#specific mb

[burstingsunrise]

a shade of blue that don't fade lightly

#here i am again with another highly specific luke mb #we're having fun etc #miss u bby #luke hemmings #moodboard #can you believe how beautiful he is #this is a thing i did

[sainamoonshine]

My unpopular opinion is that in languages with grammatical gender like french, it does make sense for Murderbot to be referred to by whatever pronoun is usually used for robots or constructs. (In french, therefore, grammatical masculine.) Because there are no traditional « it » pronouns in these languages for objects, and while there are neo-pronouns, they are things one must choose for themselves. Do you honestly think MB actually spent time thinking about its pronouns?! No it didn’t. On forms it picks « non-applicable ». When people ask it what pronouns they should use, its honest opinion is « why do you even need to talk about me. Just don’t fucking do that. Don’t think about me either. Just fucking stop perceiving me altogether! »

Thinking about what pronouns to use probably makes it way more uncomfortable than letting people call it what they’ve already been calling it. Making a conscious choice about its identity? And telling other people about it??? No thanks bye, it’s just gonna walk into the ocean now, see you never.

Lbr it probably thinks the only bots that get fancy pronouns are comfort units, and the pronouns are probably shoved into them by humans same as everything else. MB would meet a bot using a neopronoun and it would wish it could barf. Because in a language like french, he/him and she/her, when applied to objects, ARE fulfilling the function of the english « it ». Nobody is saying the table is a woman or related to feminity in any way outside of stand-up comedy; when it comes to objects grammatical gender really has fuckall to do with human gender even if we use the same words. Even animal species names have grammatical gender and everyone gets that there are male and female turtles even if the word « turtle » is a female word, it’s not that confusing.

(I know this is strange when your language has different pronouns for people and for objects, but understand that english uses the same word to indicate if I’m addressing one or many people, and that is confusing to me.)

TL;DR; stop harassing international fans for not getting the correct MB pronoun in english right off the bat. Yes in english calling it « he » or « her » or « them » is upsetting because it’s projecting an identity unto it. But same goes for trying to get a foreign language translation to use a pronoun intended to express or showcase an identity (or even a lack of one!). Murderbot has not thought about it this hard, refuses to think about it this hard -> and that is its only canon accurate gender identity.

#the murderbot diaries #taking a bat to an hornet’s nest there but I said what I said #I go by she/her because that’s the default people use for me even tho my own gender identity is also #ugh I would sincerely prefer not to have to deal with this think about it or even be perceived #and I would be hella pissed if a book of my life came out and people got into fights about my pronouns #trying to assign me the most politically accurate agender pronoun possible #when my own choice has always been specifically to let people call me the default because idc #and I don’t want to be identified by any identifier that might indicate I do care #and using a different pronoun even if its a gender neutral one is a CHOICE! #it does indicate a preference! and caring about it enough to pick a word and tell people about it!!! #Murderbot didn’t pick IT that is specifically the point! #it was used for it and MB just kept going with that #I mean imagine it if wrote down a different pronoun on its ID form one day and someone actually called it that #it would set itself on fire #its discomfort at having made a personal choice and the personal choice being respected would be off the charts #maybe it a later book after hella character development but I just don’t see it happening tbh #respect the agenders who just don’t want to get involved and use the pronoun equivalent of the default avatar that came with the account #PLEASE #that is all

[bebemoon]

lestat de lioncourt { c. 2oo2 } | requested by anonymous

#the request only asked for lestat without any era specifications .. #so there was no way itwasn't going to be this version of lestat #in his cunty evanescence era #lestat de lioncourt #black and white #mb #mine #vampire #qotd #vampire chronicles #stuart townsend #queue

[coquelicoq]

System Collapse, or: Adventures in Just Standing Here

Chapter 2, page 27: "On my mission (make that 'mission' because I was actually just standing there) the humans were already finishing up."

3, 36: “I backburnered all those feeds, though I kept a channel open with Three, who was still doing a good job of sitting there with Karime and not screwing anything up. I wasn’t doing a good job of standing here, because my current three humans had just volunteered to go check out the new probably-not-apocryphal colony site.”

3, 62-63: “You’re stalling, ART-drone said. I am not. I can stand here and be useless without any ulterior motives, thanks. […] At least while they were fucking with Tarik nobody was noticing that I actually hadn’t made a report yet and was in fact just standing there."

4, 68: “On our private connection, ART-drone said, SecUnit. Shit, I’m just standing here watching."

4, 69: “Iris said, ‘We need to stop it. SecUnit, you okay with that?’ Sure, whatever. I sent her an affirmative through the feed. Tarik hurried over and cut the power. Then we all kind of stood there for a second.”

6, 123: "I realized I'd just been standing here again when Ratthi, still monitoring my drone video from the shuttle, asked, 'What's that other door for? Another section of the hangar?' So I’d missed that, nice."

6, 124: "Nothing was happening, I might as well stand here as anywhere else I guess."

7, 157: “I walked out of the big chamber into the corridor, and just stood there."

anything: *happens*

murderbot: 🧍‍♂️

Bonus:

ART-drone was cycling through shows for us to watch in background, but I was actually really in the mood for a good long stare at a wall. (6, 136)

Not that trauma is making me revert back to my company days of feeling helpless and unable to take initiative or anything...😂💀🤖

#i am. i am just standing here #there are also a couple times it specifically points out that it ISN'T just standing here for once #5‚ 108: 'I didn’t want to just stand here waiting' #6‚ 116: 'But no one was attacking us right now and I felt useless. I wasn't just standing around‚ at least.' #babe...🥺💔 #the murderbot diaries #murderbot #mb sc #system collapse #system collapse spoilers #my posts #f #what up mofoooos i just finished taking notes on system collapse and i'm about to make it everyone else's problem :) #(assuming i have any time at all this weekend to synthesize them in any meaningful way)

[transcarcinization]

lockscreen i made for myself

#the murderbot diaries #murderbot #mb #my art #sources 4 everything r in my poetry tag w the exception of some j3nny holzer quotes and some stuff from screenshotsofdespair #but i can supply sources for anything specific if needed!

[hershey-the-person]

when i say bro , dude , gurl , dawg etc ... i mean it in the most gender neutral way possible my friend

#UNLESS OFC THE PERSON TELLS ME NOT TO USE THESE TERMS ON THEM #cuz honestly im fine with any of these terms being used on me but mb others aren't #like i have also used terms like babygirl on men ( ofc only the ones im super super comfortable around like me brothers ) #and yeah i use bro for all my female friends #is it wrong tho ? pls lmk if u think it is and ill stop #but honestly i dont really see anything wrong with it #probably cuz i like it ig #but yea if someone specifically tells me not to use these on them i wont do it

[dr-bug-eyes]

Bro did u die

Nah man, I clipped out

Come find me bro

#ive actually been taking several clases #coding specifically #lowkey forgot abt my blog #mb yall #i have a bunch of pictures i could post tho #dreamcore #dreamcore aesthetic #backroom #liminal aesthetic #liminal spaces #weird aesthetic #weirdcore aesthetic #weirdcore #eeby deeby #the backrooms #strange aesthetic #cursed shit #liminality #liminalcore

[michaeljoncarter]

Have you got any recs or a reading guide for steel ?

lornahs's guide for him & his dcuguide chronology collect most of his appearances. and i'm still not quite finished making my way through post-crisis superman comics, so if anyone with more expertise would like to add on, please do, but so far, these are my personal favorite recs for him:

The Death & Return of Superman

Steel (1994) (i love this book, but it is violently 90s in a way that definitely won't be to everyone's tastes. might recommend skipping it at first and then coming back later when you're already invested in the character)

the Trial of Superman arc:

Superman (1987) #106

Adventures of Superman #529

Outsiders (1991) #24

Action Comics #716

Superman: The Man of Steel #51

Superman (1987) #107

Steel (1994) #22

Adventures of Superman #530

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #3

Action Comics #717

Superman: The Man of Steel #52

Superman (1987) #108

Adventures of Superman #531

Steel (1994) #23

Showcase '96 #1 - 2

The Millennium Giants

JLA Secret Files #2

he becomes a member of the justice league and is in JLA (1997) #19 - 41, but he's mostly just kinda... there. it's been a while since i read this book, so if anyone's got a fresher memory, please correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't remember him ever getting much of a focus in this book. it's fun to see him in the justice league for sure, and i do recommend reading it, but i can't say i really consider it essential reading for him specifically

Team Superman Secret Files & Origins

Superman: The Man of Steel #95 - 97

Superman: The Man of Steel #98 (part of the Superman Y2K arc)

Metropolis Secret Files & Origins

Superman: The Man of Steel #99 - 101

the Critical Condition arc:

Superman (1987) #158

Adventures of Superman #580

Superman: The Man of Steel #102

Action Comics #767

Superman: Emperor Joker

Superman: The Man of Steel #106 - 110, #112, #114

Our Worlds at War was also a pretty important event for him, but i really can't justify recommending that you read the whole massive thing if you're only interested in him. he only shows up in a few issues (which may be a little confusing without the context of what's happening in the entire event, but it's fine):

Action Comics #594

Superman: The Man of Steel #116 - 117

Superman: The Man of Steel #118, #120, #122 - 125

Superman: The Man of Steel #130, #131 (part of the Ending Battle arc)

Superman: The Man of Steel

Superman vs Darkseid: Apokolips Now!

the Strange New Visitor arc:

Action Comics #811

Adventures of Superman #624

Superman (1987) #201

he featured fairly often in in 52 & Infinity Inc (2007), but i haven't actually gotten around to reading either one of those yet beyond skimming a few random issues, so i can't really give any specific recs there

Superman #685 - 687, #689 - 690, #695 (part of the New Krypton Saga)

Superman: War of the Supermen (also part of New Krypton)

Reign of the Doomsdays

aaaand that brings us to the end of the preboot universe. i think he was a fairly major player in the n52 superman comics, but i haven't gotten around to them, either. the only post-reboot comic i can really recommend (and i do strongly recommend it because it's an all time fave for me) is Superwoman (2016)

beyond that, i believe he's a semi-regularly occurring character in the current superman titles & that there's a Steelworks book out there somewhere. but i've kinda lost interest in current comics for the time being, so that's all i can really say about that!

hope this helps & happy reading 💕

#long post #ask #anonymous #john henry irons #comic recs #yeehaw #red text = the ones that correspond to the arc mentioned above #i wanted to put a space btwn the bullets to make that more clear but i guess post formatting doesnt let u do that anymore (??) #and bold = issues he actually appears in #which is only relevant for the trial of superman one #i tried to just link to reading lists for the ones where i think reading the whole thing is worth it #but that's the only one i couldn't find a good one for #also with the death/return reading guide it links to a comment on article ! that was not a mistake #i think the comment did a better job of summing it up succinctly (and mb got a few things the person missed) #BUT the full article has context that's good too. specifically regarding the weirdass annual event #that happened smack in the middle of rots.. which is good to have #because i know that confused the hell out of me when i was first reading it lol

[crossedwiress]

can't keep drowning in the shadows

#i had a breakdown and made several moodboards one after the other a few days ago #so here's one that i dont hate <3 #cake #there's no specific vibe just do with it what u will #my moodboard #aesthetic #feeling soooo 🥺 abt calum's sweater vest tonight #might cry abt it soon for no reason weeeeee #calum #luke #i lose 5 years off my lifespan every time i have to caption a premade mb btw #so goodnight <33 im out #e*creations

[khaotunq]

The Eclipse + Social Media: Wat edition

#the eclipse #theeclipseedit #the eclipse the series #asianlgbtqdramas #akkayan #thai drama #thai bl #userjamiec #mushiemaradame #my edits #mine: the eclipse #mine: eclipse socials #there is a second reel but it's gone forever til i figure out why it specifically blocks this post from being seen lmao #sorry namo. #i was gonna put this in the tags of everyone who's been gorgeous in the tags of the other socmed ones but i got Stressed #I WILL FIGURE OUT WHO U ALL ARE AND TAG U IN OTHER STUFF MB? #i love everyone who's been so nice about these edits i'm just so

[turrondeluxe]

Yo!!! What's your thoughts on raph being autistic hcs we always got like either mikey or don have autism hcs but like raph could be too

i think he could!!!!!! we need more autism warrior raph tbh

#i wish i had more to comment but i know way more about adhd in specific mb 😔 #they could be the autism brothers #ask

[calumsash]

💡🌟📀💫🌙🌿🌴🥝🌵🌲💡🌟📀💫🌙🌿🌴🥝🌵🌲

🌸💗🌷🍧🌺🖤⛓🏴‍☠️🗝🕸🌸💗🌷🍧🌺🖤⛓🏴‍☠️🗝🕸

#something about making specific color schemes for muke mbs is very fun to me #this is like the third or forth im making for them #muke #5sos #aesthetic moodboard #5sos moodboard

[somevampiresslut]

I really enjoyed Angel Hare, still not over it. Made me think of angels.

#enjoy the mb #angels #mb #moodboard #i havent done one of these in so long #angel aesthetic #angel hare #should i do an angel hare specific one?

[bebemoon]

hail, the girl saint~ mb, requested by anonymous .

#girl saint shit #mb #mine #tw: blood #request #the specific ask said : more girl saint content #got you covered<3 #thank you for the ask #gold #red #black and white #silver #censored #queue

[coquelicoq]

it makes sense that ART password-protected its backup copy of itself using the name it calls murderbot, but it is batshit bananapants that murderbot actually tried said name as a password. and yes there were like five totally rational reasons for murderbot to make that guess, but in another sense murderbot sat there and went hmm i wonder if ART compressed itself into this extremely vulnerable code bundle which it then protected with my name. just my name, just the name it calls me. i wonder if ART made it so that the "local feed address hardcoded into the interfaces laced through my brain" (verbatim page 130, babey!) is the key that would allow me and only me to either resurrect or utterly destroy it. i wonder if ART chose to hide itself in such a way that it could only be found by the invocation of the name by which it calls me. and then instead of going haha no that's batshit bananapants, murderbot tried it. and it was right! the trust, the intimacy, the compatibility...but most of all, the ability to imagine oneself as important to someone! bat! shit! banana! pants!!!

#the fact that ART did this isn't that surprising but the fact that murderbot was like hey. it would make sense if this were the password #and then DIDN'T push that aside as ridiculous because of what it would imply (that ART trusts mb‚ pays attention to mb‚ etc.) #that's what's impressive to me! it's kind of a big deal i think!!!! #and the fact that it's specifically the name that ART calls mb. mb didn't try guessing any of its aliases that ART knows about #or even 'murderbot' #it specifically guessed the one name that *ART* uses for it. the name it goes out of its way to say 'wasn't something humans could say #or even access' #like there are some unspoken things about their friendsh- excuse me‚ mutually administrative assistance that both of them are aware of #and it is clear here that mb knows this. and is willing to take the leap that ART does too #murderbot #the murderbot diaries #names #f #mb identifiers #mb trust #moot admins #my posts #my mb posts #mb ne #in another sense. this is the most obvious guess for a password and mb would have to be an idiot not to try it. but LISTEN #mb has DAMAGE. this isn't like when i would guess my name as my parents' password to things and it would be right. there is HISTORY #okay but also wouldn't it be funny if this were the one example of 2fa where the thing you know and the thing you have #are the same fucking thing lololol

[buck2eddie]

fic moodboard inspired by grow as we go by @gayhoediaz

"I’ve heard a lot of guys get just… covered in tattoos,” he nods, gesturing vaguely. “Just to feel like their body belongs to them, you know?”

“Yeah,” Eddie agrees. “Yeah - and that was my first thought - but I already have tattoos, and I don’t really want to be covered, but then I thought…” he trails off with a shrug, just as Buck's lips part in understanding.

“They make you shave it off.”

“Yeah,” Eddie agrees again. “It's not just - not just the service, though. Just my entire life, I’ve always felt like it was something I couldn’t do. I wasn't supposed to,” he explains. "I don't know why, no one ever told me I couldn't, but..." Once again, he trails off. Buck hums.

“So you’re doing it.”

“I’m doing it.”

Or, Eddie grows his hair out, Buck loses his mind, and they both find the secret to happiness.

#i did my very best with this i hope i got the vibes across 😭🙏 #truly incredible fic reread it last night had to do a little something for it #went on a quest to find pictures of ryan with his long hair and ended up finding a bunch of other things instead aksgsjd #but in the end i just watched his scene from papi chulo and got it from there :) #tried to include some specific moments from the fic here but also just like vibes #like buck waking up from his dream. The Dream. #the breakfast in bed eddie TRIED to surprise buck with <3 #the butterfly clips... yk :') #anyways yeah nie i hope you like this and i did justice to this fic 😭 everyone go read it if you haven't #buddie #buddie fic #fic moodboard #m*mbs