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I love the TV show's added touch where you can 100% tell when MB is trying to sound like one of its serial action heroes swooping in to save the day. Like it so obviously hyped itself to come in there and deliver that line. It was rehearsing it in its head the whole walk back. And then it expected some kind of big theatrical reaction but instead they just stare at it because they're real people going through something instead of its fav fictional characters.

So then it's like. Hmm that didn't work. Let's try it again, more gusto this time, come on murderbot you can do it, alright here we go-

"I have...a...plan?"

And the only reply it gets that second time is the mumbled equivalent of gurathin saying "oh FUCK no" which is BRUTAL

Cringefail robot my beloved.

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Akshay Khanna as Ratthi in MURDERBOT | 1.04

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- Ooh, this is tough. - Of course it is.

Murderbot TV (Apple TV) season 1 episode 6

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Tell me I can’t possibly be the first person to think of this

EDIT: it has come to my attention that when this was shared on bluesky (with permission), it was liked by both Tommy Arnold (artist) and Martha Wells herself. What a fantastic way to wrap up Aro Week 🎉

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A mostly undistructable SecUnit

Murderbot TV (Apple TV) season 1 eisode 6

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i do want to mention that skarsgård nailed it as murderbot. the facial expressions are perfect. every interaction with a real life person is excruciatingly awkward. body language is hesitant, and avoidant and just generally uncomfortable. that look of absolute horror when the team asked to talk to murderbot in crew uniform instead of its armor? the visceral disgust when it's forced to say the word 'sex' out loud? the way its speech is either halting and nervous, or too-fast and not following the conversation queues from the rest of the group? perfection.

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I've noticed you have an issue with eye contact.

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Can't wait to do a low key Gertrude Robinson cosplay for a convention this weekend. Just a sea of anime characters and me dressing like an old lady.

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Hugh Dancy reenacting The Ladder Scene™ at RDC7 2025

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MURDERBOT 1.02 — Eye Contact

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Murderbot quoting The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon in episodes 1 and 2

[4 and 6]

Bonus:

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MURDERBOT 1.01 "FreeCommerce"

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Murderbot (2025) intro

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Love the delivery on this line.

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Thinking about how ridiculous Murderbot TV episode 4 is from evil survey SecUnits perspective.

Because can you imagine, you know your clients are assholes. It's not like you get to have an opinion about it or do anything about it because Governor Module. But you know that killing others to hide your own fuck up is bad. But you're a SecUnit so you have to do what they say bla bla.

So you do your deed when this other survey group shows up with their shitty SpaceNokia SecUnit. And it is so stupid and pings the habitat and all so you know it is coming. And it's so caught up in analyzing the DeltFall SecUnits that it doesn't even hear you approaching. (fucking idiot.)

So you take your shot and then drag it into MedCenter(?) to install the CombatOverrideModule when suddenly that bitch(gender neutral) starts singing?? About a place beyond the wormholes?? And you are like "??? Querry = Can SecUnits sing?" because why the fuck would any SecUnit sing? And that's when the fucker gets up and punches you.

But since it's an ancient SpaceNokia SecUnit (how is it still working?) you have no problem to manhandle it and install the COM. And now it looks really stupid. Which is when you get imapled on a mining drill and- Catastrophic Faliure *windows shut off sound* (Embarrassing.)

When you come back online the human target and the SpaceNokia are gone, so you go after them. And you hear the SpaceNokia talk about abandoning ship (this is a planet habitat) and holding off raiders (you're a SecUnit)?

Meanwhile a random other human target approaches the habitat and slams the "open door" button repeatedly when it's clearly been locked. (Querry = stupid?)

Human Target 1 and the SpaceNokia SecUnit lock themselves into the Security Ready Room(?) and you have to blast the door, which is no problem, just annoying. And when you do the human shoots you. (Embarrassing!)

And when you follow them outside random other human is there too and the Stupid SecUnit just stand around while you headshot one of them (but can't kill them because orders suck). And just when you're about to get Human Target 1, you get pinged that something huge is approaching from above and- oh shit it looks like a hop- Catastrophic Faliure *windows shut off sound*

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MURDERBOT 1.01 "FreeCommerce"