#rude mechanicals

[bumblebugwrites]

Is that a Folger Edition of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

#amnd #shakespeare #william shakespeare #willy shakes #a midsummer night's dream #midsummer night's dream #midsummer #nick bottom #hermia #helena #lysander #demitrius #rude mechanicals #puck #oberon #titania

[firstofficerrose]

Oh we're really really really doing A Midsummer Night's Dream! Exciting! We got rude mechanicals and everything!

#a midsummer night's dream #rude mechanicals #terry pratchett #discworld #witches novels #rose reads #rose rambles

[berenices-commas]

Hoping for an Angel of Vengeance: the tuFatingau Mission to the Court of Stars Uncounted (209–16/123-9) - 3.8

Tsuaidah’s death in 184/108 and the ascension of Ji’an to the Universal throne as Rampas-Ketawan, the “seizer of the world,” prompted profound changes in the composition of the Umliwe court and nobility.[1] The reconfiguration of the court instigated a rebellion led by the new world-queen’s daughter, Bianan, whom dissatisfied factions saw as a viable alternative to Rampas-Ketawan. As Rout bitterly noted, the rebellion and the need to control the Umliwe governmental apparatus forced Rampas-Ketawan “to give herself to government” and neglect the “matters of letters and debates” in which the missionaries had participated during Tsuaidah’s reign. Rampas-Ketawan had also sworn that she would “obey the laws of the Heralds to win and keep the support of the Toma,” and the world-queen’s proximity to the Traditionalist orthodox factions thus led Rout to fear that the missionaries would be marginalised by the new regime.

After suppressing Bianan’s rebellion, Rampas-Ketawan made a series of friendly overtures toward the tuFatingau and the Enclosure of Ikam. The 183/108 annual letter of the Umliwe mission reported that she was planning to send an embassy to Tungkung and Rauriu headed by Chiuenteuh-Inku, a courtier “who is not hostile toward the tuFaruao.” In 181/106, Katupu was appointed to join an Umliwe embassy to Tapi led by Chepgin-Inku, the governor of Kepan and one of Rampas-Ketawan’s closest aides. Katupu and Chepgin-Inku would forge a long political partnership and personal friendship that led to one of the most curious and enigmatic episodes of tuFaruao-Umliwe relations— the secret coming-to-Obedience of Chepgin-Inku in 178/105. Rampas-Ketawan’s apparent plans to send an embassy to the Ilakso Wall were part of a strategy that aimed to enhance Umliwe international prestige but above all sought to ensure the Enclosure’s neutrality in Anya at the precise moment that Umliwe troops sought to annex Chitsan-Yangol.

The embassy, however, was initially canceled by the tuFaruao authorities upon reports of Rampas-Ketawan’s willingness to concede trade privileges to the tuLoku Government of Merchants Trading in the Abyss. Governor Tutau Tuvua tuVuorikuma instructed Katupu to return immediately to Tapi and ordered the suspension of all trade between tuFaruao and Umliwe ports. The boycott was followed by a series of skirmishes between tuFaruao and Umliwe troops near Rehe, which led many Irakmuso-based merchants to pressure both sides to restore contacts. Fear of a large-scale conflict and the pressures from Irakmuso and tuTapi businesswomen persuaded Tuvua tuVuorikuma to resume diplomatic contacts with Rampas-Ketawan. The governor vested Katupu “with powers to discuss war and peace.” During her negotiations with Chepgin-Inku, Katupu was able to persuade Rampas-Ketawan to annul the concession of trading privileges to the Government.

[1] This paper was published well before evidence emerged suggesting that Tsuaidah may have experimented with consciousness-transferral relic machines, and thus makes no mention of any influence over imperial politics that she and her successors may have continued to exert after their corporeal deaths.

#TuFatingau Encounters with Anticipation in Oru and Beyond #worldbuilding #academic fanfiction #rude mechanicals

[clown-paws]

> who up pondering they brorb. (id in alt text)

(brorb credit goes to @gunpowderdtim - taken from the mechs server)

#the mechanisms #i love getting bullied in the server yall are so rude to lil funny guys like me >:( /j #drumbot brian #pondering my orb #id in alt text

[toadstool32]

Au in which Danny dies visibly in public but bc he's a half ghost he doesn't like, die *die* he comes back but people saw so whoops guess I'm dead for real and he hides away for a bit until like a week later or whatever comedic timing is better he just appears back at his house and if someone ask he's not Danny the guy who died last week he's uh Jonny the newly adopted Fenton kid

#if u ask jazz about him she fake cries about being insensitive about her dead brother how dare u say that hes still here #we all grieve in different ways but acting like that is a bad coping mechanism and its rude to the family and #what am i on i have to get to class and im barely awake #danny phantom #ac

[memeclassheroes]

#rude #my degree is in mechanical engineering #meme #memes #dank memes #follow for more memes #memeclassheroes

[travalerray]

this guy is so funny. Jin Ling clearly has been fine all these years. "Jiang Cheng doesn't know how to raise kids", pls. I know you don't want to let go of a specific idea of your shidi but this is just so. Do you think Mr. Bully the kid was saving Jin Ling's ass all those years???? I'm.

#the shidivision should be its own character #wwx: my shidi is delicate and immature and rude and fickle and cannot do a single thing. He hates me and thus I cannot in fact go back to #him. No I am not lying to myself to lessen the heartbreak what do you mean #(JL I am so fucking sorry) #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #jin ling #lan wangji #mdzs #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #mo dao zu shi #kk's rambles tag #(I am not commenting on the JGY part because yk. I do think that both JC and JGY taught JL their survival mechanism while #simultaneously giving him what they wanted (unconditional affection) from their parents so yk. In some ways JL still retains the trauma fro #YZY=> JC of having a terrible personality that no one will talk to him but unlike JC he still has a reliable adult figure to run to when #he is crying. WWX is just refusing to see things that dissolve his romantic dream)

[gunpowder-tim]

hello mechs fans. look at my cds

#rai.txt #not gonna tag this cause that feels rude jfbdjdbd #but uwu #okay maybe i will bc people might wanna see them #the mechanisms

[chernobog13]

Superman in action by Steve Rude, inspired by the Fleischer Studios animated short The Mechanical Monsters (1941).

#Superman #robots #The Mechanical Monsters #DC Comics #Steve Rude

[rocksanddeadflowers]

Lyf talking about Marius constantly playing that god awful violin and song to another mech and their response is that he's clearly flirting with Lyf but they explain is weird so it goes more like that scene in Twisted

"Be wary of young boys who whip out their songs, as a song is often a prelude to a dick. A song is a dick in sheep's clothing! And if you're ever in doubt just remember this song- 🎶A song is a dick in sheep's clothing! A song means a dick is on the way-🎶"

#i was gonna link the scene but I can't find the clip on it's own?? literally so rude #anyway i think the prison mech girls or all the mechs telling lyf that Marius is down bad for Lyf is hilarious #like “we all think you're super cute but Marius had the crush on you first and he's down so bad he actually dropped dead once or twice” #the mechanisms #the bifrost incident #marius von raum #lyfrassir edda #violinspector #team starkid #twisted the untold story of a royal vizier #but pls this works so well bc they even burst into song talking about a song ya know

[hitchell-mope]

I had a brainwave.

Oberon.

Titania.

Puck.

Nick Bottom.

The Rude Mechanicals.

#the muppets #shakespeare #a midsummer night's dream #kermit the frog #oberon #miss piggy #titania #gonzo the great #robin goodfellow #fozzie bear #nick bottom #the electric mayhem #dr teeth #floyd pepper #the rude mechanicals

[just-browsing1222]

Mechs fandom, does any of you know if we've got the sheet music for Ties That Bind? I've found some sites that have the chords, but I'm looking to play it on the piano (which I don't know how to play, but will learn for this song specifically, knowing that it is a difficult thing to do), and so chords aren't enough for that.

I would appreciate any help with this. If you could reblog, or tag people you think might be able to help, I would be eternally thankful.

#should I try to contact one of the band members? #I know Kofi and Jonny are on tumblr and at least one of them accepts asks #is that reasonable? #it feels rude #the mechanisms #the mechs #the mechs ties that bind #ties that bind the mechanisms #ties that bind #ulysses dies at dawn #the mechanisms udad #udad #ties that bind udad #help #sheet music #music #ties that bind the mechs

[berenices-commas]

Hoping for an Angel of Vengeance: the tuFatingau Mission to the Court of Stars Uncounted (209–16/123-9) - 3.7

Tsuaidah’s decision to transfer the court from Manarang to Asiga in 191/112 forced the tuFatingau to reorganise the mission. To avoid hampering the limited but encouraging progress made in the city, Katupu remained in Manarang, while Rout and Rina followed Tsuaidah to Asiga. Without the presence of the world-queen and her courtly milieu, Katupu began to preach to the masses and cultivated close relations with local officials to guarantee the necessary political protection for her proselytising activities.

Katupu’s investment in a popular mission was not merely the consequence of Tsuaidah’s decision to move the court to Asiga, however. The failure of the two previous missions to produce converts was seen by the tuFatingau administration as an indicator that Umliwe Ikam was far from being a promising mission zone. Although the tuFatingau recognised that Obedience generated intellectual curiosity at the Umliwe court, the reports sent by the missionaries highlighted the difficulties that many Listeners had in accepting concepts such as Total Alignment. The problem seemed to be due not only to the complexities of Obedient theology but also because of the failure to define an efficient proselytising strategy. As a worried Rout confessed, while reporting on the first stages of the Asiga mission, “the Toma certainly see us as inept instruments for such hard hearts.” This initial perception of failure was also the factor that encouraged Rout to successfully develop an Ikam-Ikilam Obedient literature to present Obedience in an accessible and familiar way to Umliwe courtiers and literati.

Confronted with difficulties in attracting the upper echelons of the Umliwe polity, Katupu targeted other strata of Listener and Ikam society. Obedient art, charity, and political networking were at the centre of a strategy that sought to make Obedience more attractive to the local population and ensure the incorporation of Legitimate worship into Manarang’s civic life. Encouraged by the positive reaction of the lower classes to the images displayed by the tuFatingau and their religious ceremonies, Katupu invested in the organisation of “sumptuous,” “solemn,” and “beautiful” rituals during important moments in the Legitimist liturgical calendar such as Childbirth and the Song for the Sacrifice.

Katupu’s decision to focus on the lower strata of Umliwe society seems to have been opposed by Rout. In a letter of 187/110 to Tufako Taimauli, Katupu mentions that Rout disapproved of her strategy:

The sister had many concerns, though she did not say a word, because she does not like that I bring to Obedience, especially among the Cousins, and it will be a mistake to demean these conversions as some of ours, who judge from the comfort of their abbeys, have done, since it is for this reason that this mission has been discredited in Ikam.

These words suggest a tension between two visions for the modus operandi that should guide the Umliwe mission. Rout favored the traditional tuFatingau top-down approach, conceiving the ruler and the court as the only real targets of the mission. Rapid and successful bringing-to-Obedience of the Universal Empire would only be possible if the tuFatingau were able to convert Tsuaidah and other relevant figures among the Umliwe elite. As the head of the body politic, the world-queen could establish Obedience as the official religion or encourage other relevant social or political actors to embrace Legitimacy. If the world-queen herself was reluctant to convert, the conversion of relevant courtiers and officials nonetheless had the potential to create an influential Obedient elite that could in turn set the necessary political conditions for the ruler’s conversion and the subsequent coming-to-Obedience of Umliwe Ikam. As in other mission zones such as Tahana, Hamanta, and Imayenisi, the missionaries should concentrate their efforts on infiltrating Disobedient political structures and promote conversion “from within.”

For Rout, despite the encouraging numbers reported from Manarang, Katupu’s “popular mission” threatened the success of the top-down strategy being employed at the Court of Stars Uncounted. The association of Legitimism with the lower strata of Umliwe society, in particular Ikam of no famous lineage, had the potential to reduce its appeal to the Listener and Ikam Umliwe elite. Indeed, in 182/107, Rout complained that most of the Manarang converts were “common and low people”.

As her comments to Taimauli suggest, Katupu instead aimed to establish a native Obedient community in Manarang that could safeguard the mission and, simultaneously, establish Legitimism as an integral part of the Umliwe sociopolitical landscape. Indeed, the formation of native Obedient communities, and the role of the tuFatingau as their spiritual leaders, allowed the missionaries to pose as domestic political actors and explore different ways to engage with the Umliwe polity and its elite.

Katupu’s strategy in Manarang revolved around an implicit acknowledgment that the tuFatingau missionaries were part of a subordinate minority, the Obedient community, and an inferior polity, the tuIto’o monarchy. Her progressive “Umliwisation” was thus part of a proselytism strategy that sought to reach all layers of Umliwe society and form a solid local community of Obedient, as well as to guarantee political protection and some degree of influence in her host society. The Umliwe authorities encouraged this process in an attempt to integrate the different tutu into the Universal political order. Katupu’s language skills and direct access to both tuFaruao and Umliwe officials led her to be viewed as a viable mediator between the Umliwe polity and a diverse Obedient community formed by Legitimist tuSi, Imetya,[1] Loyalist tuMwala,[2] Ihasi,[3] and tuIusa. Indeed, the supportive imperial edicts and privileges granted to Katupu suggest an attempt to implement something resembling the pluralist religious culture developed by the Shouhougo Empire. Queen Chumi (r.201–160/118-94) was engaging in similar experiments with the tuU’san and tuTutuputupu sisters in Jiwinjeng Ikilam around the same time.

[1] Arrakia.

[2] Dinasi.

[3] Barache.

#TuFatingau Encounters with Anticipation in Oru and Beyond #worldbuilding #academic fanfiction #rude mechanicals

[weepingnightmarenaruto]

I think this notion that Hinata was “never there” for Naruto when they were children to be really weird. Like Hinata has been nice and supportive to Naruto since her introduction (written test during the chunnin exams) and is shown to cheer for Naruto in an academy flashback of a sparring match between Naruto and Sasuke. Like she’s just quiet and was tuned out by Sasukes fangirls. It’s not her fault Naruto didn’t notice.

#naruto #hinata hyuga #naruhina #naruto is shows to be rude and insensitive towards other people #(most likelynas a defence mechanism) #he’s also shown to be a little dismissive at times #and seems to have a hard time trusting people #like he probably didn’t notice hinata because she wasn’t very assertive about liking him #and like it’s also weird to blame other children for the bad childhood of another child and not the adults in the situation #who actually do have the responsibility of doing something

[garadinervi]

Rebel Diaz, Which Side Are You On? Remix, [from Radical Dilemma], feat. dead prez, Rakaa Iriscience, 2013

Written by G1, M1, stic.man, RodStarz, Rakaa Iriscience Produced by G1 Additional production by Sam Jones, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Grupo Raiz

#graphic design #music #music album #video #cover #rebel diaz #dead prez #g1 #m1 #stic man #rodstarz #sam jones #rude mechanical orchestra #grupo raiz #2010s #Youtube

[ihaveonlymydreams]

Got cast in a summer production of Midsummer Night's Dream as Robin Starveling!

#I'm very thrilled #Love the rude mechanicals