The Mechanisms

The Mechanisms, also known earlier by Doctor Carmilla and the Mechanisms, were an Oxford-based Filk cabaret group that centered on the titular band causing "fun when possible, violence when necessary, and if you're very lucky, both at the same time."Taken from the Unofficial Gig Transcripts Over their decade long career, the band produced seven albums and one single, as well as forty four short stories referred to as the fiction, providing additional information on the characters played within the albums. While every album offers a unique viewpoint on the events they portray, each is known for being a tragedy in its own right.
== Real Life Band ==
While the characters of the band are entirely fictional, they are played by real people. While some are more popular names, not all of them prefer the limelight. In order of the character group, the characters are played by: 
* Doctor Carmilla - Maki Yamazaki 
* Jonny D'Ville - Jonathan Sims (writer) 
* Nastya Raputina - Anonymousthedreadvampy - Tumblr 
* Aurora - N/A 
* Scuzz Nishimura - Anonymous 
* Ivy Alexandria - Morgan Wilkinson 
* Ashes O'Reilly - Frank Voss 
* Drumbot Brian - Ben Below 
* Toy Soldier - Jessica Law
* Gunpowder Tim - Tim Ledsam 
* Raphaella la Cognizi - Rachel L. Hughes
* Marius von Raum - Kofi Young 
* Stowaway - Unknown
* Drumbot Beta - Lyman Gamberton
== Characters ==
The in universe band, like its' real world counterpart is chaotic, with a colorful cast of characters with varying personalities. Again in order of the character group, these characters are:
==== Doctor Carmilla ====
A vampire scientist from the planet Terra and the creator of both the band The Mechanisms and the various mechanical limbs and body parts the band owns. A survivor of an abusive relationship, Carmilla is often brutal in methodology while trying to be well intentioned. Considers herself the band's mother, in addition to properly being Aurora's mother. Much of her lore is wrapped in mystery, as her actor, Maki, holds the character very near to her heart and has faced fan upset before.
==== Jonny D'Ville ====
First Mate aboard the Aurora, although he often refers to himself as the captain. His backstory is laid out in the song 'One Eyed Jacks', although it is stated he might be lying about the whole thing. In one of the recorded liveshows, he states his mother was a tailor. [add source] His mechanism is his heart. 
==== Nastya Rasputina ====
Nastya's full name is Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, aka Rasputina. She is a princess of the Cyberian Empire, and a direct reference to the Russian Princess Anastasia. She is the engineer aboard the starship Aurora, and also, Aurora's girlfriend. Nastya's mechanism is her blood. Nastya's origin song is Cyberian Demons, which can be watched/listened to in the Lashings liveshow.
==== Aurora ====
Aurora is a moon. She may or may not contain flesh, if Maki's lore is being applied. She is Nastya's girlfriend. She is also the starship, but she was not always one. She was lower-case-m mechanized by Cyberia, and turned into a warship. But she is fully sentient.
==== Scuzz Nishimura ====
Scuzz is a ninja. Not much is known about Scuzz, beyond that they played the cello and left the band before any studio albums were released. The character can be seen in various fictions, as well as some early liveshows/photos.
==== Ivy Alexandria ====
The navigator/archivist of the crew. Her mechanism is her brain. Her origin song was titled The Librarian, and included a typewriter as percussion. This song was never released publicly.
==== Ashes O'Reilly ====
Quartermaster of the Aurora. Their origin song is Lucky Sevens. They originate from a 1920s planet called Malone, which has two suns. Ashes' mechanism is their lungs.
==== Drumbot Brian ====
Drumbot Brian is the pilot of the Aurora. His mechanism is everything but his heart. His backstory song is Lost In The Cosmos. This song was originally part of a set of four, in a set called Indistinguishable From Magic. All songs from this set were scrapped, except for Lost In The Cosmos. Scrapped song titles include, in order: Arrival, I See No Mystery, The Doctor's Demise. After The Doctor's, Lost In The Cosmos would have played. 
==== Toy Soldier ====
The Toy Soldier is a wooden automaton with the vocal cords of a human. Its backstory song is The Toy Soldier’s Song, which is part of the larger songset Gunpower Tim vs The Moon Kaiser. Its backstory can be read in the fiction The Story of the Toy Soldier. 
==== Gunpowder Tim ====
Gunpowder Tim is the gunner of the Aurora. His mechanism is his eyes. His backstory song is Gunpowder Tim vs The Moon Kaiser, which is a futuristic version of WW2 wherein it is set on the moon. He explodes the moon at the end. 
==== Raphella la Cognizi ====
Not much is known about Raphaella beyond that she "tricked her way onto Aurora" and that she is a mad scientist. Her mechanism is her wings. She is the science officer aboard Aurora.
==== Dr. Baron Marius von Raum ====
Marius von Raum is neither a baron nor a doctor. He is the ships medic, because, as the crew is immortal, it is the only thing they trusted him with. His mechanism is his arm, and his backstory is to be revealed in the future album The Death of Byron Von Raum.
==== Stowaway ====
The Stowaway is a stowaway aboard Aurora. Not much is known about them. (Need to fact check, but I do think that they played in one of the early Edinburgh Fringe showings because someone couldn't make it)
==== Drumbot Beta ====
Drumbot Beta is a drumbot that played before Drumbot Brian was around. Not much is known about the character. 
== Albums and Single(s) ==
=== Once Upon A Time (In Space) (OUATIS) ===
The debut album, released August 4th, 2012, focuses on the empire of King Cole, the rebellion against him, and at the end of the day, sacrifice for a loved one. Being directly inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, the album of New Constantinople is a strong blend of fantasy and science fiction. 38 minutes, 22 seconds.
==== Plot ====
Some time before any other event known, the once kindly King Cole found a way to mechanically extend his lifespan, with the downside that his jovial nature slowly gave way to a cruelty that inspired him to seek conquest.'Once' | The Mechanisms While this happens, a pair of twins are born, Snow and Rose. As they grow, Snow is described as a gifted politician, and Rose as a gifted warrior. The two sisters remain close, at least close enough for Rose to invite her sister to her wedding. There, she intends to wed Cinders, her beloved. The day of joy though, is cut short, as King Cole storms the wedding, killing all but the two sisters and Cinders. He takes Rose, giving her to his scientists, telling them to create his finest soldiers from her genetics.'The Twins' | The Mechanisms Thirty years pass, as both Snow and Cinders work to find their Rose and defeat King Cole and his hordes of clone soldiers, though not together. It is at this point, the Mechanisms enter the plot. For the last thirty years, they have viewed the planet, seeing the war as nothing more than entertainment to them. However, Nastya found issue something interesting while the crew viewed the planet, a previous attempt at a clone of Rose Red, a creation known as the Briar Rose, put into a mechanical coma thanks to her extreme strength. Thanks to Aurora asking, Nastya playing Jonny like her fiddle, and no one actually seeing Jonny as captain, the crew make landfall on the planet, freeing Briar in the process.'The Aurora Strikes' | The MechanismsSleeping Beauty | The Mechanisms The crew and Briar watch as the rebels led by Snow take advantage of the chaos, striking Cole directly.and ultimately killing him, though losing many in the process. In the end, Briar and Cinders are the only ones left alive, the real Rose waking from her coma only to see her sister die in front of her. While she kills Cole's highest ranking soldiers under only herself, she dies to the king. It is unknown what happens to the two afterwards, as the crew helps them reunite, remarking on the age difference now between them.'Endgame' | The MechanismsLaid in Blood | The MechanismsEver After | The Mechanisms
==== Characters ====
* Rose Red - A young woman used as the genetic base for a supersoldier project.
* Snow - Rose's sister, and the leader of a rebellion.
* Cinders - Rose's betrothed, and had Rose not been kidnapped on the day of their wedding, her wife. A rebel, though one less involved in the fighting than Snow.
* King Cole - The tyrannical king of New Constantinople, the one who had Rose kidnapped and the guests of her wedding slaughtered.
* Jack Spratt - A young member of the rebellion who shirked orders to get drunk. Served as a martyr when he died fighting a particularly strong Rose Red clone.
* Briar Rose - The first attempt at cloning Rose, she was too powerful and killed many before being put into an artificial coma. Later freed by Jonny and Nastya.
==== Songs ====
* "Old King Cole"
* "Rose Red"
* "Pump Shanty"
* "Cinders' Song"
* "Our Boy Jack"
* "Sleeping Beauty"
* "No Happy Ending"
* "Laid in Blood"
=== Ulysses Dies at Dawn (UDAD) ===
The second album, released July 16th, 2013, focuses on a grimy planet where everywhere is the mob-ridden underworld. Controlled by the Olympians, those rich enough to live effectively forever, the City is directly inspired by 1920's mobster culture and Greek myths. 1 hour.
==== Plot ====
Some years ago, Ulysses, a powerful soldier, helped to defeat the last remaining 
==== Characters ====
* Ulysses - A person of unknown gender who is forced into giving up the secret of their vault by The Suits.
* Oedipus - A once beloved doctor who found a cure to the Sphinx virus, though he sold it at far higher prices than most affected could afford. Seeks entrance to the vault to have enough money to leave the City.
* Heracles - A mercenary who killed his children and wife, though it is unknown if the event was caused by his father, Zeus, or not. Seeks not the money, but an end to his tasks set by his father to be free of his debt.
* Orpheus - A tortured musician whose lover and muse was taken into the Acheron upon her death. Seeks the money gained as a reward for entering the vault to recover and rebody his love.
* Ariadne - A woman betrayed by her lover, who took all the credit for bringing down a killer robot haunting the lower levels of the City. Seeks the vault to have the money to regain her prestige, as her parents created the robot she later helped kill.
* Hades - One of the Olympians, the mobster leaders of the City. They brought the Suits together as a favor, and themself have no interest in entering the vault. in truth, they are Ashes, looking for a bit of fun.
* Daedalus - The true leader of The Suits. Sought the code to enter the vault because it had what "can break the Acheron and challenge the Olympians."'The Daedalia' | The Mechanisms
==== Songs ====
* "Broken Horses"
* "My Name is No-One"
* "Riddle of the Sphinx"
* "Sirens"
* "Favoured Son"
* "Trial By Song"
* "Underworld Blues"
* "Ties That Bind"
* "Torn Suits"
* "Elysian Fields"
=== Tales to be Told Volume 1 (TTBTv1) ===
The third album, released November 28th, 2013, is a bit of a mixed bag, with two songs focusing on the backstories of the band members, two on the (at the time) recently released Ulysses album, two focusing on various sights the band had come across in their space travel, and uniquely, a song that serves as a prequel to the (once again, at the time) upcoming High Noon Over Camelot. Additionally, one more song used to be on the album, though The Ballad o' Lil Lemon was later removed for some in hindsight, quite racist lyrics that the band "didn’t add anything new [to], [they] unquestioningly copied."The Ballad o' Lil Lemon | The Mechanisms
==== Songs & Stories ====
* "One Eyed Jacks" - Jonny's backstory, explaining his past with his home planet, parents and how he became the first of Doc Carmilla's Mechanisms.
* "Iphis" - An additional story from the City, in which the titular Iphis seeks a deal with Isis, an Olympian, and suffers the consequences.
* "Prometheus" - An additional story from the City, a retelling of the story of Prometheus, who in this song is a man who assisted a group of rebels in maintaining their resources.
* "Redeath" - A tale with little known origin, no one knows what the song is about.
* "The Ignominious Death of Dr. Pilchard" - After a doctor who seeks to steal the secret of immortality breaks onboard Aurora, the crew laughs at his stupidity before throwing him to Carmilla.
* "Gunpowder Tim vs. The Moon Kaiser" - Tim's backstory, explaining the Lunar War, in which Tim lost his best friend, Bertie, becoming a member of the crew after his mortal death.
* "Pellinore and the Beast" - An additional story from the Camelot Space Station, telling a story about a woman who hunted a grand beast, though she could not kill it, seeing beauty in what it had created.
=== High Noon Over Camelot (HNOC) ===
The fourth album, released July 25th 2014
==== Plot ====
Placeholder text. Vox remember to add plot later.
==== Characters ====
* Arthur Pendragon - The sheriff of Camelot and one of three lovers. Part of the quest for the G.R.A.I.L and sole survivor of Fort Galfridian.
* Lancelot Pendragon - Lover of Arthur and Guinevere. Described as a sharpshooter.
* Guinevere Pendragon - Lover of Arthur and Lancelot. Described as the quickest draw of the three. 
* Mordred - Son of Arthur and Ygraine, raised by the Saxons after the death of his caravan. He spends the bulk of the story attempting to keep peace between the Saxons and Camelot.
* Gawain - A young man described as hot-headed. He hates the Saxons for the death of the caravan in his absence and sparks the final battle at Camlan by attacking a Saxon who was trying to kill a scorpion before it could hurt Mordred.
* Galahad - A travelling preacher man who is told to sit in the Siege Seat by Merlin, and who discovers that Fort Galfridian is falling into Avalon because of this. Leader of the quest for the G.R.A.I.L.
* Merlin - Actually Drumbot Brian, he has been hung upside-down from the gallows for many years before the beginning of the album. He is the prophet who gives various prophecies to Arthur, Gawain and Galahad to varying succsess.
* Joseph Robert Mathea - Captain of Fort Galfridian and first holder of the G.R.A.I.L. He locks himself in stasis post a rebellion, and is only awoken by the arrival of the Pendragons.
* Unnamed Woman - Assumed to be Ygraine, Mordred's mother and one of Arthur's lovers. Narrator of the track "Empty Trail."
==== Songs ====
* "Gunfight at the Dolorous Guard"
* "Empty Trail"
* "The Hanged Man Rusts"
* "Hellfire"
* "Blood and Whiskey"
* "Skin and Bone"
* "Holder of the Grail"
* "Peacemaker"
* "Once and Future King"
=== Frankenstein ===
The only single, released April 13th, 2015
==== Plot ====
==== Single ====
=== The Bifrost Incident (TBI) ===
The fifth album, released January 28th, 2017
==== Plot ====
==== Characters ====
* Lyfrassir Edda - An inspector with the New Midgard Transport Police, tasked with investigating the recent crash of the Ratatosk and dealing with a trio of rather familiar prisoners.
* Odin - Previous ruler of Yggdrasil, a dictator who cared more for her own image than her people. Set about building the Ratatosk Express as a way of cementing her legacy.
* Loki - A political insurgent, and at one time a dear friend to both Odin and Thor. After killing Baldr to set back the construction of the Ratatosk, she was "killed" by Odin for her crimes.
* Thor - Second in command to Odin, and once, Loki's friend. He seems to be a staunch believer in the current regime, until it directly affects him, that is.
* Sigyn - Loki's wife, who stepped up in the wake of her "death" to serve as the current leader of the resistance. Loves her wife dearly, and is both proud and resigned to fight for the resistance.
* Kvasir - A member of the resistance, though a low ranking one. Was used as fuel for the Ratatosk.
==== Songs ====
* "Odin"
* "Loki"
* "Thor"
* "Sigyn"
* "Losing Track"
* "Red Signal"*
* "Ragnarok I: Runaway"*
* "Ragnarok II: The Calling"*
* "Ragnarok V: End of the Line"* *There is an argument to be made that each of these songs, as well as "Ragnarok III: Strange Meeting" and "Ragnarok IV: Jormungandr" are either song or narration. 
=== Tales to be Told Volume 2 (TTBTv2) ===
The sixth album, released January 28th, 2018 is yet again a mixed bag album, giving backstories and assorted tales from other worlds.
==== Songs & Stories ====
* "Drop Dead" - The story of a girl searching for her father, finding the instrument that binds him to life and getting hopelessly involved herself. Arguably inspired by Crypt of the NecrodancerDrop Dead | The Mechanisms - Genius Lyrics
* "Hereward the Wake" -
* "Twisted Threads" -
* "Actaea and Lyssa" -
* "Pieces" -
* "Stranger" - A story from an unknown planet, where a robot hiding his nature is found out by his lover. Inspired by the folk tale of the Crane Wife.
* "Lucky Sevens" - Ashes' backstory, describing their youth on the mob planet Malone as they were betrayed by their adoptive uncle before burning the planet to the ground.
* "Lost in the Cosmos" - Brian's partial backstory, describing the cold of space after he was thrown from his home planet for being a witch.
* "Alice" - A continuation of Once Upon a Time (In Space) taking place sixty years later on a planet that believes King Cole's war is still going.
* "Swan Song" -
=== Death to the Mechanisms (DTTM) ===
The seventh and final album, released May 23rd 2020
==== Plot ====
==== Songs ====
* "Tales to be Told"
* All from The Bifrost Incident
* "Lost in the Cosmos"
* "Underworld Blues"
* "The Hanged Man Rusts"
* "Hellfire"
* "Riddle of the Sphinx"
=== "Cinders' Song" ===
* "Rose Red"
* "Death to the Mechanisms"
* "Drunk Space Pirate"
== Fiction ==
The Fictions are a series of short stories taking place within the universe of The Mechanisms, mostly written by Morgan and Jonny, though both Jessica Law and Nastya's actor had wrote some of the earlier fictions as well.Fiction | The Mechanisms (2012 capture via The Wayback Machine) Many focus on the crew of The Aurora, while others focus on the before and after of the albums with the exception of The Bifrost Incident, which lacks fictions for an unknown reason. One fiction, The Prisoner of Dorian Gray, teased at an unreleased album centered around classic horror novels.
== Post DTTM ==
[Placeholder] something something Ben and Kofi solo albums, Jonny quote from TMA about accidentally writing Nikola Orsinov for Jessica Law.
=== Softwire ===
See page: Softwire
== Fandom History ==
The history of the fandom can be broken into two distinct eras
=== Pre-DTTM ===
Before Death To The Mechanisms, or more aptly, before approximately May 2020, the fandom was very small. Existing primarily of people who had seen the band live, at a convention, knew someone in the band, or otherwise found them very organically. This fandom existed primarily on tumblr, or, to a seemingly lesser extent, on the The Mechanisms Dreamwidthe. 
=== Post-DTTM ===
Post Death To The Mechanisms, or around May of 2020, the fandom began to grow exponentially. This is likely due to The Magnus Archives beginning to wrap up, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic causing more people to delve into fandom spaces. After this point, a lot of fanart, fanfiction, theorizing, and generally common fannish activities began to happen at a much wider scale then previously.
== Shipping ==
Shipping is common within the Mechanisms fandom. On April 4th, 2020, the first attempt at tracking ship names was created. The 'Mechanisms Shipping' google excel chart, commonly referred to as simply the Ship Chart. In the years since the Ship Chart was invented, other ship names have popped up from time to time, while others have stayed the same. Ships directly taken from the original ship chart in the graphic below will remain unbolded, while newer ship names will be bolded. 
Shipping Chart
 	Jonny D'Ville 	Drumbot Brian 	Gunpowder Tim 	Ivy Alexandria 	Raphaella La Cognizi 	Marius von Raum 	Nastya Rasputina 	Ashes O'Reilly 	Toy Soldier 	Lyfrassir Edda 	Aurora
Jonny D'Ville 	 	Two of Hearts/Heart to Heart	Hearteyes 	Hearts and Minds, NVITA 	Open Heart Surgery 	Heart on Sleeve, Fiddleheart	Circulatory System 	Heartburn, Heart of the Cards 	Toy Captain, Matching Uniforms	Void Sings 	Cyberian Roulette
Drumbot Brian 	Two of Hearts/Heart to Heart 	 	Drumpowder, Brass Goggles 	Amnesia 	Lost in the Cosmos 	Mechas 	Frostbite 	Molten Gold 	Alone and A-Lowly 	Inspector Gadget 	Autopilot
Gunpowder Tim 	Hearteyes 	Drumpowder, Brass Goggles 	 	Beholding 	Angel Eyes, FMttM 	Hand-eye Coordination 	Blood Moon 	Gunfire, Flashbang, Gunsmoke, smoking gun, snake eyes, firebomb	Toy Guns, Trenchmates 	Eyefrost 	Gunship
Ivy Alexandria 	Hearts and Minds, NVITA 	Amnesia 	Beholding 	 	Double Helix, Bookwing, Research Paper, raphivy	Medical Records 	Secret Garden 	Bookburning 	Toy Archivist 	Brainfreeze, Prose Edda	Mindcraft
Raphaella La Cognizi	Open Heart Surgery 	Lost in the Cosmos 	Angel Eyes, FMttM 	Double Helix, Bookwing, Research Paper, raphivy	 	Dragonfly 	Painted Wings 	Fireflies 	Toy Officer, Winged Angel 	Lyftoff, Flying Colors 	Final Experiment
Marius von Raum 	Heart on Sleeve, Fiddleheart 	Mechas 	Hand-eye Coordination 	Medical Records 	Dragonfly 	Nastyaception 	Royal Blood 	Burning Hands 	Toy Doctor, Play Pretend 	Violinspector 	Von Rora
Nastya Rasputina 	Circulatory System 	Frostbite 	Blood Moon 	Secret Garden 	Painted Wings 	Royal Blood 	 	Casino Royale 	Tea Time 	Chromatic Night 	Nastyaurora, Cyberian Nights
Ashes O'Reilly 	Heartburn, Heart of the Cards 	Molten Gold 	Gunfire, Flashbang, Gunsmoke, smoking gun, snake eyes, firebomb	Bookburning 	Fireflies 	Burning Hands 	Casino Royale 	 	Wood-Smoked, Swan Song 	Smoke Detector 	Afterburner
Toy Soldier 	Toy Captain, Matching Uniforms	Alone and A-Lowly 	Toy Guns, Trenchmates 	Toy Archivist 	Toy Officer, Winged Angel 	Toy Doctor, Play Pretend 	Tea Time 	Wood-Smoked, Swan Song 	 	Puzzle Box, Sky Train 	Still Alive
Lyfrassir Edda 	Void Sings 	Inspector Gadget 	Eyefrost 	Brainfreeze, Prose Edda 	Lyftoff, Flying Colors 	Violinspector 	Chromatic Night 	Smoke Detector 	Puzzle Box, Sky Train 	 	Transport Police
Aurora 	Cyberian Roulette 	Autopilot 	Gunship 	Mindcraft 	Final Experiment 	Von Rora 	Nastyaurora, Cyberian Nights	Afterburner 	Still Alive 	Transport Police 	
Shipping Chart (Polycules edition)
Jonny d'Ville 	Drumbot Brian 	Gunpowder Tim 	Ivy Alexandria 	Raphaella La Cognizi 	Marius von Raum 	Nastya Rasputina	Ashes O'Reilly 	Toy Soldier 	Lyfrassir Edda 	Aurora
 	 	 	Prisonmechs 	Prisonmechs 	Prisonmechs 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	Midgard Prison Blues 	Midgard Prison Blues 	Midgard Prison Blues 	 	 	 	Midgard Prison Blues 	
Drumpowd'ville, Jonnytimbrian	Drumpowd'ville, Jonnytimbrian	Drumpowd'ville, Jonnytimbrian	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kaiser Killers 	 	Kaiser Killers 	 	 	 	 	 	Kaiser Killers 	 	
 	 	 	Bedtime Stories 	 	 	Bedtime Stories 	 	 	 	Bedtime Stories
 	 	 	Floating Lanterns 	Floating Lanterns 	 	 	Floating Lanterns	 	 	
Snake Eyes 	 	Snake Eyes 	 	 	 	 	Snake Eyes 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	Blackhole 	 	Blackhole 	 	 	 	Blackhole
 	 	Octokitten Caretakers 	Octokitten Caretakers	 	 	 	 	Octokitten Caretakers 	 	
Liars, Blood and Whiskey 	 	 	 	 	Liars, Blood and Whiskey 	 	 	Liars, Blood and Whiskey	 	
 	Doctor Doctor 	 	 	Doctor Doctor 	Doctor Doctor 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Moon Medicine 	 	Moon Medicine 	 	 	Moon Medicine 	 	 	 	 	
Loaded Dice 	 	 	 	 	Loaded Dice 	 	Loaded Dice 	 	 	
Royal Flush 	 	 	 	 	Royal Flush 	Royal Flush 	Royal Flush 	 	 	
Queen of Hearts 	Queen of Hearts 	 	 	Queen of Hearts 	 	 	 	Queen of Hearts 	 	
Four Horsemen 	Four Horsemen 	Four Horsemen 	 	 	Four Horsemen 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	Fuck You, And Fuck Your Train	Fuck You, And Fuck Your Train	 	 	 	Fuck You, And Fuck Your Train	
Underworld Blues 	 	 	 	 	Underworld Blues 	 	Underworld Blues 	Underworld Blues 	 	
 	Ceasefire 	Ceasefire 	Ceasefire 	Ceasefire 	 	 	 	 	 	
Hearts in Your Hand 	Hearts in Your Hand 	 	 	 	Hearts in Your Hand 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	Brainrot 	Brainrot 	 	 	 	Brainrot 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	Aurora Borealis 	 	 	 	Aurora Borealis 	Aurora Borealis
Polymechs 	Polymechs 	Polymechs 	Polymechs 	Polymechs 	Polymechs 	Polymechs 	Polymechs 	Polymechs 	 	Polymechs
 	Essential Workers 	 	 	 	Essential Workers 	 	 	 	Essential Workers 	
== Fandom Jokes ==
=== Horsey D'Ville ===
Horsey D'Ville refers to an iconic image created by members in the first major Mechanisms discord server (the mechanisms stowaway gang). While this server was eventually phased out due to the exponentially growing fandom, (replaced with the server called The Mechs Stowaway Server... 2!!) the first server gave creation to this iconic image. It is Jonny D'Ville's face edited onto the head of Yuuma from My Horse Prince. This image went on to be signed by Jonny Sims himself, be given to Frank Voss in earring form, and generally become iconic within the fandom. Dozens upon dozens of edits and art of Horsey D'Ville were created. 
=== Sp[blank] ===
Putting sp- in front of a word is a common way to designate it as a 'space' version of itself. Sprussian is the likely originating point, as it is one of the langauges Nastya speaks. Sp-Russian. Space Russian. Examples of this include, but are not limited to:
* Spibuprofen (Space ibuprofen)
* Sphorse (Space horse)
* Spwinter (Space winter)
* Spspaghetti (space spaghetti)
* Sptwilight sparkle
* Sptwlight
* Sppink floyd 
=== Fuck you and fuck your train friday ===
A weekly 'holiday' in the tumblr fandom. The lyrics 'fuck you and fuck your train' come from the The Bifrost Incident song Thor. On July 5th, 2022 tumblr user @distant-stars-awaiting made a post that read FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR TRAIN. Later, on August 26th, 2022, this post was reblogged by @jewishdainix, who added the tags #Happy fuck you and fuck your train Friday! Soon after, still on August 26th, 2022, @distant-stars-awaiting reblogged their original post with screenshots of these tags.https://www.tumblr.com/distant-stars-awaiting/693627957411037184/distant-stars-awaiting-fuck-you-and-fuck-your https://www.tumblr.com/jewishdainix/693627477856337920/distant-stars-awaiting-fuck-you-and-fuck-your The phrase "Fuck you and fuck your train friday" was then enshrined into tradition, similar to other tumblr holidays, such at flat fuck friday, and out of touch thursday. Fuck you and fuck your train friday would breach the fandom on several occasions, such as when it was sent to the fan-run tumblr amtrack account, and when other tumblr used reblogged other posts mentioning it. 
== Fandom Events ==
=== Mechtober ===
Mechtober is an annual writing challenge created by [url], inspired by Kinktober. Mechtober's first run was in [year.] 
=== Spwinter Exchange ===
The Spwinter exchange is a holiday exchange that took place [dates]. The exchange was created and moderated by xca1iber. 
=== Fanwork Weeks ===
==== Dr. Carmilla Week ====
Dr. Carmilla week is an annual week long event created by [url]. This event gives prompts for every day of the week, and focused on the character Dr. Carmilla. Doctor Carmilla Week has been hosted twice.
The first years prompts were:
The second years prompts were:
==== Mechanisms Women's Week ====
Mechanisms Women's Week is a fanwork creation event put together by @Miralines during [week date] 2024. The prompts for this week were [prompts here].
== Example Fanworks ==
=== Animatics: ===
* Sigyn - The Bifrost Incident by Rysttle WInters on YouTube
* The Mechanisms Ragnarok IV: Jormungandr animatic by sadmages on YouTube
* Sleeping Beauty animatic also by sadmages on Tumblr
* The Aurora Strikes animatic by hatnhousejacket on Tumblr
=== Fan Art: ===
* Unofficial poster by reegis on Tumblr
* Violinspector Barbie meme by dropitdoeeyes on Tumblr
=== Fanfiction: ===
* The Stars Claim Them by Stargazer_lilies on AO3 (2022-ongoing) - a long running crossover between TMA and The Mechanisms.
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