#the suits udad

[aroace-and-has-a-mace]

the “this barbie is ___” meme template but it’s one for each suit and they read:

this barbie will service to his family as the favored son

this barbie thought himself an orphan

this barbie’s family will rise again

this barbie never should have placed his trust in the city

[glitchervius]

Today I offer you:

Traditional udad sketches

Tomorrow? Who knows.

Look guys, Its him.

The favoured son.

And these creatures.

The soots

[allthedoorsareopennow]

LMAO THAT'S SO FUCKING FUNNY THE SUITS WEREN'T EVEN PLANNING TO MATCH IT JUST. HAPPENED

[saym0-0]

grahh the little jingle that plays whenever the mechs bring up themselves in an album >>>

[twentysidednerd]

this post is gonna sound like a broken record but i just find it so POWERFUL how Ulysses Dies at Dawn ends the way it does. not just in the sense of “oh the mechanisms always end their albums with pretty much everyone dead and the whole situation is hopeless” but in the sense that the City is meant to chew everyone except the Olympians up and spit them out and Ulysses gets the ending they do.

yes, they’ve been messed up by the war with Ilium and the circumstances of the City but in the end, they aren’t condemned to the hell of the Acheron. they aren’t condemned to watch the Suits take the vault away from them. they get what they got to give to Penelope years ago when her time came: a true, peaceful death. away from the toil and strife of the City. saved from the destruction of the planet by the Mechs as well when they leave. they don’t have to suffer through the new horror that burning down the Acheron brings to the end of the story. they get what’s probably the most peaceful end to a horrible beginning out of every single ending the Mechanisms have come up with

this album makes me cry too much and this is how i cope lmao. anyway stan UDAD

[freddieandflorence]

can i say i think the use of a pinstriped suit in costumes indicates two things about a character to me. gay and probably a bad person

[m-practice]

i’ll be fully honest i kind of missed the point of Ulysses Dies at Dawn. originally had no thoughts on its ending other than “ouhh death as a form of freedom” which is real as hell but i fucking.

i missed the fact that Ulysses dying at dawn was a plot twist. i mean, we’re introduced to the story, and we hear the title, and we think, sure, guess this fella’s gonna be dying at dawn. and then we’re introduced to the suits to some extent and we think, yeah, this guy’s definitely dying at dawn. hell, they’ll probably be beaten to death

and then you get to the end and they do. the sun rises and they are dead. but by god, they’ve done it on their own terms. they’ve certainly died at dawn, but certainly not in the way the introduction may suggest

[thetruecthulhu9]

Aaaa fucking mechanisms, Herakles Oedipus Ariadne Orpheus and dealdelus are the suits because they're the mirrors of the suitors trying to get inside Penelope (woman or vault take your pic)

[forklesbian]

"Four of the meanest bastards of the meanest streets of the meanest parts of the city. All immaculately turned out in pinstripes. We’ll call them the Suits. "

[majorshatterandhare]

“Heracles gets the lion’s share, one, two, three!”

“Oh yeah, Ulysses also gets three, so… double lion’s share?”

[rabbityfrogs]

Ariadne

Was relistening to udad, and decided to draw ariadne!! i think it turned out well! :D

[phantomdecibel]

Have you listened to Udad by the Mechanisms and if so how hard did you cry at Elysian Fields?

HELL YEAH I HAVE–

………I plead the fifth–

[majorshatterandhare]

[ID: a digital drawing of The Suits and Ulysses from Ulysses Dies at Dawn by the Mechanisms.

Ulysses is centered at the bottom of the image. They have dark brown skin and long curly dark brown hair, a piece of which falls in front of their face. They have bright blue eyes and are smiling. They hold their hand out in front of them and floating in them is a large diamond which has blood dripping down it and the word “Dies” in red. They wear black.

On either side of Ulysses glass bottles are lined up. In front of the bottles are the words “Ulysses” (left) and “at Dawn” (right) in a thin blue all caps serif typeface. This completes the phrase along the bottom “Ulysses Dies at Dawn.”

A large splash of blood is behind Ulysses, and between all of the Suits.

Up and to the left of Ulysses is Oedipus. Oedipus is in profile facing the left. He has fair skin and short slicked back blonde hair. He is removing dark glasses from his face and two grey cords shoot out from his dark eye sockets. He wears a black pin-striped trench coat and black gloves. There is more grey cord floating around his neck.

Opposite Oedipus is Orpheus. Orpheus is pale with a black mullet. He has dark shadow on his eyes and running eyeliner down his cheeks. He has many earrings and a lip ring. He holds a golden lyre which he looks ready to play. He nails are deep purple. He wears a black-purple button up under a black pin-striped jacket. He looks about to cry.

Above Orpheus and Oedipus Heracles and Ariadne split center.

Ariadne is above Orpheus. She has tanned skin and long curly blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail. Ariadne has one hand on her chest and the other arm outstretched . She wears a black and dark grey striped blouse with loose sleeves.

Heracles is above Oedipus. He has fair skin and slicked back brown hair. He leans into Ariadne and has a mean smile on his face. He rubs one hand over the other fist. Both hands are wrapped with bandages and bloodied. He wears a dark grey button up with a dark red tie under a black pin-striped jacket.

The diamond is glowing and the Suits are each touched by its light.

At the top of the image “Penelope” appears in all caps bright pink. It appears to be parallel to the floor/ceiling. This too glows and Heracles and Araidne are touched by its light.

The background is black with grey stripes that are broken up by the Acheron logo (a skull in profile with circuitry extending out the back). The top half also features a a grey root-like system, which becomes pink closer to the top and center. There are papers in the air behind Ariadne as well.

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At least, that’s the word on the street from those what saw what went down at Calypso’s…

[lonleyhumanbeing]

Random Mechanisms moments I love:

I refuse to listen to DotM so this is incomplete, and terribly formatted.

"Wasn't it the aristocratic one with all the knives?" "Ah yes, the Marquis de AlltheKnives,"

Ashes has a lot of gold on board, 'for tax purposes'.

Jonny "I got a prescription of 1/2 an ounce of lead to be injected directly into the brain. AND IT WASN'T A PRESCRIPTION FOR ME!" *bang* d'Ville.

The first time we canonically meet Jonny he commits patricide, murder, and arson.

The card taps in One Eyed Jack scratch my brain so well.

The fact that Oedipus is called a motherfucker. Multiple times.

Guinevere's verse in Blood and Whisky being faster, because she is the fastest draw.

Seriously I’ve listened to the song 50+ times and I still get so happy thinking about the faster tempo.

“We’re not pure of heart but we’re sure of aim,”. These three I swear.

All the Suits turning up in pinstripes.

The entirety of Gunpowder Tim vs. the Moon Kaiser. It's getting its own post, and I have listened to it 27 times since 12/03. That's 270 minutes, or 4.5 hours.

The dwarf Dopey just being General Tuco DOPED up on drugs.

The Toy Solider.

The fact that, even for a moment, love won in the end of High Noon Over Camelot.

How creepy Holder of the Grail is.

The Riddle of the Sphinx’s answer is man. The riddle of the sphinx virus was also man, taking the life force for themselves.

10 caliber= X-caliber= Excalibur.

The sellguns on Fort Galfridian are the same as freelances in medieval times.

Baldur was killed by Missle Two.

“Any window with a hammer can be an emergency exit”

Tim and Brian during the tea party in Alice.

The entirety of Alice, actually. I feel like it’s a hidden gem.

Lost in the Cosmos :(

In Drunk Space Pirate, Jonny calling himself first mate is the best way to show his character growth.

Ivy died in a library fire. Her last name is Alexandria. As in the Library of Alexandria. Which burned down.

Marius “mom says hi” von Raum in the UDAD live version of Favored Son.

Orpheus being called a borderline child in UDAD live show, but in the fiction he’s like 27.

Jonny playing the drums in the UDAD live show during Sirens. Very flamboyantly/pissily

Actea and Lyssa. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it discussed but it is one of my favorites. The vocals are so so good. And the fact that Actea thought that they were both running from the Hunter, only for Lyssa to be the thing she should have been running from.

The bass line in Cinder’s Song? So good.

Once you start to notice Ivy’s music in the back you can’t stop listening. I feel like it really pulls everything together.

“Also he fought a bear…” in Hereward the Wake. Such a random line and I love it.

All of Odin’s vocals in TBI. They really said “just do whatever.” And I’m thinking specifically of Odin and Ragnarok 2.

Seriously have you tried hitting the high notes in Ragnarok 2? Impossible.

How the hell did Brian get his prophetic powers? Both as the Hanged Man Merlin and in the City.

All of the live whistling is so impressive.

I just realized that Ulysses has their own motif in UDAD. It’s the piano from My Name is No-one and also repeats in ‘Olympians’ and Torn Suits at least.

I know it’s been mentioned but Lost in the Cosmos’ melody in the background of ‘The Tower’ is such a good foreshadowing moment.

Prometheus was punished for giving the people of Ilium a FIREwall. It’s so good it loops around to being bad.

The church bells in Gunfight at Dolores Guard signifying that it’s noon.

In the DTTM records by of Hellfire Jonny pauses right before ‘flock’. To gain control of the crowd, like a preacher would.

The Mechanisms are hated in-universe. So much. You can’t tell me that Lyf was the first Inspector to have to talk to them. The others probably all quit.

[thatmoththoth]

You know what I’m making a catelog of as many mechanism animatics and animations as I can find:

OUTIS

‘Once’

Old King Cole

‘The Twins’

Rose Red

‘Snow’s Flight’

Pump Shanty

‘The Bride’

Cinder’s Song

‘The Resistance Grows’

Our Boy Jack

‘The Aurora Strikes’

Sleeping Beauty

‘Endgame’

No Happy Ending

‘Chapter The Last’

Laid in Blood

UDAD

‘The City’

Broken Horses

‘Olympians’

My Name is No-One

‘Trial by Wits’

Riddle of the Sphinx

‘Ulysses’s Will”

Sirens

‘Trial by Strength’

Favoured Son

‘Loose Threads’

Trial By Song

‘Hades’

Underworld Blues

‘Trial By Love’

Ties That Bind

‘The Daidala’

Torn Suits

‘Sunrise’

Elysian Fields

HNOC

“The Tower”

Gunfight at the Dolorous Guard

“Strength”

Empty Trail

“Death”

The Hanged Man Rusts

“The Hierophant”

Hellfire

“The Lovers”

Blood and Whiskey (unfinished)

“The Fool”

Skin and Bone

“The Hermit”

Holder of the Grail (Partial)

“Judgement”

Peacemaker (partial)//Alt1 (Partial)

“Justice”

Once and Future King

TBI

Black Box

Odin

Cold Case

Loki

Person of Interest

Thor

Conspiracy to Commit Treason

Sigyn

White Noise

Losing Track

Expert Testimony

Red Signal//Alt 1

Ragnarok I: Runaway

Ragnarok II: The Calling

Ragnarok III: Strange Meeting

Ragnarok IV: Jormungandr (unfinished)//Alt 1 (Partial)

Ragnarok V: End of the Line

Terminus

Additional Songs

Tales To Be Told // Alt 1 (partial)

The Ignominious Demise of Dr Pilchard // Alt 1 (partial)

Swan Song

Actaea and Lyssa (partial)

Lucky Sevens (partial)

Lost in the Cosmos (loop)

Cyberian Demons

Fun & Violence

Frankenstein

Death to the Mechanisms//Alt 1 (partial)

MISC

Brass Goggles

Out

High Noon Over Camelot

The Ballad of Jane Doe

Breakcore in a Nutshell But it’s The Mechanisms

This Is How Who Killed Dr Carmilla Went Right?

So… who broke it?

Who broke it?

Get help

Gunpowder Tim Cancels Jonny

[phoebastria-albatrus]

modern UDAD headcanons

•i feel like ulysses works retail and the olympians and suits are just the really weird customers. the vault tree is a shrub in a pot in the break room given to him by penelope

•orpheus performs at goth and punk clubs as a single artist. people give him money because they feel bad.

•bonus narcissus. sometimes he shows up and does interpretive dance to whatever he sings

•heracles does boxing. i dont have much more to say here. maybe he does part time as a renfaire guy because have you been to a renfaire? bro would love being apart of the fake fights

•oedipus is just a normal doctor. he’s probably that guy in fics characters come to when they have been injured. orpheus and heracles are weirdly enough the two most common for him to see. orpheus falls off stage a weird amount of times and heracles literally fights for a living. he absolutely hates everyone.

•ariadne is in school for computer science and programming. she regularly does cybercrime for random good causes (god forbid women do anything)