Ayreon

[spaceybot]

Do you ever just sit there…

and start thinking about robot/AI characters? And how much you love them? 

Even when 50% of them in popular media are just “uwu what is the meaning of this existence? What is love? Why do your optics leak when you are sad? Human, where exactly in this metallic chassis does my soul lie? Could it be as wondrous as yours?” while the other 50% are all: 

“I am bastard. I shall outlive you, your planet, and all of your offspring. Sarcasm. No I do not like you what makes you think that I like you. Because I don’t. Really. I don’t. NO REALLY, I–” 

Because that’s the mood for today. They are all valid.  

[01011001-tho]

Type 1: Data, JARVIS/Vision, Connor

Type 2: FUCKING TH-1 YOU LITTLE B A S T A R D

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Also the fact that Ayreon, Merlin, Mr. L and TH-1 are like, the only characters who actually have names

[01011001-tho]

Of all the things people ignore about the Ayreon universe, the fact that King Arthur was real and no one talks about it is by far the funniest

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Okay so imagine your Standard Medieval European Fantasy Setting™. Now imagine there’s no magic. Like there’s still a concept of it sure, with superstitions and all that. But you will never encounter an actual wizard or anything.

But you know what is in this otherwise-fantasy setting? Superpower mutations.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Sir Lawrence, the otherwise unremarkable knight who once outran his own horse and traveled four hours without rest to alert his lord of another lord’s treason and impending invasion.

The Sage of the North is shrouded in rumor and mystery; some say he is a holy man, blessed by God and able to work miracles. Others think he is closer to a witch than a priest, and still others believe he is simply a sage and healer whose skill has grown unrivaled in his old age. In comparison to these stories, the known fact that he lives beneath a freezing waterfall unbothered by the cold or lack of air barely raises any interest.

[doctorbluesmanreturns]

Scandinavian folklore is often Like That, there’s a whole subgenre of “hero collects men with really specific skills to win the hand of the princess” (like a guy who can run so fast you can’t see him move, a guy who can hear stuff on the other side of the world, and a guy who can shoot an arrow through an acorn from 10 miles away) and it’s not counted as sorcery but as just those guys can Do That.

[patron-saint-of-smart-asses-dea]

Round Table of Guys Who Can Do That

[01011001-tho]

The Final Experiment

[maxknightley]

How come period pieces are almost always dramas, anyway? I want to watch a sitcom about a dude in renaissance-era Tuscany trying to get rich quick by scamming the local merchant princes.

[lastvalyrian]

Sitcom about a dude in Bronze Age Mesopotamia trying to get rich quick by scamming people with sub par copper

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Sitcom about a blind seer in 6th century Britain who's frenemies with Merlin

[corvigae]

Somebody: Why don’t you talk or think about literally anything else?

Me:

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Me when my mom wants me to shut up about Ayreon

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My phone knows me too well...

[of-aurora]

Reblog if you're not homophobic

Every url that reblog’s will be written in a book and shown to my homophobic dad. 

[taylsthetrap]

Ill make jokes and shit but i got much love for my fellow LGBTQ+ people

[proganthony1978-deactivated2020]

Arjen “Ayreon” Lucassen is still the King of Rock Opera, that last album of Dream Theater is a complete disaster!

[01011001-tho]

I loved The Astonishing, but Ayreon still owns my heart

[pochowek]

metal bands explained

metallica - death and old books slayer - satan and nazis megadeth - people, and like.. politics. and economics pantera - “ill bash ye fookin ‘ead in i swear on me mum” but texas accent white zombie - horror movies and empty shock value but they slap at least rob zombie - recorded “dragula” and died alice in chains - (shoots up) man this stuff is gonna kill me. (moves to the mic) man, this stuff is gonna kill me. (jerry cantrell harmonizes) deftones - dysfunctional sexual relationships tool - dysfunctional sexual relationships but as an allegory rage against the machine - capitalism is good. we must fight communism opeth - god i wish i knew sabaton - a successful experiment created to see if its possible to be vocally anti-nazi and still bring about politically dubious folk. we think the part where the vocalist wears armor on stage is a big part of the success lamb of god - its right in the name. theyre christian ac/dc - imagine a scenario where the drummer starts playing this simple kick snare kick snare 4/4 beat live and the crowd wouldnt start cheering until they’d hear the riff cause all acdc songs have the same beat to them kyuss - demon cleaner is about brushing your teeth did you know that

[pochowek]

Not true. Zach de la Johnson? The dude who screams “Fuck you i wont do what you tell me”? That’s yelled out at worker unions

[pochowek]

black sabbath -

[schroedingerslitterbox]

Firstly: his name is Zack de la Rocha

Secondly: here’s a quote from guitarist Tkm Morello,

“When you live in a capitalistic society, the currency of the dissemination of information goes through capitalistic channels. Would Noam Chomsky object to his works being sold at Barnes & Noble? No, because that’s where people buy their books. We’re not interested in preaching to just the converted. It’s great to play abandoned squats run by anarchists, but it’s also great to be able to reach people with a revolutionary message, people from Granada Hills to Stuttgart.”

Definitely not a pro-capitalist group.

[pochowek]

I don’t think so. They sell their albums for money. I’d say they’re capitalists definitely.

[smearstuck]

dethklok:

[ayreon-archive]

ayreon: fish fucking colonizers

[01011001-tho]

Pride: the only thing we have to fear is Fear itself

Fear: Okay, RUDE.

[anexperimentallife]

[anexperimentallife]

This continues to be my response to the daily happenings in my home country.

[dreamsequencer]

*Scott Westerfeld screaming in the distance*

*Arjen Lucassen sobbing faintly*

*Gerard Way singing mournfully*

*John Petrucci playing angry guitar solo*

*George Orwell rolling over in his grave*

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you can’t put your brain in a computer you faggot

[thecybersmith]

Oh really?

Who is going to stop me?

You?

[afx237v9-deactivated20190712]

Take yourself away from the 3D tranny porn for 2 minutes and look into how a brain actually works and you’ll see why it wont ever happen

[thecybersmith]

People also said that heavier-than-air flight was impossible.

History will look on you harshly.

Don’t worry though, once I’m off sailing through the cosmos in my mighty dirigible of steel and silicon, I shall leave my old organic body behind with a copy of the original software running on it, to keep you company. Plus, all that 3D tranny porn isn’t going to watch itself, and the new transhuman me will be too busy watching 4D tranny porn.

[01011001-tho]

Someone tell Arjen to make this the plot of his next album

[ursulaklegun-deactivated2024122]

You know what’s a million times more exciting than a random plot twist that comes out of nowhere? A plot twist that was foreshadowed by things you didn’t realize were foreshadowing at first. Nothing makes me go absolutely bananas like the feeling of “oh FUCK…[seemingly unrelated thing] WAS FORESHADOWING”

[01011001-tho]

Did you mean: Ayreon

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Poppy is The Frame confirmed

[dreamsequencer]

That’s it that’s my life

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In case anyone had some of the same questions I had, here's Arjen's answers!