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Listen, I know it's soft sci-fi and we're not meant to think about it in depth, but also I love to imagine that Murderbot sorta just doesn't know shit about fuck when it comes to its own organic parts, like

MB: I don't take in nutrients like humans do. I don't need food or water.

Incorrect. Resupply lines are mentioned in the first book. At the most basic high-school biology level, if you need oxygen at all its because you're undergoing cellular respiration so you also need glucose. Not to mention potasium, sodium, other electrolytes and WATER!! All that shit is coming from somewhere. Either your one dinky little lung is pulling it out of the air somehow (I'd buy it for water at least) or the resupply lines function as parenteral nutrition.

MB: I don't produce waste.

Incorrect. Aerobic or anerobic, cells produce waste that needs to be filtered out of the blood, not mention cellular breakdown from trauma or natural death. Either there's some sort of internal recycling system going on, or the resupply and repair lines also function as dialysis. My bet is some combination of both.

Show MB: There's no dopamine there.

Maybe romance doesn't trigger dopamine release for you MB, in which case sure, but if you mean constructs don't have dopamine that's INCORRECT AGAIN! We know you have muscles, if you can move those muscles you have dopamine. If you have organic motivation to do ANYTHING you have dopamine. And we know you've got epinephrine, which is made in the same place as dopamine so you def have dopamine.

Show MB: Neural tissue is one of the best data transport material there is.

This one I fully fucking believe, because unlike wires you can send more than just On or Off. Neurotransmitters are so fucking complex if we could use them as WIRING!?!?!? No wonder every ship and system in MB has fucking emotions. No wonder a bot pilot can "Scream and die" when faced with killware. What the fuck is killware btfw??? Do we think it's part computer virus part datapacket that gets translated from binary to mRNA that then hijacks organic cells to fucking kill them?? Do you think there's killware that's turbo brain cancer or digital rabies??

There is so much biopunk potential hidden in the cyberpunk and I'm scrabbling for the crumbs. Martha Wells PLEASE I need ANSWERS!!!

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The beginning of All Systems Red is probably the fastest I've ever been hooked by a book, the first line alone got me pretty good but the whole first chapter has stuck in my head- the visuals, the timing and pacing of each line, every time I've relistened/reread it (too many times to admit) it I can see it so vividly so finally drew them to release them from my head

(I've already realized I feel I made Secunit too tall and long in these but releasing them before I say I'm going to redraw it all again)

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Murderbot meets ART (who knew transports could be smart enough to be MEAN)

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Murderbot is such a neurodivergent power fantasy. It can

- store unlimited media and watch it privately

- turn down sensory organs that are bothering it

- look at stuff without its eyes

- cross reference its data storage when it doesn't know what to say

- program "human-like behavior"

- super duper kill the shit out of anyone that fucks with it

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) — dir. James Cameron     

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relistened to all systems red

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anticipating an exponential increase in murderbot misgendering so I drew something about it

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the Drifter @ ??? :

Their void amp clatters to the ground as they put their hands up, slowly rising to their knees from where they'd dropped to avoid whatever energy blast had just missed them. They have no idea what sort of person--creature--thing, is standing in front of them, but they do know this: they would be dead right now if it wanted them to be.

Maybe if they try and play nice, the two of them can just go their separate ways--or at least they can throw it off long enough to disappear.

"So," they say, with a practiced veneer of calm, "are we done shooting each other now?"

If it was an asshole--okay, it is an asshole, but if it was a different kind of asshole--it would say, 'No', shoot them in the head, and leave the body here where no-one would ever see it again except the Infested still scuttling around this supposedly-abandoned ship.

Instead it powers down the energy weapons in its arms and says: "For now."

The infested make all the hairs on its organic parts stand on end. It doesn't really want to leave a human--augmented human?--body with them, even one it doesn't know. No, it doesn't know why. Yes, it's stupid to give a shit.

It tries to poke into their feed, to access any augments they might have, something to give it more intel on who and what this person is. There's a strange, staticky interference that feels like it's all around them. Maybe it can get through that, but it needs more time.

"The ship isn't safe for humans. I've been tasked with clearing it." That wasn't not not a lie (note to self: consult ART on triple negatives). "Are you from the Corporation Rim?"

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Questioning Sentences, Vol. 30

(Questioning sentences from various sources to ask all kinds of muses. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"So, are we done shooting each other now?"

"What the hell do you mean you lost them?"

"If you saw a crime about to happen, what would you do?"

"Can you just explain exactly what you do?"

"You see what this place does to people?"

"Can we not do this right now?"

"Has it occurred to you that perhaps I want to be alone?"

"Why is there an ear in the omelette?"

"You've been around a lot of corpses. Is that one normal?"

"What, you admire him now?"

"Was it worth it? Compromising yourself for money?"

"Nothing ever changes with you, does it?"

"You realise I'm still here, right?"

"Do you have any regret for the things you've done?"

"You know you're a suspect, right?"

"You know who I am, don't you?"

"Must you always be such a smartass?"

"People rarely notice things right in front of their eyes, don't you find?"

"Have the headaches started yet?"

"Will I ever see you again?"

"Do you have nothing better to do?"

"Why would you say something like that? What kind of person says something like that?"

"Don't all husbands lie to their wives?"

"Did he arrest you or something?"

"What's the possible upside to asking a question like that?"

"Is this the part where you tell me there's something I should know?"

"Do you only date cops?"

"This isn't a training exercise, is it?"

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

"Why are you singing?"

"I know you've got a secret. Won't you tell it to me?"

"Do you think you can tell who a person is just by looking in their eyes?"

"Do I look like I tan?"

"Are you asking me a question, or are you accusing me of something?"

"Are you in love with him?"

"Can you promise me you're not going to let anyone hurt me?"

"Are you trying to fix me?"

"You're giving me orders now?"

"Do you have something you believe in so deeply, so passionately, it goes beyond simple loyalty?"

"Why is your house so big?"

"Haven't you seen enough blood for one night?"

"They told you I was crazy, didn't they?"

"You don't think very much of me, do you?"

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pinned.

you might know us from nightmarecountry / byteing.

rules:

21+ only please

shipping is based on chemistry but i love unrequited stuff. and let's be real with the characters i'm playing it's almost always going to be unrequited.

half the focus of these characters is about bodily autonomy and the lack thereof so. tread carefully.

i'll make a better list at some point. i'm really tired ksjdfnksdjf

current muse list (probably):

murderbot

ART (testing... maybe...)

secunit (a secunit OC. it doesn't have a name so uh. good luck differentiating it from any other ones i guess)

comfortunit (a comfortunit OC. same as above tbh. i dont have this one fleshed out very well but it's fine)

the terminator (generally inspired by the 2nd/3rd movies. it's not Those Actual Ones, it's just one of the same model, but you know)

corinth/core (secunit(?) AU of the corinth.ian from the sandman or something. my oc now i guess. it's not actually a secunit it's like. a hybrid of comfort and security unit features. it's its own thing, made by a private company. maybe i'll call them coreunits or something.)

paladin (from. um. fuck i already forgot the name of the book I'LL EDIT THIS LATER OKAY)

uhh fuck i forgor who else i was going to add

notes:

i've seen the murderbot tv show, i like it fine enough. my mb is based on the books and headcanon but i'm happy to write with show characters and incorporate that plot etc

i've only seen a few terminator movies and i don't know shit about fuck lore-wise. i'm just here to write The Guy (gender neutral). you know.

i'm kind of mostly here to write everyone at least vaaaguely in the murderbot universe but i'm also happy to write them in just like. whatever kind of "robots/etc are normal here" AU. it's fine sdkfjndsf

yay

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testing