mechanisms archivist extraordinare

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[gunpowderdtim]

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Hello! I'm Travis! Fic writer and lore archivist. If you've ever wanted an archive of all canon mechs content, check out my magnus opus at @mechanismslorearchive if you're curious about mechanisms canon content

If you're a mechanisms fan who runs a mechs rp account and I've blocked you, it's not you, I just got annoyed by all the posts. You can ask me to unblock you!!

Also check my #lore tag!

Kofi link

He/Him. No them/them, please.

If asks are off do me a favor and tell me!

I do not trigger-tag things reliably, if this is an issue, dni

My opinions are my opinions and I am a chronic hater. Please ignore any poorly phrased complaining I am just some dude.

Main: @garecc

My Ao3

Below, I have linked several 80s filk albums I am obsessed with. If you like The Mechs, you will enjoy the roots of filk too!

Carmen Miranda's Ghost - Leslie Fish & Vik Tyler

Cosmic Concepts More Complete - Diana Gallagher

UnReal Estate

Free Fall & Other Delights

UnReal Estate and Free Fall & Other Delights are collections of some of the best assorted filk songs, from what I gather!

[bagelsketches]

[birdcantthink]

the mechanisms go to erid but realize that their language barrier may cause an issue when translating their performances.

[mechanismswomensweek]

Come celebrate the women of the Mechanisms universe!

Hello all! Mechanisms Women’s Week 2026 is officially planned!

The event this year will run from August 10-August 16. All kinds of creativity are welcome: art, fic, music, collages, or whatever else you come up with! The only rules are that works are created for the event, and that they are about Mechanisms characters who are canonically women.

Here are this year’s prompts:

For each prompt, you can pick one or both words to create around. To share your work during the event, tag this blog. This year I’ll also be creating a Women’s Week AO3 collection, so keep an eye out for that!

I’m so excited to run this again, and I can’t wait to see what y’all come up with <3

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 1 Part 20

Olruggio (Witch Hat Atelier)

Gunpowder Tim (The Mechanisms)

Remaining time: 3 days 15 hours

[lochlady2]

Yall know what to do

@garecc @bird-brainz @hodgiepodgie @amuseoffirebane

I think those are the main but also @gunpowdertimlovers

[garecc]

Outside spg rn!

[gunpowderdtim]

I gotta go through the lore archive inbox one of these days. Discord stream of me awnsering questions when

[m0mento]

MECHANISMS KEYCHAINS NOW AVAILABLE @ MY STORE

the day has finally arrived...

i sell through acggoods so check their website for info on worldwide shipping !!

^^ some changes to colours have been made based on these samples to make the print more accurate, but the pictures are still a good representation of the final product

also i made a badge

[gunpowderdtim]

Dr Carmilla has married Upgrade steam powered giraffe. The Beast from otgw was also there.

[garecc]

one of them is pregnant.

[gunpowderdtim]

baby Tools has been born! I edited him to be slightly less of an exact upgrade clone. Carmilla built him i assume!

[gunpowderdtim]

So many lore archive posts are like.

Hello Mechanisms Fan. You have Found Lore. You are Mostly Correct! Here are One Thousand Citations

[kinehora]

in SPAAACE

[quillmasblog]

Keith, an oc that the @archivistbot created

[gunpowderdtim]

sometimes i make posts on the lore archive that truely are so minutely autism detailed i wonder what people think of me. but to be fair. i did not originally track down mariuscoat that was my friend who i adore

[dmbakura]

do u ever see someone elses headcannon for ur fave character and its like….. i completely respect that u have the right to that headcannon, i will not confront u at all and start needless bullshit over that headcannon…. but i will silently sit here and give you the sideways glance of the century

[sharkfish]

me, out loud: hey that’s cool we all have our own interpretations and i support you as part of fandom regardless 

me, in my head: ….but you’re wrong 

[lurkinglurkerwholurks]

I would just like to remind everyone that this is the mature, reasonable, and sensible response.

[fang-emblem]

[gunpowderdtim]

I have pestered a few people into Narratomancy, and have personally started using "resonance" and "echo" instead of "character parallel" which - when discussing a villain failing to shape de's wards into a mimicry of other characters - led to "These Echoes are the Wrong Frequency!"

That was amusing and also dead right

Man what's so funny is while I think character resonance is important I dont nearly think It as much as when I was 17 and wrote that post. We've got new better sources

[gunpowderdtim]

Hello! I'm going to annoy you (/lh) in your asks because you're nice to me when I've done it in the past.

Idk how old your narratomancy posts are but I have Thoughts because it's a very cool system. Anyway, you know how in one of the liveshows (is it Spaceport Mahon? Probably) Jonny says "Tim, can I introduce you to the concept known as narrative flow?" and Tim replies "No."

Probably a throwaway line but I like to imagine that this is an argument they've had several times. Given that Jonny probably abuses and/or pushes the limits of narratomancy the most, there's certainly a chance he's aware of it, and I like to think either Tim is fucking with him (and fully knows what's going on) or, refuses to acknowledge it because the idea that the war and terrible shit he experienced happened "just for the plot" is a bit too much to handle.

Or it could be nothing (when initially said it probably was nothing).

Anyway hi!!!!! :D

sorry its been a bit ! ive been between job hell and writing purgatory

i really really like this. tim and jonny..... narratomancy.......... ive been thinkin a lot abt retooling a new and better jonny character playlist comapred to my old one and i have So Many Ideas

[gunpowderdtim]

Dr Carmilla has married Upgrade steam powered giraffe. The Beast from otgw was also there.

[garecc]

one of them is pregnant.