#Ayreon the Barbarian

[stormylewirmy]

My designs for The Electric Castle cast, Tumblr killed the quality but I swear if you click on the photo it looks better believe me please

[sunsetroseart]

Ayreontasia Inktober 2024: Day 5-6: Favorite Character Interaction

This sums up Garden of Emotions, right?

No in depth discussion here, just a funny moment from Into the Electric Castle 🤣

[starsirrah]

✨A blind minstrel in an electric castle✨

Shitpost doodle dump, have an AU where Ayreon got taken to the Electric Castle as well.

Knight, being from his time, befriends him, and Hippie thinks he's his lost brother. Barbarian thinks he's useless. Futureman adopts him.

Ayreon comes around to Knight and Hippie though and doesn't want them to leave at the end. Afterwards, Knight remembers Ayreon, and saves him from Merlin.

Happy Ending💖✨

Maybe I'll write this into a fic🤔

[mistray-art]

» Day 16 » The Barbarian » Into the Electric Castle.

[16 november 2022]

[do-androids-dream-ao3acc]

I'm looking 'round bewildered Is this some dark and evil jest? What brought me to this cursed keep? Perchance some crazy quest? Gods forbid I am no coward! Pitted against a monster, man, or ghost I'd wield my blade with crimson gusto For I am the proud barbarian host!

“Amazing Flight”, Ayreon

[earlgraytay]

For the music ask game: Ayreon?

Do I know them already?: yes | no

If I don’t know them:

First song youtube took me to: Amazing Flight  (warning for strobe lights at the 6 minute mark) 

First Impression: 

Eyeliner Taika Waititi stands on a castle and monologues about barbarians for a full minute!

Aw shit this is some good prog rock-- I didn’t know they MADE this kinda shit anymore

the lead singer is a game of thrones character transported to the modern world??? 

uHHHH H NOW THERE’S A HIPPY ON STAGE WHAT???? 

....okay this band is the musical equivalent of a Space Wizard Painted On The Side Of A Van

WHAT AM I WATCHING 

the hippie and the game of thrones dude have musically bickered for a good two minutes and I love this band

OLD DUDE WITH A FLUTE

OLD DUDE WITH A FLUTE HAVING DUELING SOLOS WITH A FIDDLER

e l e c tr i c  o r g a n 

Do I like it?: YES

Would I listen to more from them?: VERY YES

Rate (from what I heard): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10  would go on amazing flight in space again

[agirlwithachakram]

okay i have niche funny post

characters dying in Ayreon’s Into the Electric Castle

highlander: 

Indian woman:

barbarian: 

egyptian queen:

[ao3feed-crowley]

Demons Dance in the Castle Hall

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2CQKLGU

by Varjo

… but what if they are Good-Omens-demons? This is the first story that I post here, and it is also me at my doofiest, silliest. I thought it would be good to get that out of the way up front.

Words: 2351, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Into the Electric Castle - AYREON (Album)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Beelzebub (Good Omens), Dagon (Good Omens), Hastur (Good Omens), Ligur (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Gabriel (Good Omens), Michael (Good Omens), Uriel (Good Omens), Sandalphon (Good Omens), Forever of the Stars (Into the Electric Castle), Barbarian (Into the Electric Castle), Knight (Into the Electric Castle), Futureman (Into the Electric Castle), Indian (Into the Electric Castle), Roman (Into the Electric Castle), Hippie (Into the Electric Castle)

Additional Tags: Attempt at Humor, Drama, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Genderbending

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2CQKLGU

[mystiamusicalopinions]

Top 30 Songs of 2017 (part 1 30-21)

M: Hello everyone. Its still Christmas time which means this isn't technically late yet. It's time for year-end lists and for starters, let's begin the best songs of the whole year. I'm gonna be blunt here, I wasn't all that up to date with music this year, and that's mostly my fault. But hey better late right? And yeah a lot of fantastic music came out in 2017, and it's time for me to share a bit of it. So let's start off with something very unexpected...

Number 30: Asking Alexandria-Alone In a Room.

I may have had mixed feelings about the self-titled release from Asking Alexandria at the tail-end of this year, but it's opening track is easily a standout. We hear our protagonist describe his battle with his mental issues and struggles to deal with fame, only to find that just talking about it, getting help from people who CAN help, was all he ever needed, and the last thing he wanted. There's real power behind this song, and it's sealed with a thunderous chorus.

Number 29: The Mountain Goats- Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back To Leeds

Of course our protagonist might find comfort in the fact that that fame can't last forever, and home is still there, waiting to re-absorb you into it's membrane, as it were. Andrew Eldritch of the Sisters of Mercy certainly does in the story of this song. Images of a musty velvet rope and a rusted fog machine no one even cares enough to steal cement the image of a dying music scene and counterculture going comfortably into the night. And John Darnelle's weirdly peppy delivery, some groovy bass, and wispy wind instruments are all here to see goth rock off, as it returns to it's old homes to settle down one last time.

Number 28: P.O.S.- Faded ft. Lady Midnight & Justin Vernon

But sometimes we have a few too many regrets to feel like settling down. The haunting feeling of something lost perpetuates this lonely song. Beautiful delivery from P.O.S. and Lady Midnight that perpetuate a tearjerker of a beat, though not one cheaply so. Even the delivery on the chorus has really grown on me, and the rapping here is the perfect balance of delicate and powerful for it's somewhat vague, but somehow still resonant message.

Number 27: Run The Jewels- Call Ticketron

Not that there isn't still a place in the world for rapper swagger, as El-P and Killer Mike prove effortlessly. Any political comments here, and they certainly are, are more just part of a torrent of powerful lines and statements from two titans of modern hip-hop. They flow perfectly both on the great and subtlely intimidating beat, and off on one another. These two have serious charisma when playing off one another, more than you'd probably think, but this is the third RTJ album, you all already know these 2 are great with one another, but I don't think they've ever felt THIS complementary since maybe Banana Clipper. Also the music video for this is something special.

Number 26: Ayreon-Everybody Dies

From an apocalypse in the music video to one depicted in detail in the music. The AI-fueled collapse of society, pushed along by brutal riffage and performers that sound either terrified, resigned, or psychotically gleeful, build a powerful tension, only for hope to break through near the end, with the offer of a desperate escape, and the genocidal AI seeming to encourage them to try, just to satisfy his curiosity. This song has the power to shatter worlds, and it was certainly one of my most played this year.

Number 25: At The Drive In-Governed By Contagions

Not that you need to end the world to create a song way more chaotic than that. At The Drive-In tells a story of...addiction, maybe(?) with the visceral shredding and versatile vocals that have always been their selling point. The sound of a guillotine and the imagery of biting down further and further into a cyanide tooth, slowly dying, amplify the steadily growing chaos of the whole enterprise. Blistering posthardcore for fans of punk and otherwise.

Number 24: Father John Misty-Balled Of The Dying Man

Of course death comes to us all, and one has to wonder what people think about in those final hours. Maybe how they failed to spread their oh so insightful opinions and fend off the totally real barbarians at the gates? Well everyone knows at least one person like that, and it's probably true some take it to their grave. Imagining a man realizing his own insignifigance at the very end sounds awful sad, but when you realize just how far up his own ass this character is, the true hilarity of this song shines through. It's a fun exploration of a certain insufferable mindset and how it might cope with the ultimate stage of the human experience. As a side note, this song has a special place for me. I'm constantly worried that I'm becoming this kind of person or indulging in this kind of behavior, so it's nice to have something to keep me off balance when I need it.

Number 23: Sadistik- Free Spirits

One thing our dying man might've taken issue with in our culture is the fixation on and glorification of alcohol, but somehow I don't think that he could paint a picture on the level of Sadistik here. A warping, melancholy instrumental backs up simple but powerful bars that give a feeling of impending disaster, and the second chorus pays off all that bizarre, beautiful buildup by...taking everything down a notch in a way that's the best kind of jarring.

Number 22: P.O.S.-Lanes

Not everyone needs alcohol to feel lost. Sometimes you don't even need to get lost by accident. Some of us are isolated by indirect choice, the choice to go against the grain that may give us artistic gratification, but makes us struggle to relate to others, makes us feel alone. Leads to explosions of energy like this, lashing out at the world and yourself, but never turning away from how it all happened.

Number 21: At The Drive In- Call Broken Arrow

And isolation can definitely create some strange people. Call Broken Arrow is certainly a more subtle song with a more subtle story about this enigmatic, possibly completely insane Broken Arrow character. The guitars still shred in a lot of spots, but it's hardly chaos this time. It all builds to a very structured, contained chorus meant to enhance the emotions of the song, and even be the crux of them.

(continued in part 2)

[the-final-experiment-blog]

Ayreon’s normally at peace with the memories of everyone else in his head. 

But he can’t avoid feeling massive second-hand embarrassment and even some resentment at everything he did during his time as ‘The Hippie’. In particular he remembers the time he met the Barbarian and cut down his bombast by informing him that, verbatim: 

hey dude, you're so uncool but hey, that's alright like there's no need to get uptight

Nobody hates being reminded about the sixties as much as Ayreon. The fact that if it wasn’t for his simultaneous experience of the Electric Castle Experiment as The Futureman/The Colonist he’d likely always remember the horrific trials there as just a particularly bad drug trip has left him incredibly scornful of psychedelic or other mind-altering substances - for someone who prides himself on his awareness and memory, the idea of managing to misinterpret the world around himself that badly is almost physically repulsive. 

[captainanderslog]

“Reconnect” - Knife Party Every good story needs an introduction…

“Minds Without Fear” - Imogen Heap Ezra - Human Fighter  (deceased, formerly of the Shadow Hawks)

“Coast” - Devin Townsend Project Hemlig - Human Monk (formerly of the Shadow Hawks)

“The Crow, the Owl and the Dove” - Nightwish Ilex - Tiefling Druid  (Shadow Hawks)

“In Between” - The Gathering Xanaphia - Elven Cleric of Tymora (Shadow Hawks)

“Crosses” - Jose Gonzalez Himo - Elven Rogue (formerly of the Shadow Hawks, now Lord’s Alliance)

“Ghost of Old Highways” - Lovett Crug - Gnome Ranger (formerly of the Shadow Hawks)

“A Warrior’s Call” - Volbeat Rolf - Dwarf Barbarian (formerly of the Shadow Hawks)

“Fire! Fire! Fire!” - Animal Alpha Nim - Elven Sorceress (formerly of the Shadow Hawks)

“Flight of the Silverbird” - Two Steps from Hell The interlude, leading into the second act…

“Wrong Side of Heaven” - Five Finger Death Punch Fubar - Goliath Paladin of Ilmater/Barbarian (Shadow Hawks)

“Carried by the Wind” - Ayreon Atlas - Human Wizard (Shadow Hawks)

“Ode to the Bouncer” - Studio Killers Mathis - Human Bard (Shadow Hawks)

“Canon in D Minor” - Two Steps from Hell Another interlude for another party entirely…

“Burn” - Ellie Goulding Rinn - Elven Druid (Misfires)

“Lost in the Echo” - Linkin Park Draug - Half Elf Rogue (Misfires)

“Strong” - London Grammar Risa - Tiefling Sorceress (Misfires)

“The Throws” - Che Aimee Dorval Manya - Half Orc Druid (Misfires)

“The Parting Glass” - Freya Catherine Vari - Half Elf Bard (Misfires)

[irvess]

The gang: *running super quickly to the Decision Tree so that Forever doesn't punish them*

Barbarian and Native American: *way ahead of everyone else*

Hippie: *falls behind*

Colonist: You're like, a meter taller than the rest of us, shouldn't you be faster?

Hippie: Dude, I'm skinny as f--ck