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That's how ART communicated this line to Murderbot in System Collapse, you can't change my mind.

#live laugh ratthi

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The Murderbot Diaries - Network Effect

1.

“Not that! Why are you sad and upset?” That was the point where even I could tell that Amena was terrified as well as furious. “There’s something you’re not telling me and it’s scaring me! I’m not a fucking hero like my second mom or a genius like everybody else in my family, I’m just ordinary, and you’re all I’ve got!” I wasn’t expecting that. It was so far from what I thought she had meant, and she was so upset, that the truth inadvertently came out. “My friend is dead!” 

[ID: a drawing in cold light blue and turquoise. In the centre is Murderbot with a very exasperated expression, shouting and gesturing, blood trickling down its face. Its left gunport is deployed. In the foreground, visible from behind, is Amena, tilting her head at it. She has a fluffy afrod tied halfway back. Both of them are wearing the same kind of space suits. Three drones float around the area, and in the background Eletra is recovering in ART’s MedBay. /end ID]

2. 

Instead, the diagram showed the connections, but they came from the dead human body, and formed a weblike mass. It was interwoven with the central system, then stretched out to the walls, following the old connection pathways. I bumped into the hatch, which was when I realized I had been backing up. 2.0 whispered, That’s targetControlSystem. 

[ID: a drawing in bright turquoise and dark red and purple. Murderbot is standing in the entrance to the control room, the hatch of which is red-purple, and bright turquoise crystallic light is shining from inside the room and reflecting on it. Warnings and text boxes are glitching up in the feed in front of it, and in the circular room lies a human body, eyes open, overgrown with glowing white crystals that connect in strings to the roof and pillars in the room /end ID]

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You know that scene from Brooklyn99? Tell me that isn’t the plot of All Systems Red.

[ID: a two panel comic based on a scene from Brooklyn99. In both, Murderbot is in armour but without its helmet. It holds the PreservationAux humans, who are small and chibi-fied, scrambling all over its hands and trying to escape, in both hands. All humans are wearing a green Preservation uniform. In panel one, Murderbot looks at the small humans and says “I’ve had Team PresAux for a cycle and a half,” in the second drawing it looks past the camera and says, “but if anything happened to them I would kill everyone in this habitat and then myself.” /end ID]

#I love how Ratthi is just chilling #live laugh ratthi

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The Murderbot Diaries - Artificial Condition

1.

Let me in, ART said, as cool and calm as if we were discussing what show to watch next. I had never given ART full access to my brain. I had let it alter my body, but not this. We had three seconds and counting. My clients, the other humans on the shuttle. I let it in. 

 [ID: a digital drawing in orange and blue. Murderbot is shoving to its feet in an apparently empty shuttle, holding on to the back of some seats. Murderbot wears wide pants with pockets and a hooded jacket. Its head seems to be under water, its hair floats and its eyes glow bright blue, as if the upper part of the drawing was a wave of water. The part of the image outside the bubble is in orange hues. /end ID]

2.

Calm down, ART said, not helpfully. I was too frozen to respond. After three seconds, ART added, She’s frightened. You are a reassuring presence. 

[ID: a drawing in deep purple and yellow, showing two people in a small room. From a top-down angle, Tapan can be seen curled up and asleep, facing Murderbot. She wears shorts with tights beneath and a hoodie, her hair is in a bun. Beside her are her shoes, a backpack and some other supplies. Murderbot is sitting up and looking down at her, and is dressed in pants with many pockets, a hoodie, and boots. Yellow light shines in from underneath the door. /end ]

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i am completely normal about them

#WAAAAAHHH #LOOK AT THEM EUEUEUEUEUE

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Murderbot: looks like it can kill you, can actually kill you, would prefer to just be left alone to watch its shows.

Three: looks like a cinnamon roll, can actually kill you, and will actually kill you without blinking if it thinks you're a threat.

#oh I love them so much

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I cant draw bodies or faces or anything but do you get my vision

This is what i imagine when i think of ART wrapping itself around MB's feed

#HELLO????? #THIS?!? OMGGGG #i am normal i am normal i am normal #I'M SO NOT NORMAL ABOUT THIS #oh my babybots how much I love them...

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So in Network effect, Murderbot was surprised at the degree of attachment/kinship Three had towards the other SecUnits on the Barish-Estranza. Even to the point that it decided to name itself Three after the other two units it worked with both died.

Which makes me wonder if the reason the SecUnit Murderbot freed in System Collapse chose not to take Murderbot up on its offer to "Come with us" had less to do with its fear of the unknown and more to do with its reluctance to leave its secunit "family" behind, particularly now that it had the means to free them as well.

#oh secunit three #nothing could ever make me hate you secunit three... #the b-e secunits make me sob

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i think… they’d be friends

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I cant draw bodies or faces or anything but do you get my vision

This is what i imagine when i think of ART wrapping itself around MB's feed

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The Murderbot Diaries - All Systems Red

1.

“You were very good with Dr. Volescu. I don’t think the others realized … They were very impressed.” “It’s part of the emergency med instructions, calming victims.” I tugged the blanket tighter so she didn’t see anything awful. I could feel something lower down leaking.

[ID: a digital drawing in dark gray and red. Dr Mensah, a stocky woman with short light hair, is visible form behind, standing in front of on open cubicle. The light from the cubicle illuminates her and she casts a long shadow. Murderbot is visible looking uncomfortably to the side, holding a blanket to its chest, with a lot of inorganics visible. The image cuts off without showing Murderbot’s eyes. /end ID]

2.

Pin-Lee leaned over me and I said, “This unit is at minimal functionality and it is recommended that you discard it.” It’s an automatic reaction triggered by catastrophic malfunction. Also, I really didn’t want them to try to move me because it hurt bad enough the way it was. “Your contract allows—” “Shut up,” Mensah snapped. “You shut the fuck up. We’re not leaving you.” 

[ID: In the foreground of the drawing, Murderbot is lying on its back, helmet broken and hair visible. It’s looking up at Dr Mensah, who clutching her bleeding arm and shouting, Pin-Lee with her hair tied up looking grim, and Dr Gurathin in the background, using a display device. All three of them are wearing green outdoor suits. They are in a ravine, and the orange sky shows bright shining planetary rings. The image is in brown, green and orange tones. /end ID]

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spent the duration of reading the murderbot diaries brainstorming about what secunit's hands might look like oops

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Murderbot: Stats Overview

Mental processing speed: 500%

Emotional processing speed: 5%

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that time that Murderbot had a constant input from threat assessment so it could make sure Mensah didn’t get suddenly murdered by a greycris agent (2023, colourised)

[ID: A 3-panel comic digitally drawn in blue, featuring feedsonas for Threat Assessment Module (TA) and Risk Assessment Module (RA). They are both humanoid figures wearing sunglasses, and with vaguely sci-fi-y patterns on their bodies. The first panel features TA, floating in a slouched sitting position surrounded by hovering screens. Its head is resting in one hand and it looks bored. In the second panel, RA walks past with a drink in one of its hands while it waves with the other. It says “Still watching those Mensah drone cams?”, and TA responds “Yup.” In the third panel, RA is walking away, holding up the drink in salute. It says, “Keep it up, champ!” and TA replies “Thanks.” /end ID]

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introducing the 4th and worst module roommate: Governor. 

[ID: A five-panel comic. In the first panel, Threat Assessment Module is looking down at a clipboard in its hand. Risk Assessment Module is sitting beside it, its cheek resting on its hand. It’s saying, “… and it’s like, I’m literally not even defective, you just have self-confidence issues. When I say it’s going to be okay, it’s cus you’re a fucken badass, and I just wish-”. In the second comic, a scribbly black speech bubble is coming in from the right. It says “DISTANCE LIMIT VIOLATED” in white text. Ah-ray is frowning at it. The third panel is mostly grey, with a scribbly black figure in the centre. Its arms have been ripped off, and its face is just a bunch of eyes. The fourth panel is Ti-ay and Ah-ray sitting in silence, Ah-ray still looking off to the right. In the fifth panel, Ti-ay says, without looking up from its clipboard, “Shut the fuck up, Governor.” Ah-ray says “Yeah, shut the fuck up Governor.” then mutters “… hate that guy.” /end ID]

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Literally one of my fav scenes in System Collapse. I love them aaueagh

Murderbot and ART need to stop agro-flirting on the general feed during life-and-death situations(please don’t stop; it’s adorable).

#murderbot #the murderbot diaries #tmbd #asshole research transport #perihelion #artmb

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im constantly so charmed by the way that murderbot solves its problems and navigates thru life in general by moving thru bot-to-bot channels, and not the human channels that most people in that world would expect. like, there's a whole rich world of bots and constructs and their lives that the humans are completely oblivious to, and yet it is its deep connection to that world that gives mb its advantages in the sticky situations it finds itself in. something abt that really speaks to me abt being a minority and having ur own community that isn't recognized/respected by society at large but that has gotten u thru the hard parts of life.