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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

#stealing this teehee #the mechanisms #mechanisms #mechs #the mechanisms band #jonny d'ville #gunpowder tim #drumbot brian #marius von raum #the toy soldier #ivy alexandria

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fuck how did i forget about the weird thing tim and jonny have going on FUCK

i am a Cruel and Unjust mechs fan and i must be banished for One Thousand Years

my mechanisms relationship headcanons!

all the mechs have been together at some point or another, but these are the only relationships that really stuck.

obviously, Nastya and Aurora are in a very happy monogamous, intimate relationship, there’s no doubt about that. most of the other mechs make fun of them for their monogamy but it’s all in good fun.

the prison mechs (Ivy, Raphaella, and Marius) have all been officially together since the Bifrost Incident. Ivy and Raph were dating beforehand, and Marius was dragged in only semi-willingly while they were in prison. in timelines where they save or are reunited with Lyf, they are part if the prison polycule as well.

Marius is generally the hardest to determine if he’s in a relationship with someone or not due to the fact that he’s the most physically affectionate of all the mechs. he will just give cheek or forehead smooches at random and the recipient is just left confused.

Tim and Ashes have a sort of friends-with-benefits, on-and-off fling relationship. it’s not romantic, they’re just arsonists who like to mess around sometimes.

drumbot brian and jonny have the most confusing relationship among the mechanisms. they’re queer-platonic partners, technically, but for some unknown reason, jonny refuses to acknowledge it. brian is unbothered by this, but the other mechs are endlessly frustrated because from their perspective, the two are just pining forever. it’s very entertaining. they keep trying to set brian and jonny up but they already spend most nights cuddling in one of their beds. can you tell i’m a two of hearts truther.

#the mechs #the mechanisms band #jonny d’ville #gunpowder tim #i am a fool. god #to expand on this: jonny/brian have a softer relationship while tim/jonny have smth much more sinister going on #jonny took one look at the pretty boy in the moon war and went ‘god i could fuck him up irreparably’ #and then he did #youve heard of enemies to lovers now get ready for enemies AND lovers

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Happy fuck you and fuck your train Friday!!!! Wahoo another week! We did it! Also went with a foggy spooky train this week because why not!

#fuck you and fuck your train friday

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"Average Tumblr user has fucked a train" factoid is actually just a statistical error. The Mechanisms fandom, who fuck 10,000 trains every Friday, are outliers and should not have been counted.

#fuck you and fuck your train friday

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Happy fuck you and fuck your train Friday I think the lack of sleep is finally getting to me

#the mechanisms #fuck you and fuck your train friday #!!!

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#the mechanisms #the mechs #drumbot brian #nastya rasputina #raphaella la cognizi #jonny dville #gunpowder tim #the toy soldier #marius von raum #ivy alexandria

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this wouldn't leave my brain happy 5 am. idk if someone has done this before but also idc

#the mechanisms #jonny d'ville

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🌟

⭐

✨

⭐ At last, his heart, its beating slowed

✨ 🎩

All alone and a-lowly ✨

⭐

🌟

🪐 ✨

✨ 🌟

But it did not cease, his tale was not o'er

🪐 ✨ ⭐

🫀

⭐ ✨ 🚀

Lost in the cosmos, lonely ✨

🌍

⭐ ☀️

#!!!!! <3 #the mechanisms #drumbot brian #ttbtv2 #ttbt2 #lost in the cosmos #the mechanisms band #the bifrost incident

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There was one other thing that had been in Camelot since before history:

I love the Drumb so much look at him!!

I love everyone who draws him as the hanged man card so i HAD to try it myself

Image description under the cut!

A digital drawing of Drumbot Brian as the tarot card The Hanged Man. Brian is a brass coloured masc presenting robot with obvious seams on his face plates and hands. His hair is curly and shoulder length, and a slightly more orange colour than his body. He has moderate facial hair in the same colour as his hair. There are signs of oxidation all over his body. He's wearing a white shirt with a brown stripe patterned waistcoat, with dark brown pants and brown shoes. All his clothing has holes and tears in different places. On his chest there is a big tear, revealing an ambigram of Brian/Merlin engraved in his right breast. He is holding a red banjo with 1 loose string.

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

He has closed eyes and a slight smile, seemingly at peace.

He's hanging upside down and there are copper coloured ropes around his leg which he is being held up from. There are also ropes around his hands, binding them to his banjo. There is one rope around his neck, loosely hanging upwards. The rope comes together at the top and is bound to a gallows-like construction, the rope hanging around all the support beams.

The background is a sandy gradient from dark rust red to a lighter reddish sand. There is a soft glow emitting from Brian's body, and sunrays come from behind the gallows. There is a dark brown border and around that crinkly yellow/orange paper, with the words "THE HANGED MAN" underneath, in a faded, typically western font.]

#ooughhhhg #the drumb #the mechanisms #art #artist #digital art #the mechs #drumbot brian #drumbot brian fanart #the mechanisms fanart #high noon over camelot #not my art

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OH FUCK I JUST REALIZED IN UDAD

THE SUITS = SUITORS

TRYING TO BREAK INTO PENELOPE’S VAULT

I NEVER REALIZED THAT PARALLEL TO THE ACTUAL EPIC POEM AND THE SUITORS OVERTAKING ODYSSEUS’S HOUSE TO COURT PENELOPE OHHHHHH

#oooaaHOHAHAHOOO #the mechanisms #ulysses dies at dawn

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i made a mechanisms quiz, reblog and tag who you get

#brian…. #yeah that sounds about right #but also BRIAN <3 #my darling boy #the mechanisms #the mechs #jonny d'ville #the toy soldier #drumbot brian #raphaella la cognizi #marius von raum #ashes o'reilly #gunpowder tim #nastya rasputina #ivy alexandria

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oh boy i have more analysis in this vein!!!

in “the ignominious demise of dr. pilchard”, when he’s listing off how each of the mechanisms were taken down and and captured, you can hear that their instruments trickle in at the same time!!

tim and ashes are the first to be listed, and their guitar and bass are the first instruments to join the song

“with nastya succumbing to a computer virus” brings in nastya’s synth

“drumbot brian, marched to the brig at gunpoint” ends with brian’s signature banjo

“ivy was enticed there by the prospect of a book fair” …to be so honest with yall i can’t hear their instruments But i am inclined to believe that they are playing their euphonium and it’s just mingled in with ashes’ bass!! no ivy alexandria erasure in my house!!

“raphaella la congnizi, chloroformed in her lab”— again, can’t hear her piano, but tbf it’s usually just filling out the background anyway, so i’ll let her slide

“the toy soldier caved in to peer pressure” and its glockenspiel is pulled in, just like in gptvtmk!!!

jonny caved in to octokitten pressure and cannot be included /j

anyway when the mechanisms,,,,,

me: in “teatime with the kaiser”, the last song in gunpowder tim vs. the moon kaiser, the music is mostly a mix of guitar, bass, and drums behind jonny’s lyrical narration. after the line “tim looked the soldier in the eye / and he gave the order, ‘FIGHT!’” the music is joined by the glockenspiel, which is specifically one of the only instruments played by the toy soldier. in the part of the story where the soldier was brought into the fight, the song itself brings the soldier into the music!

the unsuspecting victim i have cornered in the alleyway: *sobbing* what do any of those words meeaan

#the mechanisms band #the mechanisms tales to be told #tales to be told #the ignominious demise of dr pilchard #gunpowder tim #ashes o'reilly #nastya rasputina #drumbot brian #ivy alexandria #raphaella la cognizi #the toy soldier #jonny d'ville #marius von raum #the mechanisms #music analysis

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me when mordred said “and i will make them pay for making me believe there’s more”:

#the mechanisms #the mechanisms band #the mechanisms hnoc #mordred hnoc #ashes o'reilly #shaking and crying #he RODE his DYING WORLD into the SUN

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clearly

galahad, waking up groggily after sitting in the Chair and being blasted with six degrees of psychic damage: sun’s an orb

arthur: what?? you should really sit down, please-

galahad, pulling out an electric guitar and a mic:

the SUN is an ORB, sheriff.

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galahad, waking up groggily after sitting in the Chair and being blasted with six degrees of psychic damage: sun’s an orb

arthur: what?? you should really sit down, please-

galahad, pulling out an electric guitar and a mic:

the SUN is an ORB, sheriff.

#the mechanisms #the mechanisms band #the mechanisms hnoc #high noon over camelot #galahad hnoc #arthur hnoc

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my mechanisms relationship headcanons!

all the mechs have been together at some point or another, but these are the only relationships that really stuck.

obviously, Nastya and Aurora are in a very happy monogamous, intimate relationship, there’s no doubt about that. most of the other mechs make fun of them for their monogamy but it’s all in good fun.

the prison mechs (Ivy, Raphaella, and Marius) have all been officially together since the Bifrost Incident. Ivy and Raph were dating beforehand, and Marius was dragged in only semi-willingly while they were in prison. in timelines where they save or are reunited with Lyf, they are part if the prison polycule as well.

Marius is generally the hardest to determine if he’s in a relationship with someone or not due to the fact that he’s the most physically affectionate of all the mechs. he will just give cheek or forehead smooches at random and the recipient is just left confused.

Tim and Ashes have a sort of friends-with-benefits, on-and-off fling relationship. it’s not romantic, they’re just arsonists who like to mess around sometimes.

drumbot brian and jonny have the most confusing relationship among the mechanisms. they’re queer-platonic partners, technically, but for some unknown reason, jonny refuses to acknowledge it. brian is unbothered by this, but the other mechs are endlessly frustrated because from their perspective, the two are just pining forever. it’s very entertaining. they keep trying to set brian and jonny up but they already spend most nights cuddling in one of their beds. can you tell i’m a two of hearts truther.

#the mechanisms #nastya rasputina #the aurora #ivy alexandria #raphaella la cognizi #marius von raum #lyfrassir edda #prison mechs #gunpowder tim #ashes o'reilly #jonny d'ville #drumbot brian #two of hearts #polymechs #the mechanisms band #the mechanisms tbi

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Not sure when I'll get a chance to implement this in a Mechs fic so I'm talking about it immediately.

Recently learned about a specific Viking age Scandinavian(? Not sure if that's the best way to put it but yee) tradition to carve the rune Tiwaz (the arrow looking on- I'll put a picture up here in a minute) onto the blade of every sword. This was mainly bc it was Tyr's rune, god of war and justice, considered the patron god of the sword. Carving the rune onto their weapon (specifically swords, though for my case in using this I will just say weapons) was to aid them to victory in battle, and seen as foolish to not invoke the rune's and god's power with your weapon.

So... Now that I've explained that I think in any "Lyf joining the mechs" fic they should do this. I mean, of course they'll need a weapon when traversing the cosmos with the Mechs, and typically Marius and Tim are down to immediately grant this, if not everyone who interacts with the ex inspector.

I just think, after being gifted a nice dagger and gun or whatever else, they'll spend the night finding the proper way to engrave Tiwaz onto their weapon. Invoking the power of something from a long dead world feels strange, but it feels strange to not carrying Tiwaz into battle, even if they hope to avoid bloodshed as much as possible at first. It's a small detail, but I think every bit if Lyf carrying on the traditions of their old world, the better.

Although... I suppose we can include the idea of Tiwaz genuinely, obviously, and eldritch-ly helping. The weapon breaks, then it proceeds repair itself. It never misses it's target. It's slung from Lyf's grasp, only to come right back. This is in part because of the power of the rune, and in part because the rune provides the perfect channel for Lyf's newfound abilities.

I just think runes are neat :)

Also there is a specific line from my book I thought was neat for this. "As Tyr was considered the patron god of the sword, it was deemed indispensable to engrave the sign or rune representing him upon the blade of every sword - and observance which the Edda enjoined upon all those who were desirous of obtaining victory." This is mainly bc I can't read the word Edda without thinking of Lyfrassir anymore.

#hrhrhrgghh i love giving lyf traditional practices from irl scandinavian people!! #the mechanisms #the bifrost incident #lyfrassir edda