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• Family Reunion by brookreader0

  Fandoms: The Mechanisms (Band)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  07 Aug 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Dr. Carmilla & Jonny d'Ville
  • Dr. Carmilla & Scuzz Nishimura & Jonny D'ville & Nastya Rasputina
  • Dr. Carmilla (Dr. Carmilla)
  • Jonny d'Ville
  • Scuzz Nishimura (The Mechanisms)
  • Nastya Rasputina
  • Fluff
  • Humor
  • Attempt at Humor
  • Family
  • Scuzz Nishimura and Jonny D'ville and Nastya Rasputina are siblings

  Summary

  A very short, very self-indulgent, and rather late drabble for Carmilla Appreciation Week Day 1: Family.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  578

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  7

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  44

• The Eldest Hand by brookreader0

  Fandoms: The Mechanisms (Band)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  28 Apr 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Scuzz Nishimura & The Aurora
  • Scuzz Nishimura & Ashes O’Reilly
  • Jonny d'Ville & Scuzz Nishimura
  • Scuzz Nishimura & The Toy Soldier
  • Scuzz Nishimura & Nastya Rasputina
  • Scuzz Nishimura & Drumbot Brian
  • Scuzz Nishimura & Ivy Alexandria
  • The Mechanisms Ensemble & Scuzz Nishimura
  • The Mechanisms Ensemble & The Mechanisms Ensemble
  • Scuzz Nishimura (The Mechanisms)
  • The Aurora (The Mechanisms)
  • Ashes O'Reilly
  • Jonny d'Ville
  • The Toy Soldier (The Mechanisms)
  • Nastya Rasputina
  • Drumbot Brian (The Mechanisms)
  • Ivy Alexandria
  • Doctor Carmilla isn’t present but still features heavily
  • Minor The Aurora/Nastya Rasputina
  • Canon Compliant
  • (the author nervously avoids eye contact with the timeline)
  • Some Dialogue Lifted Directly From Canon
  • specifically from
  • Who Killed Doctor Carmilla? - Mechanisms Fiction
  • missing dialogue
  • mild hurt no comfort
  • dysfunctional family relationships
  • Arguments
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Smoking
  • Non-Professional Interrogations
  • she/they pronouns for Scuzz Nishimura
  • Edited to fix formatting issues

  Summary

  “ eldest hand
  noun
  : the card player who first receives cards in the deal.” (merriam-webster)

  Who Killed Doctor Carmilla?, retold from the interviewer’s perspective.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,623

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  8

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  93

• Handed Down A Shield For Your Tender Parts by brookreader0

  Fandoms: The Mechanisms (Band)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  17 Jan 2024

  Tags

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  • Dr. Carmilla & The Mechanisms Ensemble
  • Dr. Carmilla (Dr. Carmilla) & Scuzz Nishimura (The Mechanisms)
  • Dr. Carmilla & Scuzz Nishimura & Drumbot Beta
  • Dr. Carmilla & Jonny d'Ville
  • Dr. Carmilla & Nastya Rasputina
  • Dr. Carmilla & Ashes O'Reilly
  • Ivy Alexandria & Dr. Carmilla
  • Dr. Carmilla (Dr. Carmilla)
  • Scuzz Nishimura (The Mechanisms)
  • Jonny d'Ville
  • Nastya Rasputina
  • Drumbot Beta (The Mechanisms)
  • Ashes O'Reilly
  • Drumbot Brian (The Mechanisms)
  • Ivy Alexandria
  • Good Parent Dr. Carmilla (Dr. Carmilla)
  • Modern AU
  • High School AU
  • except this one isn't actually focused on high schooling
  • the doc title for this was "carmilla. carmilla that's too many kids. put some back."
  • she/her pronouns for Scuzz Nishimura
  • he/him and xe/xir pronouns for Drumbot Beta
  • dr. who references written by someone who's never seen a single episode
  • Carmilla's last name is Nishimura for the purposes of this fic
  • Trans Jonny d'Ville
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • (not by carmilla)
  • Transphobia
  • Scuzz Nishimura and Jonny D'ville and Nastya Rasputina are siblings
  • Fluff
  • a lot of fluff
  • A little angst
  • Referenced Minor Character Death
  • Canon-Atypical Healthy Relationships
  • a carmilla as rasputin joke
  • Smooth Mickey's Not Great but Significantly Better Than Canon Parenting
  • he's not the most present but he doesn't frame his kid and then try to murder them so
  • background Ashes/Ivy
  • it's actually polymechs but only ashes/ivy is actually mentioned so far
  • Disabled Characters
  • everyone is disabled it's mentioned to varying degrees

  Summary

  Legally, Carmilla has three kids.

  Emotionally? Oh boy.

  Series

  • Part 3 of Second Child, Restless Child

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  14,430

  Chapters:

  5/11

  Comments:

  38

  Kudos:

  73

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  712

• Dancing Song For The Socially Anxious by brookreader0 for carmenfoster14

  Fandoms: The Mechanisms (Band)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  28 Jul 2023

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Drumbot Beta & Scuzz Nishimura (The Mechanisms)
  • Scuzz Nishimura (The Mechanisms)
  • Homecoming Dance
  • or maybe Prom
  • mentioned Doctor Carmilla
  • First Meetings
  • Alternate Universe - High School
  • Scuzz and Beta could be read as romantic if you really wanted to
  • homestuck hot takes borrowed from my friends who have actually read homestuck
  • the title is kind of a lie there's not much dancing and this isn't a song

  Summary

  Scuzz makes a friend.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,391

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  8

  Hits:

  42

• And Here I'll Stay by brookreader0 for carmenfoster14

  Fandoms: The Mechanisms (Band)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  05 Apr 2023

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Scuzz Nishimura & Nastya Rasputina
  • Scuzz Nishimura (The Mechanisms)
  • Nastya Rasputina
  • Fluff
  • absolute raw unseasoned unadulterated fluff
  • You've been warned
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting

  Summary

  This is a gift for my beloved partner @carmenfoster14. Love you, Ivy <3333 thank you for being patient for the 30 years it took me to write these 500 words

  Series

  • Part 6 of Second Child, Restless Child

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  494

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  24

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  130