but is roughly as tall as Ashes

Jonny D'Ville

Jonny in earlier shows like TTBT wears a black shirt underneath instead of the white. He occasionally has red or black painted nails and his goggles are either black or bronze. He has a black 7 of diamonds. He often holds a mic - which is a Shure Super 55

Drumbot Brian

He usually has just the flower in his hat, but sometimes it's replaced with RAM or his drumsticks. His goggle has a very small crack at the base. The rings seem to be a bit of a motherboard and screws? The visible heart is something I can only find in one picture, but it's cool

Gunpowder Tim

Sometimes wears jeans instead of dark brown trousers. His eye scars are more geometric than Jonny's, and he has dark eye shadow around the eyes where Jonny uses just eyeliner

Raphaella la Cognizi

The top is three layers: a white/cream shirt, a brown puffy shirt and a a top layer which has a halter neck. Occasionally one or both of the undershirts won't be worn (see HNOC liveshow). Tights can be blue or black. Light up wings from DTTM

The leggings/tights are sometimes black and sometimes deep blue

Ivy Alexandria

A few different outfits, in liveshows they're also wearing some outfits not shown here - but always black and red with a waistcoat of some kind.

Nastya Rasputina

The necklace is a little cat :3

Marius von Raum

Kneepads in DTTM. The cards are a jack and ace of hearts. Necktie either has a white or gold pattern on it, but they don't always wear it. The green jacket has a tailcoat

The Toy Soldier

Hair varies a lot. Sometimes it's worn down, in a ponytail or hidden under the hat. Sometimes nails are painted red or black

Ashes O'Reilly

In live shows they often wear this eyeliner which has thick bars that go behind the ears - but I couldn't find any clear pictures of this. Though their outfits changes, always mostly black with some red in the hair

Dr Carmilla post can be found here

I hope this was in some way helpful to anyone who wants to draw the mechanisms. If you have questions feel free to ask me in the ask box and I will do my best to answer them and provide some photos <3 have a great day

[rocksanddeadflowers]

Hey mechs fans do any of y'all have images of posters or flyers or anything? Not sure what exactly to ask for actually, but like, images of actual flyers/adverts for certain gigs or random poster like things from the actual band? Or anything adjacent! Photos that look like papers either for shows or made up to expand canonical mechs lore!

Like there's this picture of DBB/Ben handing out HNOC papers- any images of stuff like that! Or again anything adjacent- I've seen this one post of UDAD City set newspaper, stuff like that would be awesome too!! Please anything like that do share or point me in the direction to find them I'm begging very politely!!!!!!

[shitty-mechs-headcannons]

brian's prophecies in HNOC weren't actually prophecies, it was just a broken clock situation where he always tells everyone he meets either that their son is alive, they need to stop being racist, or they need to go sit in a chair that kills people. it just happens

the mechs start using the phrase "even brian is right three times a world" and it makes him SOO mad

- mod fen

[neitherabaron]

Hello Kofi. My HNOC brainrot is lasting longer than i thought it would be, but I am yet to understand HOW THE HELL DOES FORT GALFRIDIAN WORK. I've spent hours collecting information and I think I generally get how it's shaped and the artificial gravity thing. What I have not absolutely understood is 1. Where do the people live? Are they on the curved part of the cylinder (so they see the sun as a line in the sky) or in the base (which mean that they see just the end of the tube ig)? And 2. How do they travel through the different levels? I'm sorry to have robbed you of your time with my random rambling, thank you for all your work which makes me so happy everyday. Byeeee<3

So the movie Interstellar came out a few months *after* HNOC, but both Fort Galfridian and Cooper Station are variations on the O’Neill cylinder concept (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder) so it’s not an original concept to either.

Interstellar is probably the clearest and easiest to find visual example of the main habitable level I can think of. I think this is concept art from the movie:

So as you can see, the people live inside the inner layer of the cylinder (think the inside of a cardboard tube.) The ground is also the ceiling and it’s all a bit giddy. The whole station spins to generate an artificial gravity effect. The big difference between this picture and Galfridian is that this station has the light source at the extreme end of the cylinder (and presumably at the opposite end too), which would not light the whole station evenly, whereas (according to all of us except Jonny, who obviously has a right to his opinion) Galfridian’s light source is a huge strip that runs from end to end of the cylinder, supported by colossal pylons, providing uniform light and oppressive heat (tube sun).

There are, of course, many lower layers under the ground where a combination of automation and operations crew carry out the essential functions, life support, hydroponics, weapons systems etc. How do they get down there from the habitable layer? The same way you’d get into a basement. Service elevators, stairwells, tunnels.

As Galfridian is broken, and there’s no longer a crew as such, these systems are decaying and wearing down. Some stopped altogether without the GRAIL. As the station’s solar orbit decayed over the years, the very outer levels became so flooded with solar radiation that even the Saxons won’t go that far out.

[cheese-is-a-milk-loaf]

You're so right. High Noon Over Camelot rocks.

My problem with UDAD was some of the songs (kind of Broken Horses; mostly My Name is No One) were a bit too heavy for my personal tastes but I can't think of a song from HNOC I didn't like.

When I first listened to UDaD I wasn’t really listening to the spoken parts and got so so lost. In consequence, I had not a single clue as to what was going on. It is a pretty dark story and that is some peoples thing but I do sympathize with your opinion, it’s not my favorite either.

HNOC was really the first album I connected with, so I was paying attention most of the time. Some how I didn’t internalize that Mordred was trans. It just didn’t occur to me that would be important to remember, it was. I got there eventually. It took a minute tho.

I also really love cowboys. Cowboys are cool.

[i-will-steal-your-knees]

All my fellow Mechanisms fans out there, this one’s for you

After spending a bit of time here on tumblr dot com, I haven’t seen anyone talk about this but. I believe that good old first name Gunpowder last name Tim caused the events of HNOC. Let me explain

The first and most important piece of evidence is the music. During DTTM, when they’re describing Tim’s death, the music playing is the intro to HNOC. It only seems important because of what music they use for everyone else (like Lost in the Cosmos for Brian, and I think either Hades or Lucky Sevens for Ashes, etc. (I don’t remember for the rest of them)). But like. Tim isn’t really tied in any way to HNOC thematically or narratively, as far as we know (and if we’re talking about music that’s thematically relevant for the character, referencing GTVTMK would make more sense I think?)

The other evidence I will present has more to do with the lore of the albums. Tim specifically steals the largest gunship to ever be created. And as evidenced by the scale of Fort Galfridian and the fact that the person in charge of it was a general, it makes sense that this civilization would have the technological and military capability to create said gunship. And we know Tim went on a murder spree, so maybe that’s why no one was responding to their distress calls? And then, of course, Tim finally dies by crashing into a space station (not wearing his seatbelt). At the start of HNOC, Fort Galfridian is already in disrepair and in a decaying orbit, and what better to leave it that way than being crashed into by the largest gunship ever? (And, tying in with the first piece of evidence, the music referenced was of course that of the one album that *took place on* a space station.)

Anyways, yeah, that’s my one hot spicy Mechanisms theory, feel free to reblog with anything to add/anything I might’ve missed

[bugsinthebayou]

okay how do i get into the mechs ... i would like to know about these robots now i think

GRINS. HI. HELLO.

The Mechanisms are a steampunk space pirate storytelling band!! they are compromised of 9 members (up until one of them left). they retell myths n legends in space, tragic, and queer

they have four main story albums, a single, and two extra albums for extra stories

for the four main albums, you have to listen to all the tracks in order so i recommend listening on youtube

Once Upon A Time (In Space) is their first album. its fairy tales retold as an intergalactic war

Ulysses Dies At Dawn is their second one. this one is greek mythology

High Noon Over Camelot. oh boy high noon over camelot. my favorite mechs album and my favorite album just in general. arthurian legend retold as a space western

The Bifrost Incident. norse myth but eldritch horror

their single is Frankenstein (frankenstein except the monster is an AI), and their other two albums are Tales To Be Told volumes I and II. theyre both collections of extra songs that either work as standalone stories or fit into the same setting as one of the main albums but doesnt follow along the main plotline

they also have Death to the Mechanisms, which was a performance of some of their songs live plus a song of the same name as the album that describes how they died a final time. this was because they split up. no more mechs music </3

out of all of them i recommend hnoc the most. cuz its my favorite <3

i apologize for not explaining the albums further, but you asked about the mechs themselves so im gonna put more focus into explaining those guys

the mechanisms themselves are 9 immortal space pirates. they are immortal due to their mechanisms, mechanical replacements of certain body parts. they travel the galaxy on the starship known as Aurora, who is infact sentient and also dating the ship's engineer. they like to "have fun, violence, adventure, violence. violence." according to jonny

Jonny d'Ville - he/him. he's claims he's the ships captain. hes the first mate. he is the narrator to all of the albums and plays a number of characters. King Cole (ouat(is)), Ulysses (udad), Lancelot (hnoc), Galahad (hnoc), and the void (tbi) are a few. there's more, but theyre more minor. hes pretty shooty and has canonically committed every crime (that existed on a planet) except the sexual ones. his mechanism is his heart!

Gunpowder Tim - he/him. master at arms! hes another one that sings often. he also plays the guitar. a few characters hes been are Oedipus (udad), Gawain (hnoc), and Loki (tbi). his mechanism is his eyes. hes also on the violent side. he blew up the moon, as detailed in the song Gunpowder Tim vs The Moon Kaiser from the ttbt vol 1

Ashes o'Reilly - they/them. quartermaster. they sing often and their voice is beautiful <3 they play bass aswell. some characters theyve played are Hades/themself (udad), Mordred (hnoc), and Sigyn (tbi). their mechanism is their lungs. theyre also a mob boss and arsonist and have been since they were 12 years old, described in their backstory song Lucky Sevens

Drumbot Brian - he/him. pilot. he doesnt sing as often but its great when he does! he plays a few different instruments. a couple of his characters are Merlin/himself (hnoc) and the robot spouse in Stranger (ttbt vol 2). everything except his heart is mechanical. he was thrown into space because he brought someone back to life

The Toy Soldier - it/its. its just there!! it sings often and plays the mandolin. some characters are Cinders (ouat(is)), Orpheus (udad), and Guinevere (hnoc). its a toy soldier. it was never human it just started walking one day

Raphaella la Cognizi - she/her. science officer. she is another singer!! and pianist!! her voice is heavenly tbh. notable roles are Ariadne (udad), Ygraine (hnoc (one song but it Slaps)), and Odin (tbi). her mechanism is a pair of wings!

Marius von Raum - he/him. doctor (not even a doctor). he sings and plays violin. and mandolin the wiki says. Heracles (udad), Arthur (hnoc), Thor (tbi). his mechanism is his right arm

Ivy Alexandria - she/her. archivist. she plays a few wind instruments, no singing. her mechanism is her brain

Nastya Rasputina - she/her. engineer. she is in gay love with the sentient starship <3. she plays violin, no singing. her mechanism is her blood, which is mercury. she decided to go Out (she believed that aurora was no longer the same starship she fell in love with because of all the repairs over the centuries theyve been alive, so she takes the final piece of the original aurora and exits out of the airlock, never to be seen again) sometime after hnoc

and there you are!! them!!

despite me giving some examples to who they play in the albums, thats not all the characters they play. theres also extra characters in narration i didnt mention (ivy and nastya both have been in narration tracks before) and theres also characters they play in the extra songs in the tales to be told volumes

i hope you end up liking them <333 heres a photo of them all together for u

[ID: A group shot of the Mechanisms. End ID]

[mechsconfessions]

Hey it's homophobic dad anon here

I honestly don't know how I managed to get him into this, as far as I know I just played the entirety of HNOC, TBI and UDAD in the car and he liked it?? I also forced him to listen to Stranger, which is undeniably gay. His favourite mechanism is Toy Soldier, too

Incredibly funny because he either ignored trans Mordred, Pendragon polycule, Loki and Sigyn being wives, genderless Lyf + Ulysses and whatever Tim and Brian had going on or just straight up didn't notice

I’m going to be sick from laughing how do you not notice that-

[lo-andbehold]

Okay I *just* took a good look at the album art for HNOC, so have my list of realizations about it (because it’s this or paying attention in chemistry)

1. It’s a sheriff’s badge (is this obvious to other people? It was like,, the last of these realizations, I tend to miss the forest for the trees)

2. It’s the round table with the points of the “sheriff’s badge” as the chairs around it (6 chairs: Arthur, gwaine, Guinevere, mordred, Lancelot, and galahad?)

3. The gear/cog motif (self-explanatory, this is the mechanisms, steampunk motif is inescapable)

4. The center is a sun? I assume? It’s either a sun or another cog, but we’re going to say it’s a sun because both literally and figuratively, the story (and fort galfridian) revolve around the sun (and eventually collide with it)