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Hello, fellow fandom-obsessed creatives! Please join us for the 10th (!!!) edition of #AggressivelyArospecWeek!

Every year, #AggressivelyArospecWeek (#AAW for short) is an occasion to promote the creation of arospec fancontent by arospec creators. For an entire week, people on the aromantic spectrum celebrate their experiences through fandom and art.

For this event, "fancontent" means any creation related to a fandom, whether it's a headcanon, a piece of meta, fanfic, fanart, a playlist,... All fandoms are welcome!

The content created for this event should center a character's arospec identity (this can be a canon identity or a headcanon).

We only accept entries from creators who identify as being on the aromantic spectrum or who are questioning whether they might be.

This event is an opportunity for creators to explore their identities through fanwork within a supportive community. It's also a perfect way for fans of all kinds (arospec or not) to enjoy art and have fun!

Join us from June 22 to June 28 2025 for an explosion of arospec fancontent on your dash!

To submit content to the event, please make a new post between June 22 and June 28 and tag it as #AggressivelyArospecWeek. You can also submit your work directly to our blog through the ask and submission boxes. Your post will then be shared on the Aggressively Arospec blog.

A collection will also be opened on Archive of Our Own to round up all the fanfics posted on there. Just search for "Aggressively Arospec Week '25" in the "Post to collections" tab when you're posting on AO3.

Help us make the 10th year of this event another success! We've only come this far through your support and creativity.

Please, take a second to share this post so your followers get to join in the fun as well 💚

(For more information, check out our "About" page or our FAQ section. If you need some inspiration, you can also check out all previous submissions in our #AggressivelyArospecWeek tag.)

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Nope. No thank you. N/A - FascinatedFinch - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

(Link to this art on AO3)

THIS CONSTRUCT IS:

ASEXUAL

AROMANTIC

AGENDER

THE ICONIC AAA BATTERY

🔋🔋🔋

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curl --request - Aphelocoma_californica - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: curl --request Author: Aphelocoma_californica Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Amena #Murderbot #Drabble #Post-Book 7: System Collapse #2025 Aspec Murderbot Diaries #Touch Aversion Words: 100 Chapters: 1/1

SecUnit lets Amena do its hair again.

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I see the light of my fury, it's waiting for me - evilduck - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: I see the light of my fury, it's waiting for me Author: evilduck Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Dr. Arada & Murderbot #Dr. Arada & Pin-Lee #Dr. Arada #Pin-Lee #Murderbot #this went through so many variations #sorry if this has any typos i have reached the stage of writing where i Do Not Care #no beta we die like GreyCris in court #this might be ooc but like. i am too tired. thumbs up emoji #this was originally going to be more angsty than it is Words: 680 Chapters: 1/1

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love u love u? - BWizard - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: love u love u? Author: BWizard Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Dr. Bharadwaj & Pin-Lee #bharadwaj & mensah & pin-lee Dr. Arada & Dr. Bharadwaj & Overse & Pin-Lee & Dr. Ratthi #Pin-Lee #Dr. Bharadwaj #PreservationAux Survey Team #chatfic #Chatting & Messaging #Adopted Sibling Relationship #Friendship #Food mentions #College #Pre-Canon #aromantic asexual pin-lee #aspec bharadwaj #their whole friendgroup is aspec btw ##based on real life sorta background jewish pin-lee Words: 1,006 Chapters: 2/2

leapin_leezard bhara bhara bharadwaj hi :) birdbuttonbox Hi I see you too what’s going on leapin_leezard don’t wanna do this paper u sitting down to work? body double with me?

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Mission: Protect Amena's Heart - FascinatedFinch - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: Mission: Protect Amena's Heart Author: FascinatedFinch Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Murderbot #ART | Perihelion Amena #Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland #Aquariums two bots in a trenchcoat having a nice day out while running undercover surveillance #hyperintelligent bots can be idiots too #Humor #Light Angst Words: 1,932 Chapters: 1/1

Amena has a nice day out with a “friend.” This is extremely suspicious.

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They're Lesbians, Haro1D - FascinatedFinch - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: They're Lesbians, Haro1D Author: FascinatedFinch Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #JollyBaby #bot culture #They're a bit Confused but They've got the Spirit #codefic #Pseudocode #Harold They're Lesbians Meme Words: 100 Chapters: 1/1

Loading dock bots don't quite understand their humans (some are better at it than others, though).

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: JollyBaby (Murderbot Diaries) Additional Tags: bot culture, They’re a bit Confused but They’ve got the Spirit, codefic, Pseudocode, Harold They’re Lesbians Meme Summary:

Loading dock bots don’t quite understand their humans (some are better at it than others, though).

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A few days belated, but here is our closing announcement for Apec Murderbot Diaries 2025:

The Aspec Murderbot Diaries 2025 event AO3 collection has closed to submissions. Our deepest thanks to everyone who posted prompts, fanworks, comments, or who simply came along for the ride and enjoyed the fun with us!

If you still are working on fanworks inspired by this event and its prompts, you can post those to the weird wide web anytime you wish. On AO3 you can tag it #Aspec Murderbot Diaries 2025 to connect it to the event even if it isn't in the collection. (Or leave it untagged — as you prefer.)

We are delighted and amazed by the enthusiasm put forth for this event: 50 works were posted to the AO3 collection, plus there are a few fanarts posted to tumblr that you can check out under our #fanarts and #fanworks tags. This blog will continue to post collection works on a queue until they run out.

Again, many thanks! Y'all are the best.

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Leertretung ("missing step") - FascinatedFinch - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: Leertretung ("missing step") Author: FascinatedFinch Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #SecUnit 3 #Grief #Drabble Words: 100 Chapters: 1/1

(For prompt: A touch-starved character seeks nonromantic, nonsexual physical contact.) Three is reminded of them, in the small ways.

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Marriage in Preservation FAQs - AgenderAgenda - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: Marriage in Preservation FAQs Author: AgenderAgenda Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Worldbuilding #Preservation Station #Preservation Legal System #Preservation society relationship structures #marriage law Words: 254 Chapters: 1/1

Welcome to Preservation! More detailed explanations of everything below are available elsewhere, but this quick series of FAQs aims to answer some of the questions on the minds of many new arrivals, as related to marriage and connected issues, to Preservation in clear and concise form.

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A little privacy, please? - FascinatedFinch - The Murderbot Diaries (Marth Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: A little privacy, please? Author: FascinatedFinch Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Amena #Iris #Drabble #Fluff #Fake Relationship Stays Fake Words: 100 Chapters: 1/1

Amena and Iris have a ... private conversation in a storage closet. ;) (No, seriously. It's hard to have a private conversation onboard ART.)

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Unnecessary Risks - FigOwl - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: Unnecessary Risks Author: FigOwl Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Murderbot #Amena #Summer Camp #Third Mom #2025 Aspec Murderbot Diaries #Friendship Words: 717 Chapters: 1/1

Oops, I just noticed this prompt was for fanart. Sorry, anon, you get fanwords instead.

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Mended Lace - ramshackle_fey - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: Mended Lace Author: ramshackle_fey Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #ART | Perihelion & Murderbot #Amena & Murderbot #Amena & ART | Perihelion & Murderbot #Murderbot #ART | Perihelion #Amena #2025 Aspec Murderbot Diaries #Experimental Style #the feed is psychic magic #Aromantic Words: 3,870 Chapters: 1/1

What is it like to live in two planes of existence at once? Maybe... it's a bit like this?

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Emergency Chat - ramshackle_fey - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: Emergency Chat Author: ramshackle_fey Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Dr. Arada/Overse #Dr. Arada & Overse & Dr. Ratthi #Dr. Arada #Overse #Dr. Ratthi #Fluff #2025 Aspec Murderbot Diaries #Quoiromantic Dr. Ratthi #amatonormativity #they're friends your honor Words: 900 Chapters: 2/2

A college-aged Ratthi calls an emergency meeting with his best friends to deal with a relationship issue...

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Something to hold on to - penna_nomen - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) [Archive Of Our Own]

Title: Something to hold on to Author: penna_nomen Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Iris #ART | Perihelion #Murderbot #Spoilers for Network Effect #Iris POV #slightly loopy Murderbot #Fluff #Fluff and Angst Words: 640 Chapters: 1/1

Murderbot is on the shuttle bay deck being repaired. Iris thinks that something to hold onto would be comforting. Murderbot isn't used to be comforted. Or: Murderbot is introduced to the concept of plush stuffed animals Set during the final chapter of Network Effect

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Murderbot fic: Something to hold onto

At the end of Network Effect, Iris offers Murderbot a plushy toy

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65061130

Somewhat related to my post about ART's and Murderbot's ages, I imagine Murderbot has never had a toy or experienced the soft comforts of childhood. Iris takes a first step toward rectifying that.