#gustav shvagenbagen

[thr4shit]

I'm tired. Have a Metal Family headcannon that I don't know how it formed:

(headcannon and rambling below cut.)

cw for mentions of abuse, alcohol/alcoholism.

So... yeah, Gustav's a bad guy. We all know that.

And I have no idea why, but recently my brain just went: "What if he was also abused by his dad, but didn't have the guts to run / abandon his family like Glam did so he was just stuck in that situation" and stuff of that caliber, how because it's how he grew up it's how he ended up treating his kids and his wife.

And that the only reason Mary stayed was because they grew up together or something (and were good friends) so she still wanted to hold onto the sort of hope that he could still be the boy she'd been friends with all those years ago. (with this idea, I just get the feeling they were an arranged marriage, with his parents not KNOWING how close they were as kids.)

And honestly. Fuck, I want some content of that. I don't know why, it's just so... interesting to me? To think about young Gustav, and why he is the way he is now. To get that sort of INSIDE view of his mind.

Also, with this train of thought, he tends to drink to cope. Trying to forget what his father did, despite it being so ingrained in him that he does the same to his own kids.

And honestly, I can see Mary being a real anchor for him, trying to keep him grounded (I could see him being VERY lost without her. emotionally and mentally. because she's the only one who's bothered to stay or something of that sort. everyone else sort of stopped trying to deal with his "bs" and decided he "wasn't worth it" anymore. so she's basically keeping him as stable as she can. still clinging to that little hope and keeping a tiny bit alive in him.)

I can also see some sort of Mary trying to comfort/coax him out of drinking for the night when he's in a calmer mood. (reminding him of previous "hey, it'll be alright" type moments between them.)

etc, etc.

I don't know where this came from, or how, or why.

It sort of got screamed at me by my brain... and now it won't leave, and I am clinging to it now. (not trying to justify Gustav's behavior, or say Gustav isn't still a piece of shit father and husband. just saying this is now something imprinted on my brain. IDK why this was what my brain screamed at me this time, only that it happened and now it's just here.)

Honestly, kinda interesting having HCs about them, seeing as how little screen time they get.

(I mean... the HC is mostly about Gustav... but, still.)

[k-is-for-potassium]

glam + burn (tx2) post cuz ive been putting it off for a while :D

cw: alcoholism, domestic abuse, and sh mention, swearing, uhh thoughts of murder?

this is mostly about younger glam (like s1 e9 and 10 ish)

the violin intro – glam was under so much pressure to be perfect at the violin so i feel like hed have quite a bit of trauma from it

"i hope you burn" (basically just the whole chorus) – this reminded me of that one bit in his journal where he lets himself slip and writes about what he'd do to gustav if he could. also gustav was an asshole who deserved a painful death

"'cause there's no such thing as hell, but if there was, you'd be the first to burn" – 99% sure glam (and the rest of his metal family) are atheist. also gustav is dead

"oh fuck, what have i done" – i feel like glam would have a bit of trouble snapping back to the calm side of himself, so he may have a few of those thoughts but overall get absorbed into the merciless revenge. idk i wasn't sure how to explain this

"all the words you spit are ingrained" – remember when glam kept snapping at dee while trying to teach him guitar? yeah that's definitely from gustavs constant verbal abuse

"treat a woman like a bitch" – we can't ignore the way mary kept flinching and was always hesitant around gustav. also "she's a girl! [insert whatever comes next cuz i forgot]" like dude. a bit misogynistic, amirite

"i guess your kid's gone mad" – yeah sorry glam but you're a tad bit silly

"look at my wrist" – i believe tx2s original meaning behind this was... something else, but glam also has scars on his wrist from gustavs ruler (which he covers up with the wristbands)

"an alcoholic who couldn't look farther" – gustav was definitely an excessive drinker, and he also couldn't look farther, seeing glam only as someone who needed to be the best of the best, no matter what

honorable mention: "who's the f*g now" – not a glam thing but this was good wordplay because it's both the slur and an old word for a bundle of sticks, like ones that would typically be used in fires

dang this turned out longer than i expected

let's hope it's seen by more than four people :D

[a-wildkinventure]

Hey there!!

@a-wildkinventure here! you can call me Venture!

[I know this post is long, but please read till the end!]

I use he/they pronouns.

In addition, I also use it/its [I use neos but don't list here]

I am part sys, in addition to being polykin and therian so... chaos will ensue.

Although this blog is dedicated specifically to kin chaos.

[in specific I am a c-linker/c-kin in addition to non-linking kin with fictionflicker and exotrauma experiences as well as having a very strong connection to kinmems]

please try to understand that this is my only safe place to talk about kin stuff... so I really, REALLY just want to exist... and even here I'm not sure how 'safe' I feel...

What I'm cool with doing:

[On a scale from 1 to 10]

Chatting with other fictionkin [or kin in general, other, fiction, etc.] - 10/10, definitely! talk with me peeps!

[especially if you are from my sources!!! Fallout 4, Kong Skull Island or Kaiju in general, Murder Drones, Sally Face, Metal Family, Coraline, Chikn Nuggit, Tangled the Series, Carrion, UTMV, Dumbo, etc!!!]

[Trying] to make moodboards - 7/10, I am kind of shit at these but will still try!

[Trying] to make stimboards - 9/10, I LOVE making these.

Talking with doubles - ???/10, might weird me out a bit at first, but hell yeah, dude! [Depends on kintype/fictive double]

Offering kin help - 5/10, I can try! I'm actually pretty new to understanding that I am kin, so I might not be good.

Anything NSFW in asks - 2/10, depends on context... I'm usually VERY sex and sexual/sexuality repulsed, but within REASON I can handle NSFW stuff. Just don't go out of your way to be a horny freak ig? [Not meant to be negative, but I've dealt with too much sexual shit in my life...]

All The Kin-formation!

High Kin(s):

The Observer / Kevin Haas

Milo Asher / Mr. Scars

HABIT

Evan Myers

Alex Kralie (Canon Compliant)

Alex Kralie (Vampire AU)

Alex Kralie (different AU, unsure as to which)

The Operator

Josh

Tim Wright

Hansel

Medium Kin(s):

Carrion

Slenderman

Lordy / Lordi

Sal Fisher

Bezel

Jack Nyras

Harold Biddle

Low Kin(s):

Heavy

Hvitur

BEN DROWNED

Alice Liddel

Chesnok

Brainbot

Catnap & Catfeine

Swampy

Jane Doe

Dormant Kin(s):

[Label used for kintypes that I have not had shifts for in a long time, to the point where I am unsure what happened to them. Something I attribute to fictionflickering]

Template

Toby Rogers

Casey Junior

Wyborne Lovat

Varian

Zombie Drone

Disassembly Drone

Skullcrawler

Glowing Deathclaw

Gustav Shvagenbagen

My Kintypes [all]:

Glowing Deathclaw, Skullcrawler, Zombie Drone, Disassembly Drone, Sal Fisher, Chesnok, Lordy / Lordi, Wyborne Lovat, Bezel, Carrion, Varian, Template, Casey Junior, Heavy Shvagenbagen, Catnap & Catfeine, Gustav Shvagenbagen, Tobias "Ticci Toby" Rogers, Jack "Eyeless Jack" Nyras, BEN DROWNED, Hansel, Alice Liddel, Slenderman, Tim Wright, Hvitur, Harold Biddle, Jane Doe, Josh, Swampy, HABIT, Evan Myers, Alex Kralie (Vamp AU), Alex Kralie (Canon Compliant), Alex Kralie (some other AU), Indigo Chinese Pangolin, The Observer, Kevin Haas, Brainbot, The Operator, Milo Asher / Mr. Scars, Siren (Starfield), Terrormorph (Starfield), Guardian (Destiny), Thrall (Destiny), Red Mile Mauler (Starfield)

(Copingkin types: Heavy Shvagenbagen, HABIT/Evan)

(Copinglink types: BEN DROWNED)

Kinsidering Kintypes:

Lif (Metal Family)

Arthur (Possibly in Michigan)

You can see me on the fictionkinfessions blog, I use 2 emoji combos for my confession signings. Here are some of them!

(aka ones I've used for submissions)

🎀💔 (Lordy confessions), 🍻🌟 (now for Chesnok confessions), 📼🎸(Sal Fisher confessions), 🐈‍⬛🌫 (Wybie confessions), ⏱️🌌 (Bezel confessions), 🥩🪱 (Carrion confessions), 🧪⚡️(Varian confessions), ✒️🔄 (Template confessions), 🚂🎪 (Casey Junior confessions), 🐾🗺 (Pokémon??? confessions), 🤘🐱 (Heavy confessions), 📏🎼 (Gustav confessions), ☀️🌘 (Catnap/Catfeine confessions), 🩹🌲(Toby Rogers confessions), 👁🔪 (Jack Nyras confessions), 💾🎮 (BEN DROWNED confessions), 👗🎠 (Alice confessions), 🍜🤳 (Ennui confessions), ⚫️🫀 (Venom confessions), 🌲👔 (Slenderman confessions), 🚬🍂 (Masky / Tim Wright confessions), ❄️💎 (Hvitur confessions), 🚺🎢(Jane Doe confessions), 📹🛤 (Josh confessions), 🐊🛀 (Swampy confessions)🐇👾 (HABIT confessions), 👽🗡 (Evan confessions), 🩸👓 - (Alex Kralie Vampire AU confessions), ��📼 (Alex Kralie no AU confessions), 👓🎧 (Alex Kralie *unknown AU* confessions), 🎀🦔 (Indigo Chinese Pangolin Google Doodles, Pangolin Love confessions), 👓👁 (The Observer confessions), 🔮👾 (Brainbot confessions), 📼🌲 (Operator confessions), 📓💊 (Milo Asher / Mr. Scars confessions)

more ps. My pfp and header do NOT belong to me.

[fictionkinfessions]

https://www.tumblr.com/fictionkinfessions/757748752829317120/dear-father-it-has-taken-me-some-time-to-come-to?source=share

@ the Glam who posted this ask,

Even if not directed to me in specific, even if it was just a message to the endless sea of others.

I'm glad I saw this, I'm glad you submitted this.

I figured that since that night I would never hear anything from you again. So seeing this made things feel slightly less hopeless for a moment.

(whether you are from the same canon as me or not. Hearing from my son seemed impossible, just because of how things were.)

I only remember becoming more despondent after you left, whether I "improved" when in that state was hard to tell.

However, I appreciate the wish for my own betterment, and I send hope that you were able to feel safe; that you found a place where you felt loved.

I wish you the best as well. And truly, thank you. I never said it enough, but I was proud to have you for a son.

(I saw how you grew as a musician, and I'm glad you were able to find something worthwhile to you without me in the way.)

Tvoi slova ostayutsya v moyem serdtse.

Na etot raz snova, do svidaniya. no, nadeyus', ne tak, kak ran'she.

– A Gustav Shvagenbagen [Metal Family] kin 📏🎼

"Your words remain in my heart. For once, goodbye. But, hopefully, not as you did earlier."

[historyhermann]

Metal Family Review

In recent years, there has been an increase in indie animations, including on platforms such as YouTube. One of those series is the musical-themed Russian mature animation series, Metal Family.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs, my History Hermann WordPress blog on Jan. 19, 2023, and Wayback Machine. This was the eighth article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on January 8, 2022.

The action-adventure and drama series focuses on a Russian family of metal fans, each with their own personalities: there are Victoria and Glam, two metalheads in love with one another, and they have two children, Heavy and Dee. It follows the creative ways that the family deals with problems every day and manifests various tropes. Dee is 15 years old and Heavy is 13. Victoria is 37 and Glam is 39-40.

The series has a number of interesting small details that sets it apart from other animation series. For example, the opening of each episode begins with the character, or characters, hanging up their key, with the way each character hangs up their key a specific reflection of their personalities. There are also various pop culture references throughout the series to bands such as Metallica, System of a Down, Black Sabbath, Bon Jovi, and Led Zeppelin. Unlike some other series, this show takes place in a blurred world, without any specific location.

Metal Family does not shy away from mature topics. Victoria often drinks and smokes, while her husband, Glam, does not. She even gambles. The last part of the first season focuses on Glam Shvagenbagen’s troubled childhood going to a music conservatory. He meets a friend named Ches/ Chive who introduced him to Twisted Sister, heavy metal music, and gives him his current nickname. He leaves home for good after living with his abusive father, Gustav. Leaving his past behind, he chooses to be part of the “rabble” as his father puts it. He finds a family for himself in music and in the companionship of Victoria.

The show plays with the idea of a “strong man” defending a “weak” woman. In this series, Glam is diminutive but nasty in a polite way while Victoria is buff and brash. She is not afraid to throw a person out of a window or punch a hole through a wall, if warranted. Glam is more calculating and can solve problems by using his mind. Victoria likes to smash things apart – as she does in an escape room in an episode. She is a little like Princess Bean in Disenchantment, an alcoholic, and Harley Quinn in the series of the same name, who carries around a baseball bat which she uses to protect herself, those she cares about, and fight for what she believes is right.

The series is produced by a small team and is created by Alina Kovaleva. Xydownik co-directed the series with Kovaleva. Both work as series animators. According to the fandom site for the series, Koveleva works on the series full-time, using Adobe Animate CC. It took over two years to create the show’s first season. Alexey Khrapov worked in the show’s sound department. Alexey Vasilevsky composed original music, apart from the show’s other music. Karin Karimova worked as a violinist, Daniyl Yakovenko as a music consultant, and Luis Rojas as a guitar soloist.

The Russian voice actors have been consistent. Blin voices Glam and Dee. Roman Volkov voices Gustav and Xydownik voices Heavy. Kovaleva voiced a Youtube Instructor in a 2021 episode as well as Victoria. Xydownik also voices Ches in two episodes, along with characters like Rowd and the Conservatory Dean. Flynn The VA voices Drusilla. There’s also a background character named Celestie, and therapist Dr. Hans.

The English dub introduced new voice actors, including Elliot Cancel as Chive / Ches, Randolph Castellanos as Dee, Lydia Shvagenbagen, and Richard Armstrong, Hoctor as Gustav, London Hartman as Heavy, Kylie Ann as Mary Shvagenbagen, Ry Harte as Glam, and Chiari Queen as Victoria. Hoctor also voices biker gang member Bug, Ann voices Anna, a cynical radical feminist.

The series first aired on September 13, 2018, released in Russian, with English subtitles added after its release, ending its run in 2020. The pilot episode was also a music video sung by Avantasia, is entitled “The Story ain’t Over.” Since February 2021, an English dub of the episodes has been released on a separate YouTube channel, with a hilarious 3-minute trailer for the release of the English dub. Through 2021, the 10-episode first season aired on YouTube and the second season began in late December 2021. Oksana Gunchenko helped translate and adapt the episodes of the series.

The series has been positively received by fans, with over 140 fan fics on Archive of Our Own, garnering hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube, and has high rankings on IMDB. Hundreds of thousands more follow a fan site for the show on the Russian language social media platform, VK. This is impressive for a series with relatively new voice actors, with this series as their first big roles, and even for animators. A few are involved in other indie animated projects, like Kylie Ann as an animator on Legends of Myiorda, an anime/cartoon series. Some previously worked on Russian language productions.

Updates about the series are shared on Xydownik’s Russian-language YouTube channel, the Instagram account of Kovaleva, a channel on Telegram, and Kovaleva’s VK account. Like Helluva Boss, Heavy, one of the show’s characters, has an official Instagram account, posting candid photos from his life. This encourages people to be more deeply invested in the show. There’s even an official store to buy merchandise and items related to the show.

The voice acting and animation of Metal Family were intriguing. The story kept me watching the episodes and I say this as as a person who likes listening to metalheads like Caleb Hyles and the band Twisted Sister. The characters were complex enough and were not stereotypes which made me excited about what is going to come next. In the end, I’d highly recommend this series, especially for those who like badass characters, music, and compelling stories.

Metal Family is available on YouTube.

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

[fraigevampire]

the pic is from the metal family animated music video

(also yes, i made this meme myself so please ask before using it)

[inconsistentenigma]

Am I wrong?

[theweirdguysbasement3241]

Why does glams father hate him so much ?

[beholdthemem]

I’m putting some Owl House in the Metal Family, because I won’t be satisfied until someone does and the number one rule of fandom is If You Want Something Done, You Do It Yourself.

Vicky is a wild witch, from a very scattered family- all also wild. There’s not much that connects them, but they have a unifying attitude of Nobody EVER Tells Me What To Do that’s made them very unpopular with the Emperor. They’ve done magic their way for thousands of years, they’re not changing now just because some upstart’s got a fancy mask and claims to talk to the Titan.

I’m gonna say Vicky was a Glandis kid. She’s brash, tough, very rarely asks for help, and doesn’t like anyone to know she needs it... almost as if she’s worried somebody’s going to exploit that. That seems like the sort of thing that could have been instilled from spending one’s formative years in an environment that repeatedly hammers in ‘only the strong succeed’, even if that’s not the way she has to live now.

She’s really dismissive about the rumors surrounding Glandis. She talks about it like it was a totally normal school, nothing really wrong there beyond being boring... but she was also very careful to make sure that both of her sons would be going to Hexside instead.

Glam’s a wild witch too. Unlike Vicky, who never had any intentions of being anything else, though, Glam was once on track to becoming part of the then-newly-established Bard Coven. Gustav was the current head of an old, very powerful family, and had kept power by being able to tell which way the metaphorical wind was blowing. Correctly guessing that Belos was going to be sticking around, Gustav felt that the best way to court favor was heed the Emperor’s changes and get his children on the ground floor of the new Coven System. 

It wouldn’t be enough for them to just be members, though- if the family name was going to stay relevant in this new world, Gustav’s son would have to be the best of the best.

No matter what it took to make him that way.

The coven system never held any real attraction to Glam, but he never considered abandoning it until befriending Ches and seeing what the world was like for witches that didn’t limit themselves.

After Glam left home, Lydia became the representative of the Shvagenbagens in the Bard Coven. She’s high ranking, ambitious, and was EXTREMELY pissed when Scooter Crane chose Raine instead of her as the new Head.

Heavy’s got enough raw musical talent to make him a sought after Bard Coven candidate, but he’s got no real interest in it. (Much to his father’s silent relief.) He’s in the Beast-Keeping track at Hexside, and is constantly sneaking creatures into the house, driving Vicky and Dee crazy in the process. He has yet to meet an animal he doesn’t love, despite how likely it is to eat him. (Vicky is going to lose her MIND.)

Dee’s in the Oracle track, and is well on his way to potentially ruling the world. He knows everything about everyone, and rarely needs to use magic to find it out. He’s still got his Will-Ensure-You-Pass-The-Class-You-Didn’t-Study-For-For-Cash business going, listening in on whatever questions are being asked and feeding the customer answers through crystals small enough to be hid somewhere on their person. He’s made so much money. Everyone’s expecting the teachers to catch him at it sooner or later, but it’s never happened. Dee smugly assures them that it never will.

He works at the library in his spare time, and has one particular echo mouse that he regularly brings home and back. He insists that this is purely to record whatever information the mouse has stored in it, this is STRICTLY BUSINESS, but his family all knows that whether or not he wants to admit it, it’s a pet.

[fictionkinfessions]

. . .

Great.

I am the fucking dad.

FUCK.

GODDAMNIT, WHY???

Everything I did. Everything I said.

What. The.

FUCK?!??

I was an ass. I hate this.

I hurt them. I hurt ALL of them.

My children...

My wife...

Lydia, Sebastian, Mary...

I can't undo any of it.

But if there ARE kins/fictives/etc of Lydia, Sebastian (or... it's Glam, right?), or Mary... I hate what I did. I wish I could make it right.

I don't blame any of you for hating me.

In all honesty, I would hate me too.

You all deserved better than an alcoholic and (physically and mentally) abusive father/husband.

And I will ALWAYS wish I'd been more than that.

– A Gustav Shvagenbagen [Metal Family] kin 📏🎼

x

[fictionkinfessions]

Very little context just...

HUHHHH??? NO NOT THE DAD??

(Why the fuck am I kinsidering fucking Gustav Shvagenbagen??? Just huhhhh??)

– A kinsidering Gustav Shvagenbagen [Metal Family] I guess?? 📏🎼

What the fuck.

(Oh my god I feel like a fucking asshole for using the goddamn ruler emoji- fuuuuckkkkkkkk. What the fuckkkk??? GODDAMNIT FUCKKKKKKKKKKK—)

If I am Gustav:

I'm so sorry, Sebastian (Glam), Lydia, and Mary. I was such a piece of shit... as a father and a husband.

x

[fraigevampire]

metal family fun fact: in episode 10 of the first season when the song “the story of my life” by bon jovi kicked in , glam was writing the exact lyrics in his diary!

[fraigevampire]

metal family theory time woo hoo!(A mix of what people in the rus fandom r saying and the other one is my thoughts)

a picture with young vicky and a guy who seems to be her brother, there is a theory going around in the rus fandom that her brother died due to hitting the “hello” sign making the “O” letter fall out and letting it become “hell”

another thing I noticed is that the motorcycle is stuck in the sign, the motorcycle most likely belongs to her brother

[fraigevampire]

i love metal family so fucking much

thats it , thats the entire post

[inconsistentenigma]

C’mon I can’t be the only one who thinks Gustav (either in a desperate act of kindness or a last act of cruelty) left the yacht to one of his grandsons. Seeing as Lydia doesn’t have any kids, then it would be Glam. I can imagine he either left it to the youngest Shvagenbagen; Which in this case would be Heavy. Or he left it to Glam’s first born son, which would be Dee. 

I don’t know, is anyone else getting those vibes? Something’s gotta put the family through strain. In the sense of plot, at least. 

Also perhaps this promise of wealth brings Vicky’s family out of the woods?? They don’t sound great and the type of toxic to come out only when it benefits them. 

[inconsistentenigma]

TW FOR SCARS AND MENTIONS OF ABUSE

Age Swap AU- Past

Daniel and Hela (later known as Dee and Heavy respectively) are the children of Gustav Shvagenbagen. At the time of episode 9 and 10 Daniel is 16, Hela is 14.

Daniel is the oldest son and while he is extremely intelligent and succeeds in nearly everything he’s put in- he was unfortunately not born with the Family’s Hereditary Musician trait. Therefore he is unable to carry on the family’s musical legacy. Instead Hela must take on that role instead even though she is a girl. Gustav often refers to Daniel as “A waste of a first born son” because of this.

On the day of Hela’s musical exam (an exam Daniel took 23rd place in) he is told to accompany her to the Conservatory to make sure she gets there and places 1st. Daniel obliges but on the way there runs into a girl who scares him by jumping out of the alley way when he walks by. She tries to strike up a conversation but is uninterested until she eventually manages to catch his attention by insulting him. Then playfully flirting with him and telling him he looks “like a bastard-I like that” before she takes off when they reach the observatory.

Hela ends up taking 2nd place (She intentionally makes herself fail-reasons to be explained later) and both siblings are punished for it. Daniel even more so when it turns out he is missing the pocket watch that Gustav had given him.

Daniel, realizing it must have been the Mysterious Girl he talked to earlier, goes off to find her the next day and indeed does. She tries to run away but after he catches her and tells her he needs it back or he’ll be in trouble, she gives in. But! Only IF he helps her make up the money some other way. He’s confused but she asks if he’s a smart guy with computers and espionage. He says yes. She asks if he has any moral hang ups about black mail....he eagerly asks her to go on.