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The Mechanisms are a (currently) 9-piece band operating largely out of Oxford and London, UK. Offering retrospective futurist storytelling in the form of musical cabaret, they are a concept band consisting of immortal [[SpacePirates space pirates]] originally created by Music/DrCarmilla as her backup band/companions. In between roaming the galaxy having fun, violence, adventure, violence and violence, they tell the tales of the things they've seen over the course of their long, long lives.
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The Mechanisms are a (currently) 9-piece band operating largely out of Oxford and London, UK. Offering retrospective futurist storytelling in the form of musical cabaret, they are a concept band consisting of immortal [[SpacePirates space pirates]] originally created by Music/DrCarmilla as her backup band/companions. In between roaming the galaxy having fun, violence, adventure, violence and violence, they tell the tales of the things they've seen over the course of their long, long lives.
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for most of their active years was between seven and nine.[[/note]]
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Odin's desire for conquest and greatness [[spoiler: made her susceptible to Yog-Sothoth's corruption]], meaning that although she's clearly halfway to snapping and not fully in control of herself, that wouldn't have happened to her had she not been this trope.
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* BeneathNotice: Not a single Asgardian notices that the entire service staff is made up of the Midgardian resistance--most egregiously, they don't notice Sigyn, who is the ''leader'', and, with Fenrir and Loki locked up, the most wanted person in Asgardian territory, all because she's wearing a uniform and serving drinks.
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* EnemyMine: Sigyn's a hardcore revolutionary, while Thor's main objection to the Asgardian regime is that he's not in charge of it, but when it comes to getting rid of Odin, they put their differences aside.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Is Thor a good person? Nope, but he's ''incensed'' why Odin's done to Loki and [[spoiler: Kvasir]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: Is Thor a good person? Nope, but he's ''incensed'' why Odin's done to Loki and [[spoiler: Kvasir]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Loki and the rest of what is adapted as the Midgardian Resistance, in the original myths they're villains, with the best of them being cruel tricksters. Here, they're LaResistance and [[spoiler: Sigyn and Loki perform a Heroic Sacrifice to buy time for the Yggdrasil system, subjecting themselves to extreme agony for nearly a century]].
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* AscendedExtra: Sigyn doesn't get to do much in the original myths (she holds up a bowl to catch Jormungandr's venom so it won't drip on Loki, and that's it, basically). Here, she's a major character.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Loki and the rest of what is adapted as the Midgardian Resistance, in the original myths they're villains, with the best of them being crueltricksters.tricksters (with the exception of Sigyn). Here, they're LaResistance and [[spoiler: Sigyn and Loki perform a Heroic Sacrifice to buy time for the Yggdrasil system, subjecting themselves to extreme agony for nearly a century]].
* AdaptationalHeroism: Loki and the rest of what is adapted as the Midgardian Resistance, in the original myths they're villains, with the best of them being cruel
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* MoodWhiplash: The SelfDeprecation comedy of "Expert Testimony" comes right before "Red Signal", in which [[spoiler: the eldritch shit properly hits the fan.]]
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-->'''The Inspector''': Shut up! No singing, I am ''sick'' of your singing. Where did you get that violin?
-->'''The Inspector''': Shut up! No singing, I am ''sick'' of your singing. Where did you get that violin?
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: Imperialism and totalitarianism inevitably lead to destruction via [[spoiler: being corrupted and mind-controlled into summoning an EldritchAbomination.]]
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Whenever a particular set of chords on an electric guitar starts to play, you can count on something ''exceedingly'' nasty happening.
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* PlayAlongPrisoner: The Mechanisms themselves arrested in Yggdrasil System, but from the way they act when the Inspector comes to ask for their help with the black box and the fact they simply vanish afterwards, it's pretty clear they were only hanging around because they felt like it.
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* PlayAlongPrisoner: The Mechanisms themselves arrested are ''theoretically'' in Yggdrasil System, prison, but from the way they act when the Inspector comes to ask for their help with the black box and the fact they simply vanish afterwards, it's pretty clear they were only hanging around because they felt like it.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Thor and Loki, before the incident with Missile Two. [[spoiler: Before going to their ends, they meet one last time and mend their friendship.]]
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** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin True to the name], [[spoiler: "Death to the Mechanisms", their farewell performance, kills off the band.]]
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The Mechanisms are a (currently) 9-piece band operating largely out of Oxford, UK. Offering retrospective futurist storytelling in the form of musical cabaret, they are a concept band consisting of immortal [[SpacePirates space pirates]] originally created by Music/DrCarmilla as her backup band/companions. They've yet to shake their drive to perform, and have opted to embrace it by telling the tales of the things they've seen over the course of their long, long lives.
'''The current performing roster is:'''
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The Mechanisms are a (currently) 9-piece band operating largely out of Oxford, Oxford and London, UK. Offering retrospective futurist storytelling in the form of musical cabaret, they are a concept band consisting of immortal [[SpacePirates space pirates]] originally created by Music/DrCarmilla as her backup band/companions. They've yet to shake their drive to perform, In between roaming the galaxy having fun, violence, adventure, violence and have opted to embrace it by telling violence, they tell the tales of the things they've seen over the course of their long, long lives.
The band is no longer active, having given their farewell performances in London on 18 and 19 January 2020, but their albums [[https://themechanisms.bandcamp.com/ remain available]].
'''Thecurrent performing crew:'''[[note]]The roster is:'''changed slightly over the years as some members left or returned.[[/note]]
The band is no longer active, having given their farewell performances in London on 18 and 19 January 2020, but their albums [[https://themechanisms.bandcamp.com/ remain available]].
'''The
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* [[RecycledInSpace Drumbot Brian]]: Despite his designation as Drumbot, Brian is more frequently seen playing the banjo and the accordion. A scientist who was launched into space and left to die, his entire body save his heart was replaced by Carmilla. Once could describe him as the moral centre of the crew, but that would be foolish.
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* [[RecycledInSpace Drumbot Brian]]: Despite his designation as Drumbot, Brian is more frequently seen playing the banjo and the accordion. A scientist who was launched into space and left to die, his entire body save his heart was replaced by Carmilla. Once One could describe him as the moral centre of the crew, but that would be foolish.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jonny happily murders, robs and commits just about any crime you can imagine [[ForTheEvulz for fun]], but never rape or any other sexual misdeed.
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* MurderBallad: One-Eyed Jacks,Jacks.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: According to one of the short stories, Jonny d'Ville has happily committed literally every crime known to humanity [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]], but never rape or any other sexual misdeed. He's not sure why.
* StealthPun: Years earlier, during the construction of the Express, Loki launched two missiles at it. Missile one destroyed the track, and Baldur was killed by "missile two". In the Norse myths, Baldur was killed by ''mistletoe''.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Galahad's last act.
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* LivingShip: The Aurora is a biomechanical vessel given sentience in the form of whatever the mechanising process is.
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* LivingShip: LivingShip:
** The Aurora is a biomechanical vessel given sentience in the form of whatever the mechanising process is.
** The Aurora is a biomechanical vessel given sentience in the form of whatever the mechanising process is.
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* KillEmAll: Jonny killed his dad and everyone else. Tim blew up the moon. Ashes set their entire homeworld on fire.
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* KillEmAll: KillEmAll:
** Jonny killed his dad and everyone else. Tim blew up the moon. Ashes set their entire homeworld on fire.
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* StealthPun: Ulysses fires a laser at a gemstone and the beam splits along twelve axes. This is an allusion to the scene in ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' where Odysseus shoots an arrow through twelve ''axes'' (plural of "axe" rather than of "axis" as here).
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* AndIMustScream: After death, everyone on this ''world'' is trapped in deathless torture in the Acheron.
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* AndIMustScream: After death, everyone on this ''world'' is trapped in deathless torture in the Acheron.Acheron
* CameBackWrong: Lampshaded in "Hades" as being what happens when a mind is removed from the Acheron and rebodied
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* DrowningHisSorrows: Ulysses in Broken Horses"Broken Horses"
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* GoalInLife: [[spoiler: "Ulysses simply seeks to rest" - their goal in life is to end their life]]
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* GoalInLife: [[spoiler: "Ulysses simply seeks to rest" - their goal in life is to end their life]]life.]]
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* ProfessionalKiller: Heracles.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Heracles.Heracles
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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Heracles Heracles.
--> "With my bloodied hands, in service to thefamily"family."
--> "With my bloodied hands, in service to the
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A passing mention is made during "Black Box" that the remains of the Ratatosk Express consisted of nothing but "the engine room and a couple of warped skeletons". This seems like NarrativeFiligree at first, until you realize that the skeletons are [[spoiler: Loki and Sigyn]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A passing mention is made during "Black Box" ''Black Box'' that the remains of the Ratatosk Express consisted of nothing but "the engine room and a couple of warped skeletons". This seems like NarrativeFiligree at first, until you realize that the skeletons are [[spoiler: Loki and Sigyn]].
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* LaResistance: The Midgardian Resistance.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Frankenstein eventually came to this conclusion. Granted, the AI did [[spoiler:destroy an entire planet]] in rage when Frankenstein decided to shut it down.
* {{Bookends}}: The narration begins and ends with the same exact lines, though by the end they mean something entirely different, making it almost feel like an IronicEcho.
-->'''Narrator:''' Victoria Frankenstein opens her eyes to find herself facing a wide clear window. Through it she sees a lush forest far below stretching off into the horizon, where twin suns are rising over distant mountains. And Frankenstein smiles, only briefly.
* DoAndroidsDream: The AI is shown to feel emotions. Frankenstein doesn't seem to believe it, however.
* GenderFlip: Instead of Victor, we have ''Victoria'' Frankenstein.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: At the beginning, the AI's voice is made up of several of the Mechanisms speaking or singing together in a MachineMonotone, though later it tapers off to Ashes' voice alone.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Frankenstein’s AI allows itself a brief moment of regret as it records iteration 3872 as a failure."]]
[[folder: Frankenstein]]
* AIIsACrapshoot: Frankenstein eventually came to this conclusion. Granted, the AI did [[spoiler:destroy an entire planet]] in rage when Frankenstein decided to shut it down.
* {{Bookends}}: The narration begins and ends with the same exact lines, though by the end they mean something entirely different, making it almost feel like an IronicEcho.
-->'''Narrator:''' Victoria Frankenstein opens her eyes to find herself facing a wide clear window. Through it she sees a lush forest far below stretching off into the horizon, where twin suns are rising over distant mountains. And Frankenstein smiles, only briefly.
* DoAndroidsDream: The AI is shown to feel emotions. Frankenstein doesn't seem to believe it, however.
* GenderFlip: Instead of Victor, we have ''Victoria'' Frankenstein.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: At the beginning, the AI's voice is made up of several of the Mechanisms speaking or singing together in a MachineMonotone, though later it tapers off to Ashes' voice alone.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Frankenstein’s AI allows itself a brief moment of regret as it records iteration 3872 as a failure."]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Thor and Sigyn free Kvasir from the engine of the Express, allowing Yog-Sothoth to break into the train and setting in motion the destruction of the Yggdrasil system]].
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Thor and Sigyn free Kvasir from the engine of the Ratatosk Express, allowing Yog-Sothoth to break into the train and setting in motion the destruction of the Yggdrasil system]].
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* TheStinger: The final few seconds of the album function as this. After the narrator "signs off" and wishes the listener luck, there's a space of silence followed by [[spoiler:various radio broadcasts and distress signals as Yog-Sothoth finally arrives]].
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* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler: Arthur's daughter, Morgause,]] grows up into a young man who takes the name Mordred.
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** Gepetto used actual children to create [[spoiler: the Three Little Pigs]].
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* JohnnyMcCoolname: Who do you think?
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* AndIMustScream: Freya's fate, and possibly Heimdall's, it's not made clear whether he's dead or not.
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* AndIMustScream: Freya's fate, and possibly Heimdall's, it's not made clear whether he's dead or not.fate: [[spoiler: she is ''fused into the walls of the train'', forced to watch the carnage but unable to make a sound.]]
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Odin, long before the events of the Bifrost incident, setting it all in motion. Garm, who is driven into a murderous rage. [[spoiler:Inverted]] by Loki, who is driven ''sane'' by the revelation.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Odin, long before the events of the Bifrost incident, Incident, setting it all in motion. Garm, who is driven into a murderous rage. [[spoiler:Inverted]] by Loki, [[spoiler:Inverted with Loki]], who is driven ''sane'' by the revelation.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Odin, long before the events of the Bifrost incident, setting it all in motion. Garm, who is driven into a murderous rage. [[Inverted]] by Loki, who is driven ''sane'' by the revelation.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Odin, long before the events of the Bifrost incident, setting it all in motion. Garm, who is driven into a murderous rage. [[Inverted]] [[spoiler:Inverted]] by Loki, who is driven ''sane'' by the revelation.
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* Determinator: Every survivor from the flight from Zantine, as they work for three days without food, water or sleep.
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* Determinator: {{Determinator}}: Every survivor from the flight from Zantine, as they work for three days without food, water or sleep.
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* AndIMustScream: Freya's fate.
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* AndIMustScream: Freya's fate.fate, and possibly Heimdall's, it's not made clear whether he's dead or not.
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler:How the engine is powered, so long as blood is in the mechanisms, the train will stay on the tracks, and not crash into the real world, dragging Yog-Sothoth with it]].
* CoolTrain: The Ratatosk Express is a train designed to take the elite of Asgardian society in the heights of luxury through an artificial wormhole.
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* MassOhCrap: The response of everyone after the Express derails, with the exception of [[spoiler:Odin, who planned it all]].
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* MassOhCrap: The Played seriously, as the response of everyone after the Express derails, with the exception of [[spoiler:Odin, who planned it all]].
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* ActionGirl: Rose Red, Briar Rose, and, despite her preferences, Snow White.
* TheAlcoholic: Jack.
* TheAlcoholic: Jack.
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* TheCaligula: King Cole.
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Old KingColeCole.
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* FrontlineGeneral: Snow White leads the attack on Zantine herself.
* HollywoodHacking: The Red Hood appears to use this.
* HopeSpot: After Rose is freed and kills the Three Little Pigs, she and Cinders get one perfect moment before [[spoiler:King Cole shoots Rose in the back]].
* ICanStillFight: Colonel Tuco insists on helping to pump the air during the flight from Zantine.
* PaperTiger: Jack the Giant Killer, hero of the resistance, isn't actually nearly as badass as the resistance thinks he is.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The defense grid of Zantine is controlled by Briar Rose, which causes problems when the Aurora gets an attack of conscience.
* PraetorianGuard: The Three Little Pigs guard King Cole.
* PropagandaMachine: King Cole has one, run by [[Literature/ArabianNights Scheherazade]].
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:The only survivor of the final battle at Zantine is Cinders]].
* HollywoodHacking: The Red Hood appears to use this.
* HopeSpot: After Rose is freed and kills the Three Little Pigs, she and Cinders get one perfect moment before [[spoiler:King Cole shoots Rose in the back]].
* ICanStillFight: Colonel Tuco insists on helping to pump the air during the flight from Zantine.
* PaperTiger: Jack the Giant Killer, hero of the resistance, isn't actually nearly as badass as the resistance thinks he is.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The defense grid of Zantine is controlled by Briar Rose, which causes problems when the Aurora gets an attack of conscience.
* PraetorianGuard: The Three Little Pigs guard King Cole.
* PropagandaMachine: King Cole has one, run by [[Literature/ArabianNights Scheherazade]].
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:The only survivor of the final battle at Zantine is Cinders]].
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[[folder: The Bifrost Incident]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: Loki and the rest of what is adapted as the Midgardian Resistance, in the original myths they're villains, with the best of them being cruel tricksters. Here, they're LaResistance and [[spoiler: Sigyn and Loki perform a Heroic Sacrifice to buy time for the Yggdrasil system, subjecting themselves to extreme agony for nearly a century]].
* AndIMustScream: Freya's fate.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Unusually for the Mechanisms, the Midgardian Resistance seem to genuinely be good people, fighting against an actual oppressor and the worst crime any of them are mentioned committing, Loki's murder of Baldur, [[spoiler:was arguably an accident, the intent was to destroy the Bifrost and avoid the annihilation of the Yggdrasil system]].
* BolivianArmyEnding: The story ends with Inspector Lifrasir Edda fleeing to Hoddmimis, which, given the roles of their mythical counterparts, might suggest that he survives.
* CosmicHorrorReveal: The story initially appears to be a mystery, trying to identify the saboteur (accidental or otherwise) who destroyed the Ratatosk Express. [[spoiler:Turns out the Bifrost is actually part of Yog-Sothoth, and that if the train ever arrives then the entire Yggdrasil system will be consumed. The story begins with the train's arrival]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: As said in ''Ragnarok II: The Calling'', the lucky ones are those who are merely killed by the derailing.
* GenderFlip: Odin and Loki.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Odin, long before the events of the Bifrost incident, setting it all in motion. Garm, who is driven into a murderous rage. [[Inverted]] by Loki, who is driven ''sane'' by the revelation.
* GreatEscape: The Midgardian Resistance plans to break Fenrir out of Hel.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sigyn plugs Loki into the Ratatosk Express, and carefully controls the line feeding her blood into the engine, to keep it on the rails as long as possible, buying time for the Yggdrasil system]].
* IdentityAmnesia: Loki was sentenced to be executed for her crimes, except Odin needed her expertise to complete the Bifrost, and so just wiped her mind and kept her around.
* LaResistance: The Midgardian Resistance.
* MassOhCrap: The response of everyone after the Express derails, with the exception of [[spoiler:Odin, who planned it all]].
* MutualKill: As in the source material, Jormungandr and Thor, and Garm and Tyr.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Thor and Sigyn free Kvasir from the engine of the Express, allowing Yog-Sothoth to break into the train and setting in motion the destruction of the Yggdrasil system]].
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:The train is powered by plugging someone into the engine core. Initially it's Kvasir, but later on, Loki is plugged in to buy time for Yggdrasil]].
* ScaledUp: [[spoiler:After being warped by the Bifrost, Odin]] becomes Jormungandr.
* SelfDeprecation: The entirety of Inspector Edda's interaction with the Mechanisms in ''Expert Testimony'' is this.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Mechanisms depart shortly after learning the train has arrived.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: How Thor achieves the MutualKill on Jormungandr, shattering the cabin window with his hammer.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Sigyn and Loki collaborate on a Heroic Sacrifice to buy time for Yggdrasil]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Loki and the rest of what is adapted as the Midgardian Resistance, in the original myths they're villains, with the best of them being cruel tricksters. Here, they're LaResistance and [[spoiler: Sigyn and Loki perform a Heroic Sacrifice to buy time for the Yggdrasil system, subjecting themselves to extreme agony for nearly a century]].
* AndIMustScream: Freya's fate.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Unusually for the Mechanisms, the Midgardian Resistance seem to genuinely be good people, fighting against an actual oppressor and the worst crime any of them are mentioned committing, Loki's murder of Baldur, [[spoiler:was arguably an accident, the intent was to destroy the Bifrost and avoid the annihilation of the Yggdrasil system]].
* BolivianArmyEnding: The story ends with Inspector Lifrasir Edda fleeing to Hoddmimis, which, given the roles of their mythical counterparts, might suggest that he survives.
* CosmicHorrorReveal: The story initially appears to be a mystery, trying to identify the saboteur (accidental or otherwise) who destroyed the Ratatosk Express. [[spoiler:Turns out the Bifrost is actually part of Yog-Sothoth, and that if the train ever arrives then the entire Yggdrasil system will be consumed. The story begins with the train's arrival]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: As said in ''Ragnarok II: The Calling'', the lucky ones are those who are merely killed by the derailing.
* GenderFlip: Odin and Loki.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Odin, long before the events of the Bifrost incident, setting it all in motion. Garm, who is driven into a murderous rage. [[Inverted]] by Loki, who is driven ''sane'' by the revelation.
* GreatEscape: The Midgardian Resistance plans to break Fenrir out of Hel.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sigyn plugs Loki into the Ratatosk Express, and carefully controls the line feeding her blood into the engine, to keep it on the rails as long as possible, buying time for the Yggdrasil system]].
* IdentityAmnesia: Loki was sentenced to be executed for her crimes, except Odin needed her expertise to complete the Bifrost, and so just wiped her mind and kept her around.
* LaResistance: The Midgardian Resistance.
* MassOhCrap: The response of everyone after the Express derails, with the exception of [[spoiler:Odin, who planned it all]].
* MutualKill: As in the source material, Jormungandr and Thor, and Garm and Tyr.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Thor and Sigyn free Kvasir from the engine of the Express, allowing Yog-Sothoth to break into the train and setting in motion the destruction of the Yggdrasil system]].
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:The train is powered by plugging someone into the engine core. Initially it's Kvasir, but later on, Loki is plugged in to buy time for Yggdrasil]].
* ScaledUp: [[spoiler:After being warped by the Bifrost, Odin]] becomes Jormungandr.
* SelfDeprecation: The entirety of Inspector Edda's interaction with the Mechanisms in ''Expert Testimony'' is this.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Mechanisms depart shortly after learning the train has arrived.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: How Thor achieves the MutualKill on Jormungandr, shattering the cabin window with his hammer.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Sigyn and Loki collaborate on a Heroic Sacrifice to buy time for Yggdrasil]].
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* BloodKnight: Gawain
Gawain, and how.
-->'''Gawain:''' Oh, at last, free of fear / My vision blurs with crimson, and I finally see / Hold brutality near / And release the coiled violence that's inside of me.
* CannibalClan / CannibalTribe: The Saxon ghouls ofAnnwn, and Mordred's adopted family.Annwn.
-->'''Gawain:''' Oh, at last, free of fear / My vision blurs with crimson, and I finally see / Hold brutality near / And release the coiled violence that's inside of me.
* CannibalClan / CannibalTribe: The Saxon ghouls of
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* {{Flashback}} / WholeEpisodeFlashback: The entirety of the song "Holder of the GRAIL" is this.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: What happened to [[spoiler: Galahad]] after sitting in the Siege Perilous. Didn't stop him from making his fire-and-brimstone sermon, though - nor from telling Arthur and Co. about [[spoiler: the GRAIL[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms Galfridian Restricted Access Interface Login]][[/note]] and its location]].
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: What happened to [[spoiler: Galahad]] after sitting in the Siege Perilous. Didn't stop him from making his fire-and-brimstone sermon, though - nor from telling Arthur and Co. about [[spoiler: the GRAIL[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms Galfridian Restricted Access Interface Login]][[/note]] and its location]].
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* SpaceWestern: The action takes place on a [[spoiler: failing]] space colony known as [[InspirationNod Fort Galfridian]], whose culture bears all the hallmarks of the Old American West.
* {{Polyamory}}: Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere are a polyfaithful triad, rather than a love triangle.
* {{Polyamory}}: Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere are a polyfaithful triad, rather than a love triangle.
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* RaisedByOrcs: [[spoiler: Mordred]] was taken in by the Saxons as a child, and consequently is the only member of the main cast who views them as anything more than mindless, inhuman killers.
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* HopeSpot: When [[spoiler:Arthur prepares to activate the GRAIL]], Jonny, narrating, says, "Just this once there could be a happy ending!" Cue cynical laughter from anyone in the audience who's heard the Mechanisms before.
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->''We were all once, every one of us -- well, with the exception of the Toy Soldier, we were all once mortal and boring like your good selves. Until something within each of us broke. Shattered, beyond repair. And it was replaced by a fascinating individual by the name of [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] who, unfortunately, has since fallen out an airlock.''
The Mechanisms are a (currently) 9-piece band operating largely out of Oxford, UK. Offering retrospective futurist storytelling in the form of musical cabaret, they are a concept band consisting of immortal [[SpacePirates space pirates]] originally created by [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] as her backup band/companions. They've yet to shake their drive to perform, and have opted to embrace it by telling the tales of the things they've seen over the course of their long, long lives.
The Mechanisms are a (currently) 9-piece band operating largely out of Oxford, UK. Offering retrospective futurist storytelling in the form of musical cabaret, they are a concept band consisting of immortal [[SpacePirates space pirates]] originally created by [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] as her backup band/companions. They've yet to shake their drive to perform, and have opted to embrace it by telling the tales of the things they've seen over the course of their long, long lives.
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->''We were all once, every one of us -- well, with the exception of the Toy Soldier, we were all once mortal and boring like your good selves. Until something within each of us broke. Shattered, beyond repair. And it was replaced by a fascinating individual by the name of [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] Music/DrCarmilla who, unfortunately, has since fallen out an airlock.''
The Mechanisms are a (currently) 9-piece band operating largely out of Oxford, UK. Offering retrospective futurist storytelling in the form of musical cabaret, they are a concept band consisting of immortal [[SpacePirates space pirates]] originally created by[[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] Music/DrCarmilla as her backup band/companions. They've yet to shake their drive to perform, and have opted to embrace it by telling the tales of the things they've seen over the course of their long, long lives.
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->''We were all once, every one of us -- well, with the exception of the Toy Soldier, we were all once mortal and boring like your good selves. Until something within each of us broke. Shattered, beyond repair. And it was replaced by a fascinating individual by the name of [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] who, unfortunately, has since fallen out an airlock.''
The Mechanisms are a (currently) 9-piece band operating largely out of Oxford, UK. Offering retrospective futurist storytelling in the form of musical cabaret, they are a concept band consisting of immortal [[SpacePirates space pirates]] originally created by [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] as her backup band/companions. They've yet to shake their drive to perform, and have opted to embrace it by telling the tales of the things they've seen over the course of their long, long lives.
'''The current performing roster is:'''
* Jonny d'Ville: Carmilla's first Mechanism (that he knows of) and also the crew's first mate. He and his mechanical heart don't offer much in the way of say, friendliness or leadership skills, but he ''is'' the chief storyteller.
* Ashes O'Reilly: Former mobster, enthusiastic arsonist and the crew's Quartermaster. Ashes and their mechanical lungs provide the band with bass guitar and occasional vocals.
* [[RecycledInSpace Drumbot Brian]]: Despite his designation as Drumbot, Brian is more frequently seen playing the banjo and the accordion. A scientist who was launched into space and left to die, his entire body save his heart was replaced by Carmilla. Once could describe him as the moral centre of the crew, but that would be foolish.
* The Toy Soldier: The Toy Soldier was never really mortal like the others, instead being a collectors item from a set of Toy Xs, but that didn't stop the Doc from fixing it up and installing it in the crew. Nobody really understands it or what it does, but it still happily provides mandolin, glockenspiel and vocals where required.
* Gunpowder Tim : The first Mechanism created by the crew in the absence of their Captain. He is a veteran of the war against the Moon Kaiser and is largely responsible for the destruction of the moon 3,000 years in the future ago. Assuming the role of gunner after the crew kindly replaced his eyes, he is well known for playing the guitar and singing some things. Though he is rumoured to be handy with a violin too.
* Marius von Raum: Ship's medic (not that they need one) and psychiatrist (not that they ''want'' one). He was found by the crew having already been mechanised by a mysterious stranger...
* Raphaella la Cognizi: Science officer who may or may not have cheated her way onto the ship after becoming a little ''too'' interested. Also she has wings. Brings gorgeous piano and vocals to the table.
* Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova: better known as Nastya Rasputina; [[RebelliousPrincess princess]] from the [[StealthPun Empire of Cyberia]]. Ship's engenieer who largely favours machines over people, Nastya is most often seen playing the viola and violin.
* Ivy Alexandria: Ship's Archivist and Navigator whose positronic brain provides her with an impressive memory of facts and statistics at the expense of most of her memory of her life before joining the Aurora. She could be described as a one person woodwind section, having been spotted playing the recorder, oboe, flute, euphonium and the penny whistle at various shows.
!Tropes featured by TheMechanisms as a whole:
* AudienceParticipation: The audience are invited to sing along with [[AudienceParticipationSong certain songs]]. See also RunningGag below.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The whole crew.
* AxCrazy: Most of the crew at some point or another, especially Jonny if he gets bored. Also particularly true of Tim in his origin story, after [[spoiler: his best friend is killed]].
* BeardOfEvil: Jonny d'Ville. Just look at him.
* BittersweetEnding: See all their albums
* ConceptAlbum: [[ConceptAlbum Concept Band]], more like.
* DieselPunk
* DetonationMoon: Tim's backstory
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jonny happily murders, robs and commits just about any crime you can imagine [[ForTheEvulz for fun]], but never rape or any other sexual misdeed.
* EvilFeelsGood: Regardless of the individual members' personal moralities, after so many years all of their ideas of "fun" vs "good" seems to have become a bit skewed.
* HeavyMeta
* IAmBecomingSong: All of the crew's origin songs to one degree or another.
* IHateYouVampireDad: All of the Mechanisms who travelled with Carmilla seem to be pretty glad she's out of the picture (for now.) Jonny especially seems to have a ''lot'' of vitriol for her.
* InSpace
* JohnnyMcCoolname: Who do you think?
* LivingShip: The Aurora is a biomechanical vessel given sentience in the form of whatever the mechanising process is.
** The crew's engineer is also in a relationship with said ship.
* MurderBallad: One-Eyed Jacks,
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Why have one musical genre when you can have them ''all?''
* KillEmAll: Jonny killed his dad and everyone else. Tim blew up the moon. Ashes set their entire homeworld on fire.
** Just don't get attched to any characters in the story sets.
* PostModernism
* {{Robosexual}}: Nastya, who is in a relationship with the Aurora.
* RobotOrSpacemanAlterEgo
* RuleOfCool: Cyborg pirates created by their vampire captain on a biomechanical ship. [[InSpace In space.]]
* RunningGag: At the start of each live performance, Jonny introduces himself as the Captain. This is the cue for the audience (or, failing that, another Mechanism) to reply, "First Mate!"
* SpacePirates
* SpokenWordInMusic: Par for the course when combining storytelling and song.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: the war against the Moon Kaiser happened/will happen "three thousand years in the future ago".
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: the fate of their creator Dr. Carmilla (allegedly - Jonny says it was an accident).
!Tropes featured in their story sets:
[[folder:Once Upon a Time (In Space)]]
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Snow admits that she and her rebel followers must be "brutal and cruel" in fighting the evil King Cole.
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Old King Cole
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by Jonny in the ''Sleeping Beauty'' song:
--> I'm not going to kiss a sleeping stranger, Nastya - that's really fucking creepy.
:: (See EvenEvilHasStandards, above.)
* SpaceOpera
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ulysses Dies at Dawn]]
* AGoodWayToDie
* AndIMustScream: After death, everyone on this ''world'' is trapped in deathless torture in the Acheron.
* AxCrazy: Heracles' 'service with a smile'
* BadassInANiceSuit: The Suits, naturally
* DeadPartner: Orpheus
* DealWithTheDevil: Several of the main characters make deals with Hades in Underworld Blues
* DrivenToSuicide: Oedipus' mother/wife
* DrowningHisSorrows: Ulysses in Broken Horses
* EmergingFromTheShadows: [[spoiler: Daedalus]]
* EnsembleCast
* EyeScream: Oedipus
* FamilyBusiness: Ariadne
* FamilyHonor:
* FilmNoir
* GoalInLife: [[spoiler: "Ulysses simply seeks to rest" - their goal in life is to end their life]]
* IDieFree: [[spoiler:Ulysses' final reward is to die somewhere the Ferrymen will never reach them, allowing them to escape the Acheron forever]]
* ProfessionalKiller: Heracles.
* ShotToTheHeart: [[spoiler: Ariadne]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Orpheus]]
* SurpriseIncest: Oedipus' wife
* TheCrimeJob: Heracles and Orpheus backed up Jason in The Fleece Job
* ThePatriarch: Zeus
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Daedalus]]
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Heracles "With my bloodied hands, in service to the family"
* TheSyndicate: The Olympians, anyone?
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Suits on occasions seem to be hellbent on pissing each other off, especially Heracles and...well, kind of everyone, but especially Orpheus.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:High Noon Over Camelot]]
* AllLovingHero: Mordred. [[spoiler: That is, until he hits the DespairEventHorizon.]]
* BloodKnight: Gawain
* CannibalClan / CannibalTribe: The Saxon ghouls of Annwn, and Mordred's adopted family.
* CreepyGood: All of Galahad's songs are in a minor key and, although he has Camelot's best interests at heart, his fanaticism can be downright unnerving.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Galahad's last act.
* SociopathicHero: True of pretty much all the knights, with the exception of Mordred.
* ThePowerOfLove: Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere's love for each other [[spoiler: prevents bloodshed when they discover only one of them can wield the GRAIL.]]
* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler: Arthur's daughter, Morgause,]] grows up into a young man who takes the name Mordred.
[[/folder]]
->''We were all once, every one of us -- well, with the exception of the Toy Soldier, we were all once mortal and boring like your good selves. Until something within each of us broke. Shattered, beyond repair. And it was replaced by a fascinating individual by the name of [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] who, unfortunately, has since fallen out an airlock.''
The Mechanisms are a (currently) 9-piece band operating largely out of Oxford, UK. Offering retrospective futurist storytelling in the form of musical cabaret, they are a concept band consisting of immortal [[SpacePirates space pirates]] originally created by [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] as her backup band/companions. They've yet to shake their drive to perform, and have opted to embrace it by telling the tales of the things they've seen over the course of their long, long lives.
'''The current performing roster is:'''
* Jonny d'Ville: Carmilla's first Mechanism (that he knows of) and also the crew's first mate. He and his mechanical heart don't offer much in the way of say, friendliness or leadership skills, but he ''is'' the chief storyteller.
* Ashes O'Reilly: Former mobster, enthusiastic arsonist and the crew's Quartermaster. Ashes and their mechanical lungs provide the band with bass guitar and occasional vocals.
* [[RecycledInSpace Drumbot Brian]]: Despite his designation as Drumbot, Brian is more frequently seen playing the banjo and the accordion. A scientist who was launched into space and left to die, his entire body save his heart was replaced by Carmilla. Once could describe him as the moral centre of the crew, but that would be foolish.
* The Toy Soldier: The Toy Soldier was never really mortal like the others, instead being a collectors item from a set of Toy Xs, but that didn't stop the Doc from fixing it up and installing it in the crew. Nobody really understands it or what it does, but it still happily provides mandolin, glockenspiel and vocals where required.
* Gunpowder Tim : The first Mechanism created by the crew in the absence of their Captain. He is a veteran of the war against the Moon Kaiser and is largely responsible for the destruction of the moon 3,000 years in the future ago. Assuming the role of gunner after the crew kindly replaced his eyes, he is well known for playing the guitar and singing some things. Though he is rumoured to be handy with a violin too.
* Marius von Raum: Ship's medic (not that they need one) and psychiatrist (not that they ''want'' one). He was found by the crew having already been mechanised by a mysterious stranger...
* Raphaella la Cognizi: Science officer who may or may not have cheated her way onto the ship after becoming a little ''too'' interested. Also she has wings. Brings gorgeous piano and vocals to the table.
* Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova: better known as Nastya Rasputina; [[RebelliousPrincess princess]] from the [[StealthPun Empire of Cyberia]]. Ship's engenieer who largely favours machines over people, Nastya is most often seen playing the viola and violin.
* Ivy Alexandria: Ship's Archivist and Navigator whose positronic brain provides her with an impressive memory of facts and statistics at the expense of most of her memory of her life before joining the Aurora. She could be described as a one person woodwind section, having been spotted playing the recorder, oboe, flute, euphonium and the penny whistle at various shows.
!Tropes featured by TheMechanisms as a whole:
* AudienceParticipation: The audience are invited to sing along with [[AudienceParticipationSong certain songs]]. See also RunningGag below.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The whole crew.
* AxCrazy: Most of the crew at some point or another, especially Jonny if he gets bored. Also particularly true of Tim in his origin story, after [[spoiler: his best friend is killed]].
* BeardOfEvil: Jonny d'Ville. Just look at him.
* BittersweetEnding: See all their albums
* ConceptAlbum: [[ConceptAlbum Concept Band]], more like.
* DieselPunk
* DetonationMoon: Tim's backstory
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jonny happily murders, robs and commits just about any crime you can imagine [[ForTheEvulz for fun]], but never rape or any other sexual misdeed.
* EvilFeelsGood: Regardless of the individual members' personal moralities, after so many years all of their ideas of "fun" vs "good" seems to have become a bit skewed.
* HeavyMeta
* IAmBecomingSong: All of the crew's origin songs to one degree or another.
* IHateYouVampireDad: All of the Mechanisms who travelled with Carmilla seem to be pretty glad she's out of the picture (for now.) Jonny especially seems to have a ''lot'' of vitriol for her.
* InSpace
* JohnnyMcCoolname: Who do you think?
* LivingShip: The Aurora is a biomechanical vessel given sentience in the form of whatever the mechanising process is.
** The crew's engineer is also in a relationship with said ship.
* MurderBallad: One-Eyed Jacks,
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Why have one musical genre when you can have them ''all?''
* KillEmAll: Jonny killed his dad and everyone else. Tim blew up the moon. Ashes set their entire homeworld on fire.
** Just don't get attched to any characters in the story sets.
* PostModernism
* {{Robosexual}}: Nastya, who is in a relationship with the Aurora.
* RobotOrSpacemanAlterEgo
* RuleOfCool: Cyborg pirates created by their vampire captain on a biomechanical ship. [[InSpace In space.]]
* RunningGag: At the start of each live performance, Jonny introduces himself as the Captain. This is the cue for the audience (or, failing that, another Mechanism) to reply, "First Mate!"
* SpacePirates
* SpokenWordInMusic: Par for the course when combining storytelling and song.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: the war against the Moon Kaiser happened/will happen "three thousand years in the future ago".
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: the fate of their creator Dr. Carmilla (allegedly - Jonny says it was an accident).
!Tropes featured in their story sets:
[[folder:Once Upon a Time (In Space)]]
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Snow admits that she and her rebel followers must be "brutal and cruel" in fighting the evil King Cole.
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Old King Cole
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by Jonny in the ''Sleeping Beauty'' song:
--> I'm not going to kiss a sleeping stranger, Nastya - that's really fucking creepy.
:: (See EvenEvilHasStandards, above.)
* SpaceOpera
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ulysses Dies at Dawn]]
* AGoodWayToDie
* AndIMustScream: After death, everyone on this ''world'' is trapped in deathless torture in the Acheron.
* AxCrazy: Heracles' 'service with a smile'
* BadassInANiceSuit: The Suits, naturally
* DeadPartner: Orpheus
* DealWithTheDevil: Several of the main characters make deals with Hades in Underworld Blues
* DrivenToSuicide: Oedipus' mother/wife
* DrowningHisSorrows: Ulysses in Broken Horses
* EmergingFromTheShadows: [[spoiler: Daedalus]]
* EnsembleCast
* EyeScream: Oedipus
* FamilyBusiness: Ariadne
* FamilyHonor:
* FilmNoir
* GoalInLife: [[spoiler: "Ulysses simply seeks to rest" - their goal in life is to end their life]]
* IDieFree: [[spoiler:Ulysses' final reward is to die somewhere the Ferrymen will never reach them, allowing them to escape the Acheron forever]]
* ProfessionalKiller: Heracles.
* ShotToTheHeart: [[spoiler: Ariadne]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Orpheus]]
* SurpriseIncest: Oedipus' wife
* TheCrimeJob: Heracles and Orpheus backed up Jason in The Fleece Job
* ThePatriarch: Zeus
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Daedalus]]
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Heracles "With my bloodied hands, in service to the family"
* TheSyndicate: The Olympians, anyone?
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Suits on occasions seem to be hellbent on pissing each other off, especially Heracles and...well, kind of everyone, but especially Orpheus.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:High Noon Over Camelot]]
* AllLovingHero: Mordred. [[spoiler: That is, until he hits the DespairEventHorizon.]]
* BloodKnight: Gawain
* CannibalClan / CannibalTribe: The Saxon ghouls of Annwn, and Mordred's adopted family.
* CreepyGood: All of Galahad's songs are in a minor key and, although he has Camelot's best interests at heart, his fanaticism can be downright unnerving.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Galahad's last act.
* SociopathicHero: True of pretty much all the knights, with the exception of Mordred.
* ThePowerOfLove: Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere's love for each other [[spoiler: prevents bloodshed when they discover only one of them can wield the GRAIL.]]
* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler: Arthur's daughter, Morgause,]] grows up into a young man who takes the name Mordred.
[[/folder]]
