#why a robot. why.

[vaultnewt]

Arcade Gannon x Male Courier 6 x Yes Man

…AKA one of the most (if not the most) insane polycules you’ll ever see in the Mojave

[ellorgast]

The thing that I think really sets Murderbot apart from a lot of other robot media (particularly mainstream entries like the I, Robot movie) is that bots and constructs aren't a uniquely oppressed class, and humans aren't a uniquely privileged one. A lot of robot media rings a bit hollow because it portrays humans as all living a lavish, comfortable lifestyle, free from the burden of physical labor or control by their corporate overlords, and it's like. I think if the rise of generative AI has proven anything, it's that corporations and billionaires have absolutely no interest in making life easier for anybody, but will gleefully use new technology to make life infinitely worse if it means an extra buck in their pocket.

We are shown over and over again throughout the Murderbot Diaries that humans are mistreated just as badly as (or sometimes, in MB's own opinion, even worse than) bots and constructs. We see humans stripped of their rights, reduced to corporate assets to be bought and sold, sent into suicidal situations, abandoned and discarded as things. We see humans trapped in multigenerational labor contracts -- people born into an indentured servitude that requires them to pay back their food and lodging to the same company that will not let them leave.

None of these are hypothetical scenarios. These are all things that happen to real people in our world today.

And that is a huge part of why it resonates so much. The overarching theme of "capitalism is hell" actually means something because it isn't only applied to the fictional dynamic of bots vs humans. The theme is constantly reiterated through the humans themselves.

And that's also why it's so important that MB demonstrates empathy for and solidarity with humans who are themselves victims of the system. Because ultimately, that's one of the main things the series is about. It's about what it's like to be simultaneously a product, and victim, of a corporate hellscape.

That theme simply can't work if the humans aren't also forced to navigate that issue. If the story can't acknowledge that right now, in our own world, there are humans facing these same problems, and that these human rights matter quite a bit.

[moffiiiiaaaa]

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[technically-human]

Dammit Stone, those things have cameras!

A sort of part two to this post

[roxirinart]

"Please... Please, fix him."

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Glamrock Freddy has an existential crisis..

[bean-spring]

Hot take and not to be a killjoy or the shipping police but people treating Viktor or Jinx's aroace headcanons as if they were canon is not the revolutionary take people think it is.

Headcanons are always all right but we have to acknowledge that they are somehow damaging when they apply to stereotypes. It might not be the case for everyone but most of the time people unconsciously assume that disability/mental illness=asexuality. These headcanons erase the freedom of attraction from people who are already seen as unable to have sexual/romantic experiences/desires, when it's completely untrue and harmful.

You can headcanon Viktor and Jinx as aroace, but I have seen people changing their minds once Viktor is no longer disabled (s2 with all of his other forms) and Jinx is no longer as mentally ill (alternate universe Powder). And it speaks wonders of how people see these characters.

"I never thought about Jinx being able to feel romantic/sexual attraction until s2!" To believe she's actually only capable of that when she's not "damaged" is incredibly disturbing. Especially since Jinx has always had a bit of a flirty personality too.

"I've always seen Viktor as asexual, I don't know why!" That's fine. You can headcanon him as ace. But I believe there is a reason behind it, most of the time, if for some inexplicable reason the "vibes" of the disabled character are making you think he's ace.

I say all of this being aroaspec myself, by the way. Headcanon all you want but going to people's posts commenting how "it's weird for you that they have romantic/sexual plots when they're clearly aroace" is not a win at all. It's a headcanon, after all, and it should be treated as such, and that's fine. But it also is damaging to spread stereotypes like these.

Of course the disabled character is asexual. Of course the mentally ill character is aromantic. It's not as revolutionary as you might think, tbh.

Fandom is not activism and it's all right to have any headcanons you want BUT some of them are filled with damaging stuff and perhaps we should look into ourselves more before treating these assumptions as something canon.

[antennatoheaven]

trying to sell the murderbot diaries to other robot fans is an uphill battle. yes, i also prefer it when my robots don't have human looking faces. i understand why you might not be happy with its appearance, but guess who's also not happy with having a human face

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Prev Next (for now, I'll come back to megatron later)

Jee, I sure hope this doesn't come back to bite him in the ass!

Your friendly reminder to vote for ford! >:)

[utane]

Not to fujo out completely, but...

[valtsv]

there really is nothing else like the fusion of meat and machine body horror. radio static but wet and fleshy. wires that resemble veins and veins that resemble wires. bodies as impulses and organs animating the mechanical megastructure like braided nerves. the abject wrongness and grotesque allure of the fusion of person and object, self and other. and needless to say this is sex to me.

[skobbeloff]

Recently my friend has dragged me into transformers... and...

Everyone has been fuelling my obsession.

they're so two birds on a wire coded that I had to do this to them....

[clunkyrobogirl2000]

Being horny for mutuals is so fucking embarrassing because I’m grinding on a pillow like a bitch in heat for a girl across the planet whose saying the silliest things ever

[skettibun]

Her name is 008 :) it's my fav number

So. I may have caved in to my robot obsession. I also may have made a robot-sona with the ever-so-infamous tv/monitor for a head. maybe.

Fell back into obsessing over Ladytron and it kinda inspired me to make her!

[channnel]

🩸Tw: Robot gore 👁

Don't worry about Bumblebee, he's probably fine.

Another Fanart for 'Wires and cloth' by buglegs / @pritong-baboy

Was wondering what I'm gonna draw and this pretty nifty idea came into my head!

[deecotan]

anyway here's wavewave