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dumb theory: rose by the oh hellos is a mechanisms reference.

my proof:

the rose reds were literally made to be broken. they have bodies made for breaking, for fighting and killing.

the briar rose was tangled up and confused with the real rose due to looking exactly the same.

cinders/snows love for rose got rose, snow and so many others slaughtered. and this all started at an alter, rose and cinders wedding altar. and what would be safe (giving in to king cole) was not good (resisting his tyranny)

losing the true nature of the name rose red when you loosen it to refer to all the rose clones, gifting them the new moniker of 'rose reds'

just. wedding references i guess. plus empty tomb could refer to rose and snow probably being left to rot in the throne room rather than being buried in the tombs their rich family had. and no alchemic incantation for counterfeit immortality (salivation from going to whatever evil afterlife exists in their universe, if one does) can appease the scary and important king cole.

thank you and good night.

#IVE BEEN SAYING #it’s also about the legend that was made of rose without her knowing or consent <3 #ouatis #once upon a time in space #rose ouatis #rose red tag

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Tim: Oh, officer it’s just awful! He just suddenly dropped dead! I think he had a heart attack or something!

Based on a post made by @gunpowderdtim because I just couldn’t help myself

Bonus:

Marius: Yup, totally dead. Heart attacks am I right? Welp nothing to do about it now, looks like our job here is done.

#kdfadjfhaljkfh this is fantastic #gunpowder tim #the mechs #the mechanisms #art

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When the beat drops in Sleeping Beauty and you go a little feral. As a treat.

#YEAH #once upon a time in space #The Mechanisms #the mechs

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what could he do? Should've been a rockstar

I've been listening to this on repeat and couldn't get my mind off tim, I had to draw just a little thing with him

#art #gunpowder tim #the mechanisms #the mechs

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they make me feel seen

#oh hello I don't go here at all but this is pretty #and uh. the redhead reminds me of an oc of mine #which. if you don't want your art tagged this way op let me know and I'll take it down but #oc: red #rose red tag #one thousand and three #anyway I hope people who know who these people are also enjoy this art

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I wrote a fic where General White tells Colonel Belle who she really is <3

Shoutout to the one person who voted for this one in the poll-- as it turns out, that 100 words was all I needed to finish the first draft!

#my fic #one thousand and three #the mechanisms #ouatis #once upon a time in space #snow ouatis #general white #colonel belle ouatis

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how many fights do you think have broken out at [in universe] mechs concerts because tim actually looked at toy when he says 'fight!' in gptvtmk and it just starts stabbing

#y'know. this is a great point actually #the mechanisms #the mechs #the toy soldier

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I have too many ouatis wips help me make some progress on them

For every vote each one gets I’ll write 100 words of it (up to 2,000 words; after that I make no promises)

#I’m guessing if you follow me freckles needs no introduction lmao but just in case: #freckles=rose red OC who defected from the crown and fought in the rebellion #anyhow I thought this would be kind of fun #my fic

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Rose Red book chapter 4!

On borrowed memories.

#my fic #ouatis #once upon a time in space #rose red tag #rose red book #one thousand and three

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my twin and i saw you across the ballroom and we hate your vibes. die.

or: the grand duchess snow and legendary war hero rose are petty little bastards. prepared to be judged

(also pushing my transmasc she/her lesbian rose agenda shhh)

#THEM!!!!! #also transmasc she/her rose agenda is the best agenda #dogstar verse #is that my tag? can’t remember #ouatis #art #rose ouatis #snow ouatis

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New Rose Red book chapter tomorrow! This one will probably come in the evening, as the fifteenth coincided with a big assignment this month and I need the extra few hours to finish revisions. However, as a sneak peek, have the first two paragraphs as an excerpt:

Most Rose Reds have at least some experience with identity issues. Moulding, violently suppressed individuality, lack of life experience outside the war, and many other factors make developing an identity outside of what they were taught a difficult process, one which is ongoing and evolving for many. 

For Rose, this undertaking has been particularly difficult. In addition to the experiences she shares with other Rose Reds, she has an extra complication– she has a large number of memories from before she was created, memories which belong to Rose Prince.

#yes the Rose Red in this chapter is named Rose #there's a reason for it but. I jokingly call this chapter “yet another goddamn rose” #how many is it at this point. og rose. briar. old rosie. this one now. and I have another rose red oc who goes by Ro. #anyhow #rose red book #my fic #one thousand and three #ouatis

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Jonny: calls the Rose Reds an “unholy horde”

Me: they’re just little guys :(

#I love them your honor #it’s not their fault #the mechanisms #the mechs #ouatis #rose red tag #once upon a time in space

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Hey hey shhh dont cry- twenty theee warriors and a king, laid in blood when the battle has done

#no actually that is an excellent reason to cry and I will be continuing #ouatis #the mechanisms #once upon a time in space

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posting it here too actually...... was thinking about rose a lot today

#YEAH #rose ouatis #ouatis #once upon a time in space

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*sigh*

Thinking about Cinders and Briar Rose now. Sorry.

Being locked into a stasis chamber along with whatever else the Rosies had her hooked up to probably *really* messed Briar up. Maybe the effects weren't showing to their fullest extent at first- fatigue, some muscle atrophy that made walking hard.

Thinking about Briar walking into Cole's throne room like that. Maybe with a cane or crutches, or just stumbling like a kitten. And Cinders has changed- still as gorgeous as ever, maybe more so with her scars and grey hair. How she's gone from fragile princess like Snow was to something more like Rose--.. used to be. Briar isn't that anymore.

Cinders seeing Briar and wondering if what she's holding is really her wife. But no, that ring is real. And Briar has none- most of her scars covered in a cryosuit and littered with metallic ports from the stasis chamber, and very noticably, no ring.

They leave together, Cinders carrying the real Rose and looking oddly angry, and Briar carrying her sister- barely recognizable but still clearly Snow. The sisters are buried together, and the survivors leave together, but so very alone.

The two survivors don't get along well for a while after that. Cinders holds Briar to a standard she can't meet anymore, try as she might, and Briar is trying to cling to the image of that version of her wife in her wedding clothes.

They didn't survive either, in this way. The ones they each remember are dead and gone, and neither has any clue how the other reached this point.

But Briar needs help. And Cinders would be cruel to deny her that. Cinders needs company to keep her grounded, and Briar can still do that. Even if Cinders doesn't always like it.

They protect eachother in the equally violent aftermath of King Cole's War, to the best of their abilities.

Briar dies first, years and years later- a defective and damaged clone from the start. But by that point, they've reached a point where Cinders can at least hold this lookalike of her former lover. And then she follows close behind, one way or another.

The Mechanisms never tell this part of the story, but they are painfully aware of this bittersweet ending. Certainly not a happy ending, not for anyone. But, for Cinders and Briar.. maybe it might have been okay, for a bit.

Sure, neither of then were as they had been before King Cole lit the fuse of war. But whoever said they had to be, except eachother? Sure, they were nothing but broken shells. Sand dollars snapped in half. But you can love someone because of or despite that. Whoever said you couldn't?

#*oooooh* I love this take on them #briar rose ouatis #cinders ouatis #ouatis #once upon a time in space

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I really like the mechanisms guys

#is that so #I had no idea #<3 #pokes u

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#I Have to answer this for freckles I’m sorry #several of these things would help #the healthcare plan and the money being runners up #also potentially the found family. that helps #but 8 hours sleep is the winner #let him rest!!!!! #the funny thing is. it isn’t a small child and it didn’t fix her but. #sudden responsibility for Red (not a small child or an adult but a secret third thing) did. Something to Freckles #which is… on the whole positive?? #he already has a gun. he needs to not have a gun anymore #she has no parents #a hug would be nice from the right person but a temporary reprieve at best #getting arrested for his crimes would be terrible for him #and she already shakes herself by the shoulders yelling GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF on a daily basis #rose red tag #freckles luck #maybe later I will go through for more ouatis characters and/or rose red ocs though….