one of the reasons i love the murderbot diaries is how it doesnt flinch in trying to grapple with some of the Big Questions, such as "why is it that Humanity™ is the goal to strive towards for artificial intelligence if it wants to be acknowledged as a person?" and "What does it look like when someone is both undeniably a person but also unapologetically nonhuman?" and "what if the magic school bus had a gun"
come into my cargo hold, i totally believe you’re a free robot trying to return home. i could melt your brain btw. you’re lucky to be alive. can i watch your tv
Totally living for the fact that in System Collapse, we get both Murderbot and ART getting jealous when they think someone else may have more of the other's attention:
Murderbot jealous of Tarik when it thinks he was ARTs previous security consultant and why would ART want Murderbot for that role if it already had someone else?
ART getting snippy and jealous of Holism and telling Murderbot to not talk to it and then Holism talking to Murderbot just to rile up ART even more.