#mechtober 2022

[anxiouslittlepossum]

Once Upon A Time (In Space!)

[rainyatrium]

more from the backlog: the whopping two mechs i finished for mechtober 2022

[regicidal-defenestration]

He ran a finger quickly around the rim of his glass. The note rang out sharp and clear. "A toast," Jonny proposed. "To bad decisions and worse people."

Chapter the last. Death to the Mechanisms?

[majorshatterandhare]

[ID: Two images, the first is a simple drawing of the Mechanisms’ Gender Rebels performance, with two panels split top and bottom, the second is a Mechtober 2022 prompt list.

Image One, Panel One: From left to right Nastya, holding her viola, Tim, with his guitar, Ashes, with their bass, the Toy Soldier, with no instrument, and Ivy, holding her flute, stand in front of two microphones. Their bodies and clothes are white. Tim leans into the mic in between him and Ashes and says “We killed our lead singer.” Which is printed at the top jn a black italic font.

Image One, Panel Two: All of the Mechs arms are straighg up in the air. The only one with a vidible mouth is Tim, who has an open mouthed smile. The Toy Soldier has thrown confetti in the air and it falls down around it. Ashes feet have small fires around them. The background is a tan color and the edges are white.

Image Two: the background is tan-brown gears. The top is labeled “Mechtober 2022 - Daily.” The first two prompts are crossed off and the third is circled in red. The prompts read:

“3. Favorite Performance

4. The Sevens

5. Tied by Fate

6. Mechanization

7. Immortality/Mortality

8. Ulysses Dies At Dawn

9. Instruments

10. Octokittens

11. The Suits

12. Favorite Relationship(Romantic or Not)

13. Storytelling/Shanties

14. Myth

15. High Noon Over Camelot

16. Position on Crew

17. Acheron

18. The Pendragons

19. Crossover

20. Frankenstein

21. Weapons

22. The Bifrost Incident

23. The Aurora

24. Tarot

25. The Asgardians

26. Favorite Headcanon

27. Outfit swap

28. Family/Domestic

29. Tales To be Told

30. Death/Endings

31. Free Space!”

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Late day three: favorite performance

To be fair I haven't watched every performance yet, cause I have to consume my hyperfixations in small doses or I'll get overwhelmed BUT. The gender rebels one is the best thing ever I love them so much I love Tim that silly guy

[saul-tortellini]

Happy Holidays, have my top 10 LANCER textmashes compiled together

I'm glad y'all seem to enjoy these. Comcast's shit internet service is preventing me from gaming so I have more time to kill making these. Next on the list are the NELSON and the GOBLIN.

[flamet-draws]

Mechtober Day 7: Immortality/Mortality

Tim and Bertie and the tragedy of immortality when your best friend is dead

[monggay]

@mechtober2022 day 16: position on crew! sometimes bein the pilot just means keepin the sentient starship company when it gets rly boring during long rides

[heliophaestus]

day 9 - instrument

[ID: A digital lineless drawing of Nastya Rasputina from The Mechanisms. She is drawn from the waist up, and is shown playing her violin with a soft smile on her face. The background is white fading into navy blue, with stars. /End ID]

[immortal-stowaway]

Mechtober day 22: the Bifrost Incident

[kinglindwyrm]

@mechtober2022 day 12: favourite relationship

can a lost princess really fall in love with a spaceship... 😳 and they were both girls...? (ID in alt)

[anxiouslittlepossum]

Origin Stories

Lost in the cosmos

[mechtober]

Happy to announce two Mechtober prompt lists for this October!

These have been made so that participants can choose between focusing on one prompt each week or on one each day, both lists are encouraged to be used and switching between the two is completely acceptable. You are not required to finish every prompt, and don't have to start on the first day. Join when you like, finish when you like, and do what you feel comfortable with.

Other guidelines are to keep the content ratings to about 16+ at most, violence/gore and swearing are all allowed but if excessive please tag appropriately! This account will be trying to reblog all contributions, so please make sure to tag work under #mechtober 2022 (you can also @ us). If a day has gone by and it still hasn't been reblogged, dm this account with your post and it will be added.

[ID: Two prompt lists. The first is sepia-toned with gears and wheels in the background, the second has a galaxy background. The first is labelled "Mechtober 2022 - Daily" and the prompts are as follows:

Once Upon A Time (In Space)

2. Origin Stories

3. Favorite Performance

4. The Sevens

5. Tied by Fate

6. Mechanization

7. Immortality/Mortality

8. Ulysses Dies At Dawn

9. Instruments

10. Octokittens

11. The Suits

12. Favorite Relationship (Romantic or Not)

13. Storytelling/Shanties

14. Myth

15. High Noon Over Camelot

16. Position on Crew

17. Acheron

18. The Pendragons

19. Crossover

20. Frankenstein

21. Weapons

22. The Bifrost Incident

23. The Aurora

24. Tarot

25. The Asgardians

26. Favorite Headcanon

27. Outfit Swap

28. Family/Domestic

29. Tales To be Told

30. Death/Endings

31. Free Space!

The second is labelled "Mechtober 2022 - Weekly" and the prompts are as follows:

(1st - 7th)

Swap/Crossover

2. (8th - 14th)

Fire/Death

3. (15th - 21st)

Immortality/Space and Void

4. (22nd - 31st)

First Meetings/Goodbyes

/End ID]

[regicidal-defenestration]

The MCU (Mechanisms/discworld Crossover Universe) Timeline Masterpost

About 4 years after posting some of them, all my Mechs/Discworld stories are now crossposted on ao3. They all exist on the same internal timeline that doesn't necessarily match with the times they were created. This is that timeline. tada!

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• 5 Times Death Had A Near-Mechs Experience And 1 Time The Toy Soldier Was Present And It All Got A Bit Weird

(read here, published May 2020)

The first interaction of the Mechanisms with the Discworld universe, and the start of a whole bunch of headaches for Death. It's also the first and only time Jonny d'Ville will appear with his whole body, as opposed to just his severed head.

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• In Which Everyone Agrees That Death Should Stop Deciding To Do Things Just, Y’Know, In General, Maybe

(read here on tumblr, here on ao3, published December 2020)

Death suggests that Susan should meet Jonny d'Ville, perhaps as evidence that he does, somewhere deep down, understand the concept of schadenfreude.

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• All that is Gold

(read here, published June 2023)

It's somewhat of a surprise when Moist enters the bank one day to find a stranger going by Ashes set up there, proclaiming themself the new chairman. He knows that's what he did, but it's the principal of the matter.

• Bonus - Mechtober 2022 Chapter 19

(read here, published October 2022)

A scene that would one day be part of All that is Gold, just from Vetinari's perspective this time.

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• mile after mile (mile after mile)

(read here, published December 2020)

A retelling of The Bifrost Incident, set on the Disc. It's got wizards, the Watch, and those three wankers in the lockup who won't stop trying to sing a song about it

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• Ringing in the Year of the Beleaguered Badger

(read here on tumblr, here on ao3, published December 2020)

Nobby Nobbs and Fred Colon are, unwillingly, out on patrol on New Years' Eve. Good job the Toy Soldier is around to keep them company

[jonny-b-meowborn]

Wow Bee got one drawing on time amazing. This may not happen again.

Day four - the Sevens! You ever think about how Ashes was literally baby at that moment

Btw my headcanon is that their natural hair color is this red

[saul-tortellini]

Finally, I can roleplay as an automated turret

[flamet-draws]

Mechtober Day 12: Favourite Relationship (Romantic or Not)

Lyf wants to kiss- I mean uhhh Lyf wants to kill them all soooo bad haha