#the bifrost incident spoilers

[stormybrew5]

I have been given apotheosis. A final completion. I have seen the touch and gaze of those to whom we are less than nothing.

When I first ordered these CDs, these snaking albums of change, I could not have guessed that this is where the songs I dreamt of would lead. But we’re here, and when the CDs reached Midgard, their music has followed and will share their gift with all.

(In all seriousness AHHHHHHH THEY ARE HERE AND THEY HAVE PIN BADGES 👀👀👀👀👀)

Thank you Kofi and Tim for organising this! 😊 🎶🎶

[shtish]

Listening to The Bifrost Incident and the exchange between Loki and Thor is so good y'all

"For vengeance."

"For love."

"Die in peace."

"Die in honor."

Goosebumps every time... 😭

[satanicchristiancult]

Lyfrassir Edda. Send post.

-Mori

[ultimate-tragic-couples-showdown]

Round 2b - Poll 5

Loki & Sigyn (The Mechanisms) vs Utena Tenjou & Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

[bookshopsbizarreblog]

Glad to see Jonny going back to his roots of putting cosmic horrors on the train

[reegis]

The train has arrived and it's only a matter of time

(or is it… commission for @moons-br based on a scene from their upcoming fic!!)

[pinkelotjeart]

Listening to the Bifrost incident and noticed this lil thing that reminded me of tma

[argentsunshine]

[ID: Goro Akechi from Persona 5, colored in a limited palette of very pale light blue, light yellow, neon green, dark purple and navy. He is wearing the Black Mask outfit. He is crouched down with one hand on the floor and the other out in front of him holding his sword, which is pointing along his arm and backwards.]

another post where my friend @kaetor makes a palette based on a mechanisms song and i use it to draw a persona character instead of making a playlist like a normal person. loki this time

[laricnoli]

Thinking about the Jonmartin and Loki/Sigyn parallels here:

Both pairs deal with sending away/keeping out eldritch higher powers, trying to keep their world as safe as possible, even if it's only temporary by nature. In TMA, this means releasing the Dread Powers to the multiverse, keeping them lurking in the shadows where eventually the whole apocalypse situation might happen again. For TBI we learn the Bifrost is a manifestation of the Outer God Yog Sogoth, releasing these Gods into their world. By keeping the train from arriving, they can delay the arrival of the Gods.

MAG 200 Jon instructs Martin to send the Dread powers away via stabbing him through the heart. Ragnarok V: End of the line, Loki tells Sigyn about the delaying of the Gods, then subsequently is pierced through the heart to keep the train going

"With tears flowing freely, Loki explains what they have to do. They cannot prevent what they have touched following them into our world, but they can delay it. Keep the train on the track as long as possible. Together"

"Okay. Do it, the knife's just right there. Cut the tether. Send them away. Maybe we both die. Probably. But maybe not. Maybe, maybe everything works out, and we end up somewhere else. // Together? // One way or another. Together."

" Sigyn pushes a single line into her wife's heart and holds it tight. All she lets through is a drip drip drip, flowing through the glyphs and gears. When Loki's heartsblood is gone, the train will arrive, but until then, they are together. Through the pain, Loki kisses Sigyn.​"

"Are you sure about this? // No. // But I love you. // I love you too. [KISS] [MARTIN STABS DEEPLY; THERE IS A SINGLE GASP]

(This next bit might be a stretch but also the element of not recognising your partner after an extended period of time apart.

MAG 124, Jon runs out to meet Martin for the first time out his 6 month coma, only to experience firsthand just how deep in the Lonely he is, MAG 142 Martin realises just how out of touch he is, and therefore/also how much he doesnt recognise the monster that Jon is slowly becoming.

In Sigyn, Sigyn and Loki meet for the first time after Loki's execution (I think so at least, not as familiar with TBI lore, correct me if I'm wrong), only for Sigyn to realise Loki doesn't recognise her.)

(Also yes I know TBI and TMA have no crossover but this brainworm has refused to leave and also I love it when things I'm interested in link)

[thatmoththoth]

I haven’t listened to the new episode of tmagp yet but based on tumblr, Yogsothoth from The Bifrost Incident, what are you doing in my podcast?

[eyeballsoup7310]

The bifrost incident x the celestial spear…… space train horror……….. Leeland is Odin. Eugene is Loki, which I suppose would make Felix a non-romantic Sigyn. The drawtectives are altogether Thor. Jancy as Lyfrassir? The Spirits are Kvasir. The passengers on the Express are the talents of the Spear. Do you see it do you see my vision

[mechanicalclown]

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT

SYGIN STABS LOKI WITH LIKE THE TUBE THINGY TO DELAY/STOP ELDRITCH GODS/END OF THE WORLD

MARTIN STABBED JON TO GET RID OF/STOP ELDRITCH GODS/END OF THE WORLD

[pensivespacepirate]

I Am In Eskew: Episode 30: The Boy Who Saw Cracks In The World // The Mechanisms - The Bifrost Incident: Ragnarok IV: Jormungandr

[screamingsquamousthings]

some sort of compilation

(MAG 160 - The Eye Opens // Red Signal - The Mechanisms // Horrorstör - Grady Hendrix)

[abyssalmermaiden]

flashes of history burn through my mind

is this truly me? what have I left behind?

who is this person I’ve given my trust? reaching for memories there’s nothing but dust

[littleliongirl16]

okay there are a lot of "the Mechanisms were the Archivist's college band" headcannons. And I think they're really silly and fun. But sometimes I think about the Mechanisms being the Archivist's band during or after TMA.

For the moment I'm just thinking about Jon, any version of this becomes very complicated if you try to work the other band members who are also TMA va's in. I'm going to try but it's a story for a separate post and I want to think about it for Jon regardless of how nonsensical it is for everyone else.

I just think there's a lot of potential to lean into the fact that they're recognizably two stories by partially the same guy. Jon taking inspiration from his own experiences to write mechs songs... maybe even venting some of his own anxiety into songs? healthy coping mechanisms for the archivist? pun intended?

Like, a lot of these albums end very apocalyptically, especially the bifrost incident (but all of them really). If the archivist was in the mechanisms basically anytime from late s3 to your post-cannon of choice, that could be him trying to process his fear of the rituals succeeding.

And Um. The Bifrost Incident is my favorite and also the one I think would be most interesting in a the archivist is in the mechanisms universe. Jon always had a bit of a "a ritual succeeding eventually is inevitable" attitude, especially in s5 where they're debating sending the fears away but also before then. So i really really like the idea of him writing Loki and Sigyn, who can't prevent the elder gods from breaking into the world, they can only delay it for the length of their lifetimes, and that delay is treated like it still matters. I like the idea of the Archivist looking at Loki and Sigyn and going "that's us" and feeling that that's comforting. I don't know if this is s3 jon planning to prevent the unknowing, s4 jon worrying about the extinguished sun and the watcher's crown, some au where jon and martin stay in the original universe after getting the fears out of our world and jon feels like he's doomed countless universes, some postcannon where jon and martin are in one of those doomed universes...

but like. I think it would be really sweet regardless.