"So I don't have anything posted to AO3 yet but I'm in the process of writing the first fic in an AU series that features SecUnit losing all its memories in the gunship incident at the end of ES, and it never gets them back.
"I don't plan for any shipping or sex to happen though I do have a cute moment of the Mensahcule/triad in chapter 2 of my first fic, so far.
"But my plans do involve it redeveloping a relationship with Mensah, redeveloping a relationship with ART, and developing closer friendships with the AC ComfortUnit and Three. Along with plenty of (torment) enrichment for the blorbos."
I need richly varied portrayals of Murderbot.
It makes me feel less gross and weird in my skin knowing there's a wide variety of people in the world. I don't know exactly how to put it. A friend of mine's mother had plastic surgery done, as was relatively common in her part of the world in Iran at that time in her social cadre, to make her nose look white european, and has always regretted it. That kind of blandening of humanity, where there's a particular kind of human phenotype that's to be considered default from which all others deviate, makes me feel like yeeting my flesh not in the sense of some kind of upload or ascension but in the sense of "skin bad no skin."
Ironically, I match that phenotype, pretty well, I think that actually makes it worse in a way? In a different way than if I didn't.
The white blonde Murderbot, the dark-skinned Murderbots, the Murderbots with what are traditionally considered feminine features or masculine features, the Murderbots with voices that are basses or altos or tenors, the Murderbots with curly hair, the Murderbots with straight hair. I need them all, I need to feel that humanity and things made to appear human are so much more than a hegemonically advantaged default from which all else is deviation.
As it's a triple drabble, I'll post it in a couple/few posts after this one. But first, tags, contents, summary, links, etc.!
Summary: What does a polycule with an aromantic SecUnit addition look like?
Rating: General
Categories: F/F/F, F&O
Relationships: Farai/Dr. Mensah/Tano, Dr. Mensah & SecUnit
Link to my fic on AO3 (must be logged in to read & comment):
https://archiveofourown.org/works/79516101
Link to my fic on Tumblr (must be logged in to see):
https://www.tumblr.com/critter-unit/808540222843453440/murderbot-fanfic-polycule
My fanfic was beta read by the wonderful molecular_machine over on AO3! Xe was my first beta reader ever, and provided a wonderful experience. Here's a link to xis fics!
https://archiveofourown.org/users/molecular_machine/pseuds/molecular_machine
#Murderbot #TMBD #Fanfiction #Aromantic #NoRomoFest #Polyamory
Pin-Lee said something really filthy that wasn’t supposed to be in my knowledge base, but already was.
It was stored along with other words I’d learned from her during our time on the survey, in an organized collection of words and gestures I’d never been allowed to keep while under control of the fucking governor module.
I had learned some from clients while working for the company, but I had learned even more from all the media I watched and read. Used later, on the company gunship. The obscene gesture I made at the company employee, making stupid Gurathin choke.
Posted my second ever fanfic!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/75822841
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I will post a reply to this post with the fic because again it is a drabble.
RE: https://meemu.org/@Bel_tamtu/115696996601460086
Updated the time remaining, as I initially miscalculated. Just over 19h left!
Murderbot ebooks Humble Bundle is back:
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If you're looking for the books go grab them! This has all seven books plus the two main short stories plus I think a few other books by Martha Wells! And they're all published by Tor so the ebooks are DRM-free!
(These are the books in English)
(Edit: This offer has 19h18min left, at 18:42 GMT on December 12th.)
I opened my lock and the SecUnit came aboard. I upped my onboard air. It pushed a condensed packet of media into my feed and I quietly took it and scanned it for malware, finding none. The SecUnit patrolled my corridors until I decoupled from the transit ring. It went to Martyn’s chair in my crew meeting area and proceeded to sort through its media, then started an episode. Interestingly, I could feel its emotions through the feed as it watched it. I had run many searches. It had to be rogue. I wanted to know more.
*You were lucky.*
Just quickly sharing the Murderbot AU fanfic series I'm working on! Currently 189k words and still going :D #murderbot #tmbd #TheMurderbotDiaries
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2821882
"In a setting where SecUnits aren't just glorified labour enforces, but also the living components of highly advanced and modular military fliers, Murderbot is deployed on a planetary survey with the DeltFall research group. Things go wrong, of course, and Murderbot has to deal with guilt, loss, the mortifying ordeal of being known, and the repercussions of a past it can't remember.
It also has to avoid the pursuit of the company vessel Perihelion, who seems determined to return Murderbot to its 'rightful' place on its inventory list amongst its own squad of SecUnit fliers..."
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