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Post tma is hitting me hard and I've been wanting to listen to The Mechanisms for a bit but tbh all the ✨lore✨ intimidates me a bit

Is there a good order to listen to their music to in terms of understanding lore?

Hi!!!

Well, I started with Once Upon A Time (In Space) because that was one of their first albums and it sort of explains how the mechanisms work in terms of how their albums go and what sort of story progression it follows. Then I just picked Ulysses Dies At Dawn, High Noon Over Camelot, and The Bifrost Incident (because starting with their story albums is a lot easier I think). As for lore, there is a lot of lore in their Tales to be Told albums. Then you can go on their website and read some fiction that was written (either about certain albums and characters in those albums, or about the mechs themselves). Then, when all that’s done, you should listen to Death to the Mechanisms last (take a guess on what happens in that album!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELBVeRDflV0

Those aren’t stupid questions! All questions are good, thanks for asking :)

Most horses in the Empire are mechanical. Cheaper/less fancy models are often made out of old parts, like the ones the cowboys use, but some may not be. That’s just practical though - live horses are a lot more inconvenient for transportation!

Other animals are generally live/not mechanical. They have animals for livestock, and pets such as dogs aren’t unheard of. You would be more likely to find robotic pets in Talsoria!  

As for plants - plants in the Empire are scarce, especially in and surrounding cities, but the ones that exist are real. They’re not a very nature focused civilization so they see no need to build plants out of parts. 

Mentor: Who's your most memorable teacher or professor?

My most memorable teacher is my psychology teacher in 11&12th grade. She somehow always knew that I'm gonna pursue a career in psychology even though at the time I was working hard for med school. She always helped me when I was going through burn out.

Results: What's your favorite subject right now?

English is my favorite subject right now. I'm really enjoying reading and discussing about books. In my last class my professor was talking about Frankenstein, I got so excited my professor gave me the chance to explain it to all the students.

Ambition : What is your current study goal?

To score full in my January tests. It would be multiple choice and I think I shouldn't lose marks in mcqs.

Read 5+ books

Finish reading Interpretation of dreams by Sigmund Freud

6- was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

I wanted to finish the last book in the daughter of smoke and bone trilogy but I never got around to. actually I don't want the series to end ;-; I also wanted to read the goldfinch by donna tartt but that's a thicc boy and I need more free time to give it the attention it deserves.

24- did you DNF anything? why?

ex libris: confessions of a common reader by anne fadiman; I was having a huge wave of reading fatigue and wasn't in the mood for literary essays. also mrs dalloway by virginia woolf, which bored me so heavily I felt I was growing cobwebs in my bones (in my defence, I had to read it for a semester module). and I read the first books from the neapolitan novels and the raven cycle each, but they simply didn't intrigue me enough to continue :(

25- what reading goals do you have for next year?

definitely finish dosab trilogy. Depending on my feelings towards the grishaverse once the netflix show airs, I may/may not read rule of wolves by leigh bardugo (just kidding, I probably will, it's the last book after all). perfect on paper by sophie gonzales, one last stop by casey mcquiston and the makioka sisters by jun'ichirō tanizaki are some other possible future reads. don't really have any specific booklist I'm trying to check boxes off, but like this year, I'll try to complete a book challenge/read according to tumblr book network prompts because it makes reading more fun.

Well hiya!

Fair isle (also called stranded colorwork) refers to patterns that use two or more colors of yarn in the same row. It seems daunting but it’s really fun once you get the hang of it! I’ll include some photos of a couple of my favorite fair isle projects and here’s a link to a fair isle tutorial!

Links to the patterns:

Sweater Vest: a modified version of Hoodie Vest by Crystal Palace Yarns (colorwork designed by me.)

Hat: Pokémon GO Beanie Hat written by me.