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I wonder if Gurathin ever gets shit from the rest of the PresAux crew about how much Murderbot hates him. Because that’s got to be kinda hilarious, right? A rouge secunit, the terrifying killing machine, has joined your crew and it hates you specifically. And instead of this being in any way threatening, mostly it means it’s just being a bitch to you a lot. Other people take one look at secunit and shit their pants and meanwhile it’s calling you stupid and you’re just like, yeah whatever, fuck you too.

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Exit Strategy has so many gems that it's easy to miss some of the more subtle ones. Today I'm fixating on the video that our protagonist sent to Gurathin when he asked what it's been up to.

Specifically, the title of the video.

"Murderbot Impersonates An Augmented Human Security Consultant"

Murderbot. It calls itself Murderbot, a name it has never told anyone before. A name Gurathin took from its memories in one of their last meetings, and while it seems more, like, annoyed than traumatized by this, it still is a pretty rude thing to do, let alone share without permission like he does. (He does have valid reason to be concerned at the time, but still.)

What does it mean for Murderbot to call itself Murderbot in a file made to answer the question of the human who found out it's called Murderbot? Remember, this isn't something it had lying around - it edited together video on the spot to answer his question.

Every time I reread ES, I find my own underlining of that title and ask this question again, and then forget it.

It becomes slightly laxer (again not entirely willfully) with the name in Network Effect, but Murderbot's name is usually private information that it doesn't choose to share (later in ES it does choose to reassure Mensah that it is who it says it is, which, again. Just. Imagine being in the position where a technically-killer construct reassures you that it calls itself Murderbot. What a time).

It could be a sort of subtle dig, that it doesn't need to hide this info because Gurathin already has it. It could be an unconscious act of, if not trust, then neutrality, that it doesn't need to hide this info because, again, Gurathin already has it. It could be a reminder, a comedic juxtaposition with the rest of the title and contents of the video. Hell, it could be Murderbot's idea of an in-joke at this point. I just don't know. But when I think of this passage, I think of the part soon after, where Murderbot grudgingly appreciates Gurathin giving the hostage negotiator such a cold shoulder that even it's impressed. I think of it interrupting Gurathin viewing the recording because the rep has arrived. I think of Gurathin, wrist-deep in manual controls (and hey, when they discussed the humans' luggage, Gurathin's mention was his specialized toolkit).

I don't know. There's a lot there. Gurathin is, ever more obvious on each reread, just Murderbot: Human Edition, and Murderbot absolutely refuses to acknowledge this in any form, and it will still take care of him.

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ohmygfi??? you’re artstyle is so unique and adorable. it reminds me of like a picture book. you have a book artstyle and i love it

Stranger Tim animatic wip!!

WARNING: Gore (it's like the only partial animation in this thing)

Grin by the Gerbils is a really strange eerie song and there's an even better bit at the end I am desperate to cover in this animatic.

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A friend of mine pointed out that Jon's grandmother didn't want him amd was very bitter and cruel to him because she didn't want this kid. Jon behaves very similarly to Martin in early mag because he doesn't know another way to show affection and love. As a child he had to justify why is grandmother acted the way she did by saying that, "thats just how she shows that she cares"

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Gwen, upon Alice's eventual return from Berlin:

(Hey @billielhindle. Lookit! 😊)

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wait i adore this so much. this some s1 tim level shenanigans right here. you can’t leave so might as well annoy the shit out of your boss

rip magnus archives crew but I'm built different. if my boss was literally all-knowing and couldn't fire me, I'd be in his office all day asking him questions about everything. I wouldn't use google anymore. I'd be like "what's the rarest kind of tree frog" and he'd be like "shut up please shut up" but he'd tell me the answer every time.

and then I'd go home and immediately call him and be like "hey elias I forgot what time I put the burekas in the oven, how much longer should I leave them in"

and he'd be like "I hate you so much. you put them in 12:42. they should come out at 1:12"

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As a follow up to your cocky want boing boing rec post I NEEEEEDD (only if you want) the follow of tweet of that with him in uniform leaving like the teen team base or something 😭

https://preview.redd.it/vurq0bsmppwc1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=75a61ec49d4c407d9d887723667c4eaccdb1596b

LMAOO I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER PART

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please… help… I’m dying… the only way to save me… is Jmart art……..

DOCTOR!! get this guy some jmart fluff STAT

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THIS IS CURSES BY THE CRANE WIVES RIGHT??

ITS SOOO AGNES MONTEGUE RAAAGFBH!! im glad another thought the same thing

Hello tumblr I humbly offer you agnes montague please imagine she is being served to you on a silver platter

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TMagP thoughts

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haircut (2/2)

pt.1

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DONT FORGET SAMSON!! the security camera guy

TMagP thoughts

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I LOVE FRESH MEAT!! SUPER UNDERRATED GUYS GO LISTEN TO FRESH MEAT

11 days until the Beef is Back

Meet Rosin. He’s fine, we promise.

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OG!ELIAS MAKES ME SICK. AUURFJGBGBFB

if you suffered a sudden and complete personality change, who’d be there to notice?

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sorry for being a bad exchristian i don’t know any bible facts

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